Sideline Chatter: There’s no ‘I’ in team, and sometimes there’s no ‘D,’ either

Today’s prep-football tip: When pronouncing Meadville and Dubois, the “D” is silent.

The two western Pennsylvania teams lit up the scoreboard Friday night, Meadville winning, 107-90.

The Beavers (Dubois) got a 741-yard passing performance from Matt Miller, rang up 90 points and still lost by 17!

That’s largely because Journey Brown of the Bulldogs (Meadville) rushed for 722 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Headlines

At SportsPickle.com: “Patriots say they heard Steelers admit they’re just jealous in secret recordings of Steelers locker room.”

At BorowitzReport.com: “Patriots never bothered to steal Jets’ playbook.”

You (heart) football?

Chin up, football widows and widowers: The next Sunday without NFL football falls on Valentine’s Day.

Stat of the Week

The shoes worn by Roger Bannister in 1954 when he ran the first sub-4-minute mile (3:59.4) sold for $409,344 at Christie’s auction house in London.

Which pencils out to roughly $1,710 per second.

Tic-tac-d’oh!

Strangest three-and-out in football history: The Cleveland Browns kick off the season Sunday with a GM, coach and player suspended.

Just asking

If Mariners ace pitcher Felix Hernandez is The King, what does that make their best outfielder Lord of the Flies?

Talko time

Todd Dewey of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, after Steelers coach Mike Tomlin complained that his communication headset picked up the Patriots’ radio broadcast instead of his coaches in the press box: “Apparently he didn’t hear them mention that somebody should cover Rob Gronkowski.”

Hamilton Tiger-Cats guard Peter Dyakowski, to the Toronto Star, after chippy play in his team’s CFL game against the Argonauts resulted in nine unnecessary-roughness flags: “You know, sometimes roughness is necessary.”

Colts backup QB Matt Hasselbeck, to BleacherReport.com, on starter Andrew Luck: “Andrew is not your normal NFL quarterback, to put it mildly. Start with the neckbeard. The CDC should have been called in on that.”

Ian Hamilton of the Regina (Sask.) Leader-Post, on the “Aggie Dog,” a 4-foot, 12-pound frank being featured at Kyle Field concessions stands this season: “It’s the biggest hot dog at Texas A&M since Johnny Manziel.”

Worth repeating

Brewers catcher Nevin Ashley, who finally made his big-league debut at age 31 on Wednesday, has a wife named ... Ashley. As in Ashley Ashley.

So did she make him honeymoon in Walla Walla?

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