The Seven interesting facts about today in College Football…

I know, I’m rocking you with lists. But I do this because I’m trying to rehab my creative juices and at least attempt to masturbate the text down the page. And as today was most definitely an interesting part of college football, we’ll discuss what happened and what may yet happen.

7) As bad as the ACC’s day was? The Big Ten’s day could have been worse.

I know. Not much can beat the CAA proving that its best is at least as good as the ACC’s middle of the pack. But here’s what the Big Ten nearly had happen.

Iowa had to have two field goals blocked in the final seconds to beat Northern Iowa.
Minnesota nearly lost to Syracuse. In overtime, no less.
Ohio State had to stop a two point conversion to beat Navy.
And Wisconsin had to make a big stop to keep from having Northern Illinois come all the way back from a 28-6 defecit.

Next week? Next week could be really bad for your would be Midwestern heroes.

6) BYU could pose a real problem.

With the upset over Oklahoma? They have three tough games. All three are in Provo. I say if you beat Oklahoma, Florida State, TCU and Utah. You deserve a National Championship game.

5) USC won’t be up for Cal.

But Cal has to win in Autzen to get to USC. Cal destroyed the team that beat them last September. SC has to deal with both Washington teams. The game’s in Berkley. If anyone’s running the table in the Pac-10? It’s not going to be USC.

4) Landry Jones looks like a child molestor.

3) The SEC is as I would expect.

Florida and Alabama are the upper echelon. Arkansas, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, and Tennessee are the solid second tier. Everybody else inspires nothing.

2) Don’t sleep on Houston next week.

They have a superpowered offense and can go toe to toe with anybody. Oklahoma State just beat a Top 10 team. It’s a shootout definitely, but don’t be surprised if the Cougars spring a trap. It looks to be that sort of a year.

1) This is going to be a mess, much like 2007.

And that’s gonna be fun.

This may have been the worst coached Conference Finals…ever.

By now, you know my hatred of George Karl. And someone who has no inbounds play and a team that falls apart if their point guard has a bad game, he gets what he’s deserved. Goodbye and good riddance.

But the Eastern Conference finals? In the words of Robert Evans, wow. There was no chance of competency. You have Mike Brown, who decided to improvise instead of designing a play system. And who lost his defense because the Magic had twenty-seven three point shooters. And you have Stan Van Gundy. Who has obviously matured from the guy who took a first round pick in Michael Finley, a second round pick in Rashard Griffith, and a steady college point guard in Tracy Webster and went 13-14 with them.

He is also the man who took 12 playoff games to realize that The Turk bringing up the ball was the best idea for everybody. And he is in uncharted waters. Phil Jackson’s been there like 12 times. He’s seen everything happen. He will outcoach Stan Van Gundy by a factor of five.

(Note: This is not me making a prediction. I honestly think that coaching won’t be a deciding factor in enough games. Also the Magic may actually get up for a big game or two. It’s happened before. I know? Crazy right!)

Anyway, Yovani Gallardo is having a good day. I’m happy.

30 previews in 30 Hours: Pacers.

The team that has decided to become a more “character based” entity has a problem. Why? Because they are not willing to commit to Danny Granger. Which if you think about it? It’s kind of bullshit. Why? Because it’s a walk year.

This means Granger is going to play to win the contract. This means Mike Dunelavy is going to be upset. This means Granger leaves Indiana. All because they wouldn’t extend him.

Am I calling Larry Bird a racist? Maybe…