Scavengers

Fantasy football can really suck sometimes. I won't talk about that though. Let's talk about the scavengers. The Marion Barbers and Brandon Jacobs of the NFL. You have the workhorses doing all of the work then they come in and get the payoff. They're like the manager taking credit for all of the good work being done in his department. You know, the work being done while he's out playing golf, drinking it up with clients. Ok, back to the scavengers. Julius Jones just drug 3 players to the 1/2 yard line and Barber gets to walk into the endzone. Tiki Barber has the same issue. He gets the carries, does the work then here comes Jacobs taking the glory. Forget them being small backs, give 'em the rock. I need them to have the ball. I don't care about what's need in the "real" league. My fantasy team needs TDs from the stars. Someone needs to contact the league to end this madness. No wonder Tiki is retiring.

Houston drop UCF 51-31

The good news is the Cougars rallied and scored 20 unanswered points in the fourth quarter. Houston jumped out to a 10-0 lead, then engaged the UCF Golden Knights in an exchange of body blows. Houston finally landed enough in the fourth to take the lead for good.Jackie Battle rushed for 70 yards and 3 scores and Anthony Alridge added 131 yards on the ground and one score. Kevin Kolb meanwhile added a 22 for 34 effort yielding 304 passing yards and three TDs one each to Vincent Marshall (6 rec/39 yds), Biren Ealy (4 rec/85 yards), and Roshawn Pope (2 rec/76 yeads).

The bad news, Cougars had to rally and score 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter. The Mad Dog D allowed 248 yards of rushing, and 282 yards through the air. Fortunately, the Golden Knights helped the Coogs and gave up two fumbles and two interceptions. They were also penalized 8 times for 70 yards.

Overall, while it was nice to see them fight back but it was a pedestrian effort vs a weak Golden Knights. I'm not fired up about this one. The Coogs will need to get it together on defense if they want to defeat the CUSA West leading 7-1 Tulsa Golden Hurricane.

Yaaaawn

Man, is the World Series on? Did someone win? Wait, who is playing? I'm not even here to talk about the World Series. St. Louis has it in the bag.

Something that bothers me to no end is the announcements of the league MVP. It is game 5 of the World Series with the Cards up 3-1 and we have no idea who the MVP is for 2006. Is it just me or is this ridiculous? No winners of any kind, Cy Young, rookie, or Manager. This is ridiculous. How do you announce season winners after the World Series? It's stupid. I can't understand and baseball needs to correct it. The votes are supposed to be in before season's end so why are the winners left a secret for so long? I don't know. Someone help me out.

S Web's Week 8 NFL Picks

Now we're rollin'. Well my two underdog picks panned out, but my lock didn't. Arizona knew who Chicago was, but couldn't figure out Oakland. Green Bay took care of business in Miami, and the Texans as projected rose to the occasion against the Jags.

Let's see, that puts me at 6-7 for the season, I'm making up for a shaky start. Let's get to it.

Saint Louis (10-106)
I don't see it, I don't see St. Louis getting beaten this week. This one should be a nice shootout.
I'm taking STL and the pts.

Philadelphia (-4-106)
Yeah, Philly has lost two straight on the road, they're back home and s/b nice and angry to get back on the winning track. McNabb is the real deal and Leftwich, while a trooper, can't hobble around forever. I'm taking Philly and giving the points.

Indianapolis (2.5-110)
Indy an UD, just doesn't sound right to me. They're looking to go 7-0 and keep it rolling to the playoffs. Denver has a pedestrian passing attack with Plummer, and have to rely heavily on the running game making them basically one dimensional. I'm taking Indy and the points here.

Let the games begin.