Hello and welcome to the Halloween version of Sunday Sound Off presented to you by yours truly. In the spirit of this wonderful holiday, I have chosen to form my blog this week under some familiar Halloween terms and themes. The sports world has its own share of ghosts, ghouls, and goblins. Enjoy.
Haunted House
The denomination of "Haunted House" goes to the San Francisco Giants and AT&T Park for their stellar performance this week in the first two games of the World Series. The home crowd provided the Giants exactly what they needed to take an early and crucial lead in the series going to Texas for the following three games. Here's to you San Fran.
Scary Movie(Worst Loss)
I was actually able to attend the scariest movie this weekend when the 10th ranked Ohio State Buckeyes came in to face our own Minnesota Golden Gophers. Lets just say that they are who we thought they were, which was athletic, speedy, and physical. Too much for the last place Gophers to handle on Halloween weekend as the Buckeyes beat the Gophers 52-10.
Trick-Or-(H)eat
Whether you chose to watch the NBA season opener this past week or not, it cannot be denied that the Miami Heat are the hottest thing in sports right now. The combo of Lebron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh debuted against the defending Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics. The Celtics proved that although it may seem that the Heat may be the early favorite, nobody is going to hand them the rings just yet. The Heat have a very large target on their backs this season and will get every team's best effort, but it will be interesting to see how they handle this pressure throughout the entire regular season.
Boo
Oregon has overtaken Auburn as the top team in the BCS after defeating USC on national television Saturday night. Auburn also won on the road at Ole Miss, but it wasn't enough for the computers to keep them at number one. I don't believe that the computers should catapult any team over another that did not lose their respective matchup. I truly do not agree with the way the BCS allows teams to jump positions based on who they play or on how impressive their win was. This is college football, not leapfrog.
Witchcraft
The sincerest form of witchcraft from the world of sports came from David Garrard and the Jacksonville Jaguars. Their game against the Dallas Cowboys was a battle of two colossal disappointments. Garrard did his part to set himself straight after being injured the past two weeks and his team needing a win desperately. Garrard went 17-21 passing, for 260 yards and 4 touchdown passes. His passer rating of 157.8 was just 0.5 away from perfect, and gave the Jacksonville Jaguars a huge non-conference win against the dismal Dallas Cowboys.
Happy Halloween Everyone!
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