Momo's Munchies

It's Tuesday so time for some past thoughts from this weekend's games:

1. The Game Of The Century was just a defensive battle. All the hype that surrounded it and you basically saw a defensive scrimmage between LSU and Alabama. Both squads have some super elite defenders that could honestly hold Colts offense to about 10 points. I do not want to see a rematch because I want to see these defense's play against a top-flight quarterback like Andrew Luck or Kellen Moore.

2. Why do fans complain so much about the BCS? When Alabama loses a game and only drops one or two spots, just angers people. No disrespect to the Crimson Tide but prior to LSU their toughest games was against Arkansas. They always talk about scheduling when it goes to the smaller school to schedule tougher opponents. But in this case, by having a weak schedule Alabama is in a position to return to the title game. Stop punishing the smaller schools when its convenient. Boise St. has played and beaten their toughest opponent as well.It's shameful.

3. How bad is the Pac-12 South Divison? Since USC is not eligible for postseason play, by winning on Saturday against Arizona St, a 5-4 UCLA team controls its own destiny. Not good for a so called premier conference.

4. The most entertaining game on Saturday was K-State and Okla St. It was the polar opposite of LSU-Bama. These two teams scored a combined 97 points. Absolutely no defense was played in this game. Everyone was so captivated with the Game of Century in the SEC that they missed a highly entertaining one in the Big 12.

5. Things cannot be good in Nebraska after the Huskers lost to Northwestern on Saturday. They lost to the Wildcats at home and to their backup quarterback. The "Black Shirts" are not intimidating anymore. I remember a day when teams went up to Lincoln and came out battered and bruised. On Saturday, Northwestern was the tougher team and beat the Cornhuskers at their own game.

6. I said that before in previous post about some coaches, they just seem to out think themselves instead of making the right call. One of my favorite sports writer's describes his thoughts about the Rams losing on Sunday to the Cardinals. Here is a snipet from Bernie Miklasz:"On offense, coordinator Josh McDaniels seems to be suffering from the Smartest Guy in the Room Complex. Instead of implementing some simple but highly effective pass plays -- for example more frequent use of the quick slant, which is a terrific counter to blitzing defenses -- we see all of this fancy stuff that takes too long to develop. That makes it easy for defensive coordinators to get to Bradford behind the vulnerable Rams O-line."
McDaniels definitely has this complex and that is what essentially got him fired from Denver Broncos head coaching job. He felt that his system was the best and McDaniels ran Cutler and Brandon Marshall out of town. Now, he is wasting away a good talent like Sam Bradford. Ultimately this will be laid at the feet of Steve Spagnolua. What he should have done is hired a coach that used the similar offense that they used last year. You can read more here at Bernie's Bites.

7. Albert Haynesworth got released by the Patriots today. Who couldn't see that coming. 3 tackles in 6 games is not worth the time. The next to go will be Chad Ochocinco. Its nice to see Belichick's magic dust is starting not to work.

8. Can we officially stick a fork in the Eagles? Because their season is DONE. So much for the Dream Team. At least the Miami Heat made the NBA Finals.

9. I will post about the Joe Paterno situation separately.

Thanks for reading....