And the Heisman goes to....

So school is starting in about a week and a half, and I'm not looking forward to it at all. But, something has been brought to my attention in the past couple of days. It's a little something called "Dorm Life." If you haven't seen it, you need to. It is ridiculously on point with making fun of every aspect of college life. The sorority girls, the mean RA, the hippie/druggie, the weird kid, and the smart kid who never parties and is stuck the floor drunk. If you've been to college, are in college, or will be in college, it really is worth watching. You can find it on Hulu, so check it out.

I just watched an old clip on YouTube called "Drinking out of Cups." It's a guy on acid, locked in the closet by his friends so they can record what he says. It's a bit on the vulgar side, but if you can withstand that, then this video is definitely for you.

I love this time of year because it means Football is starting!! College starts in a week, and the same for the NFL. And, high school football in Ohio kicked off it's first week of games this past Friday!! In my opinion, there is not a state that has better high school football! My pick to win the state championship this year....

...the Colerain Cardinals, based out of Cincinnati, Ohio.

The NFL is a little bit harder to predict. I think the Arizona Cardinals will be good this year, especially if Beanie Wells stays healthy. Obviously, if Tom Brady is fully healthy, then the Patriots will be good. The Eagles will be good, Dallas "should" be good, but will definitely find a way to blow it at the end of the year. The Vikings WILL be good. Favre will make them better! The Bengals "could" be good, only if they avoid injury. My Super Bowl prediction is...

...The Giants and Cardinals will play each other for a spot to get in the big game. The Ravens and Colts will be playing to get into the big game. So, my pick to play in it is...

The Giants and Colts. Both by very slim margins! This means the Manning brothers will be playing each other for that ring. Which is going to make for some game, but c'mon, let's talk commercials. NOT!

College is even more impossible to pick due to the fact that so many teams are surprisingly good, and even surprisingly bad. The obvious teams to make noise are: Oklahoma, Texas, Florida, Ohio State, and USC. It's like a re--occurring theme every year.... The big name teams will be good. Florida will get upset at some point, probably by Jevan Sneed and the Ole Miss Rebels. Texas will beat Oklahoma and then beat everyone else for the remainder of the regular season. Ohio State will absolutely run the table. I see this year being a year like the year they beat Miami in the National Championship. By that I mean, a lot of close games, but they should be able to pull all of them out. So, for the BCS National Championship...

...I have the Longhorns of the University of Texas playing the Buckeyes of Ohio State, with one of those two teams winning. The fan in me says OSU, but the smart analytical college football guru in me, says Texas wins.

But no matter who wins it all, Colt McCoy will get revenge from last year after he takes home the Heisman Trophy. Which means that after this year, Ohio State will still have the only two-time winner of the Heisman Trophy in Archie Griffin.

30 For 30

It's finally here.  It's the time of year when everyone who watches baseball really starts to care.  It's the time to say, "this series is going to be crucial for the rest of the year."  It's the time of year when the acquisitions that teams picked up at the trade deadline start playing hard for their new teams.  It's time for the players who aren't performing nor helping the team in any way to be released.  Baseball has been here since early April, but people, Baseball is Here!  It's a time for the not-so-good teams to play spoiler and also build for their future.  It's time for the good teams to kick it into overdrive and really make a push for the division or wild card leads.  And this year, it's a time for the Boston Red Sox to fall apart.  Everything was looking good, before Thursday.  Sure, they got swept by the Rays, but at least they got to go to New York and face the Yankees, whom they are 8-0 against so far this year.  Enter the new and revamped Yankees.  With a combination of pitching and hitting the Yankees walloped the BoSox.  The Yanks win the first game.  The Yanks win the second game in 15 innings while shutting out the Red Sox.  The Yanks win the third game while shutting out Boston...  

After these 3 games, Boston is in shambles.  John Smoltz is demoted to the minor leagues.  John Smoltz, the one who has over 2oo wins and 150 saves in his career.  The part above about the players who aren't performing is directed straight to John Smoltz.  You are too good of a baseball player to be playing as bad as you are right now.  I would seriously think about hangin' 'em up after this year if you can't do any better, because your career shouldn't suffer because you're old.

To hear the Yankee fans hoot and holler to David Ortiz as he steps to the plate took me back to the "Who's your daddy?" era of the Pedro/Yankees rivalry, at a time when Pedro Martinez was one of the best pitchers in the game.  In lieu of the steroid accusations against Ortiz, it is obvious that he would be frowned upon and chanted to/about from those obnoxious Yankees fans.  Let's not forget Yankee fans that you too have a CHEATER on your team, and he goes by the name of Alex Rodriguez.

...The Yanks have made the BoSox look completely silly.  In fact the Red Sox went 31 innings without scoring a run, finally breaking through with 2 runs in game 4 of the 4-game series.  After Cheater number 1 (Alex Rodriguez) hit a home run in the previous inning, the newly acquired (see first paragraph) Victor Martinez hit a two-run homer to take the lead in the 8th inning, only to be outshined the next inning.  It was quite sickening to see the Red Sox wilt away as the Yanks used their power to take that lead back.  Johnny Damon, a former Red Sox center fielder, hit a home run to tie the game.  If you watched it, you would understand this is completely repulsive as Damon trots around the bases knowing he just stuck a dagger in the heart of his former team.  Then, Mark Texiera walks to the plate and hits the go-ahead homer over the right field fence, which in its own right is repulsive as he chose the Yanks over the BoSox.  It's interesting because Boston got destroyed.  Losing the 4th straight game to their arch-nemesis, in such fashion that they did, makes most fans of baseball just say YUCK!

If you are a baseball fan, you like the Yanks or you hate 'em!  For me, I hate 'em!  When you hate the Yanks, you root for the BoSox when "The Rivalry" takes place, and it is truly sickening to see the Yanks walk over the Sox like they were the Washington Nationals.  It's been a sad 4 days for baseball.  It was even more sickening than seeing the Red Sox's David Ortiz hold a press conference to talk about his steroid issues in Yankee Stadium. 

Congratulations to the Cleveland Indians as they have somehow managed to be on the same level as the Pittsburgh Pirates.  I don't mean in the win/loss column either.  The Indians have managed to trade away most of their team (see "building for the future" above). They trade last year's Cy Young winner, Cliff Lee to the Phillies.  They trade a great player in Victor Martinez to the BoSox.  They trade Ryan Garko, who was at one point considered to be the Indians' top hitting prospect.  And, they trade Carl Pavano away to the Twins, who seemed to be getting back to his old form.  He was 5-1 this year against American League Central Division foes.  It seems that the Indians are willing to pack it in and start from scratch.  It makes you wonder what will happen to Grady Sizemore.  It seems unfair to him to trade everyone away except for him.  Enjoy quadruple A baseball for the rest of the year Indians fans.

You know what else it's time for, Pre-season NFL football.  HA who cares.

Kendra from the Kendra on E! is pregnant.  hmm...

So here is the deal.  Obviously I am a big fan of sports and there is one thing that I look forward to this year more so than any other sports event this year.  Yes, more than the Super Bowl, the BCS National Championship Game, the World Series, or even the Stanley Cup Playoffs.  ESPN is having a documentary series called "30 for 30."   The Concept: 30 stories about 30 years of ESPN (1979-2009) told by 30 different filmmakers.  No counting down, no rankings...just stories.  One of the executive producers for this series is Bill Simmons, whom I've talked about in recent posts.

Coming directly from the 30 for 30 site on espn.com-  Inspired by ESPN's upcoming 30th anniversary, ESPN Films is launching "30 for 30," an unprecedented documentary series featuring 30 of today's finest storytellers who will chronicle 30 remarkable stories from the ESPN era. Each storyteller will bring their passion and point of view to their film detailing the issues and events that transformed the sports landscape since 1979.

This series is composed of 30 one hour films debuting in October 2009.

Some stories include...

Steve Bartman

Muhammed and Larry

The Band that wouldn't Die

The Kings Ransom

The Steinbrenner Family Business

Marathon of Hope

The Two Escobars

The Trial of Allen Iverson

Silly Little Game

King of the New York Streets

Charismatic

Who Killed the USFL?

One Night in Vegas

MJ's Odyssey in the Minors

Right to Play

The U

The Gurus of Go

The Wizard of Odds

Racing the Devil:  The Tim Richmond Story

June 17, 1994

These are 21 of the 30 story titles that have been released by ESPN.  For more information on these individual stories go to...   http://espn.go.com/30for30