More On This Craig James

OK. Those who don't follow college football probably have no idea who this Craig James fellow is. He is/was an announcer on ESPN until, apparently, he resigned to pursue a run for U.S. Senate. Fine and good. What you may not know however is that he has some definite attributes that uniquely qualify him for a seat in the esteemed body.

In his college days Craig James played for Southern Methodist. Yep he was there during the "death penalty" days. He denies involvement in wrong doing (of course), but with so much money being thrown around........ C'mon Craig. Did you or did you not make a few bucks?

Recently he was instrumental in getting Mike Leach fired from his position as HC at Texas Tech University. His son was not getting the playing time that Craig thought was warranted I'm sure. Of course there were some allegations of wrongdoing on the part of Coach Leach, but those appear to be groundless. James did not get what he wanted (playing time for his pussy son Adam) and decided to target the coach. (This is speculation of course but I would not say it is "wild speculation.") One can't help but wonder what kind of pressure was put on the administration at Texas Tech to can a darn good coach. Perhaps James has pictures of someone with a goat?

This James has been in the vicinity of  extreme corruption at SMU during his college days. Whether he was really an innocent bystander is certainly something that should be questioned and investigated. Vigorously! He may not be corrupt but he certainly must have been very aware of what was going on around him. He is not that stupid. Is he?

James sure seems to have used his "power" in a very underhanded manner to get what he wanted (son's playing time) and was a party to  the "lynching" of Coach Leach. It is doubtful that the alleged "abuse" by Leach even occurred. Again this is all just speculation by a large number of those who follow college football...but when there is smoke there is very likely a fire somewhere. Besides, if Mike Leach was such a horrible person, why would a major school (Washington State) hire him to turn their program around? Combine this with his (James) being affiliated with a corrupt college program and one can see how red flags can be raised with this dude.

Yes this Craig James is a P.O.S. and with his resume of scumbaggery appears to be quite qualified for a senate seat. The only silver lining here is that we now don't have to listen to his silly ass at game time.

Tell Me This Ain't True

Do you know who Craig James is? No? Well he is a busybody "announcer" on ESPN who seems to be more of a "legend in his own mind" than anything else. I do not like having to endure his nonsense when watching a game. A ass and no mistake is this James. He is also the same Craig James who tried his best to ruin "The Pirate's" career because his son whined about things going on in the Texas Tech football program. The problem is likely that the son; one Adam James, was not getting the playing time that he (and daddy) thought he deserved. I noticed that James (the son) is still on the roster at TTU and was getting plenty of time on the field. I figured the students in Red Raider land would have run this whiner out of town. Oh well..........

Now we learn that this James (Craig) is thinking about a run for the Senate. After all he is infinitely qualified; being a loudmouth know nothing P.O.S and all.

Mike Leach Controversy

I can't seem to get my mind around the swirl of controversy that surrounds the Texas Tech football program. Mike Leach was of course fired the other day and the finger pointing is out of control. Here lies the problem - Mike Leach apparently sent Adam James to an inappropriate area during practice. Adam reportedly had a mild concussion and felt he was being mistreated by the coaching staff. On one hand it is easy to write Adam off as a pantywaist and whiner and his father ESPN analyst Craig James as a busybody "legend in his own mind" type. On the other hand, Leach is somewhat of a loose cannon and one can get the impression that he is somewhat of a narcissist and ego maniac. Who is in the right here? If it is Coach Leach, then he has been treated unfairly by the administration. The impression I get is that Adam did not get the playing time he thought he deserved and his father jumped on the bandwagon and played the typical jerk sports father. Now if Adam is not good enough for major playing time perhaps he should consider transferring. Perhaps a school from a lower division where his chances of playing more minutes are greater would be a better fit. Major college football, after all, is big business. Not so much in the lower divisions where the game still resembles true college athletics and not the NFL farm system. There would be no shame in that, in fact, if he proved to be a quality player in lower division college ball the NFL would still come calling. They will find you if you can play the game. Now his father, from all appearances, got too involved in the issue and tried to throw his weight around (as if a football coach has any use for an "analyst"). This may have been rightfully seen by Leach as interference from a dolt into his program. If that is the case Leach may have been tempted to treat Adam differently from other players. That would be human nature, but a coach should have more maturity than that. Oh well, the controversy has been blown out of proportion and nobody will come out the winner here. Incidentally those at ESPN have shown their true colors by insinuating that Leach is the problem. Way to go dickweeds.