El Dia in Football

1. When will the Saints acquire defensive backs who can actually play in the NFL (Mike McKenzie excluded)? I'm sure some of these guys, Fred Thomas, Jason David, etc., were good in Pop Warner, and in high school. They probably did pretty well in college too. It seems though, that the NFL might be too tough. There's no shame in that. There are a lot of guys who can't make it in the pros. Where is Dave Waymer when we need him? Oh. He's dead.

2. From the "Piss Poor Coaching Department": You are Mississippi State. More accurately, you are Sly Croom. You are playing in the Liberty Bowl. Your team has sucked for a long time, and now you get to play in a bowl game. You are losing 3-0 to Central Florida with 7:15 left in the second quarter. You have first and goal at the UCF 5. You take the clock down to under a minute-thirty and you have fourth and goal. In the second quarter of the Liberty Bowl. A bowl game. You kick a field goal. Why? Why don't you go for it? Explain.