Tuesday, January 11, 2011

1/11: BCS Champs, etc...

Aloha...
  • Auburn is your BCS champion... 22-19 via a last second FG, and the title resides in Alabama... it wasn't the full-on fast break offensive battle that most people (myself included) thought it'd be, but there were some very exciting moments throughout, and the teams seemed to be even, with Auburn dominating up front, but Oregon winning the battle on the edges... The X-Factor to me was Auburn's ability to run the ball (255 yards) including Michael Dyer taking over late... Oregon never really got the run game going (81 yards) and although D. Thomas made alot of plays, it was spotty at times... overall, a very entertaining game from an excitement standpoint, and although it could've been better played, I enjoyed it... congrats to Auburn, condolences to Oregon (and my man, Ryan) and let the unnecessary SEC pimping begin...
Elsewhere...
  • Les Miles meets with Michigan AD Dave Brandon... I'm inconsolable at this point... I can't talk about it until after it's over, and we'll see at that point...
  • Pitt hires Tulsa HC Todd Graham... I'm surprised Pitt didn't swing up with a bigger hire i.e. Rich Rodriguez or Mike Leach, but they went low-key after having fired their previous "hire"...
  • NBA Check - The Rockets get a huge road win in Boston... they got 41 combined points from Brooks and Lowry, and overcame the absence of Kevin Martin to beat the C's... and Derrick Rose is a player... 29 and 7 is suddenly a ho-hum night for Rose...
  • The Carmelo 3-teamer is reportedly back-tracking a bit... there are rumors of the Nuggets pulling back and threatening to ship Melo to the Knicks instead... I don't know what's going on over there... but keep an eye on Houston, who has reportedly re-entered the derby... they have a ton of assets/cap relief to offer like Yao/Battier/Jeffries, and they could package them with Martin or Brooks... I don't really like the fit with Melo in Denver because he's so one-dimensional (and I hate it more if Martin stayed in Houston), but they may pilfer him...
What to watch for...
  • Bucks @ Hawks - 7:00 SportSouth - This game still may get cancelled due to weather... but a nice matchup actually... Milwaukee is playing better recently, but the main advantage Milwaukee has had previously against the Hawks (Jennings getting wherever he wants on Bibby/Crawford) is gone with the Jennings injury...
  • Suns @ Nuggets - 9:00 NBA TV - Well, it'll be more noteworthy if the guys are shipped out of Denver before 9:00...
  • Wisconsin @ Michigan State - 7:00 ESPN - A nice Big 10 matchup... Wisconsin is perpetually underrated, and I'm still convinced that Sparty will get it together...

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