Cut His Mic Off Award #s 3 and 4.

Over the weekend, we had a clear-cut candidate for this spot. However, just as I was about to type it up, a new candidate emerged to share the honors for our 3rd(and now 4th) winners of the Cut His Mic Off Award. I suppose you can call this the Cut THEIR Mic Off Award.

"The night before the game ... Charlie gave this talk, and then he goes, 'Any Notre Dame fans in here?' ... He had his guys, 'We do something special at Notre Dame,' he said, and they get out and they do this little cheer ... like this ... this little faggot dance.....Don't write that 'faggot' down. I was misquoted," he said. "Just please … cover for me," McMackin said Thursday. "Go ahead, say ‘faggot dance.’ No. Please cover for me on that, too — right Karl [Benson, the WAC commissioner]? I’ll deny it. Anything else?""

- University of Hawaii head coach Greg McMackin

Greg, Greg, Greg....Oh, Greg. A couple "teachable moments" for you, sir. One, in the YouTube/blogosphere/media overreaction era, you never, NEVER, say something that could even be in the slighest bit offensive to the media and then beg them to have your back. Sportswriters and bloggers make a living off taking quotes like this. Secondly, it takes a lot of nerve for you to call anyone a "faggot", considering your team used to be called the "Rainbow Warriors". Also, can you really be the expert on questioning another man's masculinity when you're crying like Nancy Kerrigan in your apology speech? Greg, things have changed since Janet Jackson's Nipplegate. You can't just say stupid, ignorant things like this......unless you're Sarah Palin. That's not to say that what McMackin said would have flied years ago, but in a time of hypersensitivity where more of the world is watching the sayings and doings of someone even as minuscule as McMackin, you've got to be more careful. Greg, if you're going to be a public figure and a mentor to the nation's youth, you have to act like you have some common sense. However, if you want to be a crotchety, old bigot, you can always be a Republican.

"I really got to be honest. It wasn't a lot of major diet changes. (It was) watching what I drink. I was a big Patron consumer. ... That's what it was. I was drinking a lot, drank a lot of alcohol. I cut that out of my diet all the way. I don't drink at all. I cut the drinking, I stopped drinking for six months."

-Tennessee Titans running back LenDale White

When you're a website that promotes a Beer of the Week, it's hard to knock a guy for his acquired taste for booze. That being said, isn't a bit too coincidental that White chose a life of sobriety in the offseason leading up to his contract year? Look, I respect a man's honesty, especially with the media these days, but how much credit do you want me to give a guy for not spending his time off poppin' bottles with top models and actually deciding to show up to camp in shape? Isn't that what he's supposed to do? Last year, White's dedication to the Jessica Simpson Diet got him sent to coach Jeff Fisher's kennel(because he's too big for a doghouse....come on, people!) and that led to the emergence of last year's breakout star, Chris Johnson. Do you think Johnson's increased workload this season played a role in Mini-Buster Douglas' sudden desire to be svelt? Maybe White decided to watch a few more John Basedow infomercials as opposed to KFC commercials when he saw the Titans drafted ANOTHER running back this year(which they've done every year since drafting White in '06), when they used a late-round pick on Michigan St. workhorse Javon Ringer. Hey, the fact that White led the AFC in touchdowns last season despite having the workout regimen of Artie Lange was impressive, but perhaps this wouldn't be such a story if White showed more of a commitment to being in shape earlier in his career. On the bright side, if White's unable to secure that big payday he's busted his hump to achieve, he can always do ads for Patron with this guy:

---Dave