2 Quick Thursday Morning Hits:

I always thought that Florida has some of the weirdest news stories come out. Whenever there was somebody that had their left butt cheek bitten off by an alligator after they passed out from meth or somebody that was living in a tree and now claiming they didn't want to pay taxes I knew it was from Florida.

Well, now we can all rest easier knowing that Florida has officially been named the state with the weirdest News.Was there any doubt? A Web site today announced that Florida is the state with the strangest news in the nation.

It said it analyzed nearly 2,000 Associated Press "strange news" stories in the past year to rank states and cities.

Florida topped the list of 10 states with the strangest news.

It noted such stories as a man in South Florida who called 911 after a fast-food restaurant ran out of lemonade and one about a Tampa-area Lottery winner who wants to open a nude dude ranch.

The second-strangest state was New Hampshire. Alaska came in at No. 3, followed by Wisconsin.



Next, I want to either rant or sympatheize I'm not sure about this Eric Mangino saga. In case you didn't hear Kansas Portly Football Coach is under fire and might lose his job because he yelled at his football team on occasion and even....gasp......poked one of them in the chest during a practice.....mind you the player was wearing pads.....so he did not have to go to the hospital for any injuries incurred from the chest poking.

Here are a few other quotes from former players on the abuse they sustained from Mangino:

A player Ray Brown cited two examples. He said that once, his younger brother had been shot in the arm in St. Louis. Then came a game.


"I dropped a pass and [Mangino] was mad," Brown said. "And I said, 'Yes, sir. Yes, sir.' The yelling didn't bother me. But then he said, 'Shut up!' He said, 'If you don't shut up, I'm going to send you back to St. Louis so you can get shot with your homies.' I was irate. I wanted to hurt him to be honest with you."

Brown said another teammate had confided in the team that his father was an alcoholic and the player dreamed of becoming a lawyer.


"One day, [Mangino] said in front of the entire team, 'Are you going to be a lawyer or do you want to become an alcoholic like your Dad?' " Brown said.

OK....Now that is not very christian or Jew Like to say but still is that really that bad? I mean these are grown adults (over the age of 18) not pee-wee leegue or High School players and for the most part have full ride scholarships to a major D1 football program. Let's face it...Football is a physical sport and if demonstrating or motivating a player entails you yelling at them or poking them...I'm fine with that.

And, Mangino was not lying on any of the verbal rants toward players. He didn't say anything racial he was simply stating truths. Now, Would I motivate players like that? No.......but under Reger's freedom of speech act Mangino has every right to say these things but on the same token the players every right not to go and play for him. Once again.....these are kids playing college football....if they don't want to take the heat then simply quit and transfer or just take your free ride and go to class and enjoy yourself? Am I wrong in thinking this?

Just to add in another dose.....this was my favorite quote that got one of my favorite college basketball coaches Rick Majerus in some hot water:

Majerus kept telling [former Utah player Michael] Doleac that he needed to keep six inches between himself and his opponent in the post. When Doleac was caught shortly after leaning on his man, the coach erupted. "'Jesus fuckin Christ, Doleac! When a guy catches the ball in the post, you gap him six inches!'" Doleac recalls Majerus yelling. "Then he turns to the guys sitting on the baseline and says, 'Six fuckinin inches,' and he says, 'the size of the average white dick!' and then pulls out his penis to emphasize length."

I love that one.....but I take exception to being grouped into most white males average length???????

What does the dojo feel about this?