Why penalties should be able to get reviewed

There is four minutes left in the game Utah State goes down the field in a Minute and scores and they makes the two point conversion. The crowd is going wild, they set up for the onside kick and make a beautiful one as number six jumps up and gets the ball. Utah State has the ball and are ready to march down the field. Oh wait what is that its a flag, offsides on Utah State! The crowd boos the coach is arguing, they put the replay on the megatron and they have every right to boo, and argue. There is no offsides! once again the ref makes a call that ends the comeback, that ends the hype. Now it is true the Aggies should not have been in that situation, they have not learned how to win yet. This i understand. My thing is look how much power the refs have. Example even though I cant stand the chargers, last year the umpire makes the wrong call on a fumble and the Broncos win the game, which is sweet but once again it came down to the ref. I just think that they should make it possible even if from the booth to look at a penilty and overturn it. Maybe one day it will happen.
So now the question is who is going to win the world Series?

It's not luck...

Six weeks into the NFL season and we're starting to see the men separate from the boys. Only 4 teams remain undefeated and every one of those is a force to be reckoned with. Most surprising of all those by far, are the now 6-0 Denver Broncos. Why? Trading a franchise QB (Jay Cutler, never liked him) for relatively unknown Orton from the Bears. On top of that, they let go of (probably) hall of fame coach Mike Shanahan and hired a 32 year old kid. Well like everyone else I thought this was all luck up to this point. But for a team to be undefeated in week 6, it's definitely not luck. The other three are now the Vikings, Saints, and Colts. This is a great year in the NFL, probably my favorite so far with Brett Favre having his best start ever, the Titans going 0-6 and losing 59-0 (I don't like Kerry Collins) to the Patriots, I could go on and on. This is going to be a great year as each week goes by and we really see what teams will emerge, and what teams will step up in the postseason. Tyson, I don't know about your cowboys man, I've seen Romo choke too many times to consider them a contender for the postseason. They need to make a few improvements before they become a great team.

OU Gets Hooked, Again!

Growing up in the Great State of Texas, becoming a UT Longhorn fan (as well as a Rocket fan) was practically unavoidable for me. So today I just had to brag about my Horns as they beat the OU Sooners - their much hated rivals - 16-13 in the Red River Rivalry Game, again.This gives OU 3 losses on the year, and hopefully, will kick them out of the rankings, just as UT's defense kicked Sam Bradford out of the game. Of course, Sooner fans will whine and complain like they always do about how they would have beat us if Bradford was healthy. Blah blah blah. How about you protect the quarterback? The fact is this: they got beat last year even when Bradford played the whole game, so don't give me that crap.
When was the last big game OU won under Stoops? You know, for someone nicknamed "Big Game Bob," you'd think they would actually show up for the big game. I don't know how much they're paying him, but whatever it is, it is way too much! This picture demonstrates what a great coach Stoops truly is . . .


Anyway, I hope the Longhorns can keep it going all the way to the National Championship. They deserved to be there last year, but as everyone knows, they got SCREWED and OU embarrassed the Big 12 in the championship game. I know this win wasn't pretty, but we'll take it. The Horns need to start the game full throttle to help keep my blood pressure down. Either way, Stoops and the Sooners got hooked! He's used to laying eggs.

HOOK EM' HORNS!!

Packers v. Vikings

I have to comment on this game. I grew up a die-hard Packers fan. My dad was a packers fan from the Bart Starr and Vince Lombardi days. Brett Favre starting playing for the packers when I was 6 in 1992. He was the face of the packers for as long as I can remember. I was cheering for them when they won the superbowl, when it was like 0 degrees at lambeau field in December or January, even to his last game as a Packer against the Giants in 2007. My little brother is the biggest Packers and Brett Favre fan you'll ever meet. So you can imagine this has been tough for me to know who to route for. My own personal opinion is that the Packers screwed Brett Favre when they told him he could be 2nd string to Aaron Rodgers. Even though he's been so back and forth so many times, it doesn't bother me. I love this guy, and I would argue he is the best quarterback ever to play the game. For me, I no longer have players or coaches that tie me to the packers. When Brett left, so did I. Last year I was a big Jets fan, and this year I'm an even bigger Vikings fan. But not just because of Brett Favre, but also because of this guy. This is Jared Allen back in the day when he played for, that's right, the ISU Bengals out of Pocatello. This guy was huge when I was playing high school football,

and is arguably the best player ever to come out of ISU and even the best defensive

player in the NFL right now. He posted 4.5 sacks tonight, the highest number of sacks that Monday Night Football has ever seen. Oh yea, he also recorded a forced fumble and a safety. This guy is an animal and what does he attribute all his success to? His mullet. Jared Allen makes it even easier for me to make the transition to the Vikings. There's also Adrian Peterson, one of the best running backs in the NFL right now, and a great rookie receiver out of Gator nation Percy Harvin. I dare say that the Vikings have enough talent to make it to the superbowl and win. They are now one of 5 teams in the NFL to have an undefeated record, the most teams that have ever been 4-0 at this point in the season. The other teams are the Colts, Giants, Saints, and the Broncos. I can't wait for this season to unfold, and hopefully to see the Vikings come out with the championship in the end. Then maybe Brett Favre could retire going out on top. But with Brett Favre, you just never know.

A review of the week's action in college football

This was a particulary great week as is every week in college football. There were a few disappointments (USU losing to BYU), a few upsets (Miami over Oklahoma, Michigan State over Michigan, and others), and some amazing plays. The first thing I wanted to mention though was a ridiculously obsurd penalty called on Georgia and then on LSU for excessive celebration. I don't know if any of you saw that, but that was a game changing penalty for no apparent reason. You can see a video for it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghaj231-IXI. (Someone needs to teach me how to post youtube clips directly to the blog.) The other thing I wanted to mention, what was Bob Stoops thinking when he had Oklahoma kick a fieldgoal against Miami when they were down by 4 with only a few minutes left? I know it was 4th and 11 but seriously, what does kicking a field goal in that situation do for you? Make you lose by 1 instead of 4 I guess. Unbelievable.

Key matchup for this next week.
I cannot wait for the LSU vs. Florida game. This is set up to be one of the best games this year. I don't think LSU can completely match up with Florida, but we're finally going to see Florida's first real test this year. Tim Tebow suffered a concussion in the last game, but with two weeks off you better believe he'll put himself into that game whether he's feeling 100% or not.

The other game I'm looking forward to is Virginia Tech vs. Boston College. VT narrowly avoided an upset today against Duke. Boston College is a better team in my opinion than Duke, and could pull off an upset. Virginia Tech currently has a win over Miami, who just beat Oklahoma tonight. This improves VT's resume, and if they continue to win they'll definitely be considered as a contender for the national championship.

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