The Godfather of Sports

A game in a baseball stadium, three top 32 NFL prospects and another edition of Bowl Blog Bash and Dash! Three of these schools, Tennessee, Syracuse and Nebraska are or where the perennial power houses in the college football world. And for the Washington Huskies bigger things were expected out of QB Jake Locker but both Locker and Washington tumbled out of the public's eye; but, have a chance to rebound verses the stout Cornhuskers. Now lets kick it off with the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, and the Bridgeport Eduction Holiday Bowl. New Era Pinstripe Bowl (Dec 30, 3:20pm, ESPN) The Wildcats ended the season with a high scoring win over Northern Texas ending the regular season at 7-5. This is their third post-season game against "Otto's Army" the last match up was a 26-3 loss to Syracuse in the 2001 Insight.com Bowl. Then again Syracuse was still ridding high off the Donovan McNabb years and were lead by ex-Indianapolis Colts R...

All these games have big time value. Big 12, Pac-10, Big Ten etc... you actually know about these conferences! And for SMU, complements of ESPN 30-for-30 many more people know about now and Army... well that's self-explanatory. Every team has dynamic players and should all be relatively close. The only downside to one of these bowls is that the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl is that it is on 12pm Eastern Time... Now, lets kick it off with the Texas Bowl, Vakeri Akamo Bowl and the Armed Forces Bowl. Texas Bowl (Dec 29, 6pm ESPN) Baylor (7-5) ended their season on a three game losing skid; but, give them the benefit of the doubt that it was against three top 25 teams. Their marquee win was a 30-22 victory over Texas! But, we all know how Texas did this year (wocka wocka.) Meanwhile, Illinois this year was purged of let-down QB Juice Williams and started a new with a very dynamic QB in Nathan Scheelhaase and a solid ground game. At 7-5 their season high note was when they RAN OVE...

All these teams are in the 'average sport fan's repertoire.' Maybe minus East Carolina, but, many remember the Pirates taking down the highly ranked Virginia Tech Hokies in a opener at Bank of America Stadium a few years back. Another thing to keep an eye on is Iowa Hawkeye DE Adrian Clayborn. He is ranked highly on Scout INC, Mel Kiper's Big Board and other various draft lists. Even if you are a casual football observer ALL of these games should keep you awake. Now lets kick it off with the Champs Sports Bowl, Military Bowl, and the Insight Bowl. Champs Sports Bowl (Dec 28, 6:30pm, ESPN) At first glance this game looks like a battle of two agile QB's that can both throw and run the ball with ease, and for a change, that is a correct assumption. Geno Smith of WVU and Russell Wilson of NC State both keep defenses on edge and should keep the viewers on the edge's of their seats. This game is also a chance for the ACC and Big East to show that their conferences a...

At first glance these games look like they have taken a turn for the worse... again. But, one of these games look like it will be able to keep your attention through all four quarters! (unreal right?) And, most importantly it's on Christmas Eve, so good luck trying to sneak away from the party to check the score BUT don't blink because these two teams can score on a whim. Now lets kick it off, in this edition of Bowl Blog Bash and Dash (Part 3) I'll hit: Sheratan Hawaii Bowl, Little Caesars Bowl, and AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl. Sheratan Hawaii Bowl (Dec 24, 8pm, ESPN) So, we've gotten used to this game with the Warriors at home year in year out... and the last one that even had any 'sports history' impact to it was when Charlie Weis and ND won, Weis' crown jewel win (yeah). But, this year plans to be different. Hawaii has the 1st in passing offense, 8th in total yards, and 11th in points scored (39.9ppg). While, on the other side Tulsa's offense i...

How exciting where those first three bowl games? Well, not really at all... but, out of these six teams only one has a .500 overall record (Louisville at 6-6). Boise State is part of this parade of toilet bowls. That is extremely tragic that a team like Boise State has to play in the 'whatever bowl' while teams like Ohio State with a loss just like Boise get to play in the prestigious bowls that Big 10 teams get to play in because they whined and complained and then threw monster like tantrums (I'm looking at you Gene Smith.) Let's kick off this Bowl Blog Bash and Dash (Part 2) with the Beef 'O' Brady Bowl, MAACO Bowl, and [I can't believe its name] the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl.  Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl (Dec 21, 8pm, ESPN) Hey, a Big East team! A conference that the average fan can actually identify! But, this bowl game sounds gross. The word 'beef' should never be in the title of any sports game, ever. No matter the ...

Oh my, every year I seam to forget how many bowl games there are and try to do a bowl-by-bowl break down. I have yet to tackle that but I am going to try again this year... Each blog will have three bowl games per, each with a brief synopsis of the two teams, what stars to watch for in each game (some bowls maybe a stretch to do that) and finally what I am most known for, the Godfather of Sports final score projections. Let's kick it off with the New Mexico Bowl, uDrove Humanitarian Bowl and the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (I did not elaborate or make those titles up). New Mexico Bowl (Dec 18, 2pm, ESPN) Of course the first few games are just so bad. This match up between 6-6 BYU and 6-6 UTEP, yahoo... These guys used to be WAC rivals and haven't played each other since 1998. BYU announced this year that they are trying to be a West Coast Notre Dame and go independent, oops. The Cougars, however, are 3-2 in their last 5 bowl games. And UTEP... well what can I really say abou...

It has been a long time over due. Once again a flurry of work, the holidays and much much more have kept me from doing this. Sorry to my three fans that I may have lost in the shuffle. A lot has happened since my last post, the Bears remembered how to play football, the Falcons took a hold of the NFC and Josh McDaniels, Brad Childress and Wade Phillips are without a job. Now lets take a look at the NFL's Top 10 and that lowly worst-of-the-worst Bottom 5.   Top 10 1. Falcons (10-2) They had a tough time with divisional opponent Tampa Bay but squeaked out a win and hold a big NFC South lead.  2. Patriots (10-2) Wow, they dismantled the Jets. I thought it would have been closer. I was wrong. Pats are good again. 3. Eagles (8-4) During the Thursday game they took it to a very good Texans team. But, we all know it's all Vick. Period.  4. Steelers (9-3) In a low scoring affair between the Ravens (stocking) broken nose and all Ben lead them to another win. 5. Bear...