MMBSD: Nearing the End

Weekend thoughts from under the giant foam hat (cause that's how MMBSD rolls)


College Football
1. There's a long list this year of college football disappointments and I think Oklahoma State deserves serious consideration for the top spot. Ranked highly to start the year, returning offensive starters, quality start with a crushing win over Georgia...all to end with an epic beatdown by an injured riddled and up to this point giant disappointment Sooner squad. There will be no BCS bid, no 10 win season, simply nothing for a squad that had a wide open path in the crappy Big 12 and blew it. With Ok State's loss, short of Nebraska beating Texas, I think its safe to say Boise State will get the final at large BCS bid.

2. With most teams ending their regular season and it being not quite being bowl season its time for coach firing season. Mark Richt's victory should simply mean firing of some coordinators rather than him. FSU's beatdown could mean Old Man Bowden finally stops showing up on the sidelines and clear the way for Jimbo Fisher to officially become head coach. Besides that it generally appears that no major program will undergo shakes save....

3. Notre Dame. For old white people Notre Dame will forever be synonymous with champion or Football USA or whatever. So the Notre Dame coaching search will drag all sorts of crazy names into the limelight (for example Tony Dungy, Brian Billick, Bill Clinton). If I was to bet things other than Colonel's worldly possessions I'd bet on Brian Kelly getting the job... Nonetheless until its settled it should be a wild ride.

NFL

1. The Colts and the Saints seem to be near perfect duplicates of each other. Outstanding QB, opportunistic defense, average at best running game, and playing in spurts. This week the Colts dug themselves into a huge hole before coming from behind to win. It'll be interesting how the Saints stack up against the Patriots if only as a measuring stick against the Colts.

2. I have to admit I'm pretty happy about Vince Young and the Titans. I was particularly perplexed by the Titans awful start but they seem to have righted the ship since Young was put in the helm. If previously you could claim it was an odd series of coincidences that the Titans won with Young this week it was obvious that Titans won because of Young when he engineered a game winning 99 yard drive.

3. Baltimore's win over Pittsburgh, while distasteful , positions them decently for a playoff push. Denver, Pittsburgh, and Baltimore seem all in contention for the wildcards with pretty easy schedules down the stretch. Remember the Steelers play Baltimore again so this isn't over.

NBA

As the season has gone along it appears things are settling down into what we all expected at the start of the year. The one team that seems to continually defy preseason predictions is Phoenix. The Suns appear to have returned to their old form of scoring crazy amounts of points, Nash in MVP form, and well winning. Yes the Phoenix Suns currently have the best record in the NBA. Who'd have thunk it....