Denver Broncos punter/kicker Todd Sauerbrun didn’t have a good day yesterday. He kicked the football directly to Devin Hester not once, but twice (in the same quarter!). Then, when he finally figured out that wasn’t a good idea, he decided to punt right into the outstretched hands of Charles Tillman, resulting in an easy (even for the pathetic Bears’ offense) 18-yard scoring drive. By my calculations, if Sauerbrun and the Broncos had half a brain, they would have won yesterday’s game 34-16.
To find out what makes this guy tick, this intrepid reporter has acquired Mr. Sauerbrun’s Daily Planner for Tuesday, November 27th:
7am - Guzzle cup of scalding hot coffee
8am - Run up and down stairs with scissors in hand
9am - Stick fork in wall socket to check power
10am - Insert angry ferret into pants
11am - Cut down tree with chainsaw, always making sure to be cutting “up”, with chain over my head
12pm - Try to steal raw meat from Michael Vick’s pit bull
1pm - Shave dry
2pm - Reach into aquarium, try to grab Piranha
3pm - Jog in center lane of interstate
4pm - Cover body in honey, enter bear exhibit at zoo
5pm - Wingwalk on F-15 in stocking feet
6pm - Have dinner with Mike Tyson, tell him he’s “a big sissy”
There you have it, a day in the life of Todd Sauerbrun. This should help explain yesterday’s behavior.
Sometimes, real life and a job get in the way of putting your thoughts down in a blog. Sometimes, your thoughts CAN’T be put down in a blog because the truth might hurt some people. And sometimes, even when you know you’re right, it’s best not to put those facts in print on a blog because there are just so many stupid people out there who are wrong. So yeah, I’ve been quiet…for multiple reasons, but mostly because I’ve never been busier…and I love it! Working for a great boss, who knows what he’s doing and knows when to just let people do what they know how to do, no matter how far the commute is every morning, can put a spring in your step. Plus, having a staff of employees who bust their tails for you is nice. Combine that with a great woman, a great house in a great little city, a great son, some wonderfully loving and well-behaved pets, and it’s a happy time right now.
Heck, even pathetic idiot drivers leave me laughing these days. But I do have some more driving rants on the way.
1. The defense is overrated, and has trouble stopping the pass AND the run.
2. The offense, when Rex Grossman is on the field, is equally inept.
and
3. Devin Hester is the best return man in the history of professional football.
No Devin Hester today, and that Chicago team gets beat by three, maybe four touchdowns. As it is, they’re still alive (but will miss the playoffs anyway) thanks to Hester.
Any team that kicks the ball to this man the rest of the season needs to fire their head coach, special teams coach, punter, and kicker immediately. During the game. I mean seriously, we all know Mike Shanahan is a cocky coach, but there’s a fine line between having big brass ones and being certifiably nuts. Shanahan crossed the line into certifiable today, without a doubt.
Oh, and if I were the Bears, I’d refuse to accept this “victory”. They have followed up being the weakest Super Bowl entrant ever with being the weakest 5-6 team ever. Without Hester, this team is 2-9 at best. And as long as Lovie Smith (dumbest coach this side of Minnesota’s Brad Childress) sticks with Grossman, the Bears will remain mediocre at best, awful most of the time.
Our football coverage this fall on CD 107.9 ended with Metamora’s thrilling victory over Morris in the IHSA 5A finals. Congrats to Coach Ryan and the kids, and the whole town for that matter, on the title. I’ve heard good things about our championship coverage, which included Dave Murphy and Rich Draeger in the booth and Mark Bixler on the sidelines. Bix got Pat Ryan on twice during the game, so for those who’d like to hear it, it’s archived over at Jason Plank’s website: www.jmpsports.com.
We’ve already segued into basketball coverage, as our busy fall now turns into our busier winter.
Same two teams still in it, same station still on it!
1pm Saturday - Marion at Metamora on CD 107.9 and www.cd1079.com
5pm Saturday - Galena at North Fulton on CD 107.9 and www.cd1079.com
The local clubs are getting whittled down. We’ll have two games on this Saturday, both on CD 107.9 and www.cd1079.com:
At 1pm - 5A - Metamora at Pontiac, Dave Murphy and Rob Paullin on PBP.
At 6pm - 1A - North Fulton at Stark County, Leon Groover and Bob Wagner on PBP.
Hope everybody gets a chance to listen!
Our stations will be at three different games Saturday:
On CD 107.9 and www.cd1079.com:
1pm - 4A Game - Decatur St. Teresa (7-3) at Dunlap (9-1). Dave Murphy and Rich Draeger on PBP.
7pm - 1A Game - Lewistown (10-0) at North Fulton (8-2). Leon Groover and Bob Wagner on PBP.
On AM 1560, WBYS and www.wbysradio.com:
7pm - 2A Game - Orion (10-0) at Farmington (6-4). Dave Murphy and Mark Bixler on PBP.
Tony Z will have his halftime scoreboard show on all games. Tony will get up to the second scores by text message from games involving Richwoods, Metamora, Washington, IVC, Stark County, Princeville, Aledo and every other team in this part of the state.
I’m very proud of our guys and our stations. Eight football games in two weekends on two stations, utilizing a total of seven play-by-play announcers and three studio engineers. I don’t think any other group of stations in the state has done that many games over the first two weeks of this year’s playoffs, plus we give steady updates from those other games around the state through use of stringers sending texts from nearly every game.
Between this and severe weather, this is what live local radio is all about. If anybody among the few folks who read this hear any of the coverage, let me know how we do.
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