Weekend In Review

It ain't braggin' if its the truth...

Ok, your humble scribe is feeling a little braggadocious. No I didn't have advance knowledge on the exact order of the Heisman vote. But I know you folks liked how I broke down the odds on who would win it and it came down the exact way.
Can Tebow win it again next year? If Pat White stays in school, I think hes the frontrunner for the trophy but Tebow will be the one to watch.
I'll tell you the truth, I was sweating quite a few of the games. Anticipating another woeful week. But other than the Texans upset of the Bucs and my usual upset not coming to pass everything came down like I said it would. I'm not one to pick on the Lions but were you really surprised when they blew that sizable lead against the Pokes? Neither was I. Jon Kitna's bold prediction of 10 wins now is as valid as the elder Bush saying No New Taxes.
I'm thinking of the line uttered by Deebo, played by behemoth actor Tiny Lister in the movie Friday after he had just finished laying out the character played by Ice Cube. "Who wants some? Huh? Beat him down, beat you down too!" I make reference to this line after the Pats...umm Deebo'd the Steelers yesterday by the score of 34-13. The hacks, honks and wonks were so sure that the Steelers had the Pats number and would physical the Pats into submission. It seems everytime that someone throws a different problem at the Pats, they have an answer. I look at their remaining schedule and think. Could Eli Manning be the last barrier between the Pats and perfection? Also consider this. The Pats got the perfect storm in scheduling. Scheduling rotations gave the Pats them the NFC East and the AFC North which their two road games were both still in the Eastern time zone and both on Monday. They have been out of the Eastern Time zone one time the whole season (Beating the Cowboys in Dallas in October) and won't have to leave the northeast for the rest of the season. The Pats next time change might not be till they hit Glendale Arizona....think about that.

I'm hoping to pass my total of 155 correct picks from last year and going .500 over the last three weeks could do it. I am hoping though for a strong finish.

I dont comment on boxing often, though I do follow it. I was not surprised to see Floyd Mayweather put a beatdown on Ricky Hatton. Hatton just looked out of his league and woefully slow against the sharper Mayweather. No one knows what Mayweather's next move is, in any case Mayweather proved that he is one of boxing's best champions.

I guess I should make mention of the sentencing of Michael Vick. The judge gave him 23 months for his role in dogfighting. Many people wanted him to get an even stiffer sentence and I think its a tragic ending to sad tale. Vick as one of the most electrifying players that I had ever seen. The people that Vick was associated with and the endeavors that he undertook brought him down. I do not condone what Vick did and agree that deserved some sort of punishment, but the thing that bothers me is this. The origin of this whole case wasn't dogfighting...it was drugs. The feds had a supposed tip that drugs were being funneled through Vick's home. That was what the original raid was for, no drug were ever found, but this dogfighting operation was. It seems to that the Feds thwarted on one front decided that they were not going to make such a showy raid without gaining something. Make no mistake, Vick is totally in the wrong for his role and was a fool for not making him self as contrite as possible before his sentencing. But I wonder if Vick made himself a target that was too irresistable to avoid. Just a thought.
A word of note, the Thursday pick will be posted on Wednesday with my Phat Dap/Head Slap and the rest of the picks will be posted as usual on Friday. The posts will be a bit more infrequent until the bowls start then I'll attempt to preview everyone of the 32 bowl games. I'll be around, just a little quieter than I have been. I thank you for your support and comments and ask that you also check out my favorite blog posts to the right, there is some real thought provoking things being written there. Until next post fellow Sports Fans