Chip Shots: Quick Shots: Payton Has Big Brass Ones

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Chip Shots: Quick Shots: Payton Has Big Brass Ones

Quick Shots: Payton Has Big Brass Ones

Even though this is a parody sports site, the story really is true. (Sports Pickle)
I've been following Saints Coach Sean Payton a long time. As a quarterback at Eastern Illinois, he used to kill my SIU Salukis. He was the quarterback for the 1987 Bears replacement team. I also covered sidelines for Indiana State the year he was an assistant working under Marty Fine on the offensive staff. That onside kick took a lot of guts and if it failed, it would have given the Colts great field position and momentum. That's why when things work, coaches are geniuses and when they failed, they are goats. Being a great coach is having the courage of your convictions to call a play the other guy isn't expecting. Sean Payton is on his way to becoming a great coach.
Your Super Bowl commercial popularity results. Letterman/Oprah/Leno doesn't count because it was a promo. Next to the Snickers ad with Betty White, I loved the Doritos ad with the little kid who told the potential boyfriend to "keep your hands off my Mama and my Doritos." Priceless.
Is it just me or did the Who suck last night? It seems like Roger Daltry couldn't carry a tune in a dump truck anymore. Memo to Roger Goodell: It's been six years since "nipplegate", can we please have a more contemporary halftime show? You know, with someone who had hits in this decade or at least the 90's. Or, are we going to trot out every band that was once popular that now plays state fairs? So, who is it next year, Rog? REO Speedwagon? Foreigner? Crosby, Stills and Nash? How about we try something a little more hip again. My daughter suggests the Black Eyed Peas. Me, I'd be happy with Brad Paisley, Garth or Toby Keith.