A lot has happened in the sporting world since my last post; the Yankees, somehow, solidified their place as my favorite to win the 2009 World Series with the signing of Mark Teixeira, the Celtics accomplished, and then lost, a 19-game win streak, the Bowl season has started, and the final week of the NFL is upon us. Since there are so many topics, I will attempt to live up to my blog's name by emulating Sport Illustrated's own Peter King and write a "Ten things I think".
-I had already written about how the Yankees were "buying" a World Series Championship, but, that was before the signing of THE most sought after free-agent; Mark Teixeira. Obviously, the Yankees have historically been the most apt to spend large sums of money to acquire the top free-agents, but, this year has been strikingly obnoxious. Prior to launching this blog, I decided to make my writing as unbiased as possible and not reveal what teams I root for. I will hold to that, but, I will tell you this; I am not a fan of the Yankees. And speaking for the millions of Yankees-haters in the country, this off-season has been disastrous. Even though Joe Maddon, manager of the Tampa Bay Rays, claims he is not bothered by the many moves the Yankees ave made, I know I am. This is going to be a very good Yankees team. The one thing fans of other teams can hang their hat on is this; if the Yankees do not win the World Series, this season will be one of the most disappointing. And hey, imagine if they don't (again) make the play-offs.
-Any mile-stone win-streak in any sport is an impressive feat. No, it is not the all-time record, but the Celtics 19 game win streak is certainly worthy of praise. In a sport that has so many games, and so much travel, to do what the Celtics did requires a true team effort, something which has been severely lacking in the NBA. Hopefully the Celtics the success triggers a new ideology in basketball...or is it bringing back an old ideology? Nonetheless, the Celtics are a great team, with great individual stars, who put their "act" together to play defense, and unselfish basketball. Despite their two-loss streak, I am confidently picking the Celtics to win the NBA Championship again.
-There are too many bowls. Regardless of whether you love the BCS-Bowl system, or hate it, there are simply too many bowls. A record of 6-6 should not merit post-season play. Allowing two 6-6 teams to play each other on National T.V., and attempt to pass it off as a great game is a disgrace to the sport. It is sending the message that mediocrity should be rewarded. Currently there are 34 bowl games, which means that 68 out of 119 D-1A teams participate in a bowl game. That is 57%. If you want evidence that there are too many bowls, go find a copy of this years Sheraton Hawaii Bowl between Notre Dame and Hawaii. I have picked on Notre Dame several times, so, I will let their mediocrity slide. Hawaii, however, who had a record of 7-6 in the less-than-formidable WAC conference, made Notre Dame's offense look like an SEC team, while their offense did not fare much better. Explain to me why this game gets the privelege of being aired on ESPN on Christmas Eve Day.
-Not too much to say about the final week of the NFL. In my last post I posted my play-off predictions, which have already been proven wrong. Without elaborating on how much I love the NFL, this looks to be yet another great week. Will the Lions actually manage to go 0-16? Will the Broncos fail to clinch a play-off berth after being up three games with four games to play? Who will win the NFC-South? Will the Bills keep the Patriots out of the play-offs? In short, I predict that the answer to these questions will be yes, yes, and Atlanta.
3 comments:
wow this really is a great blog, whoever writes it should update it more often
yeah i'd have to agree with that last comment. love the mix of facts and opinion, some good research shown as well.
hmmm i really like what you have to say, I just wish there was something more recent. maybe you could have your own mock draft
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