NCAA Football is WAY better than the NFL

September 3rd, 2010 | By boadurichard

Football season is getting under way very soon. We’ll actually it’s been under way. The NFL preseason started on August 6^th and most high schools across the U.S. started playing games this past weekend. Ok, who am I kidding, preseason NFL football sucks and the average fan doesn’t watch the high school sports showcase on ESPN during Friday nights. The real football starts one NCAA football opens their regular season with the NFL regular season getting underway the following week.

My question is which one is better, NFL or NCAA football?

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College Football Conference Realignment

June 9th, 2010 | By boadurichard

This article was originally posted in December 2009 and was initially aimed at the position that every conference should have a championship game to even the playing field regard BCS title game entrance. However, with the changing climate that is college football it looks like there will be a large shake-up in the near future. I think the ideas we at 6magazine put together two years ago really do make sense, even though this setup is not an option it seems looking at future conference realignment. At the time our goal was to simply allocate the Pac-10, Big East and Big 10 each with 12 members so that all BCS conferences could have a season ending championship game giving the BCS more of a playoff feel. The reason I am doing this is to see your thoughts and opinions regarding how this particular setup would work to solve the conference issues that relevant now.

What, I don’t think it is fair is that every major conference does not have a championship game at the end of the year. The winning team of the Big 12, ACC, or SEC has to win a championship game every year. The Pac-10, Big East, and Big 10 (11 teams) do not. Essentially makes the road to a national championship easier than that of the conferences that do indeed play a championship game to determine their winner. It is really unfair when you realize that the weaker conferences in the BCS, by basic popular opinion, have an easier road to the championship game. This is a factor in why Ohio State had dominated the Big 10 for the most part of the last decade. Moreover, the same concept applies to USC which is usually the Pac-10 champion. Conference champions that are BCS eligible but do not play a conference championship game are at home while the bigger conferences are having one more war, which in college football is the safest way  to make it the championship game, USC and OSU has benefited from that in recent years.

My argument is that the governing bodies of college football should mandate that all BCS conferences have a football championship game at the end of the year. The kicker here is that to have a football championship a conference must have 12 football playing institutions. Given the need for a small conference re-alignment to make this possible I will spell it out for you.

Conference

Pacific 10

Current Members

USC, UCLA, Stanford, California, Arizona, Arizona State, Washington, Washington State, Oregon, and Oregon St.

Four schools come to mind as far as likely candidates for entrance into the Pac-10. These schools are Utah, BYU, Fresno State, and Boise State. I just think it feels more natural for BYU and Utah to be the candidates to join the Conference. First of all, it keeps with the trend in the Pac-10 have two schools per state minus California of course. BYU and Utah bring the Salt Lake City market which is bigger than Boise. Furthermore, BYU and Utah are rivals so you automatically bring some tradition to the table when you add these schools instead of forcing totally odd relationships like Boise State and Fresno would illicit. I also would split the Pac-10 into two divisions Northwest and Southwest Divisions would make up the conference.

Northwest Division

Washington, Washington State, Oregon, Oregon State, BYU and California

Southwest Division

USC, UCLA, Utah, Stanford, Arizona and Arizona State.

This I think is an applicable solution for the Pac-10 with the Championship game being played every year in Phoenix, L.A. or the Bay Area.

BIG 10 Conference

Current Members

Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan State, Northwestern, Illinois, and Purdue.

The Big Ten is a little easier as it really has 11 teams. If you ever take time to look at the official Big Ten Logo it has a hidden 11 in it. You ever notice that? Notre Dame is always the popular choice to add to the big ten to make it a twelve-team conference. The great thing about this is that Notre Dame is affiliated with the Big East for every other sport but football so it would only have to switch football to make the change possible while not interrupting any other sports in the conference as it stands now. The only hitch in this is the lucrative television contract with NBC that Notre Dame has. This formal pitch is being made in the name of fluidity in college football so why not give ND television rights until the end of their current contract with NBC and work with them on the next contract whether it be with NBC or not. Meaning, that ND would receive a bigger cut of TV revenues after joining the Big-10 in order for continuity to prevail in the whole college football landscape. ND would, in the year 2017 receive double payout from the BIG-10 for TV revenues if they left NBC at the end of their current contract. For fair measure, let’s give ND theses allocations for a full ten years after joining the conference afterward they would be considered a normal member and fall in line like a regular member. The great benefit of having ND in the Big Ten is all the great match-ups it would offer for the BIG-10. ND currently plays Michigan, Michigan, Purdue, and Indiana on an annual basis. Other great match-ups would include ND-Wisconsin, ND-Iowa, ND-Ohio State, and I would love to see a love rekindled which is ND-Penn State. This used to be one of the best rivalries in the country, but really lost its luster when Penn State left the ranks of the Independent and joined the Big-10 in the mid 1990’s.

The BIG 10 would now have 12 teams with the addition of ND but would keep its namesake. Furthermore, the conference would be split into Eastern and Western Divisions that would look like this:

Eastern Division

Penn State, Ohio State, Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame, Northwestern

Western Division

Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota

I think that this alignment would be great as long as you could keep the season ending rivalries intact. Moreover, Notre Dame could play Penn State for the Nittany/Irish Trophy instead of the awkward game with Michigan State for the Land Grand Trophy. The Big 10 championship could be played in Chicago every year, which I think would be a great tradition for the new conference similar to the SEC being played in Atlanta every year.

Big East

Current Members

West Virginia, Louisville, South Florida, UConn, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Rutgers and Cincinnati.

The Big East may well be the toughest to re-align because it only has 8 active football members and 16 in basketball. The current members of the conference are Cincinnati, UConn, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida, and Syracuse. The need for four teams here is a tough one to fill. First of all, let’s switch Boston College in the ACC for South Florida so that we leave a lighter carbon footprint with all the traveling involved as these two schools are outliers as far as distance is concerned and it also provides more sensible regional match-ups for both schools. Therefore the new Big East would look like this: Boston College, Louisville, UConn, Cincy, Rutgers, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, and West Virginia. There are not a plethora of eligible teams left to put this scenario together so here we go, the new members of the Big East would be Temple, Buffalo, Army and Navy. There would again be two divisions, the New England and Ohio Valley. Here is how they would look:

New England:

Buffalo, Temple, BC, Syracuse, UConn, Pittsburgh

Ohio Valley:

Cincy, Rutgers, West Virginia, Army, Navy, Louisville

There would be several teams that would have to step up their game in order to be respected as a member of a legit BCS conference but Buffalo, Temple, and Army could after a few years with the backing of a new and strong conference make the progress necessary to compete with other conferences.

While we all know future realignment hinges on the decisions, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Missouri, the Pac-10  and Texas make in the coming year or week depending on who you ask I think this system will keep some type on continuity  within college football. Call me a homer but I don’t like the idea of a 16 team conference it takes too much away from the game and some rivalries. Let me know what you think.

Quick Claude

Monday Morning Cornerback: Week 19

January 11th, 2010 | By boadurichard

Here are my quick cuts and jukes from the past week’s football

College

Fiesta! Fiesta!

I called Boise State heartless earlier this year for not making sure Lagerrette Blount got knocked out after striking one of their teammates. They rolled through a weak WAC conference. I was certain TCU was going to give them the business, but I was wrong because Boise State came to play and TCU was the team that backed down. The surprise of the evening was Boise State’s defense, which shut the prolific TCU offense down. Sidenote, Andy Dalton, TCU QB, has no arm strength at all. Did you see the ducks he was throwing on the deep out routes? Geesh. Either way, both teams were evenly matched and Boise State just fought harder point blank. Congrats Broncos, I hope you all have accepted my apology.

Uhh…the BORE – ange Bowl

Umm…Iowa beasted Georgia Tech. The game wasn’t as close as the score indicated. Is the Big Ten back? That’s 4-3 in bowl games this year with two BCS wins.

Iowa won the game, but what is up with fake field goal call my Kirk Ferentz? Where are all these coaches getting these balls of steel from. Bill Belichick opened the flood gates for weird ass calls when he pulled that shit in Indianapolis earlier this season. Jim Zorn’s wild ass call on Monday Night Football, Jim Caldwell, and most recently Kirk Ferentz’s crazy call have been many of odd decisions by coaches this season. Pretty soon we won’t have anymore punters and kickers the way these daredevils play.

GMAC = BCS?

LOL, last week I wrote about the Central Michigan vs. Troy game last weekend. I was given the business by several CMU fans. I refuse to make the same mistake again. CMU was ranked #25 and I said they were unranked. Neither team has any control over when the bowl game is played. I still think it’s stupid to have this game this late in the bowl season. The game wasn’t a good game, it was a good half. You guys can shoot me if you want to, but from beginning to end there were better bowl games this year. This game had the best half of the bowl season hands down. Thank you for your comments last week as well, you guys really made me feel hated like Colin Cowherd, who I look up too, so I was on my high horse thanks to you guys.

National Championship Game

Well damn football gods, did you really have to take Colt McCoy out of the game five plays in? What did he do to you guys? Either way the whole entire landscape of the game changed once he went out. You can’t argue that at all. I picked Texas to win, and if he stays in I think they do, but shoulda, coulda, woulda you know. Backup Texas QB, Garrett Gilbert, played well for the most part. He was deer in headlights the first couple of series, but once he realized Jordan Shipley was on the field, it was all good. McCoy got all the love this year, but imagine if he didn’t have Shipley to throw the ball to? I think Shipley is the Longhorn MVP this year, he certainly was for this game. The key plays in the game are Malcolm Williams dropping that touchdown pass which would have made it a 17 – 13 ball game. The next key play was the shovel pass pick six. If either of those two plays are in Texas’ favor the game is 17-13 at halftime with Texas getting the ball to start the second half.

I have no clue where Bama went in the 3rd qtr. I’m still looking for them right now. I won’t mention the Bama QB’s name, because he sucks that bad. Give some love to the Bama O-line, when you throw the ball 11 times, and win a national championship game, that means your running game cannot be touched. Mark Ingram and Trent Richardson got it in! Congrats to Bama, but deep down, you can’t feel totally good about this victory, because Texas didn’t have their best player. Granted you all knocked him out of the game on a clean hit, and injuries are apart of the game. But don’t you want to beat the Texas Longhorns? And all season long everyone and their unborn babies haven’t been able mention the Texas Longhorns without saying Colt McCoy.

NFL

The wildcard weekend was the rematch weekend. Three of the four games played were rematches, which I found pretty cool. Two out of the three of the teams that won last weekend, won this weekend.

Well a Jet is faster than a Bengal

The Jets flat out kicked the Bengals’ ass. Rex Ryan’s defense was “all the way turnt up”. Darrelle Revis continued his case for defensive player of the year (even though I don’t think postseason play should count, with his recent performance it’ll be hard to keep it out of the voters’ minds.) Mark Sanchez played virtually mistake free and his running game allowed him to not be in situations where he’d have to win the entire game.

Murder in Jerry Land

Speaking of flat out ass kickings. We’ll it wasn’t an ass kicking, someone died in Dallas. Not someone, but something or somethings. The Eagles died. Yep, they were put to death in Jerry Land. Is it Jerry Land or Jerry’s World? Has there been a consensus on what we’re going to call it yet? Either way outside of a long td strike from Mike Vick, the Eagles were extinct. The Eagles’ power was their offense and Dallas’ defense shut that down with ease. Tony Romo was flawless and Miles Austin showed out as always. Things were going so well in Dallas that Roy Williams showed up to the party as well and boy did Mr. Odessa cut a rug in Jerry Land/World. The Chargers are not the hottest team in football, it is the Cowboys.

Quote the Raven, “i dislike Patriots”

Umm…I’ve said this all year when it comes to the Patriots. “You Get What You Pay For” in several key areas of their ball club, the Pats went cheap and they got cheap performance. Most specifically they went cheap on defense, but in their defense’s defense when the offense is turning the ball over in their own territory several times it’s hard to win. The Ravens defense played like they should have been playing all year long. We can shoulda woulda coulda all day long in terms of Wes Welker being able to play but he wasn’t thus the Pats were in effective all game long with the Ravens rolling coverage to Randy Moss and Ben Watson dropping passes. On the other note their dynasty is not over, please stop with the nonsense. The Steelers didn’t make the playoffs this year, are they over?

Welcome to the conversation…We’re talking about nominations for the best games in history.

I was pissed all weekend long. I just wanted to watch some good football. All three previous playoff games were blowouts. Thank you Green Bay and Arizona for making this game interesting. The highest scoring game in NFL history interesting. Don’t blame Aaron Rodgers Packers fans, he played a great game and brought the team back. It was just a fluke play to be honest.

The defense made enough stops to get the team back even as well. It’s like guarding Lebron James, he’s going to get his points. I mean once both offenses got into their grooves, the 2000 Ravens or ‘85 Bears couldn’t have stopped either team. It is odd that the game ended on a defensive play, and I know for certain Neil Rackers is the happiest person in the state of Arizona right now. Kurt Warner threw four incompletions and five touchdown passes. I just thought I’d throw that fact out there.

Random ish….

So, Tommy Tuberville is the new man at Texas Tech. You don’t say. I hope you have something to say because I don’t. It feels like they went after the biggest name they could find at the time. Mike Leach’s system is totally different from what Tuberville is going to bring in. I wouldn’t say Tuberville has to win fast, because the administration has been dying to get rid of Leach so they’ll give Tuberville his due time to get his own players in Lubbock. The fans; however, will not give Tuberville his due time because they never wanted Leach gone in the first place. We’ll see how it plays out though.

Pete Carroll! Don’t do it. Seattle is on the fast track to becoming NFL purgatory between Cleveland and Oakland(Detroit is like Hell in Pluto). Too late. I feel like they are trapping you Pete, they are setting you up for failure. Who is they? I don’t know it sounds good. Either way, the defense is wretched in Seattle. I don’t know what they have done with Matt Hasslebeck. Mike Holmgren left the team better than he found it. Jim Mora was unfairly ousted too early. I mean they are giving Pete the money to go buy his own groceries to cook the dinner, per Bill Parcells. We’ll see if he manages his money well and buys good healthy organic foods or he wastes in on junk food. We’ll also see if he knows how to cook, because too much or too little salt and various spices on meals can completely ruin them. On a positive note, the defense is good and they play in a mediocre conference. The only way to go is up, right?

Cool Vids

That’s all I got,

Ricky Writer

Tuesday Afternoon Cornerback: Week 14

December 8th, 2009 | By boadurichard

Here are my quick cuts and jukes from the 14th week of football….

College

Oregon got a great win on Thursday night. It was great to see Lagarrette Blount play well. Jeremiah Masoli has done what he has done all year long and balled out leading his team to a come from behind victory.

Come on University of Houston you’re killing me here! Signs of a young team with potential is when they lose games to lesser competition which is exactly what happened this Saturday. The Cougars were a solid win away from making the BCS. Case Keenum shot himself in the foot and out of a Heisman Trophy visit with 3 interceptions. East Carolina won the Conference USA title over the Cougars.

Clearly the best game of the weekend was Cincy vs. Pitt, I don’t care what anyone has to say about the Big 12 Championship game. I was nervous when I woke up and saw that Pitt was up 31-10. I pride myself on my prophetic picks and Pitt had me looking bad. Then the Mardy Gilyard show happened, He took a kickoff back 99 yards to the house. He racked up 7 ko returns for 256 yards, that’s disgusting people! He also grabbed 5 catches for 118 yards and 1td. Also he grabbed the crucial 2 point conversion to tie the game up. Tony Pike is a lucky man because he played poor and was close to being pulled, but found a way to win it in the end throwing a perfect pass to Armon Binns for the game winning td. My heart goes out to Pittsburgh holder, Andrew Janocko, mishandled the extra point which eventually lead to the Cincy victory. The debate is still up for discussion but Dion Lewis vs. LaMichael James. Lewis ran the ball 47 times for 194 yards, OMG, WTF. He’s a freshman.
(this was so not a quick cut and juke. It was a burley John Riggins run, lol)

Like I said, get your licks in on USC now, because next year they’ll be back to normal. Does anyone not see why Pete Carroll wanted Mark Sanchez to come back for his senior year. Matt Barkley is good, but I’d rather have a 5th year senior QB who has been in the system (which is an NFL style system by the way) as opposed to having a freshman. Big ups to Mike Stoops and Arizona as well. He’s doing better than Bob, and I love Nick Foles hair. I find it hilarious that he was the #52 ranked QB coming out of high school in 2007 and only six of those QBs have a chance in hell of making it in the NFL. Don’t believe the hype, ever!

The ACC championship game was the runners bowl. You had GA Tech’s triple option offense and Josh Nesbitt and Jonathan Dwyer doing the damage for them vs. CJ Spiller getting it in for Clemson. Winner, GA Tech, Nesbitt and Dwyer combined for 46 carries for 213 yards and 3 tds. Spiller had 20 carries for 233 yards and 4tds(scratches head). Now that I look at it CJ won the battle but GA Tech and their rushing attack won the war.

SEC Championship, we finally saw Tim Tebow cry. I really don’t care about it, most of you all do. I think he is overhyped by the media, but that’s not his fault. He’s a great player who has one game left in his college career and that game is not for the national championship. I’d probably cry too. Bottom line, Florida doesn’t have their usual firepower and Alabama is just a better team.

My question is this, yes I know that Percy Harvin left for the NFL and Andre Debose was supposed to be his replacement but he was injured. Chris Rainey, Jeff Demps, Brandon James all three are electric fleet footed players. Brandon James covered for Percy last year in the SEC championship game, why couldn’t he have done so all season? Florida didn’t have any explosion this season and failed to replace Harvin. I’m not at practice everyday so I don’t know, but why wouldn’t you use Brandon James more?

The Big 12 Championship or the Ndumakong Suh show was a good one. Suh had 12 tackles, 7 for loss and 4.5 sacks….baller, point blank bottom line baby! He dominated the game and dictated what Texas could and could not do. Texas was destined for this game, from Colt McCoy’s tackle after his interception in the Red River Rivalry to his epic performance against Texas A&M. I’ll say this. Colt McCoy was PRESSURED and threw the ball out of bounds with one second left. If McCoy is pressured by guess who, Suh, he stays in the pocket and more than likely throws an incomplete pass and Texas loses the game. Has anyone else realized that?

Check out the 3:01 mark of this clip

NFL

It was great to see Michael Vick get two td’s, his first since 2006, against his former team.

Oh my goodness, did anyone see the Antonio Bryant catch.

I told you all Peyton would outlast Vince. But Vince played well. The Colts are just a better team, and Vince doesn’t need to be benched his 5 straight wins were not a fluke. I had to say that because the doubters are still lurking.

Do the Texans have any toes left? They continually shot themselves in the foot week in and week out.

The Chiefs suck and I love it. My Raiders beat the defending Super Bowl champions who do not look like themselves at all.

Speaking of not looking like themselves, the Patriots. I mean Randy is getting out jumped on jump balls and I’ve never seen that happen before. Tom is making bad decisions also. The defense, well….you get what you pay for. The Pats want to go ahead and be cheap on defense which is the main part of their problem and they are getting exactly what they are paying for. A pass rush from Richard Seymour would be really nice about now.

Remember that fate I spoke of with the Texas Longhorns? Yah, the New Orleans Saints have that same fate. Robert Meachem is from Tulsa, OK. I’m not from T-Town but I’m from Midwest City, OK, so we’ll claim em.

LaDanian Tomlinson passed the great Jim Brown for 8th place on the all-time rushing list.

It’s December and it’s the Dallas Cowboys? Why are you people surprised, gaah lee! Did anyone spot Aaron Ross of the Giants, dude looked fly with the blue spats.

The 49ers won, but I don’t understand why Alex Smith is throwing the ball 45 times and Frank Gore is running it only 9? Oh well, they won.

Brett Favre looks like he came back to Earth because he played like a 40 year old quarterback should. He also didn’t get help from his receivers who got locked up by the Cardinals secondary. My thoughts and prayers go out to E.J. Henderson.

Oh my goodness. last nights Monday night game was the ugliest thing in the world. I mean 23 penalties, oh my. The only think looking good was Tom Zbikowski’s spat job. It looked really nice and Charles Woodson’s did too.

Joe Flacco thought the his fling with the sophomore slump was just that. Naw Joe Money, she’s here for the rest of the season homie!

That’s all I got,

Ricky Writer

Monday Morning Cornerback: Week 11

November 16th, 2009 | By boadurichard

Yo yo, what’s good. Ricky Writer here. These are my quick cuts and jukes over this past weekend of football.

In the newly storied rivalry that is Rutgers and USF, USF got their asses hand to em one time each quarter. You all wanted to annoint USF Frosh QB, B.J. Daniels as the next best thing, and yes, he is good, but he is still a Freshman. If Matt Barkley is struggling in So Cal you can bet Mr. Daniels is as well. The Frosh QB we should be talking about is Rutgers QB, Tom Savage. They boy has 10 tds and 2 picks on the whole year.

If you look at the score of the Cincinnati vs. West Virginia game, you’d say uh-oh Cincy is gonna go down real soon. They barely got by WVU. But it was an off game for the Bearcats who made uncharacteristic mistakes and still found a way to win. Tony Pike will lead the Bearcats the rest of the way. He stepped in and threw 4 passes to knock the rust off and tossed 2 tds. After watching this game, I think Cincy stays undefeated through the regular season.

This is where it gets painful. is it bad if the three brand name undefeated teams bore me and I’m only excited by the off-brand three undefeated teams?

Florida struggled up until the 4th quarter to be South Carolina. Yes the Gamecocks have a great defense, but these are the Florida Gators. Just signs of how much this college football season sucks, but we have to give the Gators some love, that’s 20 victories in a row. I wonder if Steve Spurrier ever regrets leaving Florida? He’d never admit it but I think he does. He could be sitting pretty like A-Rod, and setting himself up to overthrow Joe Paterno with the most victories.

It’s not what’s on the outside that counts, it’s what’s on the inside. Mississippi State wore some cool new black uniforms in hopes of defeating #2 Alabama. No bueno! 31-3 rout at home, not a good look.

Do I really have to talk about Texas drilling Baylor? I mean Robert Griffin is not playing so you know how the game was going to turn out.

Now I get excited…

The TCU vs. Utah game was supposed to be a mini-bowl game for all the MWC marbles. TCU took Utah’s marbles and cookies. LIke I’ve said before no one wants to see that TCU 4-2-5 defense or offense. TCU QB,  Andy Dalton, is lighting up the scoreboard. I”ll be honest, I don’t think Cincy or Boise St. can really hang with the big boys this year, but TCU is foreal.

Yes the Idaho vs. Boise State is actually a rivalry although it hasnt been with the rise of the Broncos and fall of the Vandals. But the coming in the Vandals were 7-3 and bowl eligible. But Boise St. let them know who runs that state in a 63-25 rout to remain undefeated but still on the outside looking in as far as the BCS title game is concerned.

GA Tech puts a smile on my face. Their option attack is unparalleled and it takes me back to the old school Wishbone, Triple Option, Wing-T days when I was a young lad in the 90s. They clinched a spot in the ACC title game by defeating the newly respectable Duke Blue Devils 49-10. GA Tech will likely face Clemson. It should be a good one. Congrats Yellow Jackets.

LSU is not LSU anymore. Yes they have injuries but it’s evident they aren’t as dominant as no one has been in this weak ass college football season. They barely beat LA Tech 24-16.

USC got beat by Stanford. Am I surprised, no. I am surprised that they got drilled at home though, 55-21. Standford coach, Jim Harbaugh, is a serious ball coach, and I expect Michigan to buy out Rich Rodriguez’s contract and bring the ex-Wolverine Harbaugh back to Ann Arbor. The biggest mistake Pete Carroll made was not being able to convince Mark Sanchez to stay but replacing Steve Sarkisian with Jeremy Bates who hasn’t done much in his career other than latch onto Mike Shanahan.

Ohio State is going to the BCS after their victory over Iowa. It’s not that impressive to do anymore when you are the dominant team in the Big Ten. Let’s give them props, and my boy Terrelle Pryor is coming into his own now they they are opening up the playbook to him, as he went 14/17 against the Hawkeyes.

I’m a little confused by the rankings, which has Iowa being dropped two spots to #15 which is fine seeing as to how they lost. But Penn State, which Iowa beat on the road jumped five spots from #17 to #12 and is three spots ahead of a team they lost too?!?! Not to mention another team in which Iowa beat, the Wisconsin Badgers are #14, one slot ahead of the Hawkeyes. This is the stupidity that I find with the polls. I don’t think these writers watch to games to be honest.

Dion Lewis, Heisman? Anyone agree? He has carried the offense on his back to be honest. Notre Dame’s fall as predicted by 6Magazine’s Claude Clayborne is happening before our eyes. Michael Floyd has been back two weeks now for the Irish but I can’t tell because Golden Tate is playing like he’s the number #1 receiver.

Pardon me while I’ve just realized I haven’t been giving you quick cuts and jukes. It’s been more like methodical four and five yard gains down the field. I just passed the 50 yard line, so I’ma get my Barry Sanders on again if you don’t mind.

I don’t know why people continue to hate on Oregon’s uniforms, they are tight every week.

Miami Hurricanes met their maker, Butch Davis this past weekend.

The Houston Cougars are slowly starting to hurt my feelings.

Because of Penn St. and Wisconsin robbing Iowa of ranking spots, I will not mention or bold them in this week’s Monday Morning Cornerback.

C.J. Spiller is the nation’s most exciting and valuable player, therefore he should win the Heisman trophy.

NFL

Maybe Josh McDaniels was right about Jay Cutler…..

Matt Ryan meet the sophomore slump. She’s a cruel daughter of a bitch. Why is Carolina WR, Steve Smith, complaining about offensive involvement when he caught 4 balls for 34 yards and 2tds?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Bengals, Colts, and Patriots but does anyone really want to play the Dolphins in the playoffs? Yes, they are 4-5, but they will be in the playoffs, watch!

Duh, Lions vs. Vikings you know who won, but did you see this. WTH!

Mark Sanchez meet the Rookie Ridicule. It happens, you’re gonna suck in your rookie season unless you’re Ben Roethlisberger or Dan Marino. You’ll bounce back the last half of the season we promise. The Jags are flying under the radar this year, but their defense has been amazing.

Not sure what it is, but the Bengals have the Steelers number and they better not face them in the Wildcard game if they know what is good for them.

I keep saying it. The Saints don’t have a run defense. I don’t care if people were injured or not, when those guys are healthy they still had the same problems. Look at the stats on the Carolina and St. Louis games. But 9-0 is 9-0.

T.O.’s mid-season melt down came right on cue. ESPN AFC East blogger, Tim Graham,  now actually have valid reasons to provoke T.O. Chris Johnson doesn’t have much of an o-line and leads the league in rushing. So why are we giving Adrian Peterson all the MVP considerations?

The Redskins won? Ge the fuck outta here! Man…saying anything would be ruining the moment.

Do I really have to talk about Kansas City vs. Oakland?

Bad Kurt Warner stayed home and Good Kurt Warner came to play. My fantasy team thanks him.

Charles Woodson beat the Dallas Cowboys all by himself.

I think Andy Reid’s welcome in slowly fading.

When you kick Bill Belichick in the balls you normally brake your foot and have to have two or three toes amputated and he will not apologize or pay your medical bills.

That’s All I got,

Ricky Writer

Monday Morning Cornerback: Week 9

November 4th, 2009 | By boadurichard

Here are my quick cuts and jukes from the weekend

My case is proven. If Miami played Virginia Tech on a dry field the Canes would only have one loss on their record this season. Did anyone see the Tar Heels defense? Why haven’t they been playing like this all year.

West Virginia is due to win one of their big games. Cincy or Pitt which one will it be?

As skeptical as I’ve been of B.J. Daniels, this Frosh is the real deal and is officially 6Magazine approved!

The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party was a great party for the 2000s. It’s was freaking party for Florida fans to watch Georgia get beat 8 times out of 10. Hopefully the 20-teens will serve better for the Dawgs.

I find it odd that OSU didn’t get any calls at home. I also feel sorry for Zac Robinson dropped balls left and right and no Dez Bryant. Texas defense is good and OSU probably wouldn’t have pulled out the victory anyway. Earl Thomas gets my vote for the Thorpe award. The kid is like Ed Reed all over again.

Indiana got jobbed. As will Iowa when the BCS results come out in a couple of weeks and they are undefeated on the outside looking in. Tell them to thank the Big Ten commissioner who voted against the playoff or plus one system.

Celebrate now Oregon. USC is in a rebuilding year. We all know that. LaMichael James or Dion Lewis, who is your favorite Frosh RB?

TCU is #6 in the country, but no one goes to their home games. Maybe if this was Maine, Vermont, Indiana, states where football is not king, but in Texas?

Boise St. is smooth sailing into a BCS game and if they keep it up a championship game next year. Preseason polls suck because they pigeon hole teams before they ever set foot on the field. If we are going to keep this stupid BCS let’s not vote on who’s the best team until week 7 and start the BCS calculations until Week 9. Capice?

Cincy. Word to the wise BearCats. (why do we call it “word to the wise” if they are so wise then why do they need our advice?) Texas will stumble this year. Learn from their mistake they committed last year.

LSU is getting by on a mediocre season and schedule. Funny how when the SEC seems to have an off year the rest of the country does as well.

Utah is one Terrance Cain interception away from being in Oregon’s shoes right now. Don’t sleep on the Utes this bowl season. Ask ‘08 Alabama.

Do I really have to talk about Ohio State beating New Mexio State 45-0?

If Houston had a lick of defense they’d be undefeated. Like it or not Case Keenum needs to be in NYC for the Heisman presentation. If Colt Brennan can go from the WAC Case can go from C-USA.

With a win over Duke and another conference loss for GA Tech, The U could be in the ACC championship game.

OU has the best cornerback tandem in the nation. Brandon Banks is the best wide receiver you’ve never heard about.

I was diggin’ the black Tennesse unis and the Georgia change up as well.

Golden Tate is making me forget about Michael Floyd.

Jevan Snead has solidified me as an idiot. (I picked him as a 1st team All-American)

When I heard UCONN lost, I felt bad for them. They’ve gone 0-2 since losing starting CB, Jasper Howard, to a stab wound two weeks ago. But when I heard the player that scored the winnig touchdown for Rutgers was Howard’s best friend, Tim Brown who also doubles as a WR for Rutgers, I didn’t feel so bad.

I don’t know what you heard, but FSU vs. NC State was the game of the week. The highlights below won’t show it, but Russell Wilson balled his ass off. Passing 20/30 for 349 yards and 5 tds. It’ll be interesting to see how the careers of Wilson, Terrelle Pryor, and Robert Griffin all turn out.

Ron Zook finally won a game. Rich Rodriguez’s Michigan Wolverines continued their losing streak. Ron Zook beat Michigan! Rich Rodriguez lost to Ron Zook and the Fighting Illini.

NFL

The Raven’s defense finally played like the Ravens defense. Kyle Orton mistook his Broncos uniform for a Bear’s uniform.

T.O., T.O., T.O., I feel for you man. I really do. Now you know how Randy Moss felt in Oakland. They say Trent Edwards is coming back.

Ted Ginn Jr. keep up the good work. Lobby to return some punts. Take more kicks back, play your role as the slot receiver, and you might work your way back into the starting lineup. You’ve been playing ball all your life, don’t make it hard than what it needs to be.

Giants? What’s going on? 40 points?

I am being completely honest. JaMarcus Russell is playing better.

Vince Young starts. Vince Young wins. I love it when people say he can’t win with his style but he won Offensive Rookie of the Year honors and led his team to the playoffs and that same team bailed on him yet he continues to win when they need him.

I can’t decide who is more fickle. Kurt Warner or Brett Favre. At least Favre’s fickleness isn’t on the football field. Warner’s right arm has schizophrenia.

Last but not least. Mr. Favre. You beat Green Bay twice. I mean since you didn’t come back for revenge there’s no need to make a big hoopla about it. On the next one buddy.

That’s all I got,

Ricky Writer