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New Reality Show: Sports Cheaters

                      

There is a new reality show in the works where the best sports cheaters of all time will be forced to live with each other.

Picture it Big Brother, Survivior and the NBA playoffs rolled into one.   The house will be on 1919 Black Sox Lane.

Danny Almonte: the 20 yr old Little Leaguer
Bill Belichick:  Film auteur
Barry Bonds:  He's got nothing to do right now.
Tonya Harding:  Olympic Skater/Redneck
Ben Johnson:  The Steroid O.G.
Mark McGwire:  But let's talk about the future
Milli Vanilli:  Okay, not sports.  But you need something else in there.
Rosie Ruiz:  Cheated at the Boston Marathon
Stella Walsh:  The dude/chick who won a gold medal

The winner will be picked by the figure skating judges from the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.

 

The Karate Kid: "You're the Best"

Rocky IV: "No Easy Way Out"

Win In The End!

I Wanna Move Some NCAA Conferences Around

Let me start out by saying that I'm not using feelings and total logic on this.  This is just want I'd want to see from our NCAA conferences in football and basketball.

I'd like to see all of the BCS conferences get to 12 teams and each of them have a conference championship game.  It's unfair that the Big Ten doesn't have one but the SEC, ACC and Big XII do. 

Other than that ... well ...

ACC NORTH:  Maryland, NC State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, West Virginia
ACC SOUTH:  Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Ga Tech, Miami, North Carolina

The only change I have with the ACC is trading Boston College back to the Big East for West Virginia.  Nothing against BC (they've been a great addition to the conference) but it just seems like a better fit to have BC back in the Big East and moving WVU down the coast).

Big Ten West:  Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Wisconsin
Big Ten East:  Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue

The lone change is adding the Irish to the Big Ten.  Get over yourselves, Notre Dame!  You belong in this conference. 

I'd put Notre Dame in the East since they usually battle Michigan, MSU, Purdue and Penn State anyways.  The only thing I don't like is how strong that division is.  Oh, well.

PAC-10 North:  BYU, Oregon, Oregon State, Utah, Washington, Washington State
PAC-10 South:  Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Stanford, UCLA, USC

Obviously the biggest change is adding BYU and Utah.  I think that the two Utah-based schools would add a lot to the conference and they certainly have the athletic departments to pull that off.

SEC East:  Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
SEC West:  Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Miss State, Ole Miss

No changes here, though it was tempting to send Arkansas to the Big XII. 

Big XII North:  Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska
Big XII South:  Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech

Again, I wanted to add Arkansas in ... but there is nothing I'd send out.  Well, maybe Colorado to the Pac-10.

Big East Football Conference:  Boston College, Cincinnati, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida, Syracuse, Temple, UConn

Now, this is the football league (yes, with Temple).  The basketball league, below, will be split into East and West.  Now, I can't have a Big East West Division because it sounds stupid.  How about the "Big Mid-East" then??? 

Big East:  Boston College, Georgetown, Providence, Rutgers, Seton Hall, St. John's, UConn, Temple, Villanova

Big Mideast:  Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, South Florida, Syracuse, Xavier

Not perfect, but it will have to do.  I added Xavier because we needed to replace Notre Dame with a non-football school.  I added Temple because they deserve to be back in the Big East.  Now, these guys can play twice against teams in their conference (16 games) and then four against teams in the other league that won't count in the conference standings.

Atlantic 10:  Charlotte, Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, Geo. Washington, LaSalle, Rhode Island, Richmond, St. Joe's, St. Louis, UMass

Taking Xavier and Temple out definitely takes a lot of the star power from this conference.  Oh, well.  And we're dumping St. Bonnie to one of those smaller eastern conferences.

WIP

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Gimme a Caption: Mangino Edition

Here is a pic of Kansas coach Mark Mangino after the Jayhawks Orange Bowl win yesterday.  What a great pic!

First off, it's the robust Mangino holding an orange with a grin that could be viewed as "yeah, I'm really gonna start eating this."

It also looks like he's holding it like he's gonna throw it at someone: "C'mon!  Call me fat one more time!"

Or "Dude!  I make this grapefruit look like an orange!"

Maybe he is just saying "daaaaaaa Bears!"

I know, I know.  It is a cheap shot calling the man big ... but he is.  He is also one of the better coaches in college football right now.  How in the heck do you build a football program at Kansas??  I mean, they just won the freakin' Orange Bowl!  He also seems to be a nice guy (never met him, but just upon viewing the times I've seen him speak).

If the BCS Is So Great Part II: Use It For All The Bowls!!!

                                               

In a week, we will get to see Ohio State and LSU battle for our college football national championship.  The BCS system set up that game ... so that's what we are stuck with.

Again, I hate the BCS.

However, if it is going to stay ... then why do we use it only for the title game?  Why not for AAAALLLLLLLLLL the bowl games?  I just watched USC blow up Illinois and Georgia maul Hawaii in so-called "BCS bowl games".  Are they unimportant now?

They picked the friggin' game!

So why not use the BCS formula to give us all the bowl games so teams ranked near each other get to face off.   Then sort them out in the bowls with an eye towards proximity and prestige to get this done.

BCS:  #1 Ohio State v #2 LSU
ORANGE:  #3 Virginia Tech v #4 Oklahoma
SUGAR:  #5 Georgia vs #6 Missouri
ROSE:  #7 USC v #8 Kansas
FIESTA:  #9 West Virginia v #10 Hawaii

COTTON: #11 Arizona State v #12 Florida
GATOR:  #13 Illinois v #14 Boston College
CAPITAL ONE:  #15 Clemson v #15 Tennessee
OUTBACK:  #17 BYU v #18 Wisconsin
CHICK FIL A:  #19 Texas v #20 Virginia
ALAMO: #21 South Florida v #23 Auburn
SUN:  #22 Cincinnnati v #24 Boise State
INSIGHT: #25 UConn .... expand the rankings for the top 64 teams who are bowl eligible so we can match up all 32 bowl games.

If the BCS Is So Great ....

My first comeback to someone who defends the BCS is "if it is so great, then why are they the only sport to have a setup like that?"  Usually I get no answer. 

In leu of that, I'm gonna set up the NFL postseason the same sort of way:

SUPER BOWL (Glendale, AZ):  Patriots vs Colts
HOME DEPOT BOWL (Atlanta):  Cowboys vs Packers
SPRINT BOWL (Pasadena):  Jaguars vs Chargers
FED EX BOWL (Miami):  Redskins vs Buccaneers
ELECTRONIC ARTS BOWL (Houston):  Steelers vs Seahawks
REEBOK BOWL (San Diego):  Giants vs Titans

Roger Clemens: Busted

2007 Was The Worst Sports Year EVER!!!!

               

It is fitting that the end of 2007 saw the Mitchell Report bring on a firestorm of roided up players.  This has been a really bad sports year all the way around ... and may be known as the Year Or The Roid.  Look at the bad crap that happened this year:

*Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's record and everyone felt dirty by it.

*Barry Bonds gets indicted by the Feds for lying to 'em.

*Super Bowl XLI was played in a soggy Dolphins Stadium ... most likely the worst conditions ever in a Super Bowl.

*The NBA Finals?  A 4-game sweep.

*The World Series?  A 4-game sweep.

*The BCS Championship game?  Florida blew out Ohio State

*The Final Four?  Florida soundly beat Ohio State.

*With all the doping in the Tour de France, did anyone actually finish the race?

*Sean Taylor was murdered.

*The only big NFL story (that could be considered good) is the New England Patriots quest for perfection.  Yet, they are stained by SpyGate, fair or not. 

*Michael Vick's life explodes when he pleads guilty to dog fighting.  Not only did it ruing the career of one of the NFL's most marketable stars, the details of the case were troubling and gruesome ... and opened up a can or worms for this underground culture that involves athletes.

*The New York Knicks suck on the court ... and in the court. 

*NBA official Tim Donaghy is charged with betting on ... and possibly fixing ... NBA games.

*Wrestler Chris Benoit kills his family ... then himself.

*NCAA Football has about 8 teams that may deserve a shot at a national championship ... but only two will get a chance to prove it.  And one isn't the only undefeated team out there (Hawaii)

*Marion Jones must give back medals after her doping surfaced.

*The NFL's much hyped trip to London was a dud.

*The Don Imus v Rutgers women's hoops team deal.

Should the NFL Have "Rivalry Games"?

There are rivalry games in NCAA football between regional teams who aren't conference affliated.  So why not do that in the NFL?

I know, I know ... the NFL has a pretty sweet scheduling system now and yada, yada, yada.  I agree with you that the logistics would kinda suck.  But let's do it just for fun:

Redskins-Ravens:  You gotta have the battle of the Beltway.

Giants-Jets:  Maybe they could play for a Big Apple Trophy or something.

Cowboys-Texans:  Two franchise who share the same state and little else.

Eagles-Steelers:  We can call this the STEAGLES GAME after their brief merger during WWII

Buccaneers-Jaguars:  Jags get the nod over the Dolphins because of the northern Florida thing.  Can we get them to play in Orlando?

Rams-Chiefs:  Show Me a better game!

Niners-Raiders:  The Bay Area Classic may one day actually be one.

Cardinals-Chargers:  The two Southwestern teams get to tangle.

Bears-Colts:  Not just because of the whole Super Bowl XLI thing, though it helps. 

Panthers-Titans:  As I drive through the Great Smokies, I get to hear both Carolina and Tennessee games on the radio.  That's all I got.

Lions-Browns:  It could be a bit catchy.

Falcons-Dolphins:  The Second Biggest Outdoor Cocktail Party, this is not.

Seahawks-Broncos:  Okay, not much here ... but someones gotta join these two pieces together

All that leaves the Packers, Saints, Vikings, Patriots, Bills and Bengals as outsiders.  So ... let's just do this:

Packers-Patriots:  Packers represent the old time greatness of a franchise;  the Patriots represent the nu skool of that.

Saints-Bengals:  If you think about it, it does make sense.  Both are the laughingstock of their conferences over the past two decades.  And they can have fights over WHO DEY and WHO DAT.

Vikings-Bills:  Um ... and there you have it!

Real Nice

Ha Ha! You Stupid BCS Backers

I've always said on this blog that the BCS is a joke.  The BCS works just fine when teams are undefeated.  But what happens when #1 and #2 lose at season's end?  What happens when the Big XII and SEC champion are ranked LOWER than teams that didn't even make those conferences championship games? 

PLAYOFFS!

Okay, my playoff formula would look like this:

ACC:  Virginia Tech
Big East:  West Virginia
Big XII:  Oklahoma
Big Ten:  Ohio State
Pac-10:  Southern Cal
SEC:  LSU

There are six teams.  The best non-BCS school gets it in my playoffs ... which would be Hawaii.  Then, five at large teams:  Georgia, Kansas, Missouri, Florida and Arizona State.

12-Arizona State at 5-Virginia Tech (11:30p)
10-Hawaii at 7-Oklahoma (3p)
9-West Virginia at 8-Missouri (6:30pm)
11-Florida at 6-USC (10pm)

1-Ohio State vs Missouri/West Virginia winner in Columbus, OH
4-LSU vs Virginia Tech/Arizona State winner in Baton Rouge, LA
3-Kansas vs USC/Florida winner at Lawrence, KS
2-Georgia vs Oklahoma/Hawaii winner in Athens, GA