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Shogun Fights VII

Thursday, October 25th, 2012

by Jimmy Williams

 

 

 

 

This past Saturday October 20th the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland was home to Shogun Fights VII.  I have been to many regional events, as well as UFC events, and I must say I was highly impressed with what Shogun Fights owner John Rallo and his team has been able to put together in a short period of time.  This was one of the most professional, well run fight cards I have ever attended.  The night was action-packed with many entertaining mixed martial arts contests.

Marshall Thompson may have had the most interesting entrance of the evening, dressed in a Spartan helmet, with entourage in tow. (Photo courtesy of War Room Sports)

You may notice a theme when I give my recap on contests.  Whether Boxing or MMA, I have the propensity to root for guys who have either unique ring/cage entrances or they enter with music that I am fond of.  Considering I am a Hip-Hop Junkie, this usually means someone enters to a Hip-Hop song I love.

Adi Alic celebrates his 1st round KO of Mike Young (Photo courtesy of War Room Sports)

Fight 1:  Adi Alic  VS  Mike Young

In this 1st match Adi Alic entered the cage with what appeared to be 50 people behind him.  It was a kick-ass entrance which was reminiscent of Cobra Kai.  I immediately wanted to see if he could live up to his entrance.

Adi started the fight very aggressive, attempting a couple of submissions until being hit below the belt.  This slowed him down for a brief minute but he then exploded with a knee followed by hammer fist which gave him the victory in the 1st round by KO.

If you blinked, you may have missed the fastest KO in Shogun Fights history. (Photo Courtesy of War Room Sports)

Fight2:  David Perez VS Cole Presley

No interesting entrances to speak of but when the match started, so did the fireworks.  Cole Presley wasted no time and won by KO with an overhand right followed by hammer fists.  The fight lasted 23 seconds, which was announced as the fastest knockout in Shogun history.

Brent Hess won the pre-fight dance off….
(Photo Courtesy of War Room Sports)

….but Christian Leonard easily won the fight.
(Photo Courtesy of War Room Sports)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fight 3:  Brent Hess VS Christian Leonard

Hess wins the entrance with hilarious Gangnam Style dancing with the Gangnam Style music to match.   Then the fight starts and immediately it is evident that Christian Leonard is ready for his 1st pro fight.   Leonard gets top position and Hess attempts a couple of submissions but after Leonard dropped a hook from the top position, the fight was ended with the 18-year old Leonard proving he is the real deal.

 

Dave Daniecki enters the octagon.
(Photo courtesy of War Room Sports)

Fight 4:  Dave Daniecki VS Najim Wali

Najim Wali wins the entrance contest as he enters to “The Champ is Here” by Jadakiss, which immediately made me root for him, but that’s the last thing he won.  Danieki dominated the fight by controlling the tempo the entire match by taking the fight to the ground and landing shots from the half guard position.  Danieki wins a unanimous decision 30-27 on all three judges’ scorecards.

 

Nate Grebb and his team prepares to do battle.
(Photo courtesy of War Room Sports)

Fight 5:  Nate Grebb VS Ruben Martinez

Martinez wins the entrance war by entering the ring to Big Pun’s 100%.  This makes me take notice but again the entrance wars mean nothing as Grebb wins by triangle choke in the 2nd round.

Cody Baker leaving the octagon after his victory over Ryan Mackin.
(Photo courtesy of War Room Sports)

Fight 6:  Ryan Mackin VS Cody Baker

No interesting entrances to speak of in this match but this was one hell of a fight that went back and forth until Mackin was saved by the bell in round 2 after being put in a rear naked choke.  Mackin seemed to be drowsy and the fight was stopped giving Baker the victory.

Marshall Thompson
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Ryan Berry…focused.
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Fight 7:  Ryan Berry VS Marshall Thompson

This fight had 2 great entrances as Thompson enters with a Gladiator mask on.  Not to be outdone, Berry enters to DMX with one of the scariest faces I have ever seen.  Berry looked like he meant business.  The fight was close but Berry dictated the pace and won by unanimous decision 30-27, 30-27, and 29-28.

 

 

Dan Root holding his trophy.
(Photo courtesy of War Room Sports)

Fight 8:  Dan Root VS Brian Van Hoven

No interesting entrances to speak of in this match but Root put on a hell of a performance.  He wins by Rear Naked Choke in the 2nd round.  In the post-fight interview Root has the line of the night when asked about how he got this victory.  He says “I take it any way I can get it, like sex”.

Gustavo Kiesler (L); Rob Sullivan (R) – And the winner is…….
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Fight 9: Rob Sullivan VS Gustavo Keisler

Gustavo wins the entrance by using music from Hip Hop artist The Game but the fight was a different story.  This was a close fight with Sullivan winning a unanimous decision 29-28, 29-28, and 30-27.

Micah Terrill vs Kyle Sefcik
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Sefcik attempts a kick.
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The guillotine choke that ended the fight.
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Fight 10:  Micah Terrill VS Kyle Sefcik

Nothing special with the entrances but it is a documented fact that Kyle Sefcik is a friend of War Room Sports.  Watching him enter the fight I might have been more nervous than Kyle.  Kyle started the fight by attempting multiple Superman punches and back fists.  The fight went to the ground where Terrill seemed to be winning by controlling the fight.  Round 2 was more of the same but in round 3 Sefcik pulled out the victory with an amazing guillotine choke that caused Terrill to tap out.

The Main Event – Frank Lester vs Caleb Ball
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Fight 11:  Frankie Lester VS Caleb Ball

This was the main event of the night and it did not disappoint.  Frankie Lester wins the entrance war by far, entering to The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Juicy”.  This entrance had me so amped I was ready to jump in the cage until I realized I have nothing but a black belt in talking trash.  This fight was an all-out war with both athletes landing multiple shots.  Lester landed a clean shot to the ribs which seemed to hurt Ball and Lester then began to land the better shots.  In the 2nd round Lester continued to land shots and eventually cut Ball whose eye started to swell and close.  The doctors stepped in and checked Ball but allowed him to continue.  After the end of the 2nd round the doctors decided Ball had suffered enough damage and stopped the fight, giving Lester the win.  Finally a fighter with a kick-ass entrance wins a fight.

It looked rough, but Caleb was a VERY worthy opponent in defeat.
(Photo courtesy of War Room Sports)

The main event victor – Frank Lester
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Overall the night was action-packed and full of entertainment.  Shogun Fights is a quality MMA organization and the Mid-Atlantic region has a vibrant MMA community that will produce many future stars in this sport.  If Shogun Fights VII was this exciting, I can only imagine what Shogun Fights VIII will have to offer.

Jimmy Williams (L); UFC Fighter Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone (M); Devin McMillan (R)
(Photo courtesy of War Room Sports)

 

Devin McMillan (L); MMA Legend Renzo Gracie (M); Jimmy Williams (R)
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Jimmy “The Blueprint” Williams of The War Room, for War Room Sports

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Unwritten Rules of Major League Baseball

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

By Jimmy Williams

I just want to say a few words about baseball and it’s unwritten rules.  This has pissed me off for years.  Earlier this season, Detroit Tigers’ pitcher Justin Verlander was working on a no-hitter when Erick Aybar bunted the ball in the eighth inning and reached 1st base on a play where Verlander fielded the ball and threw it wide to first base.  Later in the inning, a two-out single was hit and the no-hitter was broken up.

After the game, many players were pissed at Aybar for laying down the bunt when there was still a chance of a no-hitter.  They said he had broken one of baseball’s “unwritten rules”.  First off, the term “unwritten rules” is stupid!  If it’s a rule, it should be in writing! Baseball players overall are a bunch of bivious creatures.  They hate when players don’t give their all by hustling to first base or running out a pop-fly, but they get upset when someone is doing everything in their power to get on base when a no-hitter is taken late into a game.  Aybar was trying to get on base late in a close game but because Verlander had a no-hitter going on, you get pissed.  If you ask me it was a smart play, yet people were treating Aybar like he was the leader of Cobra Kai, telling his students to hurt Daniel-San.

Baseball has so many unwritten rules that players often break them without knowing. Jason Turbow has written an excellent book called “The Baseball Codes”, which discuss some of baseballs unwritten rules.  Some of the rules are downright egregious!  I won’t name them all but I want to mention a few so you can see how stupid they are.

1)  Don’t swing at the first pitch after back-to-back Home Runs.  Huh?  Why not?  So if it is a good pitch to hit, I shouldn’t swing because the pitcher sucks “rhinoceros pizzle”? That’s just stupid!

2)  When you are hit by a pitch, you shouldn’t rub the mark.  What if it hurts like hell?

3)  Don’t help the opposition make a play by bracing them if they are falling into the dugout.  So basically, if you see a guy about to break his neck by trying to make a play, you should just let him break his neck.  I wonder how that will look on replay.

There are many more stupid “unwritten rules”, but you get my point.  I think baseball players should act like adults and stop being so “Tresvanty”.  They should take all of these “unwritten rules” and toss them in a “pit of unfortunate”.  I find it funny how players speak out when someone breaks an unwritten rule but for the most part they remain silent when a player breaks written rules.  Where is the backlash when players get caught drinking & driving, or engaging in spousal abuse, or drug possession?  Yet, when someone lays down a bunt in the 8th inning of a close game, players want to speak up.  For the players who spoke out against Aybar, you should be forced to drink bleach and then be thrown off the roof of a Baltimore row home, while landing on dog feces with glass in it.  And for those who read this and also believe in these “unwritten rules”, you can get the “Bozak”!

Jimmy Williams 

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Clemens & Bonds: Let My People Go…Into The Hall of Fame

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

by Jimmy Williams

Bonds & Clemens

Although the trial of Roger Clemens ended in a mistrial, (as of now it is unclear whether or not they will retry him) no one believes he DIDN’T use steroids.  This puts his chances of going into the Hall of Fame in jeopardy, even though his numbers clearly make him a first-ballot Hall of Famer.

Growing up as a huge baseball fan, there were many great players that put up crazy numbers, but the best pitcher of my generation was clearly William Roger Clemens, and the best player was without a doubt, Barry Lamar Bonds.  Now both of these athletes may never get the honor of going into the Baseball Hall of Fame because of their connection to steroids.  To me this is unfathomable.  I believe all of the great players and products of my era should be honored.  Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Nike ‘95’ Air Max, Reversible Nautica Jackets, Issey Miyake Cologne, The “Illmatic” Album, Voltron Cartoons…you get the point.

I don’t know whether or not they will ever make it into the Hall of Fame, but I hope the Baseball Writers Association of America does not wait until they are damn-near ineligible to put them in the HOF.  That would be equivalent to the writers of “Who’s The Boss” waiting until the last season of the show to make Tony and Angela hook up.

The steroid era has forever changed baseball.  Any time anyone puts up any power numbers, people automatically start with the steroid talk.  It’s sad what has happened to the game but what is more sad is how there is a cloud of suspicion over most of the great players of my era.

Jimmy Williams 

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Derek Jeter’s 3000th Hit: Nobody’s Perfect

Monday, July 18th, 2011

by Jimmy Williams

So Derek Jeter has now hit for over 3,000 hits and has added to his legacy of being an all-time great baseball player. People are now arguing about where he stands in terms of Yankee greats.  I don’t know where he stands historically as a Yankee because I haven’t put any thought into it, and unlike most people I have the ability to form my own opinion.

Over his career, Jeter has been a great player who has stayed out of trouble, and has done nothing but play the game the right way.  He is also one of the most clutch athletes I have ever seen.  I don’t believe in praising people for doing what they should do, like staying out of prison, but with athletes being arrested on what seems like a daily basis, I feel like those who stay out of trouble like Jeter has, deserve credit.  This leads me to my problem with Derek Jeter.  He is a Yankee.  Being a Phillies fan, I cannot admire nor like a Yankee.  Yet I have been having a hard time finding anything to dislike about Jeter.  He recently sat out of the All-Star Game and I thought, “okay, here is my reason”.  But honestly I had no problem with him doing this.  All of the all-star games are a joke at this point but that is for a later discussion.  It really is difficult to dislike a guy who plays the game extremely well, has just as many hits with models & actresses as he does on the diamond, has made a boat-load of money, and is philanthropic.

But after a couple days of pondering about what I can say bad about Jeter, I finally found something.  Mr. Jeter…your cologne distributed through Avon STINKS!  That’s right…it is horrible and cheap.  It smells like a combination of polar bear urine and bone marrow from a dead alley cat.  How could you associate yourself with a fragrance as repugnant as that?  Your fragrance is called “Driven” but it smells more like an old Chevy driven by four homeless men and a dead, diabetic pig.

So now Mr. Jeter, I can throw you in the same boat as most Yankees I hate, like “A-Roid”, because you don’t have enough sense to smell a fragrance before you put your name on it.  So there you have it.  Although it sounds like I am dissing you in a weird way, I am actually giving you credit because that is the only thing I can find to make me dislike you.  But you are a Yankee, so FOH and go play in traffic!!

I’m Nice!!!

Jimmy Williams

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LeBron’s Recent Play Reminded Me of Football

Friday, June 17th, 2011

By Jimmy Williams

I haven’t written about Football in a while and after watching LeBron fail to give full effort in the NBA Finals, it reminded me of a certain football player.

What’s on your mind Jay?

Mr. Cutler…or as he will be known for now on…“Jay Ramone Cutler”.  You sir, are a pipsqueak!  I’m not going say you were not in pain or bring up other players like Ronnie Lott cutting of a piece of his finger to get back in the game, or Phillip Rivers playing 6 quarters with a torn ACL, or Byron Leftwich having a broken shin and having his lineman carry him instead of not playing, or even Tom Brady playing with a stress fracture in his foot last season.

I personally don’t know your pain tolerance but I do know you appeared to mentally check out of the Chicago Bears’ game in the playoffs last season.  After leaving the game, you looked like your mind was on your second job at Vandelay Industries and you could care less about the NFC championship game.

Initially I heard you had an MCL sprain, then after it seemed as though the entire world called you a quitter, it became a tear.  By the time the lockout is over you will have a disease in your leg and need an amputation.

This isn’t the first time I have seen you mentally check out of a game.  I have seen you do it in college and I have seen you do it in Denver.  My co-host Dev can attest to how I have always called you a fraud and thought you were a horrible quarterback.  You have all the physical abilities but it appears that you think you are better than you are and don’t have what it takes mentally to be elite.  (Sounds like LeBron huh?)  You are becoming wasted talent.  Like Calogero’s pop Lorenzo told him in Bronx Tale, “the saddest thing in life is wasted talent”.

Anyone who doesn’t think you quit is either a delusional Bears fan or someone who has a low football IQ.  You embarrassed your family, your team, President Obama, Oprah, Kanye West, Common, Michael Jordan, Derrick Rose, Dwayne Wade, The Vice Lords, The Gangster Disciples, Al Capone, Larry Hoover, Mike Ditka, Walter Payton, Jim Belushi, Mayor Daley, or anyone else associated with the city of Chicago!

The fact that you are a complete jerk made your peers think it was cool to talk pork chop greasy about you.  That means you are a sub-par quarterback and a jerk as a person.  Hopefully you will rebound from all this and decide to work at becoming an elite QB.  That is if we actually have football this year.  If last season doesn’t make you stronger, you’ll always have your job at Vandelay Industries to fall back on.

I’m Nice!!!

Jimmy Williams

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“White Moses” or “The Mulatto Intercontinental Champion”: Kevin Love vs Blake Griffin

Friday, January 28th, 2011

Kevin Love a.k.a. “White Moses” and Blake Griffin a.k.a. “The Mulatto Intercontinental Champion” are both having all-star caliber years but both may not make the all-star game. If you the fan had your choice; what would it be? Love is averaging 22 ppg and 16 reb while Griffin is averaging 23 ppg and 13 reb and at least 2 highlights per week that make you wonder if he is really human or was he created by a scientist off the Fox show Fringe.

I know the all-star game is supposed to be an exhibition and Blake is the more exciting player but, “White Moses” puts up 30’s and 20’s like most big men (No Mendenhall) put up 20’s and 10’s. Many will say that the team’s record should matter but let’s be honest; BOTH TEAMS STINK! Asking who is a better team is like asking what smells worst trash or garbage.

This will be a tough choice. I think both players are playing great. I appreciate the way that Kevin Love plays but I would also be excited to watch Griffin play with Deron Williams a.k.a. “The Mulatto Heavyweight Champion”. I hope they both make it but if it comes down to one or the other it would be an impossible decision for me.

What are your thoughts? If only one can go, who should it be?

Kevin Love a.k.a. “White Moses”

Or

Blake Griffin a.k.a. “The Mulatto Intercontinental Champion”

Jimmy Williams

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My Thoughts on The Lock Outs

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

In The War Room I have been known to talk a lot of trash about people and I have received tweets and messages on The Book where people have called me a hater, and some have even said I don’t like anything. To quote the great poet Common “If I don’t like it I don’t like it don’t mean that I’m hating”!

At any rate instead of talking about what I don’t like, I have decided to talk about what I am thankful for in sports. I am thankful for David Stern and Roger Godell.


David Stern in my opinion is the greatest commissioner in all of sports. He transformed the NBA from a league full of angry drug addicts to an international game with many stars and memorable moments.


Roger Godell or as I sometimes call him King Roger or Dumbledore has taken control of the league and held players accountable for their actions both on and off the field. I respect him for that and I wish Bud Selig would grow some Gonads (No Mendenhall) and run his league with the same enthusiasm and stern hand.


I love both the NBA, and the NFL, but I am worried as both leagues are facing an impending lockout. Stern and Billy Hunter as well as Godell and Demaurice Smith need to make sure this doesn’t happen. I understand it is not that simple and I understand that changes need to be made, but no one wins if there is a lockout in either league. Especially the fans; the ones who pay their salaries.

If there is a lockout please don’t try to appease us by giving us scab players or any kind of shortened season. Trying to watch the NBA without the star players is like trying to watch Sanford and Son when Fred was on vacation in Saint Luis and Grady was the main character. No one wants to see that MR. Stern!


The same goes for the NFL. I do not want to see any scab players! Please no! That is like watching Martin Episodes where Gina wasn’t on the show. It was still Martin but it just wasn’t the same without Gina!

Don’t become like that jabroni Bud Selig who refuses to let Pete Rose in the hall of fame but allows his locker rooms to rival the biggest pharmacies in America when it comes to the availability of drugs. This idiot allowed a baseball strike, cancellation of The World Series, and allowed an all-star game to end in a tie. Bud Selig runs Major League Baseball as though he went to the Enron School of Business.

The bottom line is you guys have done a tremendous job running your leagues and now it is time to make sure you don’t throw it all away. Do whatever you have to; to make sure the fans have our Football and Basketball. If you do I personally promise to pay for you’re over priced NFL Sunday Ticket and NBA package.

I’m Nice!!!

Jimmy Williams

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Hey Mike Vick…Can I Get Your Autograph?

Monday, December 20th, 2010

"Thank you Mr. Vick. Thank you Suh."

Tashard Choice…YOU my friend, are a noodle.  As a matter of fact, you are a wet, limp, ramen-style noodle.  Unless you have been hiding under a rock for the past week, you have probably seen, or at least heard about Cowboys’ Running Back Tashard Choice asking Eagles Quarterback Mike Vick to sign his gloves, ON THE FIELD, directly after a Sunday Night Cowboys loss to the Eagles, on national television.  Now judging from the opinions of many people on TV, radio, print, and even our own War Room Sports Facebook forum (www.Facebook.com/WarRoomSports), my disdain for this apparent act of extreme “richard-ridery” seems to fall somewhere in the midst of the minority….which is actually cool with me, because when my overall opinions begin to align with the masses, that is when I will know that I am slipping. 

Now back to this rather odd CHOICE by Tashard (pun intended).  I’ve heard all of the defenses… “Players do this all the time”, “it was a sign of respect”, yadda yadda woopty damn doo.  Well, obviously players don’t grovel for the opposing teams’ autographs ON THE FIELD, ON CAMERA, AFTER A LOSS, AT HOME too much.  If that were the case, this “all the time” occurrence would not have been national sports news in the days following the game.  So if this happens ALL THE TIME, make it happen ANOTHER TIME…not directly after a tough loss to a division opponent.  If this is a “sign of respect”, then respect that man somewhere else…not in the middle of your home field in front of 100,000 angry home fans…not to mention the millions of viewers watching on television.  Even his head coach remarked that “there is a time and place for that”.

The funny thing about this whole thing to me is that most of the people that I’ve had personal conversations with about this topic are Eagles fans.  None of them seem to have a problem with it.  To that, I say…FOH Eagles fans.  WE…and yes I say WE…were the same group of fans who took Donovan McNabb to the proverbial verbal woodshed EVERY time he made a boneheaded play and then left the field with a smile on his face.  Imagine if McNabb or any other Eagles player had solicited an opposing players’ autograph after a tough loss on national TV.  You Eagles fans would have lost your mother-loving minds.  So again, I say FOH Eagles fans.  It was a punk move…BOTTOM LINE!

It goes back to my co-host Jimmy’s “Pass The Rock” rant and subsequent blog about how sports are getting soft in general.  It is yet another occurrence that leads paying fans to believe that these spoiled millionaires just don’t care.  I’m pretty sure Cowboys fans would have rather seen him walk off the field appearing as if he was upset about losing yet another game, rather than chasing the opponent’s quarterback halfway across the field for his John Hancock and a fatherly pat on the head.  But if you all think this display of noodlery is okay in a “so-called” competitive environment, than more power to you and your cotton swab-loving tendencies.  By the way…I’ll be signing autographs for all my fans throughout the holidays.  Just send your valuables to the address listed on our website and I’ll get them back to you all signed up as soon as possible.  Fatherly head pats not included.

Devin “Dev” McMillan of The War Room, for War Room Sports

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Hall of Famers and All-Stars

Monday, November 1st, 2010

As a sports fanatic I argue sports on a daily basis with my co-host, my friends, my family, my co-workers, people at the grocery store, people in Yoga class, people at the gas station, People at Wawa or anyone that wants to argue.

Often in these arguments we talk about who is the greatest, who is better than whom, or who is overrated. What bothers me most is when people say “Such and such is an all-star” or “Such and such is going to the hall of fame”. Don’t get me wrong I believe that making an all-star team or pro-bowl is an accomplishment, and I believe making a hall of fame is also an accomplishment but in my opinion those honors have been watered down.

Any time Jamaal Magloire makes an all-star team, or Derek Anderson makes a pro-bowl it diminishes your argument when you tell me a player is an all-star so they are great.

People know I am very critical of Brett Favre and it is not because he sends text messages to women as though they are meretricious, but it’s because he is looked at by some as the greatest QB of all time and it’s not true. People tell me about his statistics and I can make the argument that based upon his statistics he is not.

His numbers are as high as they are because he throws the ball more than anyone in the history of the game. All of the numbers that people quote are a joke. He has the most td’s and passing yards but he also has over 1,000 more passing attempts than anyone in the history of the game. If you throw the ball 30 times a game it would take you over 2 seasons to get 1,000 attempts. If you look at yds per attempt he doesn’t rank in the top 70. Passing attempts per td he is not in the top 40. So when you look deeper at his numbers you realize he is not as good as people believe. He has 503 tds but also has 492 combined interceptions and fumbles. And he has cost his team playoff games by throwing picks.

When I break these numbers down to people they tell me “Well Jimmy he is a first ballot hall of famer”. That may be true Joe Namath is in the hall of fame, and Joe Dumars is in the hall of fame. They do not have hall of fame numbers though. Joe Namath threw more picks than td’s but he was a likeable guy. Joe Dumars averaged 16 points and 4 assist per game and he is in the hall of fame. Andre Iguadola averages those numbers. Dumars was considered a good guy. The sports writers love Brett Favre. During Monday night football when he threw an interception they still praised him. There are NBA players in the hall of fame that averaged fewer than 10 pts per game. I have done the research and believe me there is more to getting in the hall of fame than being a great player.

So next time you have an argument please don’t use the cop out of he is a hall of famer or an all-star or pro bowler. The more average players that are voted to pro bowls or elected to hall of fames will lessen the potency of not only the honor but also your argument.

Jimmy Williams

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P.I = B.S

Monday, October 18th, 2010

The average fan watches football and enjoys the action the hard hitting (II) all of the excitement and believes that NFL football is the greatest sport. It has become America’s favorite sport. But from and existentialist point of view I believe that Pro football is a great game but there are certain rules that sometimes ruin an entire game.

Rarely will you hear me say NCAA college football has it right considering how many things I personally believe they do wrong. But watching football over the past couple of weekends has made me realize they have at least one thing right, and that is the penalty for defensive pass interference.

In the college game the offense gets 15 yards and an automatic first down on defensive pass interference. When you juxtapose that rule with the pro game you will see what I mean. In the NFL when a defensive player is called for pass interference the offensive team not only gets an automatic 1st down but they get the ball at the spot where the interference took place. THAT’S A JOKE!!

There is a problem with how the NFL handles pass interference on so many levels. First off wide receivers are so much bigger than cornerbacks these days (II). And the rules are in favor of the wide outs due to changes in the game. Not only that but these 40 and 50 yard pass interference penalties are causing teams to lose games. Most of the calls made by the officials are subjective anyway; I mean if they wanted to, they could call holding on almost every play.

With that being said, games shouldn’t be loss due to bogus Pass Interference calls. A couple weeks ago I saw my own Broncos get a 49 yard Pass interference call that helped them win the game. A 49 yard penalty? Seriously? Well I guess it’s only right that yesterday my Broncos lost a game to the Jets due to a bogus pass interference call on fourth down.

If I were a struggling offense I would just throw the ball up and force the zebras to make a call. This current rule is deplorable! I understand the NFL’s need for scoring but for the biggest plays of the game to be pass interference calls is asinine. I just hope a playoff game or super bowl doesn’t get decided on a pass interference call. If it does just remember you heard me complaining on 10/18/10. With all that being said it could be worse. They could be like NBA refs.

Jimmy Williams 

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