Filowitz's Friday Five

New Year's Resolution edition!

1) I resolve to watch as many Warriors games as possible, so I can have a constant tonic of joy to counterbalance whatever illness I'll feel by watching the Knicks.

2) I resolve to root against the Patriots every chance I get, this year's playoffs, the draft, next preseason, and next season. Rooting against is much more fun that grudging respect.

3) I resolve to go to many more baseball games, as there is no finer live sporting experience, and I do live a mile or so from probably the greatest ballpark in the US.

4) I resolve to love more and hate less, to embrace optimism and push away cynicism, to pursue joy and lose all self-pity. It seems like the right year for unabashed happiness.

5) I resolve to keep this blog going strong all through 2008. It's been fun so far (hopefully for you all, too) and it can only get better from here!

Thanks for reading, and here's hoping you all have a sweet new year!

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Here Come The Warm Jets: Week 16

This Sunday was a day for bad football.

Truly awful, barely competent, not at all compelling football. Error filled football. Sloppy football. Cheese sandwich left on the counter for two weeks, rotting and covered in mold football.

There was not a team I saw, including the Colts and the Pats, that looked at all like a dominant, proficient, scary team.

Well, maybe Jacksonville, but that was against an Oakland team that had clearly quit. So what does that even say?

The Jets, at least, did not quit. They fought hard, they gave the Titans a game, the Titans who did have something to play for.

Of course, the offense wasn't competent enough to score. Thomas Jones still cannot finish, he of the lone, single, solitary touchdown for the whole season. Chad Pennington is just good enough to get you just close enough to not do enough.

At least there will be no quarterback controversy for next year. Chad proved that he is the same as he ever was, and ever will be. A change of scenery will probably do him well, especially given how bad the QBs in the league are. Give him time to throw and a running game, and he will deliver wins.

So now there is one game left. Against ol' Herm. Whose team also stinks, worse than the aforementioned cheese sandwich.

And then I can rest my weary fandom for a couple of months, until the draft raises my hopes and optimism to heights that I know are dangerous, and from whence I know I will likely be cast down from most cruelly and violently, but where I climb knowingly and willingly each year, if only to smell that young, fresh, invigorating air for a short minute.

Next year can't start soon enough.

Reason #357 Why You Wouldn't Want To Be Rasho Nesterovic

What an entertaining basketball game that was! High scoring, lots of dunks, not very much defense.

Oh, and there was this:




Watch that a couple of times, and it'll remind you why we watch this sport.

Happy Holidays!

Filowitz's Friday Five

Late because I'm Seattle edition!

1) I'm going to see the Sonics tonight at the Key Arena. That should be interesting. I plan on enjoying Kevin Durant and booing Earl Watson. Maybe I can even get a "Fire Isiah" chant going. That'd be fun.

2) The Raptors are who they're playing. I'll get to see what the big deal is about Chris Bosh and this high-scoring Toronto team. And to see if this Jamario Moon character is as for real as he seems to be in the limited times I've watched Raptors games this year.

3) The NFL playoffs can't start soon enough. We know who the top teams are already. Let's see them play big-time big-pressure games. I want to know who is going to choke, who will fail miserably, and who might end up performing so bad that they end up like Nick Anderson after the 1995 NBA Finals.

4) Remember that NBA related project I've been mentioning? (Pretend you do) It is now officially ready to be announced. Readers, I present to you The Disciples of Clyde NBA Podcast! This is a new weekly podcast about the NBA that I am doing with my creative collaborator, Ken Drews. This is the link: http://disciplesofclyde.com/ You can go there right now and download episodes, including the most recent one, where we talk about going to the Knicks-Bulls game last week. Listen, and subscribe to our RSS feed (we'll be available on iTunes soon, too.)

5) Happy Christmas to all you goyim out there! Enjoy celebrating the birth of your savior by embracing the consumerism and money-lending he so vehemently abhorred! Ah, I'm just kidding - eat a Santa-shaped ginger bread cookie just for me.

Here Come The Warm Jets: Week 15

I refused to watch the Jets-Pats game.

It snowed in Chicago on Saturday night, it was cold on Sunday, and I need a vacation. I didn’t need to be further depressed.

I mean, look, we all knew the Jets weren’t going to be the one team to beat the Pats this year. Not a chance.

So the only reason to watch was to root for the team to not lose by a lot. Does that sound like fun to you? Go team! Try to lose by less than three touchdowns! Whee!

Anyway, the Jets lost, but managed to be competitive, and forced Tom Brady into his worst game of the year. Hooray for moral victories.

The only good thing you can really say is that the team hasn’t quit, and that there are enough young guys in key positions to give hope for a nice turnaround next year.

The bad things you can say go on for a while. In short, they need a right tackle and left guard (getting rid of Pete Kendall was so dumb, I don’t even want to talk about it). They need to draft a big defensive lineman that can stop the run and get pressure on the QB. They could really use a big-play wide receiver, or anyone truly explosive on offense.

I’ll be in Seattle this coming weekend, watching the Jets-Titans game with the biggest Jets fan I know, Teaneck’s own Greg Kohler. I predict we’ll be drunk and cursing a lot, especially once the Jets allow Vince Young to look like a cross between Randall Cunningham and Joe Montana. Report to follow.

Filowitz's Friday Five

Late Friday edition!

1) Kris covers the Mitchell report so I don’t have to. Here’s a fun game: guess which one of his text-message responses was mine! Winner gets racked in the chops by Mr. D. Loser gets racked in the chops by Mrs. D. (is there a better phrase than “racked in the chops”? I’m going to say no.)

2) Here’s what it’s like to be a Knicks fan right now: I miss Kurt Thomas. I watched that loss to the Sonics and literally said out loud (to no one) “I miss Kurt Thomas.” I need help.

3) Why else do I need help? I’m actually going to see the Knicks play the Bulls tonight. I’ll write about it soon if my eyes don’t bleed to death.

4) It’s not really a revelation or anything, but Kevin Durant is a pretty sick player. The dunk he had against the Knicks in the fourth quarter, where he went around a screen and blew by David Lee, was incredible. He made it look so easy, so fluid, so quick. He’s 6’10”. It shouldn’t look that easy. If actually gets a real point guard (the Seattle SuperSonics, starring Earl Watson as Beyond Horrible and Luke Ridnour as Totally Worthless) he will be frightening.

5) Where do you think that Houston-Denver game ranks in all time lowest rated cable programs? Lowest of the year, or of all time?

The Needle Report Cometh

Wow, I don’t even know what to say. My thoughts on this ridiculously over played subject are all over the place right now, but I will try and write something coherent here, but it will probably just be a jumble of thoughts.

First of all let me say that deep down I don’t really give a rat’s ass. Nothing in this “report” changes my opinion of a single player, team or era of time in major league baseball. If you put a gun to my head and say who is the greatest baseball player I ever saw I would still say Barry Lamar Bonds; the same goes for pitcher, I would still say William Roger Clemens.

Last night many of you received my text message that simply asked two questions;
What does this all mean? And can I now move on with my life? Here is a sampling of the responses I got back:

- They only left about 1500 names off the list.
- Pretty much to get the media tiger off their backs because he general public doesn’t seem to car.
- People did things! Things!
- We are still going to root for the Yankees when Pettitte is pitching. (ed. note: now that’s a true Yankee, you paying attention A-Rod)
- It means some guys may or may not have done something that wasn’t illegal at the time.
- It means a lot of people tell on others to make themselves feel good.
- No. No more life.
- It’s all bullshit.
- I am just hoping it means that I won’t have to hear about Vick anymore. I don’t know if you heard but he’s in jail. (obviously a jaded Atlanta sports fan…poor girl)

What do all these comments mean, well as Sonny in “A Bronx Tale” always would say, “Nobody cares.” And forever nobody has cared and what’s worse is after reading this flimsy “report” you almost have to care less.

Seriously, was this thing put together by a fifth grader? I have read things that I would believe more on the walls of gas station bathrooms than what is in this “report.” Where is the chain of evidence in this “report?” Of the 86 players named only 8 of them where ever actually seen doing anything. And Mitchell contends that this was an epidemic in MLB yet somehow in 20 months and over $20 million spent he could only extrapolate 86 names out of the 5,148 players that have appeared in the majors since 1985. Wow, your right Mitch that is an epidemic of 1.67% of players. Then there is the big name is all of this and that is Roger Clemens, boy they have some damning evidence on him. His trainer supposedly wrote out checks to Radomski, the star witness here and former Met’s clubhouse attendee turned drug peddler, for steroids. After that McNamee alledged he shot up Clemens with steroids, never saying anything about Andy Pettitte by the way. That’s it, that’s the sole evidence to convict Roger Clemens in the court of public opinion. What about poor Brian Roberts? Radomski alleges that at a lunch meeting with David Segui and Larry Bigbie that Bigbie said that Roberts said that he had tried steroids once or twice. Huh, are you fucking serious, there are rumors going around the halls of any high school in this country about who gave who a blowjob in the bathroom during 3rd period that are more true than the shit in this “report.” As Lionel Hutz the ambulance chasing lawyer of the town of Springfield in The Simpsons television show would say, “I have conjecture and hearsay, those are kinds of evidence.” That is exactly what the “Mitchell Report” is to me.

Here is some more food for thought, and I do love food. Why not spend all this time and money trying to prove some quantifiable results on how much steroids help a baseball player. Or even try and do some more research on the negative effects of the drugs on the human body so that we can maybe educate people about this problem. No, it is way better to just slander people so Bud Selig can feel better about himself. Speaking of old Bud, good job putting your little Red Sox henchmen out there to try and drag as many Yankees as he could through the mud. How many Red Sox players were named, one? Wow what a shocker that someone who is co-owner of the Red Sox would somehow try and nail Clemens to a wall as much as he possibly could. But what would you expect from a guy who was elected commissioner while he was still an owner himself. Imagine how baseball would prosper if they had some actually leadership?

And lastly, just for you Martin I was listening to the radio last night and they were interviewing Executive Vice President for Baseball Operations for Major League Baseball Bob Dupay (what title by the way, how does one get that on a business card) and he mentioned what do we tell the children? I almost swerved off the road, it didn’t even take 24 hours for someone to bring up that old clichéd line….please, won’t someone think of the children.

Kris and Dan Answer NBA Questions

We took a little time off due to unforeseen circumstances (admit it, you missed us) but now Kris and Dan are back answering NBA questions.

Let's get right to it:

Question: Are the Washington Wizards really better without Gilbert Arenas?


Kris says:

In short, the answer is no.

However, something seems to happen to young teams when they lose a superstar. They rally around that and all pick up the slack for a little while. And with a young team it can help instill the necessary confidence in those young guys that will help carry them in the playoffs.

Obviously, last season the Wizards were just devastated to lose Agent Zer0 just weeks prior to the playoffs. Most weren’t sure if he would be back to start the season, but he was and the Wizards looked again as a strong contender in the East. However the Wiz started off the season by losing five straight, then rebounded to win 6 straight in the middle of which Arenas was again injured.

Since the injury the Wizards have won 8 of 13 games and put themselves back in the hunt. During this time it has allowed Caron Butler to really grow into his own player. He is the Robin to Arenas’ Batman when it comes playoff time. In Jamison, Haywood and Antonio Daniels there is a solid core of veterans but Butler needs to stand up and be counted on to win games with Arenas on the offensive end of the floor. The Wizards also have received contributions from their young bench in the time Arenas has sat out including third year man center Andrea Blatche and rookie Swingman Nick Young both of whom ripped off 3 straight double figure games when Arenas was inured.

So in fact the Arenas early season injury may turn out to be a good thing for the Wizards down the road, or at least that’s what I think. As great man once said, “often wrong, but never in doubt.”

Dan says:

Let’s get this out there first: Gilbert Arenas is a phenomenally talented player. He can score from anywhere, he can create his own shot off the dribble, and he is fearless in crunch time. He also plays with confidence and swagger that his teammates feed off of.

So of course in the long run the Wizards aren’t better off without him. No team is better when they lose a guy who’s one of the top 15 players in the league.

But here’s the thing about Gilbert Arenas: he dominates the ball. He needs the ball in his hands on most possessions, and he is a scorer first, facilitator second. Sure, he averages a pretty high assists-per-game, around 6, but that has as much to do with the pace that Washington plays as it does his ability as a play-maker for others.

So to some degree Gilbert’s success necessarily diminishes the success of those around him. Because of the volume of shots he takes, because of the volume of possessions that go through his hands, it limits what the other people on the Wizards can do.

Now, if this was a team like, say, the Cavs, where the other players are not particularly good, then losing your best player is catastrophic. But the Wizards have Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison. Both of those guys are outstanding players, way better than ordinary.

So with Gilbert gone, and with the ball being spread to these two all-star-level players much more than usual, the Wizards have turned out to be fine without Arenas. And remember, it was that both Butler AND Arenas were out at the end of last year that caused the Wizards to fail so miserably in the playoffs.

The answer then, is no, they are not better without him. But they are not as bad off without him as they could be.

While we’re here – why isn’t there more talk about the Caron Butler for Kwame Brown trade being one of the worst ever? Do you think Kobe wouldn’t mind playing with Caron Butler right now? How much better would the Lakers be with a lineup of Fischer, Bryant, Butler, Odom, and Bynum, with Walton, Turiaf, and Farmar off the bench? Just a lot better or championship run better?

Undefeated for a reason

Hopefully, that's the visual on what Dan is talking about.

I was dying to see Pretty Boy and Fatton (both nicknames the fighters seem to embody), but as a father of two with a wife who seems to want me home all the time, the best I could do was a live radio feed from a British website.

It was great listening to two English guys, clearly wanting to root for their guy, but having to admit it when Mayweather would catch Hatten with "another crushing blow".

Boxing is a dying art form in this country and that's a shame. It's losing out to Mixed Martial Arts because the media likes to focus on heavyweights, therefore great fighters like Roy Jones Jr. have to move up to gain national attention, lightweight battles get lost in the shuffle and Pretty Boy isn't seen for what he is - the best you or I may ever see.

Only Roy Jones can throw his name into that arguement, but he didn't fight the best until it was too late. That and he's not still undefeated...

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Here Come The Warm Jets: Week 14

There are so many things I'd rather write about than this Jets-Browns game.

Like, did anyone see Hatton-Mayweather? That was a quite the entertaining fight. Floyd is nasty, virtually unbeatable. Hatton has nothing to be ashamed of, though. He fought like a man, kind of like a lighter, whiter, Britisher Joe Frazier, in that he kept coming forward, coming forward. He just never could land any of his punches flush - Floyd's defense is that good, and he's faster than anyone. And those lefts that put Hatton down in the 10th? Vicious. Also, the fight ended with poetry: huge left rocks Hatton, ref stops it, Hatton falls down, his corner throws the tile, all seemingly synchronized. All said, one of the better fights I've seen, well, ever.

And, hey, how about that Jamaal Tinsley situation? His Rolls Royce got shot up by an automatic assault rifle after he got in an argument with some dudes at the club? You mean that stuff they talk about in rap songs isn't just artistic hyperbole? Like Keanu says: Whoa.



So, right, this is a Jets column, and I should get to that. It's just, you know, they stink, and they're playing for pride and draft position at this point.

I'll give them credit for not quitting on the season like the Dolphins and Falcons seem to have. And the defense has been playing better since the bye week - it'd be nice if that's something to build on for next year. Though that was true last year, too, where the defense was better the second half of the year. Maybe in the off season they can work on having the defense play well for an entire season instead of only half.


Opening line for the game against the Pats: New England by 24.5. So that's the goal - cover that insultingly insulting spread. Have some pride, fellas. I've said this before, but prove all the "beat em by 70" people wrong. Please. For the love of God and Curtis Martin, please. Give the Pats a game.

Filowitz's Friday Five

1) I read this article this morning (have I mentioned before that I think Howard Beck is a fantastic beat reporter?) I thought to myself, this is the kind of thing we may want to remember three months from now if the Knicks find a way to turn things around. Then I thought to myself, given these bunch of dudes, the way things have gone the last six or seven years, this is the kind of thing that we won’t even be able to remember three months from now since in that time the Knicks will have gone through more ups and downs than three Russian novels.

2) So, who had Todd Collins on their fantasy team? Put your hand down. Let me rephrase that – who knew Todd Collins was in the league? Seriously, put your hand down. Let me re-rephrase – who knew Todd Collins was still alive? I’m not kidding, Bears defense, put your hands down.

3) Kris wanted to know what happened to the Rockets. There are two simple answers. One, Yao is a defensive liability. Which is crazy, given his size. Two, they have a bunch of point guards on the roster, but not one that is actually any good. If Rafter Alston and Steve Francis are getting any kind of significant minutes on your team, your team is not going to dominate. There is also a third answer, which is that they are still adjusting to a new coach and his new system. That typically takes some time. I have a feeling that this team has one of those long mid-season win streaks in them, which will put them in the top third of the Western Conference, where they belong.

4) You know what’s kind of fun? Seeing the Bulls stink again. That’s fun. It doesn’t remove all the pain I feel when I think of what Isiah did for them with the ridiculous Crawford and Curry deals. But it helps.

5) There is no freakin’ way the Steelers beat the Pats this weekend. The only way the Pats lose is if they let up against the Jets (unlikely, given the rivalry) or the Dolphins, or if they have completely stopped caring for the Giants game (especially if the Giants need to win to lock up a playoff spot.) But for this game, the Pats are going to be up for it. This is going to be like a playoff game for them. And as we’ve seen, the Pats rarely lose these types of games. Which sucks balls.

1 on 1 with: Andy Kennedy

This Q and A with the Ole Miss men's basketball coach may get edited and/or shortened for the print edition that will appear in Thursday's Madison County Herald. But thanks to the power of the Internet, here's the full version for all you Rebel fans...

OK, so I know there's probably not a lot of Rebel fans reading this site, but I'm a small-time reporter that got a couple of minutes with a college coach. Yes, I know that fat people get that all the time, but I don't so here's my five seconds of fame...

By Martin Kester
mkester@mcherald.com

Kevin Myers’ friendship with Andy Kennedy was instrumental in drawing the Ole Miss men’s basketball coach to a fund-raising effort for the girls athletic programs at Tri-County Academy. On Monday night, Kennedy spoke with supporters of the Rebels from Oxford and Flora.
We asked him about becoming a Parade All-American basketball player at Louisville High in 1986, just two years removed from suiting up at Winston Academy.

AK: At the time, Winston Academy was Academy A. It was a small school and the obvious difference in levels of competition, difference in levels of resources as you’re talking private monies versus public state monies.
For me, it was about having the opportunity to take that next step and challenge myself from an athletic standpoint.

MCH: Is that why you transferred to Louisville High before your junior year?

AK: We had a coaching change. Les Triplett, who is here tonight, left to come to Jackson Prep. It was a new coach anyway and I wanted an opportunity to experience something else and try to expand my horizons.

MCH: Triplett is now the director of activities for the MPSA and after a successful college career at North Carolina State and the University of Alabama-Birmingham, where he became the school’s No. 2 all-time leading scorer with 1,787 points (18.8 points per game), Kennedy became a coach himself.
After stints at South Alabama (1994-95), UAB (1996-2001) and Cincinnati (2001-05), Kennedy was named the interim coach after Bob Huggins resigned. He led the Bearcats to a 21-13 record and the quarterfinals of the National Invitational Tournament. Kennedy was hired by Ole Miss and duplicated his 21-13 record, including a Southeastern Conference Western Division title and another trip to the NIT.
With only one year to recruit the Magnolia State as the Rebels coach and only one player from Mississippi on the current roster, what are you looking for in a possible recruit?

AK: Everyone recruits to a philosophy and first, you have to address the needs of your team. Then you go about trying to fill those needs. For us, it has to be a win-win for everybody.
There may be a situation where we have limited scholarships, need an interior guy and there’s a very good guard available. We’re not recruiting him because it’s not what our program needs.
There’s a lot of things that go into it. It can’t just be “Oh, the kid’s from Mississippi. Let’s recruit him.” It has to fit the need because we only have 13 scholarships and with those 13, the pieces of the puzzle better fit because you have very little margin for error.

MCH: With the limited chances for players to showcase their abilities to college coaches, would you suggest to players at small schools like Tri-County Academy to do what you did and transfer to a MHSAA school to have a better chance to be recruited?

AK: Not necessary, I think each situation is totally different. For me, it made sense based on a lot of factors (and) things have totally changed over the last 20 years.
I think good players because of the exposure kids get in the summer, that’s really where the exposure starts. There’s a lot of kids that play at private schools that get that same exposure in the summer which then gives them the stage by which people know who they are.

MCH: People know who you are, mostly because it’s hard to miss anyone standing at 6-foot-8. With the recent hiring of Houston Nutt to the football program, people can also find out your salary since it’s a public record.
Your thoughts on the increasing salaries in all functions of the athletic department?

AK: The money has gotten to where it’s eye-opening at say the least. Honestly, it’s the same thing that drives any other business — the market.
If you go down to the local restaurant and they’re charging $8 for a hamburger, it’s because it’s what the market demands. When you go fill your car up and it’s $3.07 today, $3.02 tomorrow, it’s because that’s what the market demands.
In big-time collegiate athletics, that’s what the market demands and if you want to play in the SEC, you have to play at market value and I think that’s what you’re seeing.
I grew up a blue-collar family. My father is an electrician, my mother was a school teacher. I don’t say it gets disproportionate or not, but we’re dealing in a different age now and I think with that comes a lot of scrutin and a lot of expectation and coaches are right in the center of that.

MCH: Coaches fall under scrutiny for failing to produce and are expected to win, regardless of the circumstances whether it’s fair or not. You were able to take a Rebels team from the basement of the conference to a division title, so what are your expectations for this year?

AK: When I took the job, my goal was to win an SEC championship. With what Billy (Donovan) has done at Florida and the tradition of a lot of schools in our league, if you’re putting yourself in position to win an SEC Championship, you’re in essence putting yourself in position to win a National Championship.
So if you’re not working daily towards that, then quite frankly you’re wasting your time.

Here Come The Warm Jets: Week 13

I admit it: I’m a hypocrite.

At the end of the Jets-Miami game, I was rooting for the Jets to run up the score. I wanted them to put up 50 on the Dolphins. I was looking for the utter and total humiliation of the team and their douchetastic coach.

So, yeah, a few weeks back I was calling out the Patriots for playing without class, and then loudly exhorting my team to do the same thing. Whatever. Such are the feelings that arise when playing and handily defeating your most hated of rivals.

This game also goes along with my theory of the modern NFL, in the age of parity:

Every season, every team will play one game where they will do everything right – every call works, every decision pans out, every bounce goes your way. They will look unstoppable.

And every season, every team will play one game where everything they do will be wrong, and the game will get out of hand quickly.

The Jets actually played these two games in a row – the Miami game was an example of the former, the Dallas game on Thanksgiving of the latter.

All the other games you play in the year will be reasonably close. It is how you do in these games that determines the season.

Last year, the Jets did well in these closer games. Thus, 10-6. This year, they have faltered in these games. Thus, 3-9.

This is what allows for teams that seemed moribund one year to be playoff contenders the next, and vice versa. Other examples include Green Bay and Cleveland (bad record last year, great record this year) and Baltimore and New Orleans (great record last year, bad record this year.)

This is what gives people like me some hope. Sure, this year blew. But with a good draft pick and free agent signing or two, we’ll be right back in the mix next year.

I’m also relieved that the Miami game worked out this way. I really didn’t feel like having to follow through on the whole Fire Mangini thing. That would have been a lot of work and time and money and it would have just been pointless anyway.

Now all there’s left to do this year is to not be embarrassed by the Patriots in two weeks – they can lose, sure, but it can’t be by an embarrassing score. They have to be in the game.

All Hail, the BCS

So we have a real fine mess, for those of you who actually care. We now have a 2 loss team in the BCS National Championship game and an Ohio State team who most people think will get crushed again by an SEC squad.

I love the BCS, it is the coolest system in the world. It makes no sense, nobody is really sure how it all works but every year we stick with it and we all watch, all the games. And don't pretend to be all high and mighty, you will watch Georgia vs Hawaii, you will. And you know why you will, because you love college football and that is what matters.

Does it really matter who wins the national title? I could care less honestly. You know what I care about, great football like Boise State vs Oklahoma last season. We watched it, we loved it and we will remember it, forever. Ten years from now you will sit around and talk about that game and not Ohio State vs Florida. There will always be a game you will remember and it doesn't matter if its the national championship game.

Now a lot of comments will point toward March Madness and how that system works best. But again I will argue the national championship game is not usually the most memorable game, some years it is, but not recently. Last year the game I remember is the Vanderbilt/Wazzou double overtime thriller, or the Georgetown/Vanderbilt Jeff Green travel game. I barely remember watching either of the Final Four games. A few years ago I remember watching the Arizona/Illinois comeback game, but I don't remember the National Title game.

And one last thing, remember if college presidents thought they could make more money having some fancy playoff system they would do it in a heartbeat. These presidents are bottom line people when it comes to money.

Now please leave all your comments, I love the BCS it sparks more opinion and talk than anything in sports, except maybe steroids.