Cheers and Jeers: Out of Order Edition

Romulan Ale

Ingredients:

• 375 ml Bacardi 151 proof rum
• 375 ml Everclear
• 375 ml Blue Curacao

CAUTION: This drink is extremely alcoholic and quite flammable! Do NOT expose to open flame and drink responsibly!
Cheers/Jeers: OU over Texas. Ultimately there was no fair way to decide the Big 12 South . The teams had identical records, strength of schedules, margin of victories, etc, etc. There just wasn't a way to pick short of a coin flip. In theory they should play each other as opposed to Missouri for the Big 12 Championship but the Big 12 irrationally continues to insist on the existence of a Big 12 North. Nonetheless OU being selected was predicted here (mwahaha) with the computer giving the decisive bounce to OU when the voters more or less came away with a draw. That said one of the oddest things out of all of this is was this odd blame the BCS knee jerk reaction. Umm this is the Big 12s stupidity of relying on an odd ranking system to figure out the mess its division had. Having a playoffs, short of eliminating the Big 12 conference, wouldn't change the quirks the Big 12 built into its system. And certainly eliminating the BCS wouldn't bring any more clarity into who would be deserving for the playoffs (without relying on the BCS formula that vaulted OU over Texas, anyone want to explain why Texas is more deserving than conference champions like USC or Penn State? )



Jeers: To Oregon State choking.Oregon State was one game away from its first Rose Bowl in over 40 years. One game away from ending USC's stranglehold over the Pac 10. One game away from doing both on the home field of their arch-rival. Well they just couldn't do it. The defense gave up nearly 700 yards and 51 points. Rather than seize the challenge and make the most of it Oregon State crashed and burned to the tune of 65-38. So once against USC gets to host a home game at the Rose Bowl and humiliate Penn State (its coming we all know it)

Cheers: SEC Fail. For years now I've had the SEC Speed and its supposed dominance shoved so far down my throat it made me want to puke. I've been saying this year the SEC just hasn't been that special. But I needed the evidence. Enter the ACC who staged a 4 game challenge against the SEC this week. Florida v. FSU, Clemson v. SC, G-Tech v. UGA and Vandy v. Wake Forrest (FYI all teams with .500 or better records in their respective conferences). Fortunately, the ACC delivered by winning 3 out of the 4 games. Yes the top 2 SEC teams are better than the ACC's best but after Florida and Alabama, the SEC simply does not have any depth of quality teams, at least compared to the ACC. Hardly the mark of ultra-superior conference.
Jeers: Yinzers looking strong. The most impressive victory of the week, outside of Yamilla Diaz's bikini over gravity (how does it stay up?)was Pittsburgh over New England. The Steelers crushed New England at New England by scoring 30 unanswered on the vaunted defending AFC champs (where's your genius now, Bill? ). The past few years its been a QB league, so do you think the Titans D can compensate for the Steelers advantage at QB?
Jeers: MJ's reverse voodoo. Over in the NFC the defending Super Bowl champs are now 11-1, Eli threw for over 300 yards, and MJ continues his Detroitesque losing streak at picking Giants' games (19 losses out of the last 20 games by my rough count for both) . Sure no team has ever won a Super Bowl the same year one of its players accidentally shoots himself (yeah"accidentally" we all know MJ is behind that) but can anything stop the momentum of the MJ reverse jinx? Honestly I think Obama should consider hiring MJ to root against his economic policy given the success MJ has had at creating the nearly invincible NY Giants.

Cheers: To the Pierce Triplets. Three times the hotness. Anymore and it would be wasted; any less and it would just be a boring menage a trois with uber-hot twins. While basketball is never this exciting, it has its own version with three dominant teams. The Lakers, Celtics and Cavs are all on pace for well over 60 wins. All 3 have outstanding offenses and defenses. All 3 have playoff experience, superstars and strong surrounding casts. Boston has the weakest of the 3s benches, they are the defending Champs so no dismissing hem. While the NBA might not really start till May, positioning yourself for home court, might be even harder than normal this year.