Just My Type

Army Runs the Reverse

THE ARMY HAD DECIDED to let Caleb Campbell pursue his NFL dream with the idea that he could also recruit and generate publicity. I think that publicity did him in. Campbell, a safety drafted by Detroit, was told on the eve of training camp that in fact he must give two years to the military. Campbell, who will coach at West Point's prep school this fall before a possible deployment, told me while driving from Detroit that a three-star general had unsuccessfully lobbied for him to play. Campbell doesn't know what caused the reversal. I'm guessing that it was the very news coverage he was supposed to generate. Campbell became a huge story. I'd bet it was the hype that drew the attention of a higher-up who didn't like an exception being made and shot it down.

Coin Flips: So Hot Right Now

FIRST THERE was Aaron "Two-Face" Eckhart in The Dark Knight, and then Rex Grossman won the right to start with the first team in training camp with a coin flip against Kyle Orton. Cool! The Bears should do this every week and make a TV show out of it. Some possible special guest flippers:
• TERRY BRADSHAW. He could have been a Bear, but for a 1970 predraft coin flip that gave Pittsburgh the top pick.
• JEROME BETTIS. He might call both heads and tails—like he once did at the start of an OT.
• MIKE DITKA. Though if Ditka calls heads, would the coin be afraid to land on tails?
• JAVIER BARDEM. Speaking of fear....
• ADAM JONES, né Pacman. Does flipping a coin count as "making it rain"?

Bad Weather in Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY'S short list of nicknames for its new NBA team includes Energy, Wind, and Thunder. Come on. I'm tired of names like this. Just wondering: How exactly would you personify those names in a mascot? If it's Thunder, would the mascot be a lifeguard whistling everyone out of the pool? Dan Majerle? Enough with the weather already. I feel like we're just a step away from seeing team names like the New Orleans Humidity, the San Diego Temperates and the Seattle Light Mist.

THE FINE PRINT: Did you see that the Eagles played a concert in Washington, D.C., last week? They dedicated Already Gone to Manny Acta.

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