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I feel like things are winding down in the sports world what with Christmas rapidly approaching. That may be the case. Perhaps that’s what got Carmelo Anthony so worked up. Everyone else is on vacation but him. Yeah. That’s probably it. What else happened this week?
ITEM ONE: It turns out Marian Gaborik is a pretty good hockey player, if we are to glean anything from his absence. Even with Pavol Demitra and Derek Boogaard back in the lineup, Pascual Dupuis seems like our best player, and that scares me. (Not that Boogaard is necesarily a dynamo by any stretch of the imagination, but doesn’t everyone on his line always seem to play better? If I punch the fine folks at I Dislike Your Favorite Team, will that mean my blog will get better? Hmmm….) Or maybe hockey players just don’t like playing in Canada. But that doesn’t seem right.
ITEM TWO: So the Twins have news on the pitching front. Not the good kind, of course, but the “our second best pitcher is retiring” kind. The news is, of course, that our second best pitcher is retiring. It’s a good thing that we have Jason Jennings… I mean, uh… well. Scott Baker? Hey! At least we have the Jeff Cirillo and the resigning of Rondell White to look forward to, right? Watch out AL Central!
ITEM THREE: I should just point out to everyone that, at this point, Butler appears to be the best basketball school in Indiana and Drake holds the honor for Iowa. Of course, everyone saw that coming.
ITEM FOUR: Steve over at Is It Sports simmed his version of the non-Tournament for College football. A noble cause. I went out instead and bout NCAA ’07 and am in the process of simming all of the actual Bowls. Not because I think you want to know whose going to win, but so that you know that I have so much time on my hands that I can play Rice versus Troy without actually playing. In any case, here are the results so far.
In the Poinsettia Bowl, Robert Merrill (who is actually hurt) had a huge game, but TCU fell short against Northern Illinois and wideout Britt Davis 37,24 in a game that was actually closer than the score indicates.
In the Las Vegas Bowl, Oregon quarterback Dennis Dixon led the Ducks over BYU 44-10. That game was exactly as close as the score indicates.
The New Orleans Bowl was a heck of a defensive struggle, but Quinton Smith broke free for Rice, and they beat Troy 20-3.
In the catchy Papajohns.com Bowl, East Carolina trounced South Florida, 37 – 14. The Pirates’ Chris Johnson ran all over the Bulls.
Believe it or not, New Mexico won the New Mexico Bowl which was held in New Mexico. Kole McKarney connected with Marcus Johnson for three touchdowns as New Mexico defeated San Jose State 48-7. New Mexico. New Mexico. Marcus Vick. New Mexico.
In a game that proved Utah loves America more than Tulsa, Brett Ratliff threw three freedom touchdowns as the Utes beat the Golden Hurricanes 41-10 in the Armed Forces Bowl.
In the Hawaii Bowl, nobody really excelled. Wideout Rudy Burgess ran for a 55 yard touchdown and caught 5 passes for Arizona State, but they barely nosed Hawaii 24-16 after a thrilling comeback in a very good game. I mean, for a video game.
Quite the opposite in the Motor City Bowl as Middle Tennesee State ran and threw all over Central Michigan, winning 48-7. Eugene Gross ran for over 100 yards, scoring 2 touchdowns and even had 60 yards passing, while the actual Blue Raiders QB, Clint Marks threw for two TDs.
And that’s it. Look forward to more bowl previews on Christmas. That’s right. I would sink to that level. Happy Holidays. – Ryan
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