Middle of the Road

Finally a post a little earlier in the week. I've caught a little flack about my sporadic posting which either means more than 2 people actually read this crap or more than 2 people have been so bored that had nothing better to do than read this crap. Either way (points to the right), remember you can sign up so you don't have randomly check this during the week.

In the NFL it's becoming apparent that you will be unable to separate the elite from the non elite in most divisions (we won't even mention being able to consistently bet) at least for a couple more weeks. It does bring me some joy to say that's not the case with the Dallas Cowboys (haboutdemcowboys!). You have teams as much as 3 games below .500 that still have a relatively decent chance at making the playoffs and in some instances winning their division. Parity is what the NFL is built to accomplish and this season is driving that point home, thus far.

Switching to the collegiate ranks, Boise St. now has to feel like they've been standing outside of the club for 2 hours now and keep getting passed over for the popular, more sexy individuals. I'm not saying that OU isn't the best team in the country. I'm not saying that a 1 loss Alabama team isn't better than Boise. I am saying that the voters can't keep talking out of both sides of their mouths and claim to show Boise St. (and TCU for that matter) respect only to keep leapfrogging them in the rankings with the next available undefeated school from a major conference. Eventually they will run out of sexy picks to jump them and have to rank them #1 or #2 which would put them in position to play for the national title. That's exactly what they don't want, so then and only then, will we get the long awaited playoff system that would prove to be the fairest option for all those claiming to be contenders, hopefully. (Using We as tho we ALL want a college playoff system. Plenty of people would rather watch the mating habits of ants than Boise St. in a national championship).

One vid before the picks. Undoubtedly, one the most vicious hits I've seen this year. Ironically, it was a clean hit if you break it down per the rules, but I think the aftermath caused the refs to call a penalty and ultimately Robinson will be fined and/or suspended. The league now is making a concerted effort to crack down on these types of collisions (which I'm not sure you can when you have 255lb men running 4.3 40's). I personally don't believe much will be done until someone doesn't get up from one of these.