Texas Alumni Football has announced a partnership with Parker Sports Medicine to provide on-site injury care for athletes participating in this year’s Alumni games taking place in the Texas Panhandle.

“We are so appreciative of Dr. Parker and his staff and their willingness to help us provide a top-notch experience for each player,” said Texas Alumni Director Tim Bishop. “We have over 1,000 players from The Panhandle playing this year, and the fact is that football is a violent sport and injuries do occur. We are glad that Parker Sports Medicine is there for us.”

Dr. James Parker is a Texas Panhandle native and played football at Hereford High School before graduating in 1988.

“I feel a sincere desire to support competition at all levels and ages, and I feel that Texas Alumni Football games promote fun and healthy competition,” said Dr. Parker.  “I’m excited to be a part of it.”

For more information on Parker Sports Medicine, visit their website:  

www.drparker.com

 or call 806-350-BONE (2663).

The first action for the 2010 Alumni season gets kicked off on Friday, August 13th as the Dumas Demons will play host to their county neighbors, the Sunray Bobcats at Demon Stadium in Dumas. This will be the first game played on the Demons’ new state-of-the-art Field Turf surface.

The 2010 Texas Panhandle Alumni Schedule is listed below:

Fri Aug 13 @ Dalhart
7:30PM Fritch vs Dalhart

Fri Aug 13 @ Dumas
8:00PM Sunray vs Dumas

Sat Aug 14 @ Highland Park
7:30PM River Road vs Highland Park

Sat Aug 14 @ Pampa
7:30PM Borger vs Pampa

Sun Aug 15 @ Perryton
1:00PM Miami vs Follett
3:30PM Canadian vs Perryton

Fri Aug 20 @ Happy
8:00PM Tulia vs Happy

Sat Sep 25 @ Randall
7:30PM Caprock vs Randall
5:00PM *Hereford vs Palo Duro

*Tentative Date & Location

For more information on Alumni Football, visit their website: www.alumnifootballusa.com

Remember when Vince Young told Esquire Magazine that he would be the next black quarterback to win a SuperBowl and that he would be in the Hall of Fame? That was August of 2009. I remember. I shook my head and laughed. But he was praised for being confident and getting his groove back, just like Stella.

When it seemed like the entire world was having a sordid love affair with Vince Young in 2006 and 2007, I felt like a lone ranger in pointing out the obvious: Dude is a mediocre NFL QB. His team wins in spite of him, not because of him.

I backed my stance up with every stat imaginable, yet everybody kept coming back with the “he’s simply a winner” line. Which, in and of itself is absdurd. Over 40 men contribute to each and every win in the NFL each Sunday, not just a QB that lacks the ability to read a defense and make the necessary throws to be successful week in and week out.

Nevertheless, when VY had his mental meltdown I laid low. Almost every person in this country is confronted with mental health issues in some form or fashion either through a friend, family member, or on a personal level. I gave him the benefit of the doubt, despite the fact that he quit on his team. When he played decent football down the stretch last year and the Titans got hot and won a bunch of games, I gave him the benefit of the doubt. Nevermind the obvious fact that Chris Johnson and the Titans D were primarily responsible for the wins, but he was playing better football and I had to tip my hat to the guy for somewhat bouncing back.

Fast forward to Saturday night when Vince was at Club Onyx in Dallas getting into a fight. What’s Club Onyx you ask? Well…it’s a Strip Club. Or, as Pacman Jones says…a “Scrip Club”. And yes, the Dallas Police Department has charged Vince Young with Assault. And yes, there is ample video evidence of the entire altercation right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtxdwHjbBPI&feature=player_embedded#%21

Vince Young, starting QB of the NFL’s Tennessee Titans was in a Strip Club on Saturday night. Vince Young, starting QB of the NFL’s Tennessee Titans got into a fight in a Strip Club, and threw the first punch. We’ll never see that same headline about Donovan McNabb, Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, Tom Brady, or Phillip Rivers. Those guys are a different caliber of person, and clearly a different caliber of Pro Quarterback.

Strip Club. That pretty much says it all.

Vince Young is an idiot. He is who I always thought he was.

UPDATE: Yet another classic example of why Vince Young, and his Agent/Uncle/Leech Major Adams just simply don’t get it…a story from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on former Longhorn Jermichael Finley and how he had to break free from the foolish ways of Vince Young and Major Adams. http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/93864379.html

Momentum is building West of the Mississippi, and I’m not talking about the Pac-10 – Big 12 rumors. Friday’s announcement that Boise State has now joined the Mountain West Conference caught my attention, not because it’s a move up for Boise State in their annual quest to get closer consideration for a BCS Mythical National Title bid, but because of what the move represents in terms of the strength of the MWC as a Football Power Conference.

As I say on MPIF Radio almost daily…Football Facts are Football Facts. Let’s examine:

We all know where Boise State stands in terms of the college football pecking order. Looking at the 2009 season, Boise State, TCU, BYU, and Utah went 47-6 last year, and all went to bowl games. Air Force and Wyoming also went to bowl games after producing winning seasons. Colorado State fans are excited about Coach Steve Fairchild as he begins his 3rd season at the helm. Although the Rams had a re-building year in 2009, they did knock off Colorado in the season opener.  San Diego State and New Mexico are striving to gain respectability and have histrorically fallen to the bottom of the standings.

What’s it all mean? For starters you have a conference that now boasts five teams that go bowling every single year, and two more that have potential every year. It’s also premature to sleep on San Diego State considering the success that Coach Brady Hoke had during his run as Head Coach at Ball State.

Factor in the national attention that Boise State and TCU are now getting, and the fact that the MWC has it’s own television network, the argument must now be made for them to be included in the BCS as an equal player to the Big East and ACC.

If we all take a step back and look at the strength of the D1 football conferences objectively, it’s hard to argue against the strength of the MWC from top to bottom when compared to the Big East and the ACC. Head to Head in a vacuum, my money is going to be on the MWC all day. That’s not to knock the strength of Miami, Virginia Tech, Florida State, West Virginia, Pitt, etc etc but from top to bottom the MWC should at a minimum be considered their equal.

Let’s hope that this conference free-agency movement at least yields a positive result in terms of how the BCS functions moving forward.

The 3rd Annual MPIF High School Combine was a great success. This was an extremely talented group of athletes.

Results for this year’s event are here: http://www.mypassionisfootball.com/results/2010MPIFCombineResultswebpost.htm

Saturday, May 22nd:

Combine Banquet begins promptly at 6:30 pm at the Amarillo Civic Center North Exhibit Hall. A catered meal will be provided, and a live auction of NFL Memorabilia will follow Merril Hoge’s Keynote Address.

Each participant is provided two tickets at the registration table, one for the athlete and one for a parent. Additional tickets are available for $25.00 in advance at SportClips on Georgia or Soncy, or for $30.00 at the door.

Sunday, May 23rd:

Registration begins at 8:00 am at Bushland Stadium.

Team Stretch begins at 8:30 am, with testing starting at 9:00am.

Lunch: 11:00 am-12:00 pm. Grilled burgers or Grilled Dogs/Drink/Chips will be sold for $5.00.

12:00 pm-2:45 pm On-Field evaluations including Individual Position Groups, One-On-One, and Seven-On-Seven Competition.

2:45 pm-3:00 pm Camp Wrap, Q&A Session.

I simply cannot understand what is going through the minds of Bengals President Mike Brown and Head Coach Marvin Lewis. On the same day that  Maurice Purify’s most recent arrest hits the newswire, word breaks that the Bengals brought in Pacman Jones for a workout. (note that Purify was arrested for disorderly conduct, and in college was arrested for assault and resisting arrest in addition to a separate dui arrest when he was on probation…so the Bengals knew what he was capable of off the field).

The Bengals are the NFL’s most notorious team in terms of having players arrested, and also as being a safe-haven for players with rap sheets. Commissioner Goodell has been very clear in terms of his stance on protecting the NFL shield, and that criminal/negative behavior amongst the league’s players is unacceptable. Keep in mind that Commissioner Goodell orchestrated the current player conduct policy IN CONJUNCTION with the NFLPA. Players wanted this policy in place, because the thugs and idiots that comprise 1 or 2 % of the NFL capture 99% of the headlines.

Pacman Jones is quite possibly the most overrated defensive player in the history of the NFL. Not only has he been a disaster off the field due to his various run-ins with the law, but he’s mediocre on the field.

Here’s the facts: Pacman Jones is an undersized corner that has played 39 NFL games in his career, and has 4 interceptions. Your eyes do not deceive you: 4 career interceptions. That’s it.  He missed the entire 2007 season due to suspension. He did absolutely nothing on the field for Dallas in 2008 to make anybody in the NFL think he could be an adequate defensive back, thus he had zero offers to play in 2009. That, in addition to his bathroom brawl with team-provided security did nothing to enhance his chances.

5′9, 180 lb corners with 4.4 speed are truly a dime a dozen. There are about 20 of them playing in the various indoor football leagues across the country this spring, and about another dozen or so in the CFL.

Pacman Jones is a classic example of a thug who got chance after chance after chance, and blew them all. He is not a playmaker on the field. 39 games in the NFL have proven that. He’s been out of the NFL for a year now.

If the Bengals are in the market for undersized corners, there are many other young men across North America that are far more worthy of a private workout, and certainly don’t come with all the baggage.