Most everything in the online store is $6.99.

including some jerseys...

An FYI for all the AP fans out there.

And now I'm just typing to get my 75 words in. 

Because even though I was trying to just post a bulletin to let folks know of some good deals, I'm relegated to typing away.

As far as that goes, I think I'm pretty close...

crap. I needed to post another 5 words and now I think I've got it.

 

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Longtime Iowa football radio color analyst Ed Podolak has announced his retirement.

In a joint statement released Wednesday by the university, Podolak said he has wrestled with retirement through the fall and moved his real estate business to Northern California.

Link to the post with the photos is here:

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?p=5379270

Funny stuff- except for Ed.

It's pretty clear he was "invited to resign" by the folks at the University

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... with an eye on a trade.

 

This is likely coming from discussions on my recent trip to the Phoenix area to visit with old college friends, but I thought I'd throw it out there given our recent need for a QB.

What does the AP Nation think of the idea of trading LJ for Matt Leinart?

 

Here's my case-

AZ is going to need a RB.  They've got a quick back in Hightower, but their big back Edge is clearly on his last legs.

Leinart is on the outs.  Wisenhunt does not like him and doesn't want him.

LJ isn't doing anything on or off the field to endear himself to the KC fans or the organization.

Even if we draft a QB in the top of the draft next year, they shouldn't be the starter- we need someone to tend the position for a year or more.

Both teams are taking a risk with this trade.  

The big contracts for both players look like they'd play out pretty evenly as far as cap hit goes.

 

So there it is AP Nation-  What do you think?  

I've attached a poll for you all to quickly respond.

 

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Poll

This trade idea is...

21%

... completely boneheaded and a big waste of time.

11 votes

43%

... possible but not likely.

22 votes

25%

... something that should be explored further.

13 votes

9%

... the best management idea AP has seen for a while. Mikvogel should be given CP's job immediately!

5 votes

51 votes | Poll has closed

...pack Herm into a car and drive him to Lawrence for a little coaching 'how to' from Bill Self???

I'm sitting in my office reading about KU's media day and stumble across this section of the article regarding their goals for the season:

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From www.kusports.com

“We won’t change what our goals are. Every year our goal is to win the league. At the end of the day, we want to play as close to our ceiling as possible. There’s nothing wrong with setting the bar high.”

That’s despite KU losing five starters off its title team.

“I don’t know what the ceiling is,” Self said. “We had a motto at Illinois when we started three freshmen and a sophomore: Youth is no excuse. We lost the Big Ten championship in the last second of the season. Just because we are young doesn’t mean we can’t be good. How good I have no idea. We don’t want to bail guys out of lofty expectations just because we are young.”

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Now it strikes me that all we've been hearing from Herm from the very end of last season was that our team was going to be young, that they were going to make mistakes and that we had to be patient.
The bailouts have been there from day one for our beloved Chiefs.
It seems to me that great head coaches demand excellence.  I continue my belief that Herm is not even a good head coach, much less a great one.  
He can evaluate talent proficiently.  He can deliver a press conference soundbite.
Heck, he might even make a pretty good defensive coordinator.
He is not a good head coach.
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From the irreverent folks over at kissingsuzykolber dot com.

 

http://kissingsuzykolber.uproxx.com/2008/09/no-need-to-splurge-on-that-pollard-jersey.html

 

Not for the light-hearted, or those lacking in a cruel sense of humor...

So what I'm saying (just to fill the 75 word minimum) is that if you're a person who tends to be offended easily- stay away from their site.  You'll be a happier, less offended, and downright more pleasant fan.

If, however, you've caught yourself chuckling at someone's misfortune other than your own... well give it a try.

 

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From Profootballtalk.com

 

FINS BOUNCE BOOMER

Posted by Mike Florio on September 9, 2008, 12:36 p.m.

In an apparent effort to pump up a running game that was anemic on Sunday against the Jets, the Miami Dolphins have cut starting fullback Boomer Grigsby, according to David Neal of the Miami Herald.

Fullback Casey Cramer has been signed to take his place.

Grigsby is a former linebacker who converted to fullback last year in Kansas City.  He beat out Reagan Mauia for the job.

Cramer has connections to Fins offensive coordinator Dan Henning; they were together previously in Carolina.

... I'm going to kick him squarely in the TAINT!

Maybe I'm just yanking the scab off of a really old wound and if you're not interested in reliving the frustration of offensive ineptitude of last year, feel free to jump to the next post.

 

Poll

If YOU saw Mike Solari on the street would you...

18%

Kidnap him and deliver him to LJ's pad in a shopping cart- a'la Animal House?

9 votes

30%

Spray paint him Red and Gold and drop him outside McAfee Stadium the day of the Chiefs Raiders game?

15 votes

22%

Kick him squarely in the Taint?

11 votes

30%

Can't post what you'd do on the Internet, just in case you really do run into Mike Solari on the street???

15 votes

50 votes | Poll has closed

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CHIEFS RELEASE SAFETY GREG WESLEY

Posted by Mike Tunison on July 17, 2008, 3:40 p.m.

League sources have told Pro Football Talk that the Kansas City Chiefs have released free safety Greg Wesley.

The 9th year safety, who has played his entire career to this point with the Chiefs, appeared in 15 games last season, started one and made 30 tackles. The Chiefs’ 3rd round pick in 2000 has 29 career interceptions.

Wesley, who is repped by Drew Rosenhaus, is expected to receive interest from a number of teams in the free agent market.

In a delightful twist of fate, the KU Championship may have set the
table for CBS' removal of Billy Packer.

While most of us basketball fans had resigned ourselves to a few more
years of Billy Packer's inane ramblings, ACC bias, and his disdain for
the mid-major schools; CBS has remarkably sent ol' Billy out to
pasture with at least another year on his contract.

Poll

Did you actually enjoy Billy Packer's commentary during March???

9%

Yes

7 votes

90%

No

65 votes

72 votes | Poll has closed

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