Why, oh why, do they do this? Open their mouths, I mean?
Take Ohio State receiver Roy Small.
Days before his Buckeyes go on the road to take on the University of Southern California — the top-ranked football team in the country — Small rips the Trojans program, describing disdainfully his recruiting visit to Los Angeles, during his senior year of high school.
He ends his rant with, “(It's) a class thing. Here at Ohio State, they teach you to be a better man. There, it's just all about football."
Well, it certainly WILL be all about football Saturday. Most analysts already think USC has the advantage, without the added edge in motivation.
Of course, Small, though he should have known better, is just a player. How does one explain Charlie Weis?
Why did the coach of Notre Dame, which hosts Michigan on Saturday, feel the need to pop off about the Wolverines, a team that embarrassed the not-so-Fighting Irish 38-0 last year?
"I've always been one never to make excuses and blow hot air," Weis claimed before the season started, adding, “… We'll listen to Michigan have all their excuses as they come running in, saying how they have a new coaching staff and there's changes.
"The hell with Michigan."
Weis later tried to backpedal, claiming the “the hell with Michigan” was a kind of tribute to former Michigan coach Bo Schembechler, who once said, “To hell with Notre Dame.” He didn’t explain what the talk about Michigan making excuses was a tribute to.
Last and certainly least, we have Jessica Simpson, paramour of Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo, who told Philadelphia Eagles fans, “We’re going to kick your butt — whoo-hoo!”
It’s bad enough when players mouth off and give an opponent bulletin-board material. It’s worse when coaches mouth off. But when girlfriends get into the act ...
Who knows? Maybe Romo likes that. But if I were he, I’d be telling Jessica not to write any checks that someone else — namely, me — has to cash.
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