Merry Christmas! Happy Hanuka! Happy Kwanzaa! We know we have a diverse readership here at the View from the Upper Bowl so use whichever holiday title floats your boat. Lets jump into the action.
The NFL: Well this weekend was a pretty crazy one. We had a Thursday night game that saw the Colts win a crazy back and forth game. My boy Austin Collie caught another TD, he leads all rookies in TD's (7) and receptions (53) and is having quite the year. We also had a Saturday night game featuring the leagues other undefeated team, the Saints. The Saints failed to show up early enough in that one and got beat by the erratic Cowboys. The Saints had been flirting with a loss for weeks, to bad teams as well. Well it finally caught up with them and they are no longer in the pursuit of perfection. It might actually help a team like the Saints be able to focus and play with less pressure. Amongst the other top teams, the Vikings got shellacked by the Panthers who were starting a back up QB Matt Moore (who?? Exactly). The Bengals lost a tough game to the streaking Chargers and played tough despite teammate Chris Henry dying in an accident earlier in the week. If I had to put money on 2 teams in the NFL right now it would be the Colts and the Chargers.
The NBA: The Jazz follower up their awful loss to Minnesota last Monday with a ok win at New Jersey (the worst team in the league), a blow out loss in Atlanta and another ok win in Charlotte. The Jazz just looked ok last week. To me the Jazz look like a team that is struggling to find enough minutes for everyone who deserves some time (Korver, Miles, Matthews, Brewer) and as a result everyone appears a little lackluster. Interesting stat I saw today, Deron Williams leads the league in games with 20+ pts and 10+ assists. He should definitely be an all-star, but the coaches will have to select him as one because the genius fans that vote for the All-Star team currently have Tracy McGrady as a starter, yes, the same Tracy McGrady who hasn't played 1 minute this year due to injury. Ridiculous!! I am a huge proponent of getting rid of fan voting for the All-Star game because the majority of people are morons!
College Football: Bowl season is officially underway. BYU faces off with Oregon St tomorrow in the Las Vegas bowl. Utah faces off with California in the Poinsettia bowl on Wednesday. Cal has announced that stud running back Jahvid Best will not play in that game because of a brutal concussion received about 6 games ago. With that said the Utes should roll in that one. BYU on the other hand never plays well in bowl games. And I expect much of the same tomorrow. Max should play well against a sloppy Oregon St secondary. But BYU will have no answer for Jacquizz Rodgers, the RB at OSU. Expect a high scoring affair with our beloved Cougars taking the L in this one. As a side note Wyoming beat Fresno St on Saturday. So to recap, the 5th best team in the Mountain West beat the 2nd best team in the WAC. Is there any question that the MWC is far far far better than the WAC? No.
That is all for now, have a happy holiday season everyone!!
