Frantic Friday

Humble Pie?
So, as a proud man I am very humbled by the events of last night. For those 3 of you who read my frantic babbling on a semi-regular basic you would know that Monday I predicted that a fortunate BC team would travel to Blacksburg last night and fall to an underacheiving Virginia Tech team. For 58 minutes of football my prediction looked to be holding true. BC offense struggled in the terrential downpour that fell and Matt Ryan looked like an average QB who's magic had run out. It looked like BC was gonna make the push but finally come up short after a season of pulling out close games. However, as humbling as it is, Matt Ryan cemented himself atop the Heisman race last night and has made it a two man race between himself and Kentucky's Andre Woodson. The last two drives of the game were sickening. Not only did Va Tech play soft and leave way too many holes in the zone, but the way Ryan, a prototypical "pocket passer" scrambled around to make time and wait for receivers to come open was incredible. It's good to see a young man (who is only a year younger than me mind you) dig deep and give everything he has in order to acheive a goal. And in a sport where 1 loss (except in the SEC, Big 12 and Pac 10) can ruin your dreams at a national championship, Matt Ryan's performance last night was the reason college football is one of the greatest sports today.

...Speaking of giving it your all, did anyone notice Ryan puking for about 5 minutes on the sideline while ESPN kept showing it. I mean, were they trying to guess what Matt Ryan ate for dinner?

Weekend Warriors
For all intensive purposes this weekend is halloween to everyone above the age of 17. What better time of year to express your love for sports, and barely clothed women than this upcoming weekend. Yours truly is going as a noble Knight and looks forward to all the sexy referees and football players and cheerleaders, OH MY!!! But back to the purpose, this weekend has so much more to offer in the wide world of sports. Big time match-ups are starting to develop and world of sports is due for some big stories. Let's touch on some highlights for the weekend. Tons of big match-ups in college football. USC travels to Eugene to face a solid Oregon team. Rutgers hosts WVU in a key game in what is quickly a crowded Big East race. The other 2 teams atop that conference face off with USF traveling to face UCONN. Add to that the World Series potentially ending on Sunday and the usual NFL weekend and one can harldy find time to go out and enjoy the beautiful scenery (and i'm not talking about the foliage).

The Upset Bug
OSU at PSU - OSU needs to step it up if they want to avoid a shocker in happy valley
USF at UCONN - traveling north to a cold state the week after falling off the coaster can't be good
USC at Oregon - not an upset in the standings, but i'm feeling good about Dixon and the Ducks

The World Series (of Baseball)
So my prediction of Rockies in 6 is not looking too good. Need that snow to fall out in the Rockies and the high altitude to mess with Manny's hea.....no wait.... i'm gonna stop right there.

Thoughts to Chew On...
If Roger Goodell paid Manchester United to play the Giants on Sunday would they give them a better game?
More importantly, would anyone notice?

Dear ESPN,
We all know now that Doug Flutie went to Boston College. And we would greatly appreciate if you stopped showing him in massive amounts attending big Boston College sporting events. As much as we love Flutie, we love watching the game more.
Thank You,
Every Sports fan not a BC Alum

How bad is jet lag from Colorado to Boston? Just ask Matt Holliday.

When the 1 o'clock game on Fox is a night game, how many people are going to be really confused?

Channing Crowder,
Were you joking, or is the education system in Florida really THAT bad?
Sincerely,
The other 49 States

Live Free or Die Harder with a Vengeance,
DG1