If there’s supposed to be a ‘dead time’ for NFL news, somebody forgot to tell the NFL about it.

So we had a lot to talk about on last night’s Blurb Show – you can catch it here or subscribe to the ITunes feed here or in the ITunes store.

First things first, I’ll be taking next week off – I’m not sure if there will be a guest host or a filler show yet but I’ll keep you posted. The week off will allow me to figure out where the Blurb show will reside (the whole non-fantasy show on a fantasy site thing) as well as jump-start a project I am very excited about.

Also a little heads up – one of the things i am doing for Footballguys is the Wednesday edition of the Daily Fantasy Buzz on Lexy.com – Cecil Lammey and Sigmund Bloom handle the other four days. You can catch all our episodes here all off season. Great stuff, every day on top of the Audible and everything else we do.

On the show-

We start out with a discussion of the Brian Cushing nonsense, touching on some of the details but mostly centering on the ridiculousness of the re-vote. Here’s a question I bring up: if Cushing has been stripped of the award and suspended, why the hell can he win the award again? It makes the whole process a lot of chest-beating but no real substance.

After that, we touch on the fact that with Cushing and a New York Super Bowl bid taking up airwave time, a ‘rumor’ that ‘leaked’ involved Brett Favre and his ankle.

Is it me or does it seem that every time a week goes by without his name coming up, there’s a sudden reason for his name to come up?

We then delve into the NY Super Bowl bid and the pluses and minuses for a cold-weather, open stadium Super Bowl. (You can still give me your thoughts at thunderingblurb (A) gmail.com.) I also throw out some other interesting ideas about moving Super Bowls (and the NFL Draft) and awarding bids.

After the break, we come back to talk a little Tom Brady. Is it fair of him to call players out when he’s stopped coming to off-season workouts? How much rope does his Super Bowl rings buy him?

I then launch into a discussion of SuperConferences, something I touched on this week on Blurb TV.

I go a little deeper here, and also call out Notre Dame. This is a school which has been surviving on rep more than production. At what point does it become hard for them to ask for the type of money they get from TV? Isn’t it smarter to join a conference now when they are still in a relative position of strength?

I’m totally with the Big East football coaches who are calling for them to either join all the way (including football) or get out. Does anyone care about Notre Dame basketball? Baseball? Why does the Big East let them do this?

In or out kids, make up your mind.

I wrap it up with some news and notes from the NFL, touching on Brian Westbrook’s recent journeys to Washington and Denver, Caddy Williams signing his tender, Mark Sanchez’s rehab from knee surgery and whether or not we buy that Michael Turner will see less than 300 carries.

Don’t forget to check out the Lexycasts and BlurbTV.

As always thanks for listening and reading – keep it up. It’s going to be a big year.

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