Long Time Coming

Apologies for the lack of post yesterday. It would have been a solid day to post given all that went on in college football this past weekend. It couldn't be made to work.
For that, I apologize.



I hope you stayed up to watch the...ROCKIES...last night. If you didn't, they won and are going to play in Philly on Wednesday afternoon. We all know about my prowess in Major League Baseball and that I will live and die with the Cubs. But who wants to play either of these teams squaring off in the city of brotherly love? There have often times been "Teams of Destiny," but it seems that this year there are two, if not three if you count any Cubs team that makes the playoffs. Who outside of the Bronx, Boston, Anaheim and Cleveland really paid a lot of attention to the AL down the stretch? That whole, "Who gets home field" thing? That was a ploy to get the Red Sox more air time. The NL is where the action is, and where right now, where the best teams are. On paper, do the Phillies match up against the Angels? Not at all. I'm not trying to save any rain forests, but get the paper out of here. With the playoff series set, the winner will come from the NL.



College football. Well, No Owens took a hit this past weekend with the national title hopefuls both losing. Thankfully, every other team lost as well. Including Florida. This has to be the best picture in sports history. Either the Gators lost, or Tebow is tired from doing jumping jacks. Auburn proved how strong of a conference the SEC is. Go in with as much talent as anyone else and you can win a game with your back against the wall. Take a moment to savor this shot...









Moving on. That being said, and as much as I hate Florida and everything about their program from the City of Gainesville to their people (not fans...they are their own breed down there) to Jessie Palmer, I think I am the only person who is picking them to beat LSU this weekend. Are they a better team than LSU? Most certainly not. But they weren't a better team than LSU last year and they won. Grant, last year was at the Swamp and LSU pretty much gave the game away on a silver platter...more teams than the Gators would have beaten LSU that day. But I think the intangibles, for whatever reasons, are in Florida's favor. Urban "The Rat" Meyer doesn't lose two games in a row and LSU never goes undefeated. I don't bet on people I hate, but if I did, I would bet on Florida this weekend. Go Vols.


How about those Mets? As a Cubs fan, some of us love their 1969esque debacle. But I mean, how could this possibly happen. The Phillies got hot, sure. But how do you get that cold with Jose Reyes, Dave Wright, and Carlos Beltran in your lineup? As well as a dominating red hot Moises Alou...yes, that is a phenomenon that has not gone extinct by the year 2007. I don't mind Willie Randolph, but someone has to go. Just like someone has to go in Knoxville, someone had to go in Tuscaloosa, and how Tim Floyd needed to get out of Chicago. Pedro even finally came back and pitched well, and his wins still couldn't get it done for this team. There should be no structure whatsoever to this paragraph, because there is nothing more than rambling that you can do about these Mets. In your face, Ron Santo owns you.

Finally, the NFL had just as many unbeaten teams last weekend as they do now. I think that says something about the strength of the teams that are still without a loss. You go 3-0 you have a strong start, you go 4-0, you're legit. You know what's coming tomorrow...