Clinton Portis had some interesting comments in The Washington Post today. In an article published by Barry Svrluga, Clinton said he wished he could switch places with a team that had a better line or a better scheme. He wonders how other running backs would fare if they came to Washington and played in our current system. He also said that he often feels regret for leaving a Denver Broncos team in which he averaged 5.5 yards a carry. What the “F” Clinton. Way to call out the entire offensive line and our new head coach not even 2 weeks into the regular season. How about you shut the hell up and do your job. We don’t pay you millions of dollars to fantasize about playing for The Denver Broncos.
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From the category archives:
Herb of the Week
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herb (hurb) n. slang.
Used by rapper esoteric, in the song herb. Insult synonymous with loser but can have multiple negative connotations. Pronounced “HURB” with no silent h. The term was popularized in upstate New York and spread from there.
Coming into the final baton exchange of the Men’s 4 x 100m relay yesterday, Darvis Patton appeared to have the US team in good position to cruise into the final. All he had to do now was hand off the baton to teammate, and US track team anchor, Tyson Gay. Doh! I will preface this next bit by saying that handing off a baton is not as easy a task as it may sound. I ran a little track in middle school and sticking the baton into the hands of your teammate, especially one with world class speed and who is not looking at you, can be quite difficult. But I also know that it is always the responsibility of the runner with the baton to complete the exchange. And these guys are Olympians not middle school students. Just make the freakin’ exchange please.
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herb (hurb) n. slang.Used by rapper esoteric, in the song herb. Insult synonymous with loser but can have multiple negative connotations. Pronounced “HURB” with no silent h. The term was popularized in upstate New York and spread from there.
Somebody wake Joe Paterno from his nap, he needs to be awake to accept his award as “Herb of the Week.”
Joe, you’ve completely lost control of your program, and we have the facts to prove it. Thanks to some excellent investigative reporting done by ESPN’s Outside the Lines, Joe Pa’s looks more like an old kook than a 300 plus win mastermind.
It’s no secret that at the beginning of the decade, Penn State was a cupcake game for most top-level programs. During this time, most fans and journalist were calling for Joe Pa’s head on a spike, then like magic he turned the program around, and suddenly no one wanted him to leave.So how did he do it? Well it’s simple really; he began to recruit guys with superior talent and minuscule character. In the past three seasons the Nitney Lions were an impressive 29-9 and 3-0 in Bowl games.
This seems all fine and dandy except that in 2007 alone 17 players were charged with 72 crimes and 9 players pleaded guilty. From 2002-2008 a staggering 46 players were charged with 163 crimes with 27 guilty pleas or convictions.
Yes when it seemed that Joe Pa was in charge, he was actually letting the inmates run the asylum.
So here is why you are the Herb of the week? When asked about these allegations, Joe Pa is quoted as saying, “I think you’ve done an awful lot of probing which bothers me that you might be on a witch hunt.”
Joe Pa continues to dance around the facts through the entire interview and at times seems like nothing more than a child. The report goes on to say that Paterno punished his team by making them clean the stadium after home games, but that he stopped the punishment with a couple games left in the season, claiming they had learned there lesson.
Look Paterno it’s obvious you’re too old to by in charge anymore, why don’t you retire and watch the games from a skybox.
Most of the time we are worried someone will fall on you during a game and crush your brittle bones to dust, now we have to worry that your ignorance will create a team of supper criminals, who can run a top speeds and tackle police in to the ground if they get in there way.
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herb (hurb) n. slang.
Used by rapper esoteric, in the song herb. Insult synonomous with loser but can have multiple negative connotations. Pronounced “HURB” with no silent h. The term was popularized in upstate New York and spread from there.
Okay so first off I would just like to say that I am aware of the podcasting issues. I have only been using the Podomatic host for a couple of days now and and it is already starting to piss me off. I hope that the podcasts will be up and running by tommorow and if not I will have to find a new host. Also, I was really disappointed with the quality of our last podcast. I just got some new broadcasting equipment and am still learning how to manipulate it all so bare with me. Now that being said, lets move on to the herb of the week.
Since no one else has stepped up this week it looks like I am gonna have to nominate Brett Favre. That’s right the beloved long time quarterback of the Green Bay Packers is now the biggest herb in American Sports this week. Brett has really tarnished his image in my mind. He retires from the game then has second thoughts about coming back. Thats fine, the great ones always do. So he has a conversation with the Packers around March to try and get back in the game and then backs off deciding he will stay retired. Then he comes back to the Packers again just weeks before training camp and expects to be their starting quarterback? Make up your mind man. I realize he is a legend but come on. He had not one but two chances to stay with the Packers and he chose retirement.
The main issue though, and the reason Favre will be taking the herb of the week honors, is the recent news about his cell phone calls to the Vikings. Earlier this month the Packers had filed tampering charges against the Vikings for reportedly having “inappropriate dialogue” with Brett Favre. The charges stem from a phone bill listing several calls to Vikings head coach Brad Childress and offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell. But wait, how did the Packers get Brett’s phone records? Oh yeah he used the Packers company cell to make the calls. Why does Brett still have this phone anyway? I may not be attuned to the NFL phone policies but in the real world when you stop working for a company don’t you have to give back all the cool gadgets they let you use for “work”, including the company cell phone. Or do legends get free phone service for life?
Okay so I have two theories on why he made these calls from a Packers phone. Either A, Brett somehow overlooked the fact that the Packers would receive the phone bills from their company phone, in which case Favre is not only a herb but an idiot as well. Or B Favre knew exactly what he was doing and was trying to stick it to the Packers even more by making them pay (literally) for conversations to help advance his move to the division rival Minnesota Vikings. If the later were true I might have to nominate Brett for beast of the week. I am inclined to go with option A simply because Brett does not strike me as the sharpest tack in the box. If the tampering charges prove to be true then Favre could end up costing the Vikings draft picks. I wonder how the Vikings fans feel about all this. Are they upset or just happy that Favre wants to be in Minnesota? God, I am glad The Redskins never got involved in this mess. Can you imagine if the Redskins lost a couple of draft picks? I mean we could trade those picks away for a quality washed up vet. As the song goes you gotta know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away, and know when to run. Mr. Favre, I think its time you walked away from the game before you herb it up even more.
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herb (hurb) n. slang.
Used by rapper esoteric, in the song herb. Insult synonomous with loser but can have multiple negative connotations. Pronounced “HURB” with no silent h. The term was popularized in upstate New York and spread from there.
This week was a close race for herb of the week. So close in fact that I have decided to go with two. First up Mr. Tim Tebow:
What a homo. Crocs on little kids are okay but on grown men they are just creepy and weird. Not to mention the fact that they are Florida Gator colors. Props to Mr. Irrelevant for the picture.
Next up we have Jose Canseco. I am sure most of you heard about the Jose Canseco vs. Vai Sikahema boxing match in which the ex Philadelphia Eagle return man knocked out Canseco in the first 30 seconds. I realize I am promoting an ex Eagle here but you have to admit Vai is a complete beast. Here is a pic of the knockout blow to Canseco.
Before the fight Vai was quoted as saying that Canseco was a “walking corpse, because he’s rotted out inside. He’s a pathetic figure.” This knockout, plus holding the title of biggest snitch in America makes Canseco an obvious choice for herb of the week.
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herb (hurb) n. slang.
Used by rapper esoteric, in the song herb. Insult synonomous with loser but can have multiple negative connotations. Pronounced “HURB” with no silent h. The term was popularized in upstate New York and spread from there.
Now that you all are familiarized with what a herb is none of you should be shocked by this entry. The Orioles just finished losing to the last place Toronto Blue Jays on what should have been a routine play for shortstop Freddie Bynum. With one out and a man on first and third Alex Rios came up to the plate and hit a grounder right at Bynum. Rather than make the routine play Bynum somehow lost sight of the ball and let the grounder go through his legs. Very embarrasing, and very herbtastic indeed.
We go from Cal Ripken to Miguel Tejada to this bullshit. The most frustrating part of the whole fiasco is that Bynum entered the game as a defensive replacement in the bottom of the ninth after Jay Payton pinch-hit for Brandon Fahey in the top of the inning. That my friends is karma. Well maybe not karma but its something. Anyways that is what happens when you allow the herb of the week to come in at the top of the ninth when you are tied 6 to 6. Freddie Bynum you have been made famous. You are the very first, in what hopes to be a long line of sports herbs on The DC Sports Pulse.
Oh Freddie.
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