So Fisher is gone, a new era is about to begin.  Who will be our new head coach?  Of course, there's the boring possibilities that we have already seen as possibilities: Gruden, Cowher, Munchak.

That's not what I'm looking for here.  Instead, in this post, let's get creative.

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Current AFC Standings:
1. Indianapolis Colts (11-0)
2. Cincinnati Bengals (8-3)
3. San Diego Chargers (8-3)
4. New England Patriots (7-4)
5. Denver Broncos (7-4)
6. Jacksonville Jaguars (6-5)
7. Baltimore Ravens (6-5)
8. Pittsburgh Steelers (6-5)
9. Miami Dolphins (5-6)
10. New York Jets (5-6)
11. Tennessee Titans (5-6)
1 2. Houston Texans (5-6)

Good news from last week: The Jags, Steelers, Dolphins, and Texans all lost, and we moved past the Texans for 11th place in the conference.

Bad news: The Jets and Broncos won.

This week's games, who to root for, and why, after the jump.

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Current AFC Standings:
1. Colts (10-0)
2. Bengals (7-3)
3. Chargers (7-3)
4. Patriots (7-3)

5. Jaguars (6-4)
6. Steelers (6-4)
7. Broncos (6-4)
8. Ravens (5-5)
9. Texans (5-5)
10. Dolphins (5-5)
11. Jets (4-6)
12. Titans (4-6)

Look, we started off in a big hole by starting off the season 0-6.  Even if the Titans win out, they ned some help if they want to have any chance of making the playoffs.

So here are the games this week with an impact on our playoff chances, with who we shoot be rooting for and why:

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Nashville's Channel 5 just reported that David Givens is suing the Titans for $25 million.

The suit apparently alleges that the Titans knew about the problems with his knee before he blew it out; that preventative surgery would have fixed the problem; that the team did not inform him of the problem; and that the knee injury ended his career.

If true, this is major news.

[UPDATE from Jimmy]- Thanks to smash for the link.

No, really, that's what he says...

How many times can YOU read this article without snickering with quotes like this:

“He can provide a big back for us,” head coach Gary Kubiak said. “Steve’s a smaller guy. We need somebody who can do a little more pounding, red zone, short yardage, those types of things.

Pounding, short-yardage back?  The official roster lists Brown as only 19 pounds heavier than Slaton, while also being 6 inches taller.

I'm sorry, I just saw this posted over at Music City Miracles and just had to share it. 

This has nothing to do with football, but it does touch on Tennessee, and I'm sure we can all relate.

The absolutely fabulous Bettie Page died last night.

Yes, she was from Nashville, and even attended the same high school I did: Hume-Fogg. 

Probably our most famous graduate.

It's a sad, sad day...

And in other news, I have to add a bunch of words in order to make the 75 word minimum. 

I've been discussing this with some of the guys over on Battle Red Blog this week, and I thought I would mention it over here, since it hasn't been yet:

The Titans (read: Bud Adams) are considering wearing Oilers jerseys for one game next year.

http://www.titansradio.com/cgi-bin/blurb_view.cgi?blurb=news615800

I personally think it's a horrible idea, because I don't believe that any of that history belongs to this team, it belongs to the people of Houston.

But I understand that Bud Adams is a dick who likes ticking the people of Houston off.  Actually, given that, I'm somewhat surprised he doesn't want to wear the Oilers jerseys against the Texans. 

Instead, he wants to wear them against the "original" Titans - the New York Jets, who would also be wearing throwbacks in the same game.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

So I noticed that the Cards played in their black uniforms tonight.

Was that planned in advance, or was the "blackout" uniform a nod to the fact that major portions of the city are still without power?

Just curious; I don't live in Louisville, so I don't usually get word on things like what uniform the team is planning on wearing for any given game.'

This sentence is here because I need more words to post this question.

I scored free tickets to the game at the last minute.  Best tickets I've ever had - section 136, 40 yard-line on the Titans sideline.  First time I've seen the sidelines action from close up.

Also, the first game I've ever attended that the Titans won.

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No really, in his Owner's Power Rankings, Michael Silver ranks Bud Adams 19th.

He starts with:

The Titans are generally regarded as a well-run franchise that milks the most out of the Nashville market, and Fisher’s presence makes it an attractive place to play. To Adams’s credit, he has retained Fisher for more than 13 seasons, making the former Bears safety the league’s longest-tenured head coach, and provided him with a smart, personable general manager in Mike Reinfeldt.

Then finishes:

This is the point at which I usually make fun of Adams’s hair, but I think he may be too old for that now.

*sigh*

Go Preds!  If they win tonight they tie up the series and guarantee at least one more home game this season.  For a team whose roster was gutted to reduce payroll for the owner who was planning to sell the team and was expected to go nowhere, 2-2 in the playoffs against the Red Wings ain't half-bad.

On another note, every Nashville Predators fan should quietly thank Craig Leopold every day for working out a deal with the local group to sell the team to.  If he had sold to either the Hamilton guy or the Kansas City guy, one need only look at what is currently happening with the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics to see where it would have gone:

Their new owner is hellbent on taking the team to Oklahoma City.  E-mails have recently turned up showing he was planning on moving the team (and renaming them the "Sonic Boom") before his purchase was even finalized, despite the agreement he had to make with the NBA to make a "good faith effort" to keep the team in Seattle.  The most the city can do now is enforce the lease and force them to stay through 2010, thanks to no buyout clause in the lease.  How much would it suck to be a Sonics fan right now?

Hey, I've been thinking.

Any interest in having a Music City Miracles Meetup to watch the first day of the draft?

Nashville regulars to this blog could finally meet Jimmy, and Jimmy could finally see his devoted fans, and possibly be scared away by them.

I think it is worth exploring, hence the post.

Jimmy?  Your thoughts?

Nashville locals, tell me what you think!

There's a new receiver hitting the market today, maybe the Titans should make a go at him!

Per Pro Football Talk, the Bengals have cut Chris Henry today.

They said it was because of his behavior issues.  Isn't this just the guy we need here?

Y'know, or not.

This line is only to get my character count up to 300.

Something zackmann mentioned in his post about the Tigers got me thinking.

There were 5 teams from Tennessee that made the tourney:  Memphis, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Belmont, and Austin Peay.  More than any other single state.

How cool is it that 5 of the teams came from the Titans' state?

Going further, it appears at the moment that the South is also more heavily represented than any other region of the country.  Besides 5 from TN, you've got:

-3 from Kentucky (Kentucky, Louisville, Western KY)
-3 from North Carolina (UNC, Duke, Davidson)
-1 from Alabama (South Alabama)
-1 from Arkansas (Arkansas)
-1 from Georgia (Georgia)
-3 from Texas (Texas A&M, Texas, TX Arlington)
-1 from Virginia (George Mason)
-2 from South Carolina (Winthrop, Clemson)
-1 from Florida (Miami)
-2 from Mississippi (Mississippi Valley State, MS State)
-2 from Washington, DC (American, Georgetown)

All in all, 25 out of 65. 38% of the teams from 24% of the US.

So is the South cooler?  Better at BBall? Or am I just a numbers geek?

I'm glad for him, I think he's a talent that is getting majorly overlooked.  Bleeding Green Nation has some nice things to say, but the commenters don't:

http://www.bleedinggreennation.com/story/2008/3/19/93524/0564

I didn't reply because I'm scared I might blow a gasket and go off on them.  

You want to hear inside gossip from Nashville, right?

Well, while on my way home from work, I was listening to one of our local sports talk stations, 104.5 THE ZONE (Their slogan? "No one beats ZONE coverage" - feel free to snicker), and this is what they had to say:

The rumor is that trade talks for #32 are heating up, and Dallas is actually interested in him, for either a 2008 6th-round pick, or possibly a 2009 conditional pick based on his performance.

And there you have it.  Other than that, all anyone is talking about is March Madness.

By the way, for you non-locals, Frank Wycheck is a member of this radio station's morning show.

Here's their site:
http://www.1045thezone.com/

This doesn't necessarily have to be an encounter with a Titan, as I know many of the people on this board don't live in Nashville.

Anyway, got the idea from a story posted over on Stampede Blue currently, one of the posters there apparently had drinks with Robert Mathis last weekend.

Anyway, give us your best encounters with sports figures you're a fan of.

I have 3, none of them particularly cool:

1. I parked Steve McNair's SUV once while working as a valet at the Wild Boar (for non-Nashvillians: was once the most expensive restaurant in the city, possibly the state.  Dinner ran around $200 a person plus drinks.  Boasted a multi-million dollar wine collection.  Closed a few years ago due to bankruptcy).  He gave me a very large tip.
2. I met Eddie George at Davis-Kidd (famous Nashville bookstore) while I was meeting a friend who worked there for lunch.  He was buying a book on landscape architecture.
3. I am 98% certain I was standing in line behind Frank Wychek waiting on a urinal at a Metallica concert, but I didn't actually talk to him there, it would have been a little weird.

Hi, first-time poster here.

I'm a huge Tennessee Titans fan, but I frequently find myself reading this blog because of John Morgan's analysis.

You do a wonderful job, man.

I have a request, though: while you are reviewing WR  draft prospects, could you take a look at Vanderbilt's Earl Bennett?  I know he doesn't get a lot of looks as a first-round prospect, but I would love to know what you think of him, John.

I will admit the only videos I could find on him were here:

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/commodores/earl-on-the-field.html

and here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDRIjZlJsAA

Apparently, Ben Troupe visited Buffalo yesterday, gave a press conference. http://buffalobills.com/news/news.jsp?news_id=5907

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It looks like Willie Parker is done for the rest of the season, and the Rams are only 1 TD back at halftime...

The Titans' playoff hopes just got a little brighter.

It's sick.  I'm sorry.  But I thought it, and it's true.  And that doesn't mean I am taking pleasure in his pain; that really does suck for him.

I haven't seen anything about this here on this site, but yesterday during the game the TV announcers said that Chris Henry had flunked a league drug test and is facing a suspension.

Is there any truth to this, or did they forget that it's CHRIS Henry, and TRAVIS Henry (no relation) plays for Denver now?

Update [2007-11-5 12:4:49 by hartley]: Nevermind, I missed the article from Friday somehow.

1. I believe that VY was the right man to draft last year, and I believe letting him start last year was the right decision.  But I never believed that letting Steve McNair go was the right move by this team...

...until last night.  He just looked terrible on MNF.  It's obvious now that he has lost a couple of steps.  He looked slow.  He looked old.

It was sad, really.

2. We really need to beat the Colts next week, if only so the guys over on Stampede Blue will shut the hell up.  http://www.stampedeblue.com/story/2007/9/10/155212/376