JustSayin.net

Worst show on television = MTV's The Real World.  Here's an actual quote from a cast member.  

"I feel like I can either be a b!@#$ or be myself, and let people walk allover me."

I have news for you.  If you choose to be 'b!@#$'y, guess what that makes you?  The whole show is about a bunch of 20 something's banging their genitiles together and then confessing to the camera who's genitiles offended them on that particular day.  Ick.

Speaking of genitiles, how about that Super Bowl?  I'd like to officially start the "Move the Super Bowl to Saturday night" campaign here.  Try and think of a good reason to not do it.  I double-dog dare you.

As for the game, I'm picking the Saints.  

These teams are very similar.  One of the main advantages the Colts have had on their opponents this year is the ability to pick apart defenses and put up points in a hurry.  Guess who else does that very well?  That said, the Saints defense is what everyone is calling "opportunistic", whatever that means.  I see them as a defense that gambles.  They blitz hard in an effort to rush the QB into mistakes, and create turnovers.  The reason they can get away with this can be summed up in 2 words.  Drew Brees.

No matter how far the Colts have been out of games in the past, Peyton Manning has been able to get his team back in it quickly.  Same with the Saints.

The offenses are a wash.  Special teams are a wash.  Defenses are the difference.  Colts don't have Freeney, and the Saints create more turnovers.

Give me the Saints, 35-31.

Getting psyched for fantasy baseball again.  Looking forward to another year of DCRoto and perfecting my strategy.  More to come.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.  

May you be thankful for the crappy football games today, while you eat delicious turkey with friends and family.

Yeah, about Rich Rodriguez, head coach of the Univerty of Michigan football team...

Facts first.  Michigan is a Big 10 school.  Michigan has traditionally been a "We are bigger than you and will run over you" school, with the occasional "Oh no, we're now behind and need to throw, how do we do that?" program.  That type of system requires a certain group of players to work.

Now facts about Rich-Rod.  He runs a spread offense.  The spread offense doesn't run over anybody.  They slice through and go around defenses.  It requires smaller, faster players and is based on passing.

College students/athletes are typically in football programs for 4-5 years.

So Michigan boosters, here is the $64,000 question.  Did you think Rich-Rod could win, considering he was using his system on players recruited for a completely different system?

When you invest in completely rebuilding your football program, you let the dude completely rebuild your football program.  It will take at least 4 years, then you can re-evaluate.  Things have to get worse before they get better sometimes.

Is it just me or are the baseball playoffs going further into the fall then normal?  I don't remember seeing Sid Bream in a ski mask while the Braves showed their postseason futility in the 90's.  Not that they make ski masks for heads like ole' Sid's.  It was like a giant Coors Light can with a mustache.  

Seriously though, what's the reason for the never-ending baseball season?  We all know that 90 percent of baseball fans checkout once NFL training camp hits anyway.  I was on my couch Monday night, while two MLB playoff games were on (1 in extra innings), and decided to watch the meaningless week 6 Broncos @ Chargers showdown.  Sorry baseball, something's gotta change.  

Maybe we could shorten the season to 100 games.  Are the last two months really necessary?  Sure the Rockies would never make the playoffs and Ryan Howard's numbers would be horrific, but I look at it another way ... at least the Mets would have less time to blow a 7 game lead.  

Another problem is going to arise when you get a Colorado/Detroit World Series and have to cancel game one twelve times because of snow.  Then we've got baseball in December and it's so cold Jim Leyland's arthritis won't allow him to chew gum.  The only way to conclude the series is to move it to Miami, where no one watches the World Series even if the Marlins are in it, so attendance will be somewhere around 652 a game.  What a mess.

And while I'm talking about Monday night, why does Jon Gruden look like he has a robotic arm in the pre-game booth analysis?  Weird.