Football news

Okay, here are the latest headlines from the NFL and the ACC...

NFL (Colts related) News:
The Colts suck under Kerry Collins' veteran (read "old man") leadership. They are 0-2. Not the end of the season, but have you SEEN them play? The offensive line is pourous and so is the defensive secondary, so even if the game HADN'T passed Collins by, the Colts would give up too many points, anyway.

In the "make matters worse" category, owner Jim Irsay spouts off like the idiot he is, by way of Twitter, bashing what he perceives as "Colts haters." No one really hates the Colts, Jim, just your blind allegiance to Bill Polian. The game has passed him by, too. There is no reason the Colts shouldn't have a capable backup ready to take Peyton's spot in a few years. Which brings us to...

"Making it even worse" category features the latest from the Manning camp. After undergoing progressive stem-cell treatment on his neck in Europe, he returned stateside just to undergo a third neck surgery. He is out indefinitely. I have a really bad feeling about that.

One last note on the weekend's NFL action...did anyone see the INT return by the Patriot's Vince Wilfork? That was hilarious! I was surprised Boomer didn't say, "rumblin, bumblin, stumblin" during the ESPN highlight footage. It was too funny.

And did I just see Howard Mudd on the Philly sidelines last night? In a funny clip which closely rivals Wilfork (above), Mudd was seen leaping to chest bump one of his players. The dude is just out of retirement, facing hip replacement and trolling the Philly sidelines with the aid of a cane!

ACC News:
The Atlantic Coast Conference has just added Pitt and Syracuse to what is sure to become a super conference in college athletics. I, for one, welcome the additions...just more fodder for the Noles in football. More teams are expected to leave the Big Least Conference for the ACC. I say, "bring 'em on!"

In watching the replay of the FSU game on SunSports this afternoon, I couldn't help but notice all the big penalties---holding, unsportsmanlike and personal fouls---called by the Big 12 officials, most of them on Florida State. I'm wondering if anyone within the AD's office is considering a call to the Big 12, which by the way, is about to be a NON-conference. The Pac-12 is trying to steal Texas and Oklahoma away for another super conference out west.