Monday Morning Hangover

I’m glad that my blog is so influential that I now have people from ESPN taking my shtick. If you haven’t noticed, DJ Gallo’s weekly column is entitled “NFL Hangover.” I’m sure some of you are saying, “But Barney, you blatantly stole your title from Peter King.” And you’d be 100% correct. And I’m not even upset, because DJ Gallo is probably 10 times funnier than me. So do I have a point? Like most of the time, I don’t. I just wanted to point something out. And I’ll segue that into the Awfulness Rankings.

Terrible: Big East. South Florida had a decent win over Kansas. This will probably be the biggest win for the Big East this year.

Horrible: ACC. Maryland beating Cal nearly made up for losing to Middle Tennessee. Also, Mid Tenn went right to the wire with Kentucky.

Awful: The Big 10. After Ohio State’s shitfest, I would recommend that the Big 10 be relegated to I-AA or whatever the hell they’re calling it for now. That was an absolutely awful performance. Michigan didn’t help by getting handled by Notre Dame.

Worth noting that if USC lost on Saturday, the Pac 10 would have a case to be in the Horrible position considering UCLA’s even bigger dump than Ohio State. Alright, we’re done with this segment (it’s already losing steam after two weeks). Other thoughts on the weekend in football.

Ohio State may suck spectacularly, but will be watchable once they get Tyrelle Pryor in the game on every down. I’m glad Jim Tressel decided to use his best qb only sporadically in the biggest game of the year. Please go out and buy his new book on how to succeed in life.

So you’re telling me Brett Favre would throw a poorly thrown ball that would prove to be the game changing interception? You’re kidding me. That’s not like him at all. And you wonder why I wasn’t giddy over his signing. Another year of chasing after the Wild Card.

That was a terrible call, but honestly, I can’t be mad at Ed Hochuli. He’s provided too much entertainment over the years. Also, he was in Runner’s World this month as their celebrity runner which caused me to say under my breath while on the train, “Holy shit, it’s Ed fucking Hochuli.” Now that’s a proven best practice in getting a seat to yourself: Random comments about specific NFL officials.

This was a piss poor attempt this week. Saturday I had an excuse because I spent all day getting my car fixed, and it wasn’t even finished (time for Brock to bring back the “Towed Lumies” fantasy football team name). So I pretty much just caught the USC trouncing. Sunday I was a waste, though I’m not sure I would have many comments anyway.