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Denizens, we’re going to start this week’s Perfect Football Weekend&#153 by reveling in How The Mighty Have Fallen&#153, Part the 153,624th.

Three years ago, Widdle Vinnie Young was the toast of the country, not to mention most of the state of Texas and all of the TU Shortdicks down in Fraudston Austin, after Pete Carroll and USC basically gift-wrapped that Waterford Crystal&#153 football and handed it to him as a late Christmas present.

(No?&#160 Then tell me, Einstein – how is it that Reggie Bush was on the sidelines next to Genius Petey on 4th-and-2 on USC’s last drive, instead of being split out right, taking a Shortdick defender with him and allowing Lendale White to run over a tiny little cornerback in the resulting hole?&#160 They make that first down, they run out the clock, and TU is once again blubbering in their beer.)

Anyway, fast forward to last week, when – during a 17-10 victory over Jack-town, Widdle Vinnie is (horror of horrors!!!) booed&#160 for daring to (gasp, ARRRRGH!!!) throw a couple of interceptions.

Apparently, he didn’t take it too well, as some early reports indicated:

The mother of Titans quarterback Vince Young said he indicated he doesn’t want to play football and is “hurting inside and out.”

Felicia Young said in Wednesday editions of The Tennessean that her son is tired of all the negativity he’s faced after being booed during a 17-10 win Sunday over Jacksonville.

Oh, boo-hoo-hoo-fucking-hoo.&#160 How dare&#160 paying fans show their displeasure at the slipshoddy play of Felicia’s Baby Boy&#153???

On Monday, Titans coach Jeff Fisher called police to help find him.

“What would you think, if you were tired of being ridiculed and persecuted and talked about and not being treated very well, what would you do? What kind of decision would you make?” Felicia Young said “He may not want to deal with it (all), but you have to get to that point before you make that decision first.

Welcome to Life 101, Felicia and Vinnie.&#160 Not everything goes your way on this mortal coil of ours.&#160 Sometimes you run up against people who are every bit as good – if not better – than you.

When that happens, Vinnie, you have two choices – nut up and get better, or slink away and gaze wistfully at that crystal football, wishing you could put on that orange jersey again.

Now, they’re saying at this point that it was all overblown, that he just “needed [his] space”.

We’ll see how he handles adversity going forward – ’cause take my word for it, unless he learns how to, y’know, actually be&#160 a pro quarterback, he’s in for a lot more of it.

On to the PFW.&#160 My Arlington Heights Yellow Jackets take the field tonight against arch-rival R.L. Paschal.&#160 Unlike previous years, however, the hated Panthers actually might be good; they’re 2-0, with victories over a couple of pretty decent teams.&#160 But Heights seems better than in years past, as well, so they should still win.

At least if coach Steve Pate doesn’t want a teaching reassignment to Outermost Elbonia.&#160

Tomorrow, the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs will have to get up a bit early to take on the Stanford Cardinal.

MERLIN:&#160 There’s only one of them?&#160 Against all those Frogs?

LSIK&T:&#160 The mascot name is Cardinal, wizard.&#160 Not every mascot name ends in “s”.

MERLIN:&#160 Lancelot would’ve been a mite peeved had he been the only Knight.

LSIK&T:&#160

Also tomorrow, the Temple Owls will make their bi-annual pilgrimage up to UBuffalo to take on the Bulls.&#160 Turner’s young charges are favored by 6&#189 in this one, so anything up to a four-point loss will count.&#160 The Bulls beat Temple last year, though, so we’ll see.

Third-ranked Oklahoma gets its first real test tomorrow as it travels to Washington to take on the Huskies.&#160 Presumably, refs who don’t call ticky-tacky bullshit like this will work the game, so Washington has a greater-than-zero chance of an upset.&#160 I like OU to break serve, though (a little tennis lingo, there).

New Mexico State provides a true sacrificial lamb for Bo Pelini’s Nebraska Cornhuskers as they’ll travel to Lincoln for an evening game.&#160 The line’s 25&#189 – and trust me, it ain’t gonna be that close.&#160 Think another TCU-SFA type game.

Monday night, ESPN and their anti-C’boy crap announce team of Tirico, Kornheiser and Jaworski will watch the ‘Boys host the Phuckadephia Beagles.&#160 Dallas should win this one, as long as The World’s Greatest Quarterback In The History Of Ever, EVER&#153, aka Donna McCrabbs, doesn’t go whining to the refs that someone breathed on him.&#160 Fat Wilma’s Little Boy&#153 actualy has some receivers this year, but then we have some corners, so I like that matchup.

I do wish, though, that Dallas had kept Quincy Butler on the roster.&#160 Butler, despite his toast reputation, usually never had to break much of a sweat to contain Henrietta Baskett III.

We’re back Tuesday for the recap.&#160 In the meantime, HDD, I see Bucky is actually a road dog vs. Fresno State.&#160 Care to explain?

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3 responses to “PFW:&#160 Welcome to Life 101, Vinnie”

1. BethW says:

   September 12, 2008 at 10:25 am

   Did you notice that your QB (both in reality and your fantasy league team) is a bit of a Dallas local hero this week? Evidently, on Romo’s way home from the airport, he stopped and helped a couple fix their flat tire. I don’t think anyone’s ever doubted that he was a good guy- I guess this helps prove it.

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2. HDD says:

   September 13, 2008 at 9:09 am

   My Beloved Badgers™ are road ‘dogs to the Bulldogs of Fresno State for two very simple reasons.

   1. Fresno State is a pretty darn good team, and pretty darn good teams usually find ways to win on their home field.

   2. Bucky really, really, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY sucks when playing “the first true road game” of the year. Bucky has scored a whopping 40 points or so in “the first true road game” in the past three years. Combined.

   With Coach Beilema’s suspect offensive and defensive play calling, and the suspect ‘fire in the belly’ that I really haven’t seen in Bucky’s defense that I saw under previous defensive coordinators or coaches, and Bucky might very well lose this game, and rather hideously while he’s doing so.

   (for the record, as of the time I write this, Bucky is a 1 point favorite, maybe 1 1/2. Hardly a ringing endorsement by Vegas. Top 10 teams usually have a to give up a few more points than that, even to another team in the Top 25.)

   So, I’ll take Bucky to win, and you can have the whopping 1 1/2 points, and I’m only giving them up grudgingly. I have a feeling Bucky’s going to need that point.

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3. HDD says:

   September 13, 2008 at 9:05 pm

   You might want to drop the “Buffalo wins as long as they don’t lose by more than 10” rule this year.

   Don’t look now, but, Coach Gill has the Bulls over .500 for the first time since 1969.

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