Once again it is that time of year where the field of undefeated teams in college football has been thinned out to a lucky. Oregon and Auburn are the last remaining undefeated teams from a major BCS conference. Just when everyone thought it would be easy to simply put the ducks and the tigers in the title game, the non-automatic qualifying conferences came to crash the party. Boise State (WAC), TCU (MWC), and Utah (MWC) are all undefeated and eyeing a chance at the national title.
In order to understand the title decision better and make a selection for the two teams, one must look at the resumes for all the teams. So yours truly has decided to make for you the Dummies Guide to the BCS Championship Picture.
#5 Utah:
Record: 8-0
Key Wins: #15 Pittsburg
Verdict: Minus an overtime thriller with Pittsburg this team is a largely unchallenged football team. We will know much more about this team when they play undefeated TCU on Saturday. With a win on Saturday, Utah has a great chance of jumping at least Boise and TCU and maybe even Auburn too. This would put Utah into serious national title contention.
#4 Boise State:
Record: 7-0
Key Wins: #22 Virginia Tech, Oregon State
Verdict: Boise State is a tried and experienced football that has more than half of the starters back from last year's Fiesta Bowl winning team (over TCU). Now two things must happen for Boise to get a chance at the title game. First, the winner of the TCU/Utah game must lose or finish their season with unimpressive wins. Second, Boise needs to continue to thump teams by 40+ points in order to assert themselves as a great team who deserves the spot in the title game.
#3 TCU:
Record: 8-0
Key Wins: Oregon State, #21 Baylor
Verdict: Basically the same as Utah, it has to win this week. TCU plays in an harder conference and has slight edge in quality wins over Boise. With a win this week, TCU would have no trouble staying ahead of Boise and could potentially even jump up ahead of Auburn.
#2 Auburn:
Record 9-0
Key Wins: #19 South Carolina, #18 Arkansas, #10 LSU
Verdict: Auburn controls their own destiny. They are obviously a legitimate contender in the national championship race. The most important games for Auburn will be against #6 Alabama (national title dark horse and the SEC championship games. If they can win those games, the tigers will be in the title game.
#1 Oregon:
Record 8-0
Key Wins: Tennessee, #13 Standford, USC
Verdict: The Ducks, like Auburn control their own destiny. If the ducks continue to win, they will be in the title game.
My Perdiction:
Although I would love to see a non-bcs school in the title game, I do not believe either Auburn or Oregon will lose. Boise and TCU will again go undefeated and end up in BCS bowl games, but Oregon and Auburn will go to the title game where Oregon will win 56-52 in an extremely competitive game.
That's my prediction. We'll have to see if it turns out to be right or not. Comment and tell me what you think.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
The Fall Classic
It's time once again for the World Series. After a season of Major League Baseball it all comes down to two teams. The Texas Rangers and the San Francisco Giants. This series looks to be pitting together two very good and evenly matched teams.
Texas will rely on the 2008 CY Young winner Cliff Lee and their excellent bullpen to keep the Giants at bay. Texas will also need lots of production from their high powered offense lead by stars like Ian Kinsler and veterans like Vladimir Guerrero to beat the Giants. San Francisco has an ace of their own in two time CY Young winner Tim Lincecum. They also have a great offense. San Francisco will need both their pitching and their offense to have any chance to beat the Rangers.
As for my prediction, I predict the Rangers will ultimately win the World series in 6 games. But alas, no one will know and we will just have to wait and see.
Here is the schedule
Game 1 (already happened earlier today SF 11-7)
Lincecum VS Lee
Game 2 (Oct 28)
Wilson VS Cain
Game 3 (Oct 30)
Sanchez VS Lewis
Game 4 (Oct 31)
Bumgarner VS Hunter
Game 5 (Nov 1)
Lincecum VS Lee
Game 6 (If Necessary Nov 3)
Pitchers TBA
Game 7 (If Necessary Nov 4)
Pitchers TBA
Texas will rely on the 2008 CY Young winner Cliff Lee and their excellent bullpen to keep the Giants at bay. Texas will also need lots of production from their high powered offense lead by stars like Ian Kinsler and veterans like Vladimir Guerrero to beat the Giants. San Francisco has an ace of their own in two time CY Young winner Tim Lincecum. They also have a great offense. San Francisco will need both their pitching and their offense to have any chance to beat the Rangers.
As for my prediction, I predict the Rangers will ultimately win the World series in 6 games. But alas, no one will know and we will just have to wait and see.
Here is the schedule
Game 1 (already happened earlier today SF 11-7)
Lincecum VS Lee
Game 2 (Oct 28)
Wilson VS Cain
Game 3 (Oct 30)
Sanchez VS Lewis
Game 4 (Oct 31)
Bumgarner VS Hunter
Game 5 (Nov 1)
Lincecum VS Lee
Game 6 (If Necessary Nov 3)
Pitchers TBA
Game 7 (If Necessary Nov 4)
Pitchers TBA
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
My First Post
Hey everyone! This is my first bog post ever! I hope you all enjoy this blog as much as I will enjoy writing it.
As for my first topic, I will turn to the world of sports (shocking! I know). Sports Illustrated recently just published their newest issue in which there is an interview with an agent. Now the cover of Sports Illustrated just says it all about the article. The cover simply says "I will never forget the first time I paid a player".
Now for those of you who do know, recently there has been major concerns over illegal actions by agents to the college football players they represent. Remember, college football players, in accordance to the NCAA rules, are treated like amateurs. And amateurs are not allowed to be paid or be given improper benefits. This is what separates amateurs from professionals. In recent years many players have been accepting these improper benefits. This makes the player ineligible to play college football. Some of you out there may be saying "So what?". And true it may not seem to matter unless you are extremely good player like Reggie Bush who happens to win the Heisman Trophy (the most prestigious award in college football) but at the same times accepts money from an agent. Houston, we have a problem.
This type of problem makes the NCAA very angry. Not only does Reggie no longer have his Heisman, but now almost all NCAA programs are a moment away from coming under investigation for illegal interactions with agents. This makes school very nervous and some say that the NFL should do something about this since it is their agents that pay the players. But the NFL doesn't want to do anything and so far the NCAA has done very little (except for North Carolina). Thus the debate begins. What should be done about agents.
Personally I say the answer lies in early education of players and stronger enforcement of rules by both the NCAA and NFL. I think players are poorly educated about these issues. I think that coaches should make it an emphasis that their players do nothing that compromises their eligibility. Coaches as far down as high school could even start educating their seniors on the dangers they will face on the next level. Beating this into the player's head may lead to the players accepting these improper benefits. Also the NCAA and the NFL should make stronger rules. The NFL should start by banning any agent who is found guilty of handing out improper benefits. The NCAA should make their own rules of banning any player who accepted these benefits from playing NCAA sports permanently. These rules may seem strong, but I believe that strength is what is needed to ensure players and agents stop this practice.
But that's my opinion respond and tell me yours!
Here are some links to some things I mentioned in the blog in case you wanted to know more
SI's article:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/magazine/10/12/agent/index.html?eref=sihp
Reggie Bush incident:
http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/ncf/news/story?id=5581066
Well that's it for this post. See ya!
As for my first topic, I will turn to the world of sports (shocking! I know). Sports Illustrated recently just published their newest issue in which there is an interview with an agent. Now the cover of Sports Illustrated just says it all about the article. The cover simply says "I will never forget the first time I paid a player".
Now for those of you who do know, recently there has been major concerns over illegal actions by agents to the college football players they represent. Remember, college football players, in accordance to the NCAA rules, are treated like amateurs. And amateurs are not allowed to be paid or be given improper benefits. This is what separates amateurs from professionals. In recent years many players have been accepting these improper benefits. This makes the player ineligible to play college football. Some of you out there may be saying "So what?". And true it may not seem to matter unless you are extremely good player like Reggie Bush who happens to win the Heisman Trophy (the most prestigious award in college football) but at the same times accepts money from an agent. Houston, we have a problem.
This type of problem makes the NCAA very angry. Not only does Reggie no longer have his Heisman, but now almost all NCAA programs are a moment away from coming under investigation for illegal interactions with agents. This makes school very nervous and some say that the NFL should do something about this since it is their agents that pay the players. But the NFL doesn't want to do anything and so far the NCAA has done very little (except for North Carolina). Thus the debate begins. What should be done about agents.
Personally I say the answer lies in early education of players and stronger enforcement of rules by both the NCAA and NFL. I think players are poorly educated about these issues. I think that coaches should make it an emphasis that their players do nothing that compromises their eligibility. Coaches as far down as high school could even start educating their seniors on the dangers they will face on the next level. Beating this into the player's head may lead to the players accepting these improper benefits. Also the NCAA and the NFL should make stronger rules. The NFL should start by banning any agent who is found guilty of handing out improper benefits. The NCAA should make their own rules of banning any player who accepted these benefits from playing NCAA sports permanently. These rules may seem strong, but I believe that strength is what is needed to ensure players and agents stop this practice.
But that's my opinion respond and tell me yours!
Here are some links to some things I mentioned in the blog in case you wanted to know more
SI's article:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/magazine/10/12/agent/index.html?eref=sihp
Reggie Bush incident:
http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/ncf/news/story?id=5581066
Well that's it for this post. See ya!
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