The Week That Was

For the second time in three years, Notre Dame lost at home to Navy. With the loss the Irish's hopes of a BCS bowl are gone, and the writing is on the wall for pathetic head coach Charlie Weis. The Irish gave the game away, missing two field goals, and turning over the ball multiple times in the red zone. I was worried about this game because Navy always gives tremendous effort, but Notre Dame should beat Navy on talent alone. I could very easily see the Irish losing to Pittsburgh, and Stanford, jeez maybe even Connecticut and finishing 6-6. Weis has the program stagnant, despite having very talented players the Irish are mediocre. That comes back to coaching. Weis needs to be fired and the defense, which has been pathetic, needs to be revamped.

Nebraska gave me something to be happy about as they upset Oklahoma, 10-3. Sooners QB Landry Jones threw 5 INTs, and the Huskers rode their defense for the win. Cody Green was pulled for being ineffective, and while Zac Lee wasn't much better, the offense avoided turning over the ball. The Huskers travel to Kansas on Saturday, to take on the Jayhawks who have dropped four in a row, after a 5-0 start.

Another rough day for me as a fan in the NFL. The 49ers are officially reeling after losing to the Titans. The loss dropped San Francisco to 3-5, and they are now two games behind Arizona. QB Alex Smith played poorly, throwing 3 interceptions. The Niners have a quick turnaround, as they take on the Bears Thursday in a must win game. The Dolphins lost a tough one at New England, to fall to 3-5. The Wildcat offense was effective but the Dolphins couldn't make enough big plays to get the win. The Eagles fell at home to Dallas, and now the Cowgirls are all alone in first place in the NFC East. It was a hard fought game that basically came down to Philadelphia running out of timeouts because of two challenges they lost. The challenges were against the placement of the ball by the officials, and the horrible refs couldn't admit they screwed up each time. As for the Redskins, same old crap, just a different Sunday.

College basketball starts up this week as George Mason has their home opener Friday night against Liberty. Mason has more expectations for the 2010-2011 season than they do this one. Mason has brought in a ton of talented Freshman, including redshirt F Kevin Foster, F Paris Bennett, F Luke Hancock, G Sherrod Wright, and G Rashad Whack (great name). Mason also returns highly talented G Cam Long, F Mike Morrison, and F Ryan Pearson. I think Mason can compete in the CAA this year, but worry how they will fare on the road where they struggled last year. One thing is for sure, it will be fun to watch.