Yesterday evening I spoke to a local businessman who explained to me why the mayor and his cronies won't stop trying to destroy the Fairgrounds and the events associated with that public complex. Apparently this lot (approx 110 acres) is one of the last big plots of undeveloped land in the metro area, and several parties are competing to get their hooks into this property. I tried to explain how valuable the Fairgrounds were to many in the community, but the conversation kept leading in the direction that sooner or later corporate interests will eventually get their way. 

 How do you explain to people who's only interest in life is to make money that some things are better left alone for the sake of history and the greater good? This property should be left alone as it is, and those who love the Fairgrounds need to keep a watchful eye on anyone coming up with plans to close down the Fairgrounds and replace it with more office buildings that we really don't need in this city.

I think the proposals such as turning the property into a public park or another amusement park is just a smokescreen to get the wrecking ball started on this property. Once the buildings and racetrack are gone they would most likely scrap the plan they sold to the general public and move on with the plans for commercial development. I'm not from Nashville, but I do see the value and wonderful history of the Fairgrounds. Those greedy folks who have no regard for anything except money cannot be allowed to take take such a treasure away from Nashville behind closed doors.

The mayor wants the Fairgrounds destroyed and will do anything he can to make this happen, including removing names from last year's "Save the Fairgrounds" petitions that weren't residents of Davidson county. He had no right to do so since the Fairgrounds are for "state functions", therefore anyone in the state of Tennessee should've been able to sign that petition without having their name removed.

 Mayor, you are shameless... I hope this comes back to bite you in the ass! 

The Titans gave a disappointing performance today, and at times looked like they're lacking communication between the QB and his recievers. I think what we're seeing is the growing pains of a new coaching staff and new QB, and hopefully as the season moves on we'll see improvements overall.

 Johnson looked like he might have a great day on the first series, but it didn't take long for the Steelers to make the necessary adjustments to shut him down for the rest of the afternoon. The run blocking at this point is suspect, and I still don't understand why more inside running plays can't be used with a dual backfield. Ringer is a great straight ahead runner and a dual backfield allows for more options.

Many times I saw Johnson open in the flats and couldn't understand why Hasselbeck won't give him some quick passes as the primary reciever. Obviously every team in the NFL is stacking up against the run to stop Johnson, so why not use more plays with short routs that gets Johnson past the the 1st level and make the linebackers pay for playing tight to the line.

Despite the score, the defense actually didn't look too bad. I think the problem had more to do with offensive time of posession and bad penalties than anything else. The defense can't carry this team every single week, especially if the offense can't capitalize on turnovers and big plays.

I'm hopeful that the Titans can put in some good work during their bye week and maybe we'll see some life in the running game when they play again in two weeks. A 3-2 record is nothing to complain about, but there are glaring issues on the offensive side of the ball that will keep this team at about .500 for the rest of the season if they can't get on track.