This post is super late this week. Sorry about that for all you faithful followers. We can blame it on finals week and a surge in business at work. So with that lets jump right into the action.
College Football:
Not much going on in the world of college pigskin this week except for the college awards were handed out. Congrats to Dennis Pitta, he was named the 1st team All-American tight end. No other local guys took home awards. Mark Ingram running back for Alabama won the Heisman, he probably deserved it. He was the best player on the best team, and all the usual suspects put up poor numbers. It would have been cool to see Toby Gerhardt win it because he is a white kid from Stanford but I am ok with Ingram winning. Next week starts the bowl season, BYU and Utah both have games, should be a lot of fun.
The NBA:
In local NBA action, the Jazz had a fantastic week last week. They posted wins over the Spurs, Magic and Lakers and really just had one awful quarter in LA that kept them from having a chance against the Lakers in LA. But in typical Jazz fashion, they kicked off this week by losing to the sad, terrible Timberwolves... for the second freaking time this year!! It was a little ridiculous. It is so maddening as a fan to see your team beat the best teams in the league and lose to the worst within 72 hours, but such is life as a Jazz fan. I maintain that this team needs to make some trades and do it now. Mehmet Okur, Carlos Boozer, Kyle Korver and Ronnie Brewer should all be shopped (don't trade all of them). This team can not contend as presently constituted and needs a shake up. And as a side note, if Deron Williams isn't an All-Star this year then the whole thing is a sham.
The NFL:
The NFL had another good weekend of action. The Colts cruised past the Broncos, with my boy Austin Collie getting yet another TD (6 on the year now). The Saints escaped again in Atlanta, Atlanta didn't have their QB or top RB. This looks more and more like the Colts are the best team in the league, they just aren't struggling like the Saints against lower level opponents. The best match up of the week was the Vikings/Bengals and the Vikings rolled in that one. Adrian Peterson finally was involved some in the offense as the Vikings decided to take off some pressure off of Brett Favre. I feel like the Vikings would beat the Saints with a balanced attack like that. The MVP race seems to be tipping towards Drew Brees of the Saints, Peyton seems to be losing steam nationally, I am not sure why. Probably because the national people seem to know that Peyton is going to play less and less now that the Colts have home field advantage wrapped up. Oh and quick fantasy update, I am in the semifinals of both of my league playoffs. So go me.
College Basketball:
Quick NCAA update. The MWC college basketball scene is looking pretty good as of right now. New Mexico (17th) and UNLV (21st) are both ranked and BYU is close to being ranked (29th). There are some great looking prospects around the country that are really playing well. John Wall at Kentucky is unreal and Xavier Henry at Kansas has been shooting lights out. Henry in particular is interesting and may be a guy targeted by the Jazz with the pick that they receive from the New York Knicks. I personally love College Basketball and watch it whenever I get a chance so there should be some more updates coming.
For now that is the View From the Upper Bowl
hahem......since you don't seem to want to give my boy Zane Beadles from the U of U the respect he deserves, I'm gonna try and do him justice.... hahaha j/k, i'm sure you just overlooked it, right ;)
ReplyDeleteZane Beadles, A LOCAL Offensive Lineman for the UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, was also named an All American Offensive Tackle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_College_Football_All-America_Team#Offense