Los Angeles is a city undivided in its division. The grime, the smog, the midsummer heat. Everyone is affected, the rich, the poor, the young. The old. LA is the last, great American tabloid. Those who love the city will claim that there’s nothing like it on a clear day, a crisp day, when the [...]

Welcome to the Offensive Line Practice Chat Room! EarthwermKurt: Seriously? TheBarwisAidMan: YES. SERIOUSLY. EarthwermKurt: You want me to run through that? TheBarwisAidMan: QUIT GABBING YOU HUMAN SIZED SACK OF VAGINAS AND DRAG YOUR WATERBED OF AN ASS THROUGH THAT TUNNEL EarthwermKurt: It’s only 16 inches tall TheBarwisAidMan: TO IMPROVE YOUR PAD LEVEL EarthwermKurt: There is [...]

Chapter 2:  5′ 11″ of South American Sex Appeal (for “Chapter 1:  Ann Arbor’s Not A Whore (But She’s No Saint Either)” click here) Normally a leggy broad in my office is cause for celebration.  But I don’t take too kindly to unannounced guests, especially when I think they came with an agenda. “My name’s [...]

The distant mountains sat dark blue in the fog-streaked ether. Barwis sighed, clenching his teeth tight against each other. Exhale. Inhale. He counted in irregular patterns of serpentine disillusionment. He spat dark mottles of blood onto the dirt, shivering in the morning chill. He wrapped the twine around his upper arm and pulled until it [...]

Part 1, here. Strategy A frequent complaint under the Lloyd Carr regime was that the offensive play-calling relied too much on “throwing rock” - plunging Mike Hart into the defensive line, through the same hole, ad nauseum. Frequently, fans complained of a lack of “halftime adjustments” of some sort. Many hoped that Rodriguez, architect of the [...]