Preseason game decides one thing, at least
Note: This column appears in the 8/28 issue of The Glendale Star, and the 8/29 issue of the Peoria Times The Cardinals faced the Raiders in Oakland this past Saturday evening. I figured that not only would this game help the Cardinals work out the kinks, but it could help me try and get into form as well. After all, I have a full season of groundbreaking columns to write. With that in mind, I decided to do a running log of Saturday’s game. Here is what followed: 6:00 : Our announcers for this evening are the preseason team of Mike Goldberg and Bill Lewis. They are a bit rusty. 1sr qtr : Matt Leinart is equally rusty. His first pass is intercepted. Actually, let’s hope that’s rust, and not Matt Leinartness. 1st qtr : So far -- and this game is about five minutes old now -- Goldberg has referred to Raiders’ quarterback JaMarcus Russell as: ChaMarcus Russell, Marcus Russell, Darren McFadden, and, occasionally, JaMarcus Russell. 1st qtr : There has been a penalty flag on every other play. ...