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Some good news for your Monday Tony Kornheiser is out of the ESPN Monday Night Football booth to be replaced by former Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden (I will fight the urge for the Chucky references because everyone is going to be using that today).

Love Tony Kornheiser on PTI and on radio, but he was a disaster on Monday Night Football. I understand they wanted to interject some personality into the broadcast, but there were times last year that I am sure 60% of the viewing audience was watching on mute. If it wasn't for Ron Jawroksi there wouldn't have been any reason at all to watch.

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I have lways been a big fan of Eminem. I think he has the 2nd best verse in the history of hip hop (his 1st verse on Jay Z's "Renegade" the best verse of all time is Inspectah Deck on Wu Tang's "Triumph"). Em has been MIA for the last couple of years staying out of the spotlight, but he is coming back with a new CD.

This is the first single off that CD. It is called "We Made You" and to my surprise it takes a shot at a famous Dallas Cowboys football player and it isn't T.O.

Jessica Simpson has always been a target of his but this time he has brought Tony Romo into the picture as well.

I think this means if he hasn't already Romo has crossover from just the sports medium into the TMZ medium and I don't know if that is a good or bad thing for him.

Did you ever believe you could throw better passes than Tony Romo? I'm sure several Cowboy fans this year did. What about believing you could catch more passes thrown to you than Terrell Owens? He dropped plenty this year, so that could have been a possibility. Or, are you the type of guy that would love to just stick a helmet in, let's say..., Eli Manning's rib cage? How about just being a guy that wants to stop being an NFL groupie and just get the ladies?

If so, Michael Irvin, Jerry Jones, and the Dallas Cowboys are giving one lucky fan the chance to do just that: a reality show of 12 people vying for the last shot at being a Cowboy for the 2009 season. Just think about it...you could line up opposite of Owens, or, as ESPN's Ed Werder might tell you, in PLACE of Owens. That might make Owens look this way...:

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I think we can all agree that Tony Dungy is a very good guy. I never heard a player or anyone in the NFL say anything negative about him. We also can agree that he is a very good football coach. Anyone who makes it to the post season ten years in row has to be. In case you forgot when he took over the job in Tampa Bay they were the laughingstock of the league. They were the Detroit Lions and he made them respectable and contenders. Even though Jon Gruden won the Super Bowl with the Bucs it was without question Dungy's team. He finally won a Super Bowl of his own in Indianapolis exercising both he and Peyton Manning's demons of not being about to win the big game. So with the announcement that he is heading off into retirement why do I feel like he didn't accomplish as much as he should have?

I compare the Dungy Bucs/Colts tenure to the Bobby Cox tenure where yes they won a championship but they had so many dominate teams in the back of your mind you feel they should have won more. Not that winning one championship is something to discount just asked Marv Levy if he rather have one championship as oppose to four championship appearances. How would Dan Marino be remembered if he won just one? But Dungy's Bucs and more specifically his Colts team were so dominant during the regular season you just wonder what was that missing component that didn't allow Dungy to be a multiple time champion.

Because Dungy is such a nice guy he was rarely criticized in the media for playoff failures which included many home playoff losses. Considering the media blitz society we are in he has stayed above the fray, but in the end how do we define his legacy?

Man when it rains it pours. I found this DallasNews.com. It is a report that Tony Romo collapsed while in the shower. Here is a first hand account from DallasNews reporter Brian Davis:

Tony Romo's three turnovers were momentarily meaningless Sunday night when players started yelling in the shower after the quarterback collapsed from a rib injury.

When asked later what happened, Romo said, "Um, you know, I was just a little banged up, I guess."

All I can say is wow! I don't really know what to say and you know for me to be tongue tied doesn't happen often. Hopefully Romo is ok. I think the best advice I can give all the Cowboys it to just sit down and stay out of the media spotlight for awhile. Like they say pressure busts pipes and the Cowboys plumbing is all F*ck Up.

We have gather a lot of information on the drama in going on in Big D. Remember people don't be manipulated listen to all of the statements. Listen to all of the facts. Don't just make a blanket opinion because you don't like Terrell Owens. Also I want you to remember one very important thing T.O. did not go to the media with his complaints about the offense he went to the Offensive Coordinator. Whereas other players in the locker room who weren't man enough to go to T.O. face to face leaked information to the media which cause the controversy in the first place.

Lastly lets take a look at what Terrance Newman of the Cowboys had to say about the situation. Remember Newman is a respected player on the team. Someone in the locker room everyday. Not a talking head sitting at a desk in Bristol with an ax to grind. Pay very close attention.

Our good friend Mike Florio from ProFootballTalk.com suggest that it was Witten who snitched to the media. Here is what Mike had to say:

WAS WITTEN WERDER'S SOURCE?
Posted by Mike Florio on December 12, 2008, 5:09 p.m. EST

"Ed Werder didn't make anything up," the source said. "Witten or his agent gave the story."

Our good friends at The Big Lead show the hypocrisy of ESPN running with this story but not with the Brett Favre leaking info to other teams about the Packers earlier in the season. Here is a snippet of what they had to say:

What is this the Guitar Hero plague? First its David Cook and David Archuleta and then unforgettably Heidi Klum OTHER Guitar Hero Commercial. Yea yea I know! Not another commercial post but a girl has to show off her humorous side. Last time I checked a sense of humor is sexy in a woman or so I've been told *smile

This may be "Risky Business" but Kobe rocking it out in boxer shorts along with A-Rod and Phelps + Tony Hawk in a dufus helmet and toy drums on a skateboard= MAD funny! lmao I couldn't resist this one

The problem with the Cowboys is not Terrell Owens, it's not Tony Romo and it's not Wade Phillips dressing up in the puffy coat like George Canstanza.

The problem with the Cowboys is Jerry "Skeletor" Jones.

He has been the problem since Jimmy Johnson left building. Name me one owner that hogs more of the spotlight than Jerry Jones? I see Jerry Jones more than I see Wade Phillips. When coaching decisions are being made guess who we hear from "Skeletor" Jones. What other owner would have said this about one of their star players being injured.

"He can play with that injured toe," Jones said. "He can play with the soreness, combination of those things. I see nothing that would have led us to believe that he couldn't."

Ironically while Jones questioned Marion Barber's toughness you didn't seem to hear that type of venom for his "Golden Boy" Tony Romo when he missed 4 weeks with a broken pinkie. I don't know about you similar to a QB trying to throw with a broken finger I would imagine it would be difficult to play running back with a dislocated toe. I am not a doctor but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night and I think the last person on the Cowboys you want to criticize for not being tough is Marion Barber.

It isn't a coincidence since "Skeletor" Jones became the face of the franchise that the Cowboys haven't won a playoff game. Since Jones decided he could handle personnel decisions better than a real GM the team as a whole has suffered. Jones is good at making a profit, but horrible at putting together a team.

Let me give you an example. The Cowboys were suffering through a mini slump in the middle of the season. So in a panic Jones traded for Detroit Lions WR Roy Williams. Williams is a good player but you tell me was he worth:

A first-round pick in 2009, plus a third- and sixth-rounder that year for Williams and a seventh-round pick in '10.

The Cowboys and Williams agreed to a five-year extension worth $45 million, including more than $20 million guaranteed.

Williams's stats since coming to the Cowboys:

13 Catches 177 yards and 1 TD

In essence Jones traded away solid draft picks and guaranteed a whole lot of money to a player who in all honesty is not going to make a difference in the long term future of the Cowboys. It is these types of knee jerk decisions that have set the Cowboys back year after year. The ringmaster of this circus is Jerry Jones. You know what I think; I think Jerry Jones really wants to be the coach of the Cowboys.

Let me talk about Brady Quinn a minute before I get to Tony. He didn't play that great last night and he has played ok in his first two games as a starter. The most important thing though as a young Quarterback is to take care of the ball and inspire confidence in your teammates. Quinn does that. He doesn't look rattled and he doesn't turn the ball over, so I see a lot of potential in him going forward.

Now with that being said Tony really needs to stop it. It was once again sickening listening to him basically carry Quinn's water for the entire game. It is a pattern that Tony has shown since he came on the Monday Night Crew if he falls for a player he falls for them hard to the point he can no longer be objective. It is almost like an obsessive school boy crush. Every pass Quinn made bad or good came with overtop hyperbole that just was hard to watch after awhile. I am convinced that Ron Jawrokski who is good friends with Tony seriously wants to choke him sometimes. Please someone at ESPN do us all a favor and drop him from the telecast next year. I am begging you.

Let me preface this by saying that I think Tony Kornheiser is a great journalist and an engaging personality on ESPN's Pardon the Interruption. The chemistry and wit that he has displayed on the program with Michael Wilbon have entertained viewers for years. Unfortunately this has not crossed over into Kornheiser's other job: Monday Night Football. As has been said by many before, Tony simply doesn't add much to the telecast. During MNF's telecast of the Titans-Colts game, Kornheiser made several disparaging remarks about the team and the city of Nashville in general. I'm fully aware of his ties to the Northeast and their belief that they are superior to other regions in the country, particularly the South. He seemed obsessed with characterizing the city as some country western outpost that lacked sophistication as well as being a small media market.

I love parody songs. I love Weird Al Yankovic. So when Joe Wilkins of www.footballtarian.com sent this to me I had to get permission to post it. Check it out I think you will enjoy it.

I am a big fan of Tony Kornheiser. I love PTI. I love his radio show. When I was younger I read his columns in the Washington Post. I think he is a refreshing voice in a very bland sports media and has been like that for years, but with that being said:

HE SHOULD BE FIRED FROM MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL IMMEDIATELY!!!

Sometimes you have to admit when something is a failure and without question after last night ESPN has to realize that Tony has to go. I turned in to see the Vikings vs. Packers not a Brett Favre lovefest. I turned in to see how Aaron Rodgers would do in his 1st start not how his every pass would be compared to Favre. I turned in to see how Adrian Peterson would do in his 2nd season not to hear how if Favre was running the ball he would already have 2000 yards after week one.

Now I made that last part up, but you get what I am saying. It was a disgusting display of Favre worship by Tony Kornheiser that even had John Madden saying:

"Boom!! That is a little much"

Thank god for Ron Jawroski saving an otherwise unbearable broadcast. At one point even Jaws had to tell Tony:

"You have to let it go."