New Orleans guard Carl Nicks was asked, seconds after Super Bowl 44, his reaction to the Saints win. Nicks didn't miss a beat saying into a LIVE radio microphone: "I'm going to Mother F$*@!&# Disneyland."
The interview, with the 6'5 343 lb lineman, was broadcast on the New Orleans Saints flagship radio station WWL, according to a source who enjoys AM radio.
Smart money says the boys over at Disney won't be using this sound bite in a commercial for the Happiest Place on Earth!
Mainstream American is crazy in its support for Peyton Manning. I'll prove to you that the Colts quarterback is actually EASY to cheer against. Consider this the handbook to cheering against No. 18.
You might think I've taken some strange powdery drug, or all these years of overnight radio have finally gotten to me, but trust me when I tell you Peyton must be stopped!
American's in theory love the underdog, people who started with little and worked hard to reach the top of the mountain.
Peyton Manning is the anti role model, he has been fed with a silver spoon his whole life. Manning was spoiled growing up the son of Archie an NFL star. His career is not that of a Cinderella story.
One of the most annoying things about Peyton is the fact he doesn't seem to get the fact he was handed everything in life, he thinks he earned it. From youth football up the ladder to Isidore Newman School, a private high school in New Orleans, college at Tennessee and the pros, he always had the quarterback slot handed over to him because of his last name. So why do you root for a guy like that?
I'm pretty sure if Peyton Manning wasn't playing in the NFL he'd be hawking crap on the streets or at a carnival. Seriously, this guy is the Krusty the Clown of pro sports. Is there a product he wouldn't endorse. He's a real life cheapjack.
If you don't watch "The Simpsons," Krusty is a multi-millionaire who amassed his fortune mostly by licensing his name and image to a variety of sub-standard products and services -- everything from Krusty alarm clocks to Krusty crowd control barriers, according to Wikipedia.
Peyton stands to earn an extra $3 million in endorsements if the Colts win the Super Bowl. He's already over exposed as it is, can you imagine being stuck seeing MORE of this dope on TV?
FIVE reasons to root against Peyton Manning and the Colts in Super Bowl 44:
1. Silver Spoon - Peyton always had things easier growing up. He went into the family business of football. Archie's name helped open many starting QB doors from youth football all the way up the ladder.
2. Cheapjack - Manning has yet to find a product he won't endorse. The late Billy Mays must have been jealous of all the crap Peyton puts his name to in commercials. Manning makes about $13 million a year from endorsement contracts, according to Bloomberg. He'll put his name on pretty much anything as long as the check is big enough.
3. Attention Whore - Its one thing to audible at the line of scrimmage to gain an advantage against a defense. What Peyton does is put on a show for the TV camera's. The pre-snap head moving and arms flying in the air are just his way of saying hey look at me. He eats up the attention.
4. Media Brown Nosing - This isn't all Peyton Manning's fault, but I've never been a typical media suck up hack. I respect great athletes but DON'T fawn all over them. Peyton has the cleanest tush in the NFL with all these brown nosing TV and writers following him around like little lap dogs.
5. He's a Dork - While he's not ugly enough to be the Susan Boyle of NFL quarterbacks, he sure looks like a dork. A modern day Herman Munster.
Bonus reasons:
-- Peyton's boss with the Colts is Bill "Weasel" Polian a real dirtbag in the NFL, the guy who spit in the face of Colts fans by resting starters against the Jets instead of going for 16-0. Manning is guilty by his association to Polian.
-- Manning was along for the ride when the Colts beat the Bears to win Super Bowl 41. Peyton had a 70.5 QB Rating to go with 3 TD's and 7 interceptions. It was the Colts defense and running game that carried Indy to the title NOT Peyton Manning.
Feb 4, 2010 11:02 AM
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I have ZERO interest in the decisions of teenage boys on where they'll be playing college football.
The growing fascination with National Signing Day was long ago out of control. It doesn't matter how good a high school player is, the majority won't be great in the SEC, Big 12, Pac Ten, Big 10, etc.
Much like the NFL Draft, 99 percent of coaches claim they've had a great recruiting class before players have put a jock strap on.
Recruiting is the perfect scam for coaches, they can pat themselves on the back, say what an amazing class they have coming in. Yet the real experts know it takes at least two years to find out if you actually do have any gems.
Darrell Scott is the perfect example of what a JOKE this system is. Scott was a high school stud running back out of Ventura, California. According to Scout.com Scott was "The most complete running back in the West in the class of 2008, Scott is a powerful runner, has excellent vision and can stop on a dime."
Scott was so good, Colorado Buffaloes' fans celebrated when they "stole" him away from Big 12 rival Texas. Problem is, Scott turned out to be a dud, already transfering from Boulder.
Call it the Al Bundy syndrome... Many star high school football players end up as butchers, UPS drivers, construction workers, bread delivery guys etc. Just because you can play ball in 12th grade doesn't mean you can get it done at the next level.
Recruiting is a crap shoot. Here are a few more can't miss prospects who turned out to be turds.
- QB Mitch Mustain was the 2005 USA Today Player Of The Year. He went to Arkansas after they hired his high school coach, only to transfer to USC and be third strind
- QB Jonathan Crompton was recruited by Miami, Georgia, USC and picked Tennessee, only to fall on his face. His key contribution to the Vols was holding a clip board.
- LB Willie Williams, Despite 11 arrests as a juvenile was offered scholarships by Miami, Florida, Florida State and Auburn among others. He picked the Hurricanes but left school after not starting as a freshman. He ended up West LA Community College after a stop at Louisville. He wasn't picked in the NFL Draft.
Feb 3, 2010 10:02 AM
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John Semcken, vice president of Majestic Realty Co. said this morning that he believes an NFL franchise will move into the Los Angeles market for the 2011 season.
Semcken, appearing on the KTLA morning show, said his group led by billionaire Ed Roski isn't against being minority owners of a franchise, if that owner wants to keep the team after its relocation.
"We think an NFL team will move to Los Angeles in 2011, playing at the Rose Bowl or Coliseum for two years before moving into the new stadium in 2013," Semcken said.
LA stadium Info: http://bit.ly/cISkd1
The Jaguars, Bills, Raiders, Chargers and Vikings all have reportedly been mentioned as possibilities for Los Angeles.
Jets coach Rex Ryan was spit on by a fan before smiling and giving that fan a dirty bird, according to a report this morning from Boomer Esiason on WFAN in New York.
Ryan was fined $50,000 for making the obscene gesture at a mixed martial arts event in Sunrise, Florida last weekend.
Esiason will be part of CBS pregame coverage for Super Bowl 44. Boomer will be calling the game with Marv Albert on Westwood One radio.
Feb 2, 2010 10:02 AM
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Why watch Jim Nantz and Phil Simms on CBS, when you can listen to some great sports radio.
I'll be broadcasting live coast to coast on the vast Fox Sports Radio Network on Super Bowl Sunday.
You can hear me yap about the Colts and Saints during the game. No second guessing, you can hear my analysis LIVE. This special edition of the "Ben Maller Radio Show" will be broadcast from 6pm ET till the end of the game.
Eddie "The Godfather" Garcia will be with me for the super show.
Make sure to listen to the show on your local FSR affiliate, XM Satellite Radio Channel 142, smart phones via iHeartRadio and online at FoxSportsRadio.com
Feb 1, 2010 10:02 AM
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Jets coach Rex Ryan shouldn't apologize for giving the bird to a drunk Dolphins fan. The NFL needs more guys like Ryan and less empty suites who coach teams...
NFL commissioner Roger Goddell would be wise to advise more of his head coaches to act like real people, instead of politically correct robots...
Its gonna be criminal if Ryan is fined by Goddell for his WWE moment...
Smart money says that more than 50% of Jets fans would have at least given the dirty bird to that Dolphins fan...
Can't imagine anyone NOT buying Jets tickets in 2010 because Rex Ryan was talking trash and dishing the bird at an MMA event in Miami...
No truth to the rumor that the Cots moved equipment to the Super Bowl in Mayflower moving vans...
Gotta love NFL fans in the Gulf Coast. The Saints finally make the Super Bowl and the men of Louisiana decide its time to wear dresses... http://bit.ly/anLxog
Pretty sure that Bryant McKennie had the best time of any Pro Bowl player... They should make a movie about his "activities" to get kicked off the NFC Pro Bowl team...
We learned that the Pro Bowl is unwatchable on the main land, just like the paradise that is the Hawaiian Islands...
Please keep betting on the Colts in the Super Bowl... When that line jumps up to 7 points, I'm going to load up on the Saints...
This is by far the worst week for NFL coverage on the radio or online... Reporters and talk show hosts all run up expense reports at the Super Bowl and generally report the same things...
Worst thing about Super Bowl interviews, is the brown nosing that goes on during these conversations... Who enjoys watching or listening to a tush kisser?
Dodgers appear to have done the right thing by signing Reed Johnson instead of Garret Anderson....
Its a good guess that Kobe Bryant and the Lakers hope Raja Bell doesn't end up in a Celtics uniform... He had some HUGE games against Kobe while he was with the Phoenix Suns a few years ago....
The Clippers 16-point loss to the Nets last week was quiet possibly the WORST loss in franchise history... Thats saying something for a team that has based its existence on being losers....
Elton Brand is to blame for the Clippers problems... He wanted Mike Dunleavy to sign Baron Davis to a free agent deal... Dunleavy signed one of the biggest dogs in the association, only to see Brand bolt for cheese steaks and losses in Philly...
University of Pittsburgh athletics are moving to the Big 10 conference, according to sources close to the school.
Some athletes were informed of the move over the weekend, a little birdie tells me. This move sets up the natural rivalry with Penn State who joined the conference in 1990. It also gives the Big 10 another east coast presence.
Pitt will become the 12th school in the Big 10, with an official announcement expected by Thursday. This means you'll be seeing a Big 10 football title game.
Expect the Pac Ten to consider adding teams to catch up with the SEC, Big 12, Big 10 and the rest of the big boys
No word on who will replace Pitt in the Big East.
Developing...
Jan 29, 2010 11:01 AM
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Who isn't sick of hearing about how tough its going to be for 14 members of the Colts and Saints to travel a day early to Fort Lauderdale to be part of the Pro Bowl.
Unless the players are traveling to South Florida by stagecoach and the teams are concerned about guys catching typhoid or hay fever on the trip, this is a none story.
Colts president Bill Polian would like you to believe if his team should lose, it will be because of the Pro Bowl. "If it weren't for the Pro Bowl disruption, they would have the weekend off, but they can't because we have to send those players to Miami to do Lord knows what," Polian told an Indy sports radio station.
Polian should just spit in the face of the fans who paid between $85 and $350 for tickets to the NFL's version of its All-Star game. Why not just call the fans who purchased tickets suckers? What a joke!
The reality is, the Pro Bowl should ALWAYS be played in Hawaii. The good, hard working people on the Islands deserve to enjoy this game each year. They appreciate it. Less than 12 people outside of the tropical paradise gives five cents.
Smart money says that Peyton Manning and Drew Brees will NOT be so tortured by standing on the sidelines that they'll have terrible performances in the Super Bowl.
Jan 27, 2010 11:01 AM
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Over the years players have complained about having to travel to Hawaii to play in the Pro Bowl. Since most teams are on the East Coast, guys had to travel 9 hours to reach the tropical paradise of the south pacific...
I covered the Pro Bowl in 2002 at Aloha Stadium and it was silly how many guys bailed on the game... People on the Islands took it personally...
Nobody has that travel excuse anymore, since Roger "The Hammer" Goodell moved the game to Fort Lauderdale, Florida...
More than two dozen players have already found a reason to not play... Most claimed injury as an excuse...
Smart money says more than half of those injured players would be healthy enough to play if they been lucky enough to be part of teams that had reached the Super Bowl...
Oakland hired Hue Jackson this week to turn around JaMarcus Russell's career... If he can do it, Al Davis should sell him a piece of the franchise...
What ever happened to those drug and burglary charges against Ryan Leaf in Texas...
Peyton Manning is lucky that the Super Bowl's not being played at the Swamp...
If you put a gun to my head, I'd pick Cooper as my favorite Manning brother. He was injured and couldn't continue in the family business... He did appear in an episode of the Simpsons though...
I'm happy we won't have to deal with two weeks of Brett Favre tush kissing by the national media...
Brett Favre has mastered the art of chocking in the NFC title game...
David Stern killed the Suns. The Phoenix Suns had the most entertaining team in the NBA until commissioner David Stern stepped in and messed them up...
During the 2007 NBA Playoffs, in the Western Conference Semifinals against the San Antonio Spurs, Amare Stoudemire left the bench area, late in game four, during an altercation between guard Steve Nash and Robert Horry/ Stoudemire should have been fined, instead Stern overreacted and suspended him for Game 5. The Suns would go on to lose to the Spurs in six games...
Because of the loss to the Spurs, Phoenix ownership panicked that they couldn't beat the Spurs and win a championship with the fun and gun style. They traded four-time All-Star forward Shawn Marion to the Miami Heat for Shaquille O'Neal...
Its been a disaster ever since. If Stoudemire isn't suspended by David Stern, the Suns beat the Spurs and take down the Jazz to reach the NBA Finals. Then they would have easily beaten LeBron James and the Cavs in the NBA Finals....
Instead they let go of coach Mike D'Antoni, tried to play a defensive style of basketball, then when that didn't work, they went back to the run and gun style, but the damage was done....
Lakers fans should hope the team continues its recent sluggish play until the trade deadline... Its much more likely that they'll deal for Chris Bosh with more losses in the next few weeks. Bosh could bring lots of buzz to LA's repeat bid...
Cooperstown got it right, Andre Dawson's best years took place in Montreal. He can have a big party with Gary Carter at the Hall of Fame ceremony...
Dawson played 11 seasons in Canada, hit 225 HR's in an Expos uniform... http://bit.ly/dcxjDZ
Does GM Brian Cashman really think anyone is buying his line about the Yankees not being able to afford Johnny Damon's salary... The Yankees print money under the stands at the new ballpark in the Bronx...
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