If you were a sports fan, could you have asked for a better weekend? I can’t remember a weekend as chock full of sports excitement this good in a long time. The two biggest things the weekend will be remembered for is the US regaining the Ryder Cup back from the Europeans for the first time since 1999 and the closing of the most famous and hallowed venue in all of American sports, Yankee Stadium. But also there were big happenings in College and Pro Football.
GOLF
Without El Tigre the Americans found a way to come together and win, not really a surprise to me. The questioned was universally asked, would the American team be better without Woods. Well common wisdom would say not having the best player in the world would be a detriment. I didn’t totally subscribe to the theory, only because of Tiger’s singular focus. It has been proven that in Ryder Cup play there needs to be fellowship and selflessness something more akin to team sports, rather that individual sports like Golf. Tiger never played team sports growing up and was taught by his father how to channel all is energy and focus and block out all distractions, at which he is terrific. However, in Ryder Cup play the first 4 rounds of 5 involve strategy and team play something Woods is not very good at yet. He has yet to be able to give himself over to the team concept when it comes to Ryder Cup play.
How about Paul Azinger’s captains picks? JB Holmes, Chad Campbell and Hunter Mahan all played their asses off. If I had to give an MVP award for the weekend it would go Mahan, he was 2-0-3 and was one of only 2 guys to play all 5 matches. Also, how about the kid, Anthony Kim. This young man is on the verge of breaking through big time next season on the Tour and could be a Major Champion in the nest 2 years.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Not much to say here but SEC. Are you fucking kidding me, Florida went up to Tennessee and beat that ass. LSU also went on the road and beat the Auburn Tigers in another great game in this series. And just when you have your back turned, the undefeated Vanderbilt Commodores have snuck in to the top 25 and they are the worst team in the SEC.
PRO FOOTBALL
So Elisha just keeps producing, and 274 Sherman Ave keeps hating. I ask you, and lord knows this will elicit the most responses ever in this blog, but name me 5 NFL QB’s you would take right now over Elisha. And for the arguments sake I will even let you use the injured Tom Brady. My list goes like this, and these are all maybes; Brady, Peyton, and McNabb, outside of that I can’t really think of anyone else I would clearly take over him. Now I would say guys like Brees, Rothliesberger, and Romo are on the same level but I wouldn’t take any of them over the youngest Manning.
Ummm….the Cowboys are pretty damned good; that was one hell of a game at Lambeau last night.
Can we cancel all pro football in the state of Missouri? Who thinks the Missouri Tigers are the best team in the show me state right now?
Nice to see Super Bowl picks Minnesota and Jacksonville getting of the schnied yesterday.
How about those Buffalo Bills, my 15-1 prediction for them is not far away baby!!!
YANKEE STADIUM
What more can be said? The Yankees had a perfect and poignant send off to the great venue and to cap it all off with a Jose Melina homer; the House that Ruth built and in these multicultural times the House that Jose closed.
So I leave it to you the reader to regal us with favorite Yankee Stadium memories, and yes we will even allow Mets fans to comment on this one.
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QBs I'd take over Eli:
Brady
Peyton
Brees
McNabb
Romo
Cutler
You can argue all you want with "but Eli got it done" stuff. I say that if you take any of the above QBs and put them on the Giants today, the Giants become even better because their QB is more talented.
Eli is a perfectly fine QB. But he is not the reason why the Giants are winning. What he changed starting around the end of last year is that he is no longer the reason why the Giants are losing.
Brees is arguable. Homo aint won shit. And Cutler is rising fast but isnt there yet.
Listen, at the end of the day QB's get too much of the credit and too much of the blame, but ultimately they are judged on W's, plain and simple. And the bigger and more clutch the W the better. Eli has been clutch, he just lead his 10th game tying/winning drive of his career. In fact he lead them on the go ahead drive on two seperate occasions 4th quarter and then the game winning drive in overtime.
Like I said, QB's are judged on W's and again championships being the most impoprtant W of all time. Point in case, "Broadway" Joe Namath. I say that name and everyone thinks Super Bowl 3, and NFL Hall of Famer. His career record 63-63-4 and 50 more INT's than TD's and a 50% completion percentage. But when the chips were down he won the big one.
For christs sakes he is a hall of famer for one game, I am just trying to get you people to give Elisha some credit. Again, 3 years as a starter, 3 straight playoff appereances a division title and Super Bowl Trophy. Outside of Troy Aikman that hasn't been done by a #1 Drafted QB, and thats pretty good.
Roethlisberger did it. It's not his fault he wasn't drafted #1.
My favorite Yankee Stadium moment? Probably Cecil Fielder putting #50 and 51 over. Im a Tiger fan...we dont have much history there.
I'd still take Rivers and Merriman over Elisha any day.
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