Finally College Football Is Over

I was leaving work on Thursday afternoon one of my fellow employees ask me who I thought was going to win the National championship game. My Response was Alabama 14-13. His response was "I think Colt McCoy from Texas is going to put on a show and rip Alabama".

McCoy's injury during the first series of the game changed completely what could have happened. There is a saying that the best defense is a good offense and Texas without McCoy struggled to move the ball all night keeping the Texas defense in trouble throughout the game.

I found myself last night more interested in other TV over the college football game. Playing the National championship on the 7th of January is carrying it a little to far for me. I find it hard to get up for the national championship the night after the GMAC bowl. The national championship game this year could have easily been played on Saturday night the 2nd over stretching it another five days.

One of the biggest assumptions we make in sports is what ever it is today that is the way it is going to be and it hardly ever happens that way. If I had to pick the player of the year in college basketball today Jon Schyer of Duke would be my player of the year.

Just last season Coach K moved moved Schyer to point guard and he really struggled. This season he looks as if he was made to be a point guard. Not only is he shooting well but he has command of how to get the ball to a teammate when they are ready to score. State and Carolina would love to have someone handle to the ball that well for them this year.

Conference play begins tonight in the Big East. Rocky Mount heads to Nash Central and Northern goes to Hunt. Five weeks from tonight will end the regular season in high school basketball.