Everyone has that image in their head of the gold prospector/cowboy firing his six-shooters in the air and dancing around like a crazy person. That, to me, is what comes to mind when I think of the Big XII this year in football. I expect to see a lot of offense, long scoring plays, and lots of coaches on the sideline throwing their headsets to the ground. There are four legitimate contenders to the conference title this year, and five if you count Texas Tech which I guess I will, for now. The spots in the Championship Game at Arrowhead in Kansas City could very well come down to the last few weeks. This year I’m banking on the Gary Pinkel train to keep rolling, and the Missouri Tigers to reach the summit and take the Big XII title and BCS bid this year.
The Tigers had been seen as a team of also-rans in years past. Always coming up short in conference, and even having victory kicked away from them one year. Last year proved to be the turnaround. Chase Daniel led the Tigers offense to the North Title and a spot in the Championship game. Their white whale proved to be the OU Sooners as they lost to them both in the regular season and title game. They did rebound to thump Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl however. This year I expect more of the same from Mizzou. Daniel and standout wide-receiver Jeremy Maclin will prove to be one of the top passing combos in the country. The 17 returning starters have lead some to even place Mizzou in the national championship category. They face a test right off the bat with their border rival Illinois but they are the prohibitive favorite. They have some tests at Nebraska, and at Texas, but Kansas also faces Texas and it all comes to a head November 29th just as last year when the Jayhawks face off with Mizzou. No I will not insert a fat joke here at the behest of the Kansas haters, but I will say that KU’s schedule was favorable, even though they defeated Va Tech in the Orange Bowl in an impressive showing. Losing their number one Cornerback, Aqib Talib hurts them a lot if the newcomers can’t step up. It means they can’t just leave the best opposing WR out on an island like they often did with Talib. I still expect the Jayhawks to do well, but not as well as last season.
In the South, Texas Tech as become the darkhorse trendy pick. I expect the Red Raiders to do what they always have under Mike Leach: Score a ton of points, play little defense, and make a mid-upper level bowl. Graham Harrell behind center in Lubbock should toss many a TD throw to WR Michael Crabtree as he did last year, but the fun and gun style will also allow a slew of points for the opponents. I expect the Red Raiders to have another successful year like the 9-4 record of last year, but no division title, yet. Texas and Oklahoma will again vie for the South division and again the Red River shoot-out on October 11th, and this one honestly I see going either way. Stoops until recently had the Longhorns number, and I think they will triumph again as Sam Bradford figures to only improve on his strong year last year. Without Oklahoma facing a tough pre-Conference schedule (no Washington does not count as strong) they very well could be a team that waits in the wings for the BCS title bid if one of the favorites falters. With that being said, I do think the Sooners ride into Arrowhead only to get dusted by the Tigers looking for revenge.
Big XII picks
Big XII North: Missouri
Big XII South: Oklahoma
Below Expectations: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State
Above Expectations: Nebraska, Colorado
Player to Watch: Michael Crabtree, WR, Texas Tech (could top his 22 TDs of last year)
Game to Watch: Kansas @ Missouri, November 29th
Thursday, August 14
College Football Predictions: The Big XII
College Football Predictions: The SEC
The Georgia Bulldogs have won the mid-summer college football national championship. Of course, last year USC won the honor and wasn’t playing in the Championship Game come January. In fact, last season, USC and LSU were the only two pre-season top 5 teams to finish in the top 5 (with LSU the ultimate winner). Will Georgia be able to run the table?
The pundits talk about Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford as a future NFL franchise player, but the success of the Bulldogs will primarily rest on the running game. Knowshon Moreno is a pre-season Heisman hopeful, but the team will be better served if newcomer Caleb King is able to contribute as well. These two could be the best running back tandem since Ronnie Brown and Cadillac Williams at Auburn. The other freshman that could have a tremendous impact is wide receiver A.J. Green. The only junior to be named to USA Today’s High School All-American team in 2006, Green provides Stafford with a big target that could exploit teams keying on the running game. The good news for Georgia is they get both of their SEC East rivals at home, but they will be on the road for both LSU and Auburn. Playing Tennessee, LSU, and Florida in less than a month, a loss is not out of the question, but any more than that will be a disappointment for this team.
Florida has added significant talent to their pedestrian defense of a year ago, but with the majority of their tough games early in the season, this team will be once again playing in a nice bowl game, but outside of the national championship discussion. Tennessee opens up the season at UCLA, and depending on the result the tone will set. It’s not out of the possibility that they will be struggling to stay above .500 halfway through the season. With a new quarterback, a new offensive coordinator, a sub-par recruiting class and the same head coach, Tennessee seems headed to another disappointing season of underachievement. South Carolina remains the stepchild of the East, a geographical indictment more than a coaching one. They stand to be 5-2 or 6-1 entering a home game against LSU, but close the season with games against Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida, and Clemson. Midseason crowing seems to be the specialty of Gamecock fans, and this season will be no different.
The SEC west is home to the defending National Champions, as well as one of the nation’s most intriguing coaching carousels. The continuing saga of the return of the hat to Alabama (recently named the most powerful coach in college football), Bobby Petrino’s midnight bailout to Arkansas, and Houston Nutt’s departure to Mississippi will all be headlining in the west, and that’s because football won’t. LSU will repeat as champions of the west, but with one, two or potentially three losses to Florida and Georgia, they will not be in a position to defend their title in January. I wanted to talk about LSU v. Appalachian State, but Cleet activated the shock collar.
It’s possible neither Moreno or defending winner Tim Tebow will bring home the Heisman, but their matchup in Jacksonville may determine who gets the invite to New York, and more importantly who represents the East in the SEC championship game and beyond.
SEC East: Georgia
SEC West: LSU
Conference Champions: Georgia
Below Expectations: Tennessee, LSU
Above Expectations: Alabama, Mississippi (how could they not)
Player to Watch: Knowshon Moreno, Georgia RB
Game to Watch: Georgia / Florida, “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party”, Nov. 1st
College Football Predictions: The ACC
Here at ASD, the prediction business is one of skepticism as it’s treated in the media today. It seems that much of a show's time is concentrated on who people will think will win a game or a division or a conference. The "why" of a team triumphing becomes unimportant but rather who’s going to win. The surety of these predictions would lead you to think that the pundits would stick by their picks and accept responsibility for choosing wrong. But they never do. The sports prediction business (the one outside of Vegas and offshore gambling) has become a wanton slew of talking heads making picks they deem to be rock solid, lead pipe locks but in truth are either following trends from other soothsayers or flying off the seat of their pants. That being said, here are the start of our college football predictions for this season and trust us, we will look back and see the jackassery of our picks at the season’s end. We will preview the BCS conferences and include the at-large recipients and then crown our national champion, which if this young site is any indicator, will then have a horrible season. We begin in the ACC, top in our list only in alphabetical order, as it looks like another mediocre year on the A Coast. Rising above (or amid) the mediocrity in our minds is Wake Forest.
I realize that Clemson is the trendy pick for their first ACC title under Tommy Bowden this year and first since the pre-FSU era in 1991. Clemson is loaded. They have a proven Quarterback returning under center, two dynamic running backs in James Davis and C.J. Spiller, and a strong defense (minus some DB legal problems). But the fact remains, this is Clemson. If any team can find a way to sink below expectations when they have the most talent, its Clemson. Hearken back to the tale of Tiger basketball this past March. They looked good, athletic, and performed well against North Carolina in the ACC Tournament. Hopes and expectations were high for the NCAA tourney. Many had them as the darkhorse of the tournament. But they forgot this is Clemson. They blew a double-digit lead to Villanova and got sent packing in the first round. The fall is coming, nobody knows where or when on the schedule, but it is. Probably not as catastrophic as losing to the Citadel, but somewhere in conference they will falter and finish second, just behind the Demon Deacons.
The attribute I like most about Wake is their ability to find ways to win. Most good teams can win when things are hitting on all cylinders, but this team has had the ability in the past couple seasons to make something out of nothing. The defense returns a plethora of good talent which is perfect for defensive-minded coach Jim Grobe. When you hear him in interviews Grobe sounds so in control of all facets of his team. The defense will hold steady, and although the offense lost Kenny Moore, Riley Skinner provides stability at the quarterback position. Stability as you will see will not be a theme of ACC QBs in 2008, but Wake has one along with Clemson. The schedule also looks positive for the Deacs, with Clemson at home on October 9th, which is a Thursday night game. Bright lights, probably Conference deciding game, on the road, excuse me if I don’t have faith in Tommy Bowden.
The Coastal division should be a big pot of average this year. I do not see any team rising above the rest. Miami should be better, but a new QB and road tests at Florida and Texas A&M will most likely wilt their confidence if they lose those. Duke should be better than last year, but is that saying something? I believe Virginia Tech and North Carolina will battle for the Coastal title. Va Tech lost a slew of talent on defense, but that has never stopped Bud Foster before. Rest assured there will be more sideline camera shots of the lunch pail this year. Again quarterback is shaky in this division and it will be for the Hokies, but Beamer Ball picks a good year to be less powerful than in the past. The challenge I see coming is from North Carolina who showed some signs last year of putting it together. Then again in games like the one they had against South Florida they showed how easily they can fall apart. T.J. Yates does have a year under his belt and Butch Davis should finally start seeing results on the field. I believe if Carolina has a strong showing against Notre Dame on October 11th, then things bode well for the rest of the season. It could be a topsy-turvy year for the ACC Coastal, but I think the Hokies will prevail and head to the championship game.
Again, the ACC championship will be the fat friend in the group of attractive conference championships this season if it falls out the way I think it will. It will be Wake Forest and Virginia Tech in Tampa. That statement needs no elaboration to the unsexyness of the game. Wake will overtake the Hokies and win the BCS bid in a low scoring slugfest similar to last year’s BC/VTech game.
ACC picks
Atlantic winner: Wake Forest
Coastal winner: Virginia Tech
Conference Champion: Wake Forest
Below expectations: Clemson, Virginia
Above expectations: NC State, Duke
Player to watch: Cullen Harper, QB, Clemson
Game to watch: Clemson @ Wake Forest, Oct. 9th, 7:30 pm
One Mo Chance for the Cavaliers
It had become common knowledge that either Michael Redd or Mo Williams would be leaving the Bucks this off-season. The Bucks made their choice: sending Mo Williams to the Cavaliers in a 3-team trade. The Cavs get Williams, the Bucks get Damon Jones, Luke Ridnour, and Adrian Griffin. The third team in the trade, the OKC TBD’s, will receive Joe Smith and Desmond Mason. So, who got the best of the deal? Let’s take a look.
The Cavs add a scoring point guard that has averaged over 17 ppg for the last two seasons. He will be the first teammate of Lebron to score at such a rate. A gifted penetrator, Williams also possesses a good midrange shot (2nd best in the league by %). One person that may stand to benefit from Williams’ ability to get in the lane is Wally Szczerbiak. He struggled in the playoffs and his 3P% with the Cavs was his lowest since his second year in the league. The biggest danger for the Cavs is that Lebron stops penetrating and settles for shots. The Cavs traded Damon Jones who was firmly entrenched at the end of the bench by the end of the season, so no big loss there. They also traded Joe Smith who was their best offensive frontcourt reserve, but whose minutes could be absorbed by the addition of rookie JJ Hickson.
Perhaps the biggest loss will be Delonte West. As a restricted free agent, West sill remains unsigned and with the addition of Williams, it seems to point to West leaving town. West was the Cavs best distributor and backcourt defender not named Lebron. With a backcourt of Williams and Sasha Pavlovic the Cavs will need every bit of scoring. Pavlovic is not a good defender and while Williams is not bad per se, at just 6’ 1” he’s not someone that will be shutting opposing guards down.
So are the Cavs better? On the offensive end, the addition of Williams should be a welcome addition. The gain probably outweighs the lack of perimeter defense that will plague them. An interesting subplot to this trade is coach Mike Brown’s philosophy. Brown, a former Spurs assistant, has consistently had the Cavs in the bottom third of team scoring average, in the mold of Gregg Popovich. The Spurs, however, do not have Lebron James. The addition of Williams could make the Cavs, specifically Lebron, even more potent in the transition game. Anyone who has watched the USA team play can see that Lebron is most dangerous in transition when the defense is not set. Will Coach Brown allow these two to run? The true value of this trade for the Cavs, may lie in that answer.
For the Bucks, they chose Michael Redd over Mo Williams. Perhaps it was because of Redd’s contract which may have limited their ability to move him. New coach Scott Skiles has also shown a preference to bigger guards, a mold Williams did not fit. Next season they will have Tyronn Lue, Damon Jones, Luke Ridnour and Ramon Sessions at the point guard position. Neither Lue, nor Ridnour nor Sessions are tremendous scorers, but Session showed tremendous distributing ability late last season, amassing double digit assists in his last 5 games, all of which were losses, however. Damon Jones has been a good shooter, and could look to revitalize his career, as he enters a contract year. With their other new addition, Adrian Griffin, 34 years old and entering the final year of his contract, he appears to be just a financial necessity of the NBA salary cap. With Michael Redd and Richard Jefferson, the Bucks did not need a third backcourt scorer, so moving Mo Williams make sense. Redd’s contract is bloated for what he brings and hindered the team’s ability to move him, so while the return in terms of players does not match up, they added 2 expiring contracts and Ridnour, whose moderate salary expires in 2 years. The fans will miss Williams’ flash, but the team won’t be wanting for PG options.
The third team in the deal, the Oklahoma City Wind/Thunder/Broommakers, also picks up two expiring contracts. Desmond Mason will be returning to the state where he played college ball, and reuniting with the team that drafted him, albeit in a different city. OKC will be his third team in three seasons and he should serve as a backup for Rookie of the Year Kevin Durant, right up until his contract expires (or his contract is traded once more). Joe Smith’s role could be limited in terms of playing time, but his role in practice could prove beneficial to the surplus of young post players on their roster. The departure of Ridnour means the team has been pleased with draft pick Russell Westbrook’s performance in the Summer League and practice. This team has tremendous salary cap flexibility and within a few years should be competing with the elite teams in the West.
This deal made sense for both OKC and Milwaukee. The real question, though, is did Batman finally get his Robin, or is Mo Williams just going to be next in the line of Carlos Boozer, Larry Hughes, and Drew Gooden as failed sidekicks. With the salaries on the Cavs roster, this team has maybe one or two more moves it can make before Lebron becomes a free agent. For the sake of Cavs fans, this trade has to work.
Thursday, August 7
When You’re a Jet You’re a Jet All the Way?
The circus will not stop, it will continue. Many hoped that Brett Favre landing somewhere would quell the raging media coverage, but instead number 4 heads to the king city of sports media coverage, New York. I’m sure Arod is quietly thanking the heavens that old greybeard has landed with the Jets. The coverage will continue to be constant: interviews, film of planes landing and Escalades driving, a spot on Larry King perhaps. The Favre story that has enveloped what has become America’s most popular sport, will continue to eat all the coverage of what people like me would rather see, a breakdown of what could happen this NFL season. Instead we will get Favre and like it or head to our room with no supper and no NFL stories.
It’s hard to say what this means to the Jets. They were not highly touted coming into this season but now with at least their QB issue solved, it could provide a plus .500 season! There is a clause in the trade that if Favre leads New York to the Super Bowl, the Packers get a 1st round pick, keep dreaming. The schedule does seem favorable when you look at it. I think Favre and Jericho Cotchery can be a nice duo as well. Adding Alan Faneca can only help the O-line. Plus the Jets have had success before with a aging QB in Vinny Testeverde. It begrudges me to say it but I see a 9 or possibly 10 win season this year for the Jets. Mangini knows defense and the Jets can only get better by the addition, but can it take them deep into the playoffs? I doubt it.
The Jets are going to have a media cloud hanging over them somewhat similar to what the Patriots faced last year. Every game will be watched intently and the media will swarm the team at all times seeking more answers about how Favre. I’m sure the Jets’ front office took that into account when they made the trade, that their white knight is coming, but behind him rolls a storm. One thing is certain, if the Jets falter during the season, it’s going to get ugly. Until the playoffs Green Bay and New York will be at the forefront of the media coverage. So if these are not your two favorite teams, you must sit and take it, but look on the bright side, at least it's not TO coverage.
Tuesday, August 5
Seperated at Birth?
Top: David Byrne of Talking Heads fame
Bottom: Packers GM Ted Thompson
Save Your Judgments and Bad Jokes: College Football Players of All Teams Behave Poorly
In the days when players wore jerseys that came down barely to their midriff and socks that did not creep above the ankle, college football teams took on their own personas. They got rowdy, they ruled the campus with iron fists, and they had no qualms labeling themselves as bad boys. It seemed that they were untouchable, and that no matter what they did off the field, the program would sweep it under the rug. Into the 90s, Nebraska players were throwing their girlfriends down stairs, Florida State players were ditching classes, University of Washington players were often in handcuffs, and University of Miami stars were running wild under the watch of Luther Campbell. Later in the decade, after the national championships had been won, it came crashing down. As the media coverage grew, programs could not hide their players behind smokescreens, and the whole culture needed to change. It needed to change in the fact that programs had to take responsibility when their players stepped out of line. It was spear-headed by a Sports Illustrated cover story about Miami’s football program. Since then there has been a more watchful eye of the NCAA on programs and schools are taking sterner action against those who misbehave or get into trouble with the law. This summer more than any other the police blotter for college football athletes is becoming too long to read in one sentence. Yet the masses and more disturbingly the media rest on old stigmas that cast programs in a negative light or to make a cheap, unfunny joke.
The program at the top of the list has to be the University of Miami. Anonymous message board posters and even “professional” (term used very loosely) journalists and bloggers refer to the school as thug U. Any mention of the team must be met with an obligatory reference to infer that Miami football players are nothing but no good thugs who run rampant over the streets of Miami toting guns and slinging drugs. This usually comes from hearing the stereotype from others and being too lazy to investigate it themselves. It’s the equivalent of seeing something in passing on the CNN crawl and then going to people as spitting it back out as if it is the unabated truth. The same manner in which the media has bashed football programs for lack of control, the media should be bashed for lack of journalism. Of course, the U has done much to put itself in a negative light. Showing up in fatigues to the Fiesta Bowl, Winslow Jr.’s rant (after being constantly chop blocked in the game vs. Tennessee), the brawl with FIU (which FIU began), and the tragedy of the murder of Brian Pata. No one is here to profess that UM is a place of purity. In fact, that is something new Coach Randy Shannon, himself a product of the harsh streets of Miami, is trying to change.
Shannon comes from the place where most of Miami’s talent comes from: the poor neighborhoods of South Florida. A place where the rest of the program’s in the country, especially in the SEC have swooped in and taken that talent for their own profit. Many of these kids have football as the only way to attend college and “make it”. Often times, their bad influences get the better of them, but for every player that goes astray, there are just as many if not more that get their education or succeed in the NFL. The Miami joke is old, not creative, and it certainly does not make you funny, it rather makes you look like a jackass.
ESPN took a bold directive recently in its long line of groundbreaking sports coverage: they went after 81 year old Joe Paterno. Penn State has had recent problems with their players getting into trouble with the law, and it was turned into Joe has lost control of his wits and his football team. The players who were mentioned in the “Outside the Lines” report were kicked from the team the next day, a fact that ESPN reported with a certain, eerie relish. This is what you’re proud of at your network?
The truth is that all across the board there are players in trouble no matter the program, its location, or the coach. The newly crowned (before a game is played) number 1 team, Georgia has suspended players for an incident that unfolded at a hospital and local bar in Athens. Go to a college football page on any sports website and you are sure to find news of players being ruled ineligible, kicked from the team, or players arrested. USC has yet to resolve the Reggie Bush incident. Even at Ohio State were Jim Tressel deservedly gets praise for his character, a defensive lineman was recently arrested on a DUI. There is nowhere to hide now. Public records are readily available, information travels instantly cross-country, and websites stake their claim as the first to bring you news of the latest arrest of any athlete. Even former athletes are not safe. A former Miami quarterback and Florida quarterback have been arrested on drug charges, and it is placed in a position where it appears that the programs are to blame for something a player does years after he leaves.
It is time to acknowledge that these players are going to make mistakes. Hold any group for 120 college age kids to certain academic and behavioral standards and guaranteed you will have some that fall short of being a model citizen. With football players at top programs it is even more combustible. Many come from hard backgrounds, they are treated differently that other students, they feel they are entitled to certain things. It will continue to happen no matter what. As long as fans crave their team’s supremacy and programs are set upon this pedestal, players being in trouble will continue to be a constant. It is time for the charade of believing it is simply a few renegade programs to end.
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Continue reading...Some Props for the Gardenhire
At the time I was to begin writing this the Minnesota Twins were in first place in the AL Central and had a 6-0 lead on the Seattle Mariners. I promptly fell asleep on the couch and then dragged myself to bed. When I awoke this morning I found that the Twins had blown their lead and lost 11-6 and that put them 1 game back on the loss column from the Chicago White Sox. This post seemed to lose some flavor, but still the point remains a true one: Ron Gardenhire is completely unappreciated.
Gardenhire began his tenure behind the proverbial eight ball to being with. He was replacing Tom Kelly, a legend in the Twin Cities. Tom led the Twins to two World Series Titles in ’87 and ’93. Just looking at his baseball card you would say, “Now there look’s like a nice guy.” He was, and he was a great manager to boot. Then along came Ron: a somewhat rotund, goateed man that had been with the Twins since 1991, but was no TK. His managerial style was a contrast to Kelly’s also. He often gets in umpire’s faces, and if necessary, his players. When he took over the job in 2002 when there were rumors of the Twins being relocated or contracted. He led them to 94 wins and the division title despite having his leadership questioned during the season. He has followed with 3 more division titles since then and although the team has yet to reach the ALCS under him, he was been able to do more with less than any other team save the Marlins or the Billy Beane A’s of since the turn of the century. He has amassed a 534-437 record during his time in Minnesota under the marshmallow roof of the Metrodome, a building that is long overdue for a shot on the six o’clock news getting imploded. He may get a tip of the cap in Minnesota, but his name is rarely spoken of in the national limelight.
This year perhaps is the most impressive campaign Gardenhire has put forth. The Twins are in the thick of the division race and also the Wild Card. They are 39-21 at home and only 6 games under .500 on the road and in this year of baseball, that’s respectable. They have done their damage against their own division while having a pitiful 7-15 mark against the East and 7-10 versus the West. On offense they have many players with ok numbers, but none who blow your socks off save one. Justin Morneau, if the name sounds familiar its because he won the Home Run Derby, although everyone will remember Josh Hamilton’s unbelievable round. He also scored the winning run in the All-Star Game and has played in all 112 games this season. He leads the Twins with a .313 average, 18 homers, and 87 RBI. He is the heartbeat of the team simply put. The pitching has been not incredibly impressive. Livan Hernadez had the most wins of any starter at 10, but he was recently cut after his stuff began giving out and he was getting shelled. It also helped that Francisco Lariano returned with a healthy arm and looked impressive in his first start. The real strength of the Twins has been the bullpen, headlined by Joe Nathan. Nathan is 30 of 32 in save opportunities this year.
All this is being done after losing perhaps the best pitcher in the American league in Johan Santanna and the dynamic centerfielder Torrie Hunter in the off-season. Whatever will Gardenhire has instilled in these young players, it is working. Take any small market team that is winning with young talent, and the manager will play a big part in directing the talent and cultivating a winning attitude. Gardenhire ahs done that from day one, and it may lead to yet another post-season berth for the Twins.
Friday, August 1
Shall We Dance?
In Shall We Dance, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are forced to deal with gossip and lies in the media. They were infinitely more graceful than Packer's GM Ted Thompson and estranged QB Bret Favre have been in dealing with a similar scenario, and they were on wheels! The movie was Astaire and Rogers seventh together. This would be the seventeenth season for Favre and the Packers, in both cases the fans (and the participants) have grown tired of the pairings. The stories of both revolve around a couple who wants to break up, but hates to think of life without the other. Somehow, the Gershwin number, Let's Call the Whole Thing Off, fits perfectly for Thompson and Favre:
Things have come to a pretty pass
Our romance is growing flat,
Cuz you like this and the other,
while I go for this and that.
Goodness knows what the end will be
Oh I don't know where I'm at
It's plain to see we two will never make one
Something must done
You say Favre, and I say Fav-re
You say rehire, and I say retire
Favre, Fav-re
Rehire, Retire
Let's call the whole thing off
You like O-fence, and I like offense
You like D-fence, and I like defense
O-fence, offense
D-fence, defense
Oh, let's call the whole thing off
But oh, if we call the whole thing off
then we must part
And, oh, if we ever part, then that might break my heart
So, if you like staying
and I'd prefer trading
In Green Bay you're staying
and I'll give up trading
For we, know we, need each other so we,
Better call the calling off off
Oh, let's call the whole thing off
