BCS Postgame w/ Colt McCoy

was exceptionally obnoxious and intrusive. Trying too hard during her big chance, I suppose. My favorite part was when she said to Mack Brown, "Your offensive line is going to be a big part of controlling this game" and then asked some stupid question about how they'd do it. I'm thinking: "Really? You're going to inform Mack Brown on the importance of the OL? Who do you think you are?"

There is a rule here about talking about politics, and religion really should be right there on the same level.

It's not as easy to give a standard PC/PR-ish interview when the moment you've been waiting for your whole life is just snatched away in an instant.

but didn't see the hit, so I can't comment on that. You do present a plausible scenario though. As to the interview after the game I can see both sides. I played in the CHL until I was 20 years old. In my last year our team made it to the memorial cup final and lost by one goal. I was the Center on the checking line and our first line C went down with an injury midway through the third period. We were leading by 1 at the time and trying to kill the clock so coach has shortened the bench. He moved me to the first line as one of the older guys and one who was used to playing in that situation. With a little over six minutes left we were still up by one and the opposing teams defenseman was carrying the puck out of his zone. He was a big guy who had delivered the hit on our star player that knocked him out of the game. As he crossed his blue line he stickhandled around one of our forwards and dropped his head to see the puck. I had my eye on him from when he started out from behind his net and hammered him in the open ice. There is still no boubt in my mind that it was a clean hit. I watched tape dozens of times and there was nothing wrong with it. The problem was it looked horrible and knocked the guy unconscious. I was given a double minor and game misconduct. The opposing team scored on each of my minors and won the game by a goal. After the game a reporter asked me what I was think when I watched the second goal go in and if I felt like I cost my team the game. I didn't say anything and pushed the mic out of my face. He is lucky that is all I did, because I wanted to pound him. Had he asked me a couple hours later I could have probabaly responded in a classy way, but that was too soon. I feel horrible for McCoy and am very impressed with how he handled the situation.

but really, what are the odds that Marcell Dareus gets a critical hit on his attack roll, and McCoy rolls a critical miss on his saving throw! First McCoy takes double damage and get's forced off the field; then he rolls the "Chad Henne Shoulder-Curse®"?! That's some bad JuJu.