Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Wednesday 12/31 A.M. Quickie:
2008, Shanahan, Cowher, Oregon, LeBron

Was 2008 the best sports year ever? I tackle that in the lead of today's SN column, but I wrote something extra about it last night -- you can find it here at 10:30 a.m. ET.

Meanwhile, good riddance to Mike Shanahan. Choker. And the Jets are better off with Steve Spagnuolo than Bill Cowher. And the Browns need to focus on Scott Pioli before they import Eric Mangini.

(UPDATE: Must-read analysis from Stefan Fatsis via KSK.)

God, is there a more entertaining bowl than the Holiday Bowl? (PS: How good could Texas be if they could barely manage more than half the points that Oregon scored on Oklahoma State?)

Arkansas and Illinois hoops put the nation on notice that they are legit top 25 teams.

Who else is sort of happy that LeBron's birthday was ruined with a loss to the Heat? And what is up with the Celtics? After that 19 straight, are they just packing it in until the playoffs?

Sorry for the short post. Tons to get done before the year ends. And tons more -- seriously: tons -- in today's SN column, found here. Check it out. More at 10:30.

To those not returning later today, happy new year.

-- D.S.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

How good could Florida be if they lost to Ole Miss at home? How good could OU be if they lost to Texas by 10, who beat OSU, who laid an egg to Oregon? Oh, wait, OU beat OSU worse than Oregon, and Texas beat OU, so... ad infinitum.

C'mon, Dan. That's Colin Cowherd type logic. OSU played their butts off that day in Austin. OSU's best player got hurt last night (9 catches > 100 yards before injury in first half), and they were never the same. That's part of football though, and Oregon took it to the 'Pokes last night in the 2nd half. Judging Texas (or OU for that matter) on that game last night is specious.

Unknown said...

"(PS: How good could Texas be if they could barely manage more than half the points that Oregon scored on Oklahoma State?)"

Texas scored LESS than half of what OU put up against OSU, and of course, 45-35.