Salt Lake City Delusion

Utah fans have lost their minds. A decent regular season--plenty of close games--was followed by a solid bowl victory. That is it. Nothing more. Anyone who actually thinks Utah would beat Florida, Oklahoma, USC, or that Utah would run the table in a "real" conference is sadly losing their mind. Utah's season is exactly why a playoff is needed--they earned the right to lose on the field (they certainly would)--with Texas and USC both having some legitimate complaints. Utah's undefeated season was possible because they play in a weak conference, and because they step up in bowl games, but to really try and claim they are the "best" team in College Football is just stupid. TCU gave the Utes the game; Michigan nearly beat them and Michigan was as good as my high school team that won 1 game in 3 years; BYU was driving, down 27-24, even though Max Hall had already gifted 3 interceptions and a fumble at that point...BYU was not that good this year; New Mexico nearly beat them, and Weber State hung tough. That is not a National Championship caliber season--Alabama was overrated, something most people forgot when they played Florida tough, and beating them was impressive, but not more impressive than the way USC thumped Penn State, or the way Florida capped off it's season by holding the best offense in college football history to 14 points. 

Realistically, Utah is probably about the 10th to 15th best team in the country, and if they lined up the top 10 teams in the country and let Utah join in, Utah would be lucky to win more than 2 games; Utah beat 4 ranked teams, while Florida beat 7--all by double digits, while Utah barely won a couple of their games. The injustice is that there was no playoff, not that Utah wasn't crowned National Champs, and if Utah fans direct their anger in the direction of a playoff, they'll possibly make a difference, but whining about how they are the National Champions will legitimately fall on deaf ears. So for all of you delusional Ute fans, check out reality, and be happy that controversy around your team could be the breaking point in creating a playoff.

In Need of Lobotomy

After watching Utah beat Alabama; BYU choke down the stretch against Wake Forest; and seeing the Colts hand the Chargers another game, I have decided I want to stop liking sports. I really mean that; I want to stop caring, stop watching, stop paying attention, and put things like scrabble and poker on the top of my fun list. Big problem though--I don't have a chance in hell of giving up sports; I can try all I want, but it isn't possible. What I need is a lobotomy; I need to have part of my brain removed so that I don't remember anything about sports. I'd seriously go under the knife if there was an insurance company that would cover a lobotomy for a depressed sports fan (unfortunately, my insurance doesn't cover this procedure). 

I took Sammy to the BYU/WF game, expecting the Cougs to make it 54 in a row. For most of the game, things were going as planned, and then BYU did what BYU always does--they choked. If a game is close, count on BYU to start playing worse than me in a church ball game; its guaranteed that they will do this and lose because of it. 

As for Peyton Manning, he should have a career ending injury so I can stop hoping for a Peyton - Eli Super Bowl; it won't happen, and I still don't know how Peyton won a Super Bowl when he has the luck of Job in the playoffs. 

Anyway, I hate sports and beating my head against the wall hasn't erased my memory of them, so if any of you know a good sports lobotomist, please let me know.