From Coggins Noggin - 11.6 Picks along with thoughts about the Yankees, Julius Peppers, and women's soccer ?

11.6 Picks along with thoughts about the Yankees, Julius Peppers, and women's soccer ?

Nov 7

Written by: bencoggins
11/7/2009 10:08 AM

Last Week’s Picks 1-4 OUCH!! (23-21-1 on the Season)

This Week’s Games

@ Arkansas -7 vs. South Carolina

@ Alabama -7.5 vs. LSU

Oklahoma -4.5 @ Nebraska

@ Penn State -5.5 vs. Ohio State

Duke +10 @ UNC ( Heels win, but looking for close game)

Congrats to the New York Yankees and all of their fans for winning or buying their 27^th World Championship. It all depends on who you are a fan of. Many “purist,” do not like how much the Yankees spend, but others applaud the willingness to do it takes to win Championships. That desire to win at all costs is what makes the Yankees so attractive to so many players. Some people hate winners for the sake of hating and this is where many fall when looking at this organization. 27 times the Yankees have won it all and now all they are thinking about is how to get 28. The greatest thing heard during the victory parade was the thanking of Kate Hudson !
2 Tackles, One Sack, Forced Fumble and Interception for Touchdown. This is Julius Peppers’ stat line from the Panther’s victory last weekend in Arizona. This is the Peppers everyone expects to see on a weekly basis. Peppers’ play has turned around ever since a pre-game speech he gave in Tampa. In this speech, he said he was not happy at his performance looking back at tape and was going to play like he is capable of playing weekly. Should Mr. Peppers (you get Mr. status with that stat line) continue playing this way, he will earn his money. He is now showing what many thought he was capable of doing, now continuing to perform at this level on a weekly basis is the goal. Do that and no one, self included, can say a negative thing about Peppers, except where was this earlier this season? As the saying goes, better late than never. The main question now is can the team build on the momentum that have after this road victory and shock the league with a win at New Orleans? New Orleans is coming in off a short week, big Monday night win at home versus Atlanta, and lots of talk this week about a perfect season should they be able to get past New England November 30^th. The Panthers have traditionally played well against New Orleans and hopefully this week is no different.
Unreal, is the only word I can use to describe the New Mexico-BYU women’s Mountain West Conference soccer tournament. Here is a link to the video if you have not seen it yet: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4628040&categoryid=2378529. My other thought is how did this happen so often in this game without any penalties or cards? In high school basketball, it always seemed as if the girl’s games were much more physical than our boy’s games, and this shows soccer may be that way also. New Mexico athletic programs have been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons. Maybe sportsmanship is a class that needs to be added to the curriculum here, for both players and coaches.

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