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Hail the Chairman Brady

The NFL announced a first: next season, New England and Seattle will play a preseason game in China.  As a part of the marketing of the China Bowl, the Patriots are selling a Chinese Tom Brady jersey.

It would be fun to see them actually wear those for the game.  Confusing for U.S. fans, but fun.  Just imagine the amusement of watching the referees try to announce the penalized players by number!  “Intentional grounding, number … uh … t equals?  Ah, forget it, I’m sure there was a receiver somewhere.”

Military presence at Michigan Stadium

Michigan beat Wisconsin on Saturday; that was good.  And the day was even better because I finally got to meet the UM Army man!

I have been wanting to meet him since I started wearing my helmet to games, and I finally got the opportunity on Saturday.  He is a great guy — very friendly, and a staunch Michigan fan.

In every game, be this our aim, V-I-C-T-O-R-Y: Week 5 vs. Lincoln

Chelsea High School Football record through week 5: 12-3 (3-0 week 5; 10-2 SEC) .

Not much to say about this week of football. Lincoln put up no real fight at any level. The Chelsea freshmen won 36-6; the JV won 58-0; the varsity won 55-0. No drama.

The state of the Lincoln football program is dismal, and I hate to see it this way. Perhaps in the near future there will be changes on Willis Road, changes that will help the program begin its climb out of the basement. Until then, Lincoln football players have to suffer through miserable seasons of losing.

Eye-catching: 29 seconds into the varsity game, Chelsea led 14-0. McClendon returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, and on Lincoln’s first offensive play, Bradburn intercepted the pass and returned it for a touchdown. Seven minutes into the game, Chelsea led 35-0.

Nayv-safe schools

As to the question of which schools’ jerseys would be safe for the Nayv-adorned kicker, here’s the best I — with some help — could do for D-1 schools:

UMass
Bucknell
Southern Miss
Ole Miss

Other schools have Nayv-safe names, but they do not display that name on their jerseys.  These schools include:

Tennessee (no text)
UConn (jerseys say Connecticut)
Marshall (jerseys say Herd)
Hawaii (jerseys say Warriors)
Cornell (no text)
Gardner-Webb (jerseys say Dogs)

I liek sporst, adn I cna proofreda.

I have to feel bad for Navy’s placekicker; for last week’s game, his jersey featured a rather startling error: rather than playing for Navy, apparently he played for Nayv.

In other news, on Saturday I will be cheering for Michigna to defeat Wisconsni.

Fun question:
It has been noted that the placekicker would not have this problem if he played for Tennessee.  Are there any other schools that could help him avoid this sartorial snafu?

It’s not worth this much

“The instant replay official whose failure to overturn a bad call led to a narrow victory for Oregon over Oklahoma said he feels like he is under siege after receiving menacing phone calls and a death threat.”

This is utterly pathetic. Yes, he did not make the correct call, but menacing phone calls? A death threat? This is football! I am a big Michigan fan, but I know where the game ends and serious life begins. Football — a game, last I checked — never justifies this sort of response.

This is on par with last year’s reaction in Columbus to the Texas loss, when tight end Ryan Hamby received death threats for dropping a third-quarter touchdown pass.  As a sports fan and a human, this overreaction disgusts me.  One loss is not worth that much.  Okay, so get angry, rant on a message board or a local sports radio talk show — and then get over it.  Move on.  Find a real atrocity.

What’s the skinny? I’m just chewing the fat.

I had to read it twice just to be sure it was serious: major Israeli retail firms have agreed not to hire models that are too skinny.

No, seriously. It’s true. Apparently there is a movement that wants to fight anorexia within the fashion industry. Their minimum standard? A BMI of 18. This movement seems to be growing; along with it, perhaps the models will be growing, too. Considering the effect models can have on the popular image of perfection (see the previous post — the one about cosmetic surgery), this ought to be a good thing.

(But I can see the next headline now: “Fashion industry vows to shun stunningly attractive models.”)