With a week off between the Western Conference Semi finals and Finals Sports Observer Monthly has had a lot of opportunity to read articles by paid scribes in regards to the series.
Everything written or tweeted about the series is about how many games it will take for the Lakers to dispose of the Suns and move on to the NBA Finals. No one is giving the Suns much of a chance in the series. People say the Lakers are too big with Gasol and Bynum on the inside and a guy named Kobe on the outside. Sports Observer Monthly has to agree with everyone else the Lakers will be too much for the Suns and will win the series in six.
Even though the Lakers are projected to win the series there will still be plenty of things to watch for in the series. The best will be the Laker bench v the Suns bench. In watching the Lakers bench through out the playoffs they sometimes have a tendency to let teams back into the game. The Suns bench could be the key to the Suns winning the series. If Goran Dragic, Jason Dudley, and the rest of the bench can come in and hit some key three pointers, hold a lead, and shut down the Laker bench it could mean trouble for the Lakers. The Lakers are again going to rely on Lamar Odum, Shannon Brown, and hopefully not Luke Walton to carry them while Kobe and Pau get their rest. If they play well it's all over for the Suns. If they play shaky or don't show up it could be a tighter series than most people think.
Again the Lakers will be too strong for the Suns and with Kobe the Lakers will prevail in six. Watch out for updates through out the series.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Big 10 Expansion
A lot of talk out there in regards to the Big Ten expanding to 15 or 16 teams. A school being mentioned a lot in those talk is the University of Missouri. Now with Sport Observer Monthly being a Big 12 and KU homer it's time to put some thoughts out there on this subject.
First this whole deal our course is about money. Read that if Mizzou went to the Big 10 they would get 22 million a year in TV money, which now they only get 9 million. Now in these tough economic times it seems like a smart choice. Yet making a choice based on money alone doesn't do justice to a rivalry that dates back to the Civil War.
Kansas V Missouri just typing that makes one think back to all the great football, basketball, and all other college sports that KU and Mizzou do battle in every year. They have been bitter rivals since the days of Lincoln and many decades of fans have had to choose Kansas or Missouri. If the higher up at Mizzou decide to jump ship to the Big 10 then we might as well just push all those thoughts out of our mind about Norm Stewart v Roy Williams or Gary Pinkel v Mark Mangino. It would be a shame if they left because Kansas v Missouri is one of the best rivarlies in all of sports. Everyone circles Kansas v Missouri on the schedule no matter what the sport is and I don't see Missouri fans circling Indiana on the schedule and that my friends everyone can agree with not matter what side of the border you root for.
First this whole deal our course is about money. Read that if Mizzou went to the Big 10 they would get 22 million a year in TV money, which now they only get 9 million. Now in these tough economic times it seems like a smart choice. Yet making a choice based on money alone doesn't do justice to a rivalry that dates back to the Civil War.
Kansas V Missouri just typing that makes one think back to all the great football, basketball, and all other college sports that KU and Mizzou do battle in every year. They have been bitter rivals since the days of Lincoln and many decades of fans have had to choose Kansas or Missouri. If the higher up at Mizzou decide to jump ship to the Big 10 then we might as well just push all those thoughts out of our mind about Norm Stewart v Roy Williams or Gary Pinkel v Mark Mangino. It would be a shame if they left because Kansas v Missouri is one of the best rivarlies in all of sports. Everyone circles Kansas v Missouri on the schedule no matter what the sport is and I don't see Missouri fans circling Indiana on the schedule and that my friends everyone can agree with not matter what side of the border you root for.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Lakers V Jazz
With four months of not writing anything the time is now for a few thoughts about the LA Lakers v Utah Jazz series that concluded last night.
First Jazz fans are the worst fans in the world. Seeing them wear Fisher Lies T-Shirts and their constant booing of a player that left three years ago it time to let it go Jazz fans. Like Fisher said if he was a firefighter or a school teacher no one would care if he moved to another city for his family, but it shows how intertwined sports is with people's thoughts and feelings.
Now more on how Jazz fans are the worst. No other fans in the world would get mad at an opposing teams fan for doing the exact same thing they were doing to root on their team. They are the biggest bunch of hypocrites in the world. Let people cheer for whoever they want and don't get mad when your team gets a beat down.
Finally it was great to see the Lakers sweep the Jazz out of the playoffs for the third year in a row. All of those crap talking Jazz fans can shut their holes and wait around for six months until another season of Jazz basketball starts. All the rain today in Salt Lake City is from the tears of all the Jazz fans crying because they got beat down by the Lakers. Keep an eye on that Lakers v Suns series that starts next week more on that later. Sports Observer Out!
First Jazz fans are the worst fans in the world. Seeing them wear Fisher Lies T-Shirts and their constant booing of a player that left three years ago it time to let it go Jazz fans. Like Fisher said if he was a firefighter or a school teacher no one would care if he moved to another city for his family, but it shows how intertwined sports is with people's thoughts and feelings.
Now more on how Jazz fans are the worst. No other fans in the world would get mad at an opposing teams fan for doing the exact same thing they were doing to root on their team. They are the biggest bunch of hypocrites in the world. Let people cheer for whoever they want and don't get mad when your team gets a beat down.
Finally it was great to see the Lakers sweep the Jazz out of the playoffs for the third year in a row. All of those crap talking Jazz fans can shut their holes and wait around for six months until another season of Jazz basketball starts. All the rain today in Salt Lake City is from the tears of all the Jazz fans crying because they got beat down by the Lakers. Keep an eye on that Lakers v Suns series that starts next week more on that later. Sports Observer Out!
Four Month Break
Sorry to everyone out there especially you Pop. Sports Observer Monthly has been on about a four month break. A lot has happened in the world of sports since the NFL Divisional Playoffs. Instead of looking back Sports Observer Monthly will be looking forward to the summer months of baseball, the conclusion of the NBA Playoffs, and the start of NFL training camps. Sports Observer Monthly is looking forward to providing insight and opinions about everything sports on TV during the summer and into the fall of 2010. Thanks for reading Sports Observer Monthly Out.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Divisional Preview and Predictions
Another great weekend of NFL football action is a little more than 48 hours away. The Sports Observer Monthly has a full plate of action to take in this weekend. Along with a little preview of each of the four games Sports Observer Monthly will give a prediction on each of the games. Now a disclaimer on the picks, if you take the picks and place a wager on the games and it doesn't pan out Sports Observer Monthly is not responsible for any lost wages.
Sat 2:30pm MST Arizona Cardinals v New Orleans Saints
A match of of two of the top QB's in the league Kurt Warner v Drew Brees. It's going to be a high scoring affair with both offenses marching up and down the field. One of the defensive groups will have to stand up at some point in the game and the first defense that does that will win the game for their team. Watch this one for some high scoring offensive action
New Orleans 42 Arizona 35
Sat 6:15 pm MST Indianapolis Colts v Baltimore Ravens
In this game it's a match up of a stellar offense and a staunch defense. It's Peyton Manning v Ray Lewis. With a week layoff for the Colts they better hope that their timing is on because the Baltimore D will be all over the Colts receivers. On the Baltimore offensive side Joe Flacco and Ray Rice lead the Ravens. If the Colts are unable to stop Ray Rice and the ground game it's going to be a long evening for the Colts. Watch the match up between Peyton and the Ravens secondary and Ray Rice and the Colts run defense. The battle will be won between these groups.
Indianapolis 21 Baltimore 14
Sun 11:00 am MST Minnesota Vikings v Dallas Cowboys
The old gun sling er Brett Farve versus the Young Kid Tony Romo. Brett Favre doesn't have the best record versus the Boys, he is 2 and 9 all time v the Cowboys. Dallas has been the hottest team of late winning their last four games. If the Vikings stud defensive end Jared Allen can get pressure against Tony Romo it will be a long day for the Dallas quarterback. If the Vikings offense can find that mid season form they will prevail on top. Look for that Jared Allen v Flozell Adams match up and Brett v the Cowboys D. Watch this one due to always the possibility of Brett Favre playing his last game in the NFL.
Dallas 28 Minnesota 16
Sun 2:40 pm MST New York Jets v San Diego Chargers
The final course in a full meal of football action. This game may turn out to be the best game of the weekend. You have the young kid from USC Mark Sanchez taking on Phillip Rivers and the rest of the Chargers. This game will be won or lost on Sanchez's ability to limit the turnovers and keep the Jets in the game with smart play. If he goes out there and begins to throw the ball all over the field and turns it over the Jets are done. If he goes out and plays a smart game and with the stellar Jets defense most note ably Darell Revis the Jets will be one to the AFC Championship. Now the Chargers must force Sanchez to make those bad decision with constant pressure. If they can keep that pressure on and score a few points they will prevail and move on. Watch Sanchez and the turnovers and the Chargers pressure D.
New York 16 San Diego 10
Hopefully where ever you may be enjoy the weekend games, and if you are placing some wagers this weekends games good luck with those bets. Look for the recap early next week and maybe some more predictions for the championship games the following weekend.
Sat 2:30pm MST Arizona Cardinals v New Orleans Saints
A match of of two of the top QB's in the league Kurt Warner v Drew Brees. It's going to be a high scoring affair with both offenses marching up and down the field. One of the defensive groups will have to stand up at some point in the game and the first defense that does that will win the game for their team. Watch this one for some high scoring offensive action
New Orleans 42 Arizona 35
Sat 6:15 pm MST Indianapolis Colts v Baltimore Ravens
In this game it's a match up of a stellar offense and a staunch defense. It's Peyton Manning v Ray Lewis. With a week layoff for the Colts they better hope that their timing is on because the Baltimore D will be all over the Colts receivers. On the Baltimore offensive side Joe Flacco and Ray Rice lead the Ravens. If the Colts are unable to stop Ray Rice and the ground game it's going to be a long evening for the Colts. Watch the match up between Peyton and the Ravens secondary and Ray Rice and the Colts run defense. The battle will be won between these groups.
Indianapolis 21 Baltimore 14
Sun 11:00 am MST Minnesota Vikings v Dallas Cowboys
The old gun sling er Brett Farve versus the Young Kid Tony Romo. Brett Favre doesn't have the best record versus the Boys, he is 2 and 9 all time v the Cowboys. Dallas has been the hottest team of late winning their last four games. If the Vikings stud defensive end Jared Allen can get pressure against Tony Romo it will be a long day for the Dallas quarterback. If the Vikings offense can find that mid season form they will prevail on top. Look for that Jared Allen v Flozell Adams match up and Brett v the Cowboys D. Watch this one due to always the possibility of Brett Favre playing his last game in the NFL.
Dallas 28 Minnesota 16
Sun 2:40 pm MST New York Jets v San Diego Chargers
The final course in a full meal of football action. This game may turn out to be the best game of the weekend. You have the young kid from USC Mark Sanchez taking on Phillip Rivers and the rest of the Chargers. This game will be won or lost on Sanchez's ability to limit the turnovers and keep the Jets in the game with smart play. If he goes out there and begins to throw the ball all over the field and turns it over the Jets are done. If he goes out and plays a smart game and with the stellar Jets defense most note ably Darell Revis the Jets will be one to the AFC Championship. Now the Chargers must force Sanchez to make those bad decision with constant pressure. If they can keep that pressure on and score a few points they will prevail and move on. Watch Sanchez and the turnovers and the Chargers pressure D.
New York 16 San Diego 10
Hopefully where ever you may be enjoy the weekend games, and if you are placing some wagers this weekends games good luck with those bets. Look for the recap early next week and maybe some more predictions for the championship games the following weekend.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Wild Card Weekend.
What a wild card weekend in the NFL! There were great games Saturday and Sunday. The best game by far was that game yesterday afternoon Cardinals v Packers. It was a wild west shootout with the Cardinals coming out on top with the defensive touchdown in overtime. Good games also with the Jets, Ravens, and Cowboys coming out on top.
Just a few observations in regards to the overall viewing of the weekend games.
Worst on TV moment: NBC showing G.W. Bush slapping hands with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones after the Cowboys scored a late touchdown to seal the game. Nice to see that GW still has that dumb ass look on his face that makes one think does that guy ever know what's going on.
Best on TV moment: Fox showing late in their coverage Ken Wisenhunt coach of the AZ Cardinals running around the stadium slapping hands with the fans. This shows that the Cardinals are out there playing for the fans.
Most Bored person of the weekend besides many wife's around the nation: Troy Aikman, he didn't really act like he wanted to be at the game yesterday. Every time they showed him on TV he looked like he just woke up from his afternoon nap. It's a playoff game Troy get in the game. Maybe he spent too much time on Mill St in Tempe AZ on Saturday night.
Most Excited person of the weekend: Mark Sanchez, after the game he was running around the field like a little kid. You could tell that he was excited to be in the NFL and leading a team to a playoff victory. Also in the post game interview room he had a permanent smile on his face, which my wife loved, and he showed what all players should be like in the NFL.
Those were just a few observations of the weekends games around the NFL.
Finally Sports Observer Monthly is on Twitter, so look up sportsobmonthly on Twitter and join the Sports Observer Monthly nation.
More to come on Mark McGwire and Pete Carrol in the coming days.
Just a few observations in regards to the overall viewing of the weekend games.
Worst on TV moment: NBC showing G.W. Bush slapping hands with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones after the Cowboys scored a late touchdown to seal the game. Nice to see that GW still has that dumb ass look on his face that makes one think does that guy ever know what's going on.
Best on TV moment: Fox showing late in their coverage Ken Wisenhunt coach of the AZ Cardinals running around the stadium slapping hands with the fans. This shows that the Cardinals are out there playing for the fans.
Most Bored person of the weekend besides many wife's around the nation: Troy Aikman, he didn't really act like he wanted to be at the game yesterday. Every time they showed him on TV he looked like he just woke up from his afternoon nap. It's a playoff game Troy get in the game. Maybe he spent too much time on Mill St in Tempe AZ on Saturday night.
Most Excited person of the weekend: Mark Sanchez, after the game he was running around the field like a little kid. You could tell that he was excited to be in the NFL and leading a team to a playoff victory. Also in the post game interview room he had a permanent smile on his face, which my wife loved, and he showed what all players should be like in the NFL.
Those were just a few observations of the weekends games around the NFL.
Finally Sports Observer Monthly is on Twitter, so look up sportsobmonthly on Twitter and join the Sports Observer Monthly nation.
More to come on Mark McGwire and Pete Carrol in the coming days.
Friday, January 8, 2010
College Football Review
Now that the college football season is in the books Sports Observer Monthly will give some final thoughts on all things college football.
First Mizzou still sucks!
Second Kansas had another disappointing season for all the KU alumni across the nation. The Jayhawks started out the season strong going 5 and 0 and getting all the way up to number 16 in the nation. Then a mid October trip to Colorado to face the Buffs derailed the Jayhawks season and cost the Big Man Mark Mangino his job. They limped across the finish line with a disappointing 5 and 7 record. No Bowl, No winning season, No more Mangino. After the debacle of last season KU decided to bring in a new coach Turner Gill from the University of Buffalo. Hopefully he can bring back some of the prestige to the program that was lost this season, and the main key to doing that is getting the Jayhawks ready to play the Big 12 South. If he doesn't KU fans will be left with that bad taste in their mouths after another disappointing season.
Third! What a game last night in the BCS Championship game presented by Citi. The top two teams in the country by ranking battling it out under the lights of the Rose Bowl. Texas showed a lot of fight after Colt McCoy was knocked out of the game on the second series of the game. The baby faced freshman came into the game like a scared deer on the first day of rifle season in Missouri. He looked like he was traveling in the slow lane on the freeway and the Alabama defense was in the fast lane blowing him away. Yet he stayed in there and fought and clawed the Longhorns back into the game. Still Alabama was the superior team last night with Saban on the sideline leading the team and the Heisman trophy winner Mark Ingram leading the offense down the field for multiple scores. Overall it was a great team between two great teams.
Just a few side notes from last nights game. The worst quote of the night comes from our old friend Brent Musburger he stated "The freshman quarterback has some great genes since his Daddy played eight years in the NFL" What does this have to do with the kid playing quarterback? Yes his Dad may of played in the NFL but that didn't help hime one bit when the Alabama defense was flying around him like a pack of hornets. It's Sports Observer Monthly's take that Musburger needs to hand up the mic. He has been a great announcer over the years but it's time to find a better play by play man to put with the wonder boy Kirk Herbstriet. Second has anyone ever seen a coach as mad getting dumped with Gatorade in the history of sports as Nick Saban was last night. He didn't like it one bit he was doused with the red gatorade, he didn't crack a smile, laugh, or even say anything. He was probably mad since his hair and nice white shirt got messed up. At least after the clock said 0:00 he showed a little emotion after such a big win for the program.
As the college football season closes a new chapter begins in the the lives of all of us who watch sports on TV the NFL Playoffs. It's wild card weekend and you can bet your bottom dollar that the Sports Observer Monthly staff will be taking in all four games this weekend. Look for new posts soon about this weekends action. Till next time keep the remote close and the beverages cold.
First Mizzou still sucks!
Second Kansas had another disappointing season for all the KU alumni across the nation. The Jayhawks started out the season strong going 5 and 0 and getting all the way up to number 16 in the nation. Then a mid October trip to Colorado to face the Buffs derailed the Jayhawks season and cost the Big Man Mark Mangino his job. They limped across the finish line with a disappointing 5 and 7 record. No Bowl, No winning season, No more Mangino. After the debacle of last season KU decided to bring in a new coach Turner Gill from the University of Buffalo. Hopefully he can bring back some of the prestige to the program that was lost this season, and the main key to doing that is getting the Jayhawks ready to play the Big 12 South. If he doesn't KU fans will be left with that bad taste in their mouths after another disappointing season.
Third! What a game last night in the BCS Championship game presented by Citi. The top two teams in the country by ranking battling it out under the lights of the Rose Bowl. Texas showed a lot of fight after Colt McCoy was knocked out of the game on the second series of the game. The baby faced freshman came into the game like a scared deer on the first day of rifle season in Missouri. He looked like he was traveling in the slow lane on the freeway and the Alabama defense was in the fast lane blowing him away. Yet he stayed in there and fought and clawed the Longhorns back into the game. Still Alabama was the superior team last night with Saban on the sideline leading the team and the Heisman trophy winner Mark Ingram leading the offense down the field for multiple scores. Overall it was a great team between two great teams.
Just a few side notes from last nights game. The worst quote of the night comes from our old friend Brent Musburger he stated "The freshman quarterback has some great genes since his Daddy played eight years in the NFL" What does this have to do with the kid playing quarterback? Yes his Dad may of played in the NFL but that didn't help hime one bit when the Alabama defense was flying around him like a pack of hornets. It's Sports Observer Monthly's take that Musburger needs to hand up the mic. He has been a great announcer over the years but it's time to find a better play by play man to put with the wonder boy Kirk Herbstriet. Second has anyone ever seen a coach as mad getting dumped with Gatorade in the history of sports as Nick Saban was last night. He didn't like it one bit he was doused with the red gatorade, he didn't crack a smile, laugh, or even say anything. He was probably mad since his hair and nice white shirt got messed up. At least after the clock said 0:00 he showed a little emotion after such a big win for the program.
As the college football season closes a new chapter begins in the the lives of all of us who watch sports on TV the NFL Playoffs. It's wild card weekend and you can bet your bottom dollar that the Sports Observer Monthly staff will be taking in all four games this weekend. Look for new posts soon about this weekends action. Till next time keep the remote close and the beverages cold.
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