Yeah, that's the best thing you're going to see at a Arizona State game this year!
So this is my predictions for how the conferences will shake out this season in college football...This is based entirely on my own opinions, from my years of sitting on my ass and watching football, as well as sitting on the toilet and reading up on as much college football news as I can...
Let's start with the Big-Ten...
No, it won't be Ohio State and Michigan...Ohio State isn't even eligible for the Big-Ten Championship...Penn State is also ineligible...First we'll start with the "Leaders" division...Yes, the Big-Ten named their divisions, "Leaders" and "Legends"...I had no idea Twats and Douchebags was already taken...
Leaders 1. Wisconsin 2. Ohio State 3. Illinois 4. Penn State 5. Purdue 6. Indiana
Wisconsin has the most talent, right now and their division is weak...Ohio State will do okay, but will still be adjusting to Urban Meyer football, which is a lot different from Jim Tressel ball...Well, except for the criminals, and cheating parts!
I have to say this...I can't wait for Saturday, to watch the Ohio University Bobcats beat up Penn State in not-so-"Happy Valley!"
Seriously, why are they still playing football at Minnesota? That program is a joke...The most important game on the schedule is Michigan at Nebraska on October 27th...The winner of that game will take the division, and I'm putting my money on the 'Huskers...And I'll take Nebraska over Wisconsin in the conference Championship game...
Okay, this conference is in a sad state...This is the year B.J. Daniels and USF put it all together...Louisville heads to Rutgers the last week of the season...That will decide 2nd place, and I'm taking Rutgers D over Louisville's QB Teddy Bridgewater, who is getting a bit of hype...Syracuse will be up slightly, while Pitt slides...Temple, UConn, stick to Basketball.
Moving from the Big lEast, will go next to the slightly better, ACC...
Atlantic 1. Clemson 2. Florida State 3. Wake Forest 4. NC State 5. Maryland 6. Boston College
Yep, I'm taking Clemson over the over-hyped FSU...Clemson is loaded at the skill positions, and has a solid defense...Wake Forest will be up this year...Boston College is clearly focusing solely on Hockey...
Coastal 1. Virginia Tech 2. Georgia Tech 3. North Carolina 4. Miami 5. Virginia 6. Duke
No surprise here...VT is always in it...UNC has some good talent, but they're still learning about football there...Duke, still hasn't figured it out! Tech will take the conference Championship game, well, since Clemson never seems to win a big game.
Well, now we should get to the most loved, and hated conference out there...
The SEC...
Oh, were looking for some Southern Fried Hottie...Sorry about that...I just thought in this world of hyped QB's, people should get use to seeing AJ McCarron...McCarron will be leading Alabama to the SEC Championship game...There's no doubt the West will be a battle between 'Bama and LSU...The Tide have the better all-around team, and the better QB...It's theirs to lose...
West 1. Alabama 2. LSU 3. Arkansas 4. Auburn 5. Miss State 6. Texas A&M 7. Ole Miss
East 1. Georgia 2. South Carolina 3. Missouri 4. Florida 5. Tennessee 6. Vanderbilt 7. Kentucky
Georgia is loaded, and there toughest competition is South Carolina, which they'll take care of, because Spurrier seems to find ways to lose...Mizzou, Florida, Tenn, and Vandy are in a log jam...Kentucky...Another Basketball school still trying to figure out this pesky Football...I'll take Alabama over Georgia in the Conference Championship game.
Now it's time for the Big-12...
1. Oklahoma 2. Kansas State 3. Texas 4. TCU 5. West Virginia 6. Oklahoma State 7. Baylor 8. Texas Tech 9. Kansas 10. Iowa State
To me, Oklahoma is a no-brainer...Just a loaded team...2nd and 3rd will be decided December 1st when Texas visits K-State...Texas' defense will keep them in the hunt this year, but I'm gambling on Collin Klein and Kansas State to shake things up...West Virginia will realize they're not in the Big East anymore...
Now, we'll end with the Pac-12...
North 1. Oregon 2. Washington 3. Stanford 4. Washington State 5. California 6. Oregon State
You can't go against Oregon and their high-octane attack...They're loaded with talent on both sides of the ball...Washington is going to compete, and scare some people...Washington State is going to surprise people, and if they get a bit of luck, they could pull out an upset or two...
Yeah, I hate USC, but you gotta except that they're a powerhouse...The rest of the division, flip a coin...It's just a bunch of average, with the exception the steaming pile of crap known as Colorado...Sad what has happened to that program...
The Pac-12 is a two team race, and it looks to be the same two teams for awhile...Oregon and USC just keep reloading, and the rest of the conference can't keep up...As good as I know USC is, I'm going to put my money on Oregon, in the conference championship game...Hopefully Notre Dame LB, Manti Te'o will take Matt Barkley out on November 24th, to help out the Ducks...
I know the smaller conference fans will give me shit if I don't give them love, so real quick here...Boise State takes the Mountain West...Fresno State, and Wyoming will push them, and we'll see major improvement from Colorado State...
Ohio will take the MAC East, while Bowling Green gives them a good push...Toledo will take the MAC West in a tight battle with Western Michigan...The OU Bobcats will beat the Rockets in the Championship game...
Houston will take the Conference USA Championship after beating UCF...Tulsa is the only other team with a shot, except they have to deal with Houston's non-stop offense...And we'll give the Sunbelt to Arkansas State...Does anyone follow the Sunbelt?
Well, Monday is here again...And let me tell ya, my Monday is going to suck...Both the Little Beeze and Molly are having dental work done...They're both being put under anesthesia...The boy has a lot of extra nerves in his mouth, and while they were fixing a cavity, he felt everything...They numbed him 4 times, and gave him laughing gas...It was brutal...
And Molly started grinding her teeth as soon as they started coming in...She chipped all for of her top front teeth, and they've been slowly eroding away...Say they are putting her under to fix those...Then afterwards we'll get to deal crankiness, and I'll bet some stomach issues...Which will suck since they aren't allowed to eat or drink anything in the morning beforehand...I just hope it all goes okay...
Then Tuesday, the Little Beeze and his big sister have their first day at their new school...And while the boy's teacher doesn't dress like the teacher above there, but she's alright! I've got all week to get into the morning routine, since I took a week of vacation time...
Onto sports, Saturday night I finally posted my HEISMAN_WATCH...It took me awhile, but I'm finally getting pumped for College Football...
Then there was the news that broke about LANCE_ARMSTRONG...I know plenty of people didn't agree with my view, but I have a hard time thinking a guy who gives up the fight, is innocent...
But there is something in the sports world that was sticking in my head all this weekend...The ESPN networks aired a dozen High School Football games between Friday and Sunday...Now how many times have we heard or read guys on ESPN bitch about how college athletes should get paid to some degree, since the NCAA, and the Universities are making so much money on the backs of these kids...So why is it okay for ESPN to make advertising bucks airing high school games? They're doing the same thing that many of their talking heads have complained about...
Listen, local games have been aired for years...But "The World Wide Leader" showing a dozen games over the weekend, just seems like high school sports are about to get seriously corrupted...
But hell, why am I expecting so much? The fucking History Channel spends more time showing idiot programs about pawn shops, and storage lockers, instead of shit about actual history...And then the second news story Sunday morning, behind hyping up Tropical Storm Isaac, was about that stupid twat Snooki having her awful baby...Christ, there's a kid that was born with two strikes against it!
And about that storm...I was watching the Nightly News and they are talking about it having a chance of hitting New Orleans 7 years to the day that Katrina hit...You could hear the hope, and excitement in their voices...This is like a sick, voyeuristic, news wet dream...It was sickening...I really need to stop expecting so much from the world...
That's it for now...I'm in a shit mood...But pleas give THIS a look for me...
It's easy to say Matt Barkley is your favorite to win the Heisman...But that ain't me...Not just because he's a USC guy...I mean, yeah, that might be a small factor, but it's just lazy...To me, the favorite had to be Montee Ball, up above there...Last year he finished 4th in the voting, and got little love compared to Alabama running back Trent Richardson, even though Ball's numbers blew Richardson's away...Ball rushed for 1,923 yards and 39 TD's last year...He's gotta be on top of the list...
Oh, but then there is that off the field stuff...Ball recently got jumped, and had his ass beat-down by a 4-5 guys...It's been said that it was provoked by something that happened at a party a couple days earlier...We'll see...I expect Ball to put up big numbers again, but I think they'll be down a bit, which will open the race up to others...
What others? Well like I said, Not Matt Barkley...And no, I'm not going with that bastard Denard Robinson, from Michigan...And no, I'm not going Geno Smith from West Virginia...West Virginia isn't going to walk into the Big-12 and roll people over...They're going to find out how weak the Big East they use to play in, was...
I'm telling you to keep your eye on Georgia's QB Aaron Murray...
Murray has all the tools to be an elite college QB...His size, 6-1, 210 lbs. may hold him back at the next level, but he's fine for the college game, throwing for 3,149 yards and 35 TD's last year...But he has to cut down on the14 INT's he threw...
I'll be watching another guy even more closely...Kansas State QB, Collin Klein...
Klein is the dual threat that coach Bill Snyder loves...Last year Klein rushed for more than a 1,000 yards, and passed for just under 2,000...To keep him in Heisman consideration, Kansas State needs to win, and stay in the hunt for the Big-12 title...Which I expect them to...I'm predicting them to finish 2nd or 3rd in the conference...Klein also needs to improve his passing numbers, and get more comfortable in the pocket, which he should be able to do, with strong group of receivers returning...
Then there is this beast in South Carolina...Marcus Lattimore...
Lattimore had rushed for 818 yards, and 10 TD's in the first 6 games and change last year...But then ripped his knee up...It was the second year in row Steve Spurrier relied on Lattimore to carry the offense, and ran the hell out of him...It was also the second year that was ended with an injury...So clearly the key for Lattimore, is staying healthy...Also The Gamecocks have to be competitive in the SEC, and keep Lattimore in the spotlight...
I really think Lattimore can take it, if South Carolina can get themselves in the SEC Championship hunt, and stay healthy...The kid is a beast...And no matter if he wins the Heisman or not, Lattimore will be going pro after this season...
The last guy I'm looking at, some will say he's a reach...Well, why not reach? If Barkley, and some other guys get hurt, or just shit the bed, which we have seen before, there will be other guys doing well, and getting a look...Well, I've been waiting 4 years to see this guy put it all together...
USF QB, B.J. Daniels...
The kid is a real dual-threat...Passing for 2,604 yards and 13 TD's, and rushing for 601 yards and 6 TD's...Daniels has progressed in each of his seasons at USF, and enters this season with the best group of receivers he's had...
Like all Heisman hopefuls, he needs help from his team...I'm predicting the Bulls to take the Big-East crown this season, as they'll have their best defensive unit in years...And with the Big-East losing West Virginia and TCU, the competition is a lot weaker...Louisville will be good...I expect the rest to be pretty average...For my Syracuse friends, you'll see some improvement...
Daniels has the tools, and the team...But will the conference be held against him...Probably...But if he puts up monster numbers, and takes USF to a major bowl, he could get the love...
In case you missed it, Lance Armstrong gave up his fight against the United States Anti-Doping Agency, and accusations that he not only used PEDS, but was also involved in a major blood doping ring, while he racked up his 7 straight Tour de France titles...
Giving up his fight, will automatically strip him of all his titles, his 2000 Olympic bronze medal, and any money and awards received from 1998 on...He will also be banned from competing, coaching and having any official role with any sport that follows the World Anti-Doping Code...
Armstrong continues to deny the allegations, and has referred to them as a "witch hunt"...But why would you give up the fight if you are innocent? Why would you be willing to have all you accolades stripped from you? Why would you stand by and have your reputation, and name dragged through the mud? Probably because there is a list of at least ten people willing to testify against him, including George Hincapie, one of the most respected U.S. riders, along with other teammates...
Honestly, I never really cared about Cycling...But I know I can't stand those stupid, 'Look at me' yellow bracelets...And while I never followed cycling, from things I've heard and read, I think the guy cheated...I also have gotten the impression, that a lot of people in that world don't like Armstrong...
You know what...The late, great George Carlin didn't like him either...That's good enough for me!
Since it was founded in 1932, Augusta has been a Men Only Club...Until this week, when they invited former Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, and South Carolina financier Darla Moore, to become it's first female members...I'm sure some of the good ole boys were clutching their chests, thinking this was how the end of the World begins...Relax, it's okay, the world will survive this...
But now that this barrier has been broken through, I feel it's time for me to make a push, to break down another barrier...Tomorrow, I'm going to begin my quest, to become a member of CURVES...I bet they won't let me in...As much as women complain about males and their double standards, they often don't budge on theirs...Hey, ladies are allowed in at Augusta now...Why can't a guy workout at Curves?
I actually don't care if Curves lets me in...There are plenty of places for me to workout at...Oh yeah, I gotta get my fat ass off the computer, and actually make an effort to exercise, before I should complain about where I can exercise...Just like there were plenty of other places for women to play golf...(Seriously, over 17,000 in the U.S.)...So why make such a big deal about stupid Augusta? A bunch of narrow-minded rich douches...Why would you want to be around those ass-hats?
Do women really feel they have reached some level of equality now?
Women have always considered the weaker of the two genders...Which I would gladly argue for the side of women...Yeah, I may throw a better punch then my wife...Sure I can throw a baseball, and I have better bat-speed then her...But I was there as she gave birth to our 3 children...Throwing a punch ain't shit compared to pushing a life out through your pisser...And I won't ever be offering to do that...And I highly doubt I have the same mental toughness that she had to go through that...
I find everything about this topic, idiotic...It's stupid that Augusta has refused to allow women in for all these years...But it's a private, and they have the right to do what they want...Yet women have fought against it for years, even though there are plenty of other stupid golf courses...Oh, and golf is stupid...Women have no problem with having their own private places...And now there are women who have a sense of equality, because a bunch of rich, backwards-thinking , douchebags, have allowed two rich, women to join their club...Now a few more sponsors will be happy to put money into the Masters and Augusta..It's all fucking nonsense!
And ladies, as a father of two young girls (almost 11 and almost 2) let me tell you what I intend on telling them as they grow up...
'You're equal to, if not better then any man out there...You don't need to be a member of their shitty golf club to prove that...Do your own thing...You don't have to prove anything to anyone except yourself.'
