Andrew Luck is incredibly good. I have seen him. But I have never realized how amazing he is until I looked at 3 quarters and 3 overtimes against Southern Cal on Saturday night. He's phenomenal. In the words of Lil Wayne: "he's a monster, everyday is Halloween." For all the hype he's received, it's pretty hard to argue with. The guy is a force.
USC doesn't have their usual lineup of blue chippers, guys that are for sure gonna play on Sundays. But it doesn't matter. They are still loaded with talent, and have one of the best defensive coordinators whose ever lived. They were at home, at night, playing with a lot of confidence. They didn't have enough to stop Luck. Luck carved them. He threw it all over the yard. He's incredible accurate in the deep middle of the field. His spots on back shoulder fades, regular fades, flicks to full backs and tight ends who need the ball to be perfect, and throws over the linebackers but before the safeties were almost always perfect. He runs the ball aggressively. He's incredible with his teammates. Especially his defensive teammates. He throws guys open. Especially his stable of white tight ends. He makes those guys look like all world players. Maybe the biggest thing I saw is that he has an unbelievable ability to look off safeties and linebackers for an extended period of time, and then come back to his guy on the other side and put it on him with accuracy. He did it five or six times in the second half.
I said on Twitter yesterday, that he's the 6th best quarterback on the planet, behind Rogers, Brady, Manning, Brees, and Big Ben. Just one ahead of Cam Newton at 7.
The more you talk about Kim Kardashian, the more money she makes. They made 80-90 million as a family last year, depending on who you ask. They do not live in reality. It is incredibly frustrating. We can go on and on about how they are everything that is wrong with America right now and get into philosophical issues if we wanted to. I am fortunate to not really like them, so I don't think about them. In weak moments, I do think about the fact that they make more money in 3 months than I will ever make in my life.
Let's stick to a simple script here: the more we ignore the family, the less money they will make, the quicker they will go away. The less you watch the show, the less profitable it is for E! network. The less you show up and go ham at bars and clubs that they are appearing at, the less incentive there is for the restauranteur to pay her 150 grand to show up for 45 minutes (who am I kidding, it's 500 grand). The less you buy the magizine, the less she will on the cover. The less you shop at their ridiculous beauty supply stores, the less they can charge to be a franchisee. The less they will be written about. The less they will be talked about. It's a self fufilling prophecy.
And yea, you guessed it, Dateline is probably gonna interview in a special and ask what went wrong. E! is gonna do a special. They are gonna cue up a fresh new season of the TV show, writing episodes on how she is dealing with the heartache. They will hit every media news outlet with the level of focus and detail that Kobe Bryant attacks an NBA season. Nothing can stop them. It's what they do. The families writing team(s) are at their favorite LA bar right now celebrating. They have a new lease on life. They are gonna be able to make the rent payments on their $5000 dollar a month LA condos for a couple more months (read: years). They don't have to do spot work for Rihanna's song writing team anymore. They just got a raise.
I guess all good things come with time. Look at Britney Spears. Look at Lindsay Lohan. They are almost dead from a media perspective and will be dead in real life soon. I hope this will be a turning point in the love affair the public has with the sisters. It probably won't be. And yes, I am, by writing this note, doing exactly what I have just commanded you not to do. I am talking about them. Please do not hold that against me. It will be the last time I speak about them.
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