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How is Bobby Knight such a "jerk" when he has always posted a high graduation rates and never has been involved in any NCAA sanctions and/or scandals all of these years? I think he is a role model for all players and coaches to look up to.

What is your specific problem with Aikman? I think he has been great ever since he started out.

Just wanted to show off my new avatar. Suck one!

Foo Fighters, The Killers, Coldplay, or Chili Peppers would not appeal to the masses. In fact, a country guy like Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw or Keith Urban would appeal to more people than that. Even Carrie Underwood. I'm 33 and between Foo Fighters, The Killers, and Coldplay, i can't even name one song. In fact, I never heard of The Killers. Overall, I'm fine with the Super Bowl Halftime entertainment. It is what it is and you'll never please everybody.

Will Ferrell had the best commerical until the Victoria's Secret one. I also liked the Pepsi Max commercial and the Bridgestone tire one. The Shaq one was fine and even the Justin Timberlake one was good. That all being said, this was one of the worst years for commericals that I can remember.

I thought Petty was a little weak on the first song but did just fine afterwards. I thought it was funny how a buddy of mine me said that he was seriously debating whether to see Petty at Summerfest this year, but after watching the Halftime show, he decided not to. On a side note, has Bruce Springsteen ever done a Halftime show? He's not my favorite, but he sure would seem to be a natural for it. I can't remember him doing one. I would assume he has been asked but declined.

I thought it was awesome!

Andy Reid has the kids messed up on drugs, not Holmgren.

paul253 and Crazyk1294, There was no school today for MPS students. It was a banking day for teachers and the students had the day off.

Thanks TooLive, You responded on that before I could. Barb has had a combination of being uninformed about Chris Benoit's "illegal" drug use, which it wasn't because he had prescriptions for his drugs and misquoting me. To answer someone else's question, I feel for Nancy and Daniel Benoit's family and friends because they did not make the choice to abuse and overdose on drugs, like Chris Benoit and Heath Ledger did. They were the innocent victims of Chris Benoit's irrational choices. As far as the person who asked how can we test in Hollywood when there are thousands of actors, well there are thousands of combined major and minor league athletes in various sports like football, baseball, and basketball to name a few, and they are tested. Hollywood definitely has the dough and resources to test if they chose to.

Thank you Jason. Good to see finally someone gets my point.

Barbs, Sorry, but you aren't making any sense. It is documented that many of Chris Benoit's drugs were prescribed by his doctor as well, just like Ledger, so there is no difference there. They are the same because both abused their prescription medications. Benoit's steriods weren't illegal because he had a doctor prescribe them for him. You are wrong on your assumption there that Chris Benoit was taking drugs illegally. Hollywood knows that they have a drug problem as well , just as Vince McMahon knew his wrestlers were on steriods, just as Bud Selig and baseball owners, GM's, managers (Phil Garner), and trainers, knew their players were on steriods. So why aren't Hollywood studios doing anything to get their talents off of drugs as well? Why are there no consequences and condemnations for Hollywood studios and even record labels for that matter? Why blame Vince McMahon but not Hollywood studios, record labels, or baseball?

I don't feel anything at all for Chris Benoit except anger. What he did was unforgiveable to say the very least. I do (obviously) feel bad for Nancy (his wife) and Daniel (his son). They were innocent victims of unspeakable crimes. I also feel bad for anyone connected to Nancy and Daniel as, again, they were innocent victims of unspeakable crimes. I don't blame Vince McMahon and professional wrestling at all for any of this. If Vince McMahon and professional wrestling are to blame, then I guess Hollywood and any movie studio, script writer, and director that Heath Ledger worked for are to blame also.

Agreed Valpo. Suicide is, by far, a bigger killer than AIDS in this country. Why should I feel bad for his ex-wife, kid, and other family and friends of his when he obviously didn't care that much about them? If he did, he would have gotten help instead of taking the easy way out. Suicide is probably the most selfish thing you can do. The person "relieves" themselves, but yet they cause endless people endless years of mental pain and suffering. Again, I don't see again why I should feel bad at all about this situation.

I don't get why this is a shame or terrible news. He did it to himself, therefore I have absolutely no sympathy for him.

Point, Thank you for correcting me on my error about Monday Night Raw. I was wrong, but it is a cable record. I'll admit when I'm wrong. However, it being on for fifteen years and generating consistent top ten cable ratings every week (and for a long time in first place) shows that a lot of people do care about professional wrestling. You are also correct that I am griping. I am upset that two things I really enjoy are getting singled out and getting a bad rap when many other industries are doing the same thing and probably doing it worse, everyone knows it, and nothing is being done. Maybe musicians, actors, and actresses should be licensed and regulated to be fair. Although my personal belief is for the government to stay out of everyone's business, so I wish they would go away from baseball, wrestling, and everything. I just hate the inconsistency and hypocrisy of it all. I also enjoy and agree with your point about Aerosmith. The bottom line is I am ranting and I wish the government would stay out of baseball's and wrestling's business and quit grandstanding. Deep down they could really care less. They are just doing this to make them look good.

I don't know how to do the quotes either, but percentage wise, I would bet that more NBA players smoke the funky green over wrestlers, and I've been on a great roll in betting as of late. The bottom line is that I don't care about that anyways. What I do care about is the singling out of baseball and professional wrestling over all of the other forms of entertainment.

I agree baseball and wrestling have a steriod problem. However many other forms of entertainment have drug problems also but no one wants to regulate them. That's my whole point of the thread. The Smoking Gun reports on many celebrity mishaps. It doesn't just focus on wrestlers. You are telling me the NBA players are weed free now? Plus you never answered my question if you really think there are more wrestlers than NBA players smoking weed. The WWE has testing programs in place and they suspended and fired many offenders of the program. You also ignored my points on Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg. I understand Congress. Congress is having various hearings on drug use in baseball and wrestling. Why not have hearings against other forms of entertainment? Again, this is my point. What regulations has Congress imposed on Hollywood and its performers? Yes, the government has taken Britney's kids, but have they done any investigations on her supposed illegal substance abuse? Again, this is my point. Also, I liked how you conviently abondoned your viewpoints on Hilton and Lohan, especially Paris' "pretty stiff penalty for a DUI". Don't forget she also spent her time away from the hardened convicts, unlike you or me would have had to. Lastly, you said in your original post that, "generally speaking, no one cares about professional wrestling." When quickly proven wrong,y ou conviently switched it to the mainstream media not caring. Interesting. By the way, thousands of more people care about Hulk Hogan, John Cena, and The Undertaker than they do about Robert Blake and Dana Plato. My main point is I don't like Congress grandstanding and witchhunting baseball and wrestling when the same problems are existing in possibly even a worse fashion in Hollywood, music, and other forms of entertainment.

Joey, I think your perceptions of wrestling are different from reality kind of like with poker. First you said, "With regard to steroids, and probably all illegal narcotics wrestling probably is the biggest culprit. " I doubt this. The Mitchell report will reveal tons of names of steroids in baseball. Jose Canseco and Ken Caminiti (guys with first hand knowledge) say easily over half of baseball players were on steriods. This already puts the number higher than wrestlers. As far as wrestlers being the highest users of illegal narcotics, how do you know this? Just your perception I guess. I guarantee more NBA players use weed over wrestlers and no one would question that. Then you say cocaine is illegal. Thanks for proving my point. Tons of actors, actresses, musicians, and other entertainers have had numerous reports on their cocaine use. Kevin Dubrow just died from it. Yet Congress is attacking baseball and professional wrestling only. Why? Your point proved mine. Then you say, "Sure -- pot though is legal in some states to possess in certain quantities -- you really cannot compare the reefer to steroids." I'm sure Willie, Snoop, and others do not get rid of their pot on their busses when they travel to states that forbid it. I also am sure they have more pot on them then what states that do allow it allow them to have. Also, why can't I compare pot to steriods, they are both illegal substances? Again, why attack baseball and wrestling but not other forms of entertainment? Then you say, "Spears lost her children -- Paris Hilton got a pretty stiff penalty for a DUI -- Lohan has had all sorts of legal troubles." Spears lost her kids, obviously she doesn't care. She is still doing the same stuff yet I don't see the government intervene. Lohan served less than an hour in jail, tons of legal problems there (lol). And how much time did Paris spend in jail? Less than a week. And that was only after the judge forced her to come back after a public outcry. Hardly a "pretty stiff penalty", to use your own words. Again, I don't see Congress going after these people. And your last, and probably most uninformed comment, "Generally speaking -- no one cares about professional wrestling or even the entertainment industry at large." Do you realize that WWE has had the top ten cable programming for the past ten years? Do you realize that WWE programming rating's are higher than the BNBA and MLB in general? Do you realize that WWE has attendance records set in many buildings all around the world? Do you realize the tens of millions of dollars that the WWE does in merchandise sales per year. Watch kids walk around in a school, mall, or playground and you will see them wearing more WWE clothing than any other sport. Do you see the tens of millions of dollars the WWE generates in pay per view sales in a year? Do you know that WWE Raw, which just celebrated it's fifteenth anniversary this week, is the longest running television program of ALL time? Hard to say that "generally speaking, no one cares about professional wrestling." As far as the entertainment industry that "generally speaking--no one cares about." Movie and concert tickets are at an all time high in revenue generated. Many people still do care.

My question is why is the federal government so hell bent on going after steriods especially in sports and professional wrestling? Professional wrestling is ENTERTAINMENT and not a sport. If the federal government wants to clean up professional wrestling, why doesn't it stay consistent and go after all forms of entertainment? We just had the lead singer of Quiet Riot die of a cocaine overdose and hard drug use is abundant in all kinds of music, even Britney Spears. What about drug use for actors, actresses, and other celebrities? I'm sure the feds could walk on Willie Nelson's and Snoop Dogg's tour buses anytime and find pot. I'm sure there are many actors who take steriods and HGH for appearance reasons as well. Stallone was caught with possession of HGH not too long ago in a foreign country. Why are professional wrestlers crucified while the Lohans, Hiltons, and Spears being able to get away with anything and everything? Also, where is the positive media coverage on all of the good things that the WWE and its wrestlers do for charities, including their recent annual trip around Christmas time to Iraq to perform for the soldiers? Only the bad is reported in professional wrestling, yet other forms of entertainment have been getting away with anything and everything since the beginning of time.

I've heard nothing but awesome reviews about this tour. Concert recording by concert goers in large arenas almost always sound terrible.

We interviewed Don Money for our show when we were in Huntsville (you can see it on our video archives on brewcrewreview.com). He was very friendly and accomadating before, during, and after the interview. In fact the, couple of times we've been to Huntsville, Don Money was always very nice to us.

Check out the USA Today today. A great article about following around my man crush Ed Hochuli for a weekend! http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2007-10-09-officials_N.htm

Chicago Bears!

Gotta love their fans. Especially how they booed their team all the way through the game until the very end!