Women's Soccer

Guess what?

I was flipping through the channels this morning and stumbled across ESPN. I have become used to watching HBO in the morning, but they weren't offering me anything today. Something with Bruce Willis post '97 which isn't doing much for anyone. Including Demi Moore. Not like Ashton rocked it in hard "Guess Who" or anything...that's an assumption by the way.

This morning, ESPN and ESPN2 were rockin' the FIFA Women's World Cup. Apparently, this is going on right now because it said LIVE in the corner. Frankly, I didn't look at the screen and say, "Oh, it's LIVE, that means I better watch it. It won't be the same tonight!"

Yes it will, it's soccer.

ESPN is sure pushing soccer for some reason. David Beckham followed by this? Are we serious? I didn't see the end of the Cubs game last night. But I did see Li Ji score this morning for China. It was awesome.

There are major races going on in baseball right now. At least give us a full morning of Baseball Tonight or College Football Live. ESPN used to be a network whose purpose was to serve men and their needs. Women's soccer isn't exactly something that you call up your buddies and say, "Hey, Norway's playing North Korea today...Corner Pub has a special for the game, let's head down there!"

Men like college football.

I believe No Owens said something about the Oklahoma last month and how they are quietly going to scare people. I don't think there's anything quiet about how they destroyed Miami last weekend. Texas isn't looking like a team that should compete for a National Title. OU is downright terrifying at this point and a team that is as well coached as them who looks this good this early is a not a good sign for the likes of West Virginia in the BCS Championship.


So everyone is talking about the 0-2 Notre Dame vs. 0-2 Michigan match up this weekend. With Chad Henne out, Michigan is playing a freshman who many called the second best quarterback in the country last year named Ryan Mallett. So, we have Mallett vs. Clausen Round One this weekend. Being that this is the most hyped match up of 0-2's in history, one would assume that the network would do everything in it's power to find yet another story line. Try this: Ryan Mallett and Jimmy Clausen are two of the most difficult people to look at of all time. What is Mallett had a mullet? Works can't describe.

Speaking of these two national powers...what if Hawaii traveled to the Big House this weekend? How funny would it be to see Colt Brennan dominate Michigan? Lloyd Carr wants nothing to do with June Jones.

Speaking of Miami, Kyle Wright has been named the starting quarterback for this weekend's game. Wright, formerly the #1 quarterback in the 2003 class and #5 prospect overall as rated by Rivals has been (I'm trying to find another word than bust but can't find one) a bust. Quickly, let's talk about the rest of the top 10 from '03

#1 Ernie Sims, FSU - Starting in the NFL.
#2 Reggie Bush, USC - being Reggie Bush.
#3 Whitney Lewis, USC - Hanging around with Kurt Warner at Northern Iowa.
#4 Andre Caldwell, Florida - Still at UF, had a good career with plenty of injuries.
#5 Wright
#6 Prescott Burgess, Michigan - Selected with the 207th overall pick in this year's draft.
#7 Tony Hills, Jr. Texas - No current info came up on the first two pages of his Google search.
#8 Jorrie Adams, Texas A&M - Referred to as "The Definition of a Bust."
#9 Paul Oliver, Georgia - Built the reputation as the only DB to shut down Calvin Johnson.
#10 Greg Olsen, Miami - Chicago Bears starter.

Wright is in some elite, in many ways, company. Oh, the next #2 ranked QB? Chris Leak.

Moral of the story? College football is a lot cooler than soccer.