Tuesday, September 28, 2010

9/28: Late Football Recap, Melo, etc.

Greetings all... whirlwind weekend corresponded with lack of content... Let's do a quick look at the weekend of football...

  • CFB Teams that impressed me - Miami, Boise State, UCLA (wow), Stanford, NC State
  • CFB Teams that took a hit - Notre Dame (ugly), Oklahoma (not impressed), Pittsburgh (sigh)
  • NFL Teams that impressed me - KC, Atlanta, Tennessee, Philly, Seattle
  • NFL Teams that took a hit - San Diego, San Fran (laughably bad), Green Bay, Washington, Houston
No one wants a full breakdown 2-3 days after the fact... so there it is... Huge slate this upcoming weekend and we'll be all over it here... now to Monday's events...
  • Green Bay self-combusts... 18 penalties for 150+ yards, and they failed to capitalize on (at least) 5 interceptions that Cutler threw (2 drops, 2 penalties including the huge one late on Morgan Burnett)... I was impressed with Rodgers (as per usual), but Brandon Jackson is pretty bad, and they're in need of at least a complimentary running game... Jay Cutler has been decent while he's standing up, and we know he has the tools, but I felt that he didn't play very well last night and he benefitted from Green Bay's lack of capitalization... but hey... Chicago is 3-0 and in the driver's seat for now....
  • Carmelo Anthony has "never said he wanted a trade"... interesting stuff out of Denver media day... I still think he's getting dealt... but it would be even weirder to do so now... the huge rumor that isn't being talked about too much is a recently-surfacing report that Stephen Curry could be available from Golden State in a Denver deal... that's the best asset they could possibly get for Carmelo, and that's something they'd need to look at IMO...
  • The Miami Heat traveling road show is out of control already... I can't wait to see them play.. but they'll be forcing alot of "mutes" and channel changes on my television screen before and after games...
  • I couldn't be more excited about the NBA... that's a given.. but with Hawks media day yesterday, and no resolution to the Jamal Crawford saga... I was worried... but Jamal came in and was as professional as can be... he hasn't abandoned his desire for an extension (#1) or trade (#2 if he can't get an extension), but he'll show up and play... 46-36 is the current Hollinger projection on ESPN... and I think I'm in line with that... it would be unrealistic to expect a jump from 53 wins with a major talent influx anywhere...
  • The Braves reclaim the Wild Card lead behind a clutch victory and some dominance by... Carlos Zambrano?! Nice of Big Z to shut down the Padres... I appreciate that... and Tommy Hanson turned in another pretty dominant start for the Braves... encouraging signs everywhere except for the Martin Prado injury... that could be a devastating one, and it's too late IMO to try the Glaus experiment at 3B... Looks like we'll be seeing alot of Brooks Conrad...
  • San Francisco OC Jimmy Raye fired... that offense looks downright pathetic, and while he's been saddled with the terribly underwhelming Alex Smith, they looked unprepared.. and that'll get you fired... esp. if you're 0-3
  • Trent Edwards cut by Buffalo... a pretty swift hacking by the Bills here.. but Edwards has been pretty bad, and they needed to cut ties... the problem is, there's not an NFL QB on that roster anywhere to go to...
  • Denard Robinson is ok and ready to go against Indiana... exhale...
What to watch for...
  • Braves/Marlins - Hudson/Sanchez - 7:00 Sportsouth - Been saying this alot... but really can't afford to lose with Hudson on the hill at home here...
  • 30 for 30 - Into the Wind - ESPN 8:00 - The widely acclaimed doc. on Canadian sports legend Terry Fox...
  • Cubs/Padres - Dempster/Latos - 10:00 WGN - Latos has tailed off recently... let's hope that trend continues this evening...
Enjoy..

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