Tuesday, January 09, 2007

on the backs of the bruised

Something besides Ohio State's BCS Championship performance had me irritated last night, and that was hearing about the San Diego Chargers' third-string tight end being arrested for a DUI. Actually, it wasn't the arrest itself that ticked me off, but that fact that this is this San Diego's seventh brush with the law this season. That's right, only one less than the Cincinnati Bengals. Where are all the pundits and talking heads now? While the Bengals are supposedly nothing but a bunch of criminals and thugs, nary a word is spoken against the Chargers. I wonder if it has anything to do with them being the top team in the NFL with a 14-2 regular season record. Everyone wants to point out the Bengals' off-field problems and label them a bunch of convicts, but the reality is that at least 35 NFL players have been arrested this year, so it's obviously a league-wide problem. Not that the media will care.

My annoyance continued today as we failed to get tickets for UFC 68 in Columbus. I can't believe how fast they sold out. Hopefully this will be a sign of how popular MMA events are here and the UFC will host more in Ohio in the future.

Carson Palmer is one of three finalists for the FedEx Air NFL Player of the Year, but it'll be tough to beat Peyton Manning and Drew Brees.

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