MMBSD: Late Edition

Well a little bit of a late edition for MMBSD some technical difficulties involving some invading Mongols. Anyway a few quick thoughts on recent sports developments

The Heisman: I suppose similar to the great Big 12 debate there were no right or wrong answers. Mccoy, Tebow and Bradford all had historically outstanding years. Bradford's efficiency was the best so I would have voted for him but its hard to argue with any sort of passion for or against any of the 3 finalist. The interesting question I think is what does this portend for the national championship game. The past decade or so the Heisman winner has crashed and burned in the BCS Big bowl but Bradford is not your normal heisman as supposable has potential 1st rounder status (and lets be honest Tebow is not). Its hard to imagine the Tebow v. Bradford matchup not being the center of attention for the game.

The Inside Job If anyone had any ideas that college football hiring practices are a mess I give you the Auburn Tigers who brought in local product turned bust Gene Chizik and his impressive 5-19 record (also 10 straight losses at one point). Now I never know exactly what goes on in decisions but as Charles Barkley raises there's an 800 lb gorrilla in the room as to why Auburn ignored actually succesful Turner Gill

Favorites and Fields : With Pittsburgh win over Baltimore, the conventional wisdom seems to be that Steelers are the de facto favorite. However as opposed to previous years the bets for the field will be heavily skewed. Nobody seems to have much consistency, few teams have elevated themselves heads and shoulders better than others, and as these are one game do are die situations who knows whats happening?

Axe Man Cometh: Well its mid-December and we have hit the 6th coach firing in the NBA with the latest head to be lopped off being Reggie Theus. Its unclear why the sudden purge (diffusion? copy cat? position of Mars and Jupitor? ) but I'm willing to go out on a limb and say fears over the economy mean changes and high needs for product saliency mean owners are going to be quick to fire......