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The PB&J Report returns with more BYU Basketball talk and a recap of the Cougs’ first tussle (literally) of the year with The Team From Up North, as well as some Super Bowl talk. Enjoy!
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With one of its regular members out sick, the crew forges on into the week of sports. Jake Welch, Preston Johnson and special guest Daniel Anderson discuss BYU basketball, the impending Super Bowl game between the Colts and the Saints, and many more interesting sports topics in this week’s edition of The PB&J Report. Enjoy!
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The PB&J Report returns with a wide-ranging discussion of all things sports (and some not) — including BYU basketball’s historic run, the impending suckiness of the NBA’s slam dunk contest, the awesomeness of Cactus Cooler, the crew’s NFL playoff picks, and tons more. Also, tune in for an exclusive explanation of BYU Athletic Communications’ decision to shoot down our segment with Jackson Emery, provided by Rhombus editor-in-chief Steve Pierce. Enjoy!
Ed. — This podcast was taped on Wednesday, January 20th and, due to editorial forgetfulness, is now somewhat out-of-date. However, do not despair! You can now listen to the crew’s NFL playoff picks with the perfect knowledge of 20/20 hindsight and mock (some of) them for their misguided opinions. So really, it’s all good.
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It’s been a little over a week since the college football season ended, but for some reason the sports world is still stuck on the subject — and it’s all thanks one of the largest coaching shake-ups in recent memory.
The big moves in coaching started with Brian Kelley bolting Cincinnati for Notre Dame and Mark Mangino “leaving” Kansas. However, if there is anyone to blame is this situation, it’s Texas Tech wide receiver Adam James. This entitled punk couldn’t handle some good ol’ fashioned punishment from Mike Leach and complained to his famous daddy. Daddy complained to Tech and luckily the administration wanted Leach out too. James’ whining gave Tech the perfect excuse to can Leach and get out of paying his $800,000 bonus.
This one simple act of immaturity set the college football world in motion. Don’t believe me? Let’s walk through it together.
As soon as Tech fired Leach on such short notice, Pete Carroll over at USC started to think about his future. He began to wonder if NCAA officials would catch up to him and punish him for the gifts he arranged for his buds Reggie Bush and Joe McKnight. It didn’t help that McKnight claimed the car he was driving belonged to his “baby momma’s boss.” If that’s not a legitimate excuse, I don’t know what is.
That being said, Pete was looking for any way out of USC, so much that he jumped at the chance to coach one of the least talented teams in the NFL, the Seattle Seahawks. (I just discovered the only difference between Seattle and settle is an A. Chew on that for a bit.)
After Carroll bolted USC, Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin found himself with a perfect opportunity to return to SoCal (where he belongs), leaving the Vols with a vacant head coaching position. Some think things will settle down once the Volunteers find a new coach, but that is absurd. This is just the beginning of what I am predicting to be the wildest and zaniest college football offseason ever. If I had it my way, this is how it would all go down:
I would like to say first that I am more excited to write this specific article than any other in my journalism career. Yes, that would only include about 10 high school sports section articles about the local football teams and JV tennis, and only one previous Rhombus article up to this point, but let me explain.
Not only have I been critical of these three mistakes that exist in the NBA for the last few years, but I have now been inspired by the Sports Guy himself, Bill Simmons, while reading his New York Times bestseller The Book of Basketball, and know, now more than ever, that these three things really do need to change in the NBA — and they need to change fast.
On December 18th of last year, Boston Celtics star Paul Pierce addressed the media on a local Boston blog and gave us the three things he would change about the NBA. I think it’s good to hear what needs to be done to make the NBA better from a player’s prospective, as well as from an avid NBA fanatic like myself. Then you can make your own decisions. Paul Pierce:
1. I’d get rid of the age minimum: I don’t know why they have it. I think if you’re a pro, you’re a pro. And if a team wants to draft you and you’re good enough, you should be able to go no matter what age you are. You see it overseas, guys are pros at 14, 15, 16 years old. You’ve got to give everybody an opportunity.
2. Shorten the season to 60 games: Every year somebody gets hurt. That’s a combination of wear and tear in preseason games and regular season games.
3. Raise the rim three inches: The athletes today are crazy. You see the way guys are jumping these days. I would raise the rim three inches. Then, you have to learn the art of the jump shot. You’ll have to know how to play this game a little bit better then. Raising the rim, you’ll see improved play. You’ll see increasing fundamentals. I’m telling you.
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