As I celebrated my college graduation this afternoon, the movie “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” was airing…starring J.J. Redick.
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Sorry-ano
By: Jon Morrill
Alright, so it’s a cheap shot. Calling Alfonso Soriano “Alfonso Sorry-ano”, I mean. It’s really not fair–making fun of a man’s last name. It’s not like he can help it. But the truth is I’ve never liked Aflonso Soriano. “Boy with Man-Head”, I used to call him. Ever see the frame on that guy? He looks like something from the X-Files. It’s probably why he runs so well–he’s spent half of his life running from David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. But I digress… there are more reasons for me not to like Alfonso Soriano than just the fact that he looks like an orange stuck on top of a pencil (zing!). He always does well against my Red Sox, especially when he was a member of the hated Yankees.
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Yankees
The “hot stove” has stayed cold for the Yankees thus far, especially for a team that needs to make a lot of improvements.
The Houston Texans will be 10-6 and finally make the playoffs. The Minnesota Vikings will be the champions of the NFC. The Baltimore Ravens will finish 10-6 and make it to the AFC championship. The Philadelphia Eagles will make it to their fifth consecutive NFC championship game. The Detroit Lions will finally break out of their shell and make the playoffs. The New York Jets finally put it all together and make it to the Super Bowl and bring some respect to the “other” New York team. The Arizona Cardinals will win the NFC west with a 10-6 record and bring an end to the playoff drought. These are just a few preseason projections that fans across the country saved in their `Told ya so’ rants for December and January. But like every NFL season, there are the teams that make the ever-so-common `My predictions will be right on this season’ fan look like an English professor trying to teach French.
I can see the headlines already: “March Madness Ratings Hit 10 Year Low,” “Dick Vitale Falls Asleep During Sweet 16 Broadcast,” “JJ Redick Vows to Shoot From Halfcourt Only.”
Last March saw the clash of two titanic teams in the championship game. The Illinois juggernaut against the star studded Chapel Hill globetrotters. It was the dream matchup that fans hoped for all season, praying the teams made it to the big game. Fans got their wish and the game did not disappoint.
For obvious reasons, this year’s recent Illinois-Carolina game was slightly less electrifying. As fans look at the desolate college landscape, many are asking themselves, What is there to hope for this year?
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Heisman Watch Special Edition
Well the time is finally upon us. The regular season is over and the bowl season is just around the corner. But before that, the individual performance awards will be given out. The most prestigious of the awards, the Heisman Trophy, will be given out on Monday. I have followed the performances of many of the best college football players and have come to a decision on who should receive the Heisman Trophy.
By: Jon Morrill
In an article in the Boston Globe this morning prior to the announcement of the Edgar Renteria trade, Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield openly pondered things like, “What the heck is our team going look like next year?” and “Why are they dismantling the whole team? The whole starting infield is gone. Manny will be gone. If they don’t sign Johnny, he’ll be gone. If they trade Trot, holy cow, the only guys left will be [Jason] Varitek and I and [David] Ortiz.”
The University of Washington Men’s basketball team has started its season in an impressive fashion. With the losses of Nate Robinson (New York Knicks), Tre Simmons, and Will Conroy many believed this team would not return to the Sweet 16 or even March Madness for that matter. But with early season victories, and great play from freshmen: Jon Brockman, Justin Dentmon, and Artem Wallace, the nay-sayers have finally given the UW team credit. The Husky team is ranked 13th in the nation after last night’s impressive victory over the 6th ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs. With the win the Huskies improved to 7-0. While most would suspect Senior, Brandon Roy, to be the leading scorer for the Huskies it was a full team effort that stopped Adam Morrison and the rest of the Bulldogs in the second half. I can bore you with all the stats, but the hustle that this Husky team has shown in its first seven games is what has me in awe.
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NFL Week 14 Picks – December 11 2005
Last week was almost too easy — 54-10 (.844) overall, with Boston Mac leading the way at 15-1. We’re coming down to the wire and looking to finish strong despite the bad karma from Trevor’s comment on Stevie Wonder in the podcast.
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Passing Thoughts…
Since many of our actual newspaper columnists do this, I figured it’s good enough for Sportscolumn.com too. So, here goes my initial installment of a potpourri of unrelated sports comments entitled Passing Thoughts.
After watching the Philadelphia Eagles get slaughtered on Monday night, I heard about this new curse of the Super Bowl losers. The last 5, and 6 of 7, losers of the previous season’s Super Bowl have failed to make the playoffs, or even have a .500 record. That puts in perspective the incredible feat achieved by the 1990-93 Buffalo Bills of reaching a record 4 consecutive Super Bowls.