Bowl Picks

So i have not been on this for a while because of finals, but now im back and picking the bowl games. I will break down the games later on in the week.

Wake Forest vs. Navy. Wake Forest

Colorado State vs Fresno State. Fresno State

Memphis vs. USF. USF

BYU vs. Arizona. BYU

Southern Miss vs. Troy. Troy

Boise State vs. TCU. Boise St.

Hawaii vs. Notre Dame. Hawaii

Florida Atlantic vs. Central Michigan. C.Michigan

WVU vs. UNC. UNC

Wisconsin vs. FSU. FSU

Miami vs. Cal. Cal

Northern Illionis vs. La Tech. La Tech

Nc. St vs. Rutgers. Rutgers

Missouri vs. Northwestern. Missouri

Maryland vs. Nevada. Maryland

Western Michigan vs. Rice. Rice

Ok. St. vs. Oregon. Ok St

Houston vs. Air Force. Air Force

Oregon St. vs. Pitt. Pitt

BC vs. Vandy. BC

Kansas vs. Minn. Kansas

LS-Who vs. Ga Tech. Ga Tech

South Carolina vs. Iowa. South Carolina

Georgia vs. Michigan St. Georgia

Nebraska vs. Clemson. Clemson

Penn St vs. USC. USC

Cincy vs. Va Tech. Va Tech

Ole Miss vs. Texas Tech. Texas Tech

Kentucky vs. ECU. ECU

Utah vs. Bama. Bama

Buffalo vs. Uconn. Uconn

Ohio St. vs. Texas. Texas

Ball St. vs. Tulsa. Ball St

Florida vs. Oklahom. Florida

2010 the Movie???

Somewhere in a NBA league office David Stern is sitting in a chair saying to himself "jesus i dont get paid enough for this shit." Just a few weeks into the season and a blind man could tell you that there are only a handful of teams that are gonna be there in the end, those teams are the Celtics, Lakers, Rockets, Hornets, Cavs, and Jazz, o and the Spurs. You may think i am crazy about putting Utah and the Spurs there but both teams have one thing in common and that is a plethora of injuries. The Jazz are without Deron Williams who is the heart and soul of the team and the Spurs are without Tony Longoria-Parker. In the end though i dont see anyone stopping the Lakers and Celtics from meeting in the Finals again. Now to the rest of the NBA and why David Stern wants to O.J. Simpson someone by weeks end. First the state of the Knicks. Does anyone else feel that if a terrioist unit overtook the Knicks it would be the best thing for basketball. I can see it now, theres James Dolan owner of the Knicks on the phone with Montana state representatives trying to see if he could move the Knicks there because he feels that there is a competitive sports market in Montana and there would be no other sports competition in the state. Then theres Isaiah Thomas, know hes still affiliated with the organization but the organization denys this and says "he's associated with us but he can not talk to the players." So theres Isaiah Thomas sitting in his 4x4 cubical on the phone with NYPD because someone at his household has OD, Thomas responses to this news with the following response " OK officer ill trade you a 1st, 2nd, the rights to LeBron in 2010 and cash consideration for whatever prescription drugs my relative has taken." Now that Dolan has been snuffed by terrorists and Thomas dead by OD or possible irritate Knick fan that takes us to Stephon Marbury and Mike D'Antoni. These two should have there own sitcom. Marbury says he wont play he would like to but just doesn't, D'Antoni says hey i offered him 35 mins he turned them down. Who do you believe the guy with a tattoo on his head and a wonderful sneaker that is priced at $10.99 or the guy that believes the shot clock should be 7 seconds and that basketball should be a half court game. Anyone else think Steph is gonna turn into Latrell Spreewell, choke out his coach and then turn down money because he says he has to feed his family. The solution is to trade Marbury.... to Iraq for a rocket laucnher to be named so Donnie Walsh can blow this whole team up.

Ok so when the fuck did the NY Knicks become the most storied franchise in league history, please someone tell me. This team could win the next 12 championships in a row and only be considered 3rd, ESPN could run a story tomorrow that Magic Johnson and Bill Russell both were in a secret underground gambling society with Pete Rose and Rick Neuhisel thus leading to all championships being stripped from both teams and still the Knicks would be 3rd. You see the pattern here NY, your always gonna be the 3rd wheel. I love to here all these Knicks fans talk about 2010. So i got a question do they think that on December 31 at 11:59 when the clock strikes midnight that its all of a sudden going to be june 15 2010 and hey what do you know its the Lebron James lottery. The NY Knicks and all their fans just need to shut the fuck up already and enjoy the next 2 horrible seasons. I cant remember any other sports franchise in recent memory publicly come out and say hey were having a fire sale... for the next 2 years. Yea see fans were going to try to trade away every guy that makes over a million dollars so that me have enough cap room for LJ. The funny thing is the fans are ok with this, i mean just how fucking stupid are you im sorry i did not realize that it said in Genesis act 3 verse 1 In 2010 the LeBron James will descend upon the city of New York and on the team of the Knicks, thus bringing prosperity and great wealth to all. I can not wait to see the draft lottery when the Knicks send Stephon Marbury as their team rep because they believe he is a mythological creature that stands for bad luck, only they get the 1st pick the next 2 years, which would be comical because you will never see a GM like Donnie Walsh try harder to get rid of those picks for expiring contracts. I am at the point where i want Steven Spielberg to do a movie titled 2010: The day the NBA stood still. It would have everything you could want. You have teams killing themselves to clear cap space. You have rumors galore. You have a staggering number of star free agents who might be available including Wade, Bosh, and LeBron. The story could be how 3 men none who are college graduates out smarted everyone in the NBA and held it hostage for an entire 3 months, yep i wanna see that in IMAX. All this LeBron talk now leads me to my final point.

LeBron James, i agree with Sir Charles when he said you need to shut up. LeBron James, the high school grad that he is responded by saying " Charles is stupid." LeBron James sure is a deep thinker. Now i understand that for the next 2 years all i am going to here is where is LeBron James going to play, maybe he stays with the Cavs, maybe he goes to the Pistons or maybe he sells his soul to the Knicks. The last person to sell their soul to the Knicks was Patrick Ewing, and yea we all know how that worked out for him. If i was a GM i would say fuck LeBron and his 22% shooting percentage from 3, i would say fuck LeBron James and the fact that he does not make his teammates better, i would say fuck the fact that he is not concerned with being Jordan on the court, but that he wants to be Jordan off the court which is a global icon. If i was a GM i would try to get 2 superstars instead of LeBron. Give me Amare Stoudimare and D Wade, or Bosh and Dirk or any of those 4 players Wade and Bosh whatever two of then will beat LeBron James. Im sick of hearing that LeBron is the best player in the league as well. He is not, if I am building a team i would take Kobe and Chris Paul before him, and if i was guaranteed by GOD that D Wade would never ever again get injured i would take him as well. How can you LeBron fan boys say he is the best when he shoots 28% from 3 and that just went up only because he went 3-4 in his last game, he is a career 73% ft shooter. Hold on and lets reflect on that last stat, the supposed air apparent to MJ is a career 73% ft shooter, now if im gonna call someone the greatest player of all time i would like to think he can hit a shot when know one is covering him, i mean hell MJ was a career 84% ft shooter. It's so bad that in 06-07 he shot 69%, really go get me Stevie Wonder and i bet i can get him to make 7 out of 10. I wonder if LeBron knows that he cant shoot, because he jacks up more three's than anyone, in 06 he attempted 379 3 pointers, he hit 127 of them, thats an outstanding 33%. So when people tell me that LeBron is better than Kobe i laugh. Kobe wants to be like Jordan on the court thats where him and LeBron differ. Kobe is having a down year some would say because he is only averaging 24 ppg, but that is because he is taking far fewer shots now because he has a solid cast around him, and hey they are in 1st place so no complaints. Kobe like MJ is a good ft shooter this year shooting 83%, Kobe's worst year 79% would be a career high for LeBron. Also Kobe has 3 rings to LeBron's 0. I know kobe had Shaq and you LeBron fans would say well if LeBron had Shaq he would have had 3 rings as well. Well we just will never know now will we, and o Kobe averaged 23, 29, and 25 ppg during those 3 seasons. Kobe at one time suffered from what i believe LeBron James is going through, i dont trust my teammates syndrome. Now the only remedy for this disease is maturity, It took Kobe a while to grow up but now that he has look where he is. Dont try and give me Kobe cant win by himself either and LeBron can. Jordan had Pippen and you dont see anyone devaluing those championships or Jordans ability. In the NBA 1 player can not win by himself, many have tryed few have succeeded. In the end i want the guy that cares about winning a championship and making everyone around him better, not the guy who wants to be a global icon and is already thinking about his next paycheck that is 2 years down the road.

Jamz of the Week

1. Lil Wayne feat The Game- Red Magic

2. Kanye West- Welcome to Heartbreak

3. Joe Budden feat The Game- The Future

4. Akon- Over the Edge

5. Akon- Sunny Days

Jamz of the Week

1. Kanye West feat Lil Wayne- See you in my nightmares

2. Kanye West- Streetlights

3. Game feat Brandy- Right Here

4. Akon feat Colby O'Donis- beautiful

5. Ludacris feat Nas , Jay-Z- i do it for hip hop

ACC Preview

he's back and he's hungry!!!

1. UNC 7. Maryland

2. Duke 8. Ga-Tech

3. Miami 9. B.C.

4. Wake Forest 10. UVA

5. Va-Tech 11. NC St

6. Clemson 12. FSU

Pac-10 Preview

James Harden- Pac-10 POY

1. ASU

2. UCLA

3. USC

4. Arizona

5. Washington

6. Stanford

7. Washington St.

8. Cal

9. Oregon

10. Oregon St.

Big East Preview

Scottie Reynolds-Big East POY

1. Lousiville

2. Uconn

3. Marquette

4. Pitt

5. ND

6. Syracuse

7. Nova

8. G-Town

9. WVU

10. Cincy

11. Seton Hall

12. St. Johns

13. Providence

14. Rutgers

15. DePaul

16. USF

Player Nicknames

So i have decided to unleash my player nicknames. Anyone who has done fantasy sports with me knows i have alot of nicknames so i figured i would throw them up here. Feel free to add.



NFL/College football:

Cleo's Sour Lemons, Gene UpChuck, Marc's dirty Sanchez, Josh Scobee doobie doo, Ronnie what can Brown do for you, DJ i cant Hackett, Vince i want to die Young, Dwayne's Bowe and arrow, Marshawn i need to be Lynched, Patrick corn on the Cobb, Selvin only the good die Young, LenDale i wish i was White, Santonio im burning down ya Holmes, Ahmans Greener pastures, Heath's Miller Lite, Jason Campbell's Soup, Deion im hanging by a Branch, Dominic im following the yellow brick Rhodes, Matt i build sand Cassell's, Josh i wish i could Reed, Shaun im over the Hill, Know-Sho Moreno, Casey im a fan of Dick



NBA/College:

Patient Zero, Jason i beat my Kidd, DeJauns Blair Witch Project, Lavance's Field of dreams, Rudy i was better off Gay, Kevin ill do anything for Love, Raja ring my Bell, Derrick im pushing up Roses, Eddie im bringing down the House, Josh my game is a sinking Shipp, Brian i stabbed Rudoplh,



MLB:

David if loving you is wrong i dont want to be Wright, Kerry's morning Wood, Mark's Prior Commitment, Ted's Lilly Pond, Randy Winn me a gumball, Ben i wet my Sheets, Garrett's Atkins diet, Eric's 3rd degree Byrnes, Nick's Swisher Sweets, Rickie i havent got laid in Weeks, Brad Hawpe on my nuts, Ryan i touched your kid in Church, Bill Hall's cough drops, Coco's Rice Crispys, Jon im a MaLester

A Few Fun Facts

This is a question that took me and my boy ha ha drew a little while to figure out, and then i took the question to the radio station and they could not get it without 20 clues. So here is the question

Who are the only 4 NBA rookies to ever make the All-Star game their rookie year?

the answer will come in a few days lets see if anyone can get it without cheating. P.S. Marcus this is a question i figured that you would love and now sit in class for the next week pre-occupied trying to figure out the answer.

College Football

1. Bama vs. Miss St. The Tide have lost to the Bulldogs in each of the past two seasons and have not scored an offensive TD in these teams' past three games. With this said Alabama is on a crash course to meet Florida in the SEC Championship. I say Roll Tide Roll, great run game with a efficient qb= a victory for Bama.
3. Texas vs. Kansas. The Jayhawks have given up at least 45 points in three of the past four. Not a good sign against a Texas team that is fifth in the nation in scoring (44 ppg). Colt McCoy will carve up the defense, and the vertically challanged Todd Reessing will struggle. Hook Em Horns.

4. Florida vs. 25. South Carolina. Steve Spurrier returns to the Swamp, leading a team that has won six of its past seven games after a 1-2 start. Florida, meanwhile, has won five straight since losing to Ole Miss in September. Has anyone else noticed that Tim Tebow is slowly creeping back into Heisman contention? I think this is the week he could put himself at the for-front with a big game, and a so so performance by Colt and Sam Bradford.

6. USC vs. Stanford. Think the Trojans will be ready for Stanford this time around? Last season's stunning loss certainly hasn't faded from USC's collective memory. The Trojans defense has proven that it is the best in the nation, now only if the offense can catch up. SC needs alot of help if they want to play for a national championship, right now it does not look good but do not count them out.

7. Utah vs. San Diego St. Utah can clinch at least a share of the Mountain West crown with a win at San Diego State. The Utes' last league title came four seasons ago. O yea by the way San Diego St. is 1-9, this is a tough one i guess i am going to have to take Utah... Big!!!

8. Penn St. vs. Indiana. Everyone outside of the Big-10 let out a sigh of relief when Penn St. loss. I think if i had to watch one more dam Big-10 team in a national championship game i would have went on a O.J. Simpson like killing spree. But hey its not all bad for you f*ck's from state college, you are now the winner of the Were the Team that Gets to Get Smashed by USC.

9. Boise St vs. Idaho. Idaho defense is allowing a WAC-worst 478 yards and 42 ppg. The Vandals have also lost their last 12 against Top 25 teams. That sets up well for Boise to stay undefeated. Quick question does anyone else feel that Ian Johnson has been around for o i dont 10 years now? At this point I am kind of sick of him and this Boise St. team. They gave us 1 great game and since then everyone has sucked their dick. I hope they make a BCS bowl game and get their ass kicked Hawaii style.

10. Georgia vs. Auburn. And the award for biggest fraud goes to... drum roll please!! the Georgia Bulldogs. I am sick of this team, a part of me wishes this was the Georgia that Russia was attempting to blow off the face of the earth. Im gonna go out on a limb and say Auburn gets the upset here. They are at home and i just hate the dogs at this point, i dont understand this love affair with Matt Stafford that Mel Kiper who is about as smart as a bag of Kibbles and Bites, and Todd McShay who now when ever he speaks reminds me of Warren from There's Something About Mary have. I hope Know-Sho stays in Athens cause if that happens i will feel a whole lot better.

11. Ohio St. vs. Illionis. Guess who's back? Back again, Ohio St. is back go shoot a friend. AHHH these were the famous lines of Eminem i believe. Honestly here we go again with this fucking team. I can just see Jim Tressel sitting in a corner laughing to himself, saying "I am the only one who will ever understand how the BCS works." This has to be true because this guy has the formula down pat on how to get embarrassed in big games, lose two games but somehow make a national championship/BCS bowl game. Now last i checked i thought i new a fair amount about sports but when it comes to the BCS i believe Jim Tressel has me beat. Ill take OSU because they want revenge, and i am no longer sold on Juice.

12. Mizz vs. Iowa St. I could have swore that Mizzou's season ended after they forgot to leave Columbia when they played Texas. Guess i was wrong. Iowa St. has lost 8 straight and i am about to ask Myles Brand(chair of NCAA) to revoke them from division 1 football play. Its funny how everyone is talking about Texas, Texas Tech or Oklahoma and who will get a BCS bowl well what if Mizzou wins the Big-12? Uh-ohhhh

13. Ok St. vs. Colorado. Colorado has lost its past three conference games against ranked teams by a margin of 126-28. The Buffs have won four of the past six meetings with OSU, but the teams haven't met since 2005. I like Ok. St and their high powered offense.

16. UNC vs. Maryland. How in the hell is UNC still winning? And how many people in Chapel Hill actually knew they played football in November? At this point im rooting for the Tar Heels to win out because they are fun to watch, play hard, and fundamentally sound. I know we talk about Pete Carroll, and the 5 SEC coaches but what about Butch Davis as one of the top coaches. I gotta think he will win coach of the year with a 3rd string qb, and their best play wr Brandon Tate out. I like UNC.

17. BYU vs. Air Force. There's something about Air Force that brings out the best in BYU. The Cougars have won the past four meetings by an average margin of almost 21 points. Look for this trend to continue .

19. FSU vs. BC. The running game should decide this one. BC is allowing a shade less than 102 rushing ypg, but Florida State owns one of the nation's best rushing offenses (205 ypg). It's tought to pick the Eagles because they are on the road. FSU squeeks out a close one.

20. LS-Who vs. Troy. The numbers don't favor Troy. LSU has won 24 straight nonconference games in Tiger Stadium. It has also won 17 consecutive nonconference games overall. O yea its a night game as well so the Tigers will win big.

23. Tulsa vs. Houston. Can Ron Artest, T-Mac, and Yao Ming play in this game? because that is the only way that Houston can keep up with Tulsa. Tulsa scores 50 and wins.

24. Wake Forest vs. NC St. Wake Forest's D ranks first in scoring defense (17 ppg) and rushing defense (90 ypg) in ACC games. NC State is just 3-6 but is coming off a win at Duke. I like the Deamon Decons and their stingy defense.

All Americans

1st team all americans-
Tyler Hansbrough, Blake Griffen, James Harden, Jack McClinton, Darren Collison

2nd team all americans-
Jon Brockman, Pat Mills, Steph Curry, Nick Calathes, Tyler Smith

Jamz of the Week

1. Kanye West-Anyway
2. Justin Timberlake-Magic
3. Jay-Z-History
4. Nas feat Kevin Rudolf-NYC
5. Usher- At the Time

New to the spread this week is AP's country hit of the week!!!!

Zac Brown Band- Chicken Fried

Casting The Vote

Well friends today is election day, so in honor of that I'm am doing my mid-season NFL awards.

Coach of the Year. This has to be a no brainier right? I personally think Jeff Fisher is the coach of the year. Jim Zorn and Mike Smith have both done a hell of a job and in the case of Smith far exceeded expectations, but Fisher's team is 8-0 both Smith and Zorn's team have 3 losses. People thought the Titans could make the playoffs but no one saw this coming. The best defense i have seen since the 2000 Ravens, a wide receiving core that you can pick up in your local supermarket, and a qb that is suppose to be washed up, Kerry Collins is showing teams like Dallas the importance of a solid backup qb. Vince I Want too Die Young has been MIA all season long, and there was no way anyone could have seen Slash and Dash (White, CJ) do as well as they have. All these factors add up to Jeff Fisher having his finest coaching season to date.

MVP. It pains me to write this but i have to give the man his credit. Cliton Portis and your twenty alter-egos have been the first half mvp. Portis had rushed for 120 yards in 5 consecutive games. C-Port has been averaging a 110 yards a game. The season that Portis has been having is the reason why Jason Campbell's Soup is having such a good season. Teams have stacking the box in order to stop Portis allowing Campbell to have one on one coverage on the outside and easier passing lanes. Portis has 172 more rushing yards than All Day Peterson who is second in rushing. One thing that's safe to say about portis is that Portis has his paper straight homie(see tirade on radio show earlier in year).

Rookie of the Year. This is a very difficult choice for me. First we have Chris Johnson. Johnson has run for 715 yards, averaging 4.9 yards per carry, he also has 24 grabs for 164. With all that said I am going to have to take Matt Ryan. Ryan's first ever pass was a td, he has come into the toughest situation a rookie qb could have come into, a team that just lose the face of the franchise to jail, and a team that most thought would win 2 games. Then there are his numbers. He has 9 td's to only 5 picks, and 1661 passing yards. If you need anymore proof that Ryan is rookie of the year, just look at his past three games, 23-30 301 yards 1td, 23-44 277 yards 2tds 2 int, 17-22 220 yards 2td's as the season goes along Ryan continues to get better.

Biggest Bust. At first i thought Chad Ocho Cinco, but with Palmer out i cant but him here. Then i thought the Dallas Cowboys, but with Romo out i also can not put them here. How about the Jags who were crowned preseason paper champs by many idiots, well the fact that there o-line is no longer in tact and the fact the Collier is playing dancing with the stars i could not pencil them here either. So her is my winner... the Chargers D. The once vaunted defense has went 9 quarters without a sack or int. Yes they lost Merriman but they have almost everyone back from last years team, including the most over rated/hyped corner in fb in Crokematie. Ted Cotrell was the scapegoat for a defense that 2 years ago was tops in the NFL. They have as much talent as anyone in fb, but i question their heart and motivation at this point.

Ryan Leaf Award. This may be the last award JaMarcus Russell ever receives in his life. The sad thing is that Al Davis will never admit that Russell will be a bust, another sad thing is that Russell has alot of upside, unfortunately for him he is in a bad offense and also he is a idiot just watch this guys press conference. Lets just look at Russell's last outing to prove my point. He went 6-19 31 yards 1int. That is not a misprint, 31 yards, are you serious, somewhere Charles Barkley is saying that's terrrribllle Erine. Russell often looks lost in the pocket, and seems like he can not make reads and check downs. Just think Oakland Terrell Pryor will be eligible in just 2 years.

Sean Taylor Award. First off this is not a slight against ST, let me make that clear. This award goes to the guy most likely to end up like him though. The winner of this prestigious award is none other than Javon Walker. Walker danced with death just a a few months ago when he mysteriously ended up in a alleyway in Vegas beaten up and broke. No one knows how in the hell Walker got to that point, police say they have no leads, this is bullshit somewhere out there is Pacman Jones sipping on his McDonald's soda with a bag in his other hand walking out of a courthouse. Walker escaped death once i predicate he wont twice. If you have seen Final Destination you know you cant cheat death twice, so with this said, when Al Davis comes calling with his sawed off shotgun pissed that Javon has taken his 40 million and ran off to Vegas with it i think we will have another fb player in heaven chilling with ST, and Gene Upchuck.

Jamz of the Week

1. Joe Budden feat Coldplay-Those Who Are Dead
2. Usher-What They Gon Say
3. B.I.G. feat Lil Wayne- Lost Boys
4. T-Pain feat Akon and T.I.- It Aint Me
5. T-Pain feat Akon and Diddy- Change

College Football week 10

No 1. Texas vs No. 7 Texas Tech. It seems like every week i do this Texas is number 1 and their facing another top 10 team. Well here we are again, Texas travels to Lubbock to face the best passing attack in the country in my opinion. Texas has won 4 straight against the Red Raiders averaging 48 ppg. If you want to watch great qb play tune in to this game. Colt McCoy is completing 81% of his passes and Graham Harrell has already thrown for over 3,000 and 28 td's. The problem I see is how is Texas young inexperienced secondary going to stop this passing attack and the best wide receiver in the country. Yes Texas shut down Mizzou but is not as good as Tech, also Graham cracker has only been sacked once all season, Texas has a better chance of seeing Ricky Williams renounce weed than sack Graham Harrell. With all this said I have to take Texas, there number 1 and will stay there till someone knocks them off.

No 2. Bama vs Arkansas St. Do i really need to say anything?

No 4. Oklahoma vs Nebraska. Nebraska is still a few years away from being able to contend with the big boys. Oklahoma has too much talent on both sides of the ball to lose this game. Sam Bradford who at this point i hate will get his numbers and carry the Sooners to a victory.

No 5. USC vs Washington. People like to throw the word curse out there alot such has the Cubs are cursed, The Red Sox's were cursed, well has anyone ever thought that maybe the entire state of Washington is cursed? Lets see, the state lost the Sonics to Oklahoma City because their arena resembled a homeless shelter. Next we have the Mariners, who some predicted to go to the World Series, well The M's finished with the worst record in baseball, and were as ugly as watching a D1 athlete try to do basic school work. Then we have the Seahawks, who again people thought were going to be a contender, after two weeks their team began to look like a Baghdad hospital with bodies all over, honestly at one point i thought they might as well bring Jerry Rice back or hell lets go a step further why not just sign Joe the Plumber because their WR core was sad. Finally to coll. fb were Wash and Wash St. have a combined 1-14 record. Wash St. is going to go down as the worst football team of all time, and the Huskies are not to far behind. With all that said its obvious who i am picking.

No.6 Georgia vs. No. 8 Florida. The Worlds Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party takes place in Jacksonville yet again. We all remember what happen last year, Georgia scored first then sent the entire team out onto the field to celebrate. That image is still fresh in Urban Meyer head and he is going to send his team out their to wipe Georgia off the map. Last year Tebow was injured and was ordered to stay in the pocket, that will not be the case this year. Florida has handled this situation very well implementing the "no comment" rule, but even if they are not talking about it we all know if Meyer gets a chance to run up the score he will. I personally think Florida is going to beat them senseless, look for the best game Tebow has had all season and the Gators to win by double digits.

No. 9 Oklahoma St. vs. Iowa St. Ok St. came up just short last week against Texas, but luckily for them they get a great rebound game in Iowa St. who hasnt won a big 12 game yet. Ok St. has the 6th rank scoring offense and that rushing attack will be to much for Iowa St.

No.10 Utah vs. New Mexico. Utah has won 16 of their last 17 games and are undefeated this season. The Ute's have the inside track on another BCS bowl game and i do not see New Mexico pulling the upset.

No. 11 Boise St. vs. New Mexico St. Another New Mexico team looking to play spoiler this week when New Mexico St. hosts Boise St. Boise St. has the best freshman qb in the country right now in Kellen Moore who has been terrific with wins at Oregon. They also have Ian Johnson, yes ladies and gentlemen he is still playing football i know. Boise St. is 8-0 against New Mexico St. and i like their chance to go 9-0

No. 13 TCU vs. UNLV. TCU has the top d in the country, they have to win this game because a loss would derail any BCS hopes they have. UNLV does has one upset win this season when they went to ASU and won but ASU has been horrible all season. This is a must win for TCU in order to keep pace with Utah so look for TCU to win.

No. 14 Mizzou vs. Baylor. Ok so Mizzou goes out and gets beat down in back to back games and then go and play Colorado and win 58-0 huh. This Mizzou team truly does not come to play in big games. This week they have Baylor who is a one man show in Robert Griffen, Griffen is only a freshman though so its going to be a long day for Baylor. Chase will have his 300 yards and Mizzou will win just dont expect them to win the Big 12 friends cause they will chock Bill Buckner style.

No. 15 FSU vs. Ga-Tech. Im not sure how FSU got to be ranked 15th i mean one week they were 25th then they jump up to 15, this is voter bias at its finest. FSU is not this good, their o-line is young and will have problems with a experienced Ga-Tech d-line. Can FSU stop Ga-Tech rushing attack will be the true question of this game. I dont see it happening. Ill take Tech at home to win a game that should not be considered a upset.

No. 17 Minn vs. Northwestern. Northwestern is without their starting rb and qb, that equals trouble. Minn does not turn over the ball, and they are also at home. Ill take the Gophers.

No. 18 Tulsa vs. Arkansas. Tulsa has the top scoring offense in the country, but are 0-16 against Arkansas. Good News though Arkansas sucks this season, and do not have the horses to keep up with Tulsa. Tulsa will score 40 points, Arkansas will not.

No. 19 LSU vs Tulane. Ls-Who meets Tulane in the Katrina Bowl. Lsu is coming off a loss against Georgia in which they got handled. Lsu d has been very shakey in their past couple games, but they face a Tulane team who is without star rb Andre Anderson. The Tigers have 16 straight and should continue that streak.

No. 20 BYU vs. Colorado St. BYU is out of the BCS race but they still can win the Mountain West. Max Hall should have a good day against Colorado St. BYU d is a bit of concern though giving up 67 points in their past two games. I think BYU can get this problem fixed and grab the W against Colorado St.

No. 21 Mich St. vs Wisconsin. Mich St. finally beat Michigan last week after a drought that seemed like it might last a 100 years. Wisconsin is a team that coming into the year at hopes of a Rose Bowl birth, now they will be happy with any bowl invite. Wisconsin has won 8 out of the last 11 meetings between these 2 teams. Javon Ringer will be the X factor, if he gets his 150 yards then St will grab the win. Ill take St, but would not be surprised if Wisconsin won the game.

No. 24 Oregon vs. Cal. Jeff Tedford has finally picked a qb and the winner is... Kevin Reilly, Kevin come on down and accept your prize. Your prize is a one game pass where you can fuck things up just enough but not enough to lose us the game. Oregon has the 5th ranked rushing attack, but Cal has a very good rush d. I hold off reservations of this Oregon team after i saw Boise St go in and win with a freshman qb. I guess ill take Cal just because on the shittiness scale they rank one notch below Cal.

No. 25 Uconn vs. WVU. I still think Jeff Mullen should be fired, these fucks at ESPN.com go out and say ok you people are crazy, look at what WVU did against Auburn, give the man a break they say. Ill give the man a break, a break from his job. The offense was flat in the first half, and if it wasn't for a Pat White tirade at halftime the offense would have continued to be flat. With that said Uconn has Donald Brown and thats it, but that could be enough to get a win. Brown is a workhorse and will run all over the horrible 3-3-5 defense WVU throws out their. I think WVU will win but am not sure because we have a coaching staff with a cumulative IQ of 7.

Jamz of the Week

1. Enrique Iglesias feat Ciara- Takin Back My Love
2. Chris Brown feat T-Pain- Greatness
3.Ludacris feat Lil Wayne- Last of a Dying Breed
4.T-Pain- Karaoke
5.Bow Wow feat T-Pain- Shes My

College Football week 9

1. Texas vs. 6. Ok St. Once again Texas is playing a top ten team this week. My question is how much field is left for Mack Brown to keep burying last weeks game tape/clippings? I picked against Texas last week and well that didnt work out to well. This week im back on the Texas bandwagon. Colt McCoy is the Heisman front runner and well deserved he completing 80% of his passes. Ok St wants this game more than anyone can imagine. If you remember this team had Texas down 35-14 going into the 4th last season and lost. Here's the problem i see, Texas came back last season down 21 in the 4th on the road with a Colt McCoy that was not even close to where he is now. Texas has won the past 10 meetings in the series and is 20-2 all time. Those are some good odds, so ill take the horns.

2. Alabama vs. Tenn. Alabama is good and Tenn is not that simple. If Alabama would just play 4 quarters once then they would have a margin of victory that was around 30 points, but they don't because they decide to just stay in the locker at halftime and never come back out. But this is ok for Bama because fortunately for them Tenn is awful. Tenn is so bad this year (3-4) that i dont think Peyton Manning could help at this point. They have no qb, a couple good rb's that dont have a clue how to run the ball and a coach that has to be sitting there wondering when he is going to get fired. The last time Bama beat Tenn is back to back games was 91-92. Look for that to change. Roll Tide Roll

3. Penn St. vs. 9. Ohio St. Its safe to say at this point that this is the Big Ten's championship game. There are all kinds of stats that back up my point on why The Vest will win. 1. Penn st has a 10 game road losing streak against ranked opponents. 2. The last time they won in Columbus was 1978. 3. The Buckeyes have won 12 out of their last 13 conf home games against ranked opponents. Now here's something interesting, who would have ever thought that the starting qb of Ohio St. would be from Penn, and the starting qb of Penn St. would be from Ohio. Penn St. has alot of offense. Clark is Penn St. version of Troy Smith, they also have DW-2 who is a Ted Ginn like player. With that said Ohio St. has Malcolm Jenkins who is the 2nd best corner in fb, they also have Laurantis who is arguably the best LB in the country. Ohio St. wr core is excellent as well with Hartline and Robskie, they have Beanie and i believe Pryor will do enough that Joe Pa falls out of the press box to his death. Ohio St. in a tight one.

4. Oklahoma vs. K-State. Honestly theres not much to say here. Sam Bradford is going to be the top pick in the draft. The Sooners are fare more talented than K-State. Bradford threw for 468 yards last week and gets to face the 93rd rank pass d in the country this week, uh-ooh K-State. Oklahoma by 2 td's

5. USC vs. Arizona. I think everyone knows where i am going here. USC has been on a misson since losing to Oregon St out scoring opponents 141-10. USC has won the last 6 meetings between this schools. USC d is just to fast for the Cats, and Joe McKnight is probably going to play, with that said ill pick the Trojans to continue on their path to Miami and the Natl. Championship.

7. Georgia vs. 13. LSU. The match up between the most over hyped team in college fb and the team that is one good hurricane away from being wiped off the map. Whoever losses this game can kiss a Natl. Championship shot goodbye. LS-Who is the most one dimensional team in the top 25, i feel that if i went to LS-Who and uttered the words quarterback it would create the same up roar as if i said Katrina. Stafford has a big arm but overall i dont like him, Know-Sho Moreno is a good back who will get is numbers and A.J. Green is a thug (that's a good thing). LS-Who is favorite which is funny cause UGGA and the Dogs will win this game.

8. Texas Tech vs. 23. Kansas. Where do i begin here. Ok Kansas here's my problem with you 1. Your quarterback should be the star on Little People Big World. Todd Reesing we all know you are vertically challenging and can not see over your center. 2. Your best receiver was your QUARTERBACK just 2 years ago. 3. Your head coach looks like he should be in the Nathans Hot Dog Eating Contest, can anyone imagine the amount of snacks this man must have in his office, Jesus Christ he is the sole reason why Hostess is still in business. Now to Texas Tech, Graham Harrell is to good and will throw for his 400 yards, Kansas has no answer to Michael Crabtree who is the top wr in the country. Tech will lose this season but not this week as i like the Red Raiders to win in a shootout.

10. Florida vs. Kentucky. Can someone explain to me how in the hell is Florida ranked 10th, they should be higher. Florida has won a whopping 21 straight against the Cats. Another number that is not in KU favor is that the last time they beat a top-10 opponent on the road was 1977 against Penn St. Florida has a track team and superman. Go Gators. On another note i found out that the greatest Florida Alum of all time.... Erin Andrews was here for our game Thurs night. This brought a small tear to my eye because everyone from the station that worked the game said that she was very nice, and even took pictures and gave out autographs. This is upsetting seeing as how i did not work the sidelines this game, it is also upsetting because Erin Andrews is the best looking women to ever work in sports. Some good news she will be here with Dick Vitale March 7 when we play Louisville in b-ball.

12. Boise St. vs. San Jose St. 33-16 F

14. TCU vs. Wyoming. Whenever your team has been placed in the bottom 10 that's usually a sign that you suck. TCU did just beat the Mormons (BYU). TCU has the top ranked defense and Wyoming is ranked last in scoring, so i think ill go out on a limb and say TCU wins.

15.Missouri vs. Colorado. THIS JUST IN: Chase Daniels Blows in Big Games. History is not on Chase's side in big games. Big-12 Championship=blow out, 8. Ok St=Blow out, 1. Texas=Blow out. I mean come on already your suppose to be a Heisman candidate, that means you don't want to play like Erik Crouch. Mizzou still can reach the Big-12 Championship but they need to win out. Mizzou was averaging 53.4 ppg prior to their last to games. Verses Ok. St and Texas they had a combined 54 points. This is one of those games where is Mizzou losses, come December when you turn on the PapaJohn's Bowl you will be saying to your Uncle hey what ever happen to that Chase Daniel Fellow. Mizzou, its not a big game so they should win.

16. USF vs. Louisville. These are the top to offense in the Big East, that's really not saying much though. The Bulls beat Louisville the last time these two teams met 55-17. USF has lost 2 though to UL both coming on the road. The Bulls have to win this game if they want to have any shot at winning the Big East. USF in a good game

17. Pitt vs. Rutgers. I wonder if Greg Schiano ever wakes up in the middle of the night with nightmares of 80 degree wheater and South Beach, because that is what he passed up, The U for Rutgers. Rutgers has won 3 straight against Pitt. LeSean McCoy will carry this rushing attack thats avg a 114 yards per game. Neither team has a great qb, Teel has struggled all season and he is the only chance Rutgers has to win this game. Pitt

18. Georgia Tech vs. UVA. Paul Johnston has had success in his 1st season, something no one saw coming. Ga-Tech has picked up the triple option quickly, and the question of if this system could work against ACC foes has been answered with a resounding yes. UVA is only 4-3 and are not as good as Tech. It is looking like Tech going be going BCS bowling something no one saw coming.

19. Tulsa vs. UCF. I know to 2 things about this game. 1. Tulsa scored in bunch's, 77 in their last game. 2. Kevin Smith has left the building UCF. Tulsa has the number 1 offense in the country while UCF is 108 with 17 ppg. Tulsa will score to many points for UCF to keep up.

20. Ball St. vs. E. Michigan. Ball St. offense has yet to miss a beat since losing Donte where is the Love to Kevin Evertt syndrome. Nate Davis is 9th in the country in passing yards and will most likely shred E. Michigan. Ball St. by a wide margin.

21. BYU vs. UNLV. The shoe did not fit for this so called Cinderella. The Mormons laid a egg against TCU and need to rebound against UNLV. BYU still has Max Hall who is getting ready to celebrate his 40th birthday by now, Hall is a good player and BYU will win this game, and afterwards celebrate with their 4 wives.

22. Northwestern vs. Indiana. Northwestern is ranked 22 in the country and deserving so even if it is shocking that they are the only school in the state of Illinois that is ranked. IU has Kellen Lewis and thats it, and he is not good enough to win this game on his own, so ill take Northwestern.

24. Minn vs. Purdue. Minn won just 1 game last season and now they are 6-1. Purdue is 2-5 and have fell apart in Joe Tillers final season. It has been 18 season since Minn has went into Purdue and left with a win. The Boilermakers look to snap a 17 game losing steak to top 25 teams. I think Purdue could pull off the upset here, and in this past few seconds i have decided to pick Purdue in a upset.

25. FSU vs. Va Tech. Va Tech blew out FSU last season ending Bobby Bowden streak of 15 consecutive wins over Tech. FSU qb situation is not great, well neither is Va Tech's but Tyrod Taylor seems to just win games. I like Beamer Ball to pull it out for 2 years in a row.

season 23-11

Jamz of the Week

1. T.I. Feat Akon- Hero
2. Akon Feat Keyshia Cole- Work It
3. Eminem-Relapse
4. 50 cent- Get Up
5. Kayne West- Coldest Winter

Ashley Lelie All Star Team

So im bored out of my mind at the moment and saw something on yahoo that got my mind racing. There are so many athlethes out there with female names or names that make them sound like super models. Heres a list of my guy's who have names that could make them be mistaken for bitches all star team, feel free to contribute. Ashley Lelie, Lindsey Hunter, Keary Colbert, Lynn Greer, Andrea Bargnanni, Zaza Pachulia, Alexis Rios, Tatum Bell, Samie Parker, Jamie Walker, Aubrey Huff, Kelly Washington.

NFL Picks Week 7

Titans -9 vs. Chiefs. Larry Johnson is in active for this game so now the question is how many points will the chiefs get? 7, 10 that's about it, Tenn doesn't score a whole lot of points but in this case ill take the Titans.

Cowboys -7 vs Rams. Romo is the number 2 this week vs. the Rams. With that said i hope he doesn't play because its the rams, yes they did just beat Wash but lighting wont strike twice and Dallas as too much talent to lose this game. Even with Brad Johnson Dallas should still win by double digits.

Bills PK vs. Chargers. This is a long road trip for SD. The Bills are banged up and will struggle. LT is getting better week by week, and finally recovering from turf toe. Even though West Coast teams usually played bad when they go on these west coast-east coast trips in the chargers are a more talented team and should win this game.

Steelers -9.5 vs. Bengals. Through six weeks, Chris Perry has rushed for 253 yards on 96 carries (2.6 per carry) and the Cincy QBs have thrown for 1,039 yards, four TDs, seven INTs. Those aren't skill positions; those are still positions. This would be the worst team in the league if Detroit's Dan Orlovsky didn't scramble out of the end zone undaunted for three seconds last Sunday before anyone fully processed what was happening. Palmer is going to sit out of this game so take the Steelers and the points.

Dolphins -3 vs. Ravens. The Dolphins got some bulletin board material this week when Ravens coach John Harbaugh said that off-coordinator Cam Cameron did a great job last season with what he had. Unless you lived under a rock then you know that Cameron went 1-15. Flacco sucks still, the phins have more talent so ill take them.

Bears -3 vs. Vikings. The Bumbling Idiots Bowl is what i call this game. Brad Childress is at the point where he needs to either retire or get hit by a bus, either one would be a positive for Vikings fans. After Minnesota beat the Lions by 2 thanks in part to Dan Orlovsky, Childress said well men this is a good win there is no such things as a bad win. Our you fucking kidding me? He must be, whenever you beat a team that could lose to the school of Hellen Keller and your fans at halftime are talking about Kevin Love and the T-Wolves its a bad win. Then there is Lovie Smith, Lovie decided to squib the ball with 11 seconds left in the 4th with his team winning. Lovie's reasoning was about as logical as if it came from someone in a coma. Lets squib the ball give the Falcons the ball at the 40, let Matt Ryan do his best Brett Farve impersonation and win the game. Real Smart Lovie. Give me the Vikings, at least they have All Day Peterson.

Panthers -3 vs. Saints. At this point were in take the home team in every NFC South matchup. The panthers were embarrassed last week but thats ok because they were the road team. The Saints get Shockey and Colston back but i figure neither one of them will be a key part in the offense this week. Bush has a slight tweek in his hammy as well. One thing of interest here, if i was a NFC South team i would employee the Bush rule. That is allow Ray J to be present at every game, it will get into Reggie's head faster than you can say sex tape. Ill take the panthers.

Giants -10.5 vs. Niners. Mike Nolan needs to be fired now, right now. Up 9 in the fourth with one of the top running backs in football and what does Nolan do? he's passes over and over and over again. The giants will win this and cover simply because there more talented.

Texans -9.5 vs. Lions. The Lions are a disaster, there disaster level is right around Katrina at this point. I think i could go to a local supermarket and field a more competitive team. The Texans have more talent with A. Johnson and well thats its o and Mario Williams. If im lucky i will get to see Matt Schaub do the end zone celebration where he fired the ball 100 mph into the wall only this time it hits a fan squarely in the head, or maybe it could it the person who came on here and basically called me a jackass because i said NE had to travel back and fourth, yea lets hit that dumb fuck.

Colts -1.5 vs Packers. The Colts are back to January form now with Manning locked in. Addai is out with a hamstring injury but none the less Indy is a better team than GB. Give me Indy.

Jets -3 vs Raiders. "Paging Dr. McFadden ... Dr. McFadden, please report to the 2008 fantasy season ... paging Dr. McFadden ... this is an emergency ..." Tom the Cable Guy is a mess and Oakland is officially done. Can anyone else imagine a Raiders practice? Picture this Dangelo Hall covering Javon Walker. I would imagine its something like trying to watch Hellen Keller speak, just painful all around. The Raiders actually played for Kiffen but now they could care less. JETS.

Skins -7.5 vs. Browns. Every time they show Romeo Crennel on the sidelines, it seems like he's thinking to himself, "Five ... five ... five dollar foot loooooooooong ..." And you know what? I still like the Browns this week no matter what's happening with Kellen Winslow's testicles. Hey, did anyone else feel dumb about laying 13 points with the Redskins last week, losing the game outright, then realizing they had won their previous four games by a total of 20 points? Or was it just me? The Skins are hungry about being embarrassed but the Browns offense actually showed a pulse last week.

Bucs -10.5 vs Seahawks. The Seahawks are so banged up there starting to look like Jason Kidd's wife. Dear Lord im sorry that's awful, the seahawks are so banged up their starting to look like Mike Vicks pit bulls. Ok so im going to hell now, but you get the idea, ill take the Bucs

Pats -3.5 vs Broncos. My have the mighty fallen, though this was expected just not this bad. The pats are at this point, the defense realizes that no team can win a super bowl with a guy like Matt Cassell. Randy Moss is out running every defender in football only to have to break his ankle in order to try and catch a under thrown ball. The pats biggest weakness is their secondary which is just awful, and Denver's greatest strength is their passing game. I still stand by my Jay Cutler for MVP, and Brandon Marshall who may be the best WR in football will treat the Pats secondary like R Kelley treats teenagers.

season 7-10-1

College Football week 8

1. Texas vs. 11 Mizzou. The battle between the Heisman front runner Colt McCoy and the guy who was the front runner just a week ago Chase Daniels. Chase's stock took a hit last week when he threw 3 picks. Colt on the other hand is completing 80% of his passes which is unheard of. I picked Texas last week but this week im gonna take Mizzou. Texas has two freshman in the secondary, granted i love Muschamp and think he is a defensive genius but Texas hasn't seen a WR like Jeremy Macklin, plus Chase was off last week because he wore #25. #10 will be back this week so ill take Mizzou in a close one.

2. Bama vs. Ole Miss. Bama has one 4 straight and 20 of the last 23, did i also mention they had a week off? Ole Miss will not upset Bama like they did Florida, and Houston i bust a Nutt has no more tricks up his sleeves. Bama

3. Penn St. vs Michigan. UPSET!!!! Heres my upset special of the week. Penn St has lost the last 9 outing against Michigan. Michigan did just lose to Toledo im aware which is why i think there gonna come into this game under the radar. There 23 point dogs, so there getting no respect. The fire Rich Rod site are already up but i look for him to have his team ready to play. Yes St. is having a White Out, but lets not forget the last time they had a White Out Ohio St. ended up whiting them out right off the field. Look for the so call "Spread HD" too be dialed down to digital cable this week friends.

4. Oklahoma vs. 16. Kansas. Not sure how Oklahoma losses and only drops 4 spots, but hey that's college football. I sure as hell would not want to be KU this week. OU just lost the Red River Shootout and showed why Bob Stoops now cant win the big game. OU can score at will, look for them to get upwards of 40+ points and win this game.

6. USC vs. Wash St. USC has won the past 5 by an avg of 27.6 pts. This game will be over by half-time, shit it could be over with 12 mins to go in the first. All you need to know is that Wash St. is so bad they had an open campus tryout for Qb position.

7. Texas Tech vs. Texas A&M. Tech has won 6 of its last 7 against A&M. Tech got its bad game out of their system last week as they beat Nebraska in OT. Graham Harell has 20-3 td to int ratio. Tech will once again score at will and should win by 2 td's.

8. OK ST. vs. Baylor. I would not be surprised if Baylor kept this game close for a while. Ok St. is coming off a big win at Mizzou. Robert Griffin Baylor's qb is a stud and only a freshman. He can keep things interesting. In the end Zac Robinson and this high octane rushing offense will prevail.

10. Georgia vs. 22 Vandy. Its officially time for Vandy to go to the grave. There not good in my opinion, they cant score, quarterback play is a non-existent word in their vocabulary, and their d isnt great either. Georgia on the other hand is one of the most over hyped teams in the country. Stafford is not as good as everyone thinks, Know-Sho Moreno is good but not that not 5 back that everyone thought he was, i will say that A.J. Green is a straight animal. Bottom Line Vandy is allergic to scoring someone should get them some Benadryl, Georgia will score 20+ and win and end this fairy tale bullshit season of Vandy.

12. Ohio St. vs 22. Mich St. Ohio St. has more play makers that's obvious, but what they dont have is Javon Ringer. I think i just heard half of Columbus stand up and shout Beanie Wells, Beanie is good but Ringer gets the ball 39 times a game and is a lock for at least 170 yards. If Brian Hoyer can just do his best Joe Flacco impersonation and manage the game than Sparty will pull of the upset.

13. LSU vs. South Carolina. LSU is 6-0 under Les Miles coming off a loss. The last time South Carolina has beat LSU was 1994. Chris Smelly sucks, i often wonder if he has been check for color blindness cause he only has 1 more td than int. Scott just needs to get 120 yards and LSU will take it. I figure he'll get that so ill take the Tigers.

14. Utah vs. Colorado St. Utah is my BCS buster, so ill take them and hope they remain undefeated going into BYU where they can win and punch their ticket.

17. Va Tech vs. B.C. I think Va. Tech is going to win the ACC. B.C. has been a surprise to me at 4-1 without Ryan. Va Tech has only one road loss in ACC play since joing the league and that came in 2006 at B.C. If Va Tech can get their 108th rank offense off the ground then watch out. Tyrod Taylor is not flashy but the kid wins games. Look for Beamer ball too rear its head again and Va Tech to get the win.

18. UNC vs UVA. Butch Davis has the magic working again. Down to their 3rd string qb and still pulling out w's. UVA lost to Duke, i know Duke is 3-2 but its Duke so i dont care what their record is. UNC did just lose star WR Brandon Tate so thats going to hurt them alot but they still have enough play makers to win this game.

19. USF vs. Syracuse. Syracuse is a disgrace to the football world. Anyone who has done something wrong in life i.e. murder (O.J.), stealing (O.J.) or anything else should be forced to watch Syracuse for a season. After watching them for a year that person would be a changed man. USF big, something WVU should have done.

21. Wake Forest vs. Maryland. Riley Skinner is like that one ugly girl in every class. You know shes nice and probably a really nice person aswell but in the end you dont want to be seen with her. Thats how i feel about him, hes a nice kid who as he say " manages the game well". I would not want people to know that he was my qb. Something of intrest is Maryland has won 4 straight against ranked opponents. With that said Maryland is nothing special, and well their Maryland so take Wake Forest.

23. Pitt vs. Navy. Pitt picked the right time for a bye because Navy is no easy opponent. It is almost impossible for a team to learn how to defend the wishbone in a week which is the offense Navy uses. Pitt had 2 weeks to figure it out. The X-Factor will be LeSean McCoy who will rush for over a 150 yards and carry Pitt to a victory.

25. Cal vs. Arizona. At this point Cal coach Jeff Tedford is playing mind games with himself. One week he wants to start Kevin Riley the next Nate Longshore. Just make up your mind i mean shit they both suck so its a lose lose situation. Cal has been off for 12 days which will help. Zona is coming off a 1 point loss to a improved Stanford team. In the end the quaterbackless Golden Bears shall win.

season record 13-4

Big-12 vs. SEC

The debate for conference supremacy is really heating up now between the Big-12 and SEC. Call me crazy but i am at the point where i think the Big-12 is better. I am aware that no one outside of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas agree with me but there's a argument to be had. The SEC is the conference where football junkies go. Its old school hard hitting football with alot of defense, the type of football your dad would enjoy. The Big-12 is the next gen of football. A whole lot of points, no defense allowed type of football, for the casual fan this is what you like and for most people this is just more exciting. Currently the Big-12 has the greatest assembly of qb's one conference has ever seen. Colt McCoy is the Heisman front runner, Sam Bradford is going to be a top 10 pick, Graham Harrell throws for 50 td's and 5,000 yards like its no ones business, you have Chase Daniels who coming into the week was the Heisman front runner and is a great college qb, theres also Zac Robinson who just beat and out played Daniels, o lets not forget Cody Hawkins, Josh Freeman, Joe Ganz, and Robert Griffen all play in the conference and could start any where else. The SEC just has Tebow and Stafford and thats its. The SEC has two main arguments for why they are the best, (1) that the conference has produced four champions in five years and (2) that the conference has "depth." As for previous champions ask Alabama or Ole Miss what they think about previous champions, previous champions having no bearing on this year, because well there LAST YEARS CHAMPIONS!!! Now to the depth issue, there's no way to pretend Tennessee (losers to UCLA, narrow victors over Northern Illinois) is a high quality team this year; ditto Mississippi State, now 2-4 and sinking like a stone. The bottom half of the conference as a whole, in fact, is pretty painful to watch. Auburn is running a broken version of a gimmicky high school offense, and Steve Spurrier not only isn't fielding a competent offense at South Carolina this year—he hasn't since he arrived. Now the Big-12 top teams show why they are superior than the SEC top. Florida lost to Ole Miss, Bama barely beat Kentucky, and LSU snuck by Auburn. As for the Big-12 Oklahoma beat Baylor by 32, Texas beat Coloroado by 24, Mizzou beat Nebraska by 35, and Texas Tech beat K-State by 28. And no go along with the SEC "no weeks off" motto, Nebraska took Tech to OT. Your probably figuring that im making the argument for the SEC by saying the bottom half can compete with the top where as the Big-12 top crushed the bottom but im not, I'm suggesting that the SEC's supposed juggernauts have rather limped by teams rated equally to the lower tiered Big 12 teams—who were just obliterated by the Big 12's actual juggernauts. For example: #13 LSU unimpressively getting past #98 Mississippi State 34-24, or #7 Florida losing at home to #48 Ole Miss.
Contrast with, for example: #6 Missouri thrashing #41 Nebraska in Lincoln, 42-17, or #21 Oklahoma State routing #100 Texas A&M 56-28, also on the road. Now you SEC fans will bring up the schedules of the Big 12's four undefeated teams, to which I have this to say: 1) I'm sorry, but which non-conference wins from the SEC am I supposed to be gushing over? Bama over Clemson was impressive up until we found out just how mediocre the Tigers were when they dropped one to Maryland. Georgia's win over ASU might have looked better had the Sun Devils proven themselves a good enough team to handle UNLV. And Florida's big non-con win was over #54 rated Miami. Beyond that, it's slim pickins', so you'll forgive me if I don't consider finger-pointing at the schedule to be particularly true. Another thing to keep in mind is that there are a couple aspects to each game. One is the opponents quality, the second would be the margin of victory. Now the BCS does not allow for margin of victory to be included in its rankings, but Jeff Sagarin's who provides rankings to USA Today has his own ratings which take into account all the data including margin of victory. In his ratings the SEC does very well with two teams in the Top 10, four in the Top 15, and five in the Top 26. The funny thing is the only conference to top them is guess, go ahead guess, if you guessed the Big-12 then your right. The Big-12 has four teams in the Top 10, and a fifth at #25. For those of you who had a hard time figuring that out its 5-5 for each but the Big-12 has four in the top 10 to the SEC 2 The SEC is a good conference dont get me wrong, but i feel that this year fans are basing their arguments that the SEC is the best conf. on previous years, and good head coaching.

Jamz of the Week

1. Kanye West- Heartless
2. Ludacris feat The Game- Call Up The Homies
3.Justin Timberlake- Steppin Out Tonight
4.Ne-Yo- Real Thing
5.John Legend Feat Brandy- Quickly

NFL Picks Week 6

saints -7 vs oakland. Take the saints, that simple

Colts -4.5 vs Baltimore. Manning vs. Lewis. The Colts are 0-2 in Lucas Oil Stadium, look for Manning to continue what he did in the 4th quater last week. The ravens will keep them in it but ill take Manning over Flacco. Colts

Jets-6 vs Bengals. Palmer out. Take the J-E-T-S

Bucs-1.5 vs Panthers. Take Carolina. Fox has owned Gruden, and he has a 2 headed monster at rb again and Jake Delhomme is 7-1 against the Bucs.

Bears-2.5 vs Falcons. Orten is overdue to have bad game. The Falcons are playing well look for them to build off of last week victory at GB. Ill take ATL.

Minn-13 vs. Det. Kitna is out, Roy Williams keeps bitching, the Lions are horrible. Ill take Minn

Texans-3 vs Mia. The Texans are hungry. Ronnie what can Brown do for you will be held in check just enough for Houston to win.

Den-3 vs Jags. Jay Cutler and his diabiets are going to win MVP. enough said Jags are overrated, ill take denver

Skins-14 vs Rams. Wash should win by 20. Jason Campbells Soup has yet to turn the ball over, so ill take the skins.

Eagles-4.5 vs Niners. No Westbrook, traveling out to SF not an easy feet. Ill take the niners and the points.

Cowboys-6 vs Arizona. The boys secondary is a mess, luckily for them Boldin is out. Look for Tony Romo No Homo to put up just enough points for Dal to cover.

Seahwaks-2 vs. GB. Are we serious with this, a team that gave up 44 points is a 2 point fav. Give me GB.

Chargers-6 vs Pats. SD need the game more than NE. A loss combined with a den victory puts SD 2 games behind. LT has not been himself, i look for him to get back on track. Its tough for any teams to fly from SF to NE then back to SD. Ill take SD

Giants-8 vs Browns. Derek Anderson sucks, Winslow is likely out. Plax is hungry after seeing the offense throw up 44 points woithout him. Give me the giants.

Last week vs. the line 1-2-1

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College Football week 7

1. Oklahoma vs. 5. Texas. Texas trots into this game with their mythological qb, and also being an underdog. Serious where does Mack Brown get these qb's Colt McCoy, Major Applewhite, whats next Hoof Cattle. I dont know but what i do know is Texas is getting NO respect in this game. Their 7 point dogs to Choke-loma. All i been hearing is Oklahoma's offense is too much for Texas, well friends Texas has the 4th ranked defense in the country. I believe Will Muschamp will be able to come up with enough wrinkles too keep Texas in the game, and ultimately it will come down to Colt and well see if he can win the game, I think he can. Ill take Texas.

3. Mizzou vs. 17. Okla St. This game is going to be a whole lot of fun to watch seeing as how we have the number two and number 3 scoring offenses in the country. The most impressive thing about Mizzous offense is that they have yet to go three and out. QB Zac Robison will be powering Ok St offense and he is the third highest rated qb in the country. OK ST defense is giving up 338 yards and im figuring that Mizzou will put up more yards than that. Chase Daniel is the early Heisman front runner and Jeremy Macklin is one of the most exciting WR's in college football. Ill take Mizzou.

4. LSU vs. 11. Florida. If this game didn't have enough hype around it coming in LSU defensive tackle Ricky Jean-Francois had to go open his mouth and say that the Tigers were going to try and knock Tebow out of the game. Tebow is the last player i would want to piss off. I mean the kid is a nut giving him bulletin board material is not smart. LSU qb situation is still a mess which means there gonna have to rely on the run. As for Florida Urban Meyer finally has figured out how to use Chris Rainy who is coming off a 103 yards rushing performance. Florida is pissed, Tebow is hungry and also pissed. So with that said ill take the Gators ( lets all hope Erin Andrews works this game to!)

6. Penn St. vs Wisconsin. Camp Randell may be one of the most overrated stadiums in college football. Wisconsin just does not have the horses to run with Penn St high powered offense. Penn St by double digits

7. Texas Tech vs. Nebraska. Theres really not alot to talk about here. Bo Pelini went into last weeks game against Mizzou saying they were gonna shut out Mizzou. Well lasted a whole hmmm 50 seconds. Texas Tech will role in and role right back out. Texas Tech BIG!!!

8. USC vs. ASU. How far they have fallen, ASU that is. This team was pre-season 15 and returned Rudy Carpentar with Dennis Erickson coaching it looked like they would be right there for a PAC-10 championship. Now ASU is 2-3 and about too be 2-4. Marc Sanchez is questionable but thats ok because its USC and they 23 other qb's behind him that could start at any other school. This is another game where it should be over by half-time. USC BIG!!!

9. BYU vs New Mexico. BYU has this kid called Max Hall, hes a qb and hes really good. Hes so good that he threw 6 tds in a HALF against UCLA. New Mexico does not have a Max Hall, though they do have a win against Arizona which i guess is impreesve. BYU knows that no one thinks they will be in the national championship, shit their coach came out and openly said it. In the end BYU will win

10. Georgia vs. Tenn. Georgia made be look like an absolute jackass after they came out an laid an egg against Bama going down 31-0 eventually to come back and only lose by 10. None the less i don't like being made a fool of with this said Georgia is going to fucking crush Tennessee. Tennessee Offense is in shambles they have no qb, they scored 13 points against N. Illionis and talks are that Kiffen may end up there. Know-Show Moreno will play this and Georgia like me is not happy that they got embarrassed on national tv. Look to see the Bulldog team we saw in the second half against Bama. Georgia big, if a team could win by 3 digits this would be the game.

12. Ohio St vs. Purdue. Ok i hate Ohio St im sick of them. With that out of the way this is not a big game so that means Ohio St will win. Beanie Wells is a very good running back and Pryor is improving each week. Purdue is stuck in neutral right now and qb Curtis Painter who looked so good last year is having a down year. Buckeyes win this one kids pretty easily

13. Vanderbilt vs. Miss St. I still don't know how Vandy is undefeated, there dead last in the SEC in offense and defense. This where you tell me hey they lead the SEC in takeaways. Vandy is by far the ugliest team to watch, to the point they make a person contemplate pulling a Vince Young. This will prob be the lowest scoring game of the week which means that Vandy will win.

14. Utah vs. Wyoming. Im not even gonna protend that i know a thing about Wyoming cause i don't. I do know however that Utah is a dam good team and is just waiting till Nov 22 when they host BYU. Utah is focused on the prize and securing a BCS bowl game, beating BYU and being undefeated will help them achieve that goal. Utah all the way.

15. Boise St. vs Southern Miss. Ian Johnson, a freshman qb that went into Oregon and won. Well thats all i need to here, Ill take Boise St.

16. Kansas vs. Colorado. Kansas is coming off a come from behind victory against Iowa St. As for Colorado the Buffs are coming off back to back losses to FSU and Texas. If Cody Hawkins can manage the game and freshman running backs Darrell Scott and Rodney Stewart can find the wholes than this game will be interesting. With that said i think Todd Ressing and Kansas will pull this one off but it will be close.

20. Auburn vs. Arkansas. Well Arkansas sucks and Auburns offense sucks so that must mean this game is gonna suck. Probably, Auburn just fired offensive cord Tony Fraklin Wednesday after head coach Tommy Tuberville said he wouldn't. It was evident that Auburn was struggling with the spread but they gave up early. As for Arkansas well they are bad really really bad. Auburn may not score and still win this game that's how bad Arkansas is so ill say Auburn 0 Arkansas -1

22. UNC vs. Notre Dame. Do not adjust your screens yes that is UNC football in the top 25 i no. UNC has a pair of big play receivers and Notre is young and will struggle on the road. Butch Davis is doing it yet again but im not a believe just yet. I hate Notre Dame but i think that Jimmy will pull it out. If UNC wins this i will then truly believe.

23. Michigan St vs. Northwestern. Northwestern is 5-0 but that is about to change. The cats have yet to see a running back like Javon Ringer. The kid is a animal he has 12 tds, 988 yards and is avg 165 yards a game. Ill take Sparty and the Javon Ringer show.

25. Ball St vs. Western Kentucky. Earlier in the year my friend Josh played Ball St and he warned me about them. He said im telling you there good they will have one of the top offenses in the country, i laughed at this. Well ill be dammed cause hes been right Ball St lowest scoring output this season is 31 and there still moving the ball without star receiver Donte Love who was paralyzed a few weeks ago. Ill take Ball St and that offense.

ALCS Preview

Game 1 of the ALCS is tonight and it will feature the Boston Red Sox vs. the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays won the season series 10-8 and are 8-1 at the Trop versus the Sox's this season. The Rays will be sending Jaime Shields to the mound who went 14-8 with a 3.56 era. Shields is 2-4 in 8 career starts versus the Sox's with an era of 5.23. Shields has pitched well at home this season against the Sox's going 2-0 with a 1.17 era. At Fenwat though its a different story, he is 0-2 with a era of 21.21 which is just awful. The guy that Shields has struggled with the most is David Ortiz who is .500 with 2hrs and 6 rbi's. Shields did pitch well in is only playoff outing going 6 1/3 and allowing 3 runs versus the White Sox's. One thing that bods well for Shields is that he has been lights out at home this season, posting a record of 9-2 with a 2.59 era. On the other side the Sox's will be throwing Dice K out there who went 18-3 with a 2.90 era. Dice K on the road this season has also been lights out, and arguably the best road pitcher in baseball. Matsuzaka went 9-0 2.37 era. In his only postseason outing Matsuzaka struggled, going 5 innings allowing 3 runs on 8 hits. Dice K has not pitched great in his career versus Tampa Bay posting a record of 2-3 with a 3.75 era. On the season he is 1-0 with a 3.00 era. One thing that is a positive though for him is that he did dominate them in his last outing, going 5 innings allowing 1 run and striking out 7.

The Sox's have been a perennial playoff power since reeling off eight straight wins in the 2004 postseason, erasing a 3-0 deficit to the New York Yankees in the ALCS and eventually winning its first World Series since 1918. The Red Sox also entered this year as reigning champions, overcoming a 3-1 series deficit to Cleveland in last season’s ALCS and winning seven straight, capped by a World Series sweep of Colorado. The fact that Boston is again on the cusp of representing the AL is no great surprise, but its opponent is more than a bit stunning. The Rays came into 2008 with nothing but a decade of losing to their credit. They’d never won more than 70 games in a season and compiled the worst cumulative record in baseball since 1998, their first year of existence. The Rays went 57-24 at the Trop this season, which was the best home record in baseball, and are currently 2-0 at home in the playoffs. If there was one thing the Rays were able to do against the Sox's it was that they knew how to win the close games. The Rays were 6-0 in one run games this season against Boston, the one run victory's led to the Rays winning the season series. Something to being looking for tonight is pitcher Jaime Shields. Shields if you remember was a big part of that mid season bench clearing brawl that led to him and Coco Crisp doing their best Rocky vs. the Russian impersonation.

In the end the match up favors the Sox's considerably, from pitching to lineup to managing its all in the Sox's favor. People try to make a big deal about Dice K and his control but honestly I'm sick of hearing that shit. OK he has struggled with his control we know but look closely at the numbers, opponents are hitting just .211 against him, which is the worst average against any starter in baseball. If the Rays are going to get to the World Series then their gonna need Eva Longoria to start hitting. Eva was the teams MVP in the regular season hitting .272 with 27hrs and 85 rbi's all while missing 40 games. In the playoffs though he hasn't been the same player, in his first game he had 2 hrs and 3 hits but then went 1-12 the rest of the series. When everything is said and done i don't think the Rays have a prayer to win this series. The Sox's have the experience the better pitching, and they have been there before. I say take expercience over youth. Soxs in 5

NLCS Preview

This is the first time the Dodgers and Phils have met in the playoffs since 1983. They Phillies may have the better regular season match up, but that doesn't mean there going to win this series. The Dodgers pitching shut down the leagues best offense, but unfortunately for them they may be facing the NL's second best lineup. Also keep in mind the Cubs could not hit right handed pitching at, the Phillies wont have the same stuggles with Howard and Utley. Another thing the Phillies can do is run. Jimmy Rollins had 47 sb and Shane Victorino had 36, also Jayson Werth was able to swipe 20 bags. The hitter that I'm gonna being watching from the Phillies is Chase Utley. Utley came out of the gates on fire hitting 25 hrs, and hit .291, after the All-Star break Utley hit just 8 hrs. Utley and Howard both struggled against the Brewers hitting just .154, if the Phillies are going to win this series they need to get production from their top two hitters.

The Dodgers aren't the leagues most patience team, but at times against the Cubs they looked like there bats were glued to their shoulders. In game 1 it may not be the best stratagey to be patience with Cole Hamels, because if they get behind in counts they are in trouble. Once the Dodgers get by Hamles though things look promising. The Phillies other three starters can all get into trouble when there behind in the count, and all rely on the hitters getting themselves out. The Dodgers are going to need to get production from other hitters such as James Loney and Andre Either, becasue we all know that Jerry Maunel is planning on giving Manny Ramirez the Barry Bonds treatment. Manny looks like a new guy in LA playing hard and bringing a fresh new vibe to that locker room. Something to keep an eye on is the Dodgers starting pitching. We know the Phillies have the best pitcher in the series in Cole Hamles, but overall the Dodgers have the better post-season rotation. Lowe loves the big moments and it is a contract year, we know what that means, also the last time Lowe lost in the postseason was 2003 since then hes 4-0 with a 2.93 era. Chad Billingsly is one of the most underratted pitchers in baseball, and showed that in the NLDS. Hiroki Kuroda versus the Phils this year has dominated them. In two games he is 1-0 with a 1.38 era.

In the end I dont think I know who is going to win this series, the Dodgers. I picked the Dodgers at the beginning of the playoffs to reach the World Series and im sticking with that pick. The Dodgers are an improved Rockies team from last season, they have cought lighting in a bottle. The MVP of this series is not going to be Manny simply because the Phillies will not throw to him. So my MVP of the series is the guy who is fully healthy now and changes the whole game, Rafael Furcal. Furcal played 36 and had 8 sb and hit 357. Furcal will get on base, and by doing so will change the way the Phillies approach each game. I like the Dodgers in 7 and if they get by Philly it would set up an extremely interesting matchup back in Fenway.

NBA Preview: Bucks

Recap: The Bucks came out of the gates hot, starting 7-4 with wins over the Cavs, Lakers, and Mavs. Then the wheels fell off in a big way. The Bucks forgot that in the NBA those half court rules do not apply. Their biggest problem was they played some offense but once the ball crossed over the half court line and it was time to play defense they looked like a straight guy at a gay pride convention, absolutely lost. By All Star break they were 19-34, the sad part was unlike the year before they weren't tanking. Over the Bucks final 24 games they went 4-20 and had 8 losses by 16 points or more. To say the Bucks sucked was a major understatement. The Bucks brought in head coach Larry Krystkowiak to improve the defense that failed under Terry Stotts, who was brought in to fix the defensive problems the team had under Terry Porter, who was brought in to fix the defensive problems under George Karl. Does anyone see a pattern here, I don't think i have to make some asshole/controversial remark for you to figure it out. The Bucks horrible seasoning led to the firing of GM Larry Harris and coach Krystkowiak which was no surprise, what was a surprise was the trading away of 1st round pick Yi Jianlian. Jianlian sucked, actually i retract that because saying he sucked is a compliment. If i was a Bucks i would have been hoping for one of two options, Either a hired assassin takes him out while he is sitting on the bench or he came down with a sudden case of SARS. There are a couple of things the Bucks did well, all came in the off season. The Bucks hired Pistons assistant GM John Hammond, who then hired Scott Skiles. Another good move was that Hammond went out and got Richard Jefferson who will help give the Bucks a solid 1-2 punch with Michael Redd. Hammond then used his 1st round pick on WVU star Joe Alexander, who is a project pick with a lot of upside.

Strength: 1-2 punch. The 1-2 punch is Redd and Jefferson, and this is all the Bucks have. A lot of teams will struggle to match up on the wings with these two becasue they can shoot and slash. Redd will clearly be the go to guy in the lineup, and with the addition of Jefferson he will have more chance to catch and shoot. Jefferson is going to be the best slasher this team has seen in a long time. Jefferson also has a solid mid-range j.

Weakness: Everything Else. once you get past Redd and Jefferson the Bucks are bad, real bad. They have Andrew Bogut, and Charlie Villanueva, who some people think are good, i think those people are IDIOTS. Bogut and Villanueva are serviceable that's about it, i honestly believe that if you were to take Redd and Jefferson off this team they would lose to North Carolina. Bogut and Villanueva look like they both are stuck in quick sand, and neither one has a vertical over 1inch. Enough talk about these 2 smucks, lets look at 1st round pick Joey A. Now i don't want to be too critical of Joey cause he went to WVU but I'm not his biggest fan. Joey is a nice kid who is gonna hustle his ass off, but he is extremely raw to say the least. He had 1 good year at WVU and that was under Huggy Bear who does wonders with kids ( on and off the court, ie.. his drinking with underage girls). Alexander was drafted off of his potential alone, rightfully so though because his ceiling is high. Alexander will work hard and be a great kid to have in the locker room, just don't look to see much from him in his rookie year. Hes not the best shooter and is raw at all other fascists of the game but like i said he will hustle.

Outlook: Boy is this team gonna suck. Teams are going to try and turn each game into a 5 on 2 game. They will let Redd and Jefferson get their numbers and hold everyone else in check. The Bucks will have problems on d especially down low with those two players who at this point i refuse to even name. In the back court the Bucks have three backup point guards, none of which deserve to start in the NBDL let alone the NBA. Another issue is the Bucks have capped themselves for the next three seasons with some of their signings. Most likely the Bucks will be in that Brandon Jennings Ricky Rubio sweep stakes.

Prediction: 30-52

NBA Preview: Player Rankings

Lets take a quick brake from breaking down teams and do a position by position break down of the top players in the league, and also pre season awards. MVP- CP3, ROY- Greg Oden, Defensive Player of the year- Kevin Garnett, Coach of the Year- Erik Spoelstra. Now the top 3 players by position.

PG- CP3, Deron Williams, Agent Zero.

SG- Kobe, D. Wade, Kevin Martin.

SF- LeBrick, Carmelo, Iguodala, Rudy Gay will be there by the end of the year.

PF- KG, Bosh, Dirk.

C- Howard, Yao, Amare,

NBA Preview: Magic

Recap: The magic had an interesting off season, an off season where they saw Billy Donovan accept the job one day and quit the next. Donovan's loss was Stan Van Gundy's gain, and Van Gundy seized his opportunity. The Magic won 52 games and the Southeast Division, and made it too the second round where they lost to the Pistons. Van Gundy turned this team from a soft team into a physical team. He turned Hedo Turkoglu the teams former 6th man into a play maker and had him run the offense more times than the point guard. All this work lead to Turkoglu winning the Most Improved Player award. Another big positive for the Magic was that Dwight Howard turned the corner from being a good player to a great player. Howard had his best offensive year, led the league in rebounds and made a significant improvement on the defensive end. The only flaw in Howard's game is his FT shooting where he shot 59%. My advice is less time preparing for the dunk contest and more time at the line. But i cant knock Howard because i like the kid alot he reminds me of a younger Shaq. Besides Howard and Turkoglu the magic went out and spent a boat load of money on Rashard Lewis, 6 years 122 million to be exact. Now Lewis was not worth a 122 mill but he did play well averaging 18.2 pts and 5.4 boards. Now the Magic did not stop with the moves at the trade deadline they sent Trevor Ariza someone i like because he has alot of upside to the Lakers for Brian Cook and Maurice Evans. Now Cook was a disaster in Orlando, they should have pulled the plug on him about 2 weeks into the deal. For Evans however, he was a nice surprise, he worked hard and played his ass off which payed, by the end of the year he was the starting shooting guard. Because Howard demanded so many double teams the magic were able to get alot of good looks from 3 and took advantage, hitting 38.6% of their 3's which was 4th best. The problem for the magic was they could shoot the lights out but they had trouble creating a shot. When they were able to create a shot they hit it, but often times they had trouble getting shots off. A interesting stat is that the Magic had the 6 best offense and the 5th best defense, the numbers actually project the Magic as a 58 win team. The paper numbers didn't translate to wins but its a possible sign of what to come from the Magic.
Strength: Forwards. The Magic may have the best front court in basketball. Howard is the best Center in basketball arguably the best big man in basketball, but what helps Howard be so effective is that he has two 6'10 forwards that can put the ball on the floor and score from anywhere. Lewis and Turkoglu are match up nightmares for teams because it requires there big men to go out to the top of the key and perimeter an man up against them, doing this now leaves the paint wide open to penetrate with guards. These forwards are not one trick pony's either each of them can guards. Howard emerged as one of the top shot blockers and Lewis size gives opposing players fits because he is so lanky, the same can be said for Turkoglu.
Weakness: Bench. To say the Magic bench is composed of rookies and retards is an understatement. The Magic bench is like a circus you never know what your going to see, though you know it should be highly entertaining weather for the good or bad. The Magic loss Keyon Dooling and Carlos Arroyo who were their best bench players, leaving Keith Bogans to carry the load. The bench also has Tony Battie who is awful, JJ Redick who couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat. The bench's best player will be 1st round pick Courtney Lee out of Western Kentucky. If Lee doesn't produce then the Magic could be facing a big problem, having to run their starters alot longer then they would like.
Outlook: If there is one thing i know its that you eventually have to give your starters a rest. When the Magic run into this problem there gonna struggle. The lack of depth on this team is going to be their Achilles heal all season. The Magic starting five is one of the best in the league espically when you look at them upgrading their shooting guard position when they added Pietrus, and you have to love their big 3. Another problem the Magic could face this year is the injury bug, something that they did not have to deal with last season. With that said whenever you have a player like Dwight Howard and Rashard Lewis you have to think the team is going to compete and win there fair share of games. The southeast is a weak divison so the Magic will win that and get a top 4 seed but most likely they will get the 4 seed and run into the Green Machine in the 2nd round. The Magic would need all the Magic in the world in order to get by the Boston Three Party, and even then it wont happen.
Prediction: 49-33