September 21, 2006

It’s Thursday, and the middle of the week has passed. Instead of looking ahead to the upcoming weekend, I have to start by speaking on a game that took place last weekend. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma’s head football coach is still ranting and raving about the official’s bad calls during their game against the Oregon Ducks. Now, I’m not saying that his anger isn't justified. The officials did absolutely blow the calls. And the replay reviewer blew the calls again.

Despite all that however, Okalahoma still lost the game on the field. They had a chance to make a play and didn’t. Oregon did. Stoops needs to stop focusing on the past and focus on their next opponent and in the long term vision, the rest of the season. All they can do now is move forward. If they win out, then they can come back and make some serious noise but not before. If they go out and lose again, this game becomes moot. Lose twice, and Stoops will look like he was trying to mask a flawed team. Even if that’s his coaching tactic, this whole situation will make him look desperate.

In other college football news, Penn State travels to Ohio State this weekend. Ohio State looks virtually unstoppable on offense and the defense, though young, has proved to be very opportunistic. Led by LB James Laurinaitis, the defense has forced six (6) turnovers in three (3) games. While I like the young playmakers on Penn State’s offense, they didn’t fare well in their last road test against Notre Dame, and unfortunately I see a repeat of that day. Ohio State forces their young QB, Anthony Morelli into some crucial turnovers and wins by at least 10 points.

As baseball moves into their home stretch, only two divisional races are up for grabs. The NL West and the AL Central races are going right up to the end, with the second place team likely getting the wild card spot in their respective leagues. I’m going to go with the Detroit Tigers and the L.A. Dodgers to win their particular divisions with the Minnesota Twins and the S.D. Padres getting the wild card spots.

Well with the weekend being one day closer, I am getting more excited. Coming tomorrow is my NFL picks. After a bye week last weekend, I come back refreshed and looking to improve on my 9-7 record thus far. Until next time, peace.