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Ryan Leaf in state prison
Visduh, I would agree that his final 2 seasons and the Rose Bowl appearance in his last season at Wazzoo helped land him the Alabama job, at least temporarily. But that was 5 yrs after Leaf's final season. My point in my previous comment was that I doubt that Leaf's final season had much to do with the Alabama job. The fact that he was Alabama's 3rd choice seems to reinforce that thought. And I think the stripper that spent the night in his hotel room also had a lot to do with his demise. Just my opinion. Opinions vary.— January 20, 2013 6:16 p.m.
Ryan Leaf in state prison
According to surfpuppy619's link, the Chargers gave up 3 draft picks to get him in the second round. According to NFL stas, he was a loser. The Chargers have only had 2 great QB's in their entire existence: John Hadl and Dan Fouts. Humphries is close, but not quite there with Fouts and Hadl.— January 20, 2013 4:44 a.m.
Ryan Leaf in state prison
Not sure if you're being sarcastic or not re Wazzoo being a stepping stone for a coach. If you're being serious, then yeah, I know who he is and if Leaf's standing in the draft gave him leverage, boy, it sure was a short lever and then a long step.....down. BTW, not sure how strong a student Manning was, but he did graduate in 3 yrs with a degree speech communications. His GPA was around 3.6 which was said to be the highest in that particular field of study and I believe was a Phi Beta Kappa.— January 20, 2013 4:20 a.m.
Ryan Leaf in state prison
In many cases it's kind of hard to really evaluate the personality, judgement and to a certain extent character of a college junior, in terms of how they will pan out playing in the NFL. As I recall, Leaf didn't have any troubles at Wazzou. But as a player, Manning and Leaf were pretty comparable in their careers. Leaf's 3 yr stats were pretty close to Manning's in most areas. He also took Wazzou to the Rose Bowl and I think was 3rd in the Heisman vote that year to Manning's second. Don't get me wrong, as a pro he was THE all-time bust, but in college he was a star. He was to the West Coast what Manning was to the SEC. I think the Chargers did what they had to do. I had to look it up to be sure and I was. The really had no viable options at QB because Stan Humphries retired. I doubt any free agent QB with talent was going to SD because they were so bad. They really didn't have much choice. The best they could to was trade up with Phoenix and take the 2nd best QB in the draft. Did they give up too much? In hindsight, you could say yes, because Leaf didn't pan out. But had he turned out to be even only an average NFL qb, I would have said no. One of the players had a pretty good career as an all purpose back and returner, but even though he played 4 more years, it was with 4 different teams. The other player was cut his second year in Phoenix. They did give up a 1st and a 2nd in '98 and a 2nd in '99; pretty steep, but at the same time, had he performed as comparably to Manning in the NFL as he did in college, I doubt anybody would have given it a second thought. By coincidence, I remember hearing something interesting related to this during the season. It was during a Pittsburgh game. One of the announcers to referred to the fact that the Pitt QB at the time was the 3rd stringer, playing because of injuries, and happened to be the 3rd QB drafted in 1998 when he was drafted next to last in the second round, which was 58 picks after Leaf was picked, and that of the 6 QB's picked in 1998, only 2 others were still playing. They were Manning of course, the very first pick and next to last QB pickes, Matt Hasselback who was picked 187th. In another bizarre twist, the very last qb picked was one Moses Moreno, by the Bears at 232nd. Does the name ring a bell? Perhaps to some Charger fans it might. Moreno was with the Bears for 1 season and was the traded, to of all places, San Diego, where a year later he replaces, yes you guessed it, an "ineffective" Ryan Leaf as the starter in only the 3rd game of the season,playing in 6 and starting in 2 games. AND, to get even weirder, a year later, the Chargers drafted Moreno's brother out of USC. Talk about your six degrees of Kevin Bacon!!! LOL— January 19, 2013 9:46 a.m.
New Chargers coach Mike "Real" McCoy: "Moving to San Diego is the opportunity of a lifetime."
Hey, I'm offended by that remark. Both of our girls learned to wipe their noses when they were still toddlers. No snot-nosed Angelenos in this family. I'm tellin' you that right here and now. And is it just me, or doesn't this guy look suspiciously like Rolf Benirschke. I'm just sayin'.— January 18, 2013 1:53 p.m.
San Diego’s Qualcomm is the fifth-largest user of H-1B talent
I believe that the problem will be found to limited to a specific production run of the Li-ion batteries that are produced, yes, by a Japanese company. I believe that the FAA grounding will be lifted by the end of the month, if not sooner. Just my opinion. Opinions vary.— January 18, 2013 11:17 a.m.
Seau suffered from disease caused by hits
Don Bauder, Not bike racing, he's done an Elvis in that sport, He wants to be able return to competition in the elite triathlon or running events he started participated in after he quit cycling. His appearance on Oprah is all about money. Her network is circling the drain even those she has reportedly dropped a few HUNDRED of her millions into it.She's banking on gaining viewers with Armstrong and I'm sure she paid him a boatload to appear. And Armstrong needs triathlons as a source of income. Some stories speculate he could lose more than half of his $100 worth just paying back USPS alone. And we all know how hard it is to live on just a paultry $50 million.— January 17, 2013 7:55 a.m.
Guns: Meese warns Obama could be impeached
Don Bauder, For some of these people,it's not about self defense from the guy trying to rob your house, it's about self defense from the rambling hoards when the country violently falls into anarchy or the violent hoards that will roam the country when the entire country falls victim to some sort of disaster, either natural or man made. If you want a good picture of just how tightly some of these wingnuts are twisted, you only need look at a couple of shows on tv: Doomsday Preppers on National Geographic and Doomsday Bunkers on Discovery. Some of these people are completely clueless and bring new meaning to the term looney tunes. And definitely NOT the people who should be stockpiling assault weapons and thousands upon thousands of rounds of ammunition. Just my opinion. Opinions vary.— January 17, 2013 7:40 a.m.
Arizona sheriff must return Encinitas woman's medical marijuana
As I recall, you lived in Yuma at one time. It must have been quite a while ago and you must not spend much time in AZ. or read any of their periodicals with much frequently. If you did, then you would know that starting with their governor and going right on down the totem pole, Az. pols and LE seem to believe that they can do as they damn well please, Constitution and Fed or state laws be damned. For example, despite the fact that their state constitution is very specific on the subject, their loony tunes governor has said that the rules for term limits don't apply to her and she can run for office again if she wants to. Or for a good laugh, look up the city government of Quartzite and read about what's going on there. It's hilarious.— January 16, 2013 11:45 a.m.
Imperial Beach family barely escapes death
No excuse and no reason for that to happen anywhere, not just at a hotel.— January 16, 2013 10:23 a.m.