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      College Football Quick Hits

      November 11, 2007 /

      Some observations from college football Saturday:

      – How can the number one ranked defense in the country not generate one stop in eight minutes with a national championship on the line? People not even watching the game knew Illinois was going to run Juice Williams on that final drive, and Ohio State still couldn’t do anything about it.

      – Boy how attractive does that Ohio State-Michigan clash look right about now on a national level? Wisconsin did whatever it wanted against the Wolverine defense Saturday, triggering thoughts of Appalachian State and Oregon for UM fans.

      – If you didn’t see highlights of Oklahoma’s DeMarco Murray’s performance against Baylor on Saturday, drop everything you’re doing and get to the nearest television set. His 91 yard kickoff return for a touchdown before halftime was utterly amazing.

      – How fun is Kansas’s offense to watch? They can score from anywhere on the field. If it somehow comes to fruition, how great of a match up would LSU’s defense vs. Kansas’s offense be?

      – Three things you can always count on in life: Death, taxes, and the teams in the Big East are all going to knock each other off at some point during the college football season. Connecticut looked horrible against Cincinnati, who ironically also knocked Rutgers off their pedestal last year.

      – How the hell do voters not have Florida higher in the polls? The Gators being ranked No. 15 is a perfect explain of how screwed up these polls are.

      – Hawaii’s Colt Brennan is a bad man (he’ll break the NCAA TD mark very soon), but I worry about how his game is going to transfer to the NFL. Although Brennan seems to have ha more pure talent, does anyone remember Timmy Chang? No? Exactly.

      – A week after Kansas racked up 76 points on them, Nebraska turns around Saturday and scores 73 in a beat-down of Kansas State. Think Bill Callahan wants to keep his job or what?

      – Navy 46, Notre Dame 44. Air Force 41, Notre Dame 24. Payback’s a b****, huh Notre Shame?

      – Speaking of Navy, they racked up 35 points in the second quarter of their game against North Texas. Final score, Navy 74, North Texas 62. Did each offense just line up on the 20-yard line and run plays on air or what?

      College Football

      Top 10 Worst MMA Nicknames

      November 9, 2007 /

      In one of their recent blogs, Cage Potato.com ranked the “Top 10 Worst MMA Nicknames Ever” and without question, they found some doozies.

      #5 (tie): Brad “The Hillbilly Heartthrob” Imes, Eric “Ravishing Red” Schafer
      If you reference your handsomeness in your nickname, not only are you a conceited douchebag, but you’re also neglecting your target audience. Do you know how many women watch MMA? Like, none. So who are you trying to seduce, exactly — that big lug on the other side of the cage? It’s very, very questionable, that’s all I’m saying. Bas “El Guapo” Rutten gets a pass because he’s Dutch and he chose a Spanish nickname, and whatever Bas does is aces in our book.

      #3: Ron “H20Man” Waterman
      Oh, for the love of God. As lame as this nickname is, you know that Waterman must have thought he was the cleverest dude on Earth when he came up with it. I’ve never seen Ron fight, but I can only assume that the announcer introduces him as “Ron, two molecules of Hydrogen reacting with one molecule of Oxygen Man, WATERmaaaaan!”

      #2: Jorge “The Naked Man” Ortiz
      This would be #1 if not for the fact that “The Naked Man” actually works from an intimidation standpoint. “Bill, good news, I got you a fight. It’s on March 25th against a greased-up nude Mexican. Three five-minute rounds, and…you there, Bill?”

      The reference to Waterman thinking he was, “the cleverest dude on Earth” when he came up with the nickname is pretty funny.

      General Sports, Mixed Martial Arts

      Georgia-Auburn best in the world?

      November 9, 2007 /

      Mark Bradley of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote in his latest blog entry that the Georgia-Auburn series is the best in the South, if not in the entire world.

      This will be my 20th Georgia-Auburn game, and I’ve come to believe this is the best series in the South if not the whole wide world. Alabama-Auburn? Too much hate. The World’s Largest Outdoor Whatever? Too much alcohol. Georgia-Auburn is pure football, home-and-home, with a chill in the air and invariably something on the line.

      Best in the world, really? Better than Michigan-Ohio State, Oklahoma-Texas, Navy-Army and USC-Notre Dame? Better than Florida-Georgia, Alabama-Auburn and USC-UCLA? Now to be fair, Bradley never claims that Georgia-Auburn is the best rivalry; he simply states that it’s the best series, which essentially is the same thing in my eyes.

      For my money, Michigan-OSU is the most heated rivalry, although it’s been incredibly lopsided since 2001. However, Navy-Army has to be the most respected rivalry in the nation with how much it means to both programs. It’s not about who has the best athletes or the better game plan – it’s about history, tradition and respect between two teams. It’s incredibly fun to watch and up until ’02, the games were usually pretty close throughout.

      What’s your favorite college football rivalry?

      College Football

      10 Greatest Halftime Moments

      November 9, 2007 /

      Allballs.com (seriously, that’s the name of the site) ranked their version of the “10 Greatest Halftime Moments“, and some of them are absolutely hilarious. Included in the 10 was Ashlee Simpson being booed at the Orange Bowl a few years ago, as well as Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction”.

      Their number one ranked moment absolutely takes the cake, however. The guy in the white shirt and black pants is priceless:

      The guy in the crowd cupping his face in his hands at the end is hilarious!

      General Sports

      Whitlock on Reid

      November 8, 2007 /

      In one of his recent articles for FOXSports.com, Jason Whitlock wrote that Eagles head coach Andy Reid is getting a pass from the media with concern to his troubled sons. For those unaware, Andy’s two sons were sentenced up to 23 months in jail for housing what one judge referred to as, “a drug emporium” within the Reid household.

      In his article, Whitlock suggested that the media isn’t being harsh enough on Reid.

      But let me tell you what’s most troubling about all of this: Andy Reid’s cowardice and the fact that we’re letting him get away with it.

      We, the media, particularly black members of the media, are always crying when athletes won’t speak out on important issues. We want 22-year-old LeBron James to have a position on Darfur, a place he’s probably never been. We scolded Michael Jordan for not having a social conscience. We’re mad Tiger Woods won’t lend his name to the plight of six black cowards who stomped and kicked one white boy in Louisiana.

      But white sports figures aren’t required to have a social conscience. They can satisfy themselves chasing supermodels and filming cute commercials.

      Although his supermodels comment was a reach, Whitlock may have a point when it comes to the media giving white sports figures a free pass when it comes to answering questions about social matters. However, I disagree with him in this specific case concerning Reid, because I don’t think race has anything to do with the issue. Personally, I think Reid should do whatever he feels is right for him and his family, and the media should stay out of it. Reid doesn’t owe anybody an explanation for why his kids are a bunch of drug dealers, and neither does any white, black, brown or red coach for that matter. This is part of the problem with the media – they think personal information should be public information when it comes to celebrities.

      Maybe Whitlock is right in that Reid is spending too much time on his job and not enough on his family. Whether that’s the case, however, is not Whitlock or any other member of the media’s decision to make. It’s Reid’s decision and everyone should let the man deal with his personal issues in the privacy of his own family. This isn’t the same as demanding LeBron James answer a question on the situation in Darfur.

      NFL

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