My thoughts on sports and life

I spent some time trying to come up with a name for my NFL post-season awards. The Vancies came to mind. Maybe the Meekers. Eventually, I realized that I was a moron. So, welcome to the 1st annual awards that need no name because they're fake awards. Here we go: MVP-Get the easiest out of the way first. I'm a huge Drew Brees fan, but this one is simple. Aaron Rodgers has completed almost 70% of his passes, with 45 TDs and just 6 INTs. His worst game was one where he threw for a TD, ran for another, and had no INTs. He hasn't thrown more than one INT in a game this season. Brees is great, but Rodgers is MVP. Rookies of the Year-Cam Newton (barely) and Von Miller. AJ Green really deserves some praise, and is a close 2nd. Same with Aldon Smith on defense. Patrick Peterson was also fantastic along with Andy Dalton, but Newton is a scoring machine, while Miller is the reason Tim Tebow is "a winner". Defensive Player of the Year-Lots of deserving guys here. Three ...

There's one week to go in the NFL season, which saddens me. There are still a few playoff spots to be decided, so week 17 should have some intrigue. This week-the Colts win again, the Bucs stink again, the Cowboys blow it again, and Drew Brees is your new passing yards record holder. Here we go: Week 16 Power Rankings: 32. Tampa Bay Buccaneers-The offense stinks. The defense stinks. This team has nothing at all to be happy about. 31. St Louis Rams-I have no idea why Stephen Jackson hasn't demanded a trade. What a waste of a great career. 30. Indianapolis Colts-Well, one more win, and they might not have to worry about that whole Manning/Luck controversy. 29. Cleveland Browns-There's nothing dumber than jumping offsides when you know the other teams's only goal is to make you jump offsides. 28. Jacksonville Jaguars-MJD should join up with Stephen Jackson and go on strike. 27. Washington Redskins-Knocked AP and Ponder both out of the game, and still let them put ...

We're down to the final two weeks of the season, and the playoff picture is still pretty much in flux. This week the winless win, the lossless lose, the Giants choke, and the Steelers gag. Here we go: Week 15 Power Rankings: 32. Tampa Bay Buccaneers-They'd be better off playing backups. 31. Indianapolis Colts-Still stink, but at least they're still trying. (I'm still looking at you Tampa Bay) 30. St Louis Rams-They're an injury away from having "Who wants to start for an NFL team?" night at the stadium. 29. Cleveland Browns-The only thing worse than punting to Peterson in overtime (moronic), is leaving Larry Fitzgerald wide open in overtime (epic fail). 28. Minnesota Vikings-The Viking secondary is in critical condition after being bludgeoned, battered, and beaten by Brees. Please send flowers. 27. Jacksonville Jaguars-I think their starting WRs for this game were Larry, his brother Darryl, and his other brother Darryl. (My apologies if you don...

We're in the process of closing out the season, and the good teams are showing it, while the bad teams are, well, really bad. This week the Packers flex, the Cowboys flop, the Jags romp, and the Broncos do it again. Week 14 Power Rankings: 32. Indianapolis Colts-I really don't see how they could possibly win a game at this point. Move over Lions, you've got company. 31. St Louis Rams-Injuries have killed them, but injuries had nothing to do with not getting Stephen Jackson the ball on the goalline. That's pure idiocy. 30. Cleveland Browns-The defense held Pittsburgh to 14 points. Unfortunately for them, if a team can score 10 against the Browns, it's enough. 29. Tampa Bay Buccaneers-How bad is this team you ask? They gave up 41 points to the Jags, a team whose season-high up to that point had been 20 points. THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE THEIR PREVIOUS BEST. Raheem Morris, go stand in line with Haley and Sparano. 28. Kansas City Chiefs-Todd Haley goes from loo...

8:00 AM-Wake up feeling a sense of excitement that it's Sunday, but also with a gnawing dread because.......well, it's Sunday. 9:00 AM-Have breakfast, something light in case it comes back up later is preferable. After breakfast, you run to town for last minute provisions for the day, including nachos, beer and aspirin. The guy who checks you out has a 'who dey' tattoo, so you think "this is going to be a good day" 10:00 AM-Open up your first beer, kiss your wife, pet your dog, read to your kids. 11:00 AM-You go into game mode, call your buddy to talk about how you will put it together and win today. You can't lose really. Have another beer. 1:00 PM-Game time. You got the beer and nachos ready. Time to watch your team go to work. 1:15 PM-You ask an empty room "Why did we run the ball there? Is Marvin Lewis dense?" 1:30 PM-Your wife asks why you are screaming at the TV. You look at her like she's from another planet, and have another bee...

Yes, the revolution will be televised. Every year, it seems like we have a lot of unhappy people at the end of the college football season. Yes, some are for normal, "my team is no good" reasons, but most of it is directed at our friends at the BCS, who continue to adhere to an arcane system that doesn't always give us the two most deserving teams, and in some cases, completely leaves an undefeated team without a chance at a championship. I've had enough. So, that said, I'm taking over. Go home BCS. Take a vacation university presidents. Take a long nap NCAA. I got this. Here is my 18 point plan to fix college football. 1. Realignment-The conferences have made a lot of movement lately and in some cases, geographically, it just seems to be frivolous. (I'm looking at you Big East). You can't be the Big East with West coast teams. So, I'll be moving teams around, keeping rivalries where it makes sense, but some teams just have to move. Make new rivalrie...

We put week 13 to bed last night. There were a few good games, and a lot of blowouts. This week the Chargers show up, the Bengals blow up, the Cowboys screw up, and the Lions need to grow up. Here we go. Week 13 Power Rankings: 32. Indianapolis Colts-Orlovsky to Garcon is a great combo in the 4th quarter, down a lot. 31. St Louis Rams-And I was so sure AJ Feely would dominate. 30. Jacksonville Jaguars-Maurice Jones-Drew should sue the Jaguars franchise for wasting his career. 29. Cleveland Browns-Ray Rice ran up their backs, performed a cha-cha on their faces, then ran down the other said. 28. Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Well, if you're going to suck, you might as well suck enough for somebody to break a record on you. 27. Minnesota Vikings-Now they have the notoriety of actually letting Tebow look good on them. 26. Kansas City Chiefs-Good thing they were playing Caleb Hanie. 25. Washington Redskins-Remember that 3-1 start? Yeah, me either. 24. Philadelphia Eagles-The Eagles W...