SPEED KILLS

8 am came early this Monday morning but it had begun, what you ask well a full slate of college football the holy grail of sports up until they moved the national championship game to what feels like 2 weeks after New Years day. I pushed aside my grumblings toward the BCS and sat back for a nice ride through a day that featured defense and a huge first, second and third helping of team speed. Did anyone see any Mountaineer games this year? I know I only saw one and never realized that they were any good. I thought ha, this is just the Big Least (east). I think I could coach a team to at least 8 wins in that conference. Georgia playing in a home game last night looked like they had gotten game film from WV maybe circa 1999 when it was Bulger to Becht and that was about it. Not since the days of Major Harris has the city of Morgantown had more to cheer about. Slaton and White where frickin’ amazing last night. I literally thought I was watching a video game. Somebody get me a coon skin cap and a musket. I just became a fan of the spread offense and the Mountaineers. They didn’t know what they were doing when they crashed the biggest home field advantage since The Nazi’s invaded Russia. This gives new meaning to the term slash and burn.

At least one team in the SEC plays D. The Crimson tide played a classic cotton bowl. Solid defense and one game winning field goal that looked like a three iron hit into the wind actually it looked like a Goose toe punch from fifty. This game was my game of the day but then again I have a soft spot for the Tide…….ROLL TIDE……… How can you not root for a team that had The Bear, a retarded kid named Forrest, Joe Nameth and Shaun Alexander? (We do not including the hiring of Mike “pole dance” Price). Bama made Tech look like they were using the Colorado offensive playbook with just about he same effectiveness. To bad that Alabama will be losing most of there team to Graduation and the NFL because they would be at least a preseason top 5 team.




Was there anyone in the lodge that thought the Irish would win the Fiesta? I mean I am a big Quinn fan.. no, dude not Dr. Quinn medicine woman, though I know you love the show. ND is just way to slow this year and there DB’s learned first hand how to not defend the deep pass. It was nice to see Teddy Ginn Jr. show up for a game considering he was a Heisman candidate to start the season.

Do you think a bottom of the pile conversation between AJ Hawk and Brady Quinn went something like this

BQ-“nice tackle, buddy.”

AJ –“ yeah, and just think your sister is going to get the same thing tonight, except from the blindside; we still on for dinner after the game with your family”

BQ - “yeah man see you at 8”

I watched bits and pieces of the other games on yesterday but they really didn’t do anything for me. I didn’t care that Barry Alvarez was retiring and moving to Florida where he and Wayne Fontino will be form the largest illegal gambling syndicate on the east coast. Is it just me or do they look like made men? Well they do to me. Wisconsin is going to be a legit Big Ten contender. Brian Calhoun will be sitting at the downtown athletic club next December.