SB Nation User Blog: hartley

Blackout uniform?

hartley — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:35:26 -0000

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.

Vince Young Speaks, Says He's Okay

hartley — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:05:19 -0000

Vince Young Speaks, Says He's Okay

VY talks to media, tells them he was hurt by the boos but he's okay now and knows how to handle it should it happen again.

View from in person

hartley — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:28:15 -0000

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.

My thoughts:

-first team offense was just TERRIBLE. Nobody was in sync with anybody else.

-Jamarcus Russell looked good, but the D-Line was giving him all day to throw.

-Chris Johnson had 2 key drops last night.

-Local boy makes good: watching Ingle Martin was fun, I remember when he played HS ball here.

-$7.00 is an outrageous price for a 12-ounce beer.

-$5.00 is an outrageous price for an ATM fee. If you come to the game, either have a Regions bank checking account or bring plenty of cash with you.

-remember Haynesworth's claim to have a six-pack? He lied. He jiggles a bit when he walks. I'm not trying to dis the man here, I do too, and he can still play football. But that stomach is a lot closer to a keg than it is a six-pack.

-Haynesworth wears some really big diamond earrings. They stand out from quite a long way away.

-Long after he was pulled from the game, Vince Young was with the wide receivers, Kerry Collins, and the offensive coaches, discussing things. He ran around, danced, high-fived people, and jumped up and down cheering the team. Rather like the fans, actually. This doesn't necessarily translate into results, but it's good to know your QB is excited about what's going on, and getting the other players excited, too. I saw no evidence of his supposed "pouting."

-LenDale White spends all his time on the sidelines sitting down, even when he is going to be going back in. Chris Johnson, Chris Henry, and Quinton Ganther all run around a little bit, or at least stand on the sideline and watch the game. LenDale is always sitting down. And in the defense section, at that. He seems to be pretty good buds with Haynesworth and Jevon Kearse, they spent most of the second half together chatting it up. I'm not sure if this is a criticism or not. Wouldn't jogging help him stay loosened up? And why doesn't he hang out with the other offense personnel? He did spend some time with Chris Johnson, but only when Johnson came to him.

Newspaper Quotes JasonB

hartley — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:31:21 -0000

Newspaper Quotes JasonB

Nashville newspaper quotes JasonB in an article about Jevon Kearse.

Nashville Scene article about The Freak

hartley — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:25:23 -0000

Nashville Scene article about The Freak

A great article about Jevon Kearse. Quotes JasonB of Bleeding Green Nation.

He hates our owner because he's old, bald.

hartley — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:45:32 -0000

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*

Cutler talks with ESPN about life with diabetes, Brandon Marshall

hartley — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:51:24 -0000

http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3488632&categoryId=2378529

Cutler talks with ESPN about life with diabetes, Brandon Marshall

OT: Predators

hartley — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:17:05 -0000

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?

Draft Gathering?

hartley — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:05:08 -0000

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!

New receiver option?

hartley — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:47:31 -0000

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.