"Hee hee hee, this will get them"

Jacksonville Jaguars ("Jag-you-awhs") coach Jack Del Rio, who is bragged about in his bio, "In his first season, the Jaguars posted a 5-11 record, with six losses coming by seven points or less", reminds me of my little brother.

When we were kids, I would always kick his butt at playing Risk. But he'd come up with these stupid "strategies" - they never had anything to do with the game, all they did was tick me off, make sure I cleaned him off the map with no mercy, and reveal what little he knew about the game.

I remember this one time, one lazy summer afternoon, when, after we got set up and were playing a little bit, I had to go to the bathroom. When I came back, he had this stupid grin, you know, the 'cat that swallowed the canary' look. I looked around the board, and saw my pieces we pretty much the same, but he kept talking about how "he's got me now", he's "finally going to win one", I'm "SO going to lose now".

I had no idea what he was talking about, at least until I drank my soda. The little cretin put salt in it. How he thought this was going to pave the way to victory, I have no idea. All it did was reveal how desperately outmatched he was, even in his own mind, and REALLY TICK ME OFF. Mom only let us have one soda per day.

So, I got his armies backed up all the way into Madagascar, and then gave him both barrels. I love the guy now, but when it came to Risk, he was an idiot.

Which takes us back to Del Rio - check this out from their web site:

"Jack Del Rio will press his team's homefield advantage for Sunday's season-opener against the Seattle Seahawks by forcing the visiting Seahawks to wear their dark uniforms in the Jacksonville mid-day heat.

"“We'll be in teal the rest of the year. I just thought that a team coming out of the northwest, why not put them in their dark uniforms?” Del Rio said during Monday's press conference at Alltel Stadium."

Ignoramus. This will backfire. Here is why:

1. It's not going to be that hot. See for yourself. 87 Degrees is not Baghdad.

2. Has he ever heard of Cheney? It doesn't sound like it. Just another person in the world that makes ignorant assumptions about the Northwest. The Seahawks have been training in the heat for weeks. Granted, it's a dry heat, your sweat actually cools you more effectively, but dehydration is more of a problem over here. "Team coming out of the northwest". Whatever. We're prepared.

3. All he did was give something to the Seahawks to help motivate them. I'm sure this will be posted in the locker room. Now they want to run through him like crap through a goose. Disrespecting the other team is rarely a good thing.

Have fun in Madagascar, Jack.

*****Evening Update*****

This comes from TheLedger.com:

"When Del Rio took over in 2003, he did the same thing in the home opener against Buffalo. But the Bills routed Jacksonville 38-17, and Del Rio hasn't tried the jersey swap since."

Just like my kid brother, he just never learns.

It's already backfiring anyway:

"Tropical Storm Ophelia strengthened Wednesday off Florida's Atlantic coast, threatening parts of the state and southern Georgia with strong wind and heavy rain. The system could affect Sunday's game against the Seattle Seahawks and make Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio's jersey swap a moot point."

Needless to say, I'm really looking forward to Sunday.