Unacceptable Morning on The Web

This is an incredibly awful morning in the sports world. Before I talk about why, I want to congratulate Reggie Bush on using No Owens as bulletin board material. FYI Reggie, ask Alfonso Soriano how long these little stints last.

Pull up any major sports website on the web today and the cover story will be a picture of the world's best example of a system quarterback, Tom Brady. The Patriots destroyed the Cowboys yesterday, much to the surprise of absolutely no one. I understand that this was a big deal as two of the remaining unbeatens were playing in what was a potential Super Bowl preview.

All of this being said, if anyone tries to tell me that the Patriots are a bigger story for a meaningless game than the Rockies (they aren't surprising anymore, so the...ROCKIES...is gone) are for winning their 20th out of their last 21 games and being one win away from sweeping yet another playoff series, I'd tell them they are out of their minds. Congratulations, the Patriots beat a team that has no defense and plays a middle school 4-4 all the time. The Rockies are on a run that is unprecedented in baseball history. I think my favorite part about this whole thing is that the Rockies had a pretty long layoff before the start of the NLDS and they still haven't lost a playoff game. That is not a good statistic for anyone living in Cleveland and/or Boston. The Rockies are doing this in the playoffs. In my opinion, this is by far the biggest, and best, sports story of the year. Matt Cassel would be the MVP of the NFL given the chance.

The one story that could give the Rockies a run for their money in the best story of the year category goes to the Kentucky Wildcats after beating LSU on Saturday. What a great game. I had written Kentucky off two weeks ago about this game. I'll take the heat for saying Kentucky had no chance. I guess we have to live with the fact that..."Kentucky is for Real." Riddle me this...Tennessee wins out in the SEC and the finale of the season in Lexington between the Cats and the Vols is for the SEC East crown? Who saw that coming? I mean, basketball maybe.

With the LSU loss, we all thought Cal would be #1. Well, Oregon State thought otherwise so what do we have? This has been an amazing year in college football, but the worst thing that could possibly happen has; Ohio State is #1. After all of the great storylines we've had...we are stuck with Ohio State. A team that is completely depleted of talent as everyone worth a you know what graduated or left for the NFL last year. Everyone with talent that got drilled by a superior SEC team in the BCS Title game. And now, Ohio State is #1 again. What an embarrassing way to have the season turn.

Ohio State, again let me state, was proved to be an inferior team to Florida last year, lost the bulk of their talent from a team that allowed 41 points in the BCS Title game. At the present time, Ohio State has one quality win, if that, at Purdue. The Big Ten is worse this year than it's ever been. Even I tried to give the Big Ten some legitimacy at the start of the season. Penn State has a bigger crime log than Florida State. Wisconsin forgot how to play. Michigan is starting to figure out that Chad Henne isn't good. All of this being said, Ohio State, who hasn't played any of the preseason favorites, is #1 in the nation.

So America isn't ready for South Florida to be #1? At least the "experts" aren't. But at least USF has beaten Auburn on the road and West Virginia at home. Matt Grothe is a legit Heisman candidate right now and his signature play could have been that scramble into a 40 yard throw between three guys on Saturday. But guess what...the laws of the polls state, "If a major school is behind a losing team in the top 5, they will take their place."

As embarrassing this Ohio State thing is, it's not going to last. To close out the season, Ohio State has a decent Michigan State team, then at Penn State, they get Wisconsin and Illinois in Columbus, and then in Ann Arbor. Best of luck Jim.

So after USC losing to Stanford...after App. State beating Michigan, after Auburn beating Florida, Florida losing to LSU, and then LSU losing to Kentucky, oh, and this South Florida thing, we are right back to where we usually are in any other college football season. The world has to deal with Ohio State and the magic of the sweater vest. What a sad turn of events. Hopefully, there will be a much happier turn in the very near future.