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Every man has a right to make a living (of the legal persuasion of course). This is true whether you’re good at flipping burgers, changing tires, or mopping floors. I read this week that the Tommy Gun, Tommy Morrison, is going to box again. Boxing is apparently his profession of choice, and honestly he was a good boxer (46-3-1 ain’t to shabby, including a heavyweight title fight win against George Foreman). However, this is the same guy that ten years ago allegedly tested positive for the HIV virus. I say allegedly because he’s denying it was a positive test. Anyway, boxing isn’t chess. Blood can and probably will mix, regardless of the lack of skill Tommy or his opponent will bring into the ring if and when the fight goes off. So, what kind of horsecrap is this? It’s not like this is going to be a blockbuster fight with a huge-mongous payout. The kicker, per Tony and Michael of ESPN’s PTI, is that the fight is going to take place in West Virginia (< -- please click this), the only state that doesn't require mandatory blood tests before boxing matches. I am disappointed in Tommy, but I am most concerned with his opponent. Regardless of the payout, it's not worth it. If the guy wins, he has beaten an almost 40 year old guy who hasn't fought in 10 years. That's not going to get you a title shot and it may prevent you from ever finding another guy who will get in the ring with you. If you lose, well, you've lost to a 40 year old guy and may have contracted the HIV virus as a bonus. Don't do it. Please, somebody step in.

Now, for a prediction in this weekends Pride 33 headliner between Wanderlei the “Axe Murderer” Silva (31-6-1, Pride Middleweight Champ) and the U.S.’s own Dan Henderson (21-5-0). Well, I have no idea. I know nothing about Dan Henderson except for what I have read on Sherdog.com. I have never seen Dan in the ring. I have, however, seen the “Axe Murderer” a number of times. I have seen him dismantle Quinton “The Rampage” Jackson twice, as well as seen his loses to Tito, Vitor, and most recently CroCop. He is the real deal, no doubt about it. He’s a striker like Chuck Liddell, but his style in my opinion is very different from the Icemans. When the bell rings, he’s a charger (except against Victor - lol), where as Liddell likes, or appears to like, knocking you out as you charge him. Anyway, the interesting this here is he’s a champ, but he had the living crap beat out of him in his last fight against CroCop (his head was cracked open). This is first fight since that butt whooping. How will he respond? I think I can relate. When I was in 4th grade I got in a fight where the guy punched me in the breadbasket. I lost. I also cried. Anyway a couple of weeks later I got socked in the garbage by this weird dude. I cried then too. So, I think Silva is going to go down again: Henderson in a unanimous decision.

Next Week - UFC 68 Predictions

P.S. - A couple of years after I graduated college, I stopped into a Taco Bell sometime before midnight and the guy who had punched me in the garbage back in forth grade was asleep in a booth. If I recall correctly he had a piece of rice stuck in one of his eyebrows. I didn’t cry this time. In your face!

Top three bUGLY recommended books for the week:

1. Killing Pablo by Mark Bowden. This is a great book about the extraordinary, if not violent, life of Pablo Escobar. The cash flow this guy was pulling in the 70’s from his cocaine empire was ridiculous (at his apex he was listed as the seventh richest man in the world by Forbes magazine). Read it!
2. Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger. This is no “Catcher in the Rye”, but its still quite impressive. If you have a few minutes while kicking it in the Barnes & Noble Starbucks, grab this book and read the first story ” A perfect day for bananafish”. Ole Seymour will shock you, no doubt about it. To be honest, if my name was Seymour I’d probably end up doing the same thing.
3. Cod: A biography of the fish that changed the world by Mark Kurlansky. I don’t know what to say here. I was getting ready to jump on a flight to Dallas, it was a small book, and I had recently watched the all day marathon of “The Deadliest Catch” series on the Discovery channel. I’ll call it the perfect storm for purchasing a book titled “Cod”. Anyway, a great read. I think I am going to read Marks other book titled “Salt” soon. By the way, who gets fired up about researching cod and salt? I bet he sucked at kickball as a youngster.

Top three bUGLY recommended links for the week:

1. NOTCOT - “A visual filtration of idea + aesthetics + amusement”. What can I say here. I like to get the scoop on emerging trends, gizmos, and gadgets. I have a terrible sense of fashion (lying of course in efforts to sound humble) and have no eye for art, but this sight is visually appealing to me and they do have some pretty cool stuff on the site form time to time.
2. UFCJunkie - A great site for all things UFC. This site is updated multiple times a day, and seems to get information either before or around the same time as some of the other mixed martial arts sites.
3. bUGLYbLOG - This guy is pure genius. He’s funny, attractive, and can write the hell out of a childrens story. Whether your wanting to feel bad about you lack of creativity or attractiveness, or wanting to know what cool guys like to blog about, the bUGLYbLOG is for you. Oh yeah, the velvet mantis is an excellent speller as well, if thats what makes your head spin. I heard the dude invented corn.

The top three bUGLY sports stories of the week:

1. The NBA all star game sucks. It is now officially on par with the NFL pro bowl. I realize the pro bowl is going to suck each year because there are no guaranteed contracts in the NFL, but what excuse does the NBA all star game have. Shaq was an all star. What gives, he’s played in like 4 games this year. Oh well, I think I remember Craig Hodges participating in the three point shootout after he had been booted out of the league. The Barkley vs Bevatta race was nice though.
2. Go Vols - Nothing like falling right back off the tracks with a throttling by the Gamecocks. A total of 9 points combined from Chism and Crews is a little disconcerting. I realize they are freshman, but they dropped 20 on the Gamecocks the first time around.
3. I heard a Hyundai won the Daytona 500 this past weekend. Okay, I’m lyin. I gotta say I have been more interested in Dale Jr.’s battle with his step mom than I have been with the actual racing. If Dale Jr. has a son and names him Dale, will he be Dale Sophomore? Don’t give me that “the third” crap, it doesn’t make sense. I expect that if Dale Sophomore has a boy, he needs to be referred to as Dale Freshman.

bUGLY bonus… I went to the Cracker Barrel tonight for dinner. In your face.

Three questions the bUGLYbLOG would like answered:

• What if a guy got an artificial elbow due to a surgery, would he be allowed to compete since it could legally be used as a weapon?

My guess is this is a no. You really don’t want some guy like David Loiseau unloading on your skull with a titanium bow.

• How would the Royce Gracie of the early nineties fair against the guys dominating the UFC today?

We all know the Hughes fight was just a payday, similar to the Ortiz/Shamrock fights, but back in the day Royce was putting guys of all shapes and sizes asleep. I really can’t even make a guess on this one. And would it matter if he was allowed to wear the Gi?

• Who is a bigger has been, Ken or Frank Shamrock?

I think this is a draw. I don’t fault Ken for the payday bouts with Ortiz. For one, TUF made him look like a jerk, so I think they (the UFC) owed him. My feeling is Ken knew he was done as a fighter and just took advantage of a money making opportunity. Frank, however, doesn’t appear to know he’s done. The EliteXC fight against Renzo was a joke. He had no answer and decided to cheat to get out the bad situation. We’ll all know for sure after the Baroni fight. Scratch that, Baroni may not be the best measuring stick to answer this. I heard Baroni is cutting back to a pack a day in preparation for the fight.

My sister recently got a new car and I thought it would be pretty cool to compare some of the vehicles we have owned in the past. I wanted to spark a sibling rivalry of sorts. Anyway, for this battle, we are going to compare her current car, a 2004 Mercedes SL600, to the car I used to deliver pizza’s in, a 1987 Chevy Sprint. Let the battle begin.

Performance

• SL600: 0-60 - 4.5 seconds, Engine - 500 hp V12, Transmission as tested - Automatic

• Sprint: 0-60 - Yes, Engine - 90 hp 3 cylinder, Transmission as tested - 5 Speed Manual

Advantage: SL600

Look and Feel

• The SL600 feels kind of like a roomy version of a Corvette when you sit in it. The sound system is nice, and the wood grain interior is plush. Oh yeah, the convertible top is suede on the inside. You could actually go to sleep driving this machine.

• The Chevy Sprint had bucket seats. It floated a little. I drove into a big puddle (flood zone) delivering pizzas one night. The car floated for a good 15 to 20 seconds and then settled down slowly into the 3 feet of water. I remember sitting in the car and seeing a beef jerky wrapper float out my window.

Advantage: 87 Sprint

Resale Value

• The 2004 Mercedes SL600 is currently valued in Kelly’s Blue book at $80,165

• The 1987 Chevy Sprint is currently valued in Kelly’s Blue book at $245. This is fifty dollars more than a push lawn mower that my mom is currently trying to sell.

Advantage: 87 Sprint ($240 is only like $300 less than what it sold for new)

Winner: 1987 Chevy Sprint

Honestly, this was a classic car. It got something like 50 miles to the gallon, it made my pizza customers feel sorry for me which resulted in inflated tips, and it impressed the ladies. Okay, it didn’t get quite 50 miles to the gallon, it was more like 40. It could also out maneuver a U-Haul truck - this is a story for another day.

I pretty much rule. Lets just get that out in the open first. Anyway, here is my idea:

A zombie movie set in Mexico. The cause of the zombie outbreak is pollution from American companies that moved to Mexico to avoid U.S. environmental protection laws. This is pure gold - I have no idea why I’m not a millionaire yet. Anyway, the pollution seeps into the ground and causes corpses to crawl out of their graves. It gets better. The zombies are pissed at the Americans because they somehow know what has caused them to come back from the dead. The movie ends as the zombies reach the American/Mexican border and an epic battle between the dead fellars and U.S. border patrol ensues. Here’s the coolest part - the movie will be titled “The Pacolypse“.

The NBA All Hands Teams were introduced this week. First, I want to congratulate Josh Smith for making the third team. I beg of you Atlanta, please do not trade this guy. The first team consisted of Nash - G (7.74), Kidd -G (7.65), Ben Wallace - C (6.20), Duncan - F (4.80), and Garnett - F (4.06). The stats don’t lie, these guys are good. For all those folks who may have written Ben off when he left Detroit, he is still the man. Anyway, I thought it would be fun to see the numbers on some of the past NBA greats. I used career numbers instead of those from just one season.

First, the formula for the All Hands team.

Giveaways (average assists minus average turnovers) + Takeaways (average steals plus average blocked shots) + Finesse (average offensive rebounds minus average personal fouls) = X

Here is how the all time greats stack up:

First, Michael Jordan - G: (GA) 1.08 + (TA) 3.17 + (F) -1.04 = 3.21

Magic Johnson - G: (GA) 3.04 + (TA) 2.31 + (F) -.5 = 4.85

John Koncak - C: (GA) .21 + (TA) 1.69 + (F) -1.80 = .10

Moses Malone - F: (GA) -1.46 + (TA) 2.11 + (F) 2.75 = 3.40 (Moses was a man on the offensive glass)

Larry Bird - F: (GA) 3.16 + (TA) 2.57 + (F) -.59 = 5.14

Looking at the metrics which make up the final number, I think they need another category for Shooting guards. Otherwise Jordan never would have made it and current players like Carter, McGrady, and Kobe are going to have one hell of a time making the list. Wade being on the list is pretty impressive, since he is more like a shooting guard than a point. I wonder how Dwayne Shintzius woulda measured up?

Oh yeah - Go Vols! Beating Kentucky with the former all galaxy Vol forward Bernard King in the house.

Top three bUGLY questions about science fiction movies.

1) Did Chewbacca shed? I don’t remember seeing a bunch of wookee hair all over the Millennium Falcon. I would guess that Han wouldn’t have taken kindly to wookee hair in the cockpit. Definitely coulda affected the Falcon’s resale value.

2) What’s the deal with everyone wearing the same thing in science fiction movies? There are a few exceptions, but for the most part it looks like everyone bought their clothes at the same place. And, most the time they are wearing the same outfit for the entire movie, even if the story takes place over several days, months, or years. I have a million galactic credit idea (million cubits idea for you Battlestar Galactica folks). Somebody should have opened a Gap or a Banana Republic, or even a J. Crew on Coruscant, Rigel VII, or Osiris. Forget running spice illegally all over the ‘dad blame’ galaxy. With Hans charisma and ability to look cool wearing leather pants (blackasylum.net’s opinion, not mine), he could have made a killing managing Ambercrombie and Fitch stores. You know Lando would have cut him a deal on some prime commerical realestate on Cloud City. How many ladies would be pining for Lobot’s affections if he had a nice weathered zipper hoodie to cover his cranium jewelry when not on the job. Talk about a confidence builder.

3) What ever happened to Pizza? Honestly, I can’t go a month without eating pizza, seeing a pizza box sticking out of a garbage can at one of my buddies houses, or receiving a pizza coupon in the mail. So, I ask you, where has all the pizza gone in the future (if Star Wars, Star Trek, Logans Run, etc.. are the future). Hell, what ever happened to Italian, Mexican, or even German food? The camera’s needed to follow Count Doku around a little more. Judging by his girth, he had access to some Italian food.

Top three bUGLY songs of the week.

1) Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones. I’ll be honest, the freakin promo commericial for the “Departed” DVD release has this song playing in the background and that’s what got me to buy it (stupid ear worm). I like to listen to this song while driving to the store to pick up similac and diapers. That’s is the way in which I roll.

2) Kings Crossing - Elliot Smith. Good stuff. His death was a terrible loss. Why is it that we have lost artists like Smith, Jeff Buckley, and Kurt Cobain, but Sebastian Bach is still cutting records?

3) Storm Coming - Gnarls Barkley. I liked Crazy enough to get the album, but this is becoming my favorite song on St. Elsewhere. Right before I get my Pong (as in ping, biznatches) on, I like to fire up a little Storm Coming.

That’s it for this week.

I have the Showtime package. I have had it for about 8 months. Until last night I probably had logged about 6 hours total on any of the Showtime channels. Bottomline, I am of the opinion that it is a crappy version of HBO so I don’t watch it. Anyway, when it was announced that Showtime was starting a new MMA production, I got excited. Well, after seeing the debut in its entirety, the EliteXC, like Showtime, is a crappy version of the UFC.

First the good

The knockout from Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett of Mr. Noons was sweet. Make no mistake, Bennet has some dynamite in those fists. Aside from the Horse being disrespectful to a fallen opponent, he was entertaining and I enjoyed watching him. Even more impressive than his knockout was his backflips off the top of the cage after the knockout. He sold some tickets to his next fight by way of his antics. Tupac’s got nothing on this thug.

Gina Carano beat the crap outta Julie Kedzie. The casual observer (me) could see Gina was winning the fight, but when it was all over by the looks of Julie’s face one would have thought she fought the Krazy Horse instead of Miss Carano. Gina on the other hand, looked like she had just gotten finished shopping, not fighting. If anyone was able to get a picture of Julie after the fight, send it to the guys over at The Smoking Gun. It would fit in nice with the Courtney Love or Yasmine Bleeth mug shots.

No A.C. Slater. I wish he would get in the ring with the Horse. I can’t stand Mr. Lopez. Again, what kind of loser cheats on his wife the night before they are to get married.

Now the Bad

Thanks for the cheesey intro’s Talk about some crap, the intro’s were major league horse crap. Nothing like a terrible sounds system coupled with fighters who looked like they were getting ready to take a nap (i.e. The Crow) as they walked in to really pump up the crowd. I was underwhelmed to say the least.

The Cabbage man either needs to lose some weight and focus on being a student of the mixed martial arts game, or give up fighting alltogether and set his sites on Kobeyashi.

Where did the real Crow go? What’s happened to this guy? Someone needs to tell him that he’s allowed to throw a punch before the last 30 seconds of a fight. Neither of these fighters looked like they had been in a fight after the final bell rang. Money has changed everything. I like seeing guys who like to fight and aren’t afraid of losing. Guys who would fight even if the money wasn’t there just to prove something to themselves.

Frank Shamrock is apparently a joke. I can’t stand the Gracies and was looking forward to Frank ceremoniusly retiring Renzo (I actually dislike this Gracie the least - if he wasn’t a Gracie I’d probably like him). Instead it seems like he might have realized he was beat and thought the only way to protect the potential revenue for his Baroni fight later this year was to get DQ’d. During his post fight press conference he tried to convince us that he had Renzo right where he wanted him. If having a Gracie with side control dropping bombs on your noggin is “right where he wanted him”, then Frank may just be the best fighter ever. I will say this though, the whole time Renzo had him pinned, Frank was throwing kicks to his mid section and did not appear to be tired or in any serious trouble. Oh well, I stayed up after midnight to see a 2nd round DQ in a main event. Thanks. I’m sure this is exactly how Showtime wanted to announce to the world that the EliteXC is a premier fighting league.

Outtie Five Thoutie…

I like pretty much everything Apple makes. I own an iBook, and MacBook, a Mini, and two iPods. With that said, I’m am pretty much bummed over the whole iPhone thingy. Why couldn’t they release a version sans the phone. If they’d do it, I’m in. I’ll buy it today, right this minute, and with no reservation even though it would be version numero uno. I want convergence. I want my wide screen iPod for my iTunes content, but I also want a PDA capable of seemless syncing with iCal, Mail, and my Address Book. Additionally, I want a 802.x device that I can whip out at any of the and check email, surf the web, or make a skype call. I don’t want the horse crap phone with its horse crap voice and data plans. Apple, please hook me up. The current iPhone is a piece of crapple.

Why hasn’t anyone used my brilliance and come out with this yet. Everyday as I make my way down to the office dumper, I find myself wishing I knew the mileage on the crapper I’m about to use.

Speaking of my brilliance, what about this idea. People, this is a golden opportunity. Look me up. We could make millions together.

Anyone know where the closest Cyberball arcade game is? This is my all time favorite video game ever. I submit that I cannot be beaten in this game. Don’t let me get a titanium running back or it’s going to be a laugher. Kent Lui, where are you? I miss taking you and your sorry New York Thunder squad behind the wood shed at the our local Joker’s arcade.

The Sony Reader sux. Sure, spending ~$300 on a device that can store a $2 paperback sounds like a good idea. Don’t get me wrong, I would love to have one of these, but at $300 smackers, its as laughable as Kent’s cyberball skills. Yes, I am using laughable a little to frequent tonight. Here is my suggestion. Partner with one of the major brick and mortar book stores and put a book distribution kiosk in each one. Have the kiosk set up to allow customers to purchase electronic copies of any book that the store carries and then load it into their Sony Reader. I know its not this simple as I am sure agreements with each of the book distribution houses will be required, but come on, let’s save some trees. Can I get some sort of tax deduction for saying “save some trees”?

Well, I just saw a commercial with a chick sporting some mom jeans and that makes me not want to blog anymore.

Word to the Third.

In addition to the “Tuesday Mass Media Updates”, bUGLY is proud to announce the “Thursday - Bust You in the Chops” segment. Without further procrastination, let’s get started.

First off, I found another good MMA podcast. It’s called Fight Opinion and you can subscribe to it via iTunes. This panel isn’t as entertaining as the folks over at the BeatDown (kudo’s to TJ and Josh), but they do produce a pretty good show. The one I listened to tonight featured interviews with the guy from UFCJunkie.com (awesome site for MMA news) as well as Sean Salmon (last Thursdays TUF Fight Night main event co-headliner with Rashad Evans). I feel like a turd for not remembering the UFCJunkie’s real name, but he was a good interview. He discussed how his sponsorship of Sean Salmon for the Evans fight came about as well as Sean’s continued future involvement with the UFCJunkie web site. His comments suggest it wasn’t a whole lot of money that was invested in the sponsorship and he went on to add that it has significantly increased traffic to his site. I have a feeling that others will try and mimic this type of business arrangement with the lesser known fighters. I also suspect that the cost to do so will also significantly increase (his website url got some major airtime during the show as it was printed in Sean’s shorts). Great show, but I’ll admit I didn’t finish the whole show though as it was a whopping 2 1/2 hours in length.

Segue - We didn’t have MMA when I was a kid. The closet thing to it was watching my neighbors, the Brisco boys, duke it out in their front yard. I remember shooting hoops with Rick one afternoon and without provocation Steve (aka “the Slimer”) came out the side door of the garage and shot Rick point blank with a BB gun. I never saw Rick, who weighed in at about 320 I’m guessing, move so fast. He punched through the interior door of the garage and proceeded to destroy his younger brother. I haven’t seen Rick or Steve in ages - where are you dudes?

Five Sean Salmon Factoids
1) Sean Salmon has an MMA Record of 9-2
2) Sean Salmon wrestled at Ohio State
3) Sean Salmon’s age in dog years is 203
4) Sean Salmon was the high school state of Ohio wrestling champ in 1997
5) Sean Salmon won the first round of last Thursday night’s fight against Rashad Evans

Five Salmon Factoids
1) Salmon has an MMA Record of 0-0
2) Salmon is the common name of several species of fish of the family Salmonidae
3) The Chum Salmon is also known as the Dog Salmon
4) According to Norse Mythology - Loki (the god of mischief and strife), after killing Baldr (the god of beauty and light), jumped into the river and transformed himself into a Salmon in order to escape punishment from the other gods.
5) Salmon gives me diarrhea sometimes.

How would you like to get your butt kicked by a dude name Loki?

Three bULGY football factoids

1) Number of Univeristy of Tennessee running backs starting in the NFL? 3 - Cedric Houston (Jets), Jamal Lewis (Ravens), Travis Henry (Titans)

2) Number of SEC running backs starting in the NFL? 10 - Ronnie Brown (Miami - Auburn) Rudi Johnson (Cincinnati - Auburn), Joseph Addai (Indy - LSU), Fred Taylor (Jacksonville - Florida), Travis Henry (Tennessee - Tennessee), Duece Mccallister (New Orleans - Ole Miss), Carnell Williams (Tampa Bay - Auburn), Shawn Alexander (Seattle - Alabama), Cedric Houston (NYJ - Tennessee), Jamal Lewis (Baltimore - Tennessee). Deshawn Foster, another starter, played at Alabama before transferring to UCLA.

3) Number of times I’ve accidently walked into the womens restroom at a University of Tennessee football game? 1

bUGLY recommended business venture

Start up a womens magazine called Cuticle. Position it as the pottery barn for the working womens cubicle. Sell staplers, tape dispensers, and lamps at a ridiculously high price. Be sure to hire the jackass from Volkwagon who had the idea of putting a vase in the bug.

bUGLY top three recommended CD’s for the week

1) Combat Rock from The Clash - This is a no brainer. I pretty much can listen to this album any damn day. If you’re trying to get off coffee in the morning, just pop in Car Jamming and let it get you going (the drums are freakin awesome in this cut). Be sure to check out Red Angel Dragnet as well - its more spoken word than song but is still a must hear. And everyone has heard Casbah and Should I Stay or Should I Go, so don’t forget about them.

2) Power to the People and the Beats from Public Enemy - This is a greatest hits CD pure and simple. Shut’em Down is one of the selected tracks. I used to love this song. In highschool I always wanted this to be my church league hoops team theme song. It would have been perfect except we didn’t play exceptional defense and we had a pretty spotty win/loss record. Segway - My favorite highlight for the season was stealing the ball, passing it to the coaches son, and seeing it slip through his hands in route in unplugging the scoreboard. I think we were down by forty at the time, but no one could remember the score. I believe that turnover ended up being a 20 point play for us. God Bless J.O…. Anyway, back to business. This release has em all - He Got Game, Fight the Power, Don’t Believe the Hype, etc etc. Go get it and shut your cake hole, brotha.

“I like Nike but wait a minite
The neighborhood supports so put some
Money in it
Corporations owe
Dey gotta give up the dough
To da town
or else
We gotta shut ‘em down”

3) Hands All Over from SoundGarden - This is not an album, just a single. I honestly can’t remember the name of the album this is off of, but it’s the one before Badmotorfinger. iTunes has it on the A-sides (greatest hits) CD. This is a great song and it shows the strength of Cornells pipes as good as anything else by SoundGarden or AudioSlave.

4) Bonus single - The Saint from D.I. - I can’t find this song or CD (team goon? I think) anywhere. I had it when I was in highschool and loved it. iTunes doesn’t have it, and I have not had any luck finding it at the Disc Exchange, ebay, amazon, or anywhere. If you see it, give it a shot. D.I. and The Exploited got some major rotation in the ole Chevy Sprint back in the day. Man, I am cool.

Congrats to the Colts for putting a thumping on the Bears. This game could have been even more lopsided than the Bears victory over the Pats in the 80’s. Also, congrats to Dungy and Manning for getting the monkey off their back. You can scratch “Can’t win the big one” from their resumes. With the congrats out of the way, I am curios as to who votes for the Super Bowl MVP. Rhodes was robbed. Heck, Addai would have even been a better choice here (yes, I realize he had a fumble, but he also had over 150 all purpose yards - leading the Colts in receptions). Manning isn’t a horrible choice, but come on, Rhodes made big run after bug run. Besides, haven’t we showered Peyton with enough awards thus far in his career.

I have to hate Rex by default for being a Gator, but I actually felt bad for the dude. He played terrible. He turned a 2nd and 1 to a 4th and 28 all by himself. He threw two bad picks and couldn’t handle the center to QB exchange. With that said, Rex didn’t hide at the end of the game and stood there fielding some asinine questions from the media. Give the dude a break. As I am writing this, Steve Young is piling on as well. Jackass.