The Lists Are Back!

 My New Year's Resolution, Chris, is a good game.  Wait, does that mean it won't happen because I said it out loud?  Eh, doesn't matter, won't happen anyways.

 

My Top Eight Bowl Games I Am Looking Forward to:

 

1.  Tostitos BCS Championship -- Ohio State vs Florida for the National Title.  No-brainder for #1.

2.  Capital One -- Wisconsin vs Arkansas.  Darren McFadden vs a great Wisconsin defense.  Something has to give.

3.  Rose -- Michigan vs Southern California.  Chad Henne and Mike Hart vs the best linebacking core in the country from USC.

4.  Fiesta -- Oklahoma vs Boise State.  Nobody else cares about this game as much as I do.  All Day Adrian Peterson is back and healthy.  Giddy up.

5.  Sugar -- LSU vs Notre Dame.  There are two reasons I am looking forward to this game at all.  1.)  To see how much the Tigers can trounce the Irish by and, 2.) How many points will Lou (Duh) Holtz pick the Irish to win by?

6.  Orange -- Wake Forest vs Louisville.  The Demon Deacons can't score and the Cardinals score in bunches.  Louisville should win this game easily.

7.  Gator -- Georgia Tech vs West Virginia.  See #6.  GT is Wake and WVU is Louisville. 

8.  Alamo -- Iowa vs Texas.  Can Iowa win a big game and can Colt McCoy, back healthy, help the Longhorns get a good win to end 2006?

(One bowl game I would like to see LSU vs Louisville.  LSU has the best front four on D in the country and Louisville's offense is fantastic.  Great game that would be.)

 

My Top Eight Sports Stories of 2006:

 

1.  Tiger Woods winning two majors since the death of his father.  Love him or hate him, he's still going to be one of the top golfers of all time.

2.  Zinedine Zidane headbutt.  If that Italian defender had called my mom 'a terroist who*re' I probably would have done the same thing....if not worse.

3.  Clemson football player Ray Ray McElrathbey taking custody of his 11-year-old brother, Fahmarr, because his mother is a drug addict and their father isn't in their lives.  Read all about that here.

4.  Vincent Young's completely dismantling USC himself.

5.  Jason McElwain going crazy in his first action.  Austistic senior in high school was manager of his high school team and got a few minutes on the court near the end of a game and went crazy, hitting 6 3's in the last four minutes.  See his story here.

6.  Roger Federer dominating tennis.  Nadal might be great on clay, but Club Fed is the best by far.

7.  George Mason making the Final Four. 

8.  The Duke lacrosse team being accused of sexual assault.  What a crock this was!  That prosecutor better get what he has coming to him. 

8A.  Andre Agassi playing in his last U.S. Open, beating Marcos Baghdatis in a great five-set match, before losing in the third round.  Incredible career and a great human being for all that he does for kids in Las Vegas.

 

 The coolest kid the world's ever seen.

 

My Top Eight College Basketball Freshman of 2006-07:

 

1.  Greg Oden (Ohio State) -- This is obvious.

2.  Kevin Durant (Texas) -- He makes his team better than any other freshman.

3.  Chase Budinger (Arizona) -- This kid is fantastic.  If he played volleyball, he could be the next Karch Karily and he wants to play basketball.  Lute Olson says he could be the next Sean Elliott.  What does that tell you?  I'll answer that.  He's amazing.

4.  Brandon Wright (UNC) -- Fantastic power forward, but also is helped by having Hansborough on the other side of the lane.

5.  Spencer Hawes (Washington) -- Do-it-all center for the Huskies.

6.  Paul Harris (Syracuse) -- Stud for theOrange.

7.  Ty Lawson (UNC) -- Best freshman point guard in the country.  Stepped right into the starting lineup in the first few games for one of the top couple teams in the country.

8.  Jon Scheier (Duke) -- Gives the Blue Devils a solid outside shooter and also gives them some much needed toughness.

8A. Bill Walker (Kansas State) -- Top 5 pick in the draft if he's able to be selected this year.  Long story with him, but he is Vince Carter-like. 

 

 Mr. Kevin Durant of Texas.

 

My Top Eight Idiots of 2006:

 

1.  Terrell Owens -- He could be my #1 for the next decade.

2.  Floyd Landis -- Never won the Tour de France in my mind. 

3.  Kobe Bryant -- He really needs to shut his mouth.  After Gilbert Arena's scored 60 on his team, Kobe said Arena's doesn't take good shot.  This coming from Kobe.  Funny.

4.  Houston Texans -- 2 words.  Mario Williams.

5.  Ben Roethlisberger -- Wear a helmet next time.

6.  Randy Moss -- 'I don't care.'

7.  Phil Mickelson -- Double-bogeyed the 72nd hole to lose the U.S. Open.  He actually called himself an idiot.  I should put himself at #1 for calling himself one.

8.  Albert Pujols -- Said Ryan Hoard didn't deserve the NL MVP because his team wasn't in the playoffs.  Suck an egg Albert.

8A.  Raiders owner Al Davis.  Has completely run the Raiders into the ground.  Time to sell the team fella.

(This is a sports-oriented list.  If it wasn't, Michael Richards would be #1)

 

 'But Coach, I really didn't mean it.  I was joking....'

 

Top Eight Things I Am Looking Forward To In 2007:

 

1.  Will Daisuka Matsuzaka be worth all the fuss...and money?

2.  Will the Cubs' signings make some noise?

3.  Will Kevin Garnett be traded to a contender?

4.  How many more Slams will Roger Federer win?

5.  How far can Greg Oden take the Buckeyes (IF they give him the ball) before turning pro?

6.  Will somebody finally punch Terrell Owens in the face?

7.  Can Reggie Bush and Drew Brees lead the Saints to the Super Bowl?

8.  Will LeBron James gets some 'i want to pull your heart out of your chest and shove it down your throat' toughness ala Michael Jordan so the Cavs can with some titles?

(Can Man U upend Chelsea to win the Premier League?)