Tuesday, November 30, 2010

11/30: Bad Football, TCU, etc.

Aloha everyone...
  • Monday Night Football was an abomination last night... 27-6 Niners, and some of the most putrid offense you'll ever see from Arizona... Before I systemically destroy Arizona... let me go ahead and say that I was very impressed with how Brian Westbrook looked (23 for 136) and Troy Smith seems to be semi-competent as well...Okay... Bad news? Frank Gore left the game with a hip injury, and since he's their unquestioned #1 guy, that spells trouble... now to AZ... 11 carries for 13 yards... for the team... Needless to say, being absolutely unable (and unwilling) to run the ball on a team with bad QB play isn't a recipe for success... and Beanie Wells should be considered a bust any moment now... As for Derek Anderson... he showed more "fight" in the postgame presser than he did at any point on the field... anytime a 51 QB rating (at home!) seems like it was too high for what you just saw? That's an issue... Signing Derek Anderson so you could let Matt Leinart go seems to be one of the most counter-productive decisions they could've been... nevermind that I think Leinart is on-field better... they also had millions upon millions invested in him, and they had just seen Anderson play one of the worst QB seasons of all time in 2009... good...
  • Breaking News (as I write this)... Adam Schefter reporting Frank Gore is out for the year... huge loss for whatever chances San Fran has left... Say hello to Brian Westbrook!
  • This just in... Lebron James and Erik Spoelstra are... "on the same page".... What does that mean? Your guess is as good as mine... but I'm in the camp that believes Pat Riley will NOT coach this team simply because he feels they can't win the title this year even with him coaching....
  • TCU to join the Big East in 2012-2013... this seems... odd?... Football is an obvious fit as they need a little punch in that particular sport right now... but TCU vs. St. John's in hoops?... Suddenly a 17-team all-sport conference? How does that work?
  • Troy Tulowitzki and the Rockies seem to have signed a giant extension... reportedly worth 7 years and 134 million (to start in 2013) that is a massive deal... he's definitely one of the prime talents in all of baseball, with the only caveat being a seeming injury concern, but at the same time, there isn't a single debilitating injury so nothing to point at as a reason not to extend him...
  • Andre Johnson and Courtland Finnegan... not suspended!... I'm not sure how, to be honest, in this current NFL that they didn't get canned for a game at least, but as an Andre Johnson fantasy owner, I applaud you Roger Goodell....
  • NBA Box Score Check - Al Jefferson and the Jazz beat up on Milwaukee... Al had 22 and 11 in the game, and Deron Williams added 22 and 10 dimes.... Russell Westbrook dropped 25 pts, 11 dimes, 5 boards, 5 steals in a win over New Orleans.... he and Durant combined for 51 points, and there is real groundswell that Westbrook is a top-15 guy in the league already... one negative for OKC? Durant is in a bonafied shooting slump... 23-86 from 3 on the season (27%) and 0-5 last night...

What to watch for...

  • ACC/Big 10 Challenge - Ohio St. @ Florida St. (7:30 ESPN)... UNC/Illinois (9:30 ESPN)... Georgia Tech/Northwestern (7:00 ESPN2)... Michigan/Clemson (9:00 ESPN2)... Iowa/Wake Forest (7:00 ESPNU).... Always a fun thing... Go Big 10 (who never, ever wins... but might be favored this year)...
  • Georgetown @ Missouri - 9:00 ESPNU - A secretly good game... 2 top-15 teams...

Enjoy!

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