MMBSD: Onwards, Clarity, and Away from the Mainstream

As always the weekend in sports and other thoughts from under the giant novelty foam hat......

NFL

• I think we can safely add the Saints to the list of favorites to win the Super Bowl. The list right now reads Saints, Colts, that is all. The Saints this week showed if even their offense or defense wasn't initially clicking that the team could make the adjustments to crush their opponent.
• Favre finally had that game we all were waiting for. The one where he throws away the game. Breathe deeply Favre bashers breathe deeply
• Some combination of the horrific NFL teams, defense being illegal, and the position of Mars and Jupiter has meant that that most games this week on the watchability index rated between putrid and rancid. Honestly at this point the over under of competitive quality games in any week stands at 1/2.
  

College Football

• The biggest loss of the weekend goes to Miami's choke job versus Clemson. I suppose its not surprising that a young team will have inconsistencies but giving up 310 yards to CJ Spiller? Come on. With the loss it's almost all but guaranteed that Miami is out of the BCS and G-Tech will win the ACC
  
• The biggest win in from the weekend of college football might belong to TCU. By throttling the Fighting Mormons of BYU TCU leapfrogged Boise State and claim the inside track to a BCS bid. I will remind everyone tho TCU still has to play the Other Fighting Mormons of Utah - a very tough game.
• Iowa seems to be positioning itself as the first BCS team since Auburn to go undefeated and not play in the Mythical Championship Game. Depending on your perspective Iowa either is the ugliest, luckiest, or pluckiest team as they continue to barely escape week in and week out. With only tOSU left on the schedule (note Indiana, Northwestern, and Minnesota don't count) Iowa seems poised for undefeated land. I think the biggest question is why is Iowa (and for that matter Cinci) ranked behind Boise State and TCU. Frankly the Big East/Big 10 bashing is out of hand if voters seriously want to rank those two above undefeated members of BCS conferences.
  

NBA
Well after sitting and sifting through the data and considering things here are my NBA predictions
NBA Finals - Orlando over Lakers
MVP: Dwight Howard
Coach of the Year: Phil Jackson
Rookie of the Year: Blake Griffin

While it might seem that I'm off on my own for picking the Magic, there are actually a number of reasons to believe the Magic who will win it all -
1) Dwight Howard - I think people forgot how young he is and that he'll continue to improve on the offensive end
2) Return of Jameer Nelson - An all-star point guard before his injury, his return should more than make up for the loss of Turkuglu's play making abilities
3) Ryan Anderson - A 6'10 stretch power foward that can hit 3s. Basically a younger version of Turkuglu. In his last preseason game he put up 18 points in 20 minutes
4) Vinsanity - For all the talk of Carter and his shortcomings the previously mentioned suppositions means he only needs to replace Courtney Lee's eproduction. Carter can do that, in fact he can more than do that.
5) Brandon Bass, Matt Barnes, Jason Williams- All of these additions means that Orlando is a deeper team. Add in the chip of Gortat and trade exception and Orlando has the ability to add another quality player if injuries occur.


In short Orlando is a better, deeper version of the team that went to the Championship game last year. Yes I'm bucking the experts who scoff at my cocky style and bodily hygiene but mark my words Orlando is your next NBA champion.

Special Announcement
30 years ago one Laz McLazington arrived on the shores of Lake Erie wearing nothing but a tiny Indians jersey and a dream of eating tasty wings. I'm not sure where I'm going with this but Happy Birthday Laz