SimonOnSports

A reader Michael (I have readers?) sent in a request for me to analyze the Michigan and Ohio St. NFLers. And since I don't ever get requests I figured what the hell why not. So without further ado onto the breakdown. Here's the list I'm working off if you have disputes. Definite Hall of Famers Michigan (1) - Tom Brady, Three going on Four Time Superbowl Champion amidst the greatest season for a Quarterback in the history of the league. Ohio St. (1) - Orlando Pace, As a 7 time Pro Bowler and amongst the best left tackles of all time I imagine that Orlando Pace will be a a no doubt Hall of Famer. Edge: MICHIGAN, Orland Pace is a great NFL player but Tom Brady isn't very far from becoming the greatest quarterback in NFL history. Potential Hall of Famers Michigan (2) - Steve Hutchinson, Ty Law - Steve Hutchinson has been the single most dominant guard in football for the past five years helping pave the way for Shaun Alexander and Purple Jesus. While it is very diff...

Super Bowl: AFC Champion USC vs. NFC Champion WVU at Phoenix Stadium After cruising through their first two victories the Trojans knocked off the Bulldogs at home with a split vote with the tie breaker given due to homefield advantage. Meanwhile West Virginia for some reason wiped the floor with Ohio St. to make it three consecutive easy victories. In real life both teams won their bowl games with ease and blew big regular season games against a shitty opponent, so who will take down this fake tournament? Tale of Two Journeys USC Wildcard Victory over Arizona St. 93.5% to 6.5% USC Divisional Victory over BYU 100% to 0% USC Conference Championship Victory 50% to 50% via executive decision. USC Key Wins: Arizona St., Oregon St. USC Bad Losses: Stanford WVU Wildcard Victory over Kansas 63.3% to 36.7% WVU Divisional Victory over Hawaii 75.0% to 25.0% WVU Conference Championship Victory of OSU 77.8% to 22.2% West Virginia Key Wins: Uconn, Miss St., Cincy, Rutgers West Virginia Bad Losses...

This season the NBA has listened to one of my many thoguht and has started to track a players +/- during the course of individual games. Due to my dislike of Brian Scalabrine, I am going to track he's performance in a weekly post called The Scalabrine Watch. 3 Million a year for what? Celtics 100 Trailblazers 90: DNP Celtics 116 76ers 89: 2 Scals +2 performance in this blowout of the 76ers directly reflects the two free throws he made. Good for Scals, without those 2 points the Celtics would have been hard pressed to win. Game Stats: 5 Minutes, 0-0, 2 Points, 0 Rebounds, 0 Assists Celtics 109 Knicks 93: -8 MLK day was not too kind to Scals +/-. Scals once again sank his two free throws and even added a rebound and an assist however while on the court the Cs were outscored by 8 points. Game Stats: 5 Minutes, 0-0, 2 Points, 1 Rebound, 1 Assist Overall Week Performance: -6 A 100% completely shotless week for Scals. Nice to see that in three games Doc put the hammer down and said no...

In every sporting event there is a typical process to determine who to root for. Are you a fan of one of the teams or players? Do you despise one of the players? Is one a significantly better story or a significant underdog? etc. Well my rule for Womens Tennis is pretty simple and straight forward. I root for who I find more attractive. Sure it's complete Chauvinism but whatever I'm admitting to it. I want to watch the attractive ones play much more than I want to see butch male types play. And thus I now plan on having posts for the semifinals and finals of all the grand slams tournaments to vote on which the public would rather see win. Maria Sharapova vs. Jelena Jankovic Opinion Polls  &  Market Research

You Know You're a Idiot If... You Purchase Conference Championship T-Shirts. The T-shirt is relevant for 2 weeks than after the game no longer relevant. You either need to go out and buy a Superbowl Champion T-shirt, or you can be ridiculed for wearing a meaningless T-Shirt celebrating 2nd place. Really it's just a complete waste of money. Spend you're money on a new jersey if you are too impatient to wait until after the game and feel the need to purchase clothing to support your team.

~That's a map of the northeast. As you can see I've divvied up the land to consist of an estimation of the teams territory. The green dot you see in lower Connecticut is me. The moronic Jet fan in Connecticut surrounded by all Giant and Patriot fans. Worse yet my father was born and raised in Massachusetts prior to the existence of the New England Patriots. Thus as a little kid in Mass the closest team was the New York Giants, thus for his early childhood he was a Giant fan. Then when the Patriots were formed when he was still in his youth he adopted them as well. Thus my father likes both teams in the Superbowl while his moronic son likes the Jets because he was a stupid 5 year old that made his decision based on uniform color. I'm a jackass... ~Touchdowns > Field Goals. ~LT is a pussy I don't give a crap what is said, 50% LT is worse than 100% Michael Turner. Blah blah blah. Give it a fucking shot. Get in the damn game in the 4th quarter. You don't ne...

I have a dream, that many people get a 3 day weekend in the middle of January so they can recoup from all of the drinking they partook in during the NFC and AFC Championship games.