11/18: Broncos/Jets, NL Cy Young, etc.

Greetings all...

• Broncos 17, Jets 13 - Um... Tebow being Tebow?... I purposely didn't put Tebow in the title of this post because the narrative about him is so glowing, but the Broncos win again (4-1 with Tebow as starter) despite his 9 of 20, 104 yard passing performance... he was spectacular on the ground on the last drive (50+ yards, several 1st downs and the game-winning TD), but the credit for the win is almost entirely the Broncos defense (and Mark Sanchez)... the Jets were held to only 318 total yards and Denver won the turnover battle... done and done... oh, and they did it while getting nothing from Willis McGahee...
• Clayton Kershaw named NL Cy Young... no surprise here since he won the pitching triple crown... I firmly believe that the Cy Young winner doesn't need to be on a good team (whereas it's a little more unclear in the MVP race), so I'm totally fine with this despite still being still being in the "give me Halladay or give me death" camp...
• Virginia Tech stays among the ranks of the "1-loss" with a 24-21 win over UNC... the game wasn't really that close (VT led 24-7 with 7 min to go), Logan Thomas accounted for all 3 touchdowns for VT, and that was that... I think they're the class of the ACC with apologies to Clemson (who beat them, I know)
• Dale Sveum hired as the Cubs manager... weird choice since Theo Epstein told the world he wanted managerial experience... I guess a 12-game interim stint qualifies?...
• College Hoops Round-up - Arizona with an impressive 81-72 win over St. John's in a true road game (since SJ was playing at the Garden), 5 guys in double-figures for the 'Cats... Alabama throttles Maryland... that could be a pretty bad Terp team, but winning by 20 despite an awful game from JaMychal Green is impressive... and Miss State completed a mild upset over A&M last night led by Dee Bost's 20... Renardo Sidney? 0-8 FG in 22 minutes... he's my favorite....
• Oh, and there's now another molestation scandal... this time at Syracuse with an assistant basketball coach and ball boys... I don't know what to say...
  

What to watch for...

• Football - OK State @ Iowa State - 8:00 ESPN - ISU is pretty bad so I don't see the Pokes stumbling here, but if it's close at the half, it becomes must-see TV...
  
• Davidson @ Duke - ESPNU 6:00 - Seth Curry vs. Stephen's former team... the Coach K hype still abounding from the record-breaker... Davidson doesn't suck... all that...
• Alabama vs. Wichita State (in PR) - ESPN2 9:00 - This is a really, really nice game... Wichita may be the class of the Valley...
• Arizona vs. Miss State (in NY) - ESPN2 6:30 - Lots of talent on the court...
• St. John's vs. Texas A&M (in NY) - ESPN2 4:30 - Afternoon hoops!
  

Enjoy...