It used to be...good

Wrestling, yes, professional wrestling used to be good. It was fun to watch, and for a time...say about 1997-2003, it was competitive. I'll still tune in to watch Shawn Michaels (the 2nd best ever to Ric Flair) and a few others. But honestly, Vince McMahon has no idea what he is doing since he now has no competition, or hasn't for about 7 years. The first few years were okay, when the Rock was kind of still around, but anymore, 80% of it is pure shit. Ah, but wait! Floyd Mayweather is going to save it. Yes, you heard me. Honestly, I don't why anyone in McMahon's stable would bitch about what they are getting payed or who is in charge of marketing or anything like that. $20 million. That's right. More than he could make in a boxing match in the future. Another arena that's dried up for now.

Just when you thought it could happen...

I have never rooted for Eli Manning in a game in my life. Last night I did. Everything I hoped the Giants could do...happened, until the 4th quarter. Get off to early lead? Check. Have one explosive play to get crowd riled up? Check. Have the lead at halftime? Check. Get out to quick start in 3rd quarter? Check. Eli Manning have his best game of the year (not asking much there)? Check. And then it ended. The offense stalled out 1/2 way through the 3rd quarter, the Patriots came back. And after the on-side kick failed after a very late touchdown, it was over. Oh well, I can always pray the Colts or Jags (or perhaps the Cowboys in the Super Bowl) play at their highest level for one game. Possible. Not likely. But possible.

OSU is in the National Championship Game...

That being said, the BCS thing? It's a crock. Not only is it a crock, but the coaches and writers are in on it too. It's blatantly obvious.

I understand if you want to make a point that LSU is better than Virginia Tech. I can get that. They handled them with ease (at home) in the 2nd week of the season. But here is the question...If it's all about "when you lose", and who is playing the best at the end of the season, please explain how LSU (with a more than gifted back-up in Ryan Perriloux - I'd tell you he is pretty much on-par with Matt Flynn) barely beat a so-so 3-loss Tennessee team ranked #13 by a touchdown thanks to a pathetic game by Eric Ainge and jumps from #7 to #2. In the meantime, Virginia Tech beats a higher-ranked (#11) Boston College team by 15 on a truly neutral field and goes from #5 to #4, or simply sits at #4 depending on the poll. Please explain that. You can't.

Bottom line, LSU vs. OSU is the marquee matchup, subjectivity be damned. If LSU was really "that good" after losing to another lame-ass team in overtime (how's that Kentucky loss look now?), then you (coaches, writers, etc.) should have kept that at #3 or #4 in the polls last week.

Even more glaring is the fact that no one will address this in a written piece, at least none that I have found so far. They will all tell you now why LSU is deserving of being in the game. And don't even begin to get me started on Missouri being passed up by Kansas (a team they beat and couldn't make it to its own conference championship game) AND Illinois? Are you serious? I understand preserving all that Pac-10/ Big-10 tradition for the Rose Bowl (like people really give a shit about tradition anymore), but Illinois? Over Missouri? Come on. Are you really telling me that people want to see USC vs. Illinois instead of USC vs. Missouri. Please.

Being a die-hard Bengals fan for 25 years...

Oh my god! What has happened to me? I have been cheering at volume level 11 for...THE BROWNS!!!!!!!!!...the last two weeks!

Let's just say my level of disgust for Cincinnati has reached an all-time high...and this is the result.