Oregon State Beavers dismissed offensive lineman Tyler Patrick Thomas after a crazy turn of events. According to the Sporting News, here's what happened:

The 19-year-old had been drinking early Sunday, when he turned up naked in a Corvallis, Ore., woman’s home then resisted arrest when police arrived. When police ordered Thomas to get down on the floor he assumed a three-point football stance and lunged at the officers. Police then used a Taser to bring Thomas down.

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Hello boy and gals. The Super Bowl has come and gone and it was probably one of the best games of the season, and more. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals gave everyone watching a great show, with Pittsburgh ultimately hoisting the Lombardi Trophy at the end of the game.

Some have already dubbed this game the Super Bowl for the ages. But it seems that we have already forgotten about the game that was played almost to the day, of a year ago. While I do agree that was a very good game, I cannot forget the biggest upset in Super Bowl history, when the New York Giants beat the then-undefeated New England Patriots in a thriller.

So I decided to break down each production in categories and try to figure out in fact, which Super Bowl was better. Let’s take a look at how both games compare against each other

Singing Of The National Anthem- Jennifer Hudson was nothing short of incredible. Her version of the Star Spangled Banner was one I would never forget. With the tragic passing of her mother, brother and nephew, this was Hudson’s first performance since the horrible ordeal. And she did not disappoint. I was in tears by the end of her performance.

Not since Whitney Houston’s rendition have I felt such a way about the National Anthem. Jordin Sparks sang last year’s anthem… I wasn’t impressed. But shout out to American Idol for producing star power from both ladies, who can thank the show for their claim to fame. However SB43 wins this by a landslide. There was no competition



Best Story Line Leading up to Game- There were so many story lines for last night’s game. Would Hines Ward play with a bad knee? Would Pittsburgh get their 6th Super Bowl title? Would Kurt Warner get his AARP card before he wins another Super Bowl?

These were good story lines and all. But none was greater than New England’s, "path to perfection", being only the 2nd undefeated team along with the 1972 Miami Dolphins going into the Big Game. This was the perfect David and Goliath story, with David… I mean the New York Giants slaying the Mighty Men of Boston. New England will never be able to shake that off, even with 3 other Super Bowl wins this decade. This one will be the dark cloud over their glory. SB 42 wins this one easily



Commercials- This year's commercials really struggled to be consistently good. With a recession in the economy, there was a noticeable decline in creativity and production. There were a few moments, though. The Doritos Crystal Ball commercial was hilarious. The Denny's commercial was good also. But the WTF Commercial Award goes to the Sobe commercial with Ray Lewis in a white leotard dancing. That commercial had "suspect" written all over it.

The E Trade commercial with the new baby was kinda funny, but not as good as last years. Much better commercials from the 2008 SB were Justin Timberlake's Pepsi commercial, the Sobe commercial with Naomi Campbell doing the Thriller dance and even the Will Ferrell commercial for Bud Light were better. SB 42 gets my vote on this one




Halftime Show- Bruce Springsteen vs Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.. Hmmmm. One comment about Tom Petty... It gave me the best 20 minute power nap ever.

Now, let me say that I can only think of about 3 Springsteen songs. “Born in the USA” being the most recognizable. But last night, he ripped it. He was great! The last time I was anywhere near entertained for the Halftime Show, Janet’s boob popped out, and my mouth fell to the floor.

Prince’s performance 2 years ago was good. But it was expected, because Prince is the man. Every video he does is like a performance anyway. So he didn’t do anything out of the ordinary. Last night’s performance was strong and full of life. I couldn’t ask for a better performance. SB 43 by a MILE!



Best Clutch Play-



Ben’s TD pass last night to Santonio Holmes will go down as one of the greatest TD catches in a SB. But I saw first hand Holmes' ability to make plays like that on any occasion. He has really blossomed into a very good WR for his team. However, the Manning to Tyree catch in the 4th quarter will always be the greatest play ever in a Super Bowl. Manning should have been sacked, and the game should have been over. But he somehow finds a way out of no way to get the completion to Tyree, who was basically a no name to anyone outside of New York. While I loved the dynamic of both plays, the Giants catch beats this one by a hang nail.



Yes Larry..... Yes!


Overall Performance of Game- Last year’s game had its moments, but it was a defensive struggle for a while there. I'm a big fan of defensive games (I'm used to having an inept offense and a defense that carries the team), but when I watch the Super Bowl, I want excitement for 60 minutes. And last night’s game was a nail biter. If anyone told me that Arizona would put up 400 total yards and lose, I would say to them, "The devil is a LIAR!!". Even until the end, there was over 2 minutes left in the 4th quarter after a Cardinals score, I told my colleague, “There’s way too much time on the clock for Ben to score. I’ve seen him do this too many times before…”. I’m gonna go with SB43 on this one, it had more exciting moments than the Pats-Giants game



After tallying up the votes, this was a close one. But in the end, Super Bowl XLIII won by a close margin of 3-2. I don't want to take anything away from last year's game. It's still a Top 5 in my book. But with so many different angles in story lines leading up to the game, the outcome of the game and the consistent excitement of the game, Super Bowl XLIII turned out to be a great production. Kudos to the NFL for having another successful season. Games like last night's is why this is America's Game!





OT Special- Mike Tomlin.. I think I like you. *blush*

It's Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 4:54pm. I'm sitting here... with nothing to do. Absolutely nothing. I am nervous, my hands are clammy and I'm down. Most of you already know why and feel the same way I do.

Okay, so I embellished a little, regarding my nerves. But I am sad.

This is the first Sunday since August that a football game of any capacity has not been on. And once the Super Bowl is over next Sunday, I have no idea what do to with my Sundays anymore (for the record, the Pro Bowl is not worthy of my time). I'm not a big basketball fan, hockey is only good when the players fight, and even spring training baseball doesn't matter to me much because my team sucks.

I know there are tons of others out there that are feeling PFA just as I am. You ask what is PFA?? That stands for Post Football Anxiety. I don't know if a condition like this actually exists, but it should. Tens of thousands of people, like myself, are are feeling like we lost our best friend and don't know what to do to fill the void. We'll feel empty inside, at least until training camp starts back up.

So I've come up with a list of things you can do on Sundays to waste time until your favorite team jogs back on the field on their quest to make the Super Bowl (or for some teams, their quest to be better than a laughing stock of the league *cough*Detroit Lions*cough*). Read these rules and act accordingly. It will save you until the football season starts back up again

Stop Neglecting Your Children/Godchildren For Once


Okay, I know I'm not the only parent that is glued to the TV when their favorite team is playing. The conversation between my son and I typically go like this on Sundays:

Son: Ma, can I...
Me: SHHHHH!!! Flacco is about to throw
Son: But Ma, I'm Hung...
Me: Didn't I tell you to be quiet?? I can't hear the TV. The Ravens are playing!
Son: But I'm Hungry.....
Me: (inattentive) Uh Huh... gimme a minute baby..... When the commercial comes on I'll get up

20 mins later...
Son: Ma, I'm star...
Me: Look now! I'm gonna beat you if you don't leave me alone!!!

Son: *stomps away*

A lot of us parents/godparents are guilty of not paying their child or children an ounce of attention for at least 3 hours. And sadly enough, we don't really care. As long as the ambulance, police or the Fire Dept don't show up at the door, we don't care what they do. It's a shame, really...

So let's use the time to do whatever the kids want to do. Let them think it's all about them again. Take them wherever they want to go, or let them play any sport they want. But keep reminding them that their time is slowly running out, and that pretty soon you'll be back into football mode.

Just say to them, "Okay baby, we can go there today. But remember, in 15 weeks, football season starts back up. So all of this will come to an end, mmmkay?!" If your child knows the program, they'll be okay. They they don't want to accept it, tell them too bad, so sad!!

Become A Bar Hopper



Every Sunday at 1pm, visit a new sports bar/lounge and watch the other sports on their TV. For every 1/2 hour that your favorite football team is supposed to be playing (which is about 3 1/2 hours), start taking shots in honor of that team. Also buy a beer to go along with those shots. That way, every time you take a shot, you hold the beer up and yell, "Cheers" to everyone and take a sip.

Then proceed to pour a little bit of beer on the floor and say, "This is for all the players who ain't on the field today" and sing the first verse of "Gangsta Lean" shortly after.

Three things could happen if you follow this rule. One, you'll be too drunk that after the 3rd shot you'll forget football should even be on. Two, if you aren't drunk, you'll be having a great time, because other PFA sufferers will be there and feel your pain and join in. Or three, the bar manager will kick you out of their establishment and ask that you never return.

Anyway you look at it, it will temporarily take your mind off the loss of football. You may have a hella hangover because of it, but the mission was accomplished.


For Ladies Only: Shop Til You Drop


There are tons of us girly girls who love the violent sport of football, myself included. There is room in our hearts for pumps and pigskin that holds equal.

Come up with a Sunday budget and hit every weekend sale you possibly can with your budgeted amount. Make sure you do this between the hours of 1pm and 7pm, or else this won't help you cope. The longer you stay out, the more you'll forget that usually at this time of day, Peyton Manning has scored somewhere. Or John Madden has mentioned Brett Favre for the 1,000th time elsewhere.

For Men Only: Support Your Local Gentleman's Club


Fellas, you should also budget for your soon-to-be weekly coping mechanism. Make sure you don't take enough that your significant other doesn't get too mad about it if she finds out what you're doing. So no Champagne Room episodes for you. By a drink, sit at the stage and give out $1 bills, not exceeding ten dollars.

Make sure you say, "What's up" to Adam "Pacman" Jones while you're there. He's there for the same reason. He suffers from PFA, too

The college football season has come and gone, with last night's BCS Championship game between Oklahoma and Florida. And it didn't disappoint us.

But with every college football season, comes the annual topic to discuss: Why isn't there a playoff system in college football? Not a year goes by without some regular guy or some ESPN expert having this lengthy discussion that, I for one, am tired of hearing.

I am supporter of having a playoff system in college football. I hate the BCS system and I've made up my own acronyms as to what it means. It could mean Best Controversy Standing, or it could mean Big Crock of S%$@. But ya know what people??? There won't be changes anytime soon... time to live with this reality. At least, not in 2009

So I decided to tell you why there won't be a playoff system anytime soon, all while paying homage to one of my favorite Wu Tang Clan songs, which actually has some parallel points that support my reasoning.


So I wrote a blog about it. Like to hear it... hear it goes....

Reason #1- Money, money, money, money.......MONEY


Okay, so I'm gonna go on a wing here and assume that, if someone said to you, "Hey, I'll pay you a dumb amount of money for you to name your event after my business for promotion purposes", most of us would smile real hard and say, "OKAY!" and dance a jig, like so....

So imagine what the NCAA said to them when corporate sponsors came up with this bright idea to do the same. Now look, I think the Chick-Fil-A, Papajohns.com and Alamo Bowls are all stupid. Usually they are teams that are a bunch of losers anyway that get these bowl invitations as some kind of consolation prize. But, according to the Wu Tang Clan, Cash Rules Everything Around Me... C.R.E.A.M. get the money... dolla dolla bill y'all... Okay, you got my point at Cash Rules.... But I love that song and had a petty moment, feeling the need to quote the most famous line in that song. No one turns down money, no one. Point them out to me and I'll tell you they're either full of crap or some part of the 7th sign that this world is ending. If regular people don't see the need to turn down money, I doubt very seriously the NCAA will follow suit... Just stating the facts, people.....

Reason#2- Scoring Rules In College Football

What does that mean you ask? Well the NFL and college football are 2 totally different beasts. While the NFL wants to be an offense driven sport, it simply isn't. Too many good defenses are becoming key in the pros, as opposed to have high powered offenses. Ask Peyton Manning what it was like to have a Super Bowl caliber offense for years, with guys on the other side that can't even stop a nose bleed, nonetheless a quality wide receiver.

In College, however, scoring points is king. While the overall record is an indicator of who's ranked in the bowl standings, how bad the beat their opponent is just as important. I won't lie, the main reason I started watching college is because I saw points being scored, something that you can't always say you see every week in the NFL. A more-than-likely college score of 55-48, is something that's highly unlikely in the NFL, unless both teams turned the ball over a combined 18 times and the defense is worse than the smell of halitosis (which, by-the-way, is god awful). The more you beat your opponent to a pulp, the better your chances are at getting to one of the 4 major bowl games. I saw an unofficial stat (but probably slightly accurate), that the average points scored in an NFL were 40.2 points. Oklahoma averaged 54 points this year. Like I said, coring point is king in college

Reason #3- The Hot Topic At The Water Cooler


If you're a sports fan, then you already know this is the hot topic every year beginning in November. People whos Alma maters are undefeated but sitting at #6 in the BCS standings start complaining. Others start talking about why USC is better then people give credit for, why The SEC conference is overrated, blah, blah, blah... Excuses and hating are at an all time high when these convos start


Don't you think the NCAA knows this? It's great publicity for the sport. If they start a playoff system now, not only will they lose money but they will lose the annual hype about why there should be a playoff system. A D list celebrity once said, "No publicity= bad publicity". Paris Hilton, the NCAA heard you loud and clear and agrees with that statement. Having coaches and a computer choose who plays for the national championship means that college football is still relevant. That, my friends, is the perfect cliffhanger that most sports don't have.

In conclusion, my advice to you is this..... Stop Your Freaking Whining!!!! It's not gonna change, so get over it! And NO! President-elect Obama is not going to help you. Why,you ask?? UUhhhh, because he has better things to do then to listen to you cry babies complain about the system isn't fair. Life isn't fair!


The BCS..... Because Cash Speaks!!

OT: My Hillbilly Crush Of College- Tim Tebow
I've already expressed my NFL Hillbilly crush on Philip Rivers of the San Diego Chargers. Well, I have a college crush as well. None other than Mr. Heisman himself, Florida QB Tim Tebow. A well noted devoted christian, when Tebow is on the football field, he's a totally different person. His antics are quite Satanic, getting way too fired up and drawing unsportsmanlike penalties (like he did last night). But I won't lie, something about that makes me smile, and hard. He's the typical athlete's version of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, but I love it! There's nothing hotter than a man firing up his teammates and his home crowd. Hats off to you Mr. Tebow. May the force be with you


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