My answer to ESPN's question of Romo or Eli? Neither! How bad are the quarterbacks in the NFL if these two playing against each other is considered a marquee matchup? Of course both the Cowboys and Giants are both mediocre teams. When Tony Romo or Eli Manning is your quarterback why does Archie Manning complain about possibly having both Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck on one team? What better person for Luck to learn from? Barring a devastating injury the Colts would have their quarterback position locked down for the next 10-15 years. I do find it funny that only a day later Archie Manning is saying his son and Luck can coexist.
Speaking of deficient NFL quarterbacks, I can't wait until the Tim Tebow train crashes. Yes, I know the Broncos have won 5 games with him as starting quarterback. How much longer is that going to last? It looks like the Broncos are going to qualify for the playoffs. But does Denver really want to go to battle in the playoffs with Tebow as their quarterback? They might say they do, but I wouldn't believe them. Denver could continue their hot streak as 3 of their final 4 games are at home. On Sunday they play the struggling Bears, who will be without both Jay Cutler and Matt Forte. Then they'll host the now 9-3 New England Patriots. If Denver beats Chicago, I predict that the Patriots will derail them. Then on Christmas Eve they play the Bills in frigid Buffalo. The Bills won't have anything to play for at that point. Lastly on New Year's Day the Broncos close out their season facing the Chiefs and possibly ex-quarterback Kyle Orton.
Frighteningly the Broncos could win 3 of their final 4 games and win the AFC West. If they make the playoffs they probably would have to play on wildcard weekend. They may even host that game, but again do you really want to go to battle with Tebow as your starting quarterback? Especially if they are playing a team that's playing for something. Honestly their schedule has fallen just right for them to win 5 consecutive games. If Denver somehow beats New England then I'd be more of a believer. But I'd still be more skeptical than anything. The Tebow train could be a one season flash in the pan, but I predict he'll be out of the NFL in less than 3 years.
One more NFL note: It will be interesting to see how San Francisco does against the Arizona Cardinals this weekend. Remember the Dallas Cowboys went into Arizona last week and scored all of 13 points against an anemic Cardinals defense. Jason Garrett made some boneheaded coaching decisions and generally the Cowboys acted like they were uninterested in winning.
However San Francisco is several notches above the Cowboys in being a good team. I expect the 49ers to go in and destroy the Cardinals. I still can't figure out how the Cowboys beat the 49ers in San Fran.
College basketball: Now on to two teams heading in very different directions, BYU and Utah. I watched a bit of BYU's trouncing of Weber State last night 94-66. I know that probably doesn't seem like that big of a deal, but many people considered Weber State the best team in Utah this season. That's saying something as Utah is a state that takes it's college basketball seriously. But BYU disabused many people of that notion in their easy victory. BYU looked very good and I think they could have a better team than last year's Jimmer Fredette led team. The Cougars are much more rounded and balanced this season. They will be adding another stud to their lineup in just a few days too.
The team going in the opposite direction is the Utah Utes. Wow they've looked awful this year. I know they are in a rebuilding phase, but it looks like this will be a more brutal season than the rebuilding tag hints at. Their season probably won't be as ugly as BYU's 1996-1997 1-25 season. But it could be, I see two winnable games remaining on their schedule. On December 16th they play the 2-6 Idaho State Bengals and on December 19th they play 3-6 Portland. Many people thought that Utah could win their home game last night against Cal State Fullerton. Final score USF 81-Utah 50.
I realize it's only coach Larry Krystkowiak's first season. But in this win now culture, how likely is it that he would hold on to his job following a two or three win season? He hasn't had a lot of success and built up a lot of good will like Kyle Whittingham has. It doesn't help Krystkowiak that he followed Jim Boylen, who had an alarming amount of players transfer. That continued this last off season and left the Utes with a pretty bare shelf. Also when your best player goes by the name Jiggy, how good could you be? Especially when Jiggy Watkins has now been suspended indefinitely.
Well Ute fans at least you have the exciting Sun Bowl game coming up. Plus the Utes always have that spectacular women's gymnastics team.
With the NBA lockout ending and the NBA really starting to heat up, I've come to an astounding realization. I haven't missed the NBA a bit and at this point I don't know how much I'll be following it. I'm a bit surprised because I totally got into the NBA during their amazing playoffs last year. It doesn't help with all the greed that's associated with the NBA. It seems the NBA was going to continue their lockout to force the players to accept a more owner friendly CBA. That is until the owners would lose one of their precious golden gooses, the Christmas Day games. Then all of a sudden the owners were more interested in agreeing on a new CBA. Now the greedy buggers have scheduled 5 Christmas Day games.
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