Why I love 'em

I am currently watching the Kings Jazz game and realizing that some people would say I am obsessed with the whole sports scene. Actually that comment is 100% true. However, I want everyone to understand why I am such a sports fanatic. Let me give you a few reasons:
1) I am ultra competitive and love to play the games and love to see a team I think/want to win win.
2) I somehow find a way to connect myself to the people playing the game. When I pick a team to root for I feel like I am somehow a part of the organization. I then connect myself in a way that others don't. When the team wins I am probably as happy as the players, coaches, owners, and other personnel. When they lose I might be more upset. I don't understand why I take the game so personally but I guess I am just passionate. Secretly I just want to be one of them so I have learned to at least feel their emotions.
3) The more you watch or do something the more you are going to appreciate it. As I continue to play and watch sports my love for the games continues to grow. I appreciate the ability of the athletes I watch and become more competitive when I play. Others are the same way they just have different passions. For example, a musician becomes a greater fan because they understand the talent of other musicians more than a casual listener would. The more movies you see the more you understand good acting and film shooting and editing. If you read a lot you will see more literary tools and understand how powerful they can be. If you play and watch sports you understand how impressive what these people do really is.
All that said my love for sports is still a little crazy. I think I almost died when the Kings came about a shot away from an NBA championship. When my teams, the Kings, 49ers, Giants, and Cal Bears (football) lose, I am going to be in a bad mood. If they win well I will have a good day. If they ever win another championship . . . I don't know what I will do. Hopefully we will find out soon.

Championship Sunday

The divisional rounds are over and Sunday is the NFL's AFC and NFC championship games. The AFC matches the surprise San Diego Chargers at the New England Patriots. The Chargers are the second hottest team in football right now and could probably beat anyone, except the Patriots. The Chargers got too beat up against the Colts. Their three best players are going to be playing hurt. However they are going to lose because Nate Kaeding, the Charger's kicker, cannot make a field goal in the playoffs. The Chargers will keep this game surprisingly close though. In the NFC the New York Giants will go to Lambeau Field to play the Green Bay Packers. The Giants are the hottest team right now after pulling two consecutive upsets over the Buccaneers and the Cowboys. However Green Bay is just too good. Ryan Grant is going to be a superstar running back and Brett Favre is possibly the best ever. Eli Manning, the Giants quarterback, will not be able to keep up under this kind of pressure. The Giants defense could keep them in it, but ultimately the Packers have too many weapons. The Packers and the Patriots will be a great match-up in the Super bowl.

NFL Divisional Round

This weekend is the NFL's divisional playoff round. There are some great matchups this week. The Patriots meet a team that has great upset possibilities in the Jaguars. The Jags will have to play better than they did last week against Pittsburgh if they want to win this game though. I still like the Patriots to win it all so I would pick them. Staying in the AFC the Chargers will meet the Colts. Without Antonio Gates, who is hurt, I don't think San Diego can beat the defending champs in Indianapolis. I got the Colts winning this one and setting up a great AFC championship between them and New England. Seattle goes into Green Bay with some quiet momentum. I got Green Bay pulling it off. In the other NFC game I see no reason why the Cowboys would lose to a team they have already beat twice this season. However, without Owens anything can happen. I'm going to be a little crazy and say the Giants will get the upset. They have a lot of momentum and I just don't really like the Cowboys. Well those are my picks for this week.

The BCS

Speaking of the BCS, also known as the worst system ever, let me explain a few things about college football and the bowl championship series. First of all for some reason, even though every other sport has a playoff to determine their champion college football has a computer. They use a computer ranking that combines five computer polls and two human polls to find out who is ranked number one and two. Then the two of them play for the championship. There is also four other BCS bowls that take conference champions and at-large bids and put them together. The Orange Bowl (in Miami) gets the Atlantic Coast Conference champion The Rose Bowl (Los Angeles) gets the pac-10 and the big-10 champions, the fiesta bowl (Arizona) gets the winner of the big-12, and the Sugar bowl (New Orleans) gets the SEC champion. The rest of the teams are picked by the bowl committees. If one of the conference champions is put in the national championship game then the bowl that loses them gets to pick the replacement. The BCS is flawed for many reasons. One of which it often does not leave us with answers of who is really the best team in the nation. For example, this year LSU won the game but many believe USC and Georgia are playing better. A playoff would allow college football fans to see great matchups and leave much less doubt of who is really the best. In conclusion you need to know that the BCS is a flawed system and don't be fooled into thinking the winner of the national championship game is really the best team.

Getting Started

Last night was the BCS National Championship game between Ohio State and LSU. Being a sports fan I was obviously watching the game and had a small get together at my house. It was then that I came to the sad realization that people do not know enough about sports. Out of the twelve people that showed up only five even knew who was playing. Needless to say I was quite upset. So I am now going to give the world a simple way to catch up on the latest sports stories and the truth behind them. Welcome to my blog.