Heisman Watch... Season of Sam

Heisman Watch – Sam Bradford

The darkhorse became one of the frontrunners, as Knowshon Moreno’s Georgia Bulldogs, Tim Tebow and Percy Harvin’s Florida Gators, and Mark Sanchez’s Southern California Trojans all suffered devastating losses last week, and skyrocketed the very talented Oklahoma Sooners led by Sophomore Sam Bradford to #1 in the polls. 

As a freshman, Bradford put up gaudy passing numbers (3121 yards, 36 TD) and put the Sooners in contention for the national title. 

This year, he wants more.  He’s off to a torrid start (1293 yards, 16 TD in 4 games) and has his team geared up to take on the resurgent Big 12 conference.  Oh yea and your boy has his own , his own website, Facebook group, and even a fan page.... Take that Tebow

His trip to Miami for the BCS title game won’t be easy. Even if they get past Texas, Texas Tech, Kansas, and the rest of their tough schedule, they’ll likely have Missouri waiting for them in the Big 12 Title game. 

If Bradford and the Sooners run the table, they’ll play in the BCS title game, and Bradford should follow in Tim Tebow’s footsteps as the second sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy. 

I'll be keeping a close eye on these top games this Saturday. 

Ohio State vs. Wisconsin, USC vs. Oregon, and Florida State vs. Miami.

Season of Sam ??

Scoring Machine

He's Scoring, Scoring, Scoring...da da.. he's a Scoring Machine...

He's almost automatic, especially from 3pt.

His scoring to minutes ratio is almost one to one.

He's a beast and a walk on freshman. Who might you ask??

Conner Teahan

The Freshman from the number 2 Kansas Jayhawks. He's like a mini celeb now, he has 4 Facebook groups ( my favorite Your Damn Straight I Love Conner Teahan!), and has clips of him scoring on youtube.

At one point he was shooting 80% from behind the arc (8-10) and my favorite stat in 44 minutes he had 45 points.

don't believe me, here's what the coach and media have to say about him



Teammates won't even play H-O-R-S-E with him.

Imagine when he starts gettin real minutes...
We'll have to change his nickname to "Buckets"

Big Monday recap: Duke vs. Maryland

At the beginning of the season the seniors on the University of Maryland women's basketball team set goals. One of them was to end the Terrapins 9 game home losing streak against the duke blue devils. On a chilly Monday night they accomplished just that and by doing so became the first team this season with 20 wins (10 straight).

This rematch of the 2006 championship game (which the Terps won in overtime) looked as if it would be a route as the Terrapins came out the gate with a lot of energy and jumped out to a big lead before Duke battled back with a run of their own. Maryland ended the first half with and 11 point lead.

At the start of the second half after being down 13 Duke used a 10-0 run to cut the lead to 47-43. Maryland responded by extending the lead back to 9 but couldn't put the game away. The Blue devils were resilient though. They kept battling and eventually tied the score at 65 on 7-0 flurry.

There were 7 minutes left. All of the sudden this was anybody's game.

Then the Maryland Terrapins kicked back into gear. They closed the game on a 17-2 run.

Marissa Coleman tied a career high with 30 pts as the No.4 Terps came away with the 85-70 win over the No.13 Blue Devils. The junior guard seemed to be on a mission to make sure her senior teammates went out with this win, leaving even her coach a little in awe.

Krisit Toliver scored 19 of her 21 points in the second half and added 6 assists. Crystal Langhorne added 16 points and 7 boards in a game where the Terps sometimes looked bored with big leads.

Jasmine Thomas and Wanisha Smith netted 17 points a piece for Duke who saw a 8 game winning streak snapped.

The Blue Devils fought valiantly but in the end poor free throw shooting and a lack of execution down the stretch proved detrimental.

Overall the game was a great one for fans to watch and a great start to a series of 8 potentially exciting Big Monday games on ESPN.
Next up is the much anticipated match up between Connecticut and North Carolina.

*Game Notes*
-The rivalry match up drew a crowd of 15,531. That's the 5th largest crowd in ACC history.
- Maryland's victory was its first against Duke since the 2005-2006 national championship game victory and the first regular-season win since Feb. 3, 2000. It was the first home win against Duke since Jan. 30, 1998.
-With nine rebounds, Laura Harper moved into fifth place all-time at Maryland with 724, passing Christy Winters.

Click Here For Post Game Quotes

Next up, UNC at UConn....
JayD

"Beauty and a Baller"

The NCAA Women's Basketball Season starts with some wonderful matches.
A double header in North Carolina at the State Farm Classic. The Lady Tar Heels(#7) against Arizona St. (#12) followed by Oklahoma (#8) vs. U of Maryland (#4).

So I thought I'd take this time out to mention some ladies that I consider to be both a "Beauty and a Baller". Now, this is MY opinion, so IDGAF what YOU think.

And now to the athletes:

<-------------Ms. Parker

Candace Parker

The defending National Champ has her eyes set on a encore season. Pre-Season Player of the Year and the most exciting player to watch on the Womens side. She can dunk on you during a fast break or half court set. So watch out below!!
People Magazine's 100 Most beautiful People, (2007).

The Precious Point----------->

Renee Montgomery

Playing under the National Power house at UConn.
This phenomenal Floor General leads a team that can win it all.
In the State the 50 runs (CT), Renee is like money in the bank.

<-----From Maryland with Love

Kristi Toliver

Two years ago as a freshman, she stole my heart and Duke's chance at a National Title with what is known around Maryland as "The Shot". On a Maryland team that has firepower to return the title to College Park.

The Southern Belle------->

Sabrina Gregory

Returning to the UNC Charlotte 49ers for a run at the A-10 title.
The Senior led the team in Points, Assists and steals last year.
This Belle is looking to take her team to the big dance this year.
She's also 54 pts shy of 1,000 for her career.

<----From My NEC of the Woods

Shanay Freeman

Playing in the North East Conference (NEC), this guard is the defensive leader on a trapping defense. Like the energizer bunny while in the game, she is continually moving, scrapping and getting steals. With a new coach in town, she'll be the one they lean on to keep the team "going and going".




Many of the female student athletes are beautiful women, inside and out (besides what Imus and his boys think). So check out the games this season...
I'll be watching..lol

Mr. Talented

p.s....who do you think i missed???

F the BCS

Quick – pick the one popular sport whose champion is decided by a bunch of nerds behind a computer desk.
No, it’s not online poker, and it’s not even Madden ’08, where you keep on losing to that 12 year old kid from Boise on Xbox live (damn you, idahorox95!).

No, I’m talking about college football. A place where a little bit of whining will get you into the national title or a BCS bowl, and where you can play schedule filled with Troy and Bobby Boucher's SCLSU Mud Dogs and still make the national title game.

Whatever happened to the best teams playing the best teams to determine a champion? It happens in every other sport, even in college. Now I’ll ask another question – what is the most exciting annual sporting event? March madness.

Imagine if you combined a more popular sport with some type of playoff system or tournament. I understand football is a different type of game, and they can only play one game a week, but tell me what the fuck these kids are doing for those first three weeks of December besides Christmas shopping and throwing snowballs at little kids during fits of roid rage? You have 8 teams in the playoffs – the winner of each major conference and 2 at-large bids – play the second and third weeks of December, and play your championship game the first week of January. 7 playoff games means more money, more excitement, and a real champion! Tradition blows. It’s time for a change.

Much to Mr. Talented’s dismay, I won’t give a top 25 poll, but I’ll let you all know who my 8 playoff teams are.

SEC champion – LSU

Big XII champion – Oklahoma

Big 10 champion – Michigan

ACC champion – Miami

Big East champion – West Virginia

Pac 10 champion – Oregon

At-large 1 – Hawaii

At-large 2 – Ohio State

NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings (pre-season)

So normally around this time, college football powerhouses have set their lanes. The BCS race is closed to about 4 teams and we can start worrying about my favorite time of year, (not Christmas) but College Basketball.

With College Football all over the place, the ESPN/USA Today Poll Top 25 rankings came out. I almost missed it, and I'm sure most did too. But since I Love Ya, here it is.

ESPN/USA Today Poll

1. North Carolina (10) 0-0 739

2. UCLA (12) 0-0 734

3. Memphis (8) 0-0 731

4. Kansas (1) 0-0 669

5. Georgetown 0-0 625

6. Louisville 0-0 620

7. Tennessee 0-0 598

8. Michigan State 0-0 503

9. Indiana 0-0 479

10. Washington State 0-0 464

11. Duke 0-0 390

12. Marquette 0-0 381

13. Oregon 0-0 360

14. Gonzaga 0-0 252

14. Texas A&M 0-0 252

16. Texas 0-0 216

17. Arizona 0-0 205

18. USC 0-0 189

19. Arkansas 0-0 173

20. Pittsburgh 0-0 160

21. Stanford 0-0 158

22. Kentucky 0-0 155

23. Southern Illinois 0-0 137

24. North Carolina State 0-0 119

25. Villanova 0-0 111