QB's on si.com
August 26th, 2009 at 1:33 PM ^
mailbag referenced is here:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/stewart_mandel/08/26/mich…
Seems to be solid work by Mandel.
August 26th, 2009 at 1:38 PM ^
sweet
August 26th, 2009 at 2:00 PM ^
I'm glad he too thinks RichRod is just saying all 3 QB's will play and that it'll likely be Tate/DRob.
10 days.
August 26th, 2009 at 2:39 PM ^
He was eerily accurate with his description of Michigan's deficiencies compared to other writers who gave us a pass because we're Michigan.
He also introduced me to It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. I can't wait to check out Eastbound and Down now.
August 26th, 2009 at 3:22 PM ^
Eastbound & Down is a great show - you'll love it. I'm very excited they picked it up for a second season. Arguably the best show on HBO.
August 26th, 2009 at 4:50 PM ^
Period. It has its high points, but don't think you can say its better than entourage or curb your enthusiasm
August 26th, 2009 at 4:56 PM ^
Entourage just kinda sucks now.
East Bound and Down is hilarious but incredibly inconsistent both within each episode and from episode to episode.
August 26th, 2009 at 6:26 PM ^
Entourage was ok for a while (driven largely by Ari, which was just a great character), but it's pretty freaking boring now. Never really though it was ever all that good though. Curb is still hilarious.
And Dexter is better than anything on HBO now that The Wire and The Sopranos are gone. HBO has really struggled to find a big-time drama series again. I hate(d) True Blood and didn't particularly like Big Love either. I basically keep HBO around for the boxing now.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:33 PM ^
Entourage was never all that good to begin with. Watching Markie Mark present a fantasy world where he has artistic integrity isn't particularly funny.
August 26th, 2009 at 8:13 PM ^
The other problem with Entourage is that Adrian Grenier is a terrifyingly bad actor, and watching him pretend to act in a movie that is supposed to be "good" (Smoke Jumpers) is just laughable.
August 26th, 2009 at 8:07 PM ^
If you think Entourage is better than Eastbound and Down you don't know television.
Entourage = entertaining, with one good character / actor (Piven) and story lines that are starting to get boring / played out (barring a major change in the cast - I can't see it going past 2010/2011).
Eastbound and Down = clever / cutting edge comedy with one great character (McBride) that might have been inconsistent at times (but hey - it was the first season and only 6 episodes), but still pretty groundbreaking in terms of a comedic series.
Entourage was great while it lasted, but that star is fading.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:12 PM ^
He was accurate in his Michigan prediction (to my chagrin) and was big on It's Always Sunny (to my delight)... I appreciate his writing more than any other big-name journalist. Peter King is also excellent, making SI.com my sports website of choice.
August 26th, 2009 at 10:31 PM ^
Same here. The SI.com scoreboards are a bit slow but there is some decent journalism there, including Andy Staples. It doesn't hurt that they compete with Pat Forde, Lou Houltz and other morons writing on espn.
August 26th, 2009 at 11:28 PM ^
Did anyone else catch this passage at the top of the column?
"his ugly departure from West Virginia, critical comments from players who left the program and an ugly story recently about a player found to be dealing cocaine."
Mandel is an ass. He could have spent a whopping 2 minutes googling Feagin and found out he was not, in fact, "found to be dealing cocaine."
August 26th, 2009 at 3:16 PM ^
is not as simple as Mandel thinks... Its actually quite technical and every position has multiple reads and skill sets that it needs to execute on every play. I wonder why Mandel would keep insisting that its simple...
August 26th, 2009 at 3:26 PM ^
The way I've heard it put is that Rich Rod's spread-option offense is somehwhat to understand than some other offensive systems, but, it can be quite difficult to execute.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:02 PM ^
this
August 26th, 2009 at 6:09 PM ^
It should read "easier to understand". I can't get back in there to edit that post.
errrr