"Step Your Game Up!"

Good afternoon sports fans! Jeff Mac here on this Friday afternoon, I hope everyone is getting jacked up for Halloween tomorrow. If you’re not passing out candy to the kids, I hope your going to a costume party and get all liquored up. A game I like to play at these parties is who can get the drunkest. Let me just say I’m a pretty competitive person and hate losing. Make sure you all take a couple shots of Jack.Today I’m going to talk about the current situation we have with sideline reporters for football games. I was at my buddy Matt’s house last Saturday watching the Penn State vs. Michigan game. The sideline reporter they had was Holly Rowe. Ok people I’m going to be as nice as I possibly can, but man that is one ugly lady. It was also raining that day and they had her wearing some type of all blue poncho outfit. It looked like they were trying to quarantine her. I really had thought that Halloween had come a week early. I can understand why ABC would try to do that. I mean the conversation probably went something like this amongst the producers. Producer 1: “ Umm listen up guys, they sent Holly Rowe here to do the game today so we need to try and hide her on the sideline and we are not going to show her as much on camera as we might show Erin Andrews.” Producer 2: “Yea that’s a great idea, we will just give her a microphone and cover her up in a blue tarp so people won’t have to look at her. She will think that when she is talking she will be on TV, but we will just cut the video and play her audio.”

As I continued to watch football last weekend I began to take more of a notice of sideline reporters. Now to be honest I know that looks shouldn’t matter on who does what games, but it does in America. That’s just how our society works. Men want to see a young attractive reporter, which brings me to my next case. NBC has Andrea Kremer for their Sunday Night game. Last Sunday she was wearing some pink outfit with transition lens glasses. Umm not exactly taking the attractive approach there are we? One she is not attractive and two, what the hell is NBC trying to do when they tell her to wear that. No wonder NBC only does one NFL game a week. Shelly Smith is another reporter who needs to get the axe. She is not cute and I don’t want to see her while I’m watching football. Now Suzy Kolber isn’t bad looking at all. In fact if I got liquored up and did an interview with her, I might want to kiss her, Ala Joe Namath. Go get em Broadway Joe! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc65NC44dSk

My solution to this problem is easy people. Clone Erin Andrews. She is the mecca of sideline reporters. Any reporter who has a stalker that travels from hotel to hotel and tries to videotape them is legit. In fact when Erin Andrews is doing a game they need to have an automatic picture in picture. By that I mean have her on the big screen and have the game in the small box in the corner of the TV. Okay people obviously I know this can’t happen, but come on game producers. It’s time to retire some of these old veterans and bring in a new draft class of new young talent. I’m sure there are some college co-eds ready to do just about anything “wink, wink” to get that reporter job. Don’t be stupid now producers it’s ok to use your seniority on these future entry level reporters. I know I would, if I was single. In closing I take a quote from Floyd “Money” Mayweather. “Step your game up!” TV networks. Have a safe Halloween and football weekend sports fans.

Why Big Mac

Why Big Mac


Nick Bradshaw here So I have been debating what I was going to write about for a few weeks. First, I was thinking what I joke the SEC has become with officials changing the outcomes of games. Then, I figured that everyone has fallen in love with the SEC so much that it would just fall upon deaf ears. Then, I was going to write about how the BCS clearly discriminates against non BCS schools and if this was happening in any other sector of the USA that there would be multiple law suites and Al Sharpton would be calling for the heads of college football. I decided against that because the same people who love the SEC have already concluded that no team in the country except another SEC team can play with the SEC even though sports fans know that one game one time anything can happen. Thank goodness these same people don’t run the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament if they did we would have no need for a Butler or Gonzaga. Isn’t it funny that we fall in love with those types of teams in March? They play there conference schedule and play a powerhouse conference team here or there, but when its tourney time that’s all forgotten and they can beat anyone at that time. That one win vs. the 6 place finisher in the ACC gives them all the accountability they need to make a run in the tourney.

Ok, sorry got off my point there. It has been announced that Mark McGwire will become the hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals next season. Why Big MAC? Why come back? Why now? Don’t get me wrong the summer of 98’ was great. It saved baseball; without it Major League Baseball would have died. Here are my issues Mark McGwire acted as a coward in front of Congress and said he would not talk about the past. Now, he is going to be thrown into the spotlight where every question will be about the past. Do you think in Spring Training the media cares about Brendon Ryan’s 3 for 4 game last night or did Big Mac use the sauce in 98’? Hmm… I know there are some toilet paper soft journalists these days, but even Peter Gammons has to ask about PED’s in 98 right? Well maybe the World Wide Leader will get a real reporter in there and have them throw some fast balls at Big Mac and ask him about his times with Steroid King Jose Conseco? Don’t get me wrong I don’t have an issue with the Big Heads using PED’s, I think Bonds is the greatest hitter of all time, I think the Rocket is a top 5 pitcher of all time. I have a problem with the coward’s way out. I know these guys have painted themselves into a hole because of the whole Congress issue, but Bud Selig can’t be happy about MAC coming back. I mean letting MAC come back as a hitting coach is like letting Pete Rose sit in the dugout with a parlay card. Is this really good for baseball? Every time a big heads name comes out as a PED user think about how hard baseball tries to clear the error. It was a mistake it was a numbers thing that list is confidential. I know MAC hasn’t been banned or even tested positive, but neither has Bonds and he has been all but black balled from the game. Court of public opinion found them guilty and we all know that is the only court that matters. I am all about 2nd chances ARod is having his right now. AROD admitted to it. MAC took the coward’s way out. He can never live that down. The Cardinals don’t have a cheater as a hitting coach they have a coward.

NB

"Damn Pumpkin Patch"

Hey sports fans happy Friday to you all. Another college and NFL football weekend is upon us. I took a look at the schedule for Saturday. There are no good games on what so ever. So you know what that means? It’s time to load up on the booze, and make the best of the situation. Take a few shots of jack, bong a few beers, and repeat that process. If you’re looking for a lock on Saturday, take South Florida +6 at Pitt. There you go degenerates, empty out the bank accounts and load up on South Florida.

Okay folks now it is time to get to business. So last Sunday I have to ref 2 football games at 1 and 2:30, which means I am going to miss the 1 p.m. NFL games. Okay no big deal I can check out the 4 p.m. games. I get home and get 2 pieces of bad news. One being my girlfriend Brittany wants to go to the pumpkin patch. Last I checked I am not 6 years old, nor do I have a 6 year old, so I should not have to go to the pumpkin patch. The second piece of bad news is that I was getting destroyed in fantasy football and the only person that could save my day was Randy Moss. I turn on the Pats vs. Titans game and see that there is a damn blizzard. So I am thinking I am screwed either way. As I am driving to the pumpkin patch I begin to realize that people there are going to look at me without having a kid near me. So if I am a parent there and see a guy like me there with no kid, there are a few thoughts that would go thru my head. One is this guy a registered sex offender? Because if he isn’t he probably should be. If he is then I need to find my kids and get the hell out of here. I mean it got to the point where I thought about just grabbing a kid that was by himself and have him walk by me so I could at least look like I had a kid. Keep in mind this entire time I am constantly checking my fantasy stats on my phone to see if Randy Moss can pull off a miracle. Brittany and I get on this damn hayride to go get her pumpkin. I am 6’6” and I am on this damn hayride with 5 other couples who have kids. These kids think its fun to throw hay at each other and there parents. I did not find it very amusing because the way the wind was blowing made all the damn hay flies into my face. I came very close to going all Brock Lesnar on these little shits. All the parents think it’s funny and cute. HAHA! Yea great. Fantasy update Randy Moss just scored a TD. Yes! I only need like 25 more points. We finally get off this hayride to look at pumpkins. The first thing I see is this little red haired girl crying and yelling mommy I found one! Mommy I found one! I wasn’t paying close enough attention though. As she ran to get her mom I happen to look at pumpkins and pick the same one she wanted. The girl comes running back and says that’s her pumpkin and she begins crying again. Ah, hell! Now I look like Adam Sandler playing dodge ball in Billy Madison. I gave the girl the pumpkin, but part of me wonders how the situation would’ve played out had I been that guy who says, “You snooze you lose little girl.” Brittany finally picks out two pumpkins and we get back on the hayride back to the entrance. Fantasy update Randy Moss has scored 2 more TD’s and I am now somehow winning my fantasy game. Yes 5-1 and in first place bitches. Now we get back to the entrance and they got this damn dinosaur thing on display that eats pumpkins and they then fall from its mouth. These kids run right up to the front of this thing all excited. Shortly after this kids are in tears from the noises the dinosaur and pumpkin debris falling all over them. Freaking hilarious, I sat there and ate a corn dog and a funnel cake enjoying the whole thing. I finally get back to my apartment and can watch football for the first time all day, and then Brittany wants me to help her carve the pumpkin. Sorry honey this is where I put my foot down. I’m sitting my ass on the couch and watching football the rest of the night. And for those of you who don’t believe that happened. It did. Well sports fans have a great football weekend and don’t drink and drive. You might spill your drink of choice.

"Dumbass"

Hello sports fans, Jeff Mac here on this glorious Friday. It’s almost 5 o’clock somewhere and that somewhere is here in Indy. It’s about time to get my drink on. I hope everyone else is in the same mood, I know they are in Bloomington with it being homecoming. Watch out for those $400.00 drinking tickets and community service, you minor consumers of booze. Don’t worry I am not mad at you, in fact I commend your efforts of breaking the law.
Well folks I got a bone to pick with the United States Postal Service. If you have any relatives that work for them I apologize in advance for putting them on blast. You may want to end your reading here if you may be offended. My birthday is November 7th (a Saturday for you alcoholics) and my girlfriend Brittany bought my present on e-bay and had it shipped to our apartment. What is the gift, you might ask? The gift is a signed sports illustrated cover of Tim Tebow, Brandon Spikes, and Percy Harvin. These guys are All-American football players from The Florida Gator Nation, if you live under a rock and didn’t know that. Quite possibly the best birthday gift I have received since I got a Colts touchdown monkey when I was 16, no joke. The package arrived earlier this week in an envelope that in big black bold letters on both sides said “DO NOT BEND.” Well folks my mail box is probably 4 inches by 4 inches. The mail carrier who from here on out we will refer to as “dumbass” decides to go ahead and bend the package so it will fit in the mailbox. My first thought was what the hell is this guy thinking? Can “dumbass” read? If “dumbass” can read why the hell did he give a half ass effort while on the clock and just shove my magazine in the mailbox, when he could have left it with someone at the front desk like Fed Ex and UPS do. My next thought was if he couldn’t read how the hell did the USPS hire him and how the hell does he do his job? Well obviously “dumbass” can read because he or she put it in the right mailbox. So it just leaves me with the thought that “dumbass” is just flat out lazy and did not feel like taking an extra five seconds out of his day to take care of peoples belongings and leave it at the front office.

My next expedition led me to the post office that delivered it to the apartment. The post office is located at 456 N. Meridian St. The phone number is 317-464-6825, just in case you want to throw in your own 2 cents. I arrived on Tuesday afternoon around 4 p.m. I had brought with me the magazine, and the package it came in that again said DO NOT BEND on both sides. I told this postal worker, who looked like the dad of Eddie Murphy off the “Nutty Professor” that I needed to speak with a supervisor about an issue with my package. He told me to hold on just one minute. Well that one minute turned into about 7 and once I tell you about the supervisor I spoke with you will understand why. She wasn’t exactly the skinniest lady in the world, and by that yes I mean she was fat. Her shirt about blinded me because of all the bright colors and goofy designs. I manned up though and stayed focus on the task at hand. I showed her the magazine and the slight crease in it. I then showed her the bent package that says DO NOT BEND all over the damn thing. I then asked her how she will compensate me for the damages. She proclaims that since it wasn’t insured they cannot refund anything. At this point it took every ounce of energy I had to not reach over that desk and punch her fat ass. Insurance wasn’t offered on the purchase!!! How the hell can my girlfriend purchase the insurance if it isn’t offered? For those of you who think this visit is now over it wasn’t.
I did my homework before I went into that post office. I had reviews of previous visits people had posted online about their experiences with this exact post office.
By al.badawi - Dec 19, 2008‎
The worst USPS office I have ever seen....................................

By Blake - Jul 30, 2008‎
Very rude service and unwilling to help. Have been given the run around for three days now and still no help. They speak in a very condescending manner placing blame on anyone but themselves. Very unfortunate.‎
So after the fat ass lady told me there was nothing she could do, I went on a bit of a rant. I asked her how the hell does that person remain an employee? Do you require your employees to be able to read? Why was shipping and handling $10.00? When it looks like a pack of wolves delivered it to my apartment. Fat ass lady told me she would pass my concerns on to the mail carriers supervisor. Really?? Gee thanks because that really makes me fell all better. I could care less if little Susie receives her Christmas gift in two pieces, because that won’t affect me. I then proceeded to pull up the reviews on my phone and show them to her. I put them in front of her face and she began to put her hand over my phone to block them from her face. It was hysterical. I felt like I was Raphael Sanchez doing a call 6 investigative report. Before I left that shithole post office I stood there and pretty much continued to talk down about the post office while I snapped a photo of this broad on my phone. I was going to post the photo on here but my partner, Nick Bradshaw who is our legal expert, says she could sue me. Good luck honey I don't have much to give you. She looked like Chris Farley with a wig. If you ever want to see her, find me and I will show you on my phone.

In closing folks, do not ship anything with the Postal Service. That is why we have Fed Ex and UPS. I feel that in this visit I got a lot of my anger off my chest. I do know that Halloween is right around the corner and I live pretty close to that post office. I would hate to see that place get toilet papered or maybe a few eggs tossed on it. I’m not saying that I am going to be the one to carry out these actions. But I’m also not saying that I won’t. Take care of yourselves sports fans. Have a great football weekend full of booze.

Upon Further Review

Hey sports fans Nick Bradshaw here I am going to start contributing with the big man.

Upon further review: These officials are brutal. Why does it seem that officials are getting worse and worse each post season? I'll tell you what I am sick and tired of seeing NFL officials and Major league baseball umpires change the game with their blown calls. I will openly admit that I am an NBA homer, but I think the NBA officials who get the most criticism are the best at their jobs. Also, the group that gets the least amount of criticism NFL officials; are the worst. Case in point Broncos vs. Patriots the taunting call on Brandon Merriweather (don’t take this as me supporting the Patriots because I don't), but this call was awful the official was throwing the flag before the play was over. Yet there was hardly a mention of it and it was a crucial moment of the game and it changed the outcome. I am sure the guy was thinking about who he was going to sell health insurance to on Monday. This doesn't even cover the "roughing the passer" penalty. This is like flag football when trying to hit the quarterback. I am not totally against the rule I think the QB needs protecting but not to the point where you can’t hit the man. If a quarterback gets hurt then so be it, that’s a part of the game. They are football players and they are there to get hit. Every time the quarterback gets hit I have to chug vodka and hope my team is not called for a roughing the passer and if it is called then I have to drink some more. The referees are taking over the game and as much as you say "refs don’t decide the game" well they may not decide the game but they do change the out come and it has become ridiculous. The NFL has to fix the problems with the officials. The first thing they need to do is make the officials work one job, they shouldn’t be out working regular jobs during the week they need to work only for the NFL. These guys get paid well enough to only work one job. These guys don’t need to be thinking about their next big deal on the way to the game they need to think about not blowing the calls.

Now on to the umpires. How long do you think it will take MLB to ask TBS to take the K-Zone off the screen for each pitch? Is there anything worse than watching three straight pitches called strikes that are clearly out of the K-Zone? Well, there is one thing and that would be CB Bucknor working the bases. How bad can he be? I don't think he has made a correct call all year. Every time there is a close play I cringe that CB is not going to be on the base path to blow a call. Once again we hear nothing from MLB about the blown calls they just go about there high horse ways and think they are perfect. Well CB is bad, but Phil Cuzzie may be the winner for worst call of the year, how can a guy 10 feet from the ball miss it that bad. I have watched this reply a hundred times and I can’t figure out how he missed it. If I were Twins fan I would have lost it and I would have been uncontrollable. If I was at the game, I would have taken my jail time for the sake of my team. Which brings me to the reason why do they have umpires down the line? They are there for one call a game and Phil missed. It makes no sense to me; if they are too big to get down the lines maybe MLB should look to fix that. Major League Baseball needs to introduce a diet plan for their umpires some of these guys cant get down in a squat to find the strike zone. Maybe MLB should make these guys mix in a salad every once in a while. How can MLB feel good about watching Joe West bend over and run down the baselines to make a call? Bud Selig can’t be saying "look at Joe go man he really got down the line. He is the definition of health." What he is really thinking is "OH NO ball down the line god I hope Joe doesn’t break a hip." You ever wonder why Bud looks like that. He drinks a lot and I mean a lot.


Stay Strong, Love Your Team, Drink Your Drink

NB

Lock and Loaded

Hey Sports fans.... I am ghost writing for Big MAC today. He sends everyone a couple shots of Jack to get this weekend off on the right foot because everyone knows he has already had 3...


Sorry folks no real blog today, but I do have some money making information for you. I got my 3 lock and load picks of the week. Empty out the bank accounts and max out the credit cards. I like Georgia Tech +3 at Florida State because Jonathan Dwyer and G. Tech will run the piss out of the football. They got the #6 ranked rushing offense in the land and lets face it FSU is not a good team and is already 0-2 in ACC play. Take the points and cash in.
I also like Georgia +1.5 at Tennessee. Lane Kiffin and the Vols are down and I think Georgia is beginning to pick it up. They would have defeated LSU last week had it not been for the refs blowing the game for them. A.J. Green is a stud and so far Tennesse has had there best game in a 11 point win over the Ohio Bobcats.
LOCK OF THE WEEK: Colts -3.5 at Tennessee. Peyton Manning seems excited by this year's Colts team. I think it's because he's happy to be healthy again, he's fired up about the young guys (Pierre Garcon, Donald Brown, etc.) and just likes playing with them. There's a hop in his step and you can't tell me differently. Second, the Titans stink.
Best of luck to you degenerate gamblers.

"Bye Bye Bobby"

Bobby Bowden who turns 80 November 8th has come under a lot of pressure from fans and boosters of Florida State University the past few years. This year however it has become a bigger distraction for the FSU program. Bowden's future at the school came under scrutiny this week when the chairman of the university's trustees, Jim Smith, said the coach who once made the Seminoles a national powerhouse should leave after this season and that the Bowden-Fisher arrangement is not working. In 2007 FSU named Jimbo Fischer the “coach in waiting” to Bobby Bowden. I am not a big fan of teams doing this because situations like this one at FSU can end up turning out bad for the program. Bowden has said again and again that he has no plans of leaving after the year. Another are of concern is that after this season Jimbo Fisher has control of all coaching staff duties. This means that the current offensive coordinator can hire and fire other assistant coaches as hepleases. When have you ever heard of that before? After next season he might not want to leave, and that will create some sticky matters. When the 2010 season is complete if for whatever reason Bowden is still the head coach they will owe Jimbo Fisher 5 million dollars. Uh oh!

Many people say that Bowden has done a lot for that program and should leave on his own terms whenever he sees fit. I agree with this, people know about Florida State University because of what Bowden has done with that football program. I don’t agree with the fact though that he gets to leave when he wants too. Since 2005 FSU is 31-21, unacceptable in my book for what use to be a team ranked in the top 10 year in and year out. Bowden needs to step down at the end of year and let the program rebuild. Kids these days when they are being recruited by FSU don’t know how much longer Bowden will be there. I know they got a coach in waiting with Fisher and people think that won’t hurt recruiting. The bottom line is that kids go to a school based upon how they will fit in to the system. Kids are unsure if the system will stay the same when Bowden leaves. It also doesn’t help when you lose to South Florida, and Miami is on the rise along with Floridawinning national titles. Bottom line is FSU is 2-3 this year and will most likely drop to 2-4 after Georgia Tech beats them Saturday. They still have to play Florida which will be a loss and will probably lose one more regular season game. So at best I think FSU loses 6 regular season games. So FSU president T.K. Wetherell sit down Bowden at the end of the year and have one of these two conversations with him.

If you tell Bowden he can stay, just give him a headset next year that’s connected to one coach and tell Jimbo Fisher to listen to Bowden and pretend to agree with him to his face but go and do the total opposite when it comes time to game plan or make on the field adjustments. Let Bowden think he is still in charge because in all reality that’s all he wants. Just ignore Bowden and you will probably have a little more success and as long as that happens I don’t think Bowden will be too upset about not doing what he asked. On the other side of this, if you have a football program where this is even up for discussion it is time to cut Bowden loose. This is beginning to turn FSU football into a laughing matter. Your 80 years old Bowden go retire and spend time with your family. I am sure they have some good retirement homes in Florida and you can meet all kinds of new friends and eat the good food they have. I know you’re probably scared about whatyou’re going to do with your free time besides dying, because lets face it, that could happen any day at your age. Let the program move on, you’ve done your part Bowden. You put Florida State on the map. In closing here are some classic Bowden quotes.

"A better ending could not have been scripted. Of course, if we had won, that would have been better. "

"If somebody mistreats you, treat 'em good. That kills 'em."

"To have the kind of year you want to have, something has to happen that you can't explain why it happened. Something has to happen that you can't coach. "

"Where's Bob-O?"

Dear: Bob Sanders,

Hi Bob my name is Jeff McGuinness, an avid fan of yours. How’s your right knee doing? I am a concerned colts fan who is wondering on how much longer you plan on being injured? Don’t get upset with me after reading this letter, but where the hell are you? I understand that you currently are living in a forest, running around in a loin cloth and enjoying eating deer and any other wild animals you come across. I know you’re probably doing some charity work like donating blood to the red cross. I just wish it was your blood and not other peoples. The closest we have come to seeing you is by watching the movie Blade starring Wesley Snipes. I swear if Snipes grew his hair out they could be twins. It’s beginning to get cold outside so you can’t stay in the forest all winter no matter how bad ass you are. Everyone knows that in the winter you live at the colts complex and listen to ACDC while you sleep in your coffin. I am worried about you Bob.Please come back and start beheading fools like you have done in the past. I’m afraid if you don’t the colts might make a decision at the end of the season, which involves you no longer being a colt. Your pal, Jeff.

Okay I got all the fun and jokes out of the way, now it is time to get to business. Bob you need to get and stay healthy ASAP. The colts and the colts faithful are beginning to lose interest in you. We are tired of your injuries that keep you out for long periods of time. I’m also tired of the colts organization never really going into detail about their players and the injuries. Financially it does not make sense to keep Bob on the roster past this year if he can not resume playing at a high level and avoid injury. He is making around 6 million dollars a season while his replacement Melvin Bullitt is making less than 500 grand this season. If the colts release Bob at the end of the year they can save some salary cap money down the road and pursue free agents or negotiate new deals for players who have expiring contracts like Antoine Bethea, Gary Brackett, or Marlin Jackson. Some of the colts fair-weather fans who just love the fact that Bob Sandersis a colt will probably be highly upset when the day comes where Polian has to release Bob, but let me tell you that Polian knows what the hell he is doing. Melvin Bullitt is not Bob Sanders, but he does stay healthy and is a pretty good safety, especially for the little money he is being paid. The colts have held the opposing teams leading rusher to under 100 yards every game this season except for the wildcat night in Miami, which implies to me that Bob is not needed as much as he was in the past.

In closing I love the way Bob plays the game. I know he is in the forest swinging from tree to tree beating on his chest, enjoying life, but November 15th is lurking and the colts must punish the patriots and no one punishes opponents like Bob does. Bob can accomplish this mission if we get a brave enough colts fan to go around searching the forests for his whereabouts to hand him this letter I’ve wrote. The city of Indianapolis has a pretty high unemployment rate so I vote we find someone who isn’t working and sacrifice them to execute the mission to inform Bob that we are looking for him. I’m sick and tired of watching Wesley Snipes and the Blade movies. This might be the last year we have to enjoy watching Bob pummel opponents.

"To Tebow? Or Not To Tebow?"

Well it was only a matter of time before I talked about Gods chosen one. I mean every media outlet has discussed the concussion heard round the world. Will Timothy Richard Tebow play against LSU Saturday night? It is still too early to tell. Urban Meyer insists that the decision on whether or not Tebow plays Saturday is up to the Florida medical staff. Tebow as of right now has not been medically cleared. Urban Meyer said that does not mean that he will not play. Tebow could be cleared later in the week. Even if Tebow is cleared the question remains whether or not he should play, or if the gators even need him to win.

America let me introduce you to John Brantley. He is a redshirt sophomore from Ocala, FL. He threw 99 touchdown passes in high school which is a Florida state record, one more than Tebows 98 TD’s. Florida CAN win against LSU with Brantley playing. Brantley is a better pocket passer and has a stronger more accurate arm than Tebow. Florida does not need to score a ton of points to win this game. The gators defense gives up just over 7 points a game per contest this year. Brandon Spikes, Carlos Dunlap, and Major Wright are the defensive leaders on that team and trust me they will be ready to go on Saturday.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IQShWogLzw Brantley just needs to pull a Trent Dilfer and manage the game well. The defense will win that game for Florida. In the Urban Meyer era Florida is 6-1 against teams ranked in the top 5 and LSU is 13-15 all time against Florida in Baton Rouge.

LSU is pretty damn lucky to be 5-0. They got bailed out by the officials last week against Georgia, even the SEC said so. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4534433 LSU barely got by one of the worst teams in the SEC which is Mississippi State, who is coached by former gator offensive coordinator Dan Mullen. You think that Urb might have a few conversations more than usual this week with his former coordinator? I personally think LSU is a bit overrated. One stat though that is in their favor is that LSU is 31-0 in night games at home in their last 31 efforts. That stat is mind boggling. One thing that I think helps the gators is the fact that LSU has to prepare for Tebow and Brantley. They don’t have much film on Brantley, so they probably wont know very many of his tendencies. The early line out of Vegas has Florida as a 7.5 favorite, so something will have to give this weekend. I am not sitting here saying that Florida will win with Brantley at QB. I am saying that LSU should respect him because he is no scrub backup. The kid has an arm. God Bless.

"Tony Nomo"

Being the quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys is one of the most scrutinized positions in all of sports. It ranks right up there with being a superstar with the New York Yankees. Tony Romo is not living up to expectations these days. His career passer rating is 93.3. This season however his rating is 79.4 for the current season. People thought after dropping celebrity girlfriend Jessica Simpson that he would have his head on straight. He actually has better numbers with her as his main squeeze. Another downfall on this is we don’t get to see Jessica on TV anymore. This season he has made some poor decisions and has just as many interceptions as touchdowns. How long will the Cowboys stand by there decision and keep Tony Romo in Dallas? Will the cowboys keep him thru 2013 when his contract expires? The cowboys have a decision to make after this season that will most certainly change the franchise for good or bad.
I believe the Cowboys should trade Romo after the season if he continues to play the way he is. Statistically this year he is an average quarterback. I personally don’t think he will improve that much. He has been a full time starter now for a couple of seasons and has had success in the past in the regular season. Dallas however needs to win in the post season, something that hasn’t been done since 1996. Some people question Romo and his leadership abilities as well as his work ethic. Troy Aikman and Tony Dorsett, two Dallas legends have voiced their opinions on Romo and his abilities. I myself find it hard to believe that he is putting enough prep time into the gameplan every week, and if he is and still performs the way he is than that raises more questions. The Cowboys are currently 2-2 and play in a tough division, so making the playoffs isn’t getting any easier if they continue to lose close games like they did yesterday. By trading Romo some would think the Cowboys would be rebuilding, I don’t think that is the case.
The Cowboys need to work out a trade where they can get some draft picks out of the deal and maybe acquire a quarterback for next year via trade or free agency or start Jon Kitna, haha. They should inquire Cleveland about getting Derek Anderson or Brady Quinn, both of who I think can be a better quarterback in Dallas with better weapons to work with. After the 2011 season there might not be a salary cap and Jerry Jones can go New York Yankee style on the NFL and just buy a great quarterback who is on the open market. So the Cowboys might have to play one season with a questionable starter. They got the tools in place to still compete without Romo. By unloading Romo they can free up salary cap space to address other needs on the defensive side of the ball. They have a good offensive line and one of the best tight ends in the league. Yet the Cowboys managed just 10 points against Denver yesterday and those came in the first quarter. If that is ok by Cowboys standards than I guess they will continue to be a .500 football team and miss out on the playoffs. Time to make a move Jerry Jones and I’m not talking about moving that giant TV you got in the middle of the field.

"Return To... Uh Oh!"

Ok if there is one thing in college football today that irritates the crap out of me it is Notre Dame fan who thinks that the Irish are Gods gift to college football year in and year out. This year more than others helps me make my point. I didn’t originally plan on using Notre Dame football as my topic today but I was reading the Indianapolis Star yesterday and after reading this article http://www.indystar.com/article/20091002/SPORTS0604/910020350/1004/SPORTS/Commentary++Notre+Dame+football+is+on+its+way+back I had enough of it. They barely beat 2 big ten teams the past couple of weeks who have lost to Central Michigan and Northern Illinois.
Every year now it seems like Notre Dame is extremely overrated and it usually comes from the fans of the Irish. Before the season started Notre Dame fans were dead serious with their predictions of playing for a national title this year, and that Jimmy Claussen should win the Heisman trophy. Lou Holtz a former coach and analyst for ESPN was even in on this. ( that’s not saying much though, Holtz also predicted 10 wins the year they went 3-9) Now that we are 4 weeks into the season those predictions are pretty much shot. How could they possibly hand a Heisman trophy to a Jimmy Claussen who has never won a big game, and in my opinion has underachieved in South Bend. Notre Dame will probably lose tomorrow against Washington and will get beat down by USC later this month. If they do however manage to make it to a BCS bowl game, it will not be pretty. The last time that happened LSU and Jamarcus Russell dog walked Brady Quinn and the Irish. Hell Jamarcus Russell is not exactly what we call a good quarterback.
Notre Dame boosters are bitching and moaning about returning to glory and winning national titles. News flash golden domers, that isn’t going to happen in my lifetime, and I will tell you why. The academic standards are too tough these days. The “Lou Holtz” rule is no longer in existence. If your wondering what the “Lou Holtz” rule is, it existed when Holtz was coaching and he was allowed 2 recruits each year that he wanted, regardless of the recruits grades. They interviewed Urban Meyer for the coaching position when they hired Charlie “Spare Tire” Weiss. Meyer was an assistant under Holtz and wanted to bring back that rule if he was to become coach there. Notre Dame told him no and the rest is history. Put yourself in the shoes of a top recruit in this country with an average GPA. Notre Dame is out of the question and the top recruits will continue to go to Texas, USC, LSU, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Ohio State, and Penn State. Notre Dame isn’t even in the top 15 this year in recruiting according to ESPN. Clemson and Stanford are projected to have better recruiting classes this year. How can a football team “ Return to Glory” if they can not recruit the same kids that the top schools go after each season? Notre Dame nobody is asking you to let every John Smith into your school. Just let a few kids with the 2.3 GPA in if you want to be a real contender. If you continue to raise the academic standards your going to continue to go down the road you are of mediocrity.
Coaching is another reason for the time being on why the Irish are struggling. If your getting excited over beating Purdue and Michigan State in the last seconds, something is wrong. Those teams you just beat are not good football teams. They are middle of the pack teams in the Big Ten conference. Weiss has to go after this season. He has had 5 years to build a program and in most peoples eyes has failed. Rich Rodriguez is in year 2 of his stint at Michigan and is doing well with players he did not recruit. Weiss has had some good recruiting classes come to Note Dame but by looking at wins and losses one would find that hard to believe. If that right there does not throw up red flags I don't know what will. It is time for Notre Dame to "Return To The Drawing board."

"Why My Favorite Teams Make Me Drink"

We have all been there before. Sitting on our couch watching our favorite sports teams play. Some times their performances are good and other times not so good. I sometimes wonder if I am going to die someday in the middle of a game where one of my favorite teams is just frustrating the crap out of me.
At this point and time I would have to say its not that big of an issue for the majority of my favorite teams. My biggest worry though, like every year is the Colts run defense. There are times where I wonder if we could just grab a few fat guys off the street and just throw them on the defensive line and see if they could do better. Teams are just stupid to throw the football against the colts. Just run the football and control the clock, take a page out of the Jaguars book. The Jaguars are not a good football team but they always play the Colts tough because of their gameplan. Julius Jones will probably have over 100 yards against the Colts this week if the seahawks can keep it close.
The Atlanta Braves in years past have given me nothing to complain about during the regular season. It is the post season that makes me want to drink untill I fall over. Fourteen straight division titles and only one world series in 1995. I was 12 years old in 1995 I could not even celebrate properly ( by properly I mean going to a bar and drinking as much as possible and spilling beers on my braves shirt) The fact that the braves are no longer on TBS also wants to make me drink because there is less revenue coming in which in return means the braves are not going to have as much money to spend on the team. They need another bat, the pitching is solid but unfortunatley it looks like they are going to be a few games back of Colorado.
The Indiana Pacers. Where do I start? I love the Pacers to death but they are way over the limit for white guys on a NBA roster. Since Reggie left that team took a turn for the worse. They can not play defense. They may score 110 points in a game but hell they will give up 116 that same night. I like the good young group they got right now and they will have salary cap space after the 2010-11 season to spend on some players, so things look bright for the future. The past few seasons though I have dropped a lot of F bombs at conseco fieldhouse. Good thing they got a bar on site for situations like that.
Indiana University basketball. I blame the people who hired Kelvin Sampson. The man was already under investigation and what do they do. Hire him as a coach. Why not lets just run this program into the ground, because thats exactly what happened. I turned on the TV to watch a game last year and had no clue who the hell was playing baskteball. I mean I thought those kids played in the intramural league the year before. I have some eligibility left and I considered giving Tom Crean a call. "Hello Mr. Crean could you use a 6'6" center with limited shooting range (and by that i mean lay ups) and can only play hard for 5-6 minutes before I need a break." I mean I think I could of contributed.
Well folks your probably wondering what about Florida. All is well in Gainseville. I mean I can not complain about winning national titles. Tim Tebow is a prophet. Before you comment on the concussion I have a question for you. Did Tim Tebow get a concussion? Or did a concussion get Tim Tebowed?