Is there a better time of year than October?? Football AND Baseball playoffs, mix in a little hockey and basketball (IF the NBA weren't in a lockout) and life is just good. But I'll settle for the football & baseball.....SO excited for the Texas Rangers, off to the World Series for 2nd year in a row. Way to go!! Could not believe the score of tonight's game though, really didn't expect that much of a deficit. Not surprised they could do it, but just didn't think Detroit would give up that many hits. Anyways, it was a GREAT win and I look forward to the World Series.
Watching OU play Kansas right now and gotta say, been disappointing to not see them scoring more and almost struggling at times. The defense was really slow to get going and the offense had some miscues at times too, makes me wonder if they looked past Kansas a little....but it seems that now in the 4th w/a score of 40-17 they have things well in hand. Last week's game was SO great, the Red River Rivalry is always so awesome. You never know what can happen and it was sweet watching OU hand them another HUGE loss, the 3rd biggest loss that has come under Mack Brown. So, they've got some things to figure out down there in Austin...good luck. Also, really excited for TCU to join the big 12, Drew & I have thought they would be a GREAT addition for some time now.
Now off to NFL.......well, Dallas is off to play the Patriots in Foxboro, so get prepared to lose and it will probably be painful. The Patriots are just too good and while I have hopes that the Ryan D may do alright and hold Brady & Co. to 21 or 28 points, I just do not expect the offense to do much. Maybe w/Bryant and Austin back they can get more going, but we'll see how Romo responds. He's had 2 weeks to rest & get healthy, can he come out and have a big game? I doubt it, but we'll see......I found it so humorous that all the analysts that were calling him "magnificent" (yes, someone on ESPN actually said that) in that game against the 49ers, the following week talked about how terrible he did w/the turnovers and losing to Detroit. I'm really starting to get annoyed with some of these analysts on ESPN, they jump on a bandwagon so quickly.....I'm finding that I go there to just get scores & highlights, but no real analysis. But I digress.....more football talk.
So, big story this week was that Fox & Co. in Denver will put Tebow in as starter, the fans will get their wish. Well just remember Denver Broncos fans, you get what you asked for. It was so annoying in week 1 (or maybe it was 2) that they were yelling for Tebow when Orton struggled a little in a drive.....good for him though, he came back and led an 80-yard TD drive in that game. I don't know what these people's fascination w/Tebow is, nor did I get it when he was in college. I think he will struggle to get first downs, he will struggle to pass the ball and the only scores he may get are when he's running the ball. Enjoy it Broncos fans.
I am very interested to see Detroit & the 49ers play this weekend.....Detroit is fun to watch! They just dismantled Chicago Monday night, which I rather enjoyed. I like that Stafford kid, he's got some spunk and I like what I see in his eyes....he looks like a leader, he has confidence. I'm looking forward to seeing where they end up this season. And Harbaugh is doing a good job in San Fran, Drew is pretty happy being from there and a 49ers fan. So, good for them....and of course it looks like Green Bay has picked up right where they left off at the Super Bowl. Did struggle a little against Atlanta, but overall they look really strong this season. Would not be surprised to see them in the Super Bowl again. But wow, what has happned in Philly?? Really thought the Eagles would be better than this (and so did they) with all their off-season additions. Just goes to show, just having the talent does not a good team make.....you've got to have the chemistry between players too.
Well, it's mid-October and lots of good football left to be played.....its 12am and there is still football going (Oregon/Arizona State), how great is that? Just wish it would get cooler in TX so we could really feel like it's fal & football season. Looking forward to World Series, go Rangers!!
