You have to root for the home team on occasion, but someone needs to revoke The Tennessean's membership from the Associated Press. The votes for AP male athlete of the year are in, and the results are as follows:
Michael Phelps 172
Usain Bolt 5
Eli Manning 4
Cristiano Ronaldo 1
Michael Beasley 1
Bode Miller 1
Kobe Bryant 1
Tiger Woods 1
Kerry Collins 1
In what universe does Kerry Collins deserve a vote in that poll? AP male athlete of the year? I'm a Titans fan and I think that result is stupid. It is beyond stupid. It is like voting for Cynthia McKinney or Bob Barr for president.
Let's break those results down. Phelps...yeah, he kind of dominated that whole Olympics thing. Hands down deserved the nod here. Bolt had a helluva run for sure. His five votes probably came from people who were (rightly) tired of seeing that AT+T commercial where the cute-but-not-hot girl goes nuts about missing his appearance at Books a Million and urges us all to change cell phone providers. Eli Manning won the Super Bowl over that overrated model-banger who won the award last year. Michael Beasley is DeMarcus Beasley's brother. Christiano Ronaldo is the current English diving champion, so that makes sense for the AP sportswriter trying to stress his international cred. Bode Miller skis, so he gets the vote from Aspen. Kobe Bryant didn't get arrested for rape this year, an accomplishment surely worth a vote. Tiger Woods has a good video game.
But Kerry Collins? He isn't even the best quarterback on his own team, truth be told. How does he qualify for an Athlete of the Year vote? This is like the guy who votes for Notre Dame as the number one rated team in the first AP poll of every season. When Collins retires next year and goes to audition for an ESPN studio gig, he should put that fact on his resume. It will put him above Jesse "The Bachelor" Palmer.
Yeah, this post rambles and doesn't have a coherent argument. But I'm tired, so sue me.
3 comments:
Whoa whoa whoa, no need to slander the good name of JESSE PALMER.
just kidding
In all seriousness, Ron, how do you think Vince is going to bounce back next season?
At some point, Kerry Collins will wake up from this dream and go back to being an average quarterback. I am very hopeful that Vince (Peace Be With Him) has the right kind of advisers and confidants around him after his trip "off the reservation" and is spending his time learning the offense and stepping up his game. I imagine that it takes a lot out of a kid to go from hearing for three years straight how he is just one step short of Jesus Christ in stature at Texas and then to go to the NFL and under perform.
Truthfully, I am scared that he could become the next Joey Harrington, but only if he isn't listening to the right people.
Jesse Palmer, as a sidebar, went to Florida. When he went on the Bachelor, some sports writer in Columbia asked Spurrier what he thought of the show. Spurrier replied that he hoped Palmer completed more passes on the Bachelor than he did at Florida.
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