On the December 29th Instant Replay I predicted John Calipari's Memphis team would cut down the nets in San Antonio. For some reason I listened to the "experts" and went homer and picked UCLA to win it all and Memphis to lose to Texas. That's what I get for not trusting myself. Kansas-Memphis should be an outstanding game (how many blowouts have we said that about in this tournament?) so when it's close, go with the best player on the floor and in this tournament it has been this man:
Freshman phenom PG Derrick Rose has been phenomenal in the tournament embarrassing a who's who of college basketball point guards
first in the Sweet 16 there was four year starter and All-Big 10 first teamer Drew Neitzel. Then in the Elite 8 it was First team All-American D.J. Augustin and then in the Final 4 he lit Pac-10 defensive player of the year Russell Westbrook to the tune of 25 points, 9 rebounds and four assists. Kansas' Russell Robinson is next on Rose's hit list.
I think both teams are good enough to muck the game up defensively, so I like Memphis 79-70, all of the starters go pro and five years from now they all admit they got paid to go to Memphis.
Smoltz rises to the challenge again
Never mind that he only pitched one time in the Spring with Johan Santana making his debut in the Mets/Braves rivalry, Smoltz rose to the occasion with a sore shoulder and pitched well enough to eke out a win. Both pitchers were great and Mark Teixeira came up huge with a two run bomb in the 8th and a game saving diving stop to finish off the Mets in the 9th. The Braves are 3-3 after the first week of the season and had a chance to win all 6 games. You can't really make much of the first week of the season, but you have to love watching Smoltz go out there and give his all like it's October.
Michael Vick's Longest Yard
So according to the New York Daily News, piggybacking on a story first reported in the AJC, Michael Vick and Arthur Blank have written letters to each other since Vick was incarcerated in Leavenworth Prison. According to the Daily News, Vick stays in shape by participating in Prison Yard football games. To keep things fair, Vick plays quarterback for both teams. It wasn't originally planned that way, but the team that drafted was complaining about his TD to INT ratio so they thought it would only be fair to make him play for both sides.
Blank says "Never say Never" in regards to Michael Vick's future and while it's highly unlikely Vick will ever suit up for the Dirty Birds again, for the league minimum and low risk involved if you honestly believe he's a rehabilitated human being why not give him a chance?
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