Trick or Treat?

After experiencing the event first hand, I have come to the conclusion that the Ohio University’s notorious Halloween party is most defiantly slightly overrated. Yes the streets were crowded and there were some very “interesting” costumes, but I would be lying to myself if I said that I wasn’t disappointed. The girls were not quite as “dirty” as I expected them to be and the night overall wasn’t exactly what I anticipated it to be. Perhaps I had my hopes set too high or maybe things were not as crazy because of all of the extra security, either way, it was not anything special. The highlight of my night was probably right before I got back in my room and I had a “talk” with a certain female peer. This conversation was just a continuation of a situation that started about two weeks ago. I personally feel that Friday night was better than Saturday night, but that is just my opinion. My feelings towards Ohio U would probably not affect many people because of the fact that I don’t drink, making many of my peers seem like they have more fun than I do. Overall, my first Halloween at Ohio University was far from spectacular, but hopefully next year will be better. Maybe it would help if I actually dress up and act like an idiot like everyone else. I’m going to go get to work on planning out my costume for next year so I can have a better time.

Don't Get Hurt

Should a player be able to lose his job due to injury? This is a question that comes up all the time in the NFL. The question asks, if a starter gets hurt, is it right that he is permanently replaced by his backup if the backup comes in and performs well. There are several different possible answers to this question, and each is based on its own scenario. The two things that a coach must look at when making his decision are how deep into the season are we and how was the starter performing before he got hurt? Now obviously if Peyton Manning or Tom Brady were to get hurt, their job would be there waiting for them to get better. Where this question comes into effect are with the less proven, less consistent, usually very young, or very old players. Take a look at Vince Young who strained his right quadriceps in last week's 13-10 loss at Tampa Bay when he scrambled for a 2-yard gain and was pushed out of bounds (http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d8037496c&template=without-video&confirm=true). Regardless of how his backup performs, Vince should have his job back as soon as he gets healthy. This is because he has performed well for his team and they are in a pretty good position (record wise) at this point in the season. If his team was 1-6 and Young was performing horribly, then maybe there could be an argument make for his backup Kerry Collins. Like I said, it as all scenario based, but in general, I feel that someone should not be sat because they got hurt and their backup came in and did well.

?????Oh Henry

Why is it that athletes do so much dumb stuff when they know that they’re most likely going to get caught, and when they do, the whole world is going to know their entire life story? With all of the stories about athletes getting into trouble going around: Vick, Pac-Man, Tank Johnson etc., I figured that I would throw Travis Henry’s name out there. As many of you probably know, Henry is facing a possible (and very likely) yearlong suspension from the NFL due to breaking the league substance abuse policy….again. Simply put, he has been smoking too much reefer. What most people don’t realize is how many problems this guy really has. According to Len Pasquarelli, Travis was less than two weeks away from having his slate wiped clean when he filed his lawsuit to block further testing of a urine sample that had tested positive for marijuana (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3049721 ). However, his problems do not end with the NFL, now fantasy football players whom have Henry on their teams are looking to file their own lawsuits against not only Travis, but the Broncos as well if it turns out that they were possibly aware of the situation before it got out. On top of that, now the whole world knows that Henry is a father of 9…..and he has to pay child support to all 9 of the mothers. Yea, you read that correctly, he has 9 kids by 9 different women. The point is that Travis Henry’s world is all messed up. I personally feel that the media should stay out of people’s personal life, but I understand that it’s not easy. Especially when the focal point of a story has so much more going on than what people realize. And what’s up with the fans these days? First you have the Jets fans suing the Patriots because of “spy gate” and now they are going after Henry because they might lose in their fantasy league. Either way, this goes to show that professional athletes should try to stay out of the lime light because it’s very likely that not much good will come out of it.