New Blogger! What was the best thing before sliced bread?

Give me an answer. Now.

I'm kidding. Thought that was pretty funny. Our church pastor told us some of these "imponderables" last Sunday. The title was one...another one...

If con is the opposite of pro then isn't Congress the opposite of progress? Anyway, onto some sports.

College Football
(this was written a day ago so you can disregard some of this) Kansas is up on South Florida 20-13 right now. Looks like my pick is starting out good on that one. A lot of people were picking USF in that one. I think they're now regretting it. Todd Reesing and KU's offense is too good to be stopped by USF. Others can, but South Florida's defense is not quite good enough to compete on a high level, with top 10-15 teams.

Tommorow, I'll be watching a couple games. Auburn vs. Mississippi State is probably not recommended viewing for those of you that aren't Tigers or Bulldogs fans. Auburn should probably hide some of it's best offense and just run it through them. State shouldn't score too much on AU's stout defense, either.

Georgia vs. South Carolina, though, is quite recommended. Last year USC (of the East Coast) roughed up the 'Dawgs 16-12 in an exciting game. Usually exciting games have higher scoring but that one was good. Of course, Georgia was just about to hit its stride and finish big on its way to a top 5 ranking now. And the Gamecocks quickly went downhill after that. But still. Georgia should win, but hopefully not too easily. It's definitely their first test. I feel like most SEC games are tests for any team.

The Big One, so I've dubbed it, is also recommended. You can go to ESPN.com (note the TWENTY-ONE! articles on the right side of that page), SN.com, numerous blogs on this site and others, any sports TV network, and so on and so forth to find out why. Of course, if you don't know why USC-OSU is a big game then you've been living in a cave for the past 5 years.

Kansas vs. South Florida also would've been on here, but by the time I post it will be close to finishing anyway. No. 13 vs. No. 19 is usually going to be a good game. I especially like it because these two teams put their teams on the college football map last year and are following up just as good so far this year.

One More: Wisconsin vs. Fresno State is yet another meeting between ranked teams. Again, like USF, I see many picking the upset. And again, I'm not buying it. And again, I like Wisky's offense. I'm serious. Maybe I've fallen into a trap about these kinda games, but so far the first one is working out. Tell me what you think about this one; I'll be interested to hear from ya'll.

NFL

• Matt Cassel will be making his first career NFL start on Sunday. Eeeck. If I could pick one player that would hurt his team the most by being injured, it would probably be Tom Brady. Patriots...I don't feel for you. Can't get over spygate, can't find any sympathy here.

• In a bizarre twist, apparently Vince Youngwas close to commiting suicide on Monday night. Read the linked article for all the info - his therapist was concerned and so were people close to him including Titans coach Jeff Fisher. Young drove away from his house with a gun after mentioning suicide several times...don't know if that was recently or not. Odd, huh?

• I follow the Bucs some because former Auburn RB Carnell "Cadillac" Williams was drafted there. But Caddy is injury-prone and is still rehabbing from a leg injury last year. Earnest Graham has taken his place and looked solid in his first game. It seems a lot of the "experts" like him. I wish him well. Jon Gruden meanwhile is having trouble at QB. Nothing new there...

• Is it too early to judge Brett? Yes. Nothing more needed. He did good, but its one game, so how about everyone just attempt to shut up about him for a week. --cough ESPN cough-- -

• Jags play the Bills this week after a tough loss against a suicidal QB...I'm expecting a win. Running game should carry Jax. They need to call more running plays...but Jones-Drew and Taylor I guess should make the most out of what they got anyway to prove it.

One More Thing... On the cover of this week's SportingNews Magazine it said, "Blue skies, blue chips. How USC's combination of atmosphere and attitude has created the most talented team ever." YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME SN!!!! Most Talented team ever!!?!??! And listen, that's not just limited to football. That's every sport in the history of mankind. And guess what. It's been ONE FREAKIN GAME!!! That's horrible journalism, I don't care what you say. USC cannot be considered the most talented team ever. I don't even think that can be a title to any team anyway.

Thanks for reading, still trying to figure out this new site! I'm over on Sporting News.com also.

--2012