Saturday, January 30, 2010

Tebow may not have enough…for now, from Yahoo! Sports

I have never been a big Tebow fan.  My dislike for Tebow is born of my hatred for the SEC, BCS and my belief that Urban Meyer is a fraud that will eventually be discovered.  So by association my hatorade addiction makes me not like Tebow, and believe that he wont be as successful in the NFL as he has been in the NCAA.  His numbers are good, there is no doubt he is the most dominant college quarterback out there, but his game might not translate to the next level.  His numbers have decreased over the last three years.  He’s quick and agile, but his game will be shut down in the NFL.  It will take a few hits by Ray Ray or other headhunters to make Tebow look like a retired boxer in their 50’s by the time he is only 28.  His numbers secure him a place in the first round.  He will go to a team that already has a healthy quarterback, and possibly a good back up quarterback.  He will hold the clipboard and learn from the pros.  We might not see him play this next season, or the one after (at least not in regular season games when there’s a chance to win), but he will play at the next level.  His mechanics will be reworked, and he’ll be a starter.  I will hold off for a couple more years to see if my suspicion of Meyers is right:that he can lead a good college team, but he makes piss poor professional quarterbacks.  I wish Tebow the best of luck.  Of course Tebow has a good head on his shoulders and just in general is a good guy, if the whole NFL thing doesn’t work he will always make it somewhere else, I think he’ll make a hell of a megachurch pastor

Some NFL scouts have given up on Tebow. Does that make sense? - Dr. Saturday - NCAAF Blog - Yahoo! Sports

Friday, January 29, 2010

Matthews:Candidate for D Bag of the Decade

Chris Matthews, who is a serious early contender for the D bag of the decade award has jumped ahead of the competition with his analysis of President Obama’s State of the Union address. If Obama is able to win another term, Matthews is a shoe in for being the D Bag of the decade. I mean 8 years of Matthews falling over himself and gushing like a little girl whenever he hears Obama speak. At first what I believed to be was Matthews just being the gayest man without actually being homosexual, with the “thrill” that shot up his leg when he heard Obama speak at the DNC in Denver back in ‘08, has turned into just reckless douche baggery. After Obama’s speech Matthews commented, “I forgot he was black.” Or in other words “if I close my eyes, I’d swear that n- was white.” What Matthews said was absurd, and just down right stupid. If this had been a conservative white pundit the media would be looking for the tallest tree and the shortest rope to hang this fool. But because Matthews is unabashed in his gushing love for Obama, we just console ourselves knowing, that Matthews is Matthews, and he’s just a D Bag. As Matthews was trying to say something insightful and be overly dramatic as he typically is, he revealed a serious flaw in American thinking in regards to race. To comment on how a black man is articulate or doesn’t carry that negro dialect is backwards and uncovers our still divisive thinking and stereotyping. Matthews needs to restrain himself and gain some self control when he talks about Obama, and he needs to look in the mirror recognize the buried racist that lives within himself, the same one that lives within many people and just try not to be such a D Bag.

Matthews' remark exposes complexity of 'transcending race' - Yahoo! News

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Eat that Favre, and go home.

That's right, Brett, just leave your jersey and jock strap at the door, get your Wranglers, collect your check and ride your tractor back home. Luckily your not far from your Louisiana home. You had a shot, you could have made it, you got so close. But close doesn't count. You showed us your typical self, you were able to out throw Brees by over a hundred yards, but again your cowboy showboating ways proved to be your achilles. Those two interceptions certainly hurt your chances of making it to the big show. Favre, there's no doubt you are a great athlete. But you have proved to be more of a liability than an asset. You might have rallied your troops to get this far, but you couldn't seal the deal. I ask that you please don't drag this out, just announce your retirement, ink a deal with FOX, or NBC to be a commentator. We know you love the attention, why else would you drag out your illustrious carrier to the point where it's becoming a circus. No longer do we say, "wow, that Favre, what a great quarterback!" Instead we just look and say, "damn he's good for being so old!" Those two statements mean two different things. Do we still think you are one of the best? Sure you still have the few faithful blind who will follow you until you play for the Raiders, and say you are still great as you try to teach Jemarcus Russell how to love and play the game right. But you're not a top tier player. Look at the team you left last season, the Jets, with a much less seasoned quarterback corps, and they made it just as far as you. Please Favre, just go home, it's hard, I understand. Cultivate another skill, take up another hobby. Anything! Just leave your great career alone, let it stand, and leave the NFL, ESPN, and FOX alone, so the commentators there can heal their broken hearts that you wont be coming back, and they will have rebounded by the time they get back to work in August.

Friday, January 8, 2010

Obama could bust the BCS with Broncos - College Football - Rivals.com

I came across this page, and it is brilliant.  Without doing any official political maneuvering, he can upset the entire BCS syndicate in one simple gesture.  While terrorists are hiding bombs next to their junk, and the economy is making slow Lazarus like awakening, and wars and rumors of wars rumble throughout the Middle East, it would be the wrong time for the President or Congress to take on the BCS through legislative means.  This would not be the first time that President Obama has lent his name and fame to collegiate sports.  When he made out his bracket for the NCAA Basketball Tournament, it was carried live to homes all over and then rebroadcast on the major network evening news.  As President, he doesn’t need to push for there to be call to action, but really by just inviting them to the White House for a meet and greet would a be sign that he is backing the change to the BCS.

The next question is should BSU be considered the National Champions? I would say, “no”.  Should the be ranked number 4?  No.  They should be ranked at least number 3, if not number 2. 

Alabama is the undisputed champion this season.  The thing that separates Alabama and Boise is the schedule.  Boise had no real key wins this season.  Of course Boise is caught between a rock and a hard place.  They play in the WAC, one of the weakest conferences, in division I.  Their nonconference games are played against smaller and weaker schools.  This is not because BSU has not attempted to play the bigger schools, its just that the bigger schools refuse to play BSU.  The schools that belong to the Big Six want to pad their schedule with what they deem to be weak teams, or even teams from the division II.  They look to get as many wins as possible so they pick the low hanging fruit, those smaller programs that are looking for the money the big schools offer and the national publicity, even if it is humiliating.  Schools in the Big Six dont want to touch the likes of BSU, TCU, Utah and other big schools from the outside conferences.  These schools are too tough, and they do nothing for the Big Six records.

Back to my point though about Alabama, its only right that they be the champions, they had to beat the likes of Florida, and other top tier teams of the SEC, as well as beat Texas.  BSU’s only real big game came against TCU, where they didnt put the game away until late into it.

Next season though I think we will see BSU play for the championship.  They have all but 2 starters returning next season.  Their key wins will be against Oregon State, and VT, if they one of those they are gone from the BCS, and if they lose any conference game they will be playing a bowl game sometime before Christmas.  Its that simple.

I would put my final rankings as such-Alabama, BSU, Florida, Texas.

Obama could bust the BCS with Broncos - College Football - Rivals.com