Strike 2, classy

I saw Peyton Manning’s news conference yesterday announcing he would indeed be waived by the Colts instead of them paying him a scheduled 28 million dollar bonus.  I thought Peyton handled it very well and was very genuine in his statement/answers.  I would expect no less from him based on the way his career has been.

In the big picture I can understand Irsay’s decision I guess.  If Manning’s health was not an issue then I don’t think paying the bonus would have been even discussed.  However there is a huge question mark on Peyton’s long term viability.  Spine/neck problems in a violent contact sport is not something to be taken lightly.  Rolling a 28 million dollar pair of dice is something not many people would do.

On the flip side, I am really surprised that year in and year out high ranking college QB’s are routinely touted as “can’t miss”.  NFL history is stuffed full of these can’t missers that turn out to be a big bucket of suck in the NFL.   Tim Couch, David Klingler, Akili Smith, Andre Ware, Rick Mirer, Heath Shuler, JaMarcus Russell, and of course the King of Suck, Ryan Leaf are some shining examples of this phenomenon.  To hang your hat on the idea that Andrew Luck is the next Joe Montana is just foolish in my eyes.

It will be quite interesting to see where Peyton winds up.  As long as he is healthy I am sure he has a solid half decade of ball left in him.  It would be kind of exciting if he came to Miami, right across the alley.

So yesterday after the gym I returned to my Tacoma, hopeful I would be able to turn the key and have the engine fire right up with hardly a stumble.  Instead I swore out loud as once again the fcking truck sputtered and wanted to shut off.  The new IAC made no difference.

So I did even more in depth research on the problem.  The more you dig the more confusing the possible solution becomes.  I have seen 6 or 7 different solutions for the symptoms I am experiencing.  One solution that sounded plausible was a defective engine coolant temperature sensor.  This sensor is what the truck computer utilizes to know if the engine is warm or cold and adjusts the intake accordingly.  If this sensor goes bad it can send a signal to the computer that the engine is cold when it actually is warm, causing it to dump too much fuel, which is what the truck acts like when the condition occurs.

The sensor was only $20 so I grabbed one on the way home and will be installing it as soon as I get a chance.  This problem is like a thorn that keeps growing as it is inserted into my side.  Every time I sputter away from my parking space I get more and more pissed off.