A new award Ladainian Tomlinison, running back for the San Diego Chargers (as well as this year's league MVP) was quite disappointed that his team went down to the Patriots in yesterday's AFC divisional playoff game. The Chargers had the league's best record, after all, and many speak of Tomlinson as the best running back ever, so surely they could win a home game versus the not-as-good Patriots and advance to the conference finals, right?

Well, of course not. The Patriots (Tom Brady especially) are simply masterful in the playoffs. They have been doing this for years now and no one should be surprised. However, Mr. Tomlinson seemed quite shell-shocked in his post-game media appearance. He was mad that the Patriots had celebrated their win on his home field; he was also mad that the most competition he'll see between now and September involves a small white ball and a metal club. I was struck by his post-game comments: the doublespeak, the inability to grasp reality, the poor sport mentality of it all...it was deja vu all over again. Of course! L.T. sounded like George Bush.

Now, at the risk of comparing something extremely serious (namely, war) and not serious (sport), I am hereby giving L.T. a trophy that he does not want: The George Bush Award for Doublespeak in the Face of Defeat and Failure. I do not know how many of these awards I will give out, but rest assured, anyone who says anything like this will get one. Ladies and Gentlemen, the victory speak from Mr. Tomlinson:

“We kind of wanted to stay balanced. They really didn’t stop anything we did. It wasn’t a factor I think in anything they did. They didn’t stop us. We moved the ball up and down the field. They did a good job in the red zone at times, and even when we got good field position, they buckled down in certain situations to stop us. I think their whole mindset was in certain situations to come up with a stop. They did that.”

So, what's up man? Did they stop you?

Labels: awards, football, sports

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