It’s time Nevada's Luke Lippincott gets some attention. Lippincott
leads the WAC in rushing last season and who gets named the WAC’s
preseason Offensive Player of the Year? Boise State’s Ian Johnson.
Lippincott turns in one of the greatest seasons in Nevada history a
year ago and all anyone wants to talk about is the QB situation between
Colin Kaepernick and Nick Graziano. And to think Nevada brought Lippincott
to town as a safety. He is going to cement his place in the Nevada Hall
of Fame this season.
Barry Bonds wasn’t doing anything this summer and the United
States’s Olympic team could have used another big bat. He could
have showed the entire world that he is the greatest home run hitter
in history. Bonds and his agent have been crying about how Barry would
play for the minimum salary, so why not just play for free and win an
Olympic medal?
Gene Upshaw was one of the greatest men that the NFL has even known.
He was one of the best offensive linemen in history. There would never
have been a Raider mystique without him and his teammates. Upshaw did
even more as the players’ union boss. Those same players were
always quick to criticize him, claiming he was too close to Paul Tagliabue
and for not caring about former players who suffer from ailments after
their career is over. Upshaw took the criticism like a man for two decades
and also fired back his own shots.
Maybe Hope Solo should have been in goal against Brazil in the World
Cup a few years ago. Solo, who was benched in that World Cup semifinal
and complained about it at after the U.S. lost, was back in the net
as the U.S. shut out Brazil to win the Olympic women’s soccer
gold. Why do soccer teams need coaches anyway?
Seattle will be allowed to keep some championship banners and trophies
despite the fact that their team is moving to Oklahoma City. The team’s
new owners can keep the Sonics logo and name but can’t use them
in Oklahoma City. And when and if Seattle gets a new team, it gets back
its old logo and name. Why didn’t they just let Seattle keep the
Sonics and give Oklahoma City an expansion team?
Oklahoma City is going to choose between Thunder, Bison, Energy, Wind,
Marshalls and Barons as their name. I like Bison. Thunder, Energy and
Wind sound like a Weather Channel ad. And how do you create a logo for
thunder, energy and wind? Marshalls? Marshall Dillon? Donyell Marshall?
The Barons were an old hockey team in Cleveland. Go Bison.
MLB umpires have agreed to allow instant replay, starting sometime
later this month. It’s only going to be used on home run balls
so it’s really no big deal. Don’t worry about having to
sit through four-hour games. If baseball wanted to replay out calls
at the plate or on the bases then you would have seen an umpire revolt.
But this limited amount of instant replay will actually help. Thank
goodness the umps put their egos aside and approved it.
Nevada fans, if you are only going to go to one football game, make
it the Grambling State game. The football won’t be that exciting.
The real excitement is going to surround the Grambling State band.
Actually, forget about going to just one Nevada game. If you want exciting
football don’t miss the Texas Tech game. The scoreboard might
explode with all of the points the Pack and Red Raiders will put up.
And then there’s the all-important Boise State game. This is the
best home schedule in years at Mackay Stadium.
- Joshua Newman (aka Newbs) - RotoKingdom Staff Writer
