Weekend in Football: Heisman Watch, NFL Ponderings, Jerseys That Actually Suck

Weather delays seem to be occurring more often then ever before, don't they? It seems while the safety of fans in attendance and players is most important, I don't know that we will ever again see a mud bowl-type game in the NFL. Referees never used to be concerned with torrential downpours. Of course, I am aware that a tornado warning should not be taken lightly under any circumstance. I'm just stating that after many decades of classic, sloppy, mud-ridden football games, that I wouldn't mind watching players fantasy stats and fans suffer alike through a crazy downpour.

Here are Andy Todd's updated Heisman Rankings in College Football

1. QB Jameis Winston (#2 Florida State)
2. QB Marcus Mariota (#5 Oregon) (That's Marcus Mariota, in case you can't read the print)
3. QB Johnny Manziel (#12 Texas A&M)
4. QB Bryce Petty (#4 Baylor)
5. QB A.J. McCarron (#1 Alabama)
6. WR Mike Evans (#12 Texas A&M)

Note: These are the only 6 players that I envision with any chance of winning the Heisman trophy at this point, late in the season.

What should the Top 10 teams look like, dude?
ANSWER
1. Alabama
2. Florida State
3. Baylor
4. Ohio State
5. Auburn (I'm putting them ahead of Oregon for now because let's face it, they won't beat Alabama... -watches them march on to victory now because I said that-)
6. Oregon (That's the Oregon Ducks, in case you can't read the print)
7. Clemson
8. Missouri
9. Stanford
10. Wisconsin (They still beat Arizona State)

Too many colors for you? go ahead and leave me feedback in the comments. I'm just looking for ways to improve this blog and make it more consistent on a week-to-week basis.

NFL PONDERINGS
Jets 14, Bills 37: The Jets are really dedicated to this W-L-W-L-W-L thing. They are now the first team in NFL history to alternate wins and losses throughout their first ten games of the season and with how awful Geno Smith has quietly been, I'm calling it now: Mark Sanchez starts week 1 of the 2014 season for the Jets. I went there. I shuddered in terror as I wrote that. The AFC Playoff picture is completely screwed now with the Jets loss as about 6-8 teams are battling to lose to the Chiefs in the wildcard round.

Ravens 20, Bears 23 OT: What does mother nature have against the Ravens? or is it Roger Goodell? Some investigating needs to be done... -sarcasm noted-. I'm still questioning whether or not Robbie Gould actually made the game-winning field goal in this one as it looked juuuuuuuuuuuuust outside of the right upright. Nice to see Ray Rice back to form even it is just for one game.

Browns 20, Bengals 41: So much for the Bengals collapse. We might see Brandon Weeden again before the end of the season. I'm scaring myself with these quarterback predictions.

Redskins 16, Eagles 24: Mike Shanahan shouldn't make it through the week after Trent Williams' blaming referees with semi-outrageous claims that one was just a little bit too much of a jerk. WR Josh Morgan was also quoted after the game was over as saying "Coach says I can't play football, coach says I can't talk to the media". I just get the feeling Shanny has lost that locker room. The Eagles now take over the NFC East, heading into their bye week.

Lions 27, Steelers 37: The NFC North won't be figured out until week 17. The Lions don't want to win the division, The Bears don't want to win the division, and the Packers can't right now. Pittsburgh is just another out of 24 confusing and fluky teams.

Falcons 28, Buccaneers 41: It's clear that the Falcons are the most unfair team in the NFL. Oh, Julio Jones is hurt? can't trade Tony Gonzalez to an actual contender that could use him then! What's that? We're 2-8? That Clowney kid sure looks nice in black and red. Just admit you're tanking and cut Gonzalez already!

Cardinals 27, Jaguars 14: Arizona is suddenly tied with San Francisco in the wild-card race at 6-4. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?????

Raiders 28, Texans 23: I think undrafted Matthew McGloing, Gloing, Glone! just stole Terrelle Pryor's job. Speaking of Clowney... Watt + Clowney = instant redemption.

Chargers 16, Dolphins 20: The Dolphins are back in the wild-card race without a running game and serious locker room issues. Meanwhile, San Diego continues falling apart like they always do.

49ers 20, Saints 23: Some questionable calls kept this game from really living up to any hype but a last-second field goal keeps New Orleans in first for another week. I have a theory about the 49ers saving Kaepernick's legs and arm for the post-season or whenever Michael Crabtree returns to 100%.

Packers 13, Giants 27: After starting 0-6, the Giants have done the most Coughlin-thing ever and won four straight. This puts them 1.5 games back in the standings. Redonkulous. Green Bay can't blame their inability to play defense on the Rodgers injury.

Vikings 20, Seahawks 41: Marshawn Lynch scored three times and Percy Harvin looks just as fast as he did before the injury. Next...

Chiefs 17, Broncos 27: After a very fun first half of football, the second half was inevitably dreary as Denver took over and won in predictable fashion by playing against Kansas City's average passing game. Watching this game makes it that much more stunning how the Chiefs won games without throwing to Dwayne Bowe, who is seemingly the only above average receiver on the team.

Final Thought
I'm the one person who legitimately enjoys the Steelers throwback "bees in jail" jerseys. I'm fully aware that people think they're an eyesore, but it's nice to see a team honoring the olden days of football ancestry. Frankly, I'm just glad to be watching something other than Cowboys-Giants every week. Some experts actually have the nerve to say that the most boring of jerseys in sports (Ex: Cowboys, Giants, Steelers default jerseys) are the greatest simply because they've stuck around the longest. NEWSFLASH! They're boring as hell! We need teams to switch it up more like college football programs such as Oregon, Oregon State, and the Seahawks neon green jerseys they've used more often recently. It's not just an opinion that teams should use more exciting jerseys, it would show up in profits as well. It doesn't matter if the New York Yankees put My Little Pony logos right above the iconic NY on the front of their jerseys, those jersey would still sell because they're the motherf***in' New York Yankees. I want neon orange Oregon State playing those yellow Eagles throwbacks from September 23rd, 2007 that they used versus the Lions. That would be entertaining no matter the score. Basic summary: Jerseys do not have an effect on total amount of fans.

Photo by Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian

NCAA Football Week 10: What Have We Done?

This week's BCS Standings I found many rankings for fans to disagree with. I don't think there's a problem with the current top two teams in college football but beyond that, the rankings are a wee bit off. Here's MY personal rankings with the BCS Ranks in parentheses'. 

1. Alabama Crimson Tide (1): They won last year's BCS Championship and haven't lost since, why would anyone dare disagree? Roll Tide.

2. Florida State Seminoles (2): Jameis "Squints" Winston is now the Heisman favorite (in my books at least) and practically everyone wants to see this prolific offense take on Bama's D.

3. Stanford Cardinal (4): You can't just beat the #3 team in the world last week and not jump over Ohio State, when comparing schedules.

4. Ohio State Buckeyes (3): The bye week did not help their case. The only big win for Ohio State came over Wisconsin in a close battle.

5. Baylor Bears (5): They are who Oregon was supposed to be. Easily the most prolific offense in college football, Baylor now gets real stiff competitions in their schedule vs. Oklahoma State, TCU, and Texas.

6. Oregon Ducks (6): An incredible comeback keeps them from falling further. Marcus Mariota is still interception-less but injured as well. 

7. Auburn Tigers (7): Enjoy it while it lasts, Auburn fans. Next two games are versus an improving in terms of health Georgia and Alabama.

8. Clemson Tigers (8): That one loss to Florida State may have looked awful but it's possible that Florida State was and is just that good. 

9. Missouri Tigers (9): That's not a typo, there are back-to-back-to-back Tiger teams. Missouri's one blemish came on a terribly missed field goal in double overtime versus a very good South Carolina team. They might be underrated at this point with a very good offense.

10. Texas A&M Aggies (11): The defense is very, very, very shaky but Johnny Manziel and Mike Evans are one of the all-time great QB-WR combos in college football. 

11. Fresno State Bulldogs (14): This is a very biased pick on my part as I've grown to loving this Fresno State team's exciting brand of football at 1 AM every Sunday morning. Derek Carr might just be a carbon-copy of his brother but at least he doesn't have the hype surrounding him.

12. Wisconsin Badgers (22): When will the BCS finally recognize that the loss to Arizona State was a complete abomination of refereeing? Probably never. This team is very underrated and the only real loss was to #4 on my list, Ohio State.

13. Michigan State Spartans (16): One of the best defenses in the nation with a manageable offense. Only one loss to Notre Dame in a week where they were out-defended.

14. South Carolina Gamecocks (10): Head Coach Steve Spurrier has had his rough patches this season but things seem to smoothing out in the final stretch with Jadeveon Clowney playing like a top 3 draft pick.

15. UCLA Bruins (13): Another team that has seen it's share of strong oppositions, UCLA's only losses are to Stanford and Oregon.

16. Northern Illinois Huskies (15): QB Jordan Lynch might be more mobile than Johnny Football and Marcus Mariota combined but this team has yet to be really challenged.

17. Central Florida Knights (17): I agree with this ranking. Storm Johnson is a cool name. Blake Bortles is not. I hope you learned something from this.

18. Oklahoma State Cowboys (12): This team is talented everywhere except for at the quarterback position. I have been incredibly underwhelmed by this one-loss team whether it's been Clint Chelf or J.W. Walsh manning the offense.

19. Louisville Cardinals (20): The Heisman watch is off of Teddy Bridgewater and he'll probably just boost his draft status at this point. Dissapointing loss to Central Florida shouldn't have knocked them down so low but due to talent of other teams, it does.

20. Oklahoma Sooners (18): They just got man-handled by Baylor but they weren't alone in that category. Wins over Texas Tech and Notre Dame keep them in the top 20 by an eyelash.

21. Texas Longhorns (24): Wins over Oklahoma and their most recent thriller over West Virginia knock the Longhorns up a few notches in my book. Mack Brown, job... done.

22. Miami (FL) Hurricanes (23): The running game and passing games are both very good and a loss to Florida State should not knock them down so far but the fact that this is Miami's second loss does.

23. Minnesota Golden Gophers (NR): The turnaround that this team has made recently is impressive.

24. LSU Tigers (21): They were in it for three quarters against Alabama but this is not the same team as they were three years ago. 

25. USC Trojans (NR): New coach Ed Orgeron knows what he's doing and the team loves him. It's clearly shown on the field how big of a difference his coaching is compared to college football terrorist Lane Kiffin. Recent wins over Oregon State and California make them a top 25 team.

Any disagreements? Leave thoughts in the comments. Want Heisman rankings? They're coming back next week. Want other sports stuff? Watch my blog and find out...

"Lethalogica" by Social Dregs (Official Video)

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Social Dregs is out with another video recorded sometime in 2012. Here is "Lethologica" off of the album "Something To Fight For". (Click the link above for the video).