Jeremy: Free Stylin'

I will now attempt to rant free style, without looking up any facts, about my thoughts on the world of sports. (Disclaimer: Yes, I have had >/= 3 beers.)

*Is there any doubt left in anyone's mind that the Vikings will NOT improve going into next season? Honestly. There was one area that desperately needed to be addressed during free agency and that was WR. So what did we get? Something named Bobby Wade? A dude who is under 6 feet tall with two first names? That's it? Also, we got a tight end in free agency, who caught less passes last year than the guy we let go, Jermaine Wiggins. Remember the "Sarcastic Clapping Family" sketches on Saturday Night Live? Picture that sketch, but instead of a family, picture me at the table, clapping sarcastically, with Zygi Wilf and Brad Childress across the table from me.

*By the way, if you haven't yet, please read more about the Vikings free agency dealings this off-season. After which, if you aren't already, please consider what a perfect time it is to become a Golden Gopher Football fan.

*Kevin McHale was voted by Forbes magazine as the best General Manager in all of sports. The criteria was weighted ridiculously heavy by comparing current GM stats vs. prior GM stats. We here at Midwest Sports Rubes believe that this criteria is fair, balanced and accurate in its ability to show the talent of GM's in all of professional sports.

*In other news, Kevin McHale was also named as the best General Manager by the Bill Cosby Society (BCS). Criteria was weighted 100% based on each GM's collection of hideously ugly sweaters.

*Also, in Beating A Dead Horse news, Glen Taylor was voted as the second best owner in all of sports by the Al Davis Association for Owners Who Allow Their Emotions and Personal Feelings to get Too Involved in Front Office Decisions (ADAOWATEPFTIFOD).

*This just in... Troy Hudson has been put into the starting line-up by Randy Whitman. Hudson will attempt to build a house with all of the bricks that he shoots so that the Timberwolves don't have to board up the franchise, they can actually just move. (Side note: If we ever have to refer to the Timberwolves as "The House That T-Hud Built," please remind me that choosing death by killer bees is still an option.)

*Sid went ahead and said this week that the only coaches that can save the Gophers men's b-ball team are Flip Saunders or... Bob Knight. Here's a question... Is there anyone besides Sid who thinks that Bob Knight has a shot at this job? Here's another question... Have you seen this team play? I'm not sure that ANYONE can save this program right now. The wheels fell off a long, long time ago, and this is probably a 2-3 year rebuilding job.