Month: October 2007 (Page 9 of 20)

      The upsets continue: #2 South Florida falls

      October 18, 2007 /

      Last year, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights were the feel-good story of the college football season. This year, not so much, but they did pull off one of the better upsets of the season when they defeated #2 South Florida 30-27 Thursday night.

      It happens every season. One or two Big East teams sneak up the polls, and then suffers a humiliating upset and order is restored in college football land (well, sort of). Last year, Louisville upset #3 West Virginia. Then Rutgers topped #3 Louisville. Then unranked Cincinnati beat #7 Rutgers. All of these Big East schools have similar talent levels and all it takes sometimes is a trick play, a blocked kick and one big-time playmaker (i.e. Ray Rice, who by the way, I can’t wait to see play on Sundays).

      Regardless, South Florida had a hell of a run. It’s quite remarkable that a team that wasn’t even ranked in the preseason polls took only seven weeks to climb into the #2 spot. The Bulls have a hell of a team and true gamer in QB Matt Grothe. He does everything possible to win and leaves it on the field every week. It was a long shot that USF would compete for a national title all season, but it was a fun ride while it lasted.

      College Football

      True insight from the Czar

      October 18, 2007 /

      John Czarnecki of FOXSports.com has a message for the world: Don’t count out the Colts just yet.

      We’re not even to the midseason point and most talking heads are saying what we saw last Sunday from Texas Stadium was this season’s Super Bowl prelude. We live in the world of instant gratification and, yes, the Patriots are off to a great start; they have become a scoring machine. And the Cowboys aren’t bad.

      To which, I ask, what about the defending champions? The Colts are also unbeaten and, if they beat Jacksonville on Sunday, they will become only the third team in NFL history to start three consecutive seasons 6-0. Without question, the Colts suffer from being in Indianapolis. It’s all about location, location and location. Indianapolis isn’t a sports media market unless you’re talking auto racing or maybe college basketball. It’s like we have forgotten that the Colts even exist, let alone just won a Super Bowl.

      Wow Czar thanks. You devoted an entire column to why football fans shouldn’t rule out the undefeated Colts? Seriously, thanks. We would have never thought to keep the only other undefeated team in mind when thinking about potential Super Bowl match ups. Without you and your unbelievable reminder, we as fans might have just assumed that the Patriots were the only true contenders for the Super Bowl.

      NFL

      Torre tells ‘Boss’ no thanks

      October 18, 2007 /

      In a rather shocking move, longtime Yankees manager Joe Torre rejected a one-year, $5 million offer from owner George Steinbrenner to coach the team next season.

      “Joe torre turned that offer down today. We respect his decision. We respect everything he has done but it is now time to move forward,” Yankees’ President Randy Levine said.

      “The goal of this franchise is to win the World Series. All of us get up everyday knowing that that is the goal. Unfortunately we have not met that goal for seven years. It’s nobody’s fault. All of us are in it together. All of us are responsible,” Levine said during a conference call today.

      ” Joe Torre is a legendary Yankees manager,” Levine said.

      Good for Joe. He made this decision because it benefited himself more than it did the Yankees. He’s served that team very well over the past two decades, so he shouldn’t have taken an offer unless it was the best decision for himself.

      Who knows what he would have accepted, but he doesn’t deserve to go through the, “Will he be brought back?” nonsense again next year. Hopefully the next job he takes is one where he can just manage and not have to worry about what mood Steinbrenner is in. Or maybe the Yankees will set him up with an upper management job. Either way, he deserves the utmost respect for how well he handled that big top circus called the New York Yankees manager job.

      So who becomes the next manager for the Bronx Bombers?

      MLB

      Worst mascots

      October 18, 2007 /

      Dayn Perry of FOXSports.com recently ranked the 10 worst college football mascots for his blog, “$8 Beers”. It’s worth checking out just to see some of the ridiculous ideas schools had for mascots, and Dayn provides some pretty funny commentary.

      The best commentary has to follow #2 Colonel Reb, the mascot for Ole’ Miss. Following a picture of “Reb” holding an Ole’ Miss flag with confederate colors, Dayn writes:

      This one actually hasn’t been in sanctioned use since 2003, but it’s so bad that it deserves fresh ridicule. Yeah, it doesn’t exactly chill the bones to see a racist dotard who lost the only war he ever fought in staring back at you. Besides, extra wuss points for having fey little frat boys rally to your defense.

      Personally I think that Stanford tree is the worst freaking mascot. Wow, a tree with huge red lips – scary. Although hey, I guess it scared at least one opponent this year, right USC?

      College Football

      Those Patriots just don’t learn

      October 17, 2007 /

      Two more Patriots were caught “cheating” by the NFL and one of them happens to be a well-known quarterback who dates hot models. According to the Boston Globe, Pats QB Tom Brady and DL Ty Warren both received fines for not buckling their chinstrap in two separate games this season.

      (Brady’s agent Don) Yee did not disclose how much Brady was fined, or in what game the violation occurred. Warren was fined $7,500 for not having his chinstrap buckled in a Sept. 23 game against the Bills.

      The NFL must be trying to make this rule equivalent to states fining people for not wearing their seatbelts. They want to limit concussions and one precaution is to make sure players have their hats on tight. It’s understandable since they’re looking out for the best interest of the player, although $7,500 is a bit much.

      All I know is that I really want a job fining players for uniform infractions. Sure, the players are going to be pissed at me, but the money must be really good because these guys get fined for everything.

      NFL

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