Friday, November 23, 2007

The Missouri Tigers will play for the National Championship

Now that the other Tigers are out of the way thanks to Arkansas, the Missouri Tigers are on their way to New Orleans. Missouri's seventh best passing offense in the nation should be able to outscore, outmatch and outplay KU's 16th rated offense. Although Kansas does run the ball better than Missouri, I think this match is going to be an all out ariel attack. Chase Daniel's 69.3% completion percentage is relatively comperable to Todd Reesing's 63.3% and touchdowns are the same at 30 apiece. Daniel does have 5 more interceptions thrown though but Kansas hasen't really played anyone as good as Missouri. Look for Jeremy Maclin who has the third-best all-purpose average in the country in the past five years to step up again. This guy is the man and if Daniel steps up he could be the front runner for the Heismann trophey after Saturday night too. If people are saying Tim Tebow after Saturday, I will be very suprised. Besides, no sophmore has EVER won the trophey anyway. Look for this matchup to be a high scoring, exciting affair full or drama and suspense. These teams and schools hate eachother and I for one cannot wait to watch this. Prediction: Mizzou 48 Kansas 36.

The Angels have a Hunter, the Devil Rays are no longer Devils

I'm convinced Tampa Bay deleted the "Devils" out of their name based on the fact that they finished 30 games behind the World Champions Boston Red Sox. "Rays" just seem much hipper than "Devil Rays." They didn't really have anything going for them anyway, so they might as well switch it up a bit, change the colors around, I don't know, look like the Padres and still continue to stink. Hey Rays, when the Saint Louis Rams decided to change their colors and adhere to the more hip, with it NFL markets, they did something too....they sucked.It's not really fair thought for you guys. If there were teams that spent 195 and 143 million in my division and i was spending less than A-Rod makes in a year, I would do anything I could to try and switch it up a bit. Hell, let's be honest with ourselves. We suck. We can't afford good players. Our team is based out of Florida. A-Rod makes more than our TEAM. We suck. If you need any more proof; see Tino Martinez.

Torii Hunter has agreed in principle to a 5 year, 90 million dollar deal to play with the L.A. Angels of Anaheim. Just in case you don't follow the Angels their outfield already has: Garrett Anderson. Gary Matthews Jr. Juan Rivera, Reggie Willits and Vladimir Guererro. I'm pretty sure without looking anything up that that is the most potent outfield in the majors. I'm not saying they are going to win a championship or anything, but wow, impressive. Mike Scioscia said Hunter would be the regular center fielder, with Matthews providing depth at all three outfield spots. Anderson and Guerrero are expected to spend more time in the designated-hitter role in 2008, giving Matthews plenty of opportunities to play left and right. With the trade of Orlando Cabrera to the White Sox for starting pitcher Jon Garland, the Angels seem to already be in contention for the American League crown in 2008. But then again, there is a lot of cold weather left. A lot of trades to be made and a lot of players to be bought.