Quick Notes: Catching Up on Things

~One minute you think basically the biggest news of the college football season is about to go down, the next minute you realize pretty much nothing has happened. On Saturday night, the nation thought Urban Meyer was done. He burnt out. He needed to save his health. He needed time off to make sure he didn't die. The next minute we realize that what this actually means is he needs a vacation for a few months to recharge his batteries and get ready for life without Tebow.

~I'm enjoying the Vikings skid almost as much as I am enjoying the Jets being gift wrapped a playoff spot. I am very much looking forward to the Vikings getting bounced after a late arm punt and have a very large desire for this to happen against the Packers in round 1. (It could with a Eagle & Cardinal win and a Vikings loss)

~The Giants certain left their stadium on a high note.

~Speaking of that... Why are the Jets playing the last game at "Giants Stadium"? Couldn't the NFL have conjured up an appropriate schedule?

~I truly haven't paid much attention to the bowl season as of yet. Many games are on, none really garner much interest.

~Shouldn't there be some sort of worthwhile sporting event on Christmas Eve? Christmas you got a showcase of NBA games and an NFL game. Christmas Eve you get squat. Kind of boring. How about an NFL Game on Christmas eve at say 12:30ish, on a network not called "NFL Network".

~So Mike Leach is pretty much really really crazy if these stories are true. First off Adam James is a bit player on the Red Raiders, he has just 17 catches this season, so if he did have a concussion than why the hell would Mike Leach really care if he missed a day or two of practice. Secondly, locking someone in a closet is just really really weird and serves no purpose. The man might be an offensive genius but he clearly is very very odd and I don't think I would want him as my head coach.

~The first half of the Celtics game on Christmas day was one of the ugliest displays of basketball I have ever watched. It was like watching the old Pistons vs. Celtics playoff series.

~On that note, why can't Rajon Rondo make free throws?

~Why must the Knicks continue to burn our eyes with their Green Jerseys?

~Can the Pacquiao and Mayweather crew just use typical drug testing, get a deal done, and set the fight already? It's the only fight anybody really wants to see. Is a blood test really necessary?

~I hate Fantasy Football.

Lou Holtz is the Homer / Annoyingly Delusional

As my buddy Joe and I always joke, if Notre Dame was suiting up against an all Jesus team, aka a team made up of 55 Sons of God, Lou Holtz would probably still pick Notre Dame to win by a touchdown. So of course this weekend when I'm watching Sportscenter and they have him and fellow old man Corso making predictions, Lou picks ND to beat Michigan. Not that big of a deal, Michigan is a big question mark this year, but of course than Lou says that Notre Dame will win 11 games this year. This is the same Notre Dame that lost to a service academy last year. And just when you thought the douchy homerism was going to end ESPN asks which BCS school is going to be the biggest surprise team in the country. Any guesses to whom it was? I'll give you a clue it was another team he coached. If you guessed South Carolina you would be a winner. Next up on Lou's prediction watch, the Jets win the Superbowl, NC St. wins the ACC, Arkansas dominates the SEC West, Minnesota wins the Big...

Continue Reading the Rest of This Fine Post

Guest Post: Thoughts on Sabathia Signing

I asked Grutt what his thoughts were on the Sabathia signing and I thought his response pretty much nailed it. So here it is. I don’t know. Every year I get a little more disenchanted with baseball. Yea, it’s great we signed the top pitching free agent. But we were supposed to. No team was even in the ballpark of the Yankees offer yet they still needed to jump from the already ridiculous price of $140 million to $160 million to close the deal. Now I hear we are going to sign more pitchers who will also get large contracts and the position player gaps are still glaring. Each new, large contract just adds to the feeling that the Yanks are supposed to win it all. “I think we have a good chance this year.” That is a lost feeling. If they don’t win I’ll wonder why, like there has to be some other reason besides that it’s a sport you can never predict how things will work out and some years just aren’t yours to be won. If they win I will be pleasantly smug. It gets a little more...

Continue Reading the Rest of This Fine Post

SimonOnSports

Search This Blog