Mr. Mojo Rizon

O's, World Cup, 105.7 The Fan misfire

2010-06-15T06:23:00.000-07:00

Baltimore Mariners do not

Just how sad and pathetic are those other birds in town? Well let’s put things in perspective.

Remember that 0-21 start to the Orioles’ 1988 season? That season ended with a franchise worst 54-107 record. This year the O’s are on pace to shatter that mark and finish 43-119. In order to best their franchise worst the O’s must go 38-60 the rest of the way.

Now this might not seem like such a tall task but that mark is a .388 winning percentage and to get there, the O’s must improve by 46%. Is there any sign of such improvement in sight?

To not lose 100 games, the O’s must go 46-52 the rest of the way, a .469 winning clip and a 76% improvement over their current state of ineptness.

If only there was a great consolation prize named Stephen Strasburg on the back end of the futility.

Count Mr. Mojo among those who think the following members of the Orioles are OVERRATED: Matt Weiters, Adam Jones, Chris Tillman and Andy McPhail.

Weiters looks uninterested at the plate and hardly attacks the strike zone. His long, loopy swings are devoid of bat speed; Jones also has a long swing although he does attack. Trouble is he attacks so many bad pitches that opposing hurlers have little incentive to serve him up anything decent to hit; Chris Tillman, sorry but Mojo has never been much of a fan. Not overpowering and not precise. The combination is BP pitching; McPhail, groom the arms and buy the bats, eh? So will you buy the bats? If so when because the “groomed” arms certainly don’t appear to be compelling enough to motivate Mr. Asbestos to dust off his wallet.

Hey TL, I noticed a little tidbit in your Grapevine piece last week about Ken Lucas and how he could “affect the chemistry in the Ravens’ locker room.” I did a little checking on my own regarding Lucas and what I heard through my own grapevine (no one will go on record with this)is that Lucas isn’t a problem child but if acquired you might find him in Mount Vernon on his days off. Just sayin’…

The World Cup! That is such a cool name for a tourney. I just like saying it, “The World Cup!” Too bad the games don’t measure up to the way cool name.

I have several friends who are soccer aficionados and I had the pleasure of their company this past Saturday while watching the USA take on the Brits. They were actually rooting for a tie. Mojo just can’t get his arms around that thought process. Why bother?

I have an idea for ESPN/ABC to make the games more appealing to folks like me who find these games pretty boring. How about starting them all at the same time in different parts of the world and then create something like the NFL has in the NFL Red Zone. Call it the World Cup Beehive…you know to keep in the spirit of those annoying horns these South Africans use to support the sport. Maybe the NFL could encourage those horns during games that Dan Dierdorf broadcasts to drown out his statements of the obvious.

Interesting poll here on 24x7 last week regarding the “go to” sports talker. No surprise that the fan favorite go to guy is Bob Haynie (32% of vote). However what is surprising -- Bruce Cunningham finished third with 15%. He outpaced Rob Long (13%), Mark Viviano (11%), Jerry Coleman (4%) and Drew Forrester (3%). Scott Garceau finished second with 22% of the vote.

Cunningham before Long and Viviano?

That’s like choosing the Bay City Rollers over the Rolling Stones and The Who.

Speaking of sports radio, former Baltimore jock talker Anita Marks is on her way to the Big Apple. For her sake, let’s hope she’s doing field reporting otherwise, I suggest a very short term apartment lease for Marks. That town will chew her up and spit her out faster than Sammy Sosa goes through a bag of Beech Nut chewing tobacco.

And for those who wanted Marks out, who would have thought that 105.7 The Fan would hire another woman (Jen Royle) who by comparison makes Marks sound like the ladies’ answer to Frank DeFord?

Congrats to the Baltimore Mariners on continuing their undefeated season.

Keep on rolling!

Ravens rockin' boards while O's bobble heads

2010-05-28T05:06:00.000-07:00

The Ravens have completed their installation of two new 24-by-100-foot HD boards at M&T Bank Stadium. But they didn’t stop there. The team also announced that they will feature the way cool product, NFL Red Zone on the new screens during breaks in the action.

"This goes to giving our fans the same thing they can get at home," Ravens president Dick Cass said.

Not so fast Dick. Last time I checked I don’t have to wait 10 minutes to relieve myself of the rented beer when at home nor do I have to pay $7 for a refill.

Only on the Bruce Cunningham Show! Yesterday Bruce treated us and his merry band of cerebrally challenged groupies to 120 minutes of interesting names in sports. Talk about incentive to change the dial over to WNST’s Bob Haynie who loses more sports brain cells after an evening of college hoops and Budweiser from his easy chair than the former Tidewater Virginia area DJ will ever round up in a lifetime. Uh, make that two lifetimes. Mojo does give Bruce points for catering to his audience, one that the Mojo Man was embarrassingly part of yesterday. But at least it was a fleeting stay.

On a loosely related note this could only happen to the Orioles. On Wednesday night it was Nolan Reimold Bobblehead night at Camden Yards but the bobblehead’s namesake was with the team’s AAA Norfolk Tide, packing his suitcase for a weekend series with Pawtucket. What’s next O’s, Melvin Mora T-Shirt Night?

Garrett Atkins celebrated Reimold’s bobblehead by hitting his first home run as an Oriole – a relatively meaningless one in the O’s 6-1 loss. Seems to me that Atkins’ offensive “prowess” is on an Atkins Diet.

Former Raven Adam Terry reportedly had no less than 9 teams interested in his services but he only visited one team.

"My first visit was coming [to Indianapolis] and I didn't leave," Terry said last week at the Colts training complex. "I came in, signed and started looking for a place to live."

Terry signed a one-year deal for the league minimum, $630,000 for a sixth-year veteran. Smart move really for the offensive tackle once described by a Ravens’ insider as a metrosexual tackle. Peyton Manning’s quick release makes Colts’ offensive linemen appear better than they are. When they sign as free agents elsewhere they are exposed albeit after the handsome signing bonus check clears.

While on the topic of signing bonuses, word is the Oakland Raiders want some of that $32 million they shelled out to bust QB JaMarcus Russell. A grievance against the former member of the Silver & Black has been filed. Al Davis is looking for Russell to give back $9.55 million. Don’t hold your breath on that one Al. When you make boneheaded mistakes you have to pay the price.

No confirmation on rumors that Darius Heyward-Bey has moved his assets to an offshore account in the Cayman Islands.

Lots of talk about Super Bowl XLVIII which will be played in the winter wonderland of Meadowlands Stadium on February 2, 2014. That’s the day when Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow signaling 6 more weeks of Super Bowl coverage. You’ve probably seen the movie Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray, right? I’m thinking the rest of America will be feeling Murray’s pain when we are “treated” to Frank Sinatra’s New York, New York over and over and over and over.

All you people who like the idea of an outdoor Super Bowl in a northern city because it opens the door to your northern city hosting the event, you better recognize. Mojo loves me some B’more but please curb the enthusiasm about Charm City hosting this mammoth event. We can’t even get U2 to stop here on their tour – well the tour that was supposed to happen until Bono blew out his back, giving new meaning to the Irish rocker’s lyrics from “Kite”:

And when I'm flat on my back
I hope to feel like I did

Wonder if Adam Jones can relate?

Hey anyone else hear the whispers going around town of Matt Wieters being overrated?

Bring on Bernie!

2010-05-20T07:00:00.000-07:00

Has Mark Clayton become the Ravens’ version of the Tin Man? Sorry all you fans with 89 jerseys but for a guy who is on the bubble you have to wonder where his heart is. I mean the dude went to Africa on some charitable mission and then worked to finish his degree this offseason. Noble things for sure but I’m wondering if football is just a job to him.

In April, Clayton had a surgical procedure done to his shoulder that prevented him from participating in the mandatory mini camp a couple of weeks ago. Where is the love of the game? I’m not seeing it. You might see a player wearing 89 this season but the bet here is it won’t be Mark Clayton.

Aaron Wilson reported today that Jared Gaither is among the Ravens’ restricted free agents who have not yet signed their tender offers. Wilson mentions in this piece that the Ravens can lower restricted tender offers don't sign by a June 15 NFL deadline. If I’m Ozzie Newsome, that is exactly what I would do with Gaither. I think No. 71 and his agent Drew Rosenhaus need to be taught a lesson.

O’S QUIPS: Watching the Orioles is just a tad better than watching my kid’s T-Ball. Ty Wiggington fields pop ups like he’s suffering from vertigo…Will Ohman I can deal with and the Mojo Man isn’t all that upset when Dave Trembley calls for the southpaw. It’s when he walks to the mound signaling for Ohman’s bullpen buddies OhNo, OhSh*t and OhMyGodHereWeGoAgain…Garrett Atkins clearly fleeced the O’s when he signed that 1 year, $4.5 million deal. Believe it or not but Atkins had 3 seasons (2006-08) during which he averaged .305, 25 HR’s & 110 RBI. You think that maybe, just maybe Coors Field and some supernatural “juice” had something to do with that?...No one asked me but I think Bernie would make a better manager than Trembley. Probably be a more interesting interview candidate too…Anyone wonder why Andy MacPhail gets a free pass in this mess of a season? And what has he done in the last 19 seasons anyway? I get that he was GM of the Twins in ’87 and ’91 when they won the World Series. Hey Joe Gibbs was a great coach once for the Redskins but the game passed him by. Just sayin’…Who is the real Adam Jones, pre-2009 All Star Break or the one since?

Bad Sports Talk in Baltimore

2010-05-15T05:49:00.000-07:00

There might be more sports talk radio in town than ever before but when it comes to the jock talking heads, no one said more is better. Truth be told there is some bad rap Harry going down on the Baltimore airwaves.

The Mojo Man could go on and on about this but let’s touch down on a couple of the low lights while I was driving around town yesterday afternoon.

First up 105.7 The Fan ~ I dialed in hoping to hear Scott Garceau and Rob Carlin (nice addition by the way there Dave LaBrozzi) but I only got half of what I hoped for – Garceau. And he was at Old Hilltop talking about The Preakness. Zzzzzzz. Over to Coleman at Fox 1370.

I was greeted by a hate fest. Is there anyone or anything that Coleman likes besides the man in the mirror? He beat up on LeBron James mercilessly. Ok Coleman, so you don’t like your LeBron Fathead any more. We get it. Maybe you need to get it. This dude is in serious need of a happy ending.

So I jump over to WNST, something that is a rarity for Mojo in recent years. So what am I treated to? Ray Bachman reading press clippings. But that was far from Bachman’s best. He proudly blessed his listeners with a robust belch on the air and then bragged about how it tasted good – like the barbeque he had for lunch. Nice, right? Poor Rex Snider.

Maybe those guys should look into Gas-X as a sponsor?

Hey real quick, I recall a blog TL did about Cleveland and their crybabies. And while unlike Coleman I won’t sit here and say that LeBron isn’t great (he is) but is he perfect for Cleveland or what? That town has to be the Kleenex capital of the world. Boo-hoo.

And finally, I read a recent blog post from Bruce Cunningham where he claimed to knock Lawrence Taylor on his ass in a high school game. I think he left these words out of that post: “And then I woke up.”

The Sporting World of Charm City

2010-05-13T07:19:00.000-07:00

A LAP AROUND THE B'MORE SPORTS SCENE

Word is Commissioner Roger Goodell is pushing New York and brand new Meadowlands Stadium as the locale for the 2014 Super Bowl. Two words Roger – BAD IDEA!

And Baltimore, don’t feed me the rationale that if NY is successful it will pave the way to Baltimore someday hosting the Super Bowl. C’mon man! Charm City has a better chance of hosting the Winter Olympics and using Federal Hill for the downhill slalom.

Look, the average high temp in NYC in February is 32 degrees. Flights into the Big Apple are as expensive as anywhere else on the continent. Remember the snow this past winter? Flight cancellations, hello! And let’s not forget that the wind chill in the New Jersey swamps only adds to the wrath of Mother Nature. If they wanted to host the Super Bowl they should have put a lid on that stadium.

Since they didn’t, we should put a lid on this discussion.

Many people think that this is a make or break year for Joe Flacco. Why? If he has a subpar season, are the Ravens going to go back to the QB drawing board? I don’t think so. Nobody asked me but since you are reading this column I’m going to tell you – this isn’t a make or break year for Sleepy Joe Flacco. It’s a make or break year for Cam Cameron.

Speaking of make or break, Mark Clayton to me seems broken. How does a player with his career on the line choose instead to go to Africa for some humanitarian effort only to return home to have surgery on his shoulder which prevents him from participating in a mandatory mini-camp? I’m not condemning his philanthropy. I’m condemning his commitment to the Ravens. I don’t see it. The Ravens should consider cutting him loose before he signs that restricted free agent tender, pulls a hamstring and then milks them for another $2.2 million.

Sorry, I like Clayton on a personal level but then again, Kyle Boller was nice guy too.

A lot of folks are curious to see how Paul Kruger plays in his sophomore season in the bigs. Judging from TL’s Camp Notes, I’m not optimistic. Last year the guy was all over the place in OTA’s and was a constant in the offensive backfield. Through TL’s eyes, it seems the guy is having a hard time carrying the added weight. Hey, I wonder what Dan Cody is doing these days?

Shifting gears here, can we just stop the talk about Adam Jones being a burgeoning superstar? The dude is barely above the Mendoza Line since the 2009 All-Star break. That big sweeping swing of his apparently has some holes that Terry Crowley can’t fix.

And what about the Crow? Who does he have pictures of? The dude is old enough to be a grandfather to many of these players. Ya think there might be a communication problem going on there?

Talk about communication, Dave Trembley addresses the media as if he had the resume of Casey Stengel. Yo Dave, I could stick my ipod on replay and listen to my boy Morrison’s “The End” over and over while knocking back a few in the dugout and produce your career record of 182-274. Hey I’m not a math major but that’s less than a .400 winning percentage. Andy McPhail, hit me back…I’m available.

Ok, I admit to listening to 105.7 The Fan on occasion – until that unbelievably annoying promo interrupts the show and screams, “Be the 100th caller…blah, blah, blah…” It’s rare that I agree with anything that comes out of Bruce Cunningham’s pie hole, even when he’s reading script at M&T Bank Stadium. But he’s balls on when it comes to that contest. Get rid of it!

The Fan did get rid of something, or should I say someone and it’s working. Jeremy Conn has filled in very nicely for Anita Marks and Conn’s sports acumen and knowledge also helps to bring the best out of the show’s namesake, Scott Garceau. Conn has always had potential and finally he respects his co-host enough to put the crotch humor on hold until he goes off air.

You think those guys over at WNST are envious of Conn?

Excuse me, isn't the Preakness this weekend? Talk about a fading star.

In closing, I had to laugh at the status bar of our Ravens 247 Facebook page today. Not sure who’s responsible for this comment but thanks. Here goes: Ravens 247 learned that the average American uses 743 tissues per year. Cleveland Browns fans use that many during halftime on Opening Day.

Who can blame them?

Joakim Noah was right, Cleveland does suck.

Touching down with Ben Roethlisberger

2010-04-30T03:48:00.000-07:00

A Ravens24x7.com Exclusive...

Mojo Rizon: Ben before we get into the more obvious questions, are you experiencing any negative repercussions from that motorcycle accident suffered a couple years ago?

Ben Roethlisberger: What motorcycle accident?

MR: I guess that answers that…You have been described by some of your detractors as, “a dumb redneck with money and a sense of entitlement.” How do you respond to that?

BR: I’ve never thought of myself as dumb. I mean I scored in double digits on the Wonderlic Test.

MR: Do you realize an average score is 20?

BR: Average score of what?

MR: Moving right along and while we’re on the subject of average… Ben you are an NFL quarterback, an NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, a former Pro Bowler and a two-time World Champion. You could have pretty much any girl you want with all that fame and fortune yet you have settled for some women with at best average looks and then prey on drunken college students. What the hell are you thinking?

BR: Well I’m probably not thinking much. Just hanging with my boys, having a few beers…I’m sure you’ve heard the expression, “She’s a 2 at 10 but a 10 at 2.”

MR: Rapper Eminem in his recent release Recovery takes a shot at you when he sings, "I'd rather turn this club into a bar room brawl, get as rowdy as Roethlisberger in a bathroom stall." How do you respond to that?

BR: He sounds like one of my fans to me. I don’t take that as a shot at all.

MR: Why the body guards Ben?

BR: Dude, are you kidding me? When that girl’s husband had me staring down the barrel of that Glock 17, that was an eye opener. I can’t have that. I’m the quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers. I need protection off the field bro – God knows I don’t get any on the field.

MR: Speaking of which, your teammates have been very quiet with only one really coming to your defense publicly – Willie Colon. Are you bothered by that?

BR: Do you like everyone you work with Mojo? It’s a job, you know. I do mine, Willie does his, Hines does his, the end result is usually good. I don’t need to hang with them or be friends with them as long as we do our jobs.

MR: So you don’t think that these repeat incidents on your part will affect the Steelers’ locker room.

BR: Not as long as we’re winning. If we start losing I’m sure it will come back and bite me in the ass but if we win, my teammates, the Rooneys and the fans will all forget. I mean look at Tiger Woods. You want to talk about dumb. Wow! He had it all but he’s like a crack head when it comes to women yet America seems to have forgiven him. Here you have a good All-American guy in Phil Mickelson trying for to win that gold jacket at the Masters and he’s battling a dude that can’t keep it in his pants and the majority of the public was rooting for Tiger. That’s pretty bad ass.

Steelers’ fans won’t care. They’ll be wearing my jerseys and cheering as they always have when I take the field again.

MR: It's the green jacket...anyway let’s talk about that. You are suspended for at least four games. What if your team is 0-4 or 1-3 when you return? How do you think the fans will respond then?

BR: They’ll view me as a savior of sorts and realize that as Ben Roethlisberger goes, so to go the Pittsburgh Steelers.

MR: You’ve met with Commissioner Roger Goodell. You have said you will comply with the league’s punishment without a challenge. You’ve apologized to the fans, the league and your teammates. Why not the college student in Georgia, Nicole Biancofiore?

BR: We’ll get to that in time. Speaking of which, it’s Friday dude and you know what that means? It’s 5’oclock somewhere…

NOTE: This mock, fictional interview is intended only to highlight the gross sense of entitlement regularly practiced by the clown that wears No. 7 for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Our regrets go out to the Rooney Family.

Ravens give up too much for Boldin?

2010-03-06T06:53:00.000-08:00

While local website fails to give up credit

While looking around for info on the Boldin trade this morning, Mr. Mojo stumbled upon this at WNST from Chris Pika.

Clearly this is useful and insightful information. But then it dawned on me that I had seen this before. So I put Google to work and I found these two pieces at NFLLabor.com and BaltimoreRavens.com.

This entire blog of Pika’s is pretty much just a cut and paste and there's no indication that it's not written by Chris Pika.

That’s pretty interesting coming from a site whose owner claims that respected journalists around town lift from WNST.

C'mon guys, give up the credit where it is due!

Funny, you can’t even make this stuff up… (posting @ 10:10AM 3/6/10)

Anyway, back to the Boldin trade…

No one asked me but just like the trade that brought Willis McGahee to Baltimore, I think the Ravens gave up too much. I'm not against doing that for a difference-maker. McGahee wasn't. It remains to be seen if Boldin is.

This may seem like apples & oranges, but the Jets gave up a 3rd-rd pick NEXT yr for a 25 year old athlete playing an important position. The Ravens gave up a 3rd & 4th THIS yr for a 29 year old athlete who has missed a lot of games including playoff games.

It seems like a great trade for Ravens fans because we are so starved for a wide receiver.

That said in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

In regione caecorum rex est luscus.

Mojo feeling some Ravens' love to warm those chilly bones

2010-02-26T05:35:00.000-08:00

1) No guaranteed long term contracts although agents have circumvented this to an extent with upfront signing bonuses. However, it's still much better than MLB & the NBA. The NBA has become a joke turned on its head where trading for expiring contracts of grossly overpaid non-productive players has become more desirable than getting actual talent in return. Or a team has to give away a talented player just to get rid of his contract. But that's what has to be done to get rid of past financial mistakes made by NBA front offices.

In my opinion, the guaranteed long term contracts of MLB & the NBA are UN-American. That's right, Un-American!

Oh, sure, none of us would turn down the chance to be overpaid for mediocrity or downright incompetence but the USA didn't become the great country that it is by grossly overpaying people for incompetence for near perpetuity. Yes, I do believe in the Protestant work ethic and I also believe in Catholic charity as evidenced by my volunteer work at a Catholic hospital..

2) HEAD COACHES MATTER! In baseball it's commonly believed that managers matter very little, an opinion that I can’t totally get behind…

2a) I love that schemes matter more than just talent. We often see that a given player fails playing in one scheme only to succeed on another team in another scheme.

2b) I love that often undrafted players benefit from superior coaching at the NFL level & are "coached up" often to become Pro Bowl players.

3) ORGANIZATIONS MATTER! A lot of importance is given to winning the Super Bowl and rightly so but a lot of credit should also be given to organizations that have been very good consistently over a long period of time despite the roadblocks of free agency and the common draft. And that is due to good organizations.

Thankfully, the Billy Beane philosophy, "You're either rebuilding for something special, or you're on the verge of something special. To be in between is foolish" has not caught on in the NFL yet.

4) GOOD ORGANIZATIONS BEGIN WITH GOOD OWNERSHIP! Here, Ravens fans are blessed with a man who is the best and smartest owner of any pro sports franchise in the entire Middle Atlantic Region and that includes the franchise where the owner is considered a genius for drafting Alex Ovechkin. As if THAT was a tough decision! And I doubt that Steve Bisciotti is going to be losing the Ravens and then suing Atlantic City casinos for plying him with drinks.

I love that Bisciotti comes from a working-class family. I love that he went to a working class non-elite college AND went on to found an enormously successful "new economy" business. I, myself, often tell people that I went to an elite Eastern university of 36,000 students.

I love that Bisciotti is tempered in his judgments.

I love that he showed courage and wisdom making a U-turn on his decision to keep Brian Billick. That decision should be neither underestimated nor under-appreciated. It is not easy for rich and powerful men to change their minds on public decisions.

Heck we have message board members who can’t even do that after foolish message board posts despite the cover of anonymity.

105.7 The Fan ISO woman who knows balls

2010-02-23T08:32:00.000-08:00

Mojo has heard through the grapevine that MASN is pressuring 105.7 The Fan to replace Anita Marks with another woman. Now some have asked, “How does a hot chick make for better radio?”

That’s a legit question. It’s tough to see with your ears.

But MASN (therefore the Angelos family) apparently would prefer that you listen with your eyes when tuning into their station which simulcasts the 105.7 The Fan feed. And that’s why we’ve seen the likes of Jen Royle (video here) on with Scott Garceau.

Royle seems ok but the bottom line is, she’s out of touch with Baltimore. That’s not her fault, she just is. She covers the Yankees and the Mets for XM Radio and the YES Network.

Why would MASN make the same mistake again?

Didn’t the formula fail with Marks?

And hey, if you are going for an out of town sports gal talker because she’s on TV, why not shoot for the stars and get someone like Lisa Dergan (pictured)?

Dergan joined FOX Sports in 2002, gaining notable interviews with everyone from Tiger Woods (I know what you are thinking) to John Elway. But more importantly, she’s a former St. Pauli Girl, was Playboy’s Playmate of the Month for July ‘98, and she’s been in special editions of the magazine six times.

You with me?

The untouchable one: Peyton Manning

2010-02-11T13:11:00.000-08:00

Having anointed Manning recently this season many members of the establishment media cannot do a U-turn & criticize him because it would "look" like they were wrong. They cannot repudiate themselves this quickly. They have to be "all in" or all out. They can't have a balanced view of him.

I watched the game again last night on the NFL Network. There was a scene in the 3rd Q (just before Brees' TD pass to Shockey) of Manning standing in front of his O line who were seated on the bench. Even Jim Nance spontaneously used the word "lectures" or "lecturing" to describe the scene. If asked about it, I'm sure that Nance would recant though because to do otherwise would go against conventional wisdom.

I think that there are feelings among some team members about Manning that he is wearing thin on them. There are often different perceptions that the establishment media foists upon us & what goes on behind the scene ... e.g., Tiger Woods. Michael (Jordan) was revered by the media for his performance but his Hall of Fame speech revealed the JERK that Jordan has always been.

There is a very fine line between being determined & being obsessed. Really think Peyton is showing signs of becoming Ahab (Moby Dick) like. If the Colts keep doing the same things that they've been doing the past several years, I suspect the results will be the same. People forget that before Bill Belichick's handing the game to Peyton, New England had the Colts thoroughly beaten and basically they were not unmasked again until the Super Bowl.

I shared these same thoughts with a friend yesterday and low and behold this appears on ESPN.com today. In the piece Colts’ Pres Bill Polian throws the offensive line under the bus as well as the special teams. Gotta wonder what those O-linemen think of Polian’s finger pointing, particularly with no mention of Peyton.

It will be interesting today to see the establishment media's response to Polian having anointed him too.

Excuses and unrest linger in Indianapolis following SB XLIV

2010-02-09T07:23:00.000-08:00

Don't know if you saw the following incident during pre-Super Bowl coverage. I actually watched very little the past two weeks. The hype and repetition gets old. But this grabbed my attention for sure.

Anyway during the incident Jeff Saturday, Colts Pro Bowl center, muttered something in frustration as the offense was coming off the field. He thought the Colts needed to run the ball near the goal line. This set Peyton Manning off and he went out of his way and blasted Saturday who was sitting with other offensive linemen. Manning was really out of line yet he would later put a positive spin on it and define it in so many words as a healthy confrontation to clear the air.
That’s fine.

What shocked me was another Colt, Tarik Glenn stood toe-to-toe, face-to-face with Manning, forcefully telling the golden boy to, “Go sit down!"

Often these kinds of (stand-up) incidents do not happen without some background climate.

Interestingly enough, Glenn a Pro Bowl tackle in 2004, 2005 and 2006 retired after the 2006 season at the age of 30 claiming he lost his passion for football.

I have finally conceded that Manning is "better" (whatever that means) than Brady.

Albert Einstein: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”.

Next year the Colts are going to play the same way with the same Manning-centric philosophy. I can't see them changing their style of play. In their division, the regular season doesn't offer that much resistance. Also, the strength has swung from the AFC to the NFC. The team that might have stood in the Colts way was the Chargers.

Colts owner Jim Irsay confirmed that a new deal is expected to make the Colts' star the highest-paid player in NFL history and to keep him with the franchise for his entire career.

Even though there may not be a salary cap in 2010 that situation will not be permanent. Let's assume for the sake of argument that Manning is not the problem (roster-wise). Do you improve the Colts by giving Manning an even higher percentage of the finite financial resources? Surely, there are and have been other areas roster-wise that needed to be sacrificed in order to pay Manning so highly.

Also, what is Manning's alternative if they Colts don’t offer more?

Retire?

Go to another team?

It's not like he's being slapped in the face financially by the Colts presently.

What is the sense of busting the budget for one position even if it is for the best QB in football?

Only one championship in 10 years plus a few early playoff exits is no accident!

By the way, Einstein must have foreseen the advent of the 325+ pound lineman ... E=mc2.

Don’t you just love this talk that the REASON why the Colts lost was because Garcon dropped a pass early in the game, in the first quarter no less? In order to win, you have to overcome your mistakes particularly if made early in the game. The Saints overcame coming up empty-handed against the Colts goal-line stand.

If the Colts couldn't overcome Garcon's early mistake, they didn't have the mental toughness to win.

Oh and let’s not forget all this blame placed on Reggie Wayne for Tracy Porter’s pick 6. Sure, the route wasn’t sharp but even if it had been, looks to me like Porter was locked and loaded on the play. AT WORST, the pitch and catch tandem should share the blame.

Speaking of blame did I or did I not hear Phil Simms say that one reason Reggie Bush hasn't lived up to the hype is because he's not very tough? You’ve gotta love it.

Who dat gonna leave dem Saints?

Reg-gie!

Reg-gie!

That party on Bourbon Street looked like a beast and what an appetizer for next week’s Mardi Gras. Good for all you Louisianans. You clearly deserve it!

And just think, it wasn’t that long ago when Saints’ owner Tom Benson seemed destined to pull an Irsay and bring in the Mayflower moving vans and take his team to San Antonio. Such an exodus would have made The Alamo seem like a cocktail hour.

While we’re on the topic of celebrations, those Hoosiers sure do love their Colts. Upon their return from Miami, the decade’s most winning team was greeted by 11 fans at Indianapolis International Airport.

Poetic justice if you ask me…

Mojo man is down on Rex & Hee-Haw

2010-01-19T15:24:00.000-08:00

Who to root for this weekend? The team Mojo will cheer for throughout the balance of the post season is hands down the New Orleans Saints. As for the AFC Conference Championship, most in the Land of Pleasant Living will get behind all of the former Ravens in New York: Rex Ryan, Bart Scott, Jim Leonhard and Marques Douglas.

Not me!

It’s not that I dislike any of those players – fact is I’d love to see them all in purple but this ain’t baseball so we can’t keep them all. But Rex Ryan for me is a big blowhard. Sure it’s funny for awhile but then it wears thin and gets old. He’d provide a ton of sound bites I’m sure for the scoop-starved media that will be in attendance in over-abundance for the two weeks leading into the Super Bowl. I’ll pass. In fact I think it’s his immaturity that kept him from being Steve Bisciotti’s new man on the sidelines.

More importantly, I don’t think the Jets and the Saints makes for an entertaining game (or the Vikings for that matter). I like the prospects of the Colts and Saints mixing it up and watching the scoreboard hit overload and see block pool participants jazzed by all the action.

Give me the Colts and Saints and then the Saints to go the distance for the good people from the Big Easy.

Speaking of easy, I could easily see Chargers’ restricted free agent Vincent Jackson in purple and black but that ain’t gonna happen. The Chargers will more than likely offer VJ the first and third round tender and I just can’t see the Ravens parting with two picks for VJ. Could you? Would you? Would VJ even fit in with a John Harbaugh team?

This past weekend VJ was pulled over for driving a vehicle with suspended tags and an expired license prior to the Chargers v. Jets game. Teammate Philip Rivers reportedly went to pick up his favorite target. VJ who was issued a citation has a prior DUI and another pending.

While on the topic of the law’s long arm, San Diego police had their way with a Jets fan in attendance during the Divisional Playoff game at Qualcomm. Here’s a video of the incident.

SAFE Management please take note and use this as training material on how to treat fans at M&T Bank Stadium wearing Steelers’ colors from this point forward.

Surely I jest, right?

Josh McDaniels is coming off like a Class A jerk. Now I’m not suggesting that Brandon Marshall is in the right and shouldn’t have been treated as he was in 2009 by McDaniels. But when you are a rookie head coach and you haven’t done squat in your career yet, how do you get off acting like you’re Bill Belichick? This kid has the people skills of Bob Irsay after some Beefeater.

Now he’s parted ways with the classy Mike Nolan and is looking for a new D-Coordinator. Good luck with that one. Mr. Mojo thinks this cat is an insecure little jack-off who is worried that maybe Nolan might snatch his job away. Broncos’ fans should be so lucky.

Ever catch the Deuce Stunningman Show on 105.7 The Fan, Monday through Friday from 12-2PM? If not, don’t sweat it. You aren’t missing much. The show is what you would get if a radio version of the old Hee-Haw TV show collided with the sports know-it-all drunk at the corner of the bar. It really makes that old Cattle Call bit that Paul Mittermeier and Steve Stofberg used to do sound like cutting edge radio.

But apparently the show is the right cup of tea for many in the area because Stunningman’s ratings are solid as he so often reminds us and prospective sponsors who may be listening. Have you ever noticed though how the IQ of callers climbs measurably when the clock moves from 2:00 PM to 2:01 PM when Scott Garceau and Anita Marks take over?

Typical banter during the Stunningman show goes like this…

Deuce Stunningman (calling upon his deepest baritone): Hello and welcome to another edition of the Deuce Stunningman Show. I am Deuce Stunningman from Fox 49. We have a lot, I mean a lot to talk about. Zippo, what will we be talking about today?

Darth Zippo: Well Deuce, we have some breaking news regarding the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement and how it will impact the playoff teams on a going forward basis plus there’s a lot of banter going on out there in Owings Mills about the possible retirements of Ed Reed and Derrick Mason.

Stunningman: Ha-ha, haw-haw, hee-hee, ka-ka-ka…Zippo you are killing me. Are we going to talk about the Elite 8 again? You know that’s like algebra to me and I was never really very good at that.

Zippo: Deuce, the Elite 8 is part of March Madness. The “Final 8 Plan” is part of the CBA.

Stunningman: I looooove me some Continental Basketball Association. You know I loved the ABA too and those Virginia Squires. Man was that red, white and blue ball cool or what? Ha-ha, haw-haw, who-who, ho-ho…That is really funny Zippo. It really, really is. But let’s move on to the Reed/Mason thing.

Zippo: How do you think Mason’s absence will affect Flacco and the passing game and if Reed retires, can the Ravens lean on Zbikowski or Nakamura or will they regret letting Jimmy Leonhard get away?

Stunningman: Heads or tails, Zippo?

Zippo: Heads or tails for what Deuce?

Stunningman: Heads Mason retires, tails Reed.

Zippo: How about we go to some calls or email.

Stunningman: Great idea! Here’s one from Jethro in Hicksville, hee-hee, haw-haw…Hicksville, now that’s funny. Anyway Jethro writes:

Deuce, have you seen the picture of Joe “Willie” Namath trying to kiss Suzie Kolber? Now that there was some funny $h*&. Hee-hee, thank God for that 20 second delay Zippo.

Anyway, I did see that Jethro and I have to say I can totally relate. I mean, woooo-weeee I have had my share of lookers over the years in this business and well, let’s just say (yuck-yuck-yuck) it’s one of the perks of the job. Zippo, why don’t we take a break so I can get me some of those ribs that Andy Nelson’s just dropped off.

Zippo: As long as you aren’t smacking your lips and eating on air per usual Deuce.

Stunningman: Well duh, just make the break longer and we’ll be cool. Zippo, like I always say, “I love ya madly.”

Former Raven Boller making moves

2009-11-22T04:26:00.000-08:00

Like a giddy schoolgirl ~ I’m sure you’ve either experienced it directly or you’ve watched a similar scene unfold around you…young girl is smitten with a boy and she laughs at anything the boy does. He belches and she goes into uncontrollable laughter. Such is the life of an adolescent girl and such is the on-air behavior of Bruce Cunningham when he is joined by guest Mike Preston on Mondays and Fridays at 105.7 The Fan.

Any sarcastic and/or wise crack from Preston and the namesake of The Bruce Cunningham Show cackles hysterically to the point of being mute. Last week Preston described Antwan Barnes as a “good player, bad mind.” Cunningham roared with laughter and called Preston’s analysis of Barnes his “best ever.”

Wonder how Preston would describe Cunningham?

Mojo Man has a few ideas on that one…

Cryin’ Ryan ~ Former Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan is now the poster boy for Kleenex.

"I've got a new sponsor," Ryan said on Wednesday. "The Jets have Toyota and I've got Kleenex, for obvious reasons."

The never bashful Ryan’s tone is usually bravado but that wasn’t the case when he cried in front of his players during a team meeting Monday morning after the Jets’ 24-22 loss to the Jaguars on Sunday. The pity party obviously leaked through the closed doors.

"Everything's out and sometimes you say things to your team and you don't realize that everybody will find out," Ryan said. "That's fine and dandy. One thing I'll say is I'll be true to myself.

"I'm man enough to be me."

Dick Vermeil was so touched by Ryan’s manliness and connection to his feelings that he had a good cry too. No truth to the rumor that the Lifetime Channel is now trying to secure the broadcast rights to future Jets games.

Speaking of former Ravens, Kyle Boller is making news not so much for his on the field accomplishments but rather for his off-field conquests, the latest of which is former Miss California and Miss USA runner-up Carrie Prejean. In her book Still Standing, Prejean acknowledged Boller in a dedication.

"To my Kyle: I am so blessed to have you in my life. You have shown me what love is. Thank you for supporting me through all this drama. I knew when we met there was something so special about you."

Didn’t Brian Billick say something like that back in 2003?

Count Mr. Mojo among those who would love to see LeBron James in a Browns uniform. Apparently the NBA’s biggest crybaby thinks he has what it takes to play in the NFL.
"If I put all my time and commitment into it, if I dedicated myself to the game of football, I could be really good," he said.

Someone should remind James that the NFL is stricter than the NBA when it comes to performance enhancing substances. Just sayin’…

Browns head coach Eric Mangini called James 'a freak athletically,' and added that the 6’8”, 260 pounder would make a good tight end, receiver or outside linebacker. Suit him up and how about Ray Lewis pull out one of those $25,000 hits like he laid on Ochocinco.

Hey word on the street is that WBAL might be losing the Ravens broadcast rights. The station and the team are currently working under a profit sharing arrangement that apparently is falling short of the team’s expectations. Maybe the Ravens should worry more about the team falling short of our expectations.

Despite the frosty relationship between the Ravens and CBS Radio, look for 105.7 The Fan to get involved. I’m sure Cunningham would love that madly.

We hear that the Raiders’ Jamarcus Russell took his demotion in stride and is trumpeting the team party line. Mojo is wondering if just maybe Russell’s apparent willingness to step aside for Bruce Gradkowski is simply to avoid getting punched out by head coach Tom “Jawbreaker” Cable. Hey Heyward-Bey – nine games 6 catches for 96 yards.

I have to say, this line on the Ravens v. Colts game is pretty perplexing. How does Vegas justify initially installing the Ravens as a one point favorite? C’mon man! The line is correcting itself (at least in the Mojo mind) but still falls far short of where it should be with the Colts as a 6+ point favorite. Yeah, yeah I know that the Ravens played a few good teams tough, losing four games by a total of 21 points against clubs sporting a combined 21-6 record. And yes I know that the game is at home. But favored against an undefeated team? Please.

This is a Ravens team that just 5 days ago could manage only 1 offensive touchdown against the league’s worst defense AND that TD was scored when the Browns had only 10players on the field. If the Ravens don’t get off to a fast start offensively, this one could be over quickly. EVERYBODY (except the blowhard Jamie Dukes) is picking Indy. Mojo is with everybody – Colts 27, Ravens 13.

As if you didn't know this, the Cleveland Browns suck!

2009-11-15T09:32:00.000-08:00

The Browns are a pretty pathetic organization and they’ve had an extra week to savor the stench of their latest rotten egg laid against the Chicago Bears on November 1, falling to the hapless Bears by the score of 30-6. I can’t wait for the Ravens to get out to a quick 7-0 lead and then listen to the cascade of boos falling from the collection of malcontents in Browns Stadium.

If the Browns improve, they’ll stink. Right now they live at the sub-stink level.

ESPN of course is hoping that the Ravens don’t score first. Early points from Joe Flacco & Company could make the game unravel quickly for Cleveland and viewers might even get to take in the 9PM airing of Two and a Half Men.

So it’s no surprise to learn that ESPN was among a group of “investors” coughing up the cash to ensure that the Ravens v. Browns game would not be “Browned-out” and will be aired in the Cleveland metro area. The tickets we hear were distributed to the USO and other Cleveland area organizations.

Wonder if George Kokinis will be there…

Speaking of Kokinis, his battle with the Browns will be interesting to watch. Both sides have hired heavy hitter attorneys. You would think that somehow Roger Goodell, assuming he can stop writing tickets to NFL players for silly fines (see Chad Ochocinco), will intercede and prevent an ugly, drawn out battle.

It’s nice to have Cleveland in the AFC North. The Ravens, Steelers and Bengals all get three bye weeks thanks to Randy Lerner and is sorry ass fantasy team.

All the smack talk aside, the Browns have no chance on Monday Night. The Ravens Achilles Heel is the big play and the Browns, outside of Joshua Cribbs, can’t produce one. They can’t block, they can’t tackle and they can’t throw. The two thorns in the Ravens collective side over the past few years have been Kellen Winslow (Tampa) and Braylon Edwards (New York Jets). Thanks to Eric Mangini both are gone. But I’m sure he’ll pin that on Kokinis.

Hey did you hear about the ticket scam in Pittsburgh? Apparently there are a ton of counterfeit tickets floating around. Not to worry…stadium officials are on it and plan to oust and penalize the imposters. Now if they can only figure out what to do with those counterfeit, imposter, front-runner Steelers’ fans who infiltrate opponents’ stadiums like cockroaches in an unattended restaurant kitchen.

Bring out the hankies for Giants’ co-owner John Mara who is whining about his team having to fly to Denver on three days rest for a Thanksgiving Day battle against the Broncos. I thought Mara, a supposedly influential competition committee member, could pull rank and avoid these unsavory conditions for his G-Men. Maybe Mara should worry more about stupid coaching decisions and a secondary more interested in being philanthropic than stingy.

DID YOU KNOW that the Kansas City Chiefs are 3-30 in their last 33 games? This weekend they play their equally inept archrival the Oakland Raiders. One of the Chiefs 3 wins over what amounts to slightly more than 2 seasons is against the Raiders. This time the Chiefs go into the Black Hole hoping to make it 4 of 34. The Chiefs have won six straight at the hole.

Many in these parts wanted the Ravens to land WR Anquan Boldin. Boldin hasn’t exactly set the world on fire this season (35 catches, 404 yards, 1TD). He was scratched last week. During the past two years Boldin has missed 7 games for Arizona. The Cardinals are 6-1 in those games.

Back to Cleveland, many have criticized the Browns for passing on Adrian Peterson in the 2007 NFL Draft, opting instead for offensive tackle Joe Thomas. Many forget that the Browns passed on LaDainian Tomlinson back in 2001, preferring underachieving defensive tackle Gerard Warren. Such is the Browns’ way…

And finally during Cleveland week, let’s turn towards the King of Cleveland (for now), LeBron James who wants to recognize Michael Jordan’s accomplishments by dropping his No. 23 for No. 6.

"I just think what Michael Jordan has done for the game has to be recognized some way soon," said James. "There would be no LeBron James, no Kobe Bryant, no Dwayne Wade if there wasn't Michael Jordan first.”

Nice words LeBron but c’mon man! Jordan was the greatest but how did his accomplishments pave the way for you? If Michael hadn’t come along you guys wouldn’t be as good? They have nothing to do with each other not related to money – salaries and endorsements.

James comes off as a good guy with his number swap announcement but give him a few games and his next loss and he’ll don the more appropriate crybaby persona that fits him better than No. 23.

By the way, he’s the next big thing to leave Cleveland and he won’t be the last.

Hey, how did watching C.C. Sabathia and Cliff Lee square off in the World Series work for you Clevelanders?

Read it and weep…Ravens 30, Browns 10

MR. MOJO RIZON: On bad weather, kicking, radio & leatherheads

2009-10-28T11:10:00.000-07:00

Tonight’s game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees marks the beginning of the 105th World Series. Excuse me but has anyone looked at the calendar? The so-called “October Classic” could potentially spill a few days into November. What a joke! Forecast for tonight’s contest – Rain, 42 degrees. Oh yes, the boys of “summer.” I’m going with my heart over my head in this series. Give me the Phillies in 7.

Count me among those who would love to see the Series’ games played in the afternoon from time to time. That said even if they did play afternoon games, chances are the game would finish in the dark. Clocks roll back an hour on Sunday which by the way is another joke! Wouldn’t you prefer to have daylight extended another hour into the afternoon and not drive home from work in the pitch black? Seems to me they should call it Daylight “Spending” time because I’ve yet to see the alleged daylight savings.

I have to agree with 24x7 blogger Terry Ford who argued in a recent column that the Ravens should have kept Matt Stover. I also agree with site founder Tony Lombardi that the Ravens kept the wrong guy when they selected Steve Hauschka over Graham Gano. With the depth of Gano’s kickoffs and long range potential coupled with the comfort and accuracy of Matt Stover on the bench, that has to be better than Hauschka and some slappy fifth string linebacker running downfield on special teams, right? Look at it this way, if Gano can double Hauschka’s touchbacks wouldn’t that ease the physical burden on the remaining 45 man game day roster? By the way, Hauschka’s kicks are regularly landing between the 5 and 10 EVEN IN THE DOME!

AROUND THE RADIO DIAL…Hey if the Ravens want to correct their defensive woes, they only need to tune into 105.7 The Fan between 10am – 1pm, Monday through Friday. The co-host there apparently invented the game of football and he is even an assistant coach for a local area high school team! That certainly gives him the chalk talk street cred of Bill Belichick right? Of course I jest but it isn’t difficult to envision The Bulldog hob-knobbing with the game’s pioneers. I think he would fit right in with the Leatherheads.

You’ve got to give credit where it’s due…The Bruce Cunningham Show, words that clearly serve as music to the ears of the show’s host who you can almost picture getting warm and tingly every time he says them, really scored a coup bringing in Mike Preston on Mondays and Fridays. Even the many Preston haters who frequent message boards like Ravens24x7.com’s must admit that he’s enjoyable on the air. Brucey better be careful though. Given the struggles of the newspaper biz Preston might have his eye on Cunningham’s chair. If the suits at CBS Radio are listening on Mondays and Fridays they should give it some thought too. If you think that might be a bit much in terms of prep work for Preston, well one only needs to listen to the current host to gauge how much planning goes into that show. Mark Zinno should be atop BC’s Christmas Card List.

Speaking of those CBS suits, you have to wonder if they listen at all. Here they are the Flagship Station of the Baltimore Orioles and they keep jamming Yankees down our collective throat. XM Radio’s Jenn Royal who covers the Yankees for XM has become a regular on the Scott & Anita Show. She comes off as more of an A-Rod groupie than an analyst. Earlier this week listening to Royal’s Yankee cheerleading was so bad that the Mojo Man actually had to tune into Jerry Coleman. Five annoying sound effects later and Mr. M.R. jumped back on with Scott & Anita. The gods must have been shining down upon me during the switchback. Royal pain in the ass was off the air by then and the Yankee slob-knobbing was over.

BALTIMORE SPORTS SCENE: Tyree a Raven? I DON'T THINK SO

2009-09-12T05:04:00.000-07:00

Some in the media have made a big deal over how one year can make such a huge difference in the NFL. And while one year, one season can turn a have into a have-not and vice versa, it is hardly a big deal. Major turnarounds like that of the Dolphins’ are becoming less and less uncommon.

The Ravens also enjoyed a turnaround season that included a prosperous journey from the world of have-nots to the AFC Championship Game. On Sunday they enter the 2009 season as prohibitive 13 point favorites over the visiting Kansas Chiefs.

In an attempt to say, “What a difference a year makes” The Sun’s Jamison Hensley in a recent piece drew comparisons between this year’s Ravens being heavily favored in their ’09 opener while they entered the ’08 campaign as big dogs to the Bengals – 11 ½ point dogs at that!

Sorry Jamison, better check your stats or do a little Googling on sports betting lines from 2008.

The records will show that the Ravens were only 2 point underdogs to Marvin Lewis’ squad on Opening Day 2008.

Want a redo?

How about a new editor?

So let me get this straight…the Ravens essentially rented a couple of birds last year (Rise & Conquer) from some couple in Atlanta to add to the average fan’s game day experience. The birds were supposed to fly through the stadium and help stir the crowd into a frenzy adding to the home field advantage.

Trouble is no one bothered to tell the birds.

They didn’t fly around.

They didn’t make noises the way the make pretend ravens do.

They did nothing but sit on someone’s forearm like a stuffed animal exhibiting an occasional pulse and a slight turn of the head.

One did injure its ankle doing nothing and died from a related disease.

It’s a good thing L.J. Smith isn’t a raven…well you know, not a real one anyway.

Mr. Mojo looked up David Tyree the other day on Wikipedia and according to that resource which apparently borrows its accuracy from The Sun, Tyree is already a Raven.

Not so fast there wiki-wiki wa-wa.

If you are a fan of the one catch wonder, don’t get too used to the idea of Tyree in a Ravens uniform. While Coach John Harbaugh was gushing all about Tyree’s workout, Mr. M.R. thinks the boatload of accolades from ball coach was a bit over the top and nothing more than a bluff.

“He’s not a Raven at this point,” Harbaugh said before Wednesday’s practice. “We saw a lot. David Tyree did a tremendous job.

“He got after the workout. He attacked the workout, and that’s the way he’s played all those years.”

Really?

If Tyree was that good, he’d be a Raven today. Check that, if he was that good, Tyree would still be a Giant.

The truth is he’s not that good and the Mojo Man is even hearing that he’s not all that sound physically, again contrary what The Sun might lead you to believe.

When you talk about style over substance and tie it into the local sports talk scene, one name that comes racing front and center faster than Usain Bolt is the-not-yet aforementioned Bruce Cunningham. Cunningham is sports talk’s Milli Vanilli. He fakes his way through his daily 2 hours with phone calls, emails and Mark Zinno. He adds little in the way of insight, relevant information or thought provoking opinion – unless of course the topic is Motown or Cunningham's DJ glory days.

Mr. "Love ya madly" often serves up the rhetorical question, “Can you believe they pay me to do this?”

Actually I can’t.

The Ravens have let it be known that they will invest $8-9 million to install brand new shiny high-def screens at M&T Bank Stadium for the 2010 season. So if you take the roughly 70,000 seats and add in the $10 per seat per game ticket price increase this season then throw in some bump in the cost of suites, you just might get to $8-9 million fairly quickly. One could argue that the money is being reinvested in a way that is fan friendly and not pouring into the ample coffers of Steve Bisciotti.

So let me ask, would you willingly fork over an additional $100 per seat for the season for the HD screens?

Coming Soon

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Coming soon