“Dandy” Dan was not so dandy this past Sunday. Nearing the end of the first quarter, Orlovsky stepped out the back of the end zone. Okay, that’s an understatement. He was so far out the back of the end zone that he was close to doing a Lambaeu-leep into the stands.
When I first saw the highlight I questioned out loud… what is happening? Is this legal? Am I missing something? I believe these were similar to the back judge’s thoughts too. There was that awkward 2 – 3 seconds where the back judge and everyone watching thought, “What the shit is this guy doing? Is this really happening? Schnikeys, I gotta blow my whistle”.
“Dandy Dan” was Orlovsky’s nickname at Uconn. He won the first ever bowl game in the schools short Division 1 history, thus (somehow) parlaying that into a 5th round draft selection by the Lions. If there was any question as to why Matt Millen was fired… here is exhibit 146; Dan Orlovsky.
The Lions went on to loose yesterday 12-10. By my math that means they lost by 2 points. And from my football knowledge a safety is worth… say it with me… 2 points. Whoopsies!
The University of Connecticut has a student run paper called The Daily Campus. The Daily Campus has an article this morning about Orlovsky’s first NFL start. The article is written by Aly Shea, the Managing Editor of the paper.Very oddly, I have read an article by Aly before. It was about a former Uconn student who was about to make his debut on the UFC’s Ultimate Fighter reality show.
In this most recent article Aly seems pleased with the showing Orlovsky made on Sunday. She also refers to Jon Kitna as a “gunslinger: Shea does mention Dan running out the back of the end zone but then shortly after says that he has “the chance to be the face of [the] franchise”.
But at least Orlovsky has a chance. Sure, he has to learn the offense a little better. And he has to learn that you can’t just run out of the end zone whenever you want. But he has a strong enough arm and good enough leadership skills to be the man in Detroit.
That’s a big deal for Orlovsky. It might be a bigger deal for UConn football.
Good enough leadership skills? He cost his team the game. No questions asked. He blew it. That isn’t the public attention I would personally want for my school but I’ve noticed that people from the CT march to their own drum beat from time to time but what do I know.
EDITORS NOTE: Aly Shea has informed me that Kevin Duffy is the one who wrote the Orlovsky article. She was mis-credited on the newspapers website the morning this story was ‘penned’.
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It was no more boneheaded than right handed Gus Frerotte throwing a pass left handed while with the Bengals.
By the way, is “lose” not “loose.” I’m nitpicking but it’s an error that’s made constantly on sports sites. Loose is what Charlie Weis’ pants are not.
Hey, Orlovsky was just doing his favorite song, The Safety Dance
And no, he’s no friend of mine
Yeah Tim, I have to agree with you there, he definately was doing the safety dance, and did a poor job at that.
Ben, I don’t undersatand what you’re trying to imply, and I find that insulting
Well Tim, you take things too personally, and for that you should go home and cry to your mommy
Ben, that was not one of your better jokes
Well Tim, it’s not funny if you are a Lions fan, or if you have red hair
Ben there’s a line of offending someone, and you, my friend, have crossed that line
Well who drew that line…..your mom
Ben, I’ve been thinking about what you’ve said for the past 3 weeks, and I am going to
Wow Tim, great comeback
Thank you Ben, it was pretty good
Tim, I was being sarcastic
I’m going to drop you like a bad habit Ben
Was that a pun?
Do you know what a pun is?