7. Can they dance?
IPFW is having a great year in mens basketball, so let's see them go dancing. It will be hard with Oakland in league, but this is by far the most realistic chance Dane Fife and company have had.
6. Can I get Michael Bisping a title shot?
Look, Bisping is a solid two wins away from being back at the top of the heap that he is the 'gatekeeper' to. He'll beat Jorge Rivera (lotta good that'll do in the rankings), so then it just depends on who wins the 'Fight Wanderlei Silva' sweepstakes. Chris Leben probably lost his pull to get Wandi by losing to start the year, but now Brian Stann wants in. I say give Stann the old man and then have the winner face Bisping for a title shot. Or, if Chael Sonnen is gonna get screwed out of a shot (see #2), then let's have Stann/Wandi and Bisping/Sonnen in a little playoff for the Anderson Silva/Vitor Belfort winner. If you did this, imagine the ratings for The Ultimate Fighter with Bisping and Sonnen jawing back and forth as coaches.
5. Beat LA....but BEAT the HEAT first.
I am all about the Celtics winning banner 18 this year, but also I could deal with several other teams betting the Lakers in the final too. But alas, they aren't the true evil this year. Someone, anyone, has to eliminate the Heat. If it comes down finally to LeBron vs. Kobe, I may have to (ugh) find myself cheering for the purple and gold.
4. Is He finally done?!
Brett Favre, please go away! Don't come back later in the season for some 2-12 team...just go away.
3. Hey, um....TCU wants a college football playoff
I don't even know who is going to win the National Title in a week or so (my money, if I had any, would be on Oregon), but here we are again with another year where there is more than one undefeated team at the end of the season. Wake up already.
2. Chael Sonnen gets his rematch with Anderson Silva
I have little hope that Vitor Belfort will be the one to out duel The Spider when they meet next month. So my hope is that once Chael Sonnen gets through with his BS suspension, that Dana White and the powers that be in the UFC give him his due second shot. BJ Penn and Gray Maynard got immediate rematches and they didn't dominate a champion like Sonnen did, let alone a champ who is one of the most dominant ever.
1. Coach K breaks Bobby Knight's All-Time Win Record
Lets face it, this is bound to happen and if the start align right and the Blue Devils stay healthy, it could happen before Spring is fully in bloom and with a 5th title for the Duke boys.
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Sunday, January 2, 2011
Thursday, December 25, 2008
>Resolutions for 2009
Unlike most people in the world, I don't like to make resolutions at the new year that I know I just won't keep. So instead, I like to make resolutions for others. So, in no particular order, here are my ten (sports related) resolutions for others as we get ready to ring in 2009:
A legit prospect for the Lions
Like everyone else, I feel for the Detroit Lions of 2008, aka the worst team in NFL history. They need a whole new team, but that trend needs to start with one great franchise player. Sadly, I don't see them getting that man with the first pick in the Draft. God willing, some player looking to make a big mark takes a chance and signs on to be the face of this crummy program.
Ring number 18 in Boston
Sure Christmas day was a hurter, but hardly a setback. Boston is still the best team in the league and nobody has proven that they can beat them consistently, which is what it will take in the playoffs. Sure, 73-9 would be a nice new record, but I want the big three to end up with three rings, so it has to continue sometime. Why not in 2009?
Dewitt Scott; IPFW's first NBA player
The Mad Ants had their first player worked out by an NBA team in their second season recently. And while his name wasn't Dewitt Scott, I hope the former Mastodon keeps putting up decent numbers and gets a chance either this season or if he decides to return to the D-League for 2009-2010. As it looks less and less like former IPFW standout David Simon will get to the league, Witt may be the schools best chance in the near future.
Brett Favre retires...for good
Get it over with already!
The Yankees still lose
I hate rich snobs, therefore I hate the Yankees. Here's hoping that hundreds of millions in free agency doesn't land them squat. Go Sox.
Stephon Marbury returns and wins a title
If anyone deserves good karma, its Marbury for all the crap he has put up with in 2008. While the Knicks keep fumbling around, I hope someone with half a brain is able to land this talent and take him to the promised land.
Someone gets off Sean Avery's back
Oh no, someone didn't like a Sean Avery comment! Is bad press better than no press for the faultering NHL? If anyone gets ragged on more than Marbury, its this poor guy. At least he is a character for your faceless league. Go ahead, be a non-hockey person and name 5 current NHL players that haven't been in the league 10-plus years...yeah, didn't think so. Wake up NHL, embrace him, don't discourage him.
A college football playoff
Do I really need to say more? I know Texas, Texas Tech, Alabama and Utah are with me.
IPFW goes dancing
The program is showing that they can kinda hang this year, even in several defeats. Usually teams that can "kinda hang" during the regular season make good Cinderellas come March.
Coach K gets #4
This has been on my resolution list since 2002 rolled around, Coach K is due and he has the right crop to win now. Waiting until next year is overrated and I am ready for this to happen. Not many people are with me, but honestly there are also way too many haters out there when it comes to Duke basketball. For all of you, focus your attention on the upside of a Duke title: it keeps Tyler Hansbrough's crybaby hands off a title for his college career so he can go flourish as a 12th man in the NBA.
A legit prospect for the Lions
Like everyone else, I feel for the Detroit Lions of 2008, aka the worst team in NFL history. They need a whole new team, but that trend needs to start with one great franchise player. Sadly, I don't see them getting that man with the first pick in the Draft. God willing, some player looking to make a big mark takes a chance and signs on to be the face of this crummy program.
Ring number 18 in Boston
Sure Christmas day was a hurter, but hardly a setback. Boston is still the best team in the league and nobody has proven that they can beat them consistently, which is what it will take in the playoffs. Sure, 73-9 would be a nice new record, but I want the big three to end up with three rings, so it has to continue sometime. Why not in 2009?
Dewitt Scott; IPFW's first NBA player
The Mad Ants had their first player worked out by an NBA team in their second season recently. And while his name wasn't Dewitt Scott, I hope the former Mastodon keeps putting up decent numbers and gets a chance either this season or if he decides to return to the D-League for 2009-2010. As it looks less and less like former IPFW standout David Simon will get to the league, Witt may be the schools best chance in the near future.
Brett Favre retires...for good
Get it over with already!
The Yankees still lose
I hate rich snobs, therefore I hate the Yankees. Here's hoping that hundreds of millions in free agency doesn't land them squat. Go Sox.
Stephon Marbury returns and wins a title
If anyone deserves good karma, its Marbury for all the crap he has put up with in 2008. While the Knicks keep fumbling around, I hope someone with half a brain is able to land this talent and take him to the promised land.
Someone gets off Sean Avery's back
Oh no, someone didn't like a Sean Avery comment! Is bad press better than no press for the faultering NHL? If anyone gets ragged on more than Marbury, its this poor guy. At least he is a character for your faceless league. Go ahead, be a non-hockey person and name 5 current NHL players that haven't been in the league 10-plus years...yeah, didn't think so. Wake up NHL, embrace him, don't discourage him.
A college football playoff
Do I really need to say more? I know Texas, Texas Tech, Alabama and Utah are with me.
IPFW goes dancing
The program is showing that they can kinda hang this year, even in several defeats. Usually teams that can "kinda hang" during the regular season make good Cinderellas come March.
Coach K gets #4
This has been on my resolution list since 2002 rolled around, Coach K is due and he has the right crop to win now. Waiting until next year is overrated and I am ready for this to happen. Not many people are with me, but honestly there are also way too many haters out there when it comes to Duke basketball. For all of you, focus your attention on the upside of a Duke title: it keeps Tyler Hansbrough's crybaby hands off a title for his college career so he can go flourish as a 12th man in the NBA.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
>Boo-Hoo Brett
OK Brett, you have everyone's attention now, congratulations.
A Superbowl crown, a couple of MVP awards, some NFL records. Those don't matter, do they? Good for you Brett, people are paying attention to you- again. And again, I am not so sure why.
In case you have been dead to the world in the last 24 hours, Brett Favre announced his retirement from the Green Bay Packers. Oh boo-hoo. I spent 90 percent of my television viewing time in the last 24 hours hearing about Brett Favre. And you would have thought that there was an election somewhere or something.
I mean, let's be serious. He basically retires EVERY YEAR.
So why do we continue to pay so much attention to an overpaid, has-been, who also happens to be a recovering drug addict? The Favre legacy, if you can call it that, is pretty much a joke. He was the league MVP at a time when the league was in the decline. Viewership, talent; they were all at a modern-era low. And yeah, he probably was the NFL's top quarterback during that time. But, it was also a time between Montana and Brady, when even the best throwers in the league were either old or a flash-in-the-pan (can anyone say Kurt Warner?).
The press conference itself was boring. Brett Favre comes on television, takes up valuable time, all to tell the world that he is tired and ready to go (aka: The Packers didn't land Randy Moss in free agency, so I am going to take my ball and go home). And he wants the world to hang on his every word while I am praying that one person in the room will just stand up and say "hey dude, you're not that good."
I was more saddened by the retirement of Warren Sapp, who for note, owned Brett Favre whenever they matched up over the last 11 years.
So Brett, give us all a break. You cried, you got your attention. Now, be a good little boy, take a vicodin and ride off into the sunset because nobody other than the cheeseheads is even going to know that you are gone.
A Superbowl crown, a couple of MVP awards, some NFL records. Those don't matter, do they? Good for you Brett, people are paying attention to you- again. And again, I am not so sure why.
In case you have been dead to the world in the last 24 hours, Brett Favre announced his retirement from the Green Bay Packers. Oh boo-hoo. I spent 90 percent of my television viewing time in the last 24 hours hearing about Brett Favre. And you would have thought that there was an election somewhere or something.
I mean, let's be serious. He basically retires EVERY YEAR.
So why do we continue to pay so much attention to an overpaid, has-been, who also happens to be a recovering drug addict? The Favre legacy, if you can call it that, is pretty much a joke. He was the league MVP at a time when the league was in the decline. Viewership, talent; they were all at a modern-era low. And yeah, he probably was the NFL's top quarterback during that time. But, it was also a time between Montana and Brady, when even the best throwers in the league were either old or a flash-in-the-pan (can anyone say Kurt Warner?).
The press conference itself was boring. Brett Favre comes on television, takes up valuable time, all to tell the world that he is tired and ready to go (aka: The Packers didn't land Randy Moss in free agency, so I am going to take my ball and go home). And he wants the world to hang on his every word while I am praying that one person in the room will just stand up and say "hey dude, you're not that good."
I was more saddened by the retirement of Warren Sapp, who for note, owned Brett Favre whenever they matched up over the last 11 years.
So Brett, give us all a break. You cried, you got your attention. Now, be a good little boy, take a vicodin and ride off into the sunset because nobody other than the cheeseheads is even going to know that you are gone.
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