Thursday, January 05, 2006

Rose Bowl!!

Game Opinion
Okay, for those that stayed up til 1am EST to watch that game, you witnessed a great offensive game. Both teams were evenly matches and really fought it out well. Well, almost. USC appeared to make no attempt in the 2nd half to contain Vince Young. I can understand if he's running all over like that in the 1st half. He's good, and you already have a game plan you're sticking to. But at halftime, you need to make that adjustment. Get a safety or fast linebacker and shadow him. Where ever he goes, they go. So many times on 3 and long, they'd let him run free for 15+ yards. They had absolutely no pass rush from the front-4, so that wasn't going to do anything. Blitzing was working well, but then they stopped doing that.
And finally people will shut up with all the 'USC is the greatest college team of all time' bullshit. They aren't. They are one of the better teams of all times, but their mediocre defense just does not permit them into that upper echelon. And too many marginal teams were able to take them to the wire the last 2 years. They are great, but not compared to the greats of all time.

Anyways...it was a fitting game to end my annual season of sloth. No more living on peanuts, salsa dip, beer, and other assorted garbage. Back to real food and exercise. I was in rough shape at hockey tuesday night, so this is a good time for it all to end.
Da Bears are preparing for their run to the SuperBowl. I keep telling my Patriot-fan-friends out here that if they're lucky, it'll be a repeat of January 1986. But in reality I'm not sure. I have my doubts as to whether or not Da Bears can put up 46 point in 1 game. And if the Pats could get 10 on us. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
PEACE!!

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