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Ken (Tarzana, CA): What made you think that Steve Walsh was a better QB prospect than Troy Aikman?
Skip Bayless: Jimmy Johnson. He loved Walsh, his U of Miami QB, and drafted him with the first pick in the supplemental after taking Aikman with the first pick of the regular draft. Johnson's Cowboys won one game that first year -- with Walsh at QB. Jimmy didn't think Aiikman was all that football smart and didn't love his intangibles. Shortly after trading Walsh for a 1,2 and a 3, Jimmy got so frustrated with Aikman that he said, "He was a loser in college (at UCLA, where he couldn't beat USC) and he'll always be a loser in the pros."
Obviously, Norv Turner came in and turned Aikman around, and Jimmy now has two Super Bowl rings to show for it.
Skip Bayless: Biggest reach: JaMarcus Russell, who is not a No. 1 pick in the draft.
Best pick: Omobi Okoye at 10 to those imbecilic Texans. Best late-round pick: Ohio State's Gonzalez to Peyton.
Ken (Tarzana, CA): Can you give us some insight into the fight you and Aikman had over your "outing" him in your book?
Skip Bayless: I did not have a fight with Aikman. I wrote that the head coach and many in the locker room believed he was gay and that we in the media were protecting him while he did all his commercials. That was just one of several reasons he was not well liked by his teammates. He and Switzer did not speak for the final two months of that season, even during Super Bowl Week.
But I did not say he was gay. As far as I know, he is not -- as I wrote. And more important, I do not care. But that was a flashpoint for a team that somehow won the Super Bowl in spite of itself.
Sean (DC): Has anyone on ESPN had more plastic surgery than you? Who wears more make-up, you or Pam Stewart?
Skip Bayless: That's funny. Trust me, Sean, I haven't had any plastic surgery and I wear very little makeup. Just look how battered I look. I need plastic surgery and more makeup, especially when I stay up till 1:30 Eastern watching NBA and get up at 4:30.
wes, boston: screw alex ballentine and screw you skip. YOUR A PARASITE
Skip Bayless: It's you're.
Jacob (Cleveland): Skip, We complain because you are the irrational dope on TV. Miami had the ball 1st and goal on the 2 yard line, and could not score. Where is the luck there?
Skip Bayless: And Miami got jobbed by THE WORST CALL IN THE HISTORY OF SPORTS, a pass interference flag that flew about 30 seconds (which felt like minutes) after the play was over.
Obviously, Norv Turner came in and turned Aikman around, and Jimmy now has two Super Bowl rings to show for it.
Best pick: Omobi Okoye at 10 to those imbecilic Texans. Best late-round pick: Ohio State's Gonzalez to Peyton.
Ken (Tarzana, CA): Can you give us some insight into the fight you and Aikman had over your "outing" him in your book?
But I did not say he was gay. As far as I know, he is not -- as I wrote. And more important, I do not care. But that was a flashpoint for a team that somehow won the Super Bowl in spite of itself.
Sean (DC): Has anyone on ESPN had more plastic surgery than you? Who wears more make-up, you or Pam Stewart?
wes, boston: screw alex ballentine and screw you skip. YOUR A PARASITE
Jacob (Cleveland): Skip, We complain because you are the irrational dope on TV. Miami had the ball 1st and goal on the 2 yard line, and could not score. Where is the luck there?
