Week Wrap-Up

Apologies for the lack of posts the past few days, things have gotten hectic as I ended semester 7/8. Here's a few comments on some recent stories:

1) Gotta love the brilliance of Andy Pettitte, Brian Roberts and Fernando Vina. "I admit I took HGH once, but it was only to heal from an injury, and I NEVER took steroids." Their PR personnel is magnificent, as Andy came off smelling like a sweet rose. I'll leave it up to you whether or not these guys are full of crap, but regardless, this was the best way to explain the rumors and save face. Still no word from the Rocket yet, who has infinitely more explaining to do.

2) Florida State gets caught in an academic cheating scandal. In other shocking news, the sun rose this morning, and set later this evening. Surprise, surprise. I've been dubbing this team as a group of cheater since 1999, when they boasted several illegitimate players. Peter Warrick gets caught red handed in a robbery, and only misses TWO games. Chris Weinke shows up at the age of 26, and Sebastian Janikowski manages to maintain a 2.0 GPA while knowing approximately 4 words of English and never being spotted on campus. This has been a corrupt program for decades, and it is about time they got caught.

3) Rich Rodriguez to Michigan. If I am to take credit for Petrino's departure, I'll have to take a hit here, as this one surprised me. I honestly don't buy into the fact that Rodriguez is a great coach. He took over a successful program with a ton of incoming talent, and despite playing in a weak conference with a weak OOC schedule, could not land a BCS championship. Not to mention coaching his team to one of the biggest choke jobs in NCAA history, a final week loss to hapless Pittsburgh (led by Dave Wannestedt) to fall out of a guaranteed national championship berth. With Miles and even Greg Schiano saying no, it appears they didn't have more attractive options, but I personally don't love this fit for the maize and blue.

Kudos to Schiano by the way. Here's a guy in the midst of creating a national powerhouse from scratch and having the opportunity to hear his name mentioned with Bobby Bowden, Joe Paterno and Frank Beamer, as coaches who have single handedly built college football powerhouses. The allure of the big name job did not sway him, and give credit to Shiano for staying loyal.

4) 1-13!! The Dolphins finally pulled one out, with an overtime victory over the Baltimore Ravens. I did not celebrate like we won the Super Bowl as the team did, but I am certainly glad the team will stay out of the record books for eternal infamy. I give the guys credit, as it has looked the previous two weeks as if the team had given up. Cam Cameron somehow kept the team motivated, and may have saved his job in the process. The win takes a lot of pressure of the team, and will allow them to play with slightly more confidence. Next up: play with a tremendous amount of pride defending the '72 Dolphins as the only undefeated team ever. For the Phish to have a shot in New England, they will have to play a flawless game, with incredible passion and hope to catch the Pats on an off day. I would bet infinite money against it, but oh boy, what a story it would be...