Danica, you’re still hot. We still love you. Try not to bang up other team’s crews too much tho, its not becoming of a lady. Leave that to Tom Cruise in Days of Thunder.
Enjoy the video of Danica hitting Charles Buckman of Dale Coyne Racing.
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Alex Smith has had a tough offseason. He already has lost the battle of “worst attempt to recapture college days” to Matt Leinart, though it is easy to argue that Leinart received better training at USC than Smith did at Utah in the fields of women, alcohol, and scandalous posing. What he can’t argue is that he hasn’t proven his worth as the number one overall pick in the 2005 NFL draft. The 49ers quarterback battle proves to be one of the highlights of the San Francisco summer.
In his three years with the 49ers, Alex Smith has thrown for 19 TDs, thrown 31 picks, and has lost 13 fumbles. Looks like all those jokes about his undersized hands had a point (insert joke about Green Bay being in Aaron Rodger’s capable hands this season). Don’t forget Smith also accused the coaching staff of wanting him to fail by undermining his support among teammates. Smith’s biggest problem may be that he has never had the opportunity to sit and learn from an established NFL quarterback, especially when he never faced this level of competition at Utah. This is definitely his make or break year.
Shaun Hill could follow in a line of great quarterbacks from the University of Maryland like Boomer Esiason, Neil O’Donnell, and of course, Dick Shiner. Last year Hill started two games for the niners, threw 5 TDs, one pick, and finished with a QB rating of 101.3, earning himself a new three year contract. Hill’s season ended with an injury, kind of like when soldiers shoot themselves in the foot to get out of a tour of duty. Best predictions estimate that if he stays with the niners for the full length of his new contract he will be a double amputee with a pacemaker and a tracheotomy. If anyone really believes that Hill can be the quarterback of the future for the 49ers then they have also discovered that prozac makes sitting through another season a tolerable experience.
Rounding out the quarterback battle is third-stringer J.T. O’Sullivan, a 2002 draft pick out of the quarterback factory known as U.C. Davis. Makes sense that a guy who went to Jesuit High School would backup the ultra religious Jon Kitna in Detroit, but it remains to be seen how those values will translate to living in San Francisco. Last time I checked this wasn’t the great bastion of Christianity, though the fans have been known to do some heavy duty praying (right before they down a few beers, light the medical marijuana, and head to the Warriors game).
The 49ers have spent the last couple of years stockpiling talent on defense, yet the niners ranked 25th in the league defensively last year. So what is the solution? Get all the quarterbacks together and throw them in a steel cage to battle it out mixed martial arts style. The easier answer is drinking contest, but this offseason has proven Smith would easily take that (assuming Mike Nolan did not step in and chug it all to numb the pain of being the niners head coach).
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There really is not a better title for Shaquille O’Neil spreading his butt cheeks like Ace Ventura… 
Enjoy the video…Shaq, I’m sure you’ve heard of Thedirty.com by now…
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer…
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Some snippets from the Titans post-draft press conference:
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Beginning in the 1946-47 season, NHL teams were required to announce “last minute of play in this period.”
This is actually code for “go to the bathroom/food stand and miss the last-second, game-winning goal.”Â
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Doing this segment, I realized that all of the good teams in football are in, like, three divisions. Every other one in the league is just hanging around. The NFC South might be one of the good ones (first time that’s ever been said and it wasn’t racist. I’m a pioneer).
Atlanta Falcons: Curtis Lofton, MLB, 2nd round. Lofton is the guy they thought Edgerton Hartwell was going to be when they got him a big fat free agent contract. He’s a plugger, the kind of run-stuffer that eats pastrami and gouges eyes in the pile. He’s also got good endurance, which is nice, because the Atlanta D will be on the field for 40 minutes a game.
Carolina Panthers: Jeff Otah, LT, 1st round. Otah wins the Patrick Willis Memorial Award for jumping out at you when you watch the tape. Jake Long is very technically sound and Branden Albert is imposingly large, but Otah destroys people. He lays the kind of blocks down that cause players to quit the game. After Dorsey, Otah might be the biggest steal of the whole thing. He’ll be in Michael Jordan’s golf foursome in no time.
New Orleans Saints: Sedrick Ellis, DT, 1st round. I really don’t know what to say about Ellis, because I think he might be a little overrated. That’s probably because standing next to Glenn Dorsey, a HIND looks overrated. The Saints desperately needed help against the run and needed a big body to make their investment in Jonathan Vilma worth something. Plus, he’s on New Orleans, so he’s a hero and Sean Penn loves him.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Dexter Jackson, WR, 2nd round. He’s a small school guy with a ton of potential. They just need home run hits out of their receivers in Tampa, so Jackson’s weaknesses should be invisible. He also has the same name as the MVP of their Super Bowl in 2002. How did no one mention this?
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Tennessee basketball coach and media whore Bruce Pearl will not be outdone.
In the wake of Kentucky head coach Billy Gillispie’s scholarship offer to Akron, Ohio 8th grader Michael Avery, Pearl is blazing the recruiting trail to places even Lewis and Clark dare venture. The Vols coach offered 14-month-old power forward Timmy Williams a full scholarship in an early morning press conference.
“Recruiting young is a trend that’s catching on with all the top programs. Tim Floyd (USC) got the ball rolling and Gillispie has taken it to a new level. I’m just trying to stay ahead of the curve,” said Pearl.
Williams caught the eye of the nation’s elite, including Duke, Texas, and UCLA, during an open workout last week. Scouts noted Williams showed incredible shooting technique on his Playskool Shoot N Score hoop as well as uncanny flexibly when the youngster placed his entire foot in his month.
Pearl later commented, “Timmy has grown over 2 inches in the last month. If he keeps this pace up he’ll be at least 7’10” by the time he reaches UT. That’s the post presences we’ve been looking for to take us to the next level.”
Williams was unavailable for comments due naptime, but his mother assured reporters that he was a very, very good boy.
The conference closed on Pearl’s optimistic note. “We’re all excited to see Timmy wear the Orange and White. He is the cornerstone of what looks to be an amazing 2025 recruiting class.”
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