Randy being Randy.

Its superbowl week and the media is all over the coaches being brothers.Wow how exciting!!  Mommy and daddy are proud. All i can say is a harbaugh is a harbough is a harbough. Lewis appearently used a reindeer spritzer to heal his quad OMG ....The humanity!!!  As if that wasnt enough Randy Moss opened his piehole and called himself the greatest receiver in football history. He said we shouldnt look at the stats but instead measure the impact of his pressence on the field. Well randy i saw your impact on the field and here is what i saw. You taking plays off and whining when the quarterback didnt get you the ball. You dissappearing at key times during ball games. You mooning fans and leaving the field early while your teammates were busting their asses and staying ON the field. What i will remember about your career is that you had more athletic talent than any receiver ive ever seen but you were a notch below the greatest. Jerry Rice had over 7000 more yards receiving and 35 more touchdowns and more importantly Jerry Rice NEVER EVER took plays off. Rice didnt have all your physical talent but he had more heart and was more of a team player.  Rice not Moss for best receiver of all time.

Fear the mascot!

The sports world is full of boring uninspired and wimpy mascots. There are lions and tigers and bears of all kinds that dont really scare anybody.  There are devils saints and angels looking to attack but not doing any damage to anybody. Some mascots seem odd and if you see them you hope that thereis a pest control van in the parking lot. Some schools nicknames dont really allow them to trot out a mascot because how do you dress up as a cyclone? Being a Big Ten rooter id have to say Bucky and Sparty are among my favorites. The best three mascots in the college game are the Cal Santa Cruz banana slugs The Arkansas Pine Bluff boevils and my personal favorite the Delta State Fighting OKRA. The vegetable you must fear or die!!

Winter X games

I have to say i had a look at the winter X games yesterday and for an off sports weekend that was a real treat. Those athletes are for real and their courage is not to be questioned. Some of the terminolgy i wasnt fimilar with but i figure if you fly off a 75 foot snow covered ramp you can call your jump what you want too. The athletes seemed to be really supportive of each other and that is really refreshing in this the age of drug addicted win at all cost sports.

Looking for an underdog.

What do you do when everything in your sports world is crappy?? I might look for an underdog to root for maybe a team like North carolina state or Butler in college basketball  but really there isnt an underdog to root for. Alabama is king in college football Kentucky won college roundball last year and last i looked PUKE i mean Duke is #1 in the nation in basketball again. Im a Dodger fan in baseball and it appears that magic and the rich ownership is trying to buy a title. What happened to the underdogs in sports?? Wheres the team that makes a remarkable run at a title? From this point on im gonna become a Gonzaga basketball fan and maybe this spring i will find a Cubbie hat and root like hell for a miracle to happen.Wait? Did i just type that? Rooting for an underdog is one thing but rooting for the Cubs is like well.....yanno rooting for the Cubs.

Tennis slam

The Aussie open is going on and im watching for a couple of reasons. Never have i been a Willams fan of either the flytrap or the big haired micheal jackson loving SERENA. The flytrap isnt a threat anymore but the other willams needs to lose. They did lose in the doubles when Venus could not even get a serve on net.That was very cool. Even if the blonde russian who grunts like a stuck pig every serve could send Serena home a loser id be happy. The mens side im rooting for rodger Federer dude is humble and he is steady and solid even in the twilight of his career. Eighteen slams for rodger and a loss for a willams sister is worth a watch.

Clipper town.

It warms my heart to see the Lakers stink. Kobe is still a stone cold killer but Howard is not sure he wants to be in Hollywood and Nash is a heck of a player 2 seasons ago.The constant analysis of why they are bad is annoying and the fact that a bad team is on 18 times during the season is absolutely ridiculous.  Phil jackson was the obvious choice after mike brown was fired but Buss cant admit he doesnt have a fricken clue so my message to those in LA is you better dump those crappy tics and go see the Clipps because the the Lakers are crap.

Superbowl prediction.

My take on the superbowl is that this will be a close game. The dominate niner defense that i hear about is good but not great. The ravens may not be as talented if you compare every spot on the roster but their toughnesss and experience is important. The ravens came out against the pats and were much too conservative if they do that against frisco it will cost them. I like ravens tough offensive line and i think kappernick could present problems with his mobility. The key to this game is the raven offense against the niner defense. The falcons got out 17-0 but quit their advantage on the outside. If the ravens protect flacco and survive the niner tough front seven they should move the ball effectively. If the niners use all their weapons they should also move the football. My prediction 27-24 ravens.