DAILY DOMER: DEAR HEADLINE WRITERS

Maybe it wasn't a major shock that the Crimson Tide upended No. 2 Georgia in Athens on Saturday night, but that 31-0 halftime lead certainly caught my attention. And so when I awoke this morning I searched a few websites but have yet to find the headline I so hoped to see:

O! 'Bama!

After all, any other headline would Palin comparison.

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Charlie Weis, during his Sunday afternoon presser, talked about how Purdue running back Kory Sheets nearly fell into him on the sidelines in the second half of yesterday's game. One of his assistants--I have to double-check whom, but I believe it was Ruben Mendoza (update: it was assistant strength and conditioning coach Rick Perry--blocked Sheets out of the way to prevent him from touching Weis, whom as you know is nursing a torn ACL and MCL.

Weis said that Sheets got up a little surprised, and he said, "Kory, he's just trying to protect me." According to Weis, Sheets replied, "Okay, got you, coach."
Then someone asked Weis what he tells his staff in terms of making sure he is protected during the game. "I told them, 'I get hit, they get fired.' Pretty easy."

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Hail Haile!

For my fellow distance-running geeks: Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie became the first person ever to finish a marathon in below 2:04, running a 2:03:59 on Sunday in the Berlin Marathon. He was already considered the greatest distance runner of all-time (Gebrselassie owns the world record in the 1/2 marathon as well). This just confirms it.

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Okay, I'm off to see Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Later.