By popular request, here's yer football shtick ;- )

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Q.  Does Dr. D know his monitor from a hole in the ground, when it comes to the NFL?

A.  Without a doubt, Dr. D is more in need of football help than able to offer it himself.   When you've got John Morgan blogging the local football team, you don't need any other fan sites, but if there can be 2, there can be 20 :- )

But, still, we humorously offer SSI as a Dennis Miller-style, readable voice on the game.  We're capable of being right where the more vigorously-football-insane are not.

For instance, in Mora Torium early November last year we pronounced Jim Mora incompetent as an NFL coach (and got blasted for doing so). 

On October 17, 2010 (today) you will read that Mora's firing was obvious by last November.  However, if you Google the locals, you will find that at the halfway point last year, this verdict was only available on SSI.

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Q.  What would be SSI's credentials on the football end?

A.  Well, if Strat-O-Matic gets you any college credits, we're applying for our honorary Ph.D. ...

Bill James once opined that every ML manager ought to be able to win a Strat-O tournament.

Sho 'nuff, we done gone through Pete Carroll's agony of fielding a skill "0" nickel corner against the quality third wideout and, through hard experience, got some kinda feel for what it takes to contain an offense with a 1,500 feature back.

Which, correct me if I'm wrong, Matt Forte doesn't seem to be.  It is sooooo wonderful to play defense against a 3.6 yards per carry running back.

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Q.  Anything on-field?

A.  Yo, I Coulda Been A Contendah dept...

Brock Huard we ain't, but in flag football the position has been QB, including some intramural at the UW, so have some feel for the effect on the game (or not) of having one second more or less in which to throw the ball.

At the risk of appearing even more inconceivably ego'ed out, we will mention that recently, Dr. D and his favorite high school receiver Keith (aged 47 and 48) were challenged to a touch football game by four guys off the local high school JV football team.  (We were given two 40-something friends to passblock and rush.)

After much trash talk, the game started, and the old fat guys scored TD's on their first 16 possessions ... whereupon the JV lettermen demanded a change in teams...

We confess that the rules were set up in our favor.  There was a 3-second count before the defense could cross the line of scrimmage.  You ain't gonna cover soccer-star Keith under those conditions, even at 48.

No, that's not our mobile home in the background.  Closest 100 yards worth'a grass that you couldn't get prosecuted for tearin' up :- )

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We ain't authoritative on football.  But always enjoyed it more than baseball.  We might be one more info-taining voice in the crowd.  You be da judge.

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Part 2

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