Random Thoughts

Because I'm too lazy to write full articles on these:

- A-Rod - Winners: Texas Rangers skirt the 21 large they were on the hook for if he never opted out. Losers: Everyone else. Boras looks like a fool for about ten different reasons. A-Rod looks like a jerkoff for going back to a situation where he was universally hated by fans, media and teammates. Hank Steinbrenner looks like a pussy for backing off his refusal to even speak to Rod if he opts out. The Yankees are locking up a 32 year old for ten years, an absurd length of time for any employment contract in any industry. The locker room went from relief that an unwanted guest was finally leaving only to have him say PSYCHE and set up camp until 2017. And the fans are in an awkward state of going from hating him to kinda sorta liking him to hating him and being glad he's gone to I guess kinda sorta being happy he's back. A lot of people say "Fuck I don't care, its not my money". Keep that in mind when you're paying 10 bucks for a 12 oz. beer in a paper cup to pay his salary.

- THE OSU/Michigan - if you haven't gotten around to watching the HBO special on this series do yourself a favor and take a pass on it. It was as bad as the UCLA documentary was good. The historical stuff was fascinating, the interviews with Bo were riveting especially considering that he died two days after filming and Desmond Howard's description of what was going through his head as he was running back the TD and deciding whether or not to do the Heisman pose was hilarious. But the interviews with the toolbox fans were pathetic, depressing, boring and absolutely unbearable and ruined the entire show.

- Mike Golic apparently admitted specifics about using roids today on his radio show. Many people like to tell you that because of random testing, steroid use is non-existent in college and the NFL. Bull fucking shit. I absolutely guarantee you that there is a shitload more going on than the occasional Luis Castillo incident. I remember a lineman on our football team in college (and we're talking I-AA here, this wasn't The U) telling us that basically everyone, himself and almost all of his teammates included, who played at the college level was juicing. It was just part of the deal. Let's face it, leagues have everything to lose by having a good testing policy. Look at cycling. If you ask a stranger what they know they will give one of two responses: Lance Armstrong (former noble family man turned child molestor) and/or blood doping. Cycling's testing is too good for its own good. It has caught too many people. The image of the sport is completely ruined. They would have been better off with a weaker testing program that left people wondering instead of knowing. You know, like baseball.

- Finally the pick. Holy shit I won a bet last week (by a cool 0.5 margin fuck you very much). This week its back to the college scene with Maryland getting 7.5 against FSU. Always take the fat fuck over the old bastard, its an age old adage. I also like the Arkansas Razorbacks giving 11 to Mississippi State (look for McFadden to run wild in a Heisman push) and LSU giving 19.5 to Ole Miss in a score runup to try to lock up the national title game. Is this breaking my policy of only one pick per week? Yes, but there aren't many weekends of college ball left, and its not like these locks have been hitting worth a shit anyway smartass..........