Skoal, Brother!

Do you admire Google or feel sorry for it? Everyone's gunning for it - which means it is also in many, many promising markets.

Is it Earl Campbell?

"Campbell is widely acknowledged as one of the best running backs in NFL history. He is still considered a prototype for the bruising, power running back. Described as a "one-man demolition team," Campbell was a punishing runner....

...All the pounding he absorbed, all the bone-jarring blows from second, third and fourth tacklers wore down his body and prompted a premature drop-off in performance. Beside the fact that debate still rages as to whether Coach Bum Philips hastened the end of Campbell's career by overworking him, the consensus is clear that during Campbell's heyday, few running backs were as productive or imposing."

I tell you what though - it is great for now to see Google run through defenses and celebrate with an emphatic "Skoal, Brother!"

Update: Gary Hamel extols Google in a WSJ column, Paul Kedrosky spits tobacco juice over it!