Harbaugh’S Debut A Snap: One Play And 15-Yard Loss
CHICAGO — He ran in. He took the snap. He got sacked. He ran out.
Jim Harbaugh had just made his first play in the National Football League.
“What’d I lose, nine yards?” he asked in the locker room after his Chicago Bears mauled the Lions, 30-10.
“Uh, actually,” someone said, “it was 15.”
“Fifteen?” He shook his head. “Oh . . . bleep.”
Welcome to the NFL. This was not the moment Jim Harbaugh dreamed of when he was quarterbacking the Michigan Wolverines last year. But then, a lot has happened since then. And anything can happen with the Chicago Bears.
15 Good Reasons To Give Thanks
As we NFL pickers enter the Thanksgiving holidays, let us give thanks for the following:
1. Jim McMahon doesn’t have a younger brother.
2. Lawrence Taylor doesn’t have enough material for another book.
3. The LA Raiders have finally shut up.
4. Dan Dierdorf.
5. Whoever hired Dan Dierdorf.
6. Brian Bosworth has to wear a helmet.
7. The 30-second clock.
8. The instant replay check — when it works for your team.
9. The trouble in Dallas. It’s about time the Cowboys had some problems.
DREAM ELUDES SENIORS
ANN ARBOR — It ended with a Michigan receiver leaping desperately into a sandwich of Ohio State defenders, the ball out of reach, the party over. The Buckeyes fans poured onto the field. The Buckeyes players hoisted their coach on their shoulders. It was not the...
DREAM FINISH ELUDES SENIORS
ANN ARBOR — It ended with a Michigan receiver leaping desperately into a sandwich of Ohio State defenders, the ball out of reach, the party over. It was not the finish the Wolverines dreamed about; more like the nightmare they could not escape.”Turnovers,...
A SCATBACK’S SWAN SONG IF ANYONE DESERVES A PERFECT ENDING, IT’S JAMIE MORRIS
ANN ARBOR — We sat in a campus coffee shop, just a few days before the big game. Had this been a typical Wolverines season, Jamie Morris would have had little time for breathing, much less breakfast. Michigan-Ohio State? This Saturday? Wait. Shouldn’t...
Trammell Misses Mvp, But The Big Prize Is His
The first question is whether Alan Trammell deserved it. The answer is yes. “Most valuable player” is a funny phrase — it means different things to different people — but if you spent time around the Tigers this season, you know Trammell, the shortstop and cleanup hitter, was oozing the right stuff.
For Lions’ Long, Losing Is All Part Of Growing Up
WASHINGTON — He was sitting in the grass near the 30-yard line, his head drooped, shaking in disbelief, even as the Redskin defenders danced around him in victorious glee. Chuck Long had just tried one of the simpler things in football, throwing away a pass, and he had missed the target. The target was the ground.
The ground?
LONG’S PERFORMANCE – A CASE OF GROWING PAINS
WASHINGTON — He sat in the grass near the 30 yard line, shaking his head, even as the Redskin defenders danced around him in glee. Chuck Long had just tried one of the simpler things in football, throwing away a pass, and he had missed the target. The target was...
Splits, Spikes, Moonwalks
Let us talk today about the touchdown celebration. It is not what it used to be.
Gone are the days of Billy (White Shoes) Johnson, wiggling his knees like a man balancing on an ocean raft.
Gone are the days of “the dice roll,” where two players dropped to the turf, spun the football, then slapped hands as if they’d just rolled snake eyes.
Remember when the spike was a work of art? Now the trend is to flip the ball to the referee and run off in search of a Gatorade bucket to dump on the coach.
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