I am Catholic.  I was baptized, confirmed, married in the Church, married into an Irish-Catholic family.  I go to Church on Sunday.  I try and live my life like Jesus would want me to...sometimes. Basically, what I am saying, I’ve got a decent relationship with the Lord.  And that’s where it ends.  I AM FED UP with all of this thanking of a person’s lord and savior Jesus Christ when it comes to sports.  I’m sorry.  I am done hearing it, seeing it, looking at it.  I respect that an athlete has a relationship with the Lord and that relationship has obviously been a source of comfort and inspiration in their life.  Cool.  I just don’t want to hear about it anymore.  Okay???  The Lord does not catch TD’s, run for TD’s, kick field goals, make interceptions, etc.  The person does.  Now, if that person feels 100% that Jesus helped them, no problem.  When the game is over and that player is back at home, by himself, THEN thank the Lord.  I don’t need to see it right after a field goal.  Kurt Warner, you are a great QB, a future Hall of Fame QB.  I am already cringing because of what I know you are going to start your acceptance speech off with on the steps of Canton.  “First off, I want to thank my Lord and…”  ENOUGH!!!  What, God hates the Eagles and Ravens? 

The game is set.  Pittsburgh trying to become the first 6-time winner of the Super Bowl.  Arizona, trying to become the ultimate David when facing Goliath.  This will actually be a great game to watch.  And I am sure a good chunk of America will be pulling for the Cardinals.  The USA loves the underdog.  I am good with either team although I am going to take the Steelers and give the 6.5 points.  Pittsburgh has a bunch of guys who have been through a Super Bowl week and the game itself.  Arizona?  I think it’s just Warner. 

Watched some college hoops this weekend.  Starting to get fired-up.  March Madness, Aztecs Spring football, Aztecs baseball, coupled with the NFL draft is really all we have to look forward to until Chargers training camp.  Yes, I omitted the Padres.  Sorry, the huge get, David Eckstein, does not ruffle my skirt.  Talk to me in 2 to 3 years, Pads. 

Talk to you next week,

Mike                    

YOU pump the brakes, Jeff.  (SEE DOTSETH BLOG) I've got a factory full of figure 4 leg-locks just waiting to be opened up on somebody.  Don't bring that "S" into my dojo.  Rosey is a man, he can protect himself.  He doesn't need the worst Minnesota has ever produced, fighting his battles.  Yeah, I just said that, pike-boy! 

And Josh, sorry but it's true.  I went back last night and watched "Beneath The Planet of the Apes."  With a shaved head, you do look like the radiated, mutant, underground dwellers who worship the bomb. 
 
America likes Mike Costa!

Mike  

WHAT PETER KING SAYS ABOUT TITANS QB VINCE YOUNG:

FROM SI.COM:  “Vince Young gives off about the worst body language of any backup quarterback I've ever seen.

I was in the Titans' locker room Thursday for 45 minutes and never saw a sign of Young, who lockers next to Kerry Collins and a couple of stalls down from third-stringer Chris Simms. Collins and Simms enjoyed the time in media-access, talking to an out-of-town reporter or two about their team, their old teams, Brett Favre, the Browns hiring Eric Mangini and anything else that came up. Nice, easy conversation. No Young. That's par for the course, one Titans source told me. Young's not one to pal around or shoot the breeze much with Collins.

On Saturday, a few minutes before the opening kickoff of the playoff game against Baltimore, there was Young, the once and perhaps future quarterback king of Tennessee, sitting alone on the bench. Out on the field, loosening up between the Martina McBride rendition of the anthem and the start of the game, was Collins, throwing to a receiver with Simms throwing the ball back.

Before the opening kickoff, Collins and Simms talked together, with Young still on the bench. And often during the game -- except when the three quarterbacks gathered between series with offensive coordinator Mike Heimerdinger -- Young was away from the action, just watching in his Titans' coat. Maybe there were times when he suggested something to Collins or Heimerdinger, but I never saw it.

When Collins took Young's job early in the season, I wrote that Young was rebuffing Collins' attempt to take him under his wing and show him how to rebound from adversity and become a better player. From what I saw this week, Young's still not willing to listen. A shame. It'll be interesting to see how the Titans, with the sudden arrival of the offseason, handle the Young story. I'd be surprised if they didn't aggressively try to re-sign Collins, whose contract is up. Where would signing Collins leave Young? My feeling is the Titans will look to move him. That's going to be the big story of the Tennessee offseason.

Salary cap-wise, the Titans are under no immediate pressure to move Young. The third-year quarterback's 2009 cap number is a very palatable $4.6 million, but it jumps to $14.2 million in 2010. And if they either cut him or trade him in 2009, he would count as $7.74 million on their cap in 2009 because of the pro-rated signing bonuses and guarantees that would come due immediately. The Titans haven't reached the point of no return with Young the way they did with Pacman Jones a year ago; it's not even close. But they might figure that a $7.74-million cap hit would be a small price to pay to be rid of the Young distraction if they can re-sign Collins.

One big factor in Young's future: Owner Bud Adams, a Texan through and through, loved the pick of Young in the 2006 draft. I doubt he'd be happy with giving up on Young after three star-crossed years. Would he draw a line in the sand and say to Jeff Fisher and GM Mike Reinfeldt, "You can't trade or release Young?'' He might.”