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Notre Dame game bet with Rodney Peete has him dressing as Trojan
By Marla Ridenour Beacon Journal sportswriter
Published on Thursday, Oct 25, 2007
BEREA: Brady Quinn tried not to grit his teeth as he slipped a rumpled cardinal and gold No. 10 jersey over his head.
Quinn, a Browns rookie quarterback from Notre Dame, lost a bet with former USC quarterback Rodney Peete as the Trojans ran over the Irish 38-0 Saturday. So Wednesday in the locker room as the television cameras rolled, Quinn said he was ''owning up.''
Quinn met Peete last year at the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award ceremony and saw him a few times afterward. So they made a friendly wager, and Quinn didn't even ask for points. The Irish fell to 1-7.
''It's a pride bet; you don't bet points,'' Quinn said. ''I've got faith in my guys.''
Asked if his skin was crawling in a rival's jersey, Quinn said: ''That's why I've got extra layers on, make sure it doesn't touch any part of my actual body. It will be in the trash can next.''
Sure enough, Quinn tossed it in the nearest receptacle when he'd finished talking.
Browns linebacker Willie McGinest, a 14-year NFL veteran and another USC product, was also keeping an eye on Quinn. McGinest approached the rookie, said, ''Are you acting up?'' and gave him a stare. Quinn replied, ''The bet wasn't with you.''
Rams' guarantee
The St. Louis Rams are 0-7 and off to their worst start in franchise history, but that didn't stop Rams tight end Randy McMichael from guaranteeing victory over the Browns on Sunday.
''We have nothing else to say; we are going to win the football game,'' McMichael said.
Running back Steven Jackson stood up for his teammate on a Wednesday conference call, saying, ''I back him. I guarantee it with him. That's how we believe in this locker room. If a guy puts it on the line, we've got to go out and do it.''
Jackson added, ''It comes to a point where you're 0-7, at some point something has to give. We're going back to the basics; that's what we've been preaching all week. We've got to play to the level we expected in Week 1. We can't use injuries as an excuse anymore; we've beaten that one to death.''
Rams coach Scott Linehan said of McMichael's guarantee, ''I think people do that to try to motivate. It doesn't bother me. The whole idea is we've got to do something to get a win. A little psychology for us wouldn't hurt.''
The Rams haven't scored a touchdown in eight quarters and lead the league in giveaways with 23 11 in the past two games.
Special teamer
To take Gary Baxter's roster spot, the Browns signed safety Nick Sorensen, a seven-year veteran who has played in 75 games with the Rams and the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Jaguars released him Aug. 27, and he had been training in Vienna, Va.
''I came here for a workout five or six weeks ago,'' Sorensen said. ''I wasn't sure if I was going to get another opportunity.''
The Virginia Tech product has 81 special teams tackles in his career.
''I haven't played too much defense in my career,'' he said.
Brownies
Browns coach Romeo Crennel said he wasn't interested in defensive tackle Grady Jackson, whom the Atlanta Falcons released after he had started 22 of the past 23 games. The 6-foot-2, 350-pound run-stopper led the league with 13 tackles for a loss in 2006 and has 51/2 this year. ''Not at the moment,'' Crennel said of Jackson. ''Something can always change in this business.'' . . . Running back Jamal Lewis (strained foot) and tight end Darnell Dinkins (hand) were limited in practice for the Browns, but receiver Joe Jurevicius (knee) participated fully. . . . The Rams' Jackson is expected to return Sunday after missing four games with a groin injury. ''It's not 100 percent, there's some rust, but I'm going to try to push it more and more,'' said Jackson, who ranked fifth in the league in rushing in 2006 with 1,528 yards.
Marla Ridenour can be reached at mridenour@thebeaconjournal.com. Read her Browns blog at http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/browns/.
BEREA: Brady Quinn tried not to grit his teeth as he slipped a rumpled cardinal and gold No. 10 jersey over his head.
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