College Football News and Notes, Some NFL...Braves Playoff Talk

Anyone who knows me knows I live for College Football. I saw a couple of things on Saturday that really impressed me. First off, Alabama is the real deal and then some. They really look like men playing boys. Ingram's tired? No worries, here comes Trent Richardson! Stopping the run? I think I will throw it deep to the blackest Mexican you have ever seen Julio Jones. The defense only returned 3 starters? No problem. They just reloaded. Something interesting to think about. The 3 starters they did return are at all levels of the defense. Dareus on the D Line, Hightower with the Linebackers and Barron in the secondary. Throw in the fact you got a seasoned QB and the best coach in all of sports and your damn good.

I have to say that I am very impressed with Oregon. I know they really havent played anyone yet and there only "tough" game was a at home vs. an above average Stanford team. The offense is ridiculous. They lose Masoli before the season starts and they insert this Thomas kid who is lighting it up. They have some serious speed at the skill positions and the college football fan in me would love to see an Alabama/Oregon Nation Championship game!

I got something in the NFL and in football in general that drives me crazy! Im watching the GB/CHI game last Monday night and its 17-17 with Chicago on the 3 yard line with 1:15 left or so. GB has 2 TO's if I remember correctly. What should GB do?

A: Nothing. Let CHI bleed the clock and try and block the fg
B: Let them score. You will have over a minute left with 2 TO's to try and come down and tie the game
C: Look bewildered on the sideline like you arent sure what to do

GB chose a combination of A and C. Coaches get paid to make the best decisions in order to put your team in the best spot. Explain to me the logic in letting CHI bleed the clock down and kick the game winning FG with 2 seconds left? You have absolutely no shot of winning that game by doing that. Let them score!! You have Aaron Rodgers who is looking like one of the best QB's in the league. You would have just over a minute left with 2 TO's to drive down and tie the game! The odds favor letting them score in this situation 100% of the time. Yet, I cannot remember the last time I saw a coach let this happen. Do you really think a professional kicker is going to miss what is essentially an XP? And if he does it happens less than 1% of the time...your odds are much higher in trying to tie the game up with a TD.

The Braves travel to SF on Thursday to open the divion series against the Giants. DLowe will be on the mound in game 1 and has easily been the best pitcher the Braves have had over the last month or so. He has gone 5-0 with an ERA just over 1 in that month. Very impressive and hopefully this continues on Thursday. All we have to do is score 3 runs and we are more than likely going to win. The Giants offense is more anemic than ours. Pat "the bat" Burell and Buster "Parker" Posey are the only consistant HR threats. Kung Fu panda Pablo Sandoval is a doughnut shy of 3 hundy. The dude looks like an asian precious. Game 1 is going to determine the series IMO. If we can steal the first game thats a real kick to the balls of the Giants. I am assuming they are sending The Freak to the mound. We have already beaten him once this year. You have to get to him early as he seems to improve as the game goes on.