After the Madness

It's all downhill from here.

Nah, it's gonna be ok with a little softball to be played and a little Razorback baseball to help us keep our sanity. Every year the Blitz crew spends several months after the NCAA tournament waiting on Hog football to get going.

Yes, there are MLB and NBA games(including the playoffs), but March Madness marks the end of the excitement for us most of the time. It's a sad day watching the title game, especially when Duke wins it, because it means we are down to baseball and the latest football gossip.

Another trip to Omaha for the Hogs is a real possibility, but my opinion of baseball has been well documented (I'm not a big fan). So I will suffer through this with the hope and expectation that the football season will be one for the ages.

I can't wait to get a review together and talk about the outlook for the season and the stars on both sides of the ball up on the Hill. Like my excellent tourney picks (insert sarcasm) I will be laying down the analysis sometime in the summer for the football season, and hopefully I will be able to predict with accuracy a banner year.

After all, I had West Virginia!

Business Time

From the Hall of Fame game August 9th pitting the Titans against the Bills, to the Saints overtime victory over the Vikings Sunday, it has all led up to this. Super Bowl XLIV (that's 44 to those who don't do Roman).

In the words of Flight of the Conchords, "It's business time!"

All the smack talk amongst friends and the strategy talked amongst "experts" will be put to rest February 7th at 5:25 p.m. on the best/worst day of the year. It's the best because it is the pinnacle of the sports world, and the worst for that exact same reason; it's all down hill from here.

Who knows if Peyton will throw for 400 and 4 TDs or if Brees will make the Colts D look silly? Who can actually gauge how SB rookies all over the field will hold up on the grandest stage of them all? The one thing we do know and can look forward to in 12 days isthat we are in for a treat, as the two top teams (record wise) in the NFL will battle it out in Miami.

This season has been one chock-full of pleasant surprises, like Brett Favre's best statistical year ever, Dallas' first playoff win in 13 years, and Chris Johnson's 2,000 yard season.

There have been downs this year as well, such as the premature passing of Bengals WR Chris Henry, and the saga surrounding former Giants WR Plaxico Burress; but as we know, in life the good usually outweighs the bad.

I for one am totally ready to put to bed all the jibber-jabber of the know-it-alls on TV and radio (and Tech) and watch what promises to be an excellent game featuring two great franchises in the early highlight of my year!

Note: I'll take the Colts, but I'm biased!

Marvin Harrison

Let's start this blog off with a BANG! Literally.

Marvin Harrison apparently shot a dude. You may have heard the story a couple years back. This trouble, along with declining skills, caused the Colts to cut ties with the aging receiver. But the story may go even deeper than we heard.

ESPN is reporting that the man who accused Harrison of shooting him was murdered by a hooded man, and the case remains unresolved.

How crazy is this?

Am I the only one that thought Harrison was a quiet, unassuming guy that was all about the football and would eventually have his name cleared?!

I don't know how this will turn out or if any of this will stick to Harrison, but from the outside it reeks of scandal and a murder being covered up by a big-time athlete.

Your thoughts?