The Blue Workhorse

Week 5 was a week of upsets with six of the AP’s Top 25 falling victim.

Week 6, however, was relatively tame. Only three teams fell, and none were major national contenders.

The major story of Week 6 came out of Nashville as Vanderbilt came back to defeat Auburn and get their first win as a ranked team in over half a century.

Another week means another re-evalution, and thus, we give you our new The Blue Workhorse College Football Top 25 after Week 6. Some things to note from this week’s rankings:

* Last week, every single position in the Top 25 saw a new name beside it. This week, the top 11 remain the same except for USC and Texas Tech switching spots.
* With a 4-1 record, Michigan State bounds into the Top 25 at #18. Also moving into the Top 25 for the first time is North Carolina after their 38-12 win over Connecticut. Both teams have an opportunity to prove their new rankings with games against tough opponents: MSU heads to 5-0 Northwestern while UNC hosts 4-1 Notre Dame.

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East Carolina shocked the nation. After upsetting Virginia Tech in Week 1 using BeamerBall against coach Frank Beamer’s own squad, the Pirates thoroughly dominated the West Virginia Mountaineers just physically manhandling the preseason Big East front runner.

East Carolina’s quick start makes them the leading candidate to be the BCS buster this season and could potentially make the Conference USA championship game a battle of unbeaten squads between the Pirates and either Tulsa or Rice.

What if Utah or BYU also goes undefeated in the Mountain West Conference? What if Fresno State or Boise State goes undefeated in the Western Athletic Conference? If there were three undefeated BCS busters, what would the BCS do? The system might explode like a time bomb. Well, we’ll have to wait and see.

Another week means another re-evalution, and thus, we give you our new The Blue Workhorse College Football Top 25 after Week 2. Some things to note from this week’s rankings:

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Becky Hammon, have you no shame?

It is bad enough one communist regime, China, was graced with the ability to host the 2008 Olympics.

Now, in another direct slap in the face to democracy around the globe, a citizen of the nation that shines as a beacon of freedom and liberty to that world is playing for a country that strives to take away the freedoms of their own peoples and the peoples of neighboring nations.

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I do not consider myself a true champion of social justice or of human rights, for that matter. However, I do have a pretty firm sense of what is right and what is wrong.

Having the Olympics in China’s oppressive police state is wrong, and in light of the decision to allow China to host the 2008 summer games, I will be boycotting the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Most of you are probably thinking, who cares? Honestly, none of you should on account of me.

What you should care about are the thousands upon thousands currently held as political and/or religious prisoners. You should care about the thousands of babies that have been aborted in order for families to adhere to the one child per family dictate pressed upon the Chinese people by the Communist government.

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Embarrassing.

No other word is more applicable to describe the comments by Ron Artest in response to new teammate Yao Ming’s wishes that Artest refrain from entering into any pugilistic activities with fans as a member of the Houston Rockets. While Ming could have found a better foot to get off on with his new colleague, what Artest countered with is both disrespectful to his associates with the Rockets and his cultural peers.

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Leave it to the WNBA to provide what is sure to be the most overblown sports story of the week.

Several people asked me throughout the course of the morning whether I had seen the “brawl” between Candace Parker and some other WNBA player, who still is not relevant enough for me to remember her name on any of the sports highlight shows.

The buzz was enough for me to actually spend my valuable time on the internet for video of WNBA footage. Big surprise, what I saw thoroughly disappointed me.

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As I flipped the channel to FOX at about 8:00 pm, I had no idea that tonight would be one of the most intriguing All-Star Games in recent memory.

With the great opening ceremony linking the former greats with the present stars, I had a feeling this might be a special night and a special game.

The only thing that surprised me about the opening ceremony was the Steinbrenners brought the ceremonial game balls in a brown paper bag. C’mon guys, you’re the Steinbrenners, you can do better.

Before I get to the game:

5 quick reasons I hated the All-Star Game

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At one point, I might have married Brett Favre.

Not that I am averse to the female gender, but, instead, why would I not want to spend the rest of my life with one of the most exciting NFL players and seemingly coolest guy ever?

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