Midweek in Review

Apologies for not posting Monday or Tuesday, but that little thing called work got in the way. Alas, a midweek update seemed appropriate.

Monday night saw the LSU Bayou Bengals defeat the overmatched Suckeyes of Ohio State just as I had predicted. Yes, some of those predictions were awful, but I was right about LSU, Virginia Tech, Central Michigan, USC and Hawaii (and the ULaLa pick was entirely a shout-out to my boy TPC at the Dillo and had nothing to do with actual playing ability of that team and the Brian Brohm picked seemed really good at the time, but the Louisville D was awwwwful). Overall, the bowl games were satisfactory, but I kind of wish there was a committee in place to put the best matchups on the field instead of utilizing conference tie-ins. If this were the case, we wouldn't have seen USC destroy Illinois or Georgia make mincemeat out of Hawaii. I am not going into the playoff vs. BCS discussion as an entire post will be forthcoming on that (with a new college football landscape so sweeping, it will never happen), but I still have some kinks to work out.

Joe Gibbs resigned as head coach of the Washington Redskins. I hear Steve Spurrier is looking to pursue a career in the NFL. Oh wait, nevermind. What year is this again?

Goose Gossage received enough votes to be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame on the power of the 'stache alone. Jim Rice and Andre Dawson finished second and third in the voting. Chuck Knoblauch received one vote, but threw it over the first baseman's head.

Roger Clemens denied steroid use on 60 min...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

The Simpsons had a somewhat funny and poignant episode Sunday night that focused on the electoral process, though the show is still painful at times to watch. Best joke of the night: "We're going to Springfield!" "Which one?" "The one the Simpsons live in."

And McCain and Clinton won their respective primaries in New Hampshire. Now NH and Iowa can go back to their relative anonymity until November. Up next Meeshigan.

The Jags, Giants, Seahawks and Chargers all won their respective wild card games last weekend ... and there was much rejoicing. Yaaaay! [ed. note - I predicted each of these games correctly and if you don't believe me, ask Drillo]

This weekend sees the Jags @Pats, Chargers @ Colts, Seahawks @ Packers and Giants @ Cowboys. I will make predictions on Friday when I see what the weather will be like in Foxboro and Green Bay and whether T.O. is healthy and/or any of the other Cowboys got any diseases whilst down in Cabo last weekend hanging with the Jessica Simpson crew.

Although a tad belated, a special shout-out to Brownie for winning the NFL regular season Pigskin Pick'em crown beating out the other 24 participants. I finished third.