Coach Caldwell, YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME! You gave up against the Jets…

and the quest for immortality and records…but more importantly…you play to win the game.  Maybe because I only played in college and coached high school football, you don’t think that I am knowledgeable.  Well, lets go to a former NFL player, who just so happened to coach a little in the NFL…

That is all…

1972 Dolphins are just waiting for the Colts to lose…

The sentiment is right there for all to see...

It makes me sick to here the entire team celebrating that some other team lost.  It would be okay if they were current players, but damn, you have not been relevant for almost 40 years.  You set a record.  You will always be the first one to do it.  But, your pompous celebrations make me root for anyone to break your record, so we don’t have to see you celebrate someone else’s failure. Snopes.com tracked down the rumor about the popping of champagne, but because they are haters, they do celebrate when others lose.

Riley, a member of that unbeaten Miami team, said the toast to perfection never occurs.

“That all got started by three guys, Garo Yepremian, Nick Buonticonti and Dick Anderson,” said Riley. “And they only did it one time.”

Despite the urban legend to the contrary, the 1972 ’Phins do not gather as a team, but Riley said the players continue to wish for the last-standing undefeated team to go down.

Maybe you remember the year before when the Cowboys kicked your ass?  I guess I will go back to celebrating that win…

Gilbert Arenas is really buying into the Agent Zero role, as he brings guns to the Verizon Center to keep in his locker…

The image must have gotten to him...

Yeah, I am just going to roll with that one…At least we know that if he starts shooting, is only has a 39 percent chance of hitting someone…Yahoo reports on the secret life of Agent Zero

NEW YORK (AP)—Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas(notes) stored unloaded firearms in a container in his locker, according to the team, and the NBA is looking into the situation.

The Wizards issued a statement on Thursday saying there was no ammunition in the locked container, and Arenas and the team have notified authorities and the league.

Arenas told The Washington Times he took his guns to the Verizon Center after his daughter, Hamiley Penny, was born this month. About a week later, he said he handed them over to team security to give to police.

“I wouldn’t have brought them to D.C. had I known the rules,” Arenas told the newspaper. “After my daughter was born, I was just like, ‘I don’t need these anymore.”’

You didn’t need the guns in the first place.  When will these athletes learn from Plaxico?  He shot himself and now is doing big boy time in prison.   Memo to rich people.  You do not need a gun.  Just hire someone for protection. I respect that the reason had to do with children, but then buy a gun safe.  Or, just get rid of the guns.  Why didn’t you take them to the police, or back to where you bought them?

You normally would get a pass for this, since you seemingly were doing this for all the right reasons.  But, this is not the first time that you have been in trouble with the law about guns.  Yahoo continues…

Arenas was suspended for Washington’s season opener in 2004 because he failed to maintain proper registration of a handgun while living in California in 2003. Arenas formerly played for the Golden State Warriors.

When will you learn?

It was the dummy's gun....

Kobe, Lebron & Santa play 3 on 3 versus the reindeer on Christmas

Kobe

Lebron

Blitzen – Lupe Fiasco

Santa – KRS One

Just watch. Repeat…

Karma is a BITCH! Bernie Madoff assulted in prison

Fitting title....you know what we do to monsters, right?

Even prisoners have a code of conduct.  You had to know that this one was in the works…ABCNews tells the story

Bernie Madoff was admitted to Duke University Hospital last Friday with serious injuries consistent with an assault, an ABC affiliate has learned.

Sources told WTVD, the ABC affiliate in Raleigh Durham, North Carolina, that the convicted Ponzi schemer had facial fractures, broken ribs and a collapsed lung and was discharged from Duke two days ago. Officials at the Butner federal prison, where Madoff is serving a 150-year sentence, would not confirm the report.

I think that I can see Bernie, now Bernice running for his life

You didn’t think that prisoners now people that invested with you?  There are other guys, just like you who are never going to get out of prison and they can be paid to do things that others, who have a hope of getting out, do not want to do and get their hands dirty.

On Tuesday, prison officials confirmed that Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff had been moved to the medical wing of the prison.

Butner spokesperson Cathy Elsea said at the time that Madoff was transferred to the Federal Medical Center at Butner on Friday. The 71-year-old Madoff has been imprisoned at Butner since July.

Neither Elsea nor Madoff’s lawyer, Ira Sorkin, would disclose why Madoff had been moved. “The potential reasons for an inmate to transfer are numerous,” Elsea told ABC News, “and we do not release those specific reasons.”

I will speak up for the hospital.  Mr. Madoff got his ass whooped when he wouldn’t pay for protection, claiming that he had been wiped out.  inmates, not wanting an I.O.U. or promissory note, decided to take out the vig, (or juice, the interest payment on a loan) out of his ass.

Sara Revell, warden of the Federal Medical Center at Butner was not available for comment. Deb Gonzales, acting warden of Butner’s low security prison, declined ABC’s request for an interview.

Madoff pleaded guilty in March to 11 felonies and admitted that his Ponzi scheme began almost 20 years ago. On June 29, he was sentenced to the maximum time allowed, 150 years, and ordered to forfeit $170 billion in assets.

Butner is close to Raleigh and Durham in central North Carolina, and federal sentencing attorney Alan Ellis characterizes the facility as “one of the crown jewels of the federal prison system.”

“It looks and feels like a college campus,” said Ellis, who has clients currently serving time there and says it’s a popular assignment request for many white collar criminals. Ellis, author of the “Federal Prison Guidebook,” said that in addition to the many graduate students from neighboring University of North Carolina and Duke University that intern at the prison, “The staff is good there. And I always say happy staff makes for happy inmates.”

I have been to a bunch of colleges, either attending or on debate tournaments, and not at a single one, have a seen or heard about someone getting an actual physical assbeating.  I came some metaphorical ones in debate and took one or two, but that is about it.  By the extent of the damages, someone (or someones) took their time in making sure that they sent the correct message.

Look at the people that Bernie is hanging with.  These are not the types that I saw around college campuses.  You might have a hipster or two, but that was about the extent of trouble.  While we all might feel like beating a hipsters ass, no one has actually took the extra step of doing the deed.

Look at these hipsters!

Madoff’s new neighbors at Butner range from a convicted terrorist to a mob boss. The “Blind Sheik,” Omar Abdel-Rahman, who was behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is already housed at Butner’s federal medical center, and Carmine Persico, former head of a Colombo crime family, is an inmate at one of two medium security facilities there.

I don’t want to put a crime on someone who didn’t commit it, but I bet that Carmine could have it done.  Also, I bet that Carmine knows people that lost money with Madoff.  But, things happen….

It took awhile, but karma strikes when you least expect it...

Helpless at the Hospital: Why 2009 sucked so bad

Clearly a place you don't want to be....

I feel as though things close to me are under attack.

I spent yesterday morning in the hospital with my girlfriend, because she had to have her gall bladder removed.  She has been in pain for some time, so I should be happy that they are finally dealing with the problem and trying to provide her with some relief.  I really didn’t feel that way.  You look around in the waiting room and all you see is desperation and the feeling of being out of control.

don't forget the steering wheel has a fancy cover on it too!

It feels like going back in time when you were dependent on someone else for things. (For some of you, you still are…get a job and get out of your mothers attic or garage…)  That is the feeling of helplessness.  I know the doctors are talented, but I like to drive and this is one situation where you have to sit back and let someone else take the keys and it is not a good feeling.

Right now, people in my community are being felled by illness.  Just yesterday, the debate coach at Northwestern had a cardiac arrest issue and is in the ICU with a grim prognosis.  This is on top of the coach for Wake Forest passing, and I had just spent time with him on the forth of July and he seemed in good health and spirits, like I am used to seeing him.

If anything, take this time to value the people around you since time is not promised.  Let me take the time to shout out my parents and say that I am a horrible son, but love you guys lots.  Also, to friends that may read this, I appreciate you tremendously, even if we don’t talk a lot.  I care about you and hope that the holiday spirit is good.  In 2009, we have lost too much, from friends to entertainers like MJ, Brittney Murphy, and Patrick Swayze.  Let’s hope for a better 2010

E’s song of the day

Yesterday was a busy day.  Work in the morning, an early dinner with the fam at Ruth’s Chris in San Francisco, and then company at the crib when I got home.  Needless to say, I missed out on giving you a song.  Today has been pretty hectic on the job, but I’ve got a little time (just a few minutes) before I head home, so I’ll quickly give you a couple more tunes to groove to as we get closer and closer to Christmas.  More action from my most recent mix, jam one: Frank Sinatra – Let it Snow.  Enjoy….

I’ll keep the hits rolling right along.  My step-dad was repping these guys last night at dinner, so I thought I’d share one of their Christmas songs with you.   jam two: Straight No Chaser – 12 Days of Christmas.  Enjoy….

E’s song of the day

Another weekend has come and gone much too quickly.  Your boy E got some much-needed rest and is hopefully turning the corner on this nasty cold bug that bit early last week.  With Christmas coming up at the end of the week, it’ll be all holiday tunes from here until close to the new year.  Two more today to make up for lost time over the busy football weekend.  First up, clearly the best hip-hop holiday song of all-time.  I dare you to argue with the Too Old Crew on this point.  Jam one: Run DMC – Christmas in Hollis.  Enjoy…. (forgive3 the long intro, but I thought I’d hook up the full MTV video.  The song begins around 1:15)

Next up, I’ll move back to a more “traditional” Christmas tune.  This is a nother track featured on my 2009 Christmas mix.  An R&B take on a very classic song.  Jam two: Cece Winans – Silver Bells.  Enjoy….

Don’t run your mouth: Jersey Shore edition

Guidos and Guidettes

Poor Snookie gets punched on MTV’s Jersey Shore. Snookie what were you thinking??? You obviously are not a reader of TooOld. If you were you would have known not to run your mouth especially to drunk A–holes. But you’re also “I”talian so you should have already known this. So what prompted the jabba-jaws? Must have been the free drinks MTV provides to all the cast members. Just because I like you girl I’m gonna blame MTV. You file the lawsuit and I’ll provide the…well, nothing really. But good luck!!!

You even made it on Conan O’Brien.

Tradegy strikes the Bengals again: Chris Henry becomes the next NFL player to die way too young

In a year that has seen so much hope and positive play from a franchise that has struggled mightily over the past few years, the tragedy of losing a young, talented player like Chris Henry must hit even harder.  The Cincinnati wideout succumbed to injuries sustained from falling off of the back of a moving truck yesterday and passed away this morning at a Charlotte, NC hospital.  He is survived by his fiancee and three children.  It is another tale of off-the-field tragedy that has become an all too familiar story for NFL players.  I don’t know much about Henry, but it had been nice to see him finally break out from what had been an otherwise mediocre NFL career to find increased success with the Bengals this season.  One can only help that his family and the Bengals organization can find some way to use today’s tragedy to rally for a better tomorrow.