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Yeah!  The defense finally showed up (in the person of Kam Chancellor) and they found some semblance of a run game.  That was an awesome football game.  So that makes me happy.

What makes me sad is USC absolutely going to school on my Huskies.  The Trojans made a QB change about five weeks ago to start true freshman Sam Darnold.  That kid cut the Dawgs secondary to ribbons, and UW couldnt adjust, and had no answer to it.   And since the odds of the committee putting a one loss Pac-12 team in the final four swiftly approach 0, even with Michigan and Clemson getting beat, I'm holding hope for the Rose Bowl.

And as yet another example of East Coast media bias and desperate attempts to pump up the ACC, Clemson, which has been scraping by all season long, finally got exposed and got beat by an un-ranked Penn team.  They fall two places.  They Huskies got beat by a resurgent perennial power house and #24 ranked USC team.

Clemson falls two spots.  UW falls 3.  Louisville, who plays no-one and beat a "powerhouse" Wake Forrest team, sits at #3.

And remember that #4 ranked Texas A&M team?  They lost to an unranked team for the second week in a row.

Anyway... Committees suck, and we need an eight team playoff. 

I think we've seen the end of Tony Romo.  And if that kid doesn't win Rookie of the Year, there is no justice in the universe.

Last nights Sadhawks Bills matchup wasn't the snoozer I anticipated.  It was an absolute comedy of errors, though.  The officiating was horrendous, mostly to the detriment of the Bills.  I will say this, though.  Leshawn McCoy looks like Barry Sanders, and if Tyrod Taylor could throw a deep ball, he'd be one of the most dangerous QBs in the league.

The end of the first half was classic "butt fumble" comedy gold.   Lets review...

Three seconds left in the half, no time outs left,  third down, and the Bills have driven to within field goal range.  They bring out their kicking unit.  Richard Sherman jumps waaaaaay off sides,   but the refs don't blow the play dead like the should have in an "unabated" off sides.   So, he keeps coming for the ball, gets a chunk of it, and makes contact with the Bill's kicker.   The kicker flops like an EPL soccer player and rolls around on the ground, trying to draw a roughing flag, which he isn't going to get as Sherman got the ball and the refs didn't blow the play dead.   The Bills trainers run out on the field to help the "injured" kicker, who all of a sudden realizes he's got no time outs, and by rule, if the trainers are on the field,  the player has to sit out the next play.  Ooops.    He pops up, miraculously cured,  but by rule he's now on the sidelines.  The Bills have no one that can kick a field goal, so they run their offense out again to spike the ball and stop the clock, which they manage to do, bringing up fourth down with one second left to play in the half.

Now it really gets weird.

So here comes kicker again to kick a 45 yarder.  And he drills it.  That ball flew straight as an arrow, right through the uprights.  Unfortunately, his line moved early, so the Bills take a 10 yard penalty and have to re-kick the ball.

You know what happens next.   The next kick sliced right.    0 Points.

Gold.  I was literally laughing out loud at the whole thing was going on.

Sadhawks are on Monday night tonight against Buffalo.  My prediction is that it's another 7-3 snoozer, as neither offense is worth a dang.

On other news, the College Football Championship playoff committee decided that a one loss Texas A&M program was more worthy of inclusion that an undefeated Husky team.  This caused much panic and wailing and gnashing of teeth out here in Seattle.   I wasn't worried, as A&Ms one loss was to Alabama, which plays in the same division, so A&M couldn't even win their own conference assuming Alabama runs the table, which is likely because those boys are good.

Anyway, in response to this ranking confusion, A&M responded like the #4 team in the nation would, and went out and got beat by an unranked Mississippi State team, while the Huskies dropped 65 on Cal.

I expect tomorrow when they release the new poll, the committee in it's wisdom will chose a one loss (to unranked Penn State) Ohio State Buckeye's team over an undefeated Huskies team.

At that point, we will light the torches and get the pitchforks out of the barn.

That was easily the best WS game I've ever seen.   Tops game 1 of '88 (Kirk Gibson limps to the plate and knocks a game winning dinger off of Eckersly),  game six in '77 (Reggie Jackson's three homer game) and game 4 in  '93 (Jays and Phillies combine for about a gazillion runs).

That thing was storybook.

There are few things better in the universe than game 7 of a World Series.

This one is only about five years old, so it should be OK to fix with modern parts.

Yup.  They've reverted back to my beloved Sadhawks. 

My Huskies, though....   On the road to Salt Lake to play the #17 Utah Utes.   They did not have their dominating defense with them.    Utah is a bit of a one trick pony on offense, but that pony (running back Joe Williams) is knocking out 170 yards a game and the Dawgs couldn't stop him.   But they managed to win out anyway.  8-0 looking at four more wins (Cal,   USC, ASU, and then the Apple Cup against WSU) to run the table.  I just hope their cupcake out of conference schedule doesn't hurt them come championship playoff selection time.

My Purple and Gold is, too!

What that team of ponytailed Swedes out in the flatlands is doing is nothing short of amazing, though.  Lose your starting QB, lose your all-pro RB, and still thrash everyone badly.

Must be something in the water. 

Farve is 100 years old, but I'd still play him over Tebow or Gabbert.

Tebow is busy flailing about in the minor leagues, trying to play baseball and discovering that even AA pitching is pretty dang good.  That dude should have simply switched to strong safety or linebacker, and he'd probably be in the NFL right now.

I like both teams, but I'm hoping the Cubs win it all.  That would be kind of a cool thing.

Wait.  Wut?

Can anyone remember where they were when Kirk Gibson hit that two out 9th inning HR off of Dennis Eckersley in game 1 of the '88 series?    That was the last time the Dodgers won it.   That is one of my all time favorite baseball moments.

Cubs v. Trollydodgers is going to be epic.   If you like pitching duels (and I do) this is a series for the ages.

I'm also a big fan of Cory Seager.  His older Kyle brother plays for the Mariners.  And while Kyle is an all-star caliber player, Cory is a future hall of famer.  Kid has hops.

If they keep playing like they are and win the Pac-12, they certainly deserve a shot at it.