Tuesday morning links and notes

Are Bengals fans that moonlight as Buckeyes fans seriously that upset that Carson Palmer ripped anything Buckeyes? I've been a Buckeyes fan probably longer than a Bengals fan, and personally, I couldn't give a rats-ass about what ANYONE says about the Buckeyes. They're damned good, playing the best football in college football (though they've lost a couple of championship games, no one is on that type of streak). Do I have a problem when a player defends his alma-mata by talking trash about their biggest opponent in the upcoming season? Hell, no. We do it all the damned time. For a lot of people that complain about athletes being so privileged, when those athletes actually do something that we do all the time, they go nuts. I have no problem with anyone being more...