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.