Is it me or has the football season at all levels lacked panache this year? The game is being played like a bunch of low energy establishment candidates have taken over the game. Let's break it down.

The NFL: total bunch of establishment losers. I'm tired of the moronic leadership of the Rooney family's hand picked stooge Roger Goodell. Of course, Roger's dad was a US Congressman and his son Roger is running The League into the ground faster than Cunning Carlos E managing a Hardee's franchise in Navarre. One day you're having a Hardee's thick burger and the next day you're seeing toilets overflow & weeds in the parking lot.


Don't Let Cunning Carlos E Run YOUR Hardee's Into The Ground

First, you have the Tom Brady debacle. Deflated balls and hot air not only sums up the Brady suspension, but The League's product. The TV announcers are dull, the contant challenges to calls with the dumb instant replay booth, the constant parade of pink ribbons, pink uniforms, NFL Hispanic heritage month, playing games in London, sticking up cities at gunpoint with threats to move your team to Los Angeles, lame music concerts on TV before the start of the season, and a watered down product where hard hits are now 15 yard penalties without fail.

You have a political hack Goodell running The League and it shows. Sure they are making money big now, but at some point it's gonna slow down. Baseball was the sporting dynasty decades ago and now is living in the lower rent district with the NBA & NHL.

Marketing is great. I love marketing but instead of all of the political stuff, put the ON-FIELD product first. They say something like 45% of women are NFL fans now and I'm saying that is great but we are seeing a more boring product, the coaches are all politically correct snooze jobs (Mike Pettine, you're boring as hell and it's not just you, buddy) and what made pro football great is slowly going the way of Cunning Carlos's Watkins Products franchise back in '88.

Pro football was built on tough men playing a tough game with a whole lot of characters thrown in for fun. It's boring now. It's a Nickelback concert. I betcha if they stopped with the politically-correct marketing (Hey look! Buffalo is wearing pink!! It was cool once but The League thickheads will roll with it for 20 years) and went back to hardnose football, it would make even MORE money. Bring back endzone celebrations for Pete's sake. Hardnose, quality football with some goofball characters like DITKA or Billy White Shoes Johnson mixed-in will make MORE MONEY than the Diet Ginger Ale that's currently on display at The League in 2015.


Warren First Once Was Banned From The Girard Jib Jab Hot Dog Shoppe

NCAA: Better than The League but ESPN is doing their best to bore me to tears. From the non-stop ESPN SEC crusade, the horrible non-league games, more bad announcing (Pam Ward!!!!), and what else can I say? The Buckeyes are playing like a low energy crowd at one of Warren First's Personal Finance seminars in a small credit union conference room in Girard, Ohio. I found myself watching Notre Dame play UMASS and Ohio State vs. Western Michigan. This is a non-stop parade of Iron Mike Sharpe's and SD Special Delivery Jones's when I want to watch TOP FLIGHT talent like THE IRON SHEIK.


El Spizo Once Watched This Movie and Recommended It To Others

High School: Totally lacking energy. You've got a lack of the normal spicyness on the Internet forums. It's become as dull as one of El Spizo's "Look Who's Talking Too" VCR movie videos that he bought back at Rolling Acres Mall when he was a pimple-faced geek following The Ultimate Warrior & dreaming of joining the UC Bearcat Marching Band. The geek was rightfully denied extra bowls of popcorn at the Rolling Acres Ground Round restaurant and who can blame them? He was a real geek.

I realize it's "The Bowsher" game but our Tiger sidelines seemed to be low energy this past Friday night. You have some of the same characters as last year hanging out on the sideline talking to the players during the game. Who is the blonde on the sidelines who was talking to the players? Same as last year. Is this a social event? Is she "official" in some capacity? What is the deal? Let's have only the necessary people on the sidelines and the administration can sit in the stands, too. I also observed "moms" (more about THEM some day in another column) at the railing socializing with players. Let's stop this! Focus on football! It's not a social event except in the stands and in the parking lot!    

I'm concerned for the future of the sport of football in general. What of this trend for smaller players and fewer kids playing football (Heard Orrville has only 26 kids on their team!)? And there's soccer and how do you manage that? Especially at small schools?

FORUMS: The forums have some people really bringing it with Al being #1 in my Weekly Poster Poll, but too many jackwagons won't post here because "Massillon Proud" went away. First, mp didn't, and secondly, get the hell over your sorry self. You can post here but if you aren't because youse don't like El Spizo or me, get over yourself. You're the loser because you're missing out. Missing out on The Butler and his quality Friday Night Chatroom sarcasm. El Egreto and his uniquely trademarked "Go With Whatever Way The Wind Is Blowing" opinions. So many more.  

I can personally tell you El Spizo is quality and I've been to Casa El Spizo. He doesn't like me much, but he's quality. I've had their steak, educated them about BBQ sauce, and brought a level of sophistication to his neighborhood never before observed. I've given them copies of my award-losing weekly newspaper feature articles about businesses and I've enjoyed the fine selection of cigars from the El Humidor.

I want old timers to show their sorry face here:

Orangemud. The mud. Walter Mondale's only voter in 1984.
Maximus. This guy was one of the best.
Burton City Law.
Cats 44 - post something other than Kathy Cavernous Potholes talking points.
massilloncatholic.  rumdum.

Others I may forget. Or maybe I want to forget.

Conclusion: what is the tonic for our low energy football season? Maybe it is El Spizo, lee, a bag full of Arby's, cigars, Wild Turkey 101 (NOTE: I don't drive you jabronis), and a trip to the comfortable middle class suburb of Austintown. I can't think of anything else.

An Austintown trip could bring us More Energy, not Low Energy, and get the TIGERS on a second-half roll.

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