• Former McDonald’s All American Eric Boateng is transferring from Duke to Arizona State. This is a huge first get for Herb Sendek, who also transferred from the ACC (NC State) to Arizona State a little over a month ago.
• Hey Rasheed, did you mean TONIGHT’s game when you guaranteed a win over the Cleveland Cavaliers? Nah, I didn’t think so.
• Former Virginia Tech QB and general troublemaker/finder Marcus Vick has signed a contract with the Miami Dolphins. What the heck would make the Dolphins, already burned by Ricky Williams, take another chance on someone like this? I know everyone deserves a second chance, but with Vick, we’re on, like…….6 or 7!
• Doug Flutie, 21 year veteran of professional football, is calling it quits. This is probably the first time in Flutie’s career that he actually has decided to quit. The ultimate warrior, he often overachieved and outperformed all the expectations people put on an undersized QB. He was never a superstar, or earned mega-money, but he holds a special place in all football fans hearts. Congrats on finishing one career, and starting another. Flute: An all around good guy.
• Reggie Bush may be having an MRI on his hamstring and hasn’t been active yet in camps, but he has his mind set on being in camp on time and has told his agent specifically, NO HOLDOUTS. And I for one would like to add, AMEN!

Well, Joey Harrington finally gets to get out of Detroit. That’s great for him. Unfortunately for him, and for Steve Mariucci, it was a year or two too late. Harrington is headed to Miami, where he probably will start the season should Duante Culpepper not be fully rehabbed from his knee mutilation from last year.

The thing is, I have a funny feeling that he is going to start off really well in a Dolphins uniform, and if it weren’t for Culpepper, I would fully expect Harrington to show us what made him a top draft pick several years ago. And who knows, Saban is not your typical coach, and may not let financial costs be the sole reason a QB gets the starting position.

Harrington has the tools, but he put himself in a situation from which there was no recovery in Detroit. Kinda like the movie “The Replacements” and the discussion on quick sand. You start off and you’re ok, but you make a mistake, and you try a little harder to do better, but that goes wrong, and the harder you try, the further you’re sinking in the quick sand. Joey Harrington was about as deep in the quick sand as you can get and still be surviving. This is a good day for Harrington, and for the Lions, and I’ll bet, ultimately, the Dolphins. But what do you think?

So Ricky Williams wants to play for the Toronto Argonauts. We’ve talked about that already. But if Ricky ever wants to get back in the NFL, he is going to have to participate in the league’s substance abuse program, meaning he could be tested up to 10 times a month. Great. However, Ricky wasn’t planning on having to take drug tests for the CFL too. That is apparently being considered if the Miami Dolphins agree to letting Williams play in the CFL this season. You know what, no matter how many times you test him, the results will always be the same. Ricky will always be a wasted talent, who can’t control himself, and will ultimately, sadly, self-destruct.

• Police Tuesday were investigating a report of a sexual assault involving Lakers center Kwame Brown. Wow, does playing with Kobe just invite this stuff now?
• Marcus “New Mexico” Vick, who seemingly had been forgotten after not being drafted, has been invited to the Miami Dolphins rookie mini-camp. Wonder how he can screw this opportunity up too?
• Pacman Jones is burning bridges every which way he knows how. Just a few matches he has used to start the burning include not showing up for offseason conditioning programs, hanging out with drug traffickers, and surprisingly being present at a shooting at a local gas station. With the trouble that follows him around, he should be made to wear a “Warning” sign.
• From the “Don’t hold your breath” category: Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn’t want one NFL team in Los Angeles. He wants two.
• B-U-S-H: Reebok sold 15,000 jerseys with that name on the back. The thing is, they don’t know what number the jersey is going to have on it. While at USC, Bush wore #5, but according to NFL rules, that number is designated to the QB position. It takes a special petition to get the league to allow the number change, and hopefully, those 15,000 people who ordered jerseys will find out soon what their purchase looks like.
• After starting out the series in an 0-2 hole, the Carolina Hurricanes fought back and won 4 straight to close out the series with Montreal. Game 6 ended with the Hurricanes getting a goal from Cory Stillman in OT.
• Big East getting bigger? The Birmingham Bowl has been added as a Big East tie in bowl. The opponent will be a team from Conference USA. This is a week after they had another tie-in bowl added, the International Bowl in Toronto. Seriously, the International Bowl? I think we’re reaching a little here. Really….TORONTO? I didn’t know there WAS college football in Toronto!

That’s all. That’s all I want to know. How stupid can one person be? Dumb, dense, stupid, ignorant, etc…you name your adjective.

Since I am a Wolfpacker at heart, just ran across something this morning that I wanted to get out. Manny Lawson has lived in the shadows of Mario Williams for the past few seasons, but according to NFL talent scouts, his stock is rising quickly. In fact, one scout had this to say:

Lawson is a pretty reasonable facsimile of Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor. At 6-foot-4, 245 pounds, Lawson is long and lean. He runs a 4.45 40-yard dash and scored a 40 on the Wunderlich exam, meaning his extraordinarily bright. Further proof of that is that Lawson already has a degree in engineering.

Good luck to Manny, who I know for a fact is a great kid and has worked hard for ALL he has accomplished.