Sports Notes

-Baseball's over? Finally? Thank God! The World Series between the Cardinals and Tigers was the worst rated Series in history! What'd it beat out? Last year's World Series! Ouch! Yeah, baseball needs to make some changes, because it's caught up in scandal and is boring!

-Sportswriters and analysts sure are fair weather, aren't they? Many questioned Bill Parcells' decision to bench Drew Bledsoe in favor of Tony Romo. Romo threw three picks in the second half of last week's Monday night game against the Giants. He had a solid game against the Panthers on Sunday night and all of a sudden, he was the right choice and will lead the Cowboys to the playoffs. They jumped on Matt Leinart's back after he and the Cardinals' near upset win over the Bears on Monday night. He's now 0-4 as a starter following Sunday's loss to the Packers. Some are claiming that the Tennessee Titans' win over Houston on Sunday proves that Houston should've drafted Vince Young with the #1 pick in the draft. Idiots. Houston put up over 420 yards total offense, but turned the ball over too much. Tennessee didn't even put up half that amount. They just allowed Houston to beat themselves. They've been off and on about Washington quarterback Mark Brunell. Until the past couple weeks, many were bashing on Atlanta quarterback Michael Vick. Gotta love these guys. They flip-flop so much that they have to confuse themselves at times. Maybe not, but it sure as heck confuses me!

-What were the Steelers thinking when starting Ben Roethlisberger? The guy barely survived a motorcycle accident, had an emergency appendectomy, and had his second concussion in four months two Sundays ago. They were playing Oakland and Charlie Batch has performed great in his relief efforts this year against Miami and Atlanta. Pitt held Oakland to under 100 yards total offense and lost 20-13! Why? Big Ben threw four picks, two of which were brought in for touchdowns. Both of the Raiders touchdowns were on picks. Big Ben seems cursed this year. What else can happen? I wonder if he's thinking the same thing.

-Why are people harping on Cincinnati quarterback Carson Palmer's "inconsistent" play? The guy was very efficient on Sunday against the Falcons and is one of the top rated starters in the NFL. You know his biggest problem? Pass protection. In all of 2005, Palmer was sacked a total of 21 times. He's already matched that in 7 games this year. Protect Palmer and he's going to give the Bengals great results. Also, utilize Rudi Johnson more to ease the pressure off Palmer.

-At 1-7, can the Arizona Cardinals be labeled the worst team in football? It's amazing how close they were to beating the undefeated Bears, and yet they follow that with consecutive losses to Oakland and Green Bay. Ouch!

-Where's Reggie Bush? Lawrence Maroney, Jerious Norwood, and maybe even Joseph Addai have impressed me more this year than "the next Gale Sayers." How about those early draft picks? Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart, Jay Cutler, Vine Young... Several others have been much more impressive thus far.

-Did USC get too cocky? This is a club who beat Arkansas and Nebraska this year 78-24. Those two clubs have a combined record of 13-4. But, they've played lazy in conference and it finally bit them in the backside in Corvallis. When they fell behind 33-10, they finally woke up and almost made a great comeback.

-The Big East has three of the remaining six unbeatens: West Virginia, Louisville, and Rutgers. I'm hoping the Big East gets an unbeaten in the title game against Ohio State. Yeah, I'm already calling for the Buckeyes to beat the Wolverines.