Date: Anniversary of the formation of the LPGA (1949), the Today Show going ‘color’, and the release of “Yesterday” by the Beatles. Oddly enough, Michelle Wie has not won a professional event since the LPGA started – yesterday or today (oh, snap!). Let’s also send out a happy birthday to Denny Neagle – he who enjoys transvestite hookers on his tu-tu.
Re: If any member(s) of the JSF staff die in the next three days, blame Bill Maas

Memo to ESPN: We like Brad Nessler and his Friends
-- Judging overall performance based on one game is a bit unfair, but if the Oakland San Diego game is any indication, ESPN’s patchwork broadcast team of Brad Nessler, Dick Vermeil, and Ron Jaworski was a lot better than the network’s number one team. In fact, this here guy thinks those three were a better team than every team on CBS, NBC and FOX with the possible exception of Buck/Aikman. Why Brad Nessler isn’t a more “prominent” play-by-play man is beyond me – always enjoyable with no noticeable shred of arrogance. Vermeil’s quality performance isn’t that surprising considering he used to provide color during ABC college football games - he was usually paired with Brent Musbergerer. If anything, that taught Dick how not to act as a broadcaster. And for a guy who loves to overstate a three yard Jake Delhomme pass to Kris Mangum in the flats, Ron Jaworski did a very good job offering up analysis. Even though Jaws exudes ‘pride’ as a former NFL player and still respects all that the “National Football League” is today, he rarely gets to the point of annoying (read: arrogant, boastful, and under the notion that “I’m a former football player, therefore I know what I’m talking about and you people at home probably have no idea because you’re stupid and lazy”). In other words, he’s the exact opposite of Joe Theismann.

-- Speaking of Troy Aikman (I believe I mentioned him somewhere up there), his role in the Samsung HDTV commercial is interesting, if for no other reason than he mentions his love and smell of the “green” field. I immediately thought Nate Newton, Michael Irvin, and Leon Lett were in his kitchen devouring bowls of nacho cheese to satisfy their munchies.

-- Finally, assuming you read the Media Circus, you learned that former Chief and never-shut-up FOX color analyst Bill Maas had this week’s token snappy line. Maas also joined that club once or twice last football season, so it was nice to see he was on his A-Game in Week 1. However, we here at the JSF headquarters are a bit frightened that Maas may hunt us down and tear our heads off. Have a look at these photos:

We’ll be sure to not make fun of him anymore, for fear that he’ll twist our torsos into millions of pieces. That said, we’re sorry Bill. No more making fun of thee. In fact, we’ll post one more picture of you with no snide comments to prove we want to be friends: