Weekend Thoughts

- Is it now okay that we didn’t invite Graham Harrell to New York for the Heisman Voting. I am not saying he wasn’t deserving of more votes or more consideration but the fact was he did not receive those votes and he was so far from the other candidates that is why they didn’t invite him.


- Tim Tebow was left off of 134 ballots. That means that 134 Heisman voters didn’t believe that he is one of the top 3 players in all of college football. Those voters should have their votes taken away and should be banned from any further access to college football games.


- How embarrassing was Billy Sims constantly yelling “BOOMER” while Sam Bradford was trying to hugs his parents and accept his award?


- Ben Roethlisberger is going to go to the NFL Hall of Fame as the ugliest winning quarterback of all time. He is terrible all game long, and then he will just have a miraculous drive and lead them to a win. He was atrocious for 56 minutes yesterday and then went 7-11 on his final drive scrambling all over the place and throwing a TD pass with :43 seconds to go.


- This weekend I watched a little more NBA and caught up on some trends in the league. The question is can anyone really beat the big 3? And I don’t mean Allen, Pierce and Garnett, I mean the Celtics, Cavaliers and Lakers. All these teams are playing lights out basketball. I guess in the Western Conference you cant really count out the Spurs or Rockets if healthy, but in the East can anyone beat the Cavs or C’s?


- Kudos need to go to ESPN. Their production Saturday night of “The Greatest Game Ever Played.” They didn’t have the original game broadcast but they pieced together what archival footage they could find with the radio boradcast and colorized the game which was cool. But the best part was them sitting down guys who played in that game with members of the Colts and Giants (the last 2 Super Bowl Champions) to watch the game and just have an open dialogue. Some of those partnerships included: Adam Vinatieri & Pat Summeral, Michael Strahan & Art Donovan, Brandon Jacobs & Lenny Moore, Tom Coughlin with Frank Gifford, Tony Dungy & Raymon Berry and Mike Tirico with Bob Wolfe the man who broadcast the game. It was a joy to watch and learn so much about the game, the players, the atmosphere and everything that that game meant.


AND

- I hate TO and can't wait for him to die