Football: College Bowls and Cowboys

So it's January 2^nd and I'm recovering from my long day of college football watching. Note: when you sit on the couch all day, there really isn't too much recovering to do. :-)

So, my Aggies looked absolutely abysmal/pathetic/horrid/despicable/etc. against the Volunteers of Tennessee yesterday. That's alright though as this season was much better than recent seasons past. Next year should be a great season for the Aggies. Reggie McNeal is starting to become the quarterback that most expected him to be upon leaving high school.

There were 2 great games yesterday though. The Rose Bowl and the Capital One Bowl. In the latter, I certainly thought LSU had the game in the bag when they scored with less than one mintue remaining...but no...Iowa came back and won it on the last play of the game; a 50+ pass play to a WIDE OPEN receiver. Somebody blew their coverage. The former was the Vince Young vs. Braylon Edwards show. Braylon is one hell of a receiver and will most likely enjoy much success playing on Sundays. Vince, on the other hand, is one hell of a...RUNNING BACK. If you take his legs away, he is the 3^rd string quarterback at UT. So, last night during the game, Bob Griese (of the much famed undefeated Miami Dolphins team of so long ago) made the statement that Vince's Rose Bowl performance was better than any performance by those running backs and quarterbacks before him. Umm, HELLO...was he thinking??? Mike Vick? Barry Sanders? Jim Brown? ...and the list goes on... Let's just pick one player out. Take Barry Sanders. In his Heisman year (1988) he ran for 2628 yards (3249 total yards) and 39 touchdowns in 12 or 13 games. Take ANY ONE of his games and it was better than Vince's Rose Bowl performance. Nevermind the fact that he did it EVERY WEEK...something Vince still doesn't know how to do.

On a different note, the Cowboys play their last game of the season tonight against the New York Giants. This has (without a doubt) been a VERY frustrating season. I'm most displeased with the lack of playing time for Drew Henson (since the season was already a bust) and with the fall of the defense from the league's elite to the...well, not so elite. Supposedly Parcels has claimed that he is going to load up in the offseason to make a run at winning it all next year. They will have $20 million in cap space available so they should be able to sign a few worthwhile free agents. They will also have 2 first round draft picks (the second one from a trade with Buffalo). So, even though I'm a huge Cowboys fan, I hope they lose tonight because I'd like them to have the best pick possible.

And finally, the CEO of BetOnSports.com was on CNBC this past Friday. It's supposedly the biggest online sports book. So, for those of you who don't live in Vegas you can make your bets there. If betting isn't your game but you just want to see the lines, that's a good site for that too.

EBJ