Paul Oberjuerge: "I'm Good" -- NOT

Jacobellis was WAY out in front in the final, four-woman race of the snoeboardcross, thanks to jostling among boarders behind her. On TV, we could see her look back at least once just to see how big her lead was.

On maybe the second-to-last jump, she grabbed her board with one hand ... lost her balance ... and FELL. She lost all momentum, of course. So even though she was STILL ahead when she got upright again, a girl from Switzerland soon whizzed by and took the gold.

This is just, oh ... INEXCUSABLE might be the word we're searching for.

There was NO reason for Jacobellis to show off with a halfpipe move on snowboardcross. If she played if safe, conservatively, INTELLGENTLY, she would be the owner of Olympic gold right this minute.

This compares with some other great showboat gaffes in sports history. Think of all the baseball guys who have come out of the batter's box trotting because they think they've hit a homer and the ball bounces off the wall. Think of track guys who put a fist in the air just as someone caught them at the tape.

Football seems to have most showboaters-gone-bad, and the one that springs to mind is Leon Lett of the Dallas Cowboys and his premature celebration while returning a fumble vs. the Buffalo Bills in the Super Bowl.

Don Beebe, in one of the great hustle plays of all time, ran about 100 yards to chase down Lett, who was strutting the final yards with the ball in one hand. Beebe reached in and ripped the football out of Lett's hand, saving a touchdown.

Jacobellis' gaffe is worse, in a way, because the Cowboys won despite Leon's showboating.

It's like Lindsay's Inner Snowboarder Punk came out at the absolute wrong instant. When she was about to win gold in the stodgy ol' Olympic Games.

I wrote before the Games she could be the It Girl of these Olympics. After this, she may be The Goat of these Olympics. Miss Arrogance.