The Weekend

Observations from the weekend:

- the college overtime system needs to be tweaked, big time. The 25 yard line is WAY too close ot the end zone. The games go on forever. Statistics are wildly inflated (imagine if there was a decent fantasy college football format). It is too gimmicky. And it is a cheap way to lose, a loss in this overtime isn't the same as losing in four quarters, it just isn't.

- if you just read the box score it might seem like KU was running up the score on Nebraska but honestly it was more like Nebraska was doing everything in their power to make sure KU scored on every possession. Great win for KU who has been on the wrong side of those beatings quite a few times against Nebraska who has never ever even considered calling off the dogs. If they Jayhawks run the table they are in, I don't care who else is out there.

- A lot of people are handing the Heisman to Dennis Dixon now that BC lost. I just don't get why the Heisman needs to go to a player on the team that wins (or at least plays for) it all. Isn't it possible that the best player amongst the 10,000 or so playing I-A football isn't on the number one ranked team? I'm not knocking Dixon because if he wins it he deserves it, I'm knocking the manner in which Ryan was disposed of like a used snotrag. Luckily the lucrative Holy Shit Award is still up for grabs.

- Deciding who plays in the BCS title game this year could be uglier than ever. There is almost certainly going to be a deserving team left out and there could be a possibility that a game other than the BCS title game holds the two most worthy teams. It would be great if there were some way in sports to decide who the best team was without relying on a popularity contest. Unfortunately, neither I nor anyone else can think of a better way for a championship to be decided than through a formula of writers trying to sell newspapers, complicated computer models and unpaid assistant coaches voting on who the best team is.

- good to see Peyton Manning back to his usual choke artist self, it was like welcoming home a family member you haven't seen in a season. I mean year.

- The battle for the first pick in the draft is going to be neck and neck, good to see the Jets squeak out a loss on Sunday. Of course it really doesn't matter, like all of our first rounders this one will undoubtedly be a bust (think Blair Thomas or Dewayne Robertson) or show some promise with the Jets only to blossom for another team (think James Farrior, Keyshawn Johnson, Kyle Brady, Jeff Lageman, Jonathan Vilma v2008 etc.)

- Nothing beats suffering through a Monday night game that was decided within five minutes of the kickoff hoping that the combination of Willie Parker and Jake Reed don't score north of 28 fantasy points. I've never seen a team yap more when down by five touchdowns than the Ravens. Bart Scott was yelling at the Steelers sideline after every tackle he made. Zip it and get back in the huddle. Steve McNair looks like he didn't survive that last surgery. With the way he stands there with the ball like a fucking statue he's teeing up a few more operations this offseason.

- Finally, its hip these days to bitch about the "This is our country" commercials. But a darkhorse has emerged in the race for "commercial that will be brought up in a justifiable homicide defense before the end of the 2008 NCAA tournament". Those fucking piece of shit Comfort Suites "I've been everywhere" ads. I've been to Newark Hackensack three meetings back to back......well I'm fucking begging for mercy here people. Please stop with this ad campaign before I start hurting myself and others around me. I get it, you've been everywhere. You win. I give.