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