ESPN college football analyst made no fans in Texas after his portrayed nepotism helped Lubbock officials dismiss polarizing Texas Tech coach Mike Leach before the Red Raiders' Alamo Bowl win over Michigan State.
In a conversation with News 8 Dallas/Ft. Worth in which he announced his interest in running for retiring US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson's seat, James made no apologies for his actions in Leach situation when asked if it would affect his political bid:
"Any mom or dad who knew what we knew at the time that we knew it would’ve taken the same action that we did. Whatever the consequences are, we didn’t care about that. We cared about doing what was right and protecting and taking care of our son."
Details are beginning to trickle our Texas Tech coach Mike Leach ordering Craig James' son Adam "to stand in a dark shed at the Tech football practice facility because he thought James was faking a concussion he'd suffered during practice the previous day."
"Leach had him watched, and when James sat down, Leach had things removed from the shed so he could not sit. Two days later, Leach forced James to stand in a dark room for three hours."
Sources in Lubbuck tell HHR that this is not new behavior for Leach and sent along the following video of a thinner, balder Leach treating underlings in similar manner during a what was supposed to be a friendly holiday get together.
Thanksgiving is always my favorite holiday. What's not to love? Every kitchen becomes my own personal buffet. I don't have to worry about what racial, ethnic, religious, etc. group might get pissed off about celebrating the holiday. A few hours of peace and quiet while the women all leave the house before I'm awake on Friday morning. And football. Lots and lots of football.
Football solves so many of the world's problems. It's the best thing ever for dealing with family. Crazy relative wants to tell you about all her medical maladies? "Sorry Aunt Martha, the game's on." Your father nagging you to move out of the basement and get a real job (insert gratuitous blogger joke here)? "Hey dad, can we talk about this when the game's over?" Mom wants to tell how glad she is you could make it home for the first holiday since Grandpa passed away? "You stupid %$%#!!! Why would you call a quarterback draw on 3rd and 12 with less than two minutes left, you dumb ^&*@#$%!!!!"
Yep, it's the perfect holiday. With that, a few football notes.
Time, Time, Time is on Our Side
Somewhere in Baton Rouge Sunday morning, an LSU graduate student was passed out with several empty bottles of vodka sitting on top of the tattered and tear-stained remains of what was supposed to have been his MBA thesis entitled “The Business Applications of Coach Les Miles’ Time Management Principles.”
Way to man up there, coach. Maybe now you can help wash the bus tire tracks off your quarterback.
Pity the poor football fans in San Antonio. The local ABC affiliate, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to air two hours of infomericals and a rerun of Oprah instead of Friday afternoon’s Nebraska/Colorado game. Look, I know there’s not much on the line in this game (Nebraska has already clinched the Big 12 North; Colorado is 3-8). But don’t you think there are more than a few folks in south Texas who are interested in the game? Like, say, Texas fans interested in seeing Nebraska play once before they meet the Longhorns in next week’s Big 12 championship game? And besides, IT’S COLLEGE FREAKIN’ FOOTBALL FOR CHRISSAKES!!! KSAT is reportedly the only ABC affiliate in the country that will not be airing the game. The decision is made even stranger by the fact that the station is preempting its local programming to show the early game, Illinois vs. Cincinnati.
So while you’re enjoying day 2 of your turkey and football coma on Friday while your wife or girlfriend is out shopping, be thankful for how much better you have it than those poor schmucks in San Antonio. [Ed. Note: shortly after this post was written, KSAT decided to reverse course and will show the NU/CU game on Friday. Thanksgiving is saved!]
One is a giant 300 pound freakishly unstoppable force of nature. The other is Ndamukong Suh.
A Season to Forget
Connecticut is currently sitting at 5-5, with all five losses by four points or less. So it's been a tough enough season on the field. But add in the tragic murder of UConn CB Jasper Howard and this year has been the stuff of nightmares. So it was good to see them get arguably one of the program's biggest wins ever on the road over Notre Dame. While most media outlets have been focusing on the game as the final nail in Charlie Weis’ time at Notre Dame, it was good to see UConn pull out a huge overtime win after a very challenging season.
Congrats on the win, Coach Edsall. Here's hoping you never have to go through a season like this again.
Freddie Mitchell will long be the subject of Eagle fan scorn for the first round pick's inability to live up to expectations (and his own ego). The eccentric wide receiver-turned-blogger was thrust on to the national scene in the Eagles lead up to the Super Bowl a few years back, in which during a press conference he infamously thanked his "hands for being so great" and donned oven mitts to protect them.
49er fans better pray their top prospect Michael Crabtree's career doesn't suffer the same fate as First Down Freddie. His preferred hand protection method doesn't bode well for San Fran. Here's hoping the similarities end there.
