Monday Morning Hangover - Week 12

We’re back with a normal Monday Morning Hangover column. Let’s start off with the epic performance by my boy, Darren McFadden. Not only did he run for three TDs, he threw for a fourth. For most of the second half, he was the offense, taking half his snaps at QB. He even threw a 40 yard bomb because he felt like it.
Despite this, I still don’t think he deserves the Heismann. As soon as I thought, “Who else runs for TDs and throws for them?”, I immediately had an answer: Tebow. He has 20+ of each. So even I would have to give the nod to Timmy. That does not mean that I would take him before McFadden in the draft.

If Friday’s action wasn’t enough (both LSU and Arkansas were down to their final play before the 3rd OT began), Saturday kept it going. The Kentucky-Tennessee game was ridiculous. I would have more to say about the Kansas-Missouri and Auburn-Alabama but the second halves of both are kind of a haze induced by Jack, Henny, and 200 pound Spanish strippers blocking my view of the tv (Don’t ask…just another random Barney drinking story). Apparently, this will leave Missouri and West Virginia in the title game if both win this week.

I’m all for anything that gets WVa more publicity. Maybe ESPN can do a feature on couch burning. Interviews with Deion and Noel Devine discussing them living together (If Jillian Barbarie could do the interview that would be tremendous, considering she played Deion’s wife who had a HS player in a Nike commercial. In fact, this might be the greatest thing ever). I’m really hoping that either Pacman Jones or Chris Henry do the introductions for the Mountaineers. At the very least, I expect them and Kevin Pittsnoggle as the WVa sideline celebrities.

Sunday officially kicked off Christmas season in my mind. I don’t go by calendars or any other crap like that. I know its time to start looking for Christmas presents when the Giants have playoff hopes and start losing games to teams they should beat, losing mostly because of mental mistakes. Making Eli Manning jokes is what keeps me from punching people at the mall.

Tankapalooza 2007 Update:
I was a little too excited for the Arkansas-LSU game because it gave me a chance to scout both McFadden and Glen Dorsey. Dorsey’s been hurt, so I didn’t get a chance to see everything he has, but he did show heart in playing through the pain.
The Jets did their part. 34-3 losses are more like it. Unfortunately, the Rams fumbled a snap on 4th and goal from the 1 that could have given them the win. If that had happened, the Jets are locked in at # 2.
I’m also realizing that its very likely Miami will take McFadden. Ronnie Brown’s torn ACL didn’t help the Jets cause. Let’s hope that Killa Cam Cameron decides that Ricky Williams is a suitable backup.

Finally, prayers go out to Sean Taylor. His hits are one of the few reasons to watch the Redskins if Clinton Portis isn’t dressing up. This really doesn’t come as a surprise though. If you had asked me to guess which NFL player got shot, he would have been one of the first 5 I named. First Antoine Walker, then Eddy Curry, now Sean Taylor. If there’s not an Outside the Lines special on athletes getting robbed in the next two weeks, I’ll be surprised.