5 Thoughts

1. MASOLI TO OLE MISS?
So a guy can get convicted of a felony and thrown off the Oregon team, but the good ol' boys down in Mississippi need a QB so they'll look past it. This is just ridiculous and it proves a couple of things. a) If you're good enough, you can do about anything and still get another chance for a desperate team because winning is ALL that matters. b) SEC schools will let ANYONE - if the football team needs you they will find a way to make it work.

2. KIFFIN
Now you've gone and done it Lane. Snaking a coach from under the nose of USC alumni Jeff Fisher and the Titan staff might come back to bite Lane in the ass. Apparently, there was no courtesy call to Fisher until after the coach had already agreed to leave, and Fisher was a bit upset about that. The timing of it is horrible as well with training camp starting this week. I love that Lane just continues to piss people off everywhere he goes (especially TEN), but he might have over stepped this time by getting under the skin of Fisher. Now the AD that hired Lane is gonzo, and I think his time as the HC of the Trojans might be limited. of course, all this can be irrelevant if he wins and wins big. I'm hoping he's there to ride out the sanctions and then he's canned in time for the program to step back up in 5 years.

3. KAHN!
He's back at it again...did you hear this blockbuster yesterday? We dump Sessions and Hollins, 2 guys we just loved and signed as FA's just LAST SUMMER, for 2 guys who we are going to cut to open up more $...and we had to throw in a 2nd round pick. Now I know we wanted to dump both of these guys, but can we ever get a player back that we actually want to have on this team? Opening up all this money would be great if we had a chance at landing a real FA...but we don't. I think I'm more convinced than ever that Kahn is clueless.

4. COWBOYS
The Dez Bryant saga has begun. I think it's a great idea to revolt against tradition and not carry the veteran's pads in training camp. Let's see how many people can hate you on your own team from day 1 of camp...good call. ESPN has apparently adopted Bryant and their new fling since the LeBron thing is finally over. We've pretty much had an hourly update on Dez's day since he's arrived at camp. Yesterday he sat in with the QB's on a meeting rather than taking time off, wow...who's impressed? This is the kind of sports news you get in late July I guess. Personally, I love it that the whole ESPN world thinks DAL is the team to beat. My only concerns for the 'Boys is this: 1)34-3, just 6 months ago at Metrodome and 2) you still have Wade Phillips as your coach...ha ha! If anyone thinks Wade is winning anything beyond the NFC East...well, then you obviously don't know Wade Phillips. I think I'm picking against Jerry's guys in the playoffs already...can I get some odds on that?

5. TWINS
So we didn't get Haren or Lee, but can we win with what we have? I was reading some article this morning about how our staff has been the least lucky statistically by a mile in 2010. I believe it, but that's the chance you take with pitchers like Blacky, Baker, Slowey, and Pavano. They go in with the intention of making people hit the ball, so sometimes it goes against you. But the old baseball saying is that it all evens out by the end of the year, so our luck should be changing...and based upon the last few pitching performances, I think it might be. The bats are hot, Morneausy should be coming back soon, and sweet little baby Jesus looks like he might be finding it a bit after a 5-5 night at KC. I still think this team is the one to beat in the division, and I won't change that thought anytime soon.