Anwar is in the NFL?

So apparently, all you need to be able to do to make it to the NFL is blitz. Even if you are a corner. One that can't really tackle or cover very well. What am I talking about? Well, my former classmate and Nittany Lion cornerback, Anwar Phillips, apparently is on the Ravens.



And it turns out, Anwar, who's been in hot water before, may be in a bit of trouble again:

Ravens cornerback Anwar Phillips has been named as a defendant in a civil lawsuit alleging he was part of an equity-draining scheme that targeted homeowners struggling to avoid foreclosure. Among Phillips’ co-defendants in the suit filed in San Diego are his mother and an area pastor.

In the alleged scheme, a troubled homeowner transfers the title of the home to so-called rescuers, who then take out a new mortgage and pocket the equity. “What they ended up doing is stripping out somewhere between $90,000 to $120,000 of equity, quit paying the loan and now the people are facing foreclosure again,” said Vallee [ attorney for the plaintiffs].

Normally, we would condemn such behavior, if true. But this is Anwar Phillips we’re talking about here. In 2002 a Penn State tribunal suspended Phillips from school for two semesters after he “accepted responsibility” for his role in a sexual assault. Phillips was later acquitted by a jury in a criminal trial arising out of the same incident.

For Phillips to graduate from alleged campus rape-o to alleged white-collar bankroller is a sign that his life is headed in the right direction. Keep living the dream, Anwar!

Thank you, Flubby. Couldn't have said it better myself.

More surprising to me than the fact Anwar would do such a thing is the fact he is in the NFL. Seriously, I had no idea, and I'm usually pretty up-to-date on Penn Staters in the NFL, especially ones that played there when I was in school. Go figure.

The thing I remember most about Anwar—besides the sexual assault/acquittal—was the way he used to leap on top of the pile of the huddle after stretching before the game. It was sweet.



Other than that, he didn't do much. His freshman year, he used to blitz a lot and caused havoc, but once he became a starter, he was nothing more than serviceable. He did wear No. 1 before Justin King, which is why King wore 7 his freshman year before taking over the number his final two seasons. For the record, Justin King was drafted by the Rams last year in the fourth round but missed the entire season due to injury. Yeah, Penn State DBs are doing well for themselves.

Anyway, Anwar beat the system once, so I'm sure he can dodge a bullet again. The real shocker is that he's even in the NFL to begin with. Who knew?

This Guy's a Phony

I like my brother-in-law. Honestly, I do. He may be a Rangers and Yankees fan, but at least he hates the Mets and has no use for the Giants. Plus, he's a good guy. He really is. But sometimes, he just doesn't get it. Take for instance, this email he just sent me:

since i see based on your postings that you people down there have this inferiority complex with us up here in NYC. And have the urge to let us know whenever anything decent happens down there (Giants aside since i have no use for them anyway.) here is this mornings updated NHL Atlantic division standings. Take a look and realize that you will NOT simply have this division without any kind of fight. So tell those fags in orange to bring it. Henrik will make them all his bitches and put them on the corner to make him some money.

enjoy (NYC will always rule the east coast)



Yes, the Flyers are in second place, but I'd like to point out, once again, that the Rangers have played two more games. Second of all, as I pointed out the other day, New York does not, in fact, rule the East Coast, especially in sports, anymore. Check the facts. The Phillies are World Fucking Champions. Correct me if I'm wrong, but no New York team is the champion right now. In fact, the Eagles are in the NFC Championship game, the Flyers are coming off a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals, and the Sixers have won four straight games. No team from New York can boast such accolades currently in each sport.

But lastly, I'd like to focus on this: "Giants aside since i have no use for them anyway." Seeing as my brother-in-law is born and bred in Brooklyn, where he currently lives still, naturally you'd think, OK, he doesn't like the Giants, so he must like the Jets, right? Wrong. His favorite NFL team is the San Francisco 49ers. What? you say. Exactly. You wanna know why he's a Niners fan? Because he's a phony. A big, fat phony.



Mr. New York there loves the Niners because when he was young, the Niners were dominant, with Joe Montana, Bill Walsh and Jerry Rice running roughshod over the league. Hence, my brother-in-law latched on to the team as a front-running youngster. Somehow, someone born and bred in New York, who claims to be a New York die-hard that loves the Yankees and Rangers, does not root for any New York football teams. He roots for a team from San Francisco, which has quite a bit of gays mind you, not that there's anything wrong with that.



I didn't want to have to do this, but it had to be said. For all your dedication and loyalty to the Rangers and Yankees, you are a fraud. College is one thing. People can like schools from anywhere for whatever reason, but you root for your hometown pro teams. At least, that's what real people do. Flyers, Sixers, Eagles, Phillies. Those are my favorite teams. They all are in Philadelphia. Not two of them. Not three. All four. Because that's what real men do. They support their city's teams. Not just the ones they deem worthy … or coincidentally the ones that have historically won a lot of championships. Just saying.

LET'S GO BIRDS!!!!!!!