Somebody Please Just Give Me One Good Reason

Why does the Big (L)East Champion still get an automatic bid to a B(C)S bowl?

Big East Standings
	Conference		Overall
Team	W	L	W	L
Connecticut	4	2	7	4
West Virginia	4	2	8	3
Pittsburgh	4	2	6	5
Syracuse	4	3	7	5
South Florida	3	3	7	4
Louisville	3	4	6	6
Cincinnati	2	4	4	7
Rutgers	1	5	4	7

The Big East has traditionally had some very good teams . . . so has the Ivy League if you go back far enough. Big East teams so far this year have a collective 1-7 record against top 25 teams. The one victory was by Syracuse, and I'm not sure which team was ranked when they went down against the mighty Orange, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't Akron, Maine, Colgate or Rutgers.

The Cincinnati Bearcats have won the Big East the past two years and responded by getting blown out by Florida 51-24 and beaten by 20-7 by an 8-4 Virginia Tech team.

I understand that every conference has its ups and downs, but how long does the Big East get to turn it around. Here's my solution, have the Big East winner play TCU in their BCS bowl this year. Winner gets an automatic BCS bid for their conference next year. Loser has to adopt the worst team from the winner's conference.

It's Like a Post Apocalypse Airport Here

So, this isn't sports related, but it's like 1:30ish to two oclock and I'm in a small plastic play house that sits in the middle of playland here in the SLC Airport. You would think that having free reign of a major airport would be AWESOME. (I sure did) but you'd be wrong.

Here's why spending the night in an Airport SUX

1) The only people that are here are other passengers who are too cheap to get a hotel. And, the night cleaning crew...In short don't leave your bags unintended. I'm using mine as a pillow

2) They do have soothing music playing, but it gets interrupted every 11:45:00 mins by an announcement about how not to let anyone tamper with our bags and whatnot. Thanks

3) The airport doesn't know how to turn off a light...It's so bright EVERYWHERE!

4) The chairs all have armrest that don't move up, and all the good benches have already been staked out.

5) I don't know how many times someone ridding a vacuum or a floor buffer is going to drive by my playpalace, but it's really starting to annoy me!

6) I'm so hungry, but everything is closed, and I can't go to sleep, for obvious reasons. (If you need some help refer to items 1-5)

7) I'm not lying, I just heard one of the vacuum ridders ask another if he wanted to race...Ironically enough they didn't pass by any faster

8) Hey they just drastically dimmed the lights THAT'S GREAT!

So, you might have asked yourself why has Wayne Bass chosen to camp out in the play place plastic house. 2 reasons:

1) It's darker inside

2) I feel my bags are safer as I attempt to fall a sleep

Real quick I found an awesome spot. It was a dinning area, with padded booth seating and it was super dark. Why am I not there you may say. It's because of a loud BEEP BEEP every 3 seconds from the Burger King Kitchen. You know how people who live by train tracks after a while can't hear the train's? We'll I thought I could do the same. 20mins latter I just had a headache.

We'll like I said sorry this has nothing to do with sports, but what are you going to do about it?

I say Cameron You say Newton...Cameron!

Well, during the summer I had been following pretty closely the where this former Gator was going to go after being the best JC QB in the nation. He made a couple trips to Norman Oklahoma, and I was hopeful that Mr. Cameron Newton would be a Sooner this year. But, instead he chose to attend school at Auburn. To put it mildly I was disappointed, ok I might have made a voodoo doll with a big number 2 on his chest. :)

So, with the allegations that Cam Newton's dad had solicited Mississippi State for $$$$ I laughed. In fact I laughed pretty hard, "that's what you get Mr. Newton." But, right now I'm tired of hearing about it. As of right now all they have are weak facts, and nothing solid. Right now the Freakin' FBI is getting involved! That is ridiculous! If someone did pay money for Cam to play, will anyone get arrested? Will the guilty parties pack their bags and head to luxurious Guantanamo Bay-like place? NO! Because it's not against the law. Its an NCAA violation, so why is the FBI even hangin' around?

If I was running things I'd say let the NCAA work out their own mess, theres really nothing that FBI can do anyways. Besides, they should pay those athletes to play anyways....Do you know how much schools get for just making it to a bowl game?

Lebron is a Tool

Miami 5-4 Cleveland 4-4

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA . . .


HAHAHAHAHAHA . . . haha . . . haha . . . hehe . . . whoo

I know some say it's Cleveland's Fault Lebron left because they didn't build a team around him. Ok, so Lebron didn't have Pippen, Rodman, and Kukoc playing with him, but the Cavaliers aren't that terrible. It's not like Mo Williams and Antwan Jamison are Smush Parker and Kwame Brown.

I know the Cavs probably won't keep up with the Heat for the entire year. They may not even make the playoffs, which is why I'm taking my shots right now. After "The Decision," Lebron has filled the least favorite NBA player void left open for me when Bruce Bowen retired. Which is why I like this:



Yeah, yeah, I've heard it before and I get it. Lebron James was a free agent and Lebron James was under no legal or ethical obligation to stay in Cleveland. But the truth of the matter is that Lebron James positioned himself to be Cleveland's greatest sports icon EVER. Lebron James was becoming a hero to a city that has stood behind crappy sports teams for decades, Lebron James promised to finally give them their only championship after many near misses . . . and then Lebron James gave up . . . in the 2nd round of the playoffs . . . and does anyone else think it's stupid how much Lebron James refers to himself in 3rd person?

Maybe it's a reflection of professional sports today. Athletes have to feed their families, they have to do what's best for #1. But I can't help but feel that it wasn't that long ago that people who got paid millions of dollars to play a game still cared about the concept of team, cared about the cities they represented and the fans that loved them.

I've been in a locker room and looked around and felt like the other guys there were my brothers ready to go to war with me. Knowing that I had to leave it all on the field and win my battle on each possession, on every play, or else I was letting my team down. I've had those moments where I knew that the name on the back of my jersey didn't matter nearly as much as the name on front. I honestly wonder if Lebron James ever has . . .

Cleveland 2
Lebron 0
South Park 1

The New England Karate Kids?

The answer to the age old question of how the Patriots can keeping putting no name players on the field and continue to win. Its easy. They are ninjas. Case closed.

The Miami Bums

If there is one thing that sports fans are its vindictive. They will love you when you're winning games for them and all is well but they will turn on you in a second. And this is were Lebron James comes in. Now I personally have no problems with Lebron leaving to go to Miami(the way he left wasn't cool but that's a topic for another day). But in the months after he left there was a clothes drive where all the unwanted Lebron James memorabilia was collected and donated to homeless people in the Miami area. This might be the funniest things I have ever heard of. They are basically saying "hey Lebron, you are a bum. Hey bums, here is some Lebron crap for you" Cleveland fans 1. Lebron James 0

Can You Guess Why Wayne Bass is Smiling

Its' because of rain drops on windows, and whiskers on kittens. Nick Saban losses and so does Michigan. Bright little packages tied up with strings. These are a few of my favorite things...



Ok, I'm done singing to The Sound of Music... But, seriously I have a big grin because the following teams lost today:

Alabama losing to Steve Spurrier's 19th ranked Gamecocks was AWESOME! I am so tired about hearing Role Tide Role... Sportsnation's Michelle Beadle said it best. "Colt McCoy was out that game so the National Championship didn't count." Honestly I just hate hearing about how phenomenal Bama is...I'm glad it's over.

Florida State giving #13Miami a spanking 17-45 The last time Jimbo Fisher saw a score like that it was Oklahoma 47 and the Seminoles 17...Feels good on this side hey Jimbo? But, seriously I wish FSU the best...In fact I hope they all out dominate the ACC and win their bowl game...It's just more style points for my beloved Sooners. (To be honest with you Florida State really has been pretty impressive this season.)

The highly touted Michigan Wolverines lost to the now 6-0 WE ARE MSU Spartans!!! To beat Rich Rod it's not that hard...You stop Pat Whi...I mean Denard Robinson, then you stop Rich's Team. Yahoo! I'm glad they finally played a decent team and got the game handed to them by two touchdowns and a field goal.

The only way to make this day better is if:

LSU would have lost to Florida...I've never really had a beef with the Gators except for Tim Tebow and in his a pharisaical way of using the Lords name to further his career. I remember when he would relieve Chris Leak...Man I was impressed! And, I never heard him say "God Bless" during interviews, and he never wrote scriptures on the eye strips...He didn't start flaunting all this until Heisman talk arose...Has he really done any of that stuff lately? Granted he's not in the news as much anymore, but when he is does he still say "God Bless" during interviews? In short, Urban Myers, keep up the good work...Les Miles, take a long walk off a short dock.

If Kentucky would have beat #8 Auburn, mainly because of Cameron Newton... I'm still holding a grudge because Cameron picked them over the Sooners, and were stuck with Landry Jones. (Don't get me wrong Mr. Jones has talent, he so far has 1,500 passing yards 11 TD's and only 3 picks, but watching him play makes me nervous.)

So, all and all its' been a good day...And, if your wondering why I haven't said anything about the OU game today...It's because this was their bye week. Next week they play Iowa St. Go Sooners!