I never thought that I would see that

With the growth of the EPL, people in the United States are starting to care about soccer. But that does not explain what I saw at a restaurant in South Jersey a couple of days ago. The wife and I went to this place called Tailgaters, which had really good food, and there were two soccer jerseys hanging on the wall and not you typical Liverpool, Chelski, Arsenal, or United jerseys. On the wall was an Italian league team jersey and a Greece Super League team, yes a Green Super League Team.

Inter Milan, the Italian league team

Panathinaikos FC: the Greek Super League team

It was weird to see a soccer jersey on the walls but a Greek Super League team just blew my mind.

William the Mole

William the Mole and Jose the Vulcan, what fun.

Bill Callahan Part II

Sometimes coaching choice make sense and other times they make no sense at all. On Friday Tennessee decided to hire Lane Kiffin to be their coach. That one makes no sense at all.

This situation reminds me of when another traditional power decided to hire a former fired Raiders head coach. A couple of years ago Nebraska, wanting to change the direction of the program, hired former Raiders head coach Bill Callahan. The hire was a complete disaster and made the program review what it wanted to do.

Making the wrong hire can set back a program for years. I hope AD Mike Hamilton knows something that I do not know, cause this has potential to be great comedy. Which as a Tennessee hater would be great.

No Shirt and Tie: No Service

Maui, Anaheim, Orlando.

While all are located in very different sections of the country, college basketball coaches think that they are the same. Every week of Thanksgiving college basketball teams head to the three cities for their annual holiday tournaments. While the tournaments offer some great basketball, one thing that is lacking is stylish coaches.

While wearing a camping shirt in Maui is part of being part of the Maui Invitational, some college coaches have taken that rule to Anaheim and Orlando. Coaches at the two tournaments have decided to all wear golf shirts or camping shirts.

I understand wearing a Hawaiian shirt at the Maui cause that is part of the cultural, but wearing one at the other two tournaments make no sense. Come on some of these college coaches are making more then $2 million a year the least that they can do is wear a shirt and tie to a game, hey you don't even have to wear the sport coat.

Look out in the stands

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This is not the greatest shot in the world, but the cheerleader found out how hard the ball was struck.

Thank you

So this is it I guess, the era is over.

The last decade has been great to be a fan of the birds, from the domination of the NFC East to the Super Bowl it has been a great time to be a fan. But now the era appears to be over after Andy Reid decided to bench Mc5 for the second half the of the Bird implosion to the Ravens.

It always painful to see the end of something, like a relationship, it never seems to the end the way that you think it would. At the start of the year, I like most Birds fans thought that this year would be a great season even maybe a trip to Tampa for the Super Bowl. But it has not happened like that, the tie versus the Bengals and then the mess that was Sunday, have made the season almost painful to watch.

If this is the end, its been a great roller coaster ride for the Reid/Mc5 era.

From draft day, where some birds fan wanted the best pot head in the world, Rickie Williams to the loss to the Bucs in the NFC Champions game during the last game at the Vet, to the Super Bowl, to the T.O. mess, to Jeff Garcia saving the season it has been a ride that many people including myself will never forget.

This has been the best era for the birds ever, anyone who says differently is dead wrong.

Reid is one of the few coaches in the history of the NFL to have over 100 regular season wins. His coaching tree is continuing to grow with two current assistance having head coaching jobs and Jimmie Johnson being one of the most respected assistants in the league. When he took over almost a decade ago, he did things right, draft Mc5 out of Syracuse and then built a great team. Remember that Mc5 is the only QB from that 1999 draft class to still be a player in the league, and Dante Culpepper does not count. When people start talking about how bad Reid has been just remember it could have been Jim Haslett.

As for Mc5 where do you start, he is the best QB that the Eagles have ever seen and there is no arguing that. He has been the face of the franchise and done things that a decade ago seemed unreachable. If this is the end of the road in green for Mc5, it was great decade and it will never be forgotten.

So if this is the end, thank you again and let the overhaul being.

Professional Tailgating: Is this Alaska?

I'm not a big fan of the cold, so yesterday's Rutgers vs. Army game was a little tough on the bones. The Only Time Will Tell Tailgating Crew was there for the fun. The cold does strange things to people, it makes people make weird fashion choices.

Endy in the Outfield shows a place for the tailgating crew to keep warm.Quincy Carter's coke habit cooks some breakfast

Tomorrow Quincy Carter's coke habit will be catching Opilio crab
Is this the next mayor of Wasilia, Alaska

If Rutgers is looking for a new kicker this guy might be the guy.

Wes Brown fell on a biscut

Everyone is sick and can not play for England in the midweek, so the Special One looks into the situation.

Mascot Madness: Peanut Butter Jelly Time

Banana Man breaks it down at a Florida Panthers game.

Electric Football is not dead

Two decades ago electric football appeared to be dead, but now its making a little of a comeback. A couple of weeks ago, part of the Only Time Will Tell tailgating crew went to a friends house and saw one of the great electric football collections.

Now that is what I call a collection

The field, I know its a Cowboys field but its still kind of cool

Look its the Houston Oilers

Ties and Tattoos

Wow a couple of weeks ago, wifey and I decided to take the plunge, no not get married cause we already did that, but instead move into the 21st century of TV. So we decided to step up and purchase a High Def TV and boy has my sports life been different since then.

Gone are the days are watching regular TV, now its about all about sports in HD. My life has been changed for ever both in a positive and a negative way.

Since the HD has come into my life I have stopped communicating with the outside work, hey there is too much HD sports on to even think about talking to people. Earlier today, my friend over at Sox and Phils sent me a message asking me if I have given up on Only Time Will Tell, my answer was easy ""No, I've not had that much time because of the amount of HD sports that I have been watching.''

But with all of the positives of the HD, there are a couple of negatives: ties and tattoos. On regular TV both ties and tattoos look blurry and really not that interesting, but in HD it's a different story. Now ties look brighter and more detailed, which is not always a good things. Some on air personalities need to have their heads examined when they pick out their ties.
With College Basketball season starting, there are all kinds of tattoos on HD and sometimes you wonder why a person would put that on their body. With HD every tattoo looks detailed, which makes you question some of these players choices.
So its back to the HD for the rest of the night the 'Canes are on .

The Cover Story: SI Style

With the season just starting, SI this week released their college basketball preview editions with a twist. Instead of having a key men's player on the cover, the magazine decided to put the best men's and women's player from the same school on the cover. Its very interesting, but I really like it.

North Carolina

UConn

Pitt

Oklahoma

Notre Dame

Arizona State

Wayne is Sleepy

It bed time with Wayne and Jose tells him a special story.

A lazy day

So the weather outside is terrible and no games to go to, that can mean only one thing a few day of sports. Starting with some soccer Arsenal vs. Aston Villa and then moving on to college football. Here are my thoughts during the lazy day.

The Next Generation of Heels

While North Carolina comes into the season ranked number 1. Roy Williams is planning for the future of the program with the top ranked recruiting class for 2009. The early signing period started Wednesday and here is a look at the next generation of Heels:

Jon Henson, PF


Dexter Strickland, PG


Travis Wear, PF


David Wear, PF


Leslie McDonald, SG


You can see why this next generation might be comparable to the 2006 class, which has carried the program for the last couple of years. It makes you feel good to know that talent level at the Smith Center is not going to drop any time soon.

It's not easy being Orange

What do Clemson, Tennessee, and Syracuse all have a common, they all wear orange and are looking for a new football coach. Orange seems like the color of doom around college football.
Clemson started the year as a different pick to play for the national championship. Now they are such a mess that making a bowl game seems like it's going to be impossible. They fired Mr. Tommy Bowden and now are looking for someone to restart the program.
Tennessee over the off season went out and hired a new offensive coordinator to change the offense, that has not worked out. The team has no quarterback and an offense that might be one of the worst in any BCS conference.
Syracuse where do you start with them, they are just terrible. No offense, no defense and a coach that could not coach a Pop Warner team.

Usually black is the color of doom, but this year in college football it appears to be orange.

It's now the start of the season

The season started last night with Duke beating a church or some terrible school. Here are some of the covers Athlon College Basketball Preview Magazine.

Memphis

Arizona/Arizona State

UCLA/USC

Texas/Texas A&M/Baylor

Professional Tailgating: Greg Robinson's last trip to the Garden State

The Only Time Will Tell Tailgating Crew was back where it belong at the Stadium. The crew has not been there the last couple of weeks because of wedding season. Rutgers vs. Syracuse wow what fun.

Noon start no problem, screw drivers for all.

Getting ready for the funnel

Funnel time

No spilling, please

The game lacked quality so we started taking pictures of our self

Soccer Saturday with the gang

Jeff Stelling should look out as the gang gives a great recreation of the Soccer Saturday on Sky Sports, classic and Wayne can get a puppy after the Specials Ones election win, sound familiar.

So Far Ok

A couple of months ago the best sports talk team in the United States was broken up. Mike and the Mad Dog was no more and both Mike Francesa and Chris Russo decided to go their separate ways, with Francesa stay at WFAN and Russo moving over the Sirius XM Radio to host his own show and channel.

So far Russo's new show, Mad Dog Unleashed, has been ok. There are a couple of things that Russo has to learn in order to take his show to the next level.

The major thing that Russo has to do his learn more about college football. I think that Russo under estimated how popular college football is. When he was in at WFAN college football never really came up except for the time they took the show to the Rutgers Louisville game a couple of years ago. People living the SEC and Big 12 countries do not have pro teams to root for and their college football's teams are the only thing that they have. Besides that his show has been a success. The guest have been outstanding and have not been limited to New York media types.

His show is already moving in a positive direction and I can not wait to continue to watch the show develop, which it will.