A-Rod: New Year's in Time Square

A-rod and his wife were spotted ringing in the New Year in Times Square last night. He said that he and his wife love New York and could not imagine a better way to spend New Year's than with a million other New Yorkers. I'm guessing that about 75% of the crowd were not true New Yorkers. The Yankee for life is getting more attention everyday now and always seems to be in the news, even during the off season.

I love my camera phone!

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01012008/gossip/pagesix/sleazy_antics_of_espn_stars_983946.htm
Story from NY Post. Will Leitch, a former ESPN employee who writes for Deadspin, has a book coming out about the shenanigan's from everyone's favorite ESPN personalities.

Titanic Blow!

From the Colts/Titans game Sunday night. Colts' DL 6'2 Darrell Reid hits Chris Henry at full speed.

New Year's Day Bowl Picks

Happy New Year's everyone and greetings from Pasadena! Did you know that one million people line up in Pasadena to view the Rose Bowl Parade and another 40million watch on TV. Didn't get my Tennessee pick in time. I like Florida (-11) over Michigan. Tough call because Michigan will have it's three headed monster healthy having not played for almost 6 weeks. But we remember how much trouble the Wolverines have with the spread offense. Think App St. and Oregon. Missouri (-4) over Arkansas. The Hogs really aren't sure who's coaching this game. Texas Tech (-6) over Virginia. USC (-14) will dominate Illinois in the Rose Bowl.

The Illini are making their 5th ever trip to the Granddaddy of 'em All. Illinois has won 3 out 4 trips here. The Trojans are full strength and maybe the best team in the country. Look for John David Booty to have a huge game. I know, I've picked all favorites. Tonight's Sugar Bowl, I like Hawaii (+8 1/2)to hang close with Georgia.

New Year's Eve Bowl Games

Bowl season finally heats up with 6 games today followed by 6 more tomorrow. This year's bowl season is bringing a familiar trend. Just about every game features a team with a new/departing/interim head coach or key players being suspended, either for test scores or crime. Here's the picks for New's Year Eve:
South Florida (-6) over Oregon. So. Florida's looking to cap off an unbelievable year for the school's football program. Oregon has looked flat out awful since Dennis Dixon went down.
Fresno St. (+6) over Georgia Tech. Tech's another team with coaching controversy.
Kentucky (-9 1/2) over Florida St. How could you take the Seminoles. You start 22 guys on offense and defense, and they have 36 players suspended!
Indiana (+4 1/2) over Oklahoma St. This game means a lot more to the Hoosiers.
Finally, the best game of the day, Auburn (+2 1/2) over Clemson. Should be a hard hitting, fun game to watch. Goin War Eagle just because they're getting points. Should be a close game decided by defense.
Happy New Year's from Pasadena!

Back on the Road....Again

Sorry I haven't been updating this site lately. I know the both of you are hurt. But, like I said before, I spent 10 days back in Nebraska for the Holidays. I can't believe how quick it went. I got to hang out with most of my friends and spend another crazy, drunk filled Christmas Eve with my family. 31 years now spending X-mas in Nebraska! I had a blast and hope everyone else was as fortunate enough as me to be surrounded by so many great people for the Holidays. I leave tomorrow again (boy my miles are really getting up there) for LA and the Rose Bowl. This will be my fourth Rose Bowl appearance. I always hated being in LA for New Year's and really have never had a really good time. Maybe, it's because I actually have to work. Whoa! OK. I mean I just have to show up a certain places at certain times. I didn't mean to mention the term work and myself in the same sentence. But, anyways, back on the road for me for about 11 days. I leave the LA and immediately go to New Orleans for the BCS. I should be bloggin from the road so stay tuned. Like I said before, I just started this blog and rarely have time to keep it updated. My daughter is approaching 10 months way too fast and she requires my undivided attention. Also, it doesn't help the fact that I'm pretty computer illiterate.
Without further ado, here are picks for the next two days' bowl games: Boston College (-5). I think Matt Ryan wants to up his stake in the Draft and showcase his skills to...the Miami Dolphins. TCU (-6). I know this game is in Houston, but hey, a lot of the TCU players are from H-Town and Houston is one of many bowl teams switching head coaches. Maryland (+5 1/2). Wake Forest (-3). I don't want to touch the Penn St. and A&M game. It's pretty much a home game for A&M, but who knows what's really going on with the coaching staff and how much they want to play to win. Also, I'm Big 12 biased and hate the Big 10.

Triple D the Hard Way

I love checking out boxscores. No, not those boxscores DEK! In cased you missed or feel like you've been secluded from the world the past few days, Marcus Camby compiled a nice triple double last night against the Memphis Grizz. Yes, the Marcus Camby who was last year's defensive player of the year, the same Camby who briefly put UMASS basketball on the map. Now in his 12th season, Camby scored his third triple D with 10 points, 11 boards and....10 blocks! How sick is that! I mean when anyone blocks 10 shots in a game is pretty rare, but when it helps a player get a triple double? Going into the Nuggets' fourth quarter blow out win, Camby had only 7 seven points. He told his team he was going for the triple and set up outside the arc to nail a three pointer.

I could really care less about what goes on in the white trash lives of the Spears', but the everlasting jokes that come with this family are hilarious. The other day on "The Jim Rome Show," Rome briefly touched on the misfortunes Britney's younger sister (I guess the misfortune is Jamie Lynn is Britney's sister.) Already falling in older sis's footsteps, we all know young Jamie Lynn was knocked up at the tender age of 15. Rome went on to rant and ask "Who's the father? The count from Sesame St?
"I knocked you up one time! Ah! Ha! Ha! Ha!" For those of you listening, you couldn't help but to laugh harder than the Count himself.

Detroit Rock City

So the Boston Celtics finally had to play some competition at home. The much over hyped Celtics lost on their homecourt for the first time this season 87-85 to the Detroit Pistons. It seems that Boston has had 20 home games and 2 road games so far this season. The Celtics have only played 2 games outside of the Easter Time Zone. The Big 3 can only get you so far. You need key bench players and maybe a better coach. (Still not sold on Doc Rivers). Last night's loss will probably be a huge momentum swing for the Celtics. Boston has yet to go on a Western Conference trip and now look like maybe the third or even fourth best team in the East. The season has yet to heat up and Boston has benefited from one of the easiest schedules in the NBA.

Good Luck to the Victors

So Michigan football thinks their back. I'll go on the record now and say Rich Rodriquez may be a hell of a recruiter, but when it comes to play calling and winning big games, hold on. True, Michigan may have landed the biggest name in the coaching carousel, but if I were in Morgantown, good riddance. It will be fun to see another Big Ten team run the spread offense and some option ball (Illinois being the other). God knows how much of a problem Jim Tressel has stopping the spread, and I'm sure this is what Michigan was thinking. But come on! Rodriquez pretty much signed, sealed and delivered the National Championship to the Buckeye's this year. West Virginia played an overrated Big East schedule.

OK, South Florida beat them when the Bulls were the hottest thing in college football. You get one mulligan. But to lose the last game of the season at home! to Pitt! I don't play that! Maybe Dave Wannstedt looked at the South Florida tape. Pat White had an injury on his non throwing hand. So what. You still have offensive juggernauts Steve Slaton and much hyped Noel Devine. Slaton finished that game with 9 rushes for 11 yards. What! These two guys should be good for at least 3 or 4 touchdowns a game.

West Virginia's excuse last year was they didn't have a defense. Everything was in place for the Mountaineers to be dancin on Bourbon St., but this monumental collapse boils down to the Head Coach. Rodriquez will easily continue to bring great talent to Ann Arbor, but his teams will still have random meltdowns to mediocre opponents.

Romeo, oh Romeo!

Maybe Tony Romo was a little nervous yesterday. Or maybe he was a little embarrased. After recently being on the cover of People magazine, Jessica Simpson sat in luxury box in Dallas to watch her favorite Cowboy showcase the most dismal performance of his career. A year ago this time, Romo's ex main attraction Carrie Underwood, sat in the same luxury box to witness Romos's collapse against the same Philadelphia Eagles team. I believe Underwood and Romo spit paths shortly after. Tony Romo, you need to produce if you want to keep your babes!!