Is This Real Life?

I have decided every once in a while I will do a post about what is going on in the world of sports. There are things that happen during the year that, in the world of sports, just do not make sense. For example...

1. Boise State loses. Can you believe it? The one week that I have faith in the Broncos to pull out a victory they fail me. Maybe we aren't giving the WAC the credit its due. Just maybe Boise does play a tough schedule and should be considered for the National Championship game. Yeah right! Losing to Nevada is not a good loss. Nevada would be handled by the sixth best SEC team, Mississippi State, easily. Oh well, it was a good run this year and I am sure we will hear the same arguments for the little guy next year.

2. Auburn came back to win in Tuscaloosa. After falling behind 24-0 in the first half the Tigers found a way to win in Bryan-Denny Stadium for the first time ever. If everything had gone just as Alabama wanted it to, not being stopped in the red zone a few times, the score would have looked more like 42-0. Those stops hurt Alabama by taking the more than 100,000 people out of the game. I give credit to Auburn and its resiliency to come back under such tough conditions. No way they shouldn't play for the national title.

3. Arkansas may play a BCS bowl. Really? In the most difficult conference to play in, with 5 ranked teams in the West, Arkansas played their way to the top? I am so used to settling for the Cotton Bowl but not this year. The Razorbacks have actually lived up to expectations and, with an Auburn win in the SEC Championship should play in the Sugar Bowl for the first time in 30 years. Even more surprising is the old man will be pulling or the Tigers come Saturday. I never thought I would see the day.

4. Sticking with football and moving to the professional ranks, the Falcons could be the best team in the NFL. Again, really? A franchise that just last year had its first back to back winning seasons is considered by many to be the favorite to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. The team is clicking with a calm quarterback, Matt Ryan. They have won three games within the last minute of the game and have not had a turnover in 4 games. The next three weeks will tell a lot as the Dirty Birds are on the road, not in the friendly confines of the Georgia Dome where they are 19-1 over the past three years. That is a serious home field advantage.

5. The Miami Heat continue to struggle. They are now 10-8 and the 5th best team in the Eastern Conference. Who saw this much of an adjustment period coming. So much for those predictions that the Heat would break the 1996 Bulls record of 72 wins. They would have to finish out the season at 62-2 to tie that record. Not happening. Miami has serious offensive woes and has yet to figure out how to play like a team.

6. Jeter maybe not a Yankee. Derek Jeter, along with his agent, is under negations to further his career as a Yankee. He is coming off of his worst year as a professional and seeking $20 million dollars a year. The Yankee organization is trying to run the franchise like any business and pay for what they are getting. The aging captain has meant a lot to the team and he, along with many New Yorkers feel as if he is due the money just because he means so much to the history of the Yanks. New York management is not budging much. Meanwhile Jeter has received offers from World Series Champion San Fransisco Giants and the arch rival, Boston Red Sox. Can you imagine Jeter getting his 3000th hit in a Red Sox jersey?

Be sure to check the blog to see my picks for Championship Weekend and after all of the BCS hoopla has settled, my 2010 Bowl Game Prediction Spectacular.