Sometimes, the Chiefs coaching sideline resembles the set of Cocoon 3. Al Saunders is the smart old guy, still in great shape with a perpetual tan who jogs every morning. Mike White is the funny old guy, strutting around the bingo hall, shmoozing with the ladies. Gunther Cunningham is the grumpy old guy, always complaining about his golf game. And Grandpa Dick is the president of the Elks Lodge, organizing Wednesday night checkers games and pot-luck dinners. Then, when a critical decision is staring them in the face, everyone looks kinda confused, adjusts their glasses and needs another half-hour to figure it out.
But on Sunday, these old codgers didn't hesitate and nailed it. Down three, with :05 left and time for only one play, Gramps and the crew rolled sevens. From the one-yard line, they called 20-Z Blast, Brian Waters, Casey Weigmann and Will Shields cleared a crease and LJ dived through. Lotsa guts for the Cocoon guys. Gramps would say later, he didn't want to play for overtime because, "I'm too old to wait." If LJ slips, snap is fumbled, Chiefs commit a penalty, this town would have revolted. The coaching staff has already botched more than their fair share of challenges and in losses to the Broncos and Chargers critics wondered if the Chiefs weren't still watching game film on black-and-white projectors.
This was the right call and here's why. The defense, for all of its stops in the first half, had just been torched for two straight TDs. This was a 20-9 game with just ten minutes to play. But the Raiders jogged through the Chiefs defense for two touchdowns and a two-point conversion with 70 and 85-yard drives. The secondary was exposed and Oakland finally figured out Patrick Surtain wasn't on the football field. Lionel Daulton admitted on Monday's show they were winded in that fourth quarter. Kick that FG and the Raiders might just win the toss and roll right down the field for the win in OT. So this was actually a lot easier decision than it appeared at first. Move a pile one yard behind two Pro Bowlers or ask this Chiefs defense to do something they hadn't done in over an hour? Gramps and co. rolled with house money and came up big winners.
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After MU's 41-12 dispiriting loss at Colorado, Tiger fans are left wondering how this thing gets turned around. Two winnable games remain, home against Baylor and on the road in Manhattan. But, in four-plus years under Gary Pinkel this team has been outclassed way too often. Brad Smith has become invisible in all of his big games, including the last losses to Kansas and Colorado. It's become this tandem's m.o. Come up WAY short in big spots. Pinkel's gameplans and management are constantly questionable. But, at what point does Brad Smith (the best player on the field) just have to make a play in a big spot?
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Helluva way to stop the bleeding for Kansas. A 40-15 thrashing of Nebraska by the Hawks to break a 36-year drought is incredibly impressive. Props to Coach Mangino for getting that squad to play its best two games in the last two weeks. Unlike MU, Kansas played their best football in its biggest spots (hated rival MU and historic bully NU). I can't imagine Husker Nation is still singing campfire songs along with Bill Callahan. Wow, this is the turnaround he promised?
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Two Carolina Panthers cheerleaders were arrested after getting into a bar fight at a Tampa club over the weekend. Allegedly, the two were in a stall together getting it on and other chicks got POd they were taking so long. Isn't that just classic female tunnel vision? Getting overheated b/c someone's in the bathroom too long instead of sitting back and enjoying their good fortune. Memo to chicks everywhere, when two NFL cheerleaders are getting it on in a bathroom stall? DON'T BREAK IT UP. Let the guys know and we'll come over and take care of it, ok? My only question is: a Tampa bathroom? Couldn't they find a sex boat?
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Sometimes, the Chiefs coaching sideline resembles the set of Cocoon 3. Al Saunders is the smart old guy, still in great shape with a perpetual tan who jogs every morning. Mike White is the funny old guy, strutting around the bingo hall, shmoozing with the ladies. Gunther Cunningham is the grumpy old guy, always complaining about his golf game. And Grandpa Dick is the president of the Elks Lodge, organizing Wednesday night checkers games and pot-luck dinners. Then, when a critical decision is staring them in the face, everyone looks kinda confused, adjusts their glasses and needs another half-hour to figure it out.
