No Chance?

It's been going on all day today, I've heard every college football analyst proclaim Pittsburgh has NO chance to beat West Virginia, Kirk Herbstreit thought West Virginia could by fifty points. I'm so happy to say that Pittsburgh won the game it really made my day. I have nothing against West Virginia they are a good football team but when a bunch of analysts say a game is an absolute 110% lock I love to see the underdog kick ass. If you have a pulse and have been covering this season and you say that any game is an absolute lock you have to be absolutely crazy or just plain stupid. The team that has been ranked second has lost their next game for the last several weeks so what does that tell you? No team is safe, any team can lose to anyone at any time. Congratulations to Pittsburgh what a great victory. I would also respectfully suggest that every single college football analyst that works for ESPN should find a new line of work because you have no idea what you are talking about.

Pittsburgh Panthers, NCAA Division I Mens Basketball - CBSSports.com

Pittsburgh Panthers, NCAA Division I Mens Basketball - CBSSports.com

Pitt Baskeball

It's always nice to go to one of the major sports sites and find an interesting article about something you haven't heard too much about. I recently found an article about the Pitt Basketball team. I know the college hoops season is just beginning but I hadn't heard or read a word about Pitt since the season began. This is probably Pitt's star player graduated and that automatically makes them worse than last year. This isn't always true sometimes a team could be as good better even without it's star player. According to the article this could be true for Pitt because the team is off to a very good start and will probably get better as the season goes along. I will post the article for those of you who would like to give it a look.

Johan Santana, Small market baseball

It would be nice to see Johan Santana pitch for someone other than the Yankees or Red sox next season. The Twins will trade him to the team that gives them the most talent in return and that could very well be the Yankees. If they are going to trade Santana they almost have to get one of the Yankees young pitchers in return or the deal would not be worth it. The same thing is true if they were to trade him to the Red Sox and I think the Twins organization is smart enough to realize that. They are very few teams that are better at scouting and developing young talent. It will be crushing for Twins fans to see Santana go but they shouldn't become totally hopeless. They have Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau two of the best young hitters in baseball and when you combine that with a healthy Fransisco Liriano and their other up and coming young pitchers you have the makings of a team that could once again contend if they avoid injuries. The worst thing about this situation is the fact that the Twins are like a lot of other teams in baseball they scout and develop great young talent who go on to star for big market teams when they can no longer afford them. I would like to see more of a balance of power in baseball because it makes the game more exciting. Sometimes these "Small market" teams will develop so much talent that they will win the World Series before their players become too expensive to keep around. The 2003 Florida Marlins are my favorite example of this, they had a lot more talent on that team than most people realized and they really shocked the baseball world. I happened to live in Miami at the time and I can tell you that they took the city by storm. It was a fun thing to watch. The one thing about that team that set it apart was Ivan Rodriguez and the Marlins had to spend some money to get him. The Twins don't look like a team that is ever willing to spend extra money to get that type of a player the kind of player that can put a young team over the top.

Wes Welker!

When you live in Miami it's hard not to watch the Dolphins play and for the last few years they have been a train wreck. Before this season one of the few bright spots on the team was Wes Welker an undersized receiver from Texas Tech who played hard nosed all out, all the time football and did whatever the coaches asked of him. Kind of like another undersized player from Texas Tech who played linebacker you know Zach Thomas. The Dolphins always appreciated Thomas but they sure didn't appreciate Wes Welker because they basically gave him to the Patriots and look whats happening now. Wes Welker is finally getting the respect and attention he deserves while playing on of the best teams in decades. I love the way the Patriots have used him this season and I would love to see him in the Pro bowl even though he probably won't make it. I'm sure a Super Bowl trophy will do just fine instead...

Invincible?

The New England Patriots finally looked human last night. The Eagles played probably their best game of the season and it would have been even sweeter for them to get the victory but they should take pride in the fact that they gave them one hell of a football game. Not many teams have been able to do that this season. It would be stupid of me to diss the Patriots when everyone who's watched them knows that there playing better than any team has in years but it was getting to the point where people were predicting how many points they would score in the dismantiling of their opponets. This brings the noise about them down a decibel or two at least for this week anyway. They are a great team but this game showed people that anything can happen. In the playoffs who knows who will get hot just at the right time. It could be the Patriots or it could be anyone else that happens to survive the harsh regular season.

It's just keeps getting better

For as long as I've been a fan of college football I've wished that there was a playoff system. It's always seemed screwy to me for a sport to pick certain teams to play for a title while leaving others out of the equation. I'm not changing my mind about that but this year in college football is different for a lot of reasons. Its fun to see the best teams get upset by the underdogs and this year that has happened more than any other year I can remember. It just happened again tonight when LSU was defeated by Arkansas 50-48 in triple overtime. It was one of the best college football games of the season and the top ranked team lost again. I love this kind of unpredictability in sports it's what makes it fun to watch. Even after all the upsets this year most of the analysts that cover the game were plugging LSU into the national title game. Some people just never learn, how long will it take for these guys to realize that any team can lose at anytime this season. That's what makes this year great, I can't wait to see what happens tomorrow.