Headlines…
Lane Kiffin in talks to replace Lane Kiffin as head coach
I think this will be good for Kiffin. This sabbatical from high school has gone on long enough.
Bengals' WR Chris Henry cleared to practice
Don't worry Bengal fan, there's hope. Oh...he's the WR, not the RB for the Titans? Nevermind.
Detroit Shock defeat New York Liberty to advance to WNBA Finals
In other news, I am having a tuna sandwich for lunch.
Twins at White Sox (7:05 TBS)
Hopefully we get a game like Padres/Rockies from last year. And if we do, hopefully Instant replay is used. Just so you know, Matt Holliday still hasn't touched home plate.
Ravens vs. Steelers: 2nd Half Live Blog
I know it seems rather pointless to do a second half live blog, but I watched the first half and was intrigued. I've come to a couple conclusions:
1. 2nd Halves should not start this late. Nothing, for that matter, should start this late. In a couple minutes I gotta get ready for school.
2. How long will it be until "Flacco on his Backo" is said everytime he is sacked?
3. Is Pittsburgh this average?
10:32-Ohhhh, Suzy said "pissed". Scandalous.
10:32-I don't think Ray Lewis takes into account the serving size of children when he eats them.
10:34-Steelers punt. Again.
10:37-Now we know: Jesus is a Steeler fan.
10:38-Wow! Flacco! A duel threat QB? Who knew. All kidding aside, that was impressive. Great protection by the line.
10:43-Mendenhall is out with a shoulder. Looks like Pittsburgh will have to used their third string running back, thats right: Tim Tebow.
10:44-Although I appreciate Jaworski's knowledge of the game. The use of the "Axis" graphic is taking away precious time for Tony Kornheiser's non sequitur's, analogies, and Usain Bolt references.
10:49-Why would the Steelers decline the "12 men on the field" penalty? That was a crappy punt and it was an opportunity to rekick it. Eh, what do I know?
10:53-Man, this game could be played on a 25 yard field and the score would still be 13-3. I would watch something else, but Spiderman 2 and My Name is Earl don't even qualify as something else.
10:58-That better be Holmes and Roeiethilisberhsdedfeger's last touchdown. My fantasy team's season is on the ropes.
11:00-Commercial. Flip on USA. DX is back! No way! If only Shawn Michaels was alive to see this.
11:01-I'm tempted to stay on RAW.
11:03-Nevermind. Flacco's on his backo! Fumble. Woodley recovers! Touchdown Steelers! 17-13 Pittsburgh.
11:06-Back on RAW. Here come the ladders. Shawn! Lookout. Triple H has a sledgehammer. OWWWW! Sweet Chin Music! The Pedigree! Here comes the Kitchen Sink! No he didn't! The Ham Sandwich!
11:09-I think Flacco needs the Terrible Towel to dry his pants. "Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Delaware anymore."
11:14-Third quarter over. I wonder whats for breakfast. Sweet! Pancakes!
11:18-I wonder what ESPN is thinking now after they found out, like the rest of us, that the Browns suck. They have them scheduled for THREE more Monday Night Football games. THREE MORE! That's a lot of watching Romeo Crennel misuse the clock, the league catch up to Derek Anderson, and Brady Quinn flex for himself on the sideline.
11:25-Talk about blown coverage. A 49 yard gain for Hines Ward after Roethlisberger evades a would-be defensemen. Score 17-13, timeout.
11:30-Ben finds a receiver. Except he's one row deep. Still an incomplete pass. Hopefully, whoever dropped that ball in stands will take the hint and stop talking about how he "coulda went pro".
11:32-Here's the game. 3rd and Goal at the 1. Steelers score, their up by 11. STOPPED! Obviously, Pittsburgh is taking the points and going to attempt the field goal.
11:33-Reed burys it. 20-13. 9:19 left in the 4th.
11:36-They're helmets Ron. Not hats. Baseball men wear hats.
11:39-Flacco on his...eh, I'll stop there. I'll let the analysts wear it out.
11:41-Touchdown Ravens. 20-20. McClain pounds it in. Even he doesn't know who he is.
11:45-Kornheiser describes Ray Lewis as "Flamboyantly articulate". I wonder what happens to individuals when they say that to his face.
11:47-Timeout Baltimore. 2:51 left in the 4th. This game CANNOT go into overtime. I refuse to let it.
11:53-Steelers punt. Baltimore has the ball on their own 13 yard line with 1:40 left. With 1 timeout left, looks like we're headed to overtime. Run. Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick. Run. Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick.
12:00-Now they're just playing with us. Adding :07 back to the clock?! It's almost time for Week 5.
12:03-Ravens win the toss. Elect to receive, obviously. That would be the ballsiest move by a team to elect to kick. And the dumbest. But still, solid.
12:09-Another Sacko on Flacco. Ah! I thought of another one. Ravens punt. Santonio Holmes gets sent back into last week. Steelers ball at their own 43.
12:12-24 yard gain. Into field goal range. "Game may end", experts say.
12:15-45 yard field goal attempt for Jeff Reed. Timeout Ravens.
Kornheiser: "Cheesy"
Jaworski: "Strategy"
12:16-Another try. ITS UP! ITS GOOD! ITS OVER! ITS TIME FOR BED!
What I’m Listening to Now…
You want to know what I'm listening to right now? You do! Here it is...
Don McLean-American Pie
30 Seconds to Mars-The Kill (it starts at like :39)
Weezer-Buddy Holly
Good stuff. Music nowadays isn't replayable (word?). I stick to classic stuff. Granted, "The Kill" isn't classic. I still am listening to it at the moment.
That’s perfect irony! Elaine, that is interesting writing!
This weekend was probably the best sports weekend in a very long time. Certainly for the year. On Saturday, there were still two playoff spots up for grab. The AL Central had done a complete 180 due to the fact that the Twins sent the White Sox to their room. And even after this weekend, there is still one more game to be played. White Sox are home for Detroit at 2:05ET on ESPN2. The Sox believed that game wouldn't be necessary a couple weeks ago. Not so fast. Chicago needs to win this game against Detroit to force a 1 game playoff against the Twins on Tuesday (also in Chicago).
The Universal Symbol for Choking.
This is something you see, ummm, maybe never. Choking away significant division and playoff spot leads in back-to-back Septembers. And yet we all witnessed that unintentional comedy that are the New York Mets. They showed ZERO fire against the Marlins, a team who had eliminated them from playoff contention just one year ago. The fans were looking for SOMETHING to cheer for that entire game. Oh yeah, there was that Beltran homerun in the 6th, but that is where the Mets thought it fitting to stop. What a way to end the Shea Stadium era. With ineptitude. Seems fitting. But with a performance like that, they clearly didn't deserve to be in the playoffs. That would be a disgrace to teams that made it. Speaking of which...
- C'mon everybody! It's time to hose down CC!
CC Sabathia showed every American League team looking for an ace, why he should be paid with big bags that have dollar signs on them. For the third time in as many starts, Sabathia pitched on three days rest and carried the Brewers into the playoffs. Ryan Braun showed for the nth time that he is going to be a perennial MVP candidate by blasting a 2-out, 2 run homerun in the bottom of the 8th to put Milwaukee ahead. Personally, I dont think they'll go far. Sheets is done for the year (bye bye money). But who knows, the Rockies won 47 games in a row last year to make it to the World Series last season.
Starting quarterback for Ole Miss that game, thats right: Tim Tebow
"See kids, lying and not being reliable isn't so bad. Look at Nick Saban."
Week 4 Picks…
Last Week: 9-7
I took a step back last week. But I did predict that Dolphin victory. I didn't predict that they would destroy the Pats. Didn't see that coming. Okay, I'm keeping it short this week, got a lot of things to do.
Carolina at Falcons
Cincinnati at Cleveland
Jacksonville at Houston
Denver at Kansas City
San Francisco at New Orleans
Arizona at New York
Green Bay at Tampa Bay
San Diego at Oakland
Buffalo at St. Louis
Washington at Dallas
Philadelphia at Chicago
Baltimore at Pittsburgh
TGIF. Am I right?
cough Disregard that last post cough. You win again BCS! Overrated USC damn you! They're turning into Duke basketball. Or Ohio State football. Haha. I kid.
Ravens aware of Steelers rookie's text message sent to Rice
I love this story. Rashard Mendenhall sent a text to Ravens' running back Ray Rice saying he would have a big game against Baltimore. You know, good natured, friendly competitiveness. Rice goes ahead and shows the rest of the Ravens team what he said. Not exactly something a friend would do. Now Mendenhall has Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Bart Scott, and the rest of the Baltimore's defense gunning for him. In his first career start no less! I love this quote from Scott, "He said later that he was just joking, but it's too late. Thanks for the bulletin-board material, rookie." Don't want BS on your bad side. I'm pretty sure Chris Rock was talking about Bart Scott in this stand up.
BCS…
I've had this blog for about 9 months now. I've talked about everything. But I've never addressed my stance on the BCS.
Like most people, I dislike the BCS. The BCS was implemented to make everyone involved much much richer. The BCS was not implemented to crown a true champion. Examples:
2004 Auburn Tigers
2006 Boise State Broncos
2004 Utah Utes
This year has the potential to be the worst year since the BCS' induction. "Why?", you ask. I'll tell you why.
There is proof beyond a reasonable doubt that The University of Southern California is the best team in the country. We all agree upon that. Correct? Yes. Because that shouldn't even be a question.
Howeva, this could be one of the worst years for the Pac-10. In years past, the Pac-10 was very representative with the likes of Washington, Oregon, and UCLA. Oh no, not this year. This season, it's Southern Cal and co. Let me put it this way:
Standings in Pac-10 (top 4):
Arizona: lost to New Mexico
Oregon: lost to Boise State
California: lost to Maryland
Arizona State: lost to UNLV
USC is further down considering they haven't play a conference game. Anyway, you get my point. 9/10th's of the conference is atrocious.
Now, let me address Part 2 of my argument. No one with a reasonable college football lovin' mind who dispute the fact that the SEC and the Big 12 are the two BEST conferences in the nation.
Currently, the SEC has 6 undefeated teams: LSU, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Vanderbilt?, and Florida. And the Big 12 has seven undefeated teams as we speak: Oklahoma, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, Texas Tech, Texas, and Oklahoma State. For me, I believe that the Big 12 has a slight edge over the SEC. I know I'm in the minority on that on seeing that Florida and LSU have the last two national championships. But that's in the past. I think that the Big 12 has the edge because of their unbelievable quarterback play. Let me break it down:
Sam Bradford (Oklahoma): 64/81 882 yards 12 TD 2 INT
Chase Daniel (Missouri): 101/133 1412 yards 12 TD 1 INT
Todd Reesing (Kansas): 126/179 1405 yards 11 TD 2 INT
Graham Harrell (Texas Tech): 120/186 1573 yards 12 TD 3 INT
Colt McCoy (Texas): 63/81 833 yards 11 TD 1 INT
I mean, ridiculous numbers coming out of one conference.
To get back to my original point, I believe one team from each respective conference could run the table. And then, the BCS would have a HUGE problem on their hands. Or they would just ignore the problem and continue to take their money baths.
What I'm saying is this: Let's assume that USC breezes through the rest of the schedule to an undefeated season. They dispatch of their would be dispatchers in the Pac-10 championship and await for their spot in the BCS championship. Not. So. Fast. If the BCS were to put USC in the Ship, by the laws of physics, they would be keeping out a possibly undefeated SEC or Big 12 team. They couldn't do that. Could they?
I know what you're saying. "Hey man, who's going to run the table in the SEC or Big-12? No one could withstand those schedules?" By stating that question, you are essentially making my argument. Let's say a team from each conference does that, the BCS can't put all three teams in the championship game. Someone's got to go.
Bottomline: BCS is a joke. I have a friend who tells me that it makes the regular season more exciting. That the USC loss to Stanford last season would have meant nothing if there was a tournament or a Plus 1 system. Are you kidding me? Of course it would. They would have gotten a lower seed and invariably had to play a tougher team in the first round. And if they were truly the best team in the country, they would easily defeat them. The best teams play the best when it matters the most. A tournament is the only answer. I just hope I'm still alive to see it. (I'm 20 years old)
More Headlines…
Matt Millen out as Lions' GM and President
I love going through some of his first round draft picks:
- Charles Rogers (currently a free agent)
- Joey Harrington (third string quarterback for the Saints behing Brees and...Mark Brunell)
- Mike Williams (currently a free agent)
When it comes to Mike Williams, that wasn't bad drafting, that was awful player development. The guy was a bonafide stud at USC. He seemed like he made an acrobatic catch once a game. And as soon as he was drafted, down the tubes. Maybe it was the year off for attempting to enter the NFL a year early. But he's still only 24 years old. Man, the Lions did a number on him.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3606294
Hank Steinbrenner rips MLB Divisional Layout
I'm pretty sure Hank talks all day, every day. Saying outrageous things constantly at all hours of the day. But it's only when someone sticks a microphone in front his face does it get printed. The Yankees have made the playoffs for thirteen straight years, but the first year they don't, it's MLB's fault. Has this guy had a normal, politically correct quote ever? It's been one full year of Hank, and I still don't know what to make of Lil George. Is he trying to be like his dad on purpose? Or is he just an idiot? He makes a lot of outlandish comments, but shows no interest in the Yankees all year. He went to about 2 home games this season.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080923&content_id=3535497&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
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