Another long weekend

This weekend started badly. On Thursday the Indiana Daily Stupids suffered our first loss of the flag football season, and it was all downhill from there.\nOn Friday, Brigham Young University missed a chance to upset Boise State University because its kicker's last minute field goal try sailed wide left. What is with the kickers this year? They have one job and they can't even do that right. Is it just me or do they remind you of that kid on your little league team with the glove on his head in right field? You just prayed that the game didn't come down to him having to do anything at all. \nOn Saturday I awoke to find my buddy Ike in full IU regalia all excited for IU's Big Ten opener. So we actually ended up going to the game which was a big mistake. The team's second half performance was more disappointing than Todd Marinovich's career. Our wonderful football team has done something I did not think possible; they have made me long to see a Mike Davis' coached basketball team. \nLater that night my boys and I settled in to watch Roy Jones Jr.'s comeback fight against some Jamaican guy. Roy got knocked out in the ninth round, effectively ending his career. It's really sad. He was the most dominant boxer of his era but he fought like a scared, over-matched fighter -- sorta like Oscar De La Hoya's last few fights. \nOn Sunday it was time for more football, and the injuries are really piling up in the NFL this year. \nRex Grossman scored a touchdown on a six-yard scramble; he also scored a torn ACL on the play and will miss the season. To all Bears' fans who actually thought this was the year, the playoffs were not going to happen with or without Rex, so now your beloved team can officially be a part of the "Mike Williams' Sweepstakes." \nThe Raiders won on Sunday Night Football, but they lost quarterback Rich Gannon for at least six weeks with a broken vertebra. It might be time for Rich to hang 'em up. I'm not saying he's old, but I hear he showed up at the game with his left turn signal on from when he left his house yesterday morning.\nSteve McNair was hospitalized with a bruised sternum after the Titans lost at home to the surprising Jaguars. Well, the Tennessee McNairs are 1-2 to start the season, but since Steve will be playing hurt the rest of the way expect them to make a run deep into the playoffs. I seriously think the degree difficulty has to be turned up for him to start trying (see the last three years for evidence of this). \nTampa Bay was dealt a blow when running back Charlie Garner was lost for the season Sunday night. I think I speak for everyone when I say, "Charlie Garner is still in the league?"\n"Defensive genius" Tony Dungy and his Colts managed to batter Brett Favre enough to injure him a bit. It really showed too, Brett only dropped 358 yards and four touchdowns on the Colts' last ranked defense. Luckily, Peyton and his band of underpaid receivers helped to shred the Packers' defense en route to a 45-31 win.