New Orleans/Chicago cover over 43

OVERALL RECORD:

NFL 10-5-1

College Basketball 18-6-1

NBA 1-1

College Football: 10-8

Earlier in the week we reported Miami was in negotiations with Mike Shula as a possible new coach for the Dolphins. It seems those negotiations were nothing more than Huizenga showing Don Shula respect because the Dolphins have a new coach and his last name isn’t Shula. Cam Cameron the former offensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers has accepted the job. He led the Chargers to the fourth best offense this season and a 14-2record which was tops in the NFL. San Diego’s offense was nearly two times the output of the 2006 Dolphins. Also, Cameron has either played for, worked with or studied under Bo Schembechler, Marty Schottenheimer, Lee Corso, Sam Wyche and Tom Landry. All in all this looks like a solid choice and hopefully he can rejuvenate one of the historic NFL franchises.

I saw this blurb today and found it very interesting. I’m sure Don Shula and his legend with the Dolphins had nothing to do with these interviews.*****Mike Shula already has met twice with the Dolphins about their coaching position. According to a person familiar with the search, Mike Shula’s second meeting, which took place at the team’s facility, lasted four hours. Owner Wayne Huizenga, GM Randy Mueller, CEO Joe Bailey and president Bryan Wiedmeier were present during the lengthy discussions, indicating the interview was not merely a courtesy gesture to the Shula family.– Miami Herald*****

After tons of speculation and some basically writing him off the Chargers and Team president Dean Spanos have confirmed Schottenheimer will return for the final year of his contract. Marty was also offered a $4.5 million extension, but turned down this offer. It would have been a farce to fire a coach who took his team to a 14-2 record in the regular season so I’m glad to see Spanos and General Manager A.J. Smith came to their senses.

 

Chris Webber recently received a buy-out from the Philadelphia 76ers for what has been rumored to be around $35 million for this year and next.  Then the 76ers placed Webber on waivers and quickly the Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, and Detroit Pistons became the front runners to sign him.  Webber has announced he will sign with the Detroit Pistons after discussions over the weekend with all three teams in contention.  Webber is really looking forward to returning to his roots in Michigan and hopes to help the struggling Pistons.  Webber does have the potential to lift them up to the championship caliber team they have been over recent years.  Not too bad of a deal for Webber to get paid sick cash to leave a non-playoff team in Philadelphia to a team with tons of potential.

 

This week our award goes to the Baltimore Ravens.  The Ravens all last week ran their mouth and acted as if defeating the Colts would be as easy as shacking up with Paris Hilton.  The problem was the Ravens actually had to play with something other than their big mouths and the Colts ultimately dominated the Ravens 15-6.  Please note, if you are going to talk trash all week and flaunt your stuff it would be a good idea to score more than 6 points in the actual game.  Morons!

The hottest coaching candidate this year has finally decided where to coach next year. Ken Whisenhunt the former offensive coordinator of the Pitssburgh Steelers agreed to a four year deal with the Arizona Cardinals. Normally it has to be scary to accept the job with Arizona due to the preverbial jinx they have had on the franchise for what seems life forever. Whisenhunt though takes over a Cardinals team that has a LOT of talent and could become a contender during his tenure.

We were so close to hitting yesterday’s Divisional Playoff game.  If Reggie Bush doesn’t put the ball on the ground on the New Orleans Saints last drive then we are celebrating with a bottle of Cristal.  Today we get back on track so we can have some surf and turf tonight rather than hamburger mac and cheese.

New England Covers +4.5 at San Diego

OVERALL RECORD:

NFL 9-5-1

College Basketball 14-5-1

NBA 1-1

College Football: 10-8

New Orleans Saints cover -5 at home against Philadelphia Eagles

OVERALL RECORD:

NFL 9-4-1

College Basketball 14-5-1

NBA 1-1

College Football: 10-8