Weekend Recap

Did anybody see the boxing match? Oh wait no because Dykstra backed out and didn't fight. Seriously man, you just got out of prison, probably going to go back, and you need the money, but yet you back out of the match? Whatever Canseco would have kicked your ass pretty quickly. I guess you could say Canseco would have taken the hammer to the nail!

What a great weekend of college football, so many good games, not including the LSU/Bama game. Did you watch that snooze fest? 4 missed field goals, 12 men in the huddle in overtime? Really? and that catch that was an interception or whatever it was. That game was not that exciting, and it wasn't much different than the toilet bowl in Iowa, where Iowa State edged out KU 13-10. The difference in this game is that the offenses were trying not to lose so they didn't make any big mistakes, as where KU and Iowa State were trying to win on offense, but kept giving the other team a chance to win. Sure LSU/Bama was a good game, but it was nowhere close to as exciting as K State and Oklahoma State. That game was back and forth, had everything you could ever imagine, you were on the edge of your seat the entire time, and it came down to one play.

What other games were good? I mean MU/Baylor ended 39-42, Baylor put up over 700 yards of offense, Missouri did your defense already go to the SEC? Wow they forgot they still had to play Baylor and RG3. Arkansas takes control of South Carolina, which was a huge win for the Hogs. Oregon, Boise, Stanford, Houston, and OU all got another victory. OU trying to battle into the title talks, loses Broyles for the year, that is a huge loss. Stanford has a showdown with Oregon, in Stanford, could decide if Stanford has a shot at the title. Boise doesn't play anybody the rest of the year, nor does Houston really. Too bad you can't have a playoff between Houston and Boise St and the winner at least gets a BCS game. You know what I want in the title game, one of those great defenses LSU/BAMA against one of those great offenses, Stanford, Oregon, OU, Boise St, even Houston and Case Keenum that is what I would like to see. I know we already had LSU/Oregon, but Oregon is better now and I would be happy with a rematch of that. The one thing I don't want is to watch another 9-6 snoozer with LSU/Bama going at it again. Lots of things left to play out, and it will be fun watching it.

Now on to the NFL. How hard is it to route for Fitzgerald for fantasy and the Rams because of gambling, or Jake Ballard because of fantasy against your 2nd favorite team of the Patriots, or Billy Cundiff my kicker to score but Pitt to find a way to win, yet not a defensive touchdown as I am playing against them in fantasy. Isn't football amazing? It is just so much fun to watch and route and cheer and yell. I mean Patrick Peterson has a 99 yard punt return TD in overtime to beat the Rams? Why in the world is he even catching the ball there? Oh wait because he is Patrick Peterson and has done it a few times this year. How bout that Sunday night game? Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Baltimore Pittsburgh, I had no idea what was going to happen at any point. How good are the Packers? Yes they are 8-0, and they were in control of that game for almost the entire game, but is their offense too good it hurts their defense? I mean they score, score as much as they want, but they do it quickly. Does this hurt their defense? Just watching the way they played San Diego and some other teams this year, I truly question how good they are as a team. They probably have one of the best offenses of all time, but is the defense going to hold them back? Remember the Chiefs and their high flying offense? They couldn't stop anybody and it eventually caught up to them. I guess we will see, and I am not saying they aren't a great team, but they have got to sure up their defense.

This week is a special week, Thursday night football starts this week. Raiders and Chargers, in San Diego. So we will try to have at least some picks up before this game and probably have both of us break down the game. Have a great Monday and here is looking to another winning week!