And Lombardi's ghost howls from the grave...

Upset with the loss of the Redskins' Clinton Portis, Michael Wilbon is exposing the NFL preseason as a sham in today's Washington Post. He agrees with Jeremy Shockey's recent quote that two-a-day practices and four exhibition games are a dangerous "debacle."

Four exhibition games, maybe. But two-a-days? Are you fucking kidding me? Is there a self-respecting high school in the land that doesn't have two-a-days in the summer? Jesus, Shockey, how about you just spend August in the training tub and we'll call you on opening day? And now you got Wilbon going along with you on this shit? Just because CPort dislocated a shoulder? Fucking Vince Lombardi dislocated his shoulder every morning before breakfast just to get his pulse up.

Here's hoping Bear Bryant appears to both of you in a dream and bites your nuts off.

Game Doesn't Count, But the Injuries Do (Washington Post)