The Saints had a scare today as they faced the Redskins. The Redskins who are out of the playoff picture are not giving up as they played a great game. Jason Campbell did well going 30/42, 367 yards, 3 TD Passes and one INT. The Saints would come back however to tie it and then win it in Overtime 33-30. With this close victory, the Saints have clinched the NFC South. The other unbeaten team, the Colts, are also 12-0 as they beat the Titans. Manning had a quiet game with 270 yards and one TD pass as Joseph Addai had 79 yards and 2 TDs on the ground. The Titans comeback streak of 5 wins is over and it is likely this team is out of Playoff contention.
Other games today included the Cardinals beating the dominate Vikings 30-17. The Cardinals managed to handle the strong offense of Favre and Peterson as they had two picks against Favre and held Peterson to 19 yards in 13 carries. Kurt Warner had 285 yards and 3 TD passes with two of those going to Boldin and one to Fitzgerald. The Patriots actually lose a second game in a row as they lost to Miami 22-21. With this loss, the Pats lead in the AFC East is reduced to one game. Bruce Gradkowski's 308 yards, 3 TDs and a late drive helps get the Raiders get a win over the Steelers. The Steelers are now in trouble losing its fourth straight game and are now 6-6. The Eagles beat the Falcons 34-7 as Vick made a return to Atlanta. Though he didn't play much, Vick had a TD run and a TD pass. The Giants beat the Cowboys 31-24 as the Giants sweep the season series. Impressive win for the Giants as they had the ball for just over 21 minutes.
P.S. Cowboys Lose? Must be December.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
BCS Bowl Selections and the BCS Title Game
Today the bowl game match ups were announced and of the course the BCS Title came along with it. As predicted, Alabama will play against Texas for the National Championship. Colt McCoy now has another chance to prove that Texas belongs on the big stage. As for Alabama, they had to go through last year's champs Florida to get in the Title Game. Of course the question now is who is going to win? I think I will pick Alabama. They beat #1 Florida comfortably, they have a great defense and one of the best runners in Mark Ingram. Texas, meanwhile, could barely beat Nebraska for the Big 12 Title. Of course Colt McCoy could have a break out performance at any time so don't count them out completely.
As for the other BCS Bowl Games, Florida still gets to play in a good one as they take on Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl. The Bearcats impressive season comes down to whether they can beat the Gators and Tim Tebow in his last game in college. Of Course the Rose Bowl was decided a while ago with Oregon facing Ohio State. Oregon's great offense may be stopped by Ohio State as the Ducks have never beaten the Buckeyes in history. The Orange Bowl has the Iowa Hawkeyes playing against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Impressive that Iowa still got into a BCS game despite losing to Ohio State and a chance to get into the Rose Bowl. Then there is the one bowl I want to watch the most as the Fiesta Bowl will be played by two teams outside the Big Conferences: TCU of the Mountain West Conference and Boise State of the Western Athletic Conference. Both teams are also unbeaten and champions of their conference. However I'm sure that each team would have wanted to play a team like Florida to prove their worth to the NCAA.
For the other match ups in the Bowl games, LOOK THEM UP YOURSELVES!!! I haven't got that kind of time.
As for the other BCS Bowl Games, Florida still gets to play in a good one as they take on Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl. The Bearcats impressive season comes down to whether they can beat the Gators and Tim Tebow in his last game in college. Of Course the Rose Bowl was decided a while ago with Oregon facing Ohio State. Oregon's great offense may be stopped by Ohio State as the Ducks have never beaten the Buckeyes in history. The Orange Bowl has the Iowa Hawkeyes playing against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Impressive that Iowa still got into a BCS game despite losing to Ohio State and a chance to get into the Rose Bowl. Then there is the one bowl I want to watch the most as the Fiesta Bowl will be played by two teams outside the Big Conferences: TCU of the Mountain West Conference and Boise State of the Western Athletic Conference. Both teams are also unbeaten and champions of their conference. However I'm sure that each team would have wanted to play a team like Florida to prove their worth to the NCAA.
For the other match ups in the Bowl games, LOOK THEM UP YOURSELVES!!! I haven't got that kind of time.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Crimson Tide Too Much for the Gators, Longhorns BARELY Get By Nebraska and Other Games of the Day
What a day for some conference title games. First the most hyped game of the SEC was played as #1 Florida played against #2 Alabama for the SEC Title Game. It was close early on but eventually Alabama got loose and won this game 32-13. That Alabama defense played great against Tebow and the Gators holding them to under a 100 yards on the ground. Alabama meanwhile got 251 yards on the ground thanks to Mark Ingram who had 113 yards and 3 TDs. Meanwhile the Big 12 Title game was on the line as well with #3 Texas against #22 Nebraska. This was a close game from beginning to end. The Cornhuskers defense held the Longhorns back not allowing a TD pass from McCoy and picking him off three times. However Nebraska's offense wasn't doing well either. Texas got very lucky in the last drive with the kickoff going out of bounds and later getting the game winning field goal as time expired. Texas wins 13-12.
Other games happened today with #5 Cincinnati vs. #15 Pittsburgh. Cincinnati barely avoided an upset of their own as they won 45-44. Sucks for Pittsburgh to miss a point after attempt near the end there. That was the difference for this game. #6 Boise State continues their dominance as they defeat New Mexico State 42-7. Most of their TD's came from Doug Martin who had 83 yards rushing and 4 TDs. Looks like Boise State and Cincinnati are in good shape for a BCS Game. The ACC Title game between #10 Georgia Tech and Clemson was a fun to watch as Georgia Tech won it 39-34. Clemson tried to make a comeback but fell short of the first down near the end.
The BCS Title Game looks like Alabama and Texas in Pasadena. Who to cheer for? I hate them both.
Other games happened today with #5 Cincinnati vs. #15 Pittsburgh. Cincinnati barely avoided an upset of their own as they won 45-44. Sucks for Pittsburgh to miss a point after attempt near the end there. That was the difference for this game. #6 Boise State continues their dominance as they defeat New Mexico State 42-7. Most of their TD's came from Doug Martin who had 83 yards rushing and 4 TDs. Looks like Boise State and Cincinnati are in good shape for a BCS Game. The ACC Title game between #10 Georgia Tech and Clemson was a fun to watch as Georgia Tech won it 39-34. Clemson tried to make a comeback but fell short of the first down near the end.
The BCS Title Game looks like Alabama and Texas in Pasadena. Who to cheer for? I hate them both.
World Cup Draw: USA Gets England, Slovenia and Algeria in Their Group
Yesterday's big event was the World Cup Drawing to see who will play who in the first round of the World Cup in June. The USA had a good year in Football and their future now depends on how well they do in the World Cup. The USA got England, Slovenia and Algeria as they are part of group C. Now that to me is good news. We won't beat England but we should do well against the other two. The rules of course allow the top two in each group to go on to the next round. I like our chances. Don't love them, just like them.
As for the other groups, Italy looks like the favorite in their group as they have Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia. Seems like a cake walk for the defending champs. The Most successful team in tournament history, Brazil, has a challenge as they got Portugal in their group. The other teams in the group Ivory Coast and North Korea are not a challenge but Portugal and Brazil will be the match to watch in first round. France gets lucky again getting into a group with host country South Africa and Mexico and Uruguay. Give them another handball and they will be champs.
Looks like a good World Cup coming up. Let's go USA.
As for the other groups, Italy looks like the favorite in their group as they have Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia. Seems like a cake walk for the defending champs. The Most successful team in tournament history, Brazil, has a challenge as they got Portugal in their group. The other teams in the group Ivory Coast and North Korea are not a challenge but Portugal and Brazil will be the match to watch in first round. France gets lucky again getting into a group with host country South Africa and Mexico and Uruguay. Give them another handball and they will be champs.
Looks like a good World Cup coming up. Let's go USA.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Ducks Will Fly to the Rose Bowl
The Civil War between Oregon and Oregon State continued yesterday. These teams have met 112 previous times but never for the Pac-10 Title and a trip to the Rose Bowl on the line. The game itself was an offensive game. Both defenses were not at their best and this became a real boxing match. In the end the Ducks prevailed 37-33 as their defense finally was able to stop the Beavers long enough for their team to take control in the late third quarter. Both teams didn't do much in the fourth quarter except for a Ducks field goal.
Sean Canfield of the Beavers did carry his team as he threw for 306 yards and 2 TDs. The Ducks won however with it's rushing attack with 288 yards. LaMichael James lead the charge with a 166 yards and 3 TDs. LeGarrette Blount made his return punching through the Beavers a bit with 9 Carries, 51 Yards and one TD.
With this win, the Ducks will go to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena to face the Big Ten Champs, Ohio State. Ohio State has the edge between the two teams 7-0 overall. The Ducks offense is ready but the defense doesn't seem like it can consistently be good. Oregon will have to make this a high scoring game in order to win it.
P.S. I couldn't resist the punching comment. It was just too easy.
Sean Canfield of the Beavers did carry his team as he threw for 306 yards and 2 TDs. The Ducks won however with it's rushing attack with 288 yards. LaMichael James lead the charge with a 166 yards and 3 TDs. LeGarrette Blount made his return punching through the Beavers a bit with 9 Carries, 51 Yards and one TD.
With this win, the Ducks will go to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena to face the Big Ten Champs, Ohio State. Ohio State has the edge between the two teams 7-0 overall. The Ducks offense is ready but the defense doesn't seem like it can consistently be good. Oregon will have to make this a high scoring game in order to win it.
P.S. I couldn't resist the punching comment. It was just too easy.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Philadelphia's Answer Has Returned and The NBA's Worst Start Ever
Allen Iverson is back in the NBA after about a week of retirement as he has been signed by his old team, the Philadelphia 76ers. Iverson helped get the team into the Finals years ago and had gotten the MVP that year as well. However things went south a in 2006 and Iverson ended up being traded to Nuggets. Now A.I. is back with his old team as they are struggling having lost to Thunder tonight 117-106. The Sixers are now 5-14. Ironically though, Iverson is not the Answer for the Sixers. His production has gone down the last few years and he has become nothing but maybe an average starter. He would be good as a second star player for a team but the Sixers have no good first player. The Sixers might be able to finish within 10 games of .500 but that is it.
However there are a few teams that are worse than Philly. The absolute worst is the New Jersey Nets. While the Nets have never really been that dominate of a team, they were still a borderline Playoff team for most of this decade. While they haven't made the playoffs the last two years, you can pretty much make that three as they have started this season 0-18 as they lost to the Mavericks today 117-101. This is the worst start for any team in NBA History. This team stinks so bad, the Detroit Lions feel sorry for them. The teams best player seems to be Brook Lopez who's numbers do not seem that great. This team has lost a lot of strength and it will be a long time before the Nets are relevent again.
However there are a few teams that are worse than Philly. The absolute worst is the New Jersey Nets. While the Nets have never really been that dominate of a team, they were still a borderline Playoff team for most of this decade. While they haven't made the playoffs the last two years, you can pretty much make that three as they have started this season 0-18 as they lost to the Mavericks today 117-101. This is the worst start for any team in NBA History. This team stinks so bad, the Detroit Lions feel sorry for them. The teams best player seems to be Brook Lopez who's numbers do not seem that great. This team has lost a lot of strength and it will be a long time before the Nets are relevent again.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Charlie Weis Fired, Bobby Bowden to Retire, And Allen Iverson for Hire?
Lot of news in sports recently regarding employment. First, Charlie Weis was fired from Notre Dame yesterday. Weis was the coach for 5 seasons with a 35-27 record and a 6-6 record this year. Weis just couldn't get Notre Dame back to its former glory so the Irish said goodbye. Another person saying goodbye is Bobby Bowden as he announced his retirement yesterday. He will coach the Florida State Seminoles Bowl Game and then leave the team. Bowden ran this team for 34 years and had won two National Championships with the team back in the 1990's. He has the second most wins for a coach in Division I history with 388–141–4 (315-97-4 with Seminoles) as he only behind Joe Paterno who has 393-129-3.
Another story that was talked about was the possibility of Allen Iverson coming out of his short retirement and coming back to the Philadelphia 76ers. Iverson was part of the Memphis Grizzlies for a short time this year and had a problem with them making him a bench player just like the Pistons did. He would leave the team and his contract would be terminated a bit after that. He would retire just about a week ago but now he's talked to the 76ers yesterday about coming back for them. Iverson Favring on his NBA Career is annoying me a little. Look if he wants to play for his old team that is fine but his antics and recent performances make it seem like he not a team player or even great player like he once was. If he does return, he needs to learn to be a team player no matter what his team does with him.
Favre-Verb (pronounced /ˈfɑrv/), Definition: A person who can't decide between staying employed or retirement. Ex: Michael Jordon Favred a couple of times in his career; once in the middle of Bulls career and then again between the Bulls and the Wizards.
Another story that was talked about was the possibility of Allen Iverson coming out of his short retirement and coming back to the Philadelphia 76ers. Iverson was part of the Memphis Grizzlies for a short time this year and had a problem with them making him a bench player just like the Pistons did. He would leave the team and his contract would be terminated a bit after that. He would retire just about a week ago but now he's talked to the 76ers yesterday about coming back for them. Iverson Favring on his NBA Career is annoying me a little. Look if he wants to play for his old team that is fine but his antics and recent performances make it seem like he not a team player or even great player like he once was. If he does return, he needs to learn to be a team player no matter what his team does with him.
Favre-Verb (pronounced /ˈfɑrv/), Definition: A person who can't decide between staying employed or retirement. Ex: Michael Jordon Favred a couple of times in his career; once in the middle of Bulls career and then again between the Bulls and the Wizards.
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