Super Bowl Saturday?

"The players don't care what day of the week they win this bruh!"

The phenomenon known as Friday Night Lights is high school football in America. Saturdays have been reserved for college football and the famous art of all day tailgating. Therefore, when professional football became a viable sport it was played on Sundays. Typically the NFL plays its games at 1:00pm and 4:15pm on Sunday afternoons. There is also a primetime game on Sunday as well known as Sunday Night Football. The weekend is capped off with the biggest game of the week or the football spectacular known as Monday Night Football. 

In more recent years with the institution of the NFL network some games are being played on Thursday starting on Thanksgiving because the college football season is just about over. Why does the NFL choose to do it this way? Ratings bruh! It's all about the bottom line. So if that is the case why is the Super Bowl still being played on Sunday?

Over the years the Super Bowl has become an unofficial national holiday! It's the most watched television event in the United States and on that particular Sunday probably the most watched event in the world. Everybody is either hosting a Super Bowl party or has been invited to one.

The only problem that folks run into is that the game doesn't start until 6:30pm and the halftime show is longer than normal. Combine that with the already existing party filled with alcohol and food the night can get pretty long. So what typically happens? People start leaving the party at halftime because they have to go to work the next day or their kids have to go to school the next morning.

If it really is about the money and ratings why not have the joint on Saturday? I know the tradition has been to have it on Super Bowl Sunday but what's wrong with Super Bowl Saturday? Let's help the American economy all the way around bruh! Don't just think about the NFL and its advertisers. Let everybody get in on the money like the restaurants, bars, clubs, hotels etc. I know they're getting paid now but think about how much money could be generated if the game was on Saturday.

Moving the game up just one day gives everybody else the opportunity to make more money and more people will watch the game in its entirety. The parties would last longer and the American workforce would be more productive on Monday morning because less people would call in sick.

There's no rule that says that the game has to be played on Sunday bruh! I know you'll argue tradition but I'll argue bread trumps tradition. Just ask all of the college football programs that have recently destroyed 100 year old rivalries by changing conferences for the sake of making money. I don't agree with it but I understand.

However, I don't believe that there are very many people that would trip if the game was played on Saturday because everybody likes a party and good fellowship with friends.

Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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"The Wish Factor"

Warning: If you see Pacman this week go in the opposite direction!

Let the partying begin in Indy or as the brothers called it where I'm from "Naptown". The Super Bowl festivities should be off the chain this week. Everywhere you go in the city there will be some celebrity hosting or getting it in at some party. Super Bowl week is an unbelievably good time no matter where it is. However, it takes a lot of discipline to handle everything that may come your way, especially, if you're a player or former player. I wrote an article some time ago entitled "Why Pro Athletes Shouldn't Get Married" for weeks just like this. I'm going to take you back to your old Sesame Street days; the word for the week is "MATURITY" bruh.

In previous years several players and former players have bitten the dust during the Super Bowl folly. Year before last in Miami Warren Sapp, a lead analyst on the NFL Network and one of the all-time great defensive players in league history, was arrested the day before the Super Bowl and charged with misdemeanor domestic battery. Obviously, he was done working for the week so they sent his butt to the crib.

Also the day before Super Bowl XXXIII (1999), Atlanta Falcons safety Eugene Robinson was arrested for offering an undercover policewoman $40 to perform a sex act. Ironically, that happened on the same day that Robinson received the Bart Starr Award for his "high moral character." Of course the Falcons went on to lose that game to the Bronco's.

Then there was Barret Robins the center for the Oakland Raiders that didn't take his depression medicine and came up missing the day before Super Bowl XXXVII (San Diego). When he resurfaced that night in Tijuana, Mexico, he was so incoherent that Coach Bill Callahan had no choice but to leave him off the roster.

The most famous Super Bowl arrest of all time, of course, belongs to Ray Lewis. Though he was eventually cleared of everything except an obstruction of justice charge, "Baby Ray" was arrested as a suspect in a murder at a party following Super Bowl XXXIV (2000). I was in Atlanta that night sitting on the porch watching the big dawgs run, stomp, bark and howl. I couldn't afford to get into any of the parties all week as I explained in "Why? Cuz it's the Super Bowl!" joint a few days ago. I'm sure glad I wasn't standing outside of that particular party for sure!

I just hope Pacman Jones doesn't show up bruh! Man that dude is out of control and I'll be the first to tell you bruh! This is still Indiana! Don't come out here with $80 grand in singles and try to make it reign! That goes for Nelly too! He got off like Steve Bartman's boy did at the Cubs game because he was right with Pacman during NBA All-Star weekend in Vegas a few years ago. Pacman just caught all of the heat because he stays in trouble. Nelly just slipped out like Justin Timberlake did Janet during the “Wardrobe Malfunction.”

I know that it's hard for some cats to stay out of jail, but if that's you? Don't come to Indy this week bruh, because they just spit shined a bunk with your name on it and boyz are riding around with the "Wish Factor". So if you end up in Marion County Jail this week, don't ever say that “Ya Boy” didn't give you the 411!

Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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Information from the Associated Press was used in this article.

Why? Cuz it's the Super Bowl!

"Don't show up & get caught like a deer in head lights bruh if you can't afford it!"

Everybody has dreams of flossin' in Indy next week! Why? Cuz it’s the Super Bowl! Women and men alike are hitting the malls to get the latest gear as we speak. The beauty and nail shops will be at full tilt by weeks in! Why? Cuz it's the Super Bowl! Rim shops all over the Midwest will do 300% more business between the Saturday before the Super bowl and the Wednesday before! People that live further out will fly in.  Why? Cuz it's the Super Bowl!

Now before everybody runs to Indy for what people think is going to be a free-for-all. Let me break down the ground rules, if you will, for getting it in at a major event. Why? Cuz I'm Ya Boy and it's the Super Bowl!

Now let's keep it real and all the way 100, not everybody will be able to show up in Indy and participate in the festivities bruh! Beautiful women, notice that I said the word "BEAUTIFUL" women, will be carte blanche all week at every event! If you're fine enough you won't even need money. Now ladies it’s up to you to determine weather you’re fine enough to make the cut. I won’t take responsibility for making that decision for you but if you think you are, just get to Indy for the festivities. I'll explain in a minute! Why? Cuz it's the Super Bowl!

For my guys on the other hand, well it's not that simple! Let me give it to you straight up with no chaser so that you understand what you're buying before you show up and get your feelings hurt bruh! Why? Cuz it's the Super Bowl!

My young cats don't understand the proper etiquette for attending a major event: Super Bowl, NBA All-Star Game or major Las Vegas fight (Mayweather etc). Take notes fellas if you’re planning to go the Super Bowl next week or for that matter the NBA All-Star Game in a few weeks in Orlando.

Rule #1 and the only rule bruh! If you're not ballin' out of control, that means if you don't have pro-athlete, entertainer or major executive money you need to stay at home! Like my man JayZ said in "Imaginary Players" on his second album: "You beer money, I'm all year money, I'm popping, you ain't got to count it, it's all there money! I never change money 'cause brothers got strange money!" He goes on to say, "I got bail money, XXL money, You got flash now, but time will reveal money!" Please don't come to Indy and be that guy he's talkin' about bruh! Why? Cuz it's the Super Bowl!

Events like these aren't for you. They are exclusively for guys that have big money (millionaires) and gorgeous women and here's why. Many of the ladies (groupies) that show up to these events are trying to get chosen. Now most of them don't have a dime but women at these types of events don't need money, they just have to be fine. Why? Cuz it's the Super Bowl!

Unfortunately, young ball players and entertainers have a fetish for beautiful women. So the ladies can come to Indy broke and be just fine. No pun intended bruh! Hey, I didn't write the rules; I'm just giving you the information before you come out here and make a fool out of yourself. Why? Cuz it's the Super Bowl!

It's going to be celebrities all over Indy with more money than you can count and they're going to be spending it as fast as the speed of sound. In every club and restaurant the money will be loose and so will the women if you got the right type of paper. Now how silly will you look when the cover for the party is starting at $300.00 and you've budgeted $1000.00 for the entire week. This isn't a trip for people on budgets. Why? Cuz it's the Super Bowl!

Groupies will be expecting for some millionaire to pay for them and their girls to get into the club ($300.00 each to get in, not to mention food and drinks all night) and you think you've got a shot? Not a chance bruh. You and your boyz will be standing out front kicking rocks trying to holler at women that on a normal night you could impress but not tonight bruh. Why? Cuz it's the Super Bowl!

You can't compete in a room full of multimillionaires (pro athletes and entertainers) and you've got a job, albeit a good job because you were able to get the week off and buy a plane ticket to Indy, right? You've got a 401K, a savings account and you even drive a new brand new Infinity. Heck, you got a promotion last week that put you over the $100K mark. Around your way you've got big money but not in Indy, SUPER BOWL WEEK! You better reschedule your trip for sometime in mid April bruh. Why? Cuz it's the Super Bowl!

Now you can run out here if you won't to! You're going to get embarrassed pulling up in that Chrysler 300 rimmed out or even that new E 550 you just bought because of your promotion. Hey, you better be careful because you might even see your own girlfriend out here under somebody else’s arm. Remember R. Kelly already told you that boyz are "Flirting!" So if I were you, I'd stand clear of Indy until after the Super Bowl bruh! Why? Cuz it's the Super Bowl!

Now I'm not telling you what I heard bruh! I drove over 600 miles to Atlanta for the Super Bowl back in 2000 just to get it in when I was a single man! Nobody told me the rules before I left home and I spent the entire week standing outside with my face pressed against the glass looking through the window bruh. Why? Cuz it was the Super Bowl!

Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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Studio Gangsta's

"People will say anything as long as you can't see them!"

In the world of rap music in the early to mid '90's it wasn't uncommon for boyz to go into the studio, get behind the mic and be the toughest cat on the block. After NWA hit the scene in 1987 to become the CNN of the ghetto, it seemed like that was formula for every rapper in the industry to sell records. Guys were on the mic talking about things that they had only heard of or had only seen from a distance but let them tell it they were real live gangsta's. Boyz don't wanna hear it but Tupac was at the top of that list!

Now that social media has blown up with Twitter and Facebook the average Joe has now turned into a studio gangsta! People will say anything to anybody now because they never have to see the person that they're attacking, getting smart with or demeaning.

During Sunday's NFC Championship game with the San Francisco 49'rs and the New York Giants Kyle Williams muffed two punts with one of those fumbles in overtime. They both cost the 49'rs 10 points with the last fumble setting up a chip shot field goal for the Giants to win the game and a trip to the Super Bowl.

Well, 49'r fans took to Williams Twitter and Facebook pages threatening his life. Let's keep it real or all the way 100, which ever comes first. We all know that none of these cowards would roll up on Williams and say a word. However, because they were sitting in confines of their homes or on their smart phones where they couldn’t be traced they felt invincible. They went at him hard like Tupac. Knowing if they ran into Kyle Williams they'd have on his jersey, asking him for an autograph and telling him how great he is.

"It was kind of shocking," Williams said of receiving the threats. "I kind of had been forewarned before I even got to the point where I could check it. I was forewarned by some of my family members and some of my friends that were there to not to look at the Twitter and the Facebook because it was going to be pretty bad."

I remember in the mid to late"80's when I was in college how some white kids would ride past us in their cars while we were walking to class and call us the “N" word primarily because they were RIDING past. The fella's and I would always look at each other and say, “Man I wish that car would have stalled right when they said it.”

Funny, we never got called anything by the kids that were walking next to us. As a matter of fact, all we ever got love. Its funny how people can be tough when they know that there aren't any “consequences and repercussions” like my man Eddy Murphy said in the movie "Life" when ole boy asked for his cornbread.

It's sad that people think that they have the right to be disrespectful to others just because it's convenient. I wish that your phone # and address would pop up every time you sent a disrespectful tweet or Facebook post to someone with a map attached. That would cut down on all of the foolishness in 24 hours! Crickets on Twitter and Facebook son! Nothing!

I wrote an article some time ago entitled "Sports 101" that essentially taught a class about taking your heart out of sports. Once a person learns to watch their favorite team without their heart they'll enjoy sports better. Big Momma always said that you can't love something that doesn't have the capacity to love you back. Your favorite team is one of those things bruh!


Lastly, stop betting your house on some kid’s athletic ability. You lose your shirt and now its Kyle Williams fault you're broke? It's Kyle's fault boyz are looking for you to collect on some ignorant bet that you made because you got caught up in the moment? Kyle Williams muffed a punt in a game bruh but you’ve got a gambling problem and you're ignorant. Which is worse bruh?

Holla at Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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The Party Pooper!

"Who was the genius that came up with this idea?"

The Super Bowl is the biggest sporting event on the planet. It marks the culmination of events for the National Football League. The champion is crowned and MOST IMPORTANTLY it's a week long party. People fly into the host city on Monday or Tuesday of that week just to hang out. That's why it's normally held in warm weather cities like Miami, San Diego, Houston, Jacksonville, Tampa, New Orleans etc. Last year it was held in Dallas and for a couple of days the ice crippled the joint. That's why you don't take chances in spots like that.

For the life of me I can't understand why the NFL agreed to host the biggest party of the year in Indianapolis. Now I realize that the league is trying to show off all of the new stadiums. So it seems like if you can build a stadium you can come up on a Super Bowl. Now for the record I live in Indy but I'm telling you that it's the worse move in history from a HANG OUT/Kick It/PARTY stand point. Let's keep it real or all the way 100 which ever comes first! It's winter in the midwest bruh! Have you ever been to Indy in February? Well, let me tell you, I hope it won't be 10 degrees and several inches of snow outside next week. Now the forecast doesn't call for that but it's still a week away!

I'm completely aware of the fact that Lucas Oil Stadium has a closed roof so the weather won't be an issue. For the record this will be the smallest Super Bowl in more than 20 years because the stadium only holds 63,000 people bruh.Why would you hold the biggest game on the planet in a small stadium when you've got options?

 However, that's not the issue here. The MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM is the ability to hang out and get into something. The Super Bowl is unlike any other sporting event in the world. It attracts all of the millionaire players from across the country. Every actor, entertainer and of course pro ball players from every sporting genre will be in town for one reason, to kick it bruh! These folks aren't flying in to just watch the game. They want to be entertained 24/7. The problem is, there’s nothing to do on that level in Indianapolis!

In those warm weather cities they can chill on the beach all day, fish, sail, golf, sit out at the cafes, you name it. In New Orleans they can hang on Bourbon Street and drink all day, gamble at the downtown casino's, take rides up and down the Mississippi River etc. What are they going to do in downtown Indy all week in the cold? I know that they've blocked off streets and put heaters outside but it's still outside! Heater's bruh? Don't play with people's intelligence that's insulting!

Remember, I'm not talking about the average fan that comes to town on Saturday for a game during the regular season and has dinner at St Elmo's or Ruth's Chris then goes back to the hotel to get ready for the game the next day. I'm talking a big baller that's in town for the sole purpose of "gettin' it in". These kind of folks that don't plan on sleeping and they’ve got more money than they've got time. Those guys! What's he/she going to do besides go to jail all week in Indy?

I hear you saying, “Super Bowl XL was held at Ford Field in Detroit in February of 2006 and it's colder there than in Indy!" You're absolutely right my friend. However, the difference between Detroit and Indianapolis is this. You can gamble in downtown Detroit or go across the bridge to Windsor, Canada and kick it. The place is open 24/7. Even with that, Detroit still got SLAMMED in the post Super Bowl reviews.  The closest casino's are darn near an hour away from downtown Indy and it's too cold to do anything else. No body's wants to travel once they've already traveled to get to the city where the party is supposed to be. Don't even try to bring up that New York will host the Super Bowl in 2014. It's NYC for cryin' out loud. Need I say more!

Millionaire's don't sleep when they come in for events like this bruh. They sure don't want to be inconvenienced when they're trying to "get it in.". People want to walk right outside and get into something and they sure don't want to have to put on a full length mink coat to do it. Where do most of these people we're talking about live? In warm weather climates! Do they really want to leave a 70 degree spot and fly into a 10 degree freezer and be stuck inside all week? Sure, they'll be bars and clubs open for parties at night but what are they going to do all day? Sit in the hotels, watch the snow and go to the mall? OK that's cool on the first day, then what?

I still hear the same guy screaming, "We host the Final Four seems like every other year!" Again my friend I'm aware of that! However, the Final Four attracts a completely different crowd. It's normally the same college basketball fans that have been following their teams all year. Regular working class folks that love basketball and travel to the games anyway. They get into town on Thursday evening or early Friday to watch their favorite team practice at the venue and are completely satisfied with that. They go check out "Hoops City" in the convention center and they're cool.

The “Big Baller Shot Caller” isn't at all interested in the NFL interactive city. That's for all of the local folks that want to experience the Super Bowl but aren't spending the real money the city is looking for. Sure, I'll take my kids downtown for the events but they're only going to get me for a burger and parking. The big money cats are the one's that the city needs to spend that paper all week. The other portion of the Super Bowl crowd is all corporate. So they definitely need to be entertained. Why didn't the city build a casino in the old Union Station building with some adult entertainment spots that would keep people downtown and satisfied all week and beyond.

I hear that guy again saying, "It's blasphemous to talk that way because you live in Indy! Why would you slam the city that you live in like that?" Bruh, I love Indy! I think it's a great place to live and raise a family. However, it's a terrible place to hold a Super Bowl. I was downtown this past February for the NFL Combine and I had an old timer, that’s been around the league for most of their adult life, tell me that this place doesn't have enough bells and whistles to host a Super Bowl. All I could do was shake my head in agreement.

 So don't trip when boyz (entertainer & athletes) decide not to come in early because they figured out that there was nothing to do on a millionaires level. Therefore, they'll opt to come in on Thursday or Friday, hit a party or two and keep it moving. Speaking of parties, keep up with the report all week because I've got to educate these young boys on the proper etiquette of hanging out at major events. Like I always say, "Stop me when I start lying bruh!"

Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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Penny Cookies & Lemon Heads!

"We're going to my man Jay's crib for dinner!"

I'm glad the NFL didn't put Floyd Mayweather in charge of writing the script for the AFC and NFC Championship games. If it were up to him he would have put the joint on Pay-Per-View, charged $50 and sucker punched the guy on a time out and took our money! Instead the joints were free and the AFC game went down to essentially the last play of regulation and the NFC went into overtime.

That's what championship games are supposed to look like. Give the screen writer a round of applause. Let's start with the AFC Battle Royale! Don't get it twisted, the Baltimore Ravens defense came to play and so did an usually unstable and unsure Joe Flacco. The Ravens offense moved the ball well on the 31st ranked defense in the league. However, in the 1st quarter I started tweeting boyz, "You can't win this joint with field goals! It's gonna be the death of them!"

B. More needed points, 7 of them every time they got into the red zone! Quote me on Tweeter, "You're gonna need 25+ points to win this joint and FG's won't get it done.”

Unfortunately, all they had to do was hit a chip shot from 32 yards out and only needed total of 24 points to win the joint but it just didn't happen. The Ravens kicker Billy Cundiff shanked it with 11 seconds left to tie the game and send it into overtime. Sadly, sending the Patriots to Super Bowl XLV with a 23-20 victory in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday.

Tom Brady was held in check by that swarming Ravens defense and his comments after the game were,” Well, I sucked pretty bad today, but our defense saved us," Brady said after throwing for 239 yards, with two interceptions and, for the first time in 36 games, no TD passes. "I'm going to try to go out and do a better job in a couple of weeks, but I'm proud of this team, my teammates."

I bet the Ravens are still in the locker room scrapping bruh! They have yet to get in the showers after that one. Boyz are blaming somebody because they’ve already shown the tendency to call each other out. So there it is! That was a hard pill to swallow but hey, that's how it goes sometimes. The defense does what they do and Joe Flacco came to play. They kicker just had nail fungus in his big toe bruh! It happens!

"Yeah, we're excited about it too!"

Was it just me or did that first game drain you too? It took until the beginning of the 3rd quarter to get into the NFC match up between San Fran and New York. Man, I needed like two hours to finish absorbing the first joint. The second game was on but we were still talking about the AFC battle!

Once again, it was worth the penny candy, Funyuns, frosted penny cookies, the dill pickle and the red pop bruh! I know mainstream America is familiar with the phrase, "All that and a bag of chips" but in the hood you just didn't get the chips at the corner store! Holla At Ya Boy if you know what I'm talking about!

The 49'rs and the Giants game was just as good so we had to go back to the store for the Lemon Heads bruh! Wow! The script couldn't have been written any better. This freaking game went into overtime with the G Men winning it 20-17 sending them to Indy for the Super Bowl.

I could have sworn I saw Tom Coughlin pat Jim Harbough on the back extra hard and push him down after the game bruh! Maybe I didn't but I was hoping he did. If that would have happened it would have gone down as the best football day in history. Unfortunately, you can't have it all.

Congrats to New York and New England! However, there's nothing “New” about this joint because they've both been there before. When ya'll get to town Holla At Ya Boy! I'll fire up the grill for you. You just have to BYOB because I don't drink and take your shoes off so you don't mess up my carpet bruh!

Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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Information from the Associated Press was used in this article.

Champions Place!

"Let's get it in bruh!"

As we gear up for the NFL in conference championships today, so many people are excited about the possibility of their team winning it all. Fans put in a lot of time hoping for a Championship but the only problem is they aren’t on the team. Very few people take the lessons that sports give us and relate them to their own lives.

Winning is something that everyone can do on a daily basis whether you're playing sports or not. The goal should be for us all to get to Champions Place!

Championships are not won on game day! Your level of success is contingent upon your commitment to it. In other words, how bad do you want it and what are you willing to do to get it. I constantly hear people talking about being great! The problem is, so few ever understand what that takes. There is only so much room at the top. Therefore, if you're going to hold a position in that zip code, someone either has to move out or be thrown out.

The word of God says, "A man reaps what he sows" Galatians 6:7. You're only going to get out of it what you put into it! How can a man withdraw what he has not put in? Life can only be as good as the effort by which you live it. Therefore, stop looking for someone else to give you permission to be great!

It's not somewhere that others can just open the door and let you in. You have to earn the right to be there by your determination and will to succeed. Everybody has a dream but not everyone is willing to wake up and pursue it.

Only the great ones understand that it's the little things that breathe life into winning titles in life. Waking up early to put in work when everyone else is asleep. Being on time when it's fashionable to be late. Having integrity which is simply doing the right thing when no one else is looking! Understanding that sacrifice is necessary in order to sharpen your skills.

Champions push past the point where most people tend to give up. It's a place where only the most diligent can finally rest and the most talented can only dream of being. Talent doesn't get you into this place it only allows you to imagine what it would be like to be there. It’s only one-third of the combination that unlocks the doors to greatness.

"Only the best get the hardware!"

Skill can be the most deceitful gift that a person can have because it tells you that you've got everything that it takes to win. It lies and tells you that all you've got to do is show up. Unfortunately, so many people miss out on the opportunity to be great because of their lack of effort.

The elite few that can unlock the combination will become Champions! Bo Schembechler always said, “Those that stay will become Champions!” Vince Lombardi expressed it this way, “We will relentlessly pursue perfection. However, it’s impossible to be perfect but in the process we will find excellence!” Aristotle said it better than any of them when he recited, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act but a habit.”

So as we watch our favorite teams today. Pay close attention to what it takes to be great! Follow the story lines of the best teams and be curious to know what they’ve done to separate themselves from the rest of the pack and incorporate those things into your own life. Sports is entertainment but most importantly it should be a motivator for us to get to Champions Place in our own lives!

Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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"Head Rush!"



"Don't ever write it down bruh!"

 The First Amendment is alive and well and you certainly have the right to say whatever you want to in this country. The old timers would always say, "Whatever comes up comes out", others may call it "Not having a filter." The word of God says, “Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks!” Mathew 12:34. Whatever you decide to call it is completely up to you. However, just because you have random thoughts doesn't mean that it's a great idea to release them and especially not to immortalize them in writing.

Yuri Wright, the 40th-ranked high school football player in the nation on the ESPNU 150 list, who is being recruited by schools all over the country, just threw a wrench in his scholarship hopes. He’s been expelled from school for sexually graphic and racial Twitter posts. Wright was dismissed from Don Bosco Prep High School in Ramsey, N.J., on Wednesday, his high school coach, Greg Toal, confirmed to numerous media outlets.

"He was expelled from the school for the things he had written on Twitter," Toal told ESPNNewYork.com. "It was pretty simple really, what he wrote were some graphic sex things. This is a Catholic school, things like that cannot happen. It was totally inappropriate."

The young brother was kicked out for Tweets that began in July. The problem is, National Signing Day is just a few days away on February 1st. Several schools that have been heavily recruiting him have backed off including Michigan. It's unfortunate that he's put in all of the work to become one of the best players in the country and Tweeter takes him out. Like I always say, “In order to be GREAT you’ve got to be EXTREMELY GOOD at doing the things that require absolutely NO TALENT!” Listen up folks, it requires no talent to think!

I constantly remind my own son that you can't write everything down. Just because it popped into your head doesn't mean you need to share it bruh. That goes for adults too. I'm always blown away by what grown folks tweet or put on Facebook. We live in an "At Will" society when it comes to employment. What that means is that an employer doesn't have to have a reason to fire you.

They can come in one day and say well bruh; we don't need you anymore and walk you out of the front door with no questions asked! Just last summer Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendonhall lost major paper for being stupid with his tweeter account.

Shortly after Osama bin Laden was killed he tweeted, in response to the excitement of his death across the U.S., "What kind of person celebrates death? It's amazing how people can HATE a man they have never even heard speak. We've only heard one side..." He also tweeted on the Sept. 11 attacks: "We'll never know what really happened. I just have a hard time believing a plane could take a skyscraper down demolition style."

Champion Apparel, who was paying him at the time to endorse their line of athletic gear, dropped him like a bad habit for his comments. It's just not worth it bruh! The ole gangsta's (OG's) from around the way would always say, "Never write anything down that can be used as evidence." That wasn't an old wise tale that was the Code. When I was in school I may have told you anything but you couldn't prove it. I was never worried about going to the principals office because my favorite line was, "It's my word against yours bruh!" Now all they've got to do is pull the tape because people stop listening to the OG's.

I can't tell you of the number of folks that have been expelled from school, lost their scholarships or fired from their jobs because of Twitter and Facebook posts. Dude, it's the internet! That means that anybody with a computer or a smart phone can pull you up. If you're talking crazy at some point it's gonna bite you.

I pray that Yuri Wright can get back into school so that he can at least graduate on time with his class. I’m quite sure if he’s able to graduate then some coach out there will offer him a scholarship so that he can move on. If you’re not mature enough to handle the responsibility of social media. Don’t use it bruh because it’s easier to get off of it than to find a job in this economy.

Holla At Ya Boy!
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Friend or Foe!

"Yeah bruh, I see what you're sayin'! But can I blast him after the season?"

I'm trippin' off of the amount of people that completely agree with what Ed Reed did this week in calling out his quarterback Joe Flacco. Like I always say, I'm gonna to keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes first. I've got no problem with what Ed said just who he said it to. You can't call family out and expect for it to be all good.

If Flacco is your quarterback then he's the only one that you've got. You can't go out and get another one between now and Sunday bruh. It don’t work like that. Therefore, you’ve got to do everything you can to keep him focused and give him some support in the process. You’re too close to the Super Bowl to operate like that. Otherwise, he implodes on you and you can't blame anyone but those that threw him under the bus. It’s even worse when family takes a shot at you because you don’t expect it.

We all know that the defense has been carrying the Ravens for 10 years. When Trent Dilfer was the quarterback on their last Super Bowl team all he did was manage the game. He didn't turn the ball over and allowed the defense to take them to the promise land to win it all. Nobody called him out bruh! When the 1985 Bears won the Super Bowl it was the defense or more appropriately "The Monster's of the Midway" that made it happen. Jim McMahn was a game manager and didn't put the defense in bad situations.

Not one of those guys was stupid enough to blast their quarterback in an open forum just days before what would have been the biggest game of their lives. My first thoughts are when I see a comments that Ed was completely right in doing what he did. Two things come to mind. The person saying it has never played sports beyond little league or didn't grow up in the hood. Both the hood and sports teach you real quick what being loyal is all about. If they did play beyond little league and grew up in the hood they took a lot of physical punishment along the way.

It's like this bruh, if you're out in the club with the fella's and your homeboy gets into an argument with some cat. You see from the jump that your boy is dead wrong. However, it's already escalated and a punch is thrown. You see that the other guy has a crew and they’re all in. You can't leave your boy out in the cold and not help him even though he's dead wrong. You scrap to get out of the joint then you curse him out later. You don't run out of the back door and leave him because he was wrong because that's your boy. You check him in the ride bruh!

That's what family does and being on a team is no different. Of course you've got clicks in the locker room because the defense is always pitted against the offense. Depending upon who's the more dominant aspect of the team boyz have no problem saying it to each other in the locker room. It's been that way since they invented the freaking game. However, when you leave the locker room you're family.

You can't go out in the street and talk bad about your spouse unless you're about to get another spouse bruh! That's wrong on so many levels and to say that what Ed did was acceptable tells me that you've never seen what a real whoopin' looks like in the hood. I’ve seen boyz get beat down for much less!

Some things go against family protocol and calling out an already unstable family member falls into that category. Let’s say you’ve got a family member that’s a complete screw up. You don’t go out and tell everybody that he or she is! You know it’s not for public consumption. If people find out they find out on their own.

Now that Flacco’s been put out there he's going to do two things on Sunday. He's going to try to make plays when he shouldn't because he knows everybody wants him to and turn the freaking ball over. Secondly, he's going to be conservative on plays that he shouldn't because he doesn’t want to make a mistake. Either way he’s going to fall apart when he shouldn’t.

Just leave the guy alone because he's played well enough for you to get to the conference championship! Why blast him now bruh? He’s been horrible all season! If the defense is carrying you then it is what it is. He isn't going to get any better because you called him out. He's only going to give you what he's got! Like I said before, it was a punk move because Ed picked on the guy in the locker room that he knew wasn’t going to give him a two piece and a biscuit!

Holla At Ya boy!
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Punk Move!

"Yeah I know bruh!"

Growing up in the ghetto trains you to see things that most people completely miss. You learn early on that bullies always go the path of least resistance when they're looking to take advantage of someone. When I was a kid, gangsta's would just walk up to boyz and reach into their pockets, take their money and keep going no questions asked. They called that hittin' an easy lick. However, they wouldn't walk up on someone that they knew was willing to fight for what belonged to them. Keep in mind, the bully never wanted to fight they just wanted the money.

Well, Baltimore Ravens All-Pro safety Ed Reed hit an easy lick on Tuesday when he called out his quarterback Joe Flacco in an interview with SiriusXM Radio. Reed said “Flacco was kind of rattled a little bit” on Sunday against the Houston Texans.

“They had a lot of guys in the bo on him and they were giving it to him. I think a couple of times he needed to get rid of the ball. It just didn’t look like he had a hold on the offense,” Reed said. “I don’t know how much of that was the play-calling… but it just didn’t look like he had a hold on the offense, you know, of times past. It was just kind of like they [were] telling him [what] to do-throw the ball or get it here, you know, get it to certain guys.”

Don't get me wrong! My problem isn't with what he said, it's with who he said it to. That was a straight up punk move on Ed Reed's part. He called Flacco out because he knew that he wasn't going to fight for what belonged to him, his dignity. Let's keep it real and all the way 100 because they both showed up at the same time on this one! Reed wouldn't have called out Michael Vick, Vince Young or Donovan McNabb. He sure wouldn't have called out Ray Lewis or some one like Brain Urlacher because his collar would have gotten wrinkled with the quickness.

Even if he felt that way he shouldn't have gone on the air and blasted his teammate in the middle of  playoff run. There's no way he would have done it if Flacco had the capacity to move some furniture around I can tell you that. It doesn't matter who can whoop who because we all know that you've just got be able to throw the first punch. There are enough guys picking sides that they'll either jump in or break it up. Like I said before, the bully just wants to bully. They aren't really trying to fight bruh!

As crazy as T.O. was he didn't call out Donovan until after the Super Bowl! Yeah they had riffs during the season on the sidelines but it didn't go out into the media until after the season. Then the media kept it going into the next season until T.O. was released from the Eagles. Why? Because T.O. was smart enough to know that his locker would have gotten crowded if he would have opened his mouth. Regardless of who can win the fight the bully doesn't want to HAVE to throw hands.

Ed Reed knew when he made his comments that Flacco would respond just the way he did. "When I first saw it, I was like: 'What's going on?,' " Flacco said. "Like I said, we talked about it. We're a team around here. It's not that big of an issue. I really don't take things that bad. It's Ed. It is what it is."

Interpretation: "I'm really afraid to fight for mine and if he wants my lunch money he can have it. As a matter of fact, if he wants my girl he can have her too." In my Ochocinco voice, "CHILD PLEASE!" A real cat would have turned the locker room inside out. Then they would have been cool but not until then bruh.

All I've got to say is, don't put your money on the Ravens this weekend bruh! They've got a soft quarterback, a traitor for a safety and divided locker room. Ed Reed's my guy but he was wrong on this one. He may as well have knocked the nerd’s books out of his hand, pushed him in the forehead and dipped his finger in his apple sauce with that one bruh. Hey Ed, Flacco does wear the same uniform that you do! That means you're supposed to keep boyz from bothering HIM in the streets. You may as well have beat your kid brother up in front of the hood and laughed at him in front of the fella's. Family business stays at the crib even if it's true bruh!

They don't even need to waste their time going to Foxboro. They're already 21 points down and Tom Brady and company are in the red zone threatening as we speak. Great job Ed, you just shook an already unstable quarterback and took whatever confidence he had out of his pocket. Just do your exit interviews now and save us all the hassle of watching you guys get blasted this weekend.

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Foul Balls!

"I see you watchin' me but I ain't goin' nowhere without my $28 million!"

After the Colts fired Vice Chairman Bill Polian and his son General Manager Chris a couple of weeks ago the writing was tagged on the wall like it was gang affiliated. A new General Manager in Ryan Gigson hired last week screamed that Jim Caldwell would be on his way out too. Sure enough he was let go on Tuesday. 

The fact that Caldwell wasn't retained isn't a surprise because the team has a new GM. It only makes sense that he would want to bring his own guy in whoever that may be. Keep in mind that Grigson is only 39 years old and wants to make a splash in his first position as a general manager. So I completely understand why Caldwell wasn't retained under the circumstances.

What I'm trippin' off of however, is how they hung ole boy out to dry for a week. C'mon Man! Grigson knew that he wasn't going to keep Caldwell when he took the job. Blind Melly Jelly could see that bruh! Where's Bubba when you need him? "I want my daddy's records!" So why not announce it up front so Caldwell could have gotten in on some of the coordinator jobs that were available a week ago. Foul ball bruh!

Then Grigson stands up at the press conference and pulls a song and dance on us like we we're brand new to the game. He's saying how great a guy Caldwell was and how difficult a decision it was to fire him. C'mon bruh, you just met the guy! I was born at night, not last night! Don't try to act like it was Cooley High, "It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday" up in this joint. You accepted the GM's job so handle it like a GM! If he wasn't your guy just say it! We all understand that it's never personal and that it's all business.


The next foul ball that broke the neighbors window was the fact that Grigson spoke with Caldwell for what he says was seven hours! C'mon bruh! You've got to talk to the guy for seven hours to figure out that you don't want him? You knew that he wasn't your guy when you interviewed for your job!

Then he has Caldwell sit in on Steve Spagnuolo’s interview for the defensive coordinators job. Now if Caldwell is helping to interview the defensive coordinator, his job in his mind is safe, right? Wrong! How many foul balls is that bruh? That‘s gotta be worth at least three for the level of foulness, if that‘s even a word! I wouldn’t be surprised if Spags is introduced as the Colts next head coach! I’m just sayin’! It makes no sense to interview a coordinator when you’re about to fire your head coach! Unless he’s pulling a Jerry Jones and we all know how that worked out.

Now that the head coach is gone what happens to the assistants and most importantly the “Golden Child” Peyton Manning? I told you that he wasn’t going to play in August and have been saying that he needs to be traded or cut since the news broke of the first surgery.

Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, which ever comes first! If you’ve gotten rid of the Vice Chairman, the GM and the head coach combined with the fact that you’ve got the first pick in the draft. It only makes sense to get rid of a $28 million liability that‘s one missed assignment away from ending his career. Peyton is due $28 million just for being on the roster in March. I say cut him now and put that bread on the defensive side of the ball and keep it moving.

I know that Grigson is new to all of this but they’re paying him to make big boy decisions to go along with that big boy salary. Don’t come in running game bruh! The fans in Indy saw the street corner hustling’ of the Colts organization back in August when they weren’t honest about Peyton’s injury. Don’t roll the dice again by being dishonest because folks can easily start driving to Chicago or Cincinnati to watch football. So stop hitting foul balls and breaking the neighbors windows because at some point it‘s going to hit my joint!

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Set For Life!

"Thank you for allowing me to overcome the odds!"

They are people that earn millions of dollars every year making a living as motivational speakers. Large corporations and private groups bring these guys in to rally the troops, if you will, to get the very best out of their organizations. I've seen some guys make more than $100K per lecture. I can remember Lou Holtz and one of the guys from Apollo 13 (NASA) speaking at one of my employer’s national meetings some years ago.

Well, if Tim Tebow would have retired after the 45-10 beat down to the Patriots in Foxboro last night he'd still be set for life. Now I'm not saying that I'd like to see him ride off into the sunset just yet. However, my point is that he never HAS to take another snap in the NFL to be like the Beatles! He can live off of the catalog for life bruh! He can tell his story of overcoming the odds until he dies and companies will pay big money to hear it. Of course, I'd like to see him in a Broncos uniform next year because this could potentially be one of the greatest endorsement off-seasons for an athlete that we've ever seen.

If Tebow's agent and PR people are worth their weight in their credentials he's about to get ridiculously paid off of the hype alone. There’s not a company peddling a product out there that wouldn't want Tim Tebow pushing it right now because he's as hot as they come. Any product that promotes performance, being the best, results, stamina or simply staying on top of your game. Tim Tebow is your guy! As a matter of fact, I want my cut for selling it bruh!

You think Jordan or Tiger got crazy bread from endorsements? Tebow is about to set a new standard! For all of those folks laughing at him this season. He's about to laugh all the way to the bank! The guy that can't throw the football? The guy that can't play in the NFL? Yeah, that guy! He's about to get so much money that he'll have to keep it in Fort Knox!

All of the so-called expert analysts keep asking the silly question, "How long can he play in the league?" My question to them is, how long can anybody play in the league? The last I checked the average length of time of an NFL career was 3 and a half years. So let's say he only plays that long! He'll still make money off of his legend until he dies bruh!

There aren't too many people that can say that! Off of the top of my head Jordan is at the top of that list. Some people come through the world of sports and make a splash where the ripple never goes away and Tebow is one of them. People don't even realize that he's already been immortalized in Florida Gator folklore.

He never would have had to work a real job in the state of Florida even if he'd never taken a snap in the league. Tebow could speak to groups in the Sunshine State and name his price just because his nose remained clean after winning two national titles and a Heisman Trophy. He'd have a job at the University for the rest of his life making a VERY comfortable salary I might add. If you don't believe me just ask a guy by the name of Archie Griffin that was the only person to ever win two Heisman Trophies ('74 & '75). He went back to Ohio State after playing six seasons in the NFL and got his MBA. He's currently the President and CEO of the Ohio State Alumni Association. Interpretation: shaking hands and signing autographs bruh!

Now that Tebow has taken the world by storm because he overcame the odds, he can write his own ticket. All of the Tebow hater's really didn't want to hear that but since I'm Ya Boy, I felt like I needed to break the news to you gently. Tebow's saying in his P. Diddy voice, "We ain't, go-in nowhere, we ain't, goin nowhere!" For those that are checkin' Puff Daddy changed his name to P. Diddy in 2001 in time for the release of that record after he was cleared of gun possession charges. I had to throw that out there cause I got boyz analyzing my work cause I’ve got hater's too. Holla At Ya Boy!

I truly believe that even with Tebow’s deficiencies at throwing the football he’s earned the right to come back to camp as the starter until he can no longer put this team in a position to be successful. He should be given the opportunity to work on his mechanics and improve on throwing and playing in the NFL. Keep in mind folks! This was his first year as a starter and he was able to lead Denver to the playoffs and that hasn’t happened since 2005 bruh! For those of you that have doubts about his future just turn on the Beatles bruh! He’s going to be just fine and very rich for the rest of his life! Not to mention the fact that he's living for the Lord and for that reason more than anything he's "Set For Life!"

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"Ya'll Ain't Listenin'!"

"Do we really have to keep going over this? Jay already told you how to do it!"

In my opinion the game of college football is the greatest sport in the world. The history and tradition of the game is unmatched by any other sport. From its very first game played in 1869 where the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and Rutgers College (now Rutgers University) locked horns it's been amazing.

What most people don't realize is that college football is more of a regional game than anything. Teams have been playing one another for more than 100 years in most instances. These rivalries that have survived two world wars, Vietnam, the gulf wars and most recently the conflicts in the Middle East. Depending upon where you live you believe that your rivalry is the best in college football. For example, you can’t tell the good people of Alabama that Ohio State/Michigan is the best because they've been bread to believe that the Iron Bowl (Alabama vs. Auburn) is better. Ask that question in 5 different parts of the country and you'll get 5 different answers.

Also the bowl system has become the life blood of the game and its fans over the years. Not only do the fans look forward to the holiday opportunity to travel with their teams but the players themselves grow up dreaming of one day playing in one. Over the past few years there have been rumblings for having a playoff. I've heard of 16 team and 8 team scenarios that simply don't work simply because it would extent the season. These are college kids not professionals and they’re already getting pimped bruh. So in order to extend the season you’ve got to eliminate the bowls. It’s simple and in my Tupac voice, “that ain’t happenin’ patna!”

I proposed a Final Four format a years ago but boyz wouldn't listen. Now all of a sudden NCAA president Mark Emmert mentions it and now everybody listens. Who is he? E.F. Hutten or somebody?

"The notion of having a Final Four approach is probably a sound one," Emmert said when asked what he heard coming out of New Orleans this week. "Moving toward a 16-team playoff is highly problematic because I think that's too much to ask a young man's body to do. It's too many games, it intrudes into the school year and, of course, it would probably necessitate a complete end to the bowl system that so many people like now."

Bruh, just Holla At Ya Boy the next time that you want to come up with solutions for college football. Even though they are moving closer to having a four team playoff they're still moving in the wrong direction. I keep hearing folks say that we can just do the plus one system by having the bowls remain the same and then play one additional bowl game. Like having for example #1 and #4 play in the Rose Bowl in one semifinal. Then have #2 and #3 play in the Sugar Bowl and the winners play for the title a week later.

That sounds good if everybody was rich and didn't work bruh! The average college football fan isn't going to travel to two different bowl games over the Christmas Holidays. It’s ridiculous to even think that it's possible. Now would the games be sold out? Sure they would but not with those teams diehard fans in attendance. You'll turn the college football national championship into the Super Bowl. It'll become all corporate. The real fans that support the teams all year aren't at the Super Bowl bruh. It's a corporate entertainment venue.

What I've been saying all along is this. Start the season one week earlier and then on the first week of December have the Final Four. It would make sense to have the top two teams play at home and the bottom two travel. It would look like this; #1 vs. #4 and #2 vs. #3! The winners play in the BCS Title game in January and the rest of the bowls don't change. It's just that simple. Why are people making it more difficult than it has to be?

Just keep in mind that #5 is going to be pissed just like #3 has been for years. So in reality we really didn't accomplish anything because the teams will always be voted on. However, it would be exciting to have an official Final Four just a week after the conference championship games have been played.

When you've got 120 teams with essentially 5 different levels of play within the FBS division you'll always have to vote on the teams. Keep in mind folks that this isn't basketball where you can play multiple games in a week.


Lastly, be careful what you ask for. There are only 14 or so schools that have the talent to compete for a national title. All of the others are just hoping to play in a bowl and get the guaranteed pay out that helps to sustain their programs! For those hollering to eliminate the bowls just make sure your school is one of the 14.

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"The Real Disabled Quarterback!"

"I've had to overcome my inability to run!"

When a person is or becomes deficient in one area God blesses them in others to make up for the loss. For example, people that are blind become extremely gifted in other senses like smelling and hearing. So whenever a person lacks something they are overly blessed in other area’s in order to balance the equation if you will.

Tim Tebow is a perfect example of that balanced equation. Yes, his mechanics are awful when throwing the football. His ability to drop back in the pocket and throw the football down field sucks and his completion percentage is terrible. However, his ability to lead his team is astronomical. There is no debating his ability to win when it counts. They used to call that being clutch but now they just refer to it as Tebow!

Even after this kid has led the Denver Bronco's out of the depths of despair of an early 1-4 start to now being 9-8 and being only two games from the Super Bowl. The experts are still comparing him to Tom Brady, Drew Brees and guys like Peyton Manning.

Let me take you to school real quick bruh. Like I said earlier, when you are deficient in one area God blesses you in others in order to compensate. Guys like Brady, Brees and Manning are deficient in their ability to move in the pocket. Therefore, defenses understand that they aren't much of a threat to scramble. With that being said, they can zone in on their assignments and play the pass first. Therefore, the windows that they have to throw into are naturally going to be smaller.

Those windows have been that small since they started playing little league ball because they've never had the ability to move in the pocket. Therefore, these guys have been forced over the years to become extremely accurate passers because they've always had smaller windows to throw into.

Tebow's windows however, have never been as small because he plays on the fly and isn't afraid of contact so you have to account for that defensively. While playing against Tebow you can't just line up and pin your ears back on one assignment because there is always the slight possibility that he'll throw it or just run it.

With that threat always looming his windows are a lot larger than your traditional pocket passer. We saw that last week against the Steelers. The best safety in the game, Troy Polamalu, was confused all night, along with the other Pittsburgh defensive backs. As a result, he threw for 316 yards on only 10 completions without being a very accurate.

That's the difference between Tebow and the traditional quarterback. So it's completely asinine to compare the two because defenses have to play them differently. Brady for example, is throwing into a 12" window every time because boyz know he isn't a threat to run it and Tebow is throwing into a 110" window because he is. It's like Kobe shooting into a regular basket playing against a guy that is shooting into a basketball that's eight times bigger. He doesn't have to be a better shooter than Kobe to beat him.

If the window is always bigger he doesn't have to be as accurate! The fact that he's 6'3" 236lbs makes it easier for him to take off and run because he's delivering more punishment to corners and safeties than they are to him. Michael Vick is listed at 6'0" 215 but that's being generous. He's more like 5'11" 190lbs and he can't take the contact like Tebow can. He's broken more ribs than he's got bruh. I heard that he was about to ask his woman for the rib back that God made her out of if this keeps up. Therefore, he's got to be able to throw it better as well.

So in my Snoop Dogg Gin and Juice voice, "Back up off of him and sit your cup down!" Like I said before you look stupid trying to defend your argument the more he wins. I know I hit the so-called experts in the dome with this one but that's what I do bruh! If I don't make you think there's no point in hollerin' Ya Boy, right?

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Any Questions?

"I'm quite sure we've answered all of them bruh!"

Unfortunately, it's impossible to appreciate the finer things in life when you've never developed a palate for the exclusive. If all you've ever had was a steak from Applebee's you can't wrap your mind around the tenderness of a filet from Ruth's Chris. If all you've ever driven was hoopty's then you seem to be uncomfortable with the powerful ride of a Supercharged Range Rover.

That's how most people felt that I talked to or communicated with on Twitter last night after seeing Alabama beat the brakes off of LSU 21-0 in the BCS Title game. So many of them have never seen great football so out of ignorance they immediately said that was the worse football game they had ever seen. However, connoisseurs of the game saw it from a completely different vantage point.

What most people don't realize is that they had an opportunity to see one the best defensive outputs in college football history. It wasn't that LSU was that bad. The fact of the matter was that Alabama's defense was just that good.

"They are unbelievable," said Alabama offensive lineman Barrett Jones, relieved that he only has to go against them in practice. That defense is as good as any defense I've ever seen. They rush the passer, they have awesome linebackers and they're great in coverage. They really don't have any weaknesses. They have to be as good as any defense ever."

Let's keep it real! LSU averaged 38 points a game and was undefeated in the SEC after winning the conference title. The same conference that has now won the last 6 BCS National Titles. These boyz have been blowing the doors off of everything in their path in route to New Orleans except for Alabama.

On November 5th in Tuscaloosa, LSU got out of town with a 9-6 victory because the Crimson Tide kicking game failed them. To be quite honest, Bama out played LSU in that ball game from start to finish. If not for 4 missed field goals Bama would have come into the title game #1 and LSU would have been #2.

Either way it would have been a rematch because quite honestly they were the best two teams in the country bar none. I know that so many  people were screaming for Oklahoma State to play in the title game because they didn't want a rematch. I'm glad this isn't the NBA All-Star Game and the fans get to vote because the Cowboys would have been embarrassed on national television if they have been in New Orleans.

I'm loyal to the Big 12 because my Sooners play in that league but one thing they don't play in that conference is defense. How can you go 12-1 like the Cowboys did and win the conference and have the 107th ranked defense in the country out of 120 teams? Thank God they didn't play Bama or LSU!

Alabama's defense will go down as one of the best ever. LSU didn't cross midfield until there were 8 minutes left in the game bruh. The Tigers finished with just 92 yards and five first downs total. Bama was so locked and loaded that they only committed one penalty all night long and it didn't come until about 3 minutes left. Wheredeydodatat?

"This defense is built on stopping them, and that's what we did," said Upshaw, the game's defensive MVP. "We wanted to come out and show the world we beat ourselves the first game. We wanted to come out and dominate from start to finish, and that's what we did."

I'm just glad that it wasn't even close because the Associated Press started talking crazy last week after #3 Oklahoma State beat #4 Stanford in the Fiesta Bowl. There were rumblings that if Bama beat LSU they would possibly vote Oklahoma State their #1! I guess Boone T. Pickens must have gotten to some voters or something if they were even considering that foolishness.

All I can say is Roll Tide Roll and that they did bruh. I guess the good people of Tuscaloosa didn't sleep at all last night. The Bama faithful rolled into the French Quarter after the game with an attitude and took over Bourbon Street eating all of the crawfish etouffee and gumbo they could find. I just hope they can drive home today. Congratulations to the Crimson Tide! Roll Tide Roll!

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Aliens & Heavy Chevy's!

"Tim Tebow and the Bronco's pull the upset!"

What if I told you that I saw green aliens driving a Heavy Chevy through the hood, bumpin’ that Geto Boys “My minds Playin’ Tricks On Me” or that Big Foot was selling dope down in the Village. What if I told you that the Flying Monkeys had a house party and the Wicked Witch threw down with her famous brew and it was as Don Cornelius would always say, “A stone cold blast!” After a few days of telling those types of stories you would recommend that I see a psychiatrist because I would have no proof of the events.

However, I’ve been telling you that Tim Tebow can, in fact, play quarterback in the NFL but you keep insisting that he can’t! Now I’m beginning to believe that one of us is crazy and it ain’t me bruh! Now are you going to voluntarily put the straight jacket on or am I going to have to wrestle you into it? Let me know if need to call some real “G’s” and move my furniture around before this gets ugly.

Tebow strikes again as all of his hater’s watch in disbelief. He led the Denver Bronco’s on yet another amazing victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers 29-23 in overtime, I might add, in the AFC Wild Card Match up. A poised Tim Tebow hit Demaryious Thomas across the middle on a mind blowing 80-yard touchdown pass on the first play of overtime to win the game. The play took only 11 seconds and was the quickest ending to an overtime in NFL history. Who else ladies, gentleman and hater‘s but the incomparable Tim Tebow?

Ole boy put a career high 316 yards in the air in the biggest game of his pro career to shut all the hater’s up for good. Whatever happens in New England next week is irrelevant because my point has already been proven weeks ago. Just like there are actually people in the world that look like and act like Madea, Shanaynay and Ole Man Otis. Tyler Perry and Martin Lawrence didn’t just make those characters up. Go to any hood in America and you’ll find all three of them playing cards together. Just like if you go to Denver you’ll find a real quarterback under center.

I’ve been saying all season long to stop telling me that he can’t play quarterback in the NFL when I’m watching him play every week! If my television is on and the Bronco’s are playing and he’s on the field then he’s playing bruh!

I’m not the one who’s crazy. What’s crazy is to keep listening to these so called experts that have convinced you to believe that in order to play quarterback in the NFL you’ve got to be able to throw the football like Dan Marino, Peyton “Freaking” Manning or Tom Brady.

No Sir! You’ve got to be able to lead the team by rallying the troops and by not putting them into bad situations! He’s got the “It Factor” and you can’t teach that. All Tebow has done this season is make the Bronco’s a better team because of his leadership. They were 1-4 when he took over. Now they’re deep into the playoffs. I’d say that’s much better.

I’m the one who’s crazy though? All I’ve heard was “Tebow’s mechanics are terrible! Defenses are going to figure him out. The Bears gave them that ball game because of some bone head mistakes down the stretch. The Steelers were banged up with too many injuries. Big Ben couldn’t move in the pocket!” Bla Bla Bla! It’s football bruh and regardless of what’s happening with the other team you’ve got to take advantage of the circumstances you‘re faced with.

If defenses couldn’t figure him out early on, Win! If the Bears imploded in the last seconds of the game, Win! If the Steelers roll into town snake bitten, Win! It’s just that simple! A winner knows how to win under whatever circumstances you put them in and Tebow happens to be that guy. Stop fighting it because you look stupid trying to tell the world that he can’t play quarterback in the NFL when we’re all looking at the freaking guy not only play but win.

Now I’m gonna start throwing people off of the band wagon because this joint is starting to get crowded. This isn’t the subway bruh, where just anybody can get on! I mean you had to already be on this joint week six when the train left the station. I’m seeing boyz hollerin’ Tebow that were walking just last week.

As a matter of fact, I’m stopping this joint and I want to see some ID. If your card doesn’t say “I Believed After Week Six“, I’m throwing you off. Don’t be the girl that wouldn’t give the guy the time of day and then after he’s blown up she’s suddenly lost her watch. I’m just saying! Can we now officially say that Tebow is the real deal and move on from this ignorance because I’ve got to go. My boys are pulling up in the Heavy Chevy?

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Jay Graves
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Car Jacked!

"Bruh, we never should have stopped at that light!"

Even before the season ended I was saying that the New Orleans Saints were playing the best football in the NFL. Typically the team that catches fire going into the playoffs has the momentum to burn the joint down. Well, the Saints literally blazed the first floor of the castle on Saturday and are moving on up stairs next week.

Drew Brees was lights out on boyz as he led a complete car jacking without the ski masks on offense by throwing for 466 yards and three touchdowns. They allowed the Lions to test drive the Maserati in the first half by letting them to hang around for entertainment purposes. They knew how upset I was at Floyd Mayweather for taking my money on that last fight so they at least let my BBQ cool off. However, in the second half they just started pulling boyz out of vehicles to go on to a 45-28 NFC wild-card victory over Motown's finest.

The boyz from the Bayou broke the postseason NFL mark for total yards in a game with 626 which has stood for 49 years.

"We were pulling out all the stops," Brees said. "We play aggressive. We're not going to apologize for that. That gives guys in the huddle a lot of confidence. We're not going to pull the reins back. It's pedal to the medal."

Your boy was 33 of 43 passing the football in route to throwing for the most yards in a regulation playoff game. He also had three completions of at least 40 yards. When I say Brees was clicking on all cylinders that's an understatement bruh!

"We just focus on winning. We're not focused on yards and records," Saints coach Sean Payton said. "I'm serious when I say that."

I'm just glad that he didn't shake the hand or slap the back of Lions head coach Jim Shwartz too hard after the game. With a beat down like that I'm sure Schwartz would have chased him through the 9th Ward to get his lick back. You know how boyz used to chase you for blocks to get it back in the hood. Well, Schwartz would have run up in Lil Wayne's crib last night for that joint.

He was not happy about the Saints pulling him out of the ride at the light only to strip the vehicle and sell the parts back to him. The offense that set an NFL record for yards from scrimmage this season with 7,474 ran past the Lions on the ground with 167 yards to a mere 32. You know they’re getting it in in the French Quarter bruh.

The Saints fans, that for so long have been called the "Ain't's", are on another run to the Super Bowl, in my opinion. They’re primed and ready to show up in Green Bay in a few weeks. If anyone can win on the road at Lambeau Field it would be Brees and Company. However, let's not put the cart before the horse because still have to travel to the Bay Area and play San Francisco(13-3) in the second round match up.

I just hope they don't get out there and start trying to figure out what E-40 is still mumbling about. Mr. make up words that make no sense to air breathing human beings. Please don't call Too Short and go over the bridge with him because he'll keep the team out all night telling them "Freaky Tales!" Trust me I know because I've been listening to that story for 24 years bruh!

The playoffs only get better today when the Steelers limp into Denver to meet Tebow and the gang. Under normal circumstances this game would be an after thought with the Steelers winning big but once again the moon and stars are aligning for Tebow to be Tebow and pull the upset.

The Steelers come in snake bitten, riddled with injuries. Running back Rashard Mendenhall, corner back Cortez Allen and center Markice Pouncey are all out for Sunday’s game. Not to mention Big Ben has a problem ankle which will limit his mobility. All Tebow and the Bronco's need to do is hang around for 3 quarters with that unbelievable defense they've got led by rookie linebacker Von Miller and his partner in crime Elvis Dumervil. If after 3 quarters they're still in it don't count the Bronco's out.

Atlanta goes to New York as well but it will be business as usual because Matty Ice hasn’t won a playoff game and I don’t see why he’ll start today. Also Eli Manning has thrown for darn near 5,000 yards this season(4933). He’s only sitting behind Drew Brees and Aaron Rogers in passing yards. I don’t see the Giants falling apart just yet. As always, stop me when I start lying bruh!

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Jay Graves
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"Dead or in Jail"

The young black male is dying at an alarming rate in the streets of urban America. If we aren't attending their funerals we're visiting them in jails at an even higher rate. Nearly 23 percent of all young Black men ages 16 to 24 who have dropped out of high school are in jail, prison, or a juvenile justice institution in America, according to a report released by the National Coalition. Dropouts become incarcerated at a shocking rate: 23 of every 100 young Black male dropouts were in jail on any given day in 2006-07 compared to only 6 to 7 of every 100 Asian, Hispanic or White dropouts. Now that doesn’t mean that blacks are committing crimes at a higher rate. They are just more likely to be convicted for any number of reasons.

With that being said, I was completely blown away by the way by how Landon Collins, a five star recruit and the No. 1 Safety in all of America, mother reacted to his decision to attend the University of Alabama on national television this week. She was obviously disappointed in his choice because she wanted him to attend LSU instead. That's not uncommon for a parent to want their child to go to a different school. However, his mother embarrassed him on national television as she disapproved of his choice. That’s a conversation that you have at the crib.

As she sat next to him during the biggest moment of his life all she could do was this? "I felt like LSU was a better place for him to be", his mother said. Then she began to chant, I might add, "LSU number one! Go Tigers!" What? There are kids in his own neighborhood that won't see their 18th birthday bruh and she's trippin' over what school he chose and did it on national television?



The Truth!

 He's the best safety in America! Do you realize how many kids are playing high school football in this country and for him to be the very best is mind blowing to say the least? Not only has he made it through the war zone he's the No. 7 player overall in America!!! Collins is from Geismar, La. which is essentially New Orleans! There were land mines set daily for this kid that he easily could have stepped on at any moment.


The pressure of gangs, drugs and money was all around him 24 hours a day and yet he has an opportunity to go to college for free and all his mother could do was embarrass him in front of the world making a spectacle of him on the internet? Let's keep it real or all the way 100 and since they both showed up at the same time, I'm going for it. His mom looked like she was his older sister. So she clearly understands the struggles that it takes to raise a kid as a youngster. In order to get the boy to this level is an amazing accomplishment on her part. She should have been overjoyed that he’s doing big things and had the grades to even go to college!

What freaking difference does it make whether he goes to Alabama or LSU? There's no difference in the programs. They both are playing for the national title on Monday and they both are giving away degrees if you're willing to earn one. Now let's keep it real, if he's the No.1 safety in the land now, he'll probably be at Bama for 3 years and bounce to the NFL to make millions. Either way momma is taken care of. So why act a fool on your son on national television when he easily could have been dead or in jail?

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All Business Ain't Street Business!

"Hey man have you seen my brother Greg McElroy around here?"

One of the first things your mother teaches you before you go to kindergarten is that no one likes a tattle tale. By the time you're in 6th grade you figure out that snitches get stitches! As you mature in life they even made a commercial about it, "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!" Hood protocol says, “I didn‘t see nothing!” or the classic response, “ Man I wasn‘t even at home!”

So how is it that New York Jets 3rd team quarterback Greg McElroy has made it this far in life without understanding the ground rules of the game of life? Now I realize that he had a privileged upbringing because his dad works in the front office for the Dallas Cowboys. However, he played with a lot of grimy cats from the hood at the University of Alabama. So therefore, at the minimum he should have been schooled on hood protocol #6; amendment 1: “What happens at the crib stays at the crib” or a better translation “All business ain’t street business bruh!” Otherwise, it’s gonna be some furniture moving around this joint!

In a recent interview he threw his teammates under the bus and backed over them just for good measure.

"It's definitely not a fun place to be, I can assure you," McElroy said Wednesday on Birmingham, Ala., radio station 97.3 The Zone. "It's the first time I've ever been around extremely selfish individuals. I think that's maybe the nature of the NFL, but there were people within our locker room that didn't care whether we won or lost as long as they ... had really had good games individually."

"That's the disappointing thing," he continued. "It's going to take a lot to come together next year. I think the fact we struggled at times this year really led to ... this corrupt mindset within the locker room. But I think we're going to regroup. I think we'll be a better team because of the trials and tribulations this year."

He's like the guy standing on the porch talking to the police after the homicide with the TV cameras rolling, giving a complete description of the suspects that live across the street. Now unless he's planning on moving after the interview with a police escort. That’s not a good idea. Sure, everybody wants to tell the authorities what’s really going on but their hands are tied because they can’t afford to move out of the neighborhood. Even if they could Big Momma and ole Uncle Junior can’t or won’t! So you learn very quickly that “Mums the word!”

McElroy may as well plan on not playing football ever again. Not only did he blast his teammates but he destroyed any opportunity of being trusted by other players in the league for life. He's like the kid that goes to school and tells the teacher that his daddy didn't come home last night and that his mother keeps giving her money to a guy in the alley for some little white rocks. It may be true but everybody in the teachers lounge doesn't need to know that.

How a guy that is riding the pine has the nerve to call out his teammates like that is beyond me. He's so deep in the bench that he's wearing a coal miner’s helmet. As a matter of fact, he wears his street clothes underneath his uniform like ole boy Tim Robbins did in Shawshank Redemption. That way after the game he can just slip out of the locker room real quick like.

He may as well stay in Alabama and live the good life of being the quarterback of the National Championship Crimson Tide! It’s a safe and easy life. He’s adored in that state and he’ll be taken care of for the rest of his life but in New York he’s not so beloved especially in that locker room.

However, if he’s stupid enough to show up at the Jets facility this off- season. He’ll have a two piece with a biscuit waiting for him because he ordered it and ordered it with an attitude.

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