NFL review overhaul?

Today on CBS's The NFL Today Coach Bill Cower advocated an overhaul of the NFL's review rules following the Lion's review debacle last week.  His position was that the rules should be similar to college rules, with no coach's reviews at all and ALL plays reviewed by a review official in the booth.

I greatly respect Coach Cower's skill and ability, but WRT the replay overhaul he's dead wrong.  A coach knowing the rules and making the right call is part of the game.  Living with bad calls on the part of the coach or the officials is part of the game. 

The logical conclusion of the "kinder, gentler" NFL is that eventually we will just be watching the owners sitting around playing Madden every Sunday.

The Babineaux Method: Stupid internet idea is stupid

Pointed out to me by Lady Tam, and originally posted on CTD'S blog:

If the pistol has a magazine-release button on both sides, the trigger finger begins curled with tip resting upon the forward surface of the release button. From here, the finger travels along the frame inside the rear of the trigger guard until it fills the gap between the rear of the trigger and the frame. The purpose is to use the trigger finger to mechanically block rearward movement of the trigger. The gun begins its descent into the mouth of the holster with the finger behind the trigger. Once the mouth of the holster accepts the trigger guard and there is no longer room for the index finger, the position is released and gun is fully seated.


My take:

After you’ve shot somebody, with sirens screaming and smoke billowing and people crying, you’re SURE your finger will be BEHIND the trigger and not in front of it. Right.


Glocks have two flaws: Pulling the trigger has a function BESIDES discharging the weapon, and the “safety” is ON the trigger… so anything that accidentally snags the trigger can also disengage the safety.

Deliberately ticking something INSIDE the trigger guard of ANY gun when you DON’T want to fire is is just stupid. Training to do so and then attempting it in an emergency is Darwin-worthy.

Back to blogging?

My wife pointed out that I write stuff on the internet all the time, so why aren't I blogging?  I may as well, right?

So, for the next little while I'm going to link to stuff I've commented on or which interests me and see how it goes.