Tuesday, December 7, 2010

12/7: Patriot Domination...

Greetings...
  • The AFC East showdown was, well, not a showdown... the Pats absolutely demolished the Jets from the jump and took their spot atop the AFC... Brady went for 300+, 4 TDs and 0 INT... Green-Ellis and Woodhead combined for around 200 total yards and 2 more scores, and the Jets offense was embarrassing... Sanchez threw 3 picks and ended with a QB rating that looked more like an NBA scoring average... What do we take from this? The Pats are the best team in the league IMO (sorry Falcons fans), but moreso, it's an indictment on the Jets who had walked on water to get to 9-2, and while I don't think they are this bad (clearly), it was ugly...
  • THE PICKS Wrap... Missed on the normal Monday morning column... but I went 2-1 on Sunday (check if you feel led) and now stand at 44-36-2... the kid is hot, son lol...
  • Josh McDaniels fired as the Broncos head coach... a bit of a shocker timing-wise here, but he went 5-17 in his last 22 games, and was embroiled in a spygate scandal akin to the Patriots debacle (which he was there for)... Denver is even trying to fire him "for cause" and not pay him due to the scar they took from spygate II...
  • The Heisman finalists are in... Cam Newton, LaMichael James, and Andrew Luck were the automatics... the 4th? Kellen Moore of Boise State... I was a bit surprised he made it with Boise losing a game, but he had some crazy efficiency numbers, and certainly wasn't the problem against Nevada in their loss... Most importantly? Terrelle Pryor wasn't named a finalist, which would've caused me to write a 1,000 word essay... so that's good...
  • NBA Box Score Check - The Hawks... get a marquee road win?!... In Orlando, no less!... it was a hideous game... 80-74 final score, both teams shot sub-40% from the field, and they didn't take the Magic's best shot... but anytime you can steal one down there in the personal house of horrors, it's a good night... Horford and Smith combined for 35 and 23 in the win... New York has won 10 of 11... coming from 20 down in the first half to beat Minny by 7... Amare had 34 and Ray Felton added 11 assists... for the T-Wolves? Kevin Love had 33 and 15... he's just going off every night now... The Bulls are here to stay?... The new-look Bulls (with Boozer) beat OKC by 9 last night behind Boozer's 29 and 12... OKC looked sluggish until their late run, but got Durant back and that can't hurt...
What to watch for...
  • Memphis vs. Kansas - ESPN 7:00 - Very nice game here... and it's the Jimmy V Classic... must-watch
  • Michigan State vs. Syracuse - ESPN 9:00 - Probably the better of the 2 games (even slightly)... and yeah, I'll say it again... check out the Jimmy V speech...
  • Nets @ Hawks - SportSouth 7:00 - Back-to-back games, and NJ has been competitive this year... still a game you should win at home
  • Warriors @ Mavs - NBATV 8:30 - Entertaining matchup... Steph Curry and Monta Ellis should do whatever they want all night against that defensive backcourt in Dallas...
  • Georgia @ Georgia Tech - ESPN2 7:00 - Not a great matchup talent-wise, but relevant where I live... and Trey Thompkins is worth watching...
Enjoy...

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