Make a Statement

We're kinda in a holding pattern on a lot of things right now -- football is about to start, politics will start to heat back up when Congress returns next week, the pennant races aren't especially interesting. So we need something else to talk about. Sports always works.

Rich had a great idea on the Tuesday sports thread: let's identify some things that represent, well, choose your term:

Low-hanging fruit

Damning with faint praise

So how does it work? Consider the example that came up in the thread. Here's the statement:

Jay Cutler is the most talented quarterback the Bears have had in my lifetime. Or alternatively, since Sid Luckman.

If you think about it, it's clearly true. While the Bears have had successes here and there over the years, the quarterback has never been the key factor. Consider the last three Chicago quarterbacks to reach an NFL championship game: Bill Wade in 1963, Jim McMahon in 1985 and Rex Grossman in 2006. If you were starting a team today, would you want any of them to be your starting quarterback? I think not.

So your challenge is to come up with another sports-related statement that is (a) categorical and (b) hard to challenge. Here's another example:

The Timberwolves haven't had a decent general manager since forever.

Or:

Cubs fans are smug masochists.

Or:

If you look up "footwipe" in the dictionary, the accompanying illustration will be the Macalester College football team picture.

The floor is open. Make your statement. And if you'd like to challenge someone else's statement, go right ahead!