Three-Dot Lounge welcomes Phil Simms

Why do football announcers feel they have to say "the football'' every time they refer to the ball being used? Phil Simms did it 35 times in the 1st half yesterday. I counted. You know: This is a big play in this football game. He needs to take better care of the football. Great football players make great football plays. Is that right? Do they think that we think the football is a cantalope? Do they think it makes them sound smarter? You don't hear baseball announcers talk about the baseball. Simms is by far the worst offender...

Nice stories over the weekend about Indy stealing the Colts. Having grown up in MD, albeit as a Redskins fan, I remember the pain Bawlmer felt. To get a sense of what the Colts meant to Charm City, rent the movie Diner. Not only is it among the greatest guy movies ever, it pays loving tribute to Colts devotion, circa 1959...

You could see Schottenheimer's throat compacting in the 4th quarter yesterday... Brady has reached Montana status when the money is on the table... but Indy will beat New England, because its defense has come to play. Imagine doubling Harrison and Wayne with, gulp, Artrell Hawkins... and it's too bad a second-rate team like the Bears will make the Super Bowl, but that seems likely...

Been here since '88, can't remember another year when UC, X and Miami all mediocre or worse. Stanley Burrell so perfectly defines the Muskies, his face ought to be on their jerseys.

This is the sort of weather that makes people move to Florida. Google Seasonal Affective Disorder, see a street map of us.