Had to chuckle when reading the story about Percy Harvin in this morning's News-Journal.
First, some background: Harvin, maybe the most explosive offensive player in the nation, sprained an ankle in the Gators' win over FSU this past Saturday. The good news for Florida was that they still won big without him. The bad news is that the Southeastern Conference championship game against Alabama is just days away.
Anyway, here's how the Associated Press story began:
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida's Percy Harvin limped around campus in a protective boot Monday and showed improvement, but coach Urban Meyer said his star receiver remained questionable for the Southeastern Conference championship game.
And I know what you're thinking: Percy Harvin is on CAMPUS? What's the world coming to when a modern-day All-America football player has to actually step foot (or boot) on campus? Is the athletic tutoring staff on strike?
And then there's this from the AP story:
Harvin was in a similar situation two years ago. He was knocked out of the game in Tallahassee after slamming his head into a linebacker's knee. But he was back on the field the following week in Atlanta and earned most valuable player honors against Arkansas in the league title game.
So, two years ago he hit his head, yet returned the following Saturday and played great. Therefore this year's sprained ankle may be nothing to worry about.
Let me be the first to explain the obvious difference between a sprained ankle and a conk on the head: YOU DON'T RUN ON YOUR HEAD!
Now, if it had been a Debating Society contest between the Gators and Razorbacks two years ago, Percy might not have been the game's MVP.
Hey Willie, you have to admire the nole fans still doing the war chant even after being down 40 points dadgummit poor old bobby b. when will they get rid of that crap
Too depressed to write lately as I watch my million dollar condo turn into Andruw Jones batting average but would you straighten out these dummies about the Jags intentions? I mean, after you're emininated from the playoffs, any fool knows you position yourself for the highest draft pick. Now the Jags are tied with Cleveland for seventh but we hold the tie breaker on them. Hard to move up with Detroit, St Louis, Seattle and Cincy solid but KC and Oakland could conceivably win a couple of games. We do have a 'trap' game this week with GB but we should have no problem losing that one because the Jags are home.
This sound about right to you?