Random acts of senseless sporting - 11/30/09

If Tiger Woods' car is anything like mine, a golf ball probably fell out of his console, he hit the gas to go out the driveway, then when he tried to brake going into a turn one of his Titleists got stuck under the pedal and he went careening into a fire hydrant and then a tree. That actually happens way more often than it should, and until he actually speaks, that's my explanation.

The Browns are so bad you can't even write a country-western song about them. Although maybe golfer John Daly could. Daly just recorded another album chalked full of twangers and is filming another reality show on the Golf Channel. Hopefully his reality show on the course takes off in 2010 and he can stay healthy enough to play a few weeks straight for a change. Have you seen him lately??He's as thin as he was back in the early 90s, and last I saw, he still hits it a mile. Say what you will, when it comes to coverage of golf, it's Tiger, Phil than John Daly - no matter what he's doing.

I don't like the Ravens. I don't like the Steelers. But every time they play each other it's arguably the best football in the NFL. Awesome. Simply awesome.

The Dallas Cowboys may be the most overrated team in the NFL right now. At 8-3, "America's Team" is poised for a playoff run, but they have to be one of the most uninspiring squads to watch. They're downright boring. They're like the Ohio State Buckeyes of the NFL. To be honest, I really don't think anyone from the NFC is very good. Minnesota won its 10th game of the year; we'll see if the Saints are actually for real tonight against the Patriots; It's like these teams are the best of the mediocre. When a 9-7 team goes to the Super Bowl a year earlier, it speaks volumes of how good a conference really is. I'll narrow my premature predictions for the playoffs down to four -New England and Indianapolis from the AFC; New Orleans and Minnesota from the NFC. AFC team wins by 10.

If I can't watch John Madden eat a turducken on Thanksgiving, I'll just go back to ignoring the Lions and Cowboys, thank you. Knock it off with the pudding and pie and whatever else you're trying to shove down Tony Romo's gullet after the game. It's really lame. Almost as lame as the Fox Sports robot thing that dances on the corner of the television screen, but not nearly as lame as Pittsburgh Steelers mascot Steely McBeam. Google it. It's not pretty. It's like Bob the Builder on steroids.

High school basketball season gets under way full tilt this week. My early favorites/teams to watch: Salem boys, Salem girls, South Range girls, United girls, Sebring boys, East Palestine boys, and Western Reserve boys and girls. It's going to be a fun year where truly almost anyone can beat anyone else on a given night. I don't think any team in any conference is running away with league titles.

"He looks like a pink nightmare."

'til next time...

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