December 13, 2009

Well, here we are. Entering the final month of 2009, and so many sports stories to take us to the end of the year. Here are my take on just a few of these hot-button topics....

1) Alabama's Mark Ingram won his school's first Heisman ever on Saturday. The sophmore running back won the closest Heisman race ever, edging Stanford running back Toby Gerhart. Gerhart received a lot of buzz for a couple of reasons. First, his play. The senior had 1,736 yards and 26 touchdowns. His running style was punishing yet Gerhart didn't break down and led Standford to a 8-4 record. The secord reason was the color of his skin. You see, Gerhart is a white running back. Granted, there aren't a lot of white running backs carrying the ball for their teams these days, but shouldn't we be judging all of these athletes by their merits on the field. I just think that Gerhart's play merited his spot in New York City, and not because he was a white athlete doing it.

2) Tiger Woods. Man, why oh why is he leaving golf? That is not the best course of action. The golf course is going to be his place of relief. Remember how Kobe scored 30+ points every game after a court appearance. Imagine Tiger at the Masters, releasing all the frustration for the past two weeks. Now that I would like to see. I definitely don't condone his actions, and I want to see his family remain in tact, but I would also like to see him back in action, as soon as possible.

3) Lastly, the last quarter of the NFL season is upon us. I'm currently watching the games now, so I'll have some thoughts after some of the games are finished.