Who Cares If You Disagree?...

You are not me, who made you king of anything? Yes, I am The Rabbi, video editor of On The Sportslines, and yes, I am quoting a Sara Barelles song. Why? Cause it fits perfectly with the decisions that have been made around the sports world in the past 5 days.

Who cares if you Disagree...Yankee fans, if you thought that Joe Girardi should have given the hook a little sooner to AJ Burnett last night. Joe didn't do that, and took the chances pitching with 2 men on in the bottom of the 5th, walking David Murphy, owner of 12 home runs this year, to get to Bengie Molina. You wanna know when it's NOT your year? When you see a montage of Bengie Molina's three straight home runs in Games 1, 2, and 3 of the 2005 ALDS as an Angel from TBS then right after that...BAM! Game turns in the Rangers favor and most likely the Yankees are about to see their stronghold that they had over Texas for 14 years go the other way. As much as a like Joe, I wonder of all the managerial mistakes would have been made by someone else. Joe Girardi, not anyone else (well, maybe the Yankee offense) have some 'splainin to do. By the way, Girardi was a bench coach on that 2005 ALDS-losing team so maybe he totally forgot about Benji's three home runs.

Who cares if you disagree... Florida Marlins management, for thinking Cody Ross was a washed up player. Yes, Cody Ross! Picked up on waivers from the Marlins on Aug 23rd, he now has had a series for the ages: 4-12, but 3 HR's and 4 RBIs. When the best offense in the NL this year (the Reds) looked like little pussycats against Roy Halladay and Cole Hamels, Ross has routinely looked like a tiger. Now the Phillies, just like the Yankees, bring an unproven guy in the season and postseason in Joe Blanton out there after not pitching for 20 days. No one pitcher has won a postseason game with 16+ days of rest in 60 years. Now, we can start feeling a Giant-Ranger world series, a series that can be enjoyed FAR FAR west of the Mississippi.

Who cares if you disagree...If the NFL thinks there is far too much defense in the game, which has been downgraded by the influx of illegal contact calls and protection of the QB...now comes the fact that people may be suspended just by leading with the helmet on a hit. Yes, there have been already 10+ more injuries then this point in the last 4 years due to defenseless hits, but d-backs are doing their jobs! You mean they now have to face suspension for going all out, when the "defenseless" wide reciever now gets full protection, knowing when they catch the ball, they won't be hit as hard? Stop it NFL. Don't you realize the d-back leading with his head is taking MORE of a risk than that wideout. The NFL has become so reactionary lately to so many things that could "possibly" happen, it's become ridiculous. Maybe if the NFL didn't want to switch to an 18 game season, you wouldn't put all these rules in to make wideouts and offensive players look better. I don't think the NFL gives a damn 'bout defense anymore.

Who cares if you disagree... BCS. (Cue the groans now!) After we were teased that Boise State were going to possibly be #1 in the first new poll, we get the Oklahoma Sooners as #1, with the Oregon Ducks as a solid #2. I've never been the biggest fan of the "mid-majors", as when the whole On The Sportslines panel picked Boise State to get to the national title game, I rooted for Virginia Tech! They lost that game, but sadly for Boise Tech, Va Tech lost the next one too. That whole stupid strength of schedule is killing the Broncos (and for that matter, the #4 TCU Horned Frogs too), to the point where they'll need everyone to lose in major conferences (some twice!), to get that national title berth. So why should BOTH mid-majors be playing in January in Tucson in my opinion? Look at the major contenders:

Oklahoma: Stuggled to beat Cincinnati, Utah State, and Air Force. All of them have 2+ losses, and (here's a shock!) the latter 2 are Boise State and TCU "patsy opponents" each year. Whoops.

Oregon: The Pac 10 has THREE ranked teams (compared to the Big 12 and SEC's 6), yet I keep hearing Oregon's far and away the best team in the country. The voters told me so! Yet in their last 3 games, they have let up 31, 31, and 23 points. You may have an amazing offense boys, but when you play a team with a real D, get back to me. They may not for the whole season. By the way, that 23 came against powerhouse Washington State, wonder how many points Boise would let up?

Auburn: Most deserving of the competitors, BUT...needed overtime to beat Clemson and were down late against South Carolina, both at home. As much as I love Auburn, and as much as I love (former Florida Gator) Cam Newton, I feel like Auburn is still missing some things. They need to be convincing against my next pretender....

LSU: Needed a 13 men on the field penalty against the Vols, needed a botched fake field goal against a mediocre Florida team. No comment as the #6 team in the nation.

Alabama and Ohio St: Hey didn't you used to be #1? Didn't you used to be good? Didn't you used to win on the road? Sadly, I feel like these two teams will come back very, very quickly.

So yeah, why can't Boise State and TCU, who both have only neutral site close wins to complain about, play for the national championship? Who made college football computers king of anything?

Yeah exactly. See you next time for another cornucopia of opinions.