Mike Leach is one part of the cycle. He is an eccentric part, mind you. He isn’t going to win any awards for conventional methods, and that was true long before he banished a player with a concussion to an electrical closet or garage or media room or whatever secluded place Adam James supposedly spent several hours.
A down-and-up year, that’s how 2009 has played out for Southern Nevada’s recreational shooters.
Maybe pulling Peyton Manning in the third quarter was the right thing to do for the Indianapolis Colts. It can be argued that maybe it was the correct move.
It might not be a unanimous vote, and a few other players certainly are worthy of consideration, but there is no doubt Peyton Manning is the Most Valuable Player in the NFL this season.
My Eclipse Award ballot finally arrived this week. I did what I said I would do after the Breeders’ Cup: I split my Horse of the Year vote between Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta. Because the National Turf Writers Association rejected this common-sense approach, my HOY vote will be disqualified.
I’m not sure who thought this one up. Uncle Roger. Papa Floyd. Little Floyd. The manager. The promoter. The publicist. The bodyguard. The chauffeur. One of the other countless enablers whose purpose we’ve never been able to figure out.
Don’t tell me that speaking out doesn’t make a difference.
