MMBSD: Some Many Thoughts So Little Time

Wait scratch that reverse it.....

Anyway here's some quick answers to some quick questions....

Pro Football
Would the real Steelers stand up?
Sorry the black black souls of the Yinzers prevents natural light from revealing their true self. After hearing throughout the week that they were maybe the 2nd best team in the AFC and Roethlisberger the 3rd best QB they dropped a big fat egg against the Division III Jets. It wasn't a fluke or an odd bounce but they were dominated by a team that hadn't won a game since Adlai Stevenson prowled the Meadowlands. How does one explain it? No idea.

What Dates Should We Circle on Our Calendar?
The first date would be 11/29. It is the date that the far and away best two NFC teams, Green Bay and Dallas play. It is also the date the NFL has decided that most of the US will not watch the game. It is finally the date where I steel Publius' dish and use it for my own purposes. I'll also add later in the week (12/3) Jacksonville v. Indy. Jacksonville's starter David Garrad is healthy and playing well. If Indy can't get healthy their reign as AFC South Champ might be at an end. It also might introduce the national media to another possible contender for who's #2 in the AFC. Hopefully it will also convince Greg Easterbrook to stop writing and finally join that cult in North Dakota.

What are the effects of watching Kardiac Kids the Next Generation?
Watching the Browns is equivalent to sucking down 2 packs of cigarettes, spending a week in Cancun for Spring Break or participating in a Glutton Bowl butter eating contest. They all should shorten your life by 10-20 years. The Browns find new ways to make the game interesting. These days they manage to actually win games after the game has ended (as opposed to the infamous Dwayne Rudd helmet toss game) but still who else but the Browns could something this bizarre happen to? Honestly this team has playoff loss due to leprosy written all over them.

College Football
Oregon and OU falling? Is nobody safe from these upsets ?
Well as to Oregon I suggest your starting QB play with both his ACLs but the short answer at the moment is much like walking around a park during the Clown Riots of '27 nobody is safe. After following more college football then is deemed healthy various forms of spread and spread options really have permeated college football. Texas Tech used it against OU. Illinois used it against OSU. Heck Kansas and Missouri are using it on their way to a possible Big 12 championship. These offensive systems at the moment are nullifying the more athletic/soon to be NFL players of the big boys. Much as Spurrier showed all those years ago even the best school's #5 corner is not much better than any other schools top receivers. Short drops eliminate the speed and strength of the D-Line. High scoring affairs typically take away the running game and beefcake o-lineman. In essence while talent may be more diffuse than it used to be the spreads and spread options have made the upsets well not upsets by in essence taking away the talent gap. I imagine defensive coordinators will start to think of new tricks and recruit smaller faster players on defense but until that happens expect the UConn's, Kansas' and Arizona's of the world to win consistently against high ranked opponents.

NBA
Hey the Celtics encountered a quality team and lost. What does it mean?
Nothing. Its fucking November. I swear if I see them compared the uber Bulls team one more time I'm going ram a golf cart up Stuart Scott's ass.

Misc. (i.e. that part where I pontificate)
Check out the updated blogroll. We here at BSD are trying to include more Sports Blogs to peruse through when your bored, avoiding work or on the run from the Algerians after you stole their plutonium. Well known commentator around here, Bloody Gamebreak, has a great baseball blog (even if he fails to realize that Cleveland had midges because we live by a lake. I realize inhabitants near the Hudson don't always understand that insects in fact often live near bodies of water but thats cool. ) In any event check out the blog, The Loogy Lounge.