01/21/23 Best football weekend of the year! – Radically Rational

01/21/23 Best football weekend of the year!

I wish I had the stones to pick the Giants, because they can win this game. But I don’t and they won’t. Eagles 27, Giants 21.

Jags, you are a very nice story, and you are only a year or two away from being a very good NFL team. But right now is right now, and right now you are in way over your heads. Chiefs 38, Jags 17.

It is, however, at least interesting to note that Trevor Lawrence has never lost a Saturday game in high school, college, or the NFL…

‘Niners edge-rushing holy terror Nick Bosa has 18.5 sacks on the season, but only one in his last three games. Keeping Bosa from being draped all over Dak’s #4 all day long will be a helluva challenge for the Cowboys, just as the ‘Niners will have to come up with multiple exotic tactics to control—or at least make life difficult for—Micah Parsons.

If you had asked me three weeks ago, I would have had no problem picking the Bengals to upset the Bills in Buffalo. Cincy was peaking on both sides of the ball, and this Bengal team was becoming better than the one that went to the Super Bowl last season. But that was before the Stripes lost three starting offensive linemen to injury in three weeks. That may be insurmountable, even for Joe Burrow.

Michigan has fired co-offensive coordinator Matt Weiss for “computer access violations.” No elaboration. Fired. Whatever these allegations are, they are serious. This, even as head coach Jim Harbaugh is refusing to cooperate with an NCAA investigation into possible UM recruiting violations during the pandemic. Are you starting to get the feeling that the Wolverines are, as Michigan alum Jalen Rose frequently refers to chronic miscreants, “habitual line-steppers”?

Hey, Shannon Sharpe. Have some dignity. Sit down. Watch the game. Grab some pizza. Shut up.

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Paul's Bio

I clearly have the attention span of your median fruit fly.Look! Airplane!

Sorry. I’m back.

It’s both a curse and a blessing. I’ve never bought this stuff about, “He who dies with the most toys wins.” But I do think that a wide range of life experiences helps us grow as people, and helps us better relate to other people. I’ve been fortunate. And I am beyond grateful.

I show up on time. I go like hell. I’m a good listener. I hold myself accountable. I own my mistakes. And I have a natural and an insatiable curiosity. I’m never afraid to say, “I don’t know,” when I don’t. But then I try to find out.

The flip side is I’m a lousy ballroom dancer and my clothes sometimes fit me funny.

Stuff matters to me. I care. But while I take that stuff seriously, I try hard to never take myself seriously. As a result, I have sometimes been told, “Paul, it’s hard to tell when you’re serious and when you’re just having some fun. Which is it? Serious or fun?”

My answer is “yes.” But I think that is a legitimate criticism. I promise I’m going to work on that.

This has been the quickest and strangest half-century I’ve ever experienced. During that period, I’ve been afforded amazing opportunities in news and sports journalism across all platforms. I have taught wonderful students at the high school and collegiate level. Always, I learned more from them than they did from me. I’ve been a high school administrator. I spent ten seasons as a high school varsity football coach. I’ve been an advertising executive. I’ve hosted nationally syndicated television entertainment shows. In maybe the biggest honor I ever received, I was selected by NASA to be “Chet The Astronaut” for the “Land The Shuttle” simulator at Space Center Houston. (All I can say there, is “Do as I say, not as I do.” I put that thing in the Everglades more often than not.) Most recently, I just wrapped up a decade as a television news director, during which time our teams distinguished themselves in holding the powerful accountable, achieving both critical and ratings success.

What does all that mean? It means I am profoundly grateful. It also means I’m ready for “next.” So here we are. Radically Rational. It’s an idea I woke up with in 2017. I scribbled “Radically Rational” on a piece of notebook paper and used a magnet to stick it on our refrigerator. I saw it every day, and it just would not leave me alone.

I am second in charge at Radically Rational, LLC. My wife, Jo (also known as BB), is the president. Clearly, I have failed in my attempt to sleep my way to the top of this organization.

I hope you will learn that I’m loyal as a Labrador. But I will admit that this doggie can bite every now and then. My promise to you? I will show up on time. I will go like hell. I will listen to you earnestly and attentively. I will hold myself accountable. I will never be the least bit hesitant to say, “I don’t know,” when I don’t.

But then I’ll try to find out. Let’s do it.