Why is anyone at Michigan concerned that Les Miles wouldn't come? Try this experiment. Hire a good offensive and defensive coordinator and someone to head up the recruiting. Then put a hat rack on the sideline wearing a Michigan cap and some official logo merchandise. Put a head set on it. I'm thinking you've got nine wins right there.
Was there a single TV analyst who thought the Jets would beat the Dolphins? It was just too easy to pick Miami, what with the law of averages on your side. The sad truth is Miami probably isn't going to win a game this season, and most pro football insiders are guessing their point spreads off.
A lot of noise over the Jason Whitlock column in which he suggested that when the killers of Sean Taylor were found they would be African-American. Consider this. Seventy percent of the killers of caucasians are white. Eighty percent of the killers of African-Americans are black. So, it isn't like Whitlock said anything illogical, but it's also the case he didn't say anything particularly profound.
Bowie Kuhn in the Hall of Fame? And Marvin Miller doesn't make it? Try this test. If Kuhn was never commissioner what would be different today? Nothing. In Miller wasn't head of the player's union, what's the difference? Everything. The Hall of Fame is well on the way to became a farce.
Jimmie Johnson won the Cup again this year. Won it last year. Might win it again next year. Could you pick him out of a lineup? Do you know anything about him? Do you know who finished third in the chase? Didn't think so. Don't believe the hype. NASCAR isn't the number two sport in America. More like 3a, somewhere between the NBA and NHL.
Oh, so you believe the NBA is number 2? Does anyone here play roto basketball? Could the NBA sustain crowds of 30,000 plus a night for an 82 game schedule? Anyone here know anything about the history of the game before Bill Russell? Or, maybe I should say Michael Jordan? Is the quality of play improving every year?
NHL players want to do away with the instigator rule and return to the days when enforcers made the instigator think twice about taking out more highly skilled players. Fighting would increase, violent career threatening collisions away from the puck would drop away to nothing. I think the players are onto something.
O.J. Mayo watch. #26 in the nation in scoring (21.0). Good. One hundred sixteen shots and only twenty-one free throw attempts in seven games. Not so good. Still USC is 6-1, losing only to Mercer in an opener where Mayo took twenty-seven shots. Wait and see, wait and see.
Hmmm - Some interesting comparisons here between the various sports. ALthough I beg to differ, I do believe that NASCAR is the #2 sport in the US.
Certainly the 36 event schedule each year, plus the crowds at each event, which typically outnumber most other sporting events, and of course the large TV audience would seem to make it more popular that both basketball and hockey as you mentioned. But then again...I don't follow either of the sports, so perhaps I am not right.
P.S. I like your stamp avatar. Even though I don't collect stamps, I recognize this as one of the most infamous stamp errors issued.
I guess you just tossed in the NASCAR reference for more comments - as you apparently don't know what you are talking about. Or you do, and wanted more comments. True NASCAR fans could, of course, pick JJ out of a lineup. We think it is the NUMBER ONE sport. Similarly, putting Whitlock and NASCAR in the same post is an insult.
HotFoot-I would agree that a real NASCAR fan would know Johnson when they saw him. Not as sure sports fans in general would. In fact, pretty sure they would not. The point I was reaching for (and evidently missed) is that NASCAR didn't have a very good season. The big teams have dominate to such an extent that there aren't many surprises, and the younger drivers don't have much personality.
Gerrell-Speaking of avatars, yours is not bad,either. You make an interesting point. How do we judge #2? Average attendance per event favors NASCAR, but TV ratings would favor the NFL and college sports. I guess the question is how many people follow a sport. Not as sure how you measure that, but it would be worth knowing how many individuals bought tickets, how many individuals watched on TV, and how many bought merchandise, or clicked on a NASCAR related blog. Ought to be some way to figure it out.
YeeMum-I'm trying to remember. Is Bowyer #7 in the Jack Daniels car? He's a good one.
I like NASCAR and watch alot of the races. I just think outside of Tony Stewart there aren't that many guys with strong personalities. Dale Earnhardt Jr. stands out by being a nice guy, and Gordon stands out just because so many people have taken a dislike to him.
For some reason I have always liked fast cars and racing since I was a young chimp racing Go Karts. Don;t know why. Guess it is the need for speed and the thrill of pushing the car over the edge to win. Tried out for ball sports but never kept my interest even with the coaches in school hounding me to play.
The greatest thing about folks here in the USA and other free countries, they have the option to pursue any sports they like with out fear.
