Some people live in the sticks. I live in the leaf stems. One of the disadvantages of living next to a lake is that you always seem to need work around the house. Three days ago while workers were doing something for us, they cut the phone line. Thanks to a great job by my favorite workers ATT I got back my Internet but was out of town all day yesterday.

Note I will put up Niblets for October next week.

The Big East needs to be suspended from BcS games for 5 years for fraud.

The BE should be stripped of any chance to get a team in the top 100. Two years ago West Virginia was in a position to play for a national championship with a win over a badly injured Pitt team. The officials were clearly doing everything they could to make that happen. The calls were horrendous and every bad call went against Pitt and for WV. But the game Pitt team won despite the help from blind deaf and dumb officials. The calls were so bad that the BE should have been laughed out of the BcS.

Last night we saw another ranked WV team on the road get every break the zebras could give them to win. Again it didn’t help and Southern Florida without their star QB Grothe beat WV 30-19.

Cincinnati is currently ranked highly in the BcS and we will be watching to see how much help they get. The key reason that a conference wants their teams to be in the big games is MONEY. I will be keeping an eye on the Cincy games to see if the officials cheat their opponents again. THIS HAS TO STOP or the BE will be seen as a total joke.

Georgia v 1 Florida at Jacksonville

The last 3 years Georgia was highly over rated with Stafford at QB. He is gone and so is the belief in the Dogs as a top power. This season Georgia is 4-3 coming off a bad loss 45-19 to Tennessee. After 3 disappointing seasons, there are rumblings of discontent in Athens.

Not everything is roses and sunshine in Floridaville either. The team has been inconsistent and all everything Tebow has been hurt but is now back. He has not had the kind of success that enjoyed last year. The team just got by Arkansas 23-20 then looked lethargic last week against Miss St. in a 29-19 win. Florida will get back on track and win easily.

3 Texas @ 14 Oklahoma St.

This is the game of the day. The Horns have just 2 tough road games between them and a Big12 Championship game. This is the first of those. Texas is coming off a very impressive win over Missouri. The Horn O is vulnerable to really good Ds and OK St. has a good one.

This is the first game that Texas will face really wide open O because Oklahoma did not have their QB for most of that contest. OkS will take some chances because they want to knock off #3 but it won’t work. I think Texas has a handle on the spread and will win easily.

Indiana @ 4 Iowa

Iowa has a huge game on tap in 2 weeks at Ohio State. They will not look past Indiana and will win but look for them to pull the starters before they build up a big win.

That’s what I think. Tell me what you think.

Bill Smith is a former coach of several semi-pro teams, has officiated both football and basketball, done color on radio for college football and basketball and has scouted talent. He is a senior writer for http://NFLDraftDog.com and edits http://fryingpansports.com. He has also published several novels on http://www.eBooks-Library/Contemporary/Author.cfm?AuthorID=1003 and edits http://fryingpanpolitics.blog.com.

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NFLPA Exec Dir DeMaurice Smith has sent a message to the NFL Owners saying that radio star Rush Limbaugh should be banned from being part of the ownership group bidding for the St. Louis Rams. The reason Smith sighted was that Limbaugh is decisive. Not only is that bogus but it is a lie. Smith didn’t have the guts to say what he really though—that Limbaugh is racist.

If pressed, I am sure he could never come up with a single thing that Limbaugh has said that would lead anyone to think he is racist. That is remarkable because Limbaugh is on the air 15 hours a week. In addition every second of that time is monitored by those that want nothing more than to bring him down. Very few people operate everyday under that kind of pressure.

What is worse, most of the quotes that are used to vilify Limbaugh have been fabricated by a far left media that is jealous of his success. The “progressive” (far left) Air America failed and went bankrupt despite a key executive stealing several hundred thousand dollars from the Boys and Girls Club of New York to make payroll in the final throws of death of the network.

I have 3 problems with Smith sending his personal feelings to the NFL owners about who should and should not be allowed to be part of an NFL team.

First, the accusations that Smith was too gutless to make clear about Rush being racist are a lie. Anyone that has listened to even an hour of his show knows that believes that every American has within him or her to be successful. He encourages self reliance, and finding what makes each of us happy and make that our jobs. I have been a regular listener for over 15 years and can say I have never heard a single word that could even be stretched into a racist comment. He has criticized those that try to convince minorities and anyone else that they are victims and can not become successful.

There was the issue on ESPN about McNair. But those that heard the comment realized that in no way was he criticizing the media and not McNair. He said that he felt that the media was hyping McNair because they wanted to highlight a black QB. No one has refuted that statement. Rush has said a number of times that the criticism that the Eagle QB has received was not justified.

Second, no one can question Limbaugh’s love of the game and his desire to help keep the Rams in St. Louis. I am a Browns fan. There is nothing worse than having the team you have followed all your life stolen by another city. It is a shot in gut of any fan that never really heals.

Third and most important, the ownership of a team is not the business of the NFLPA. Smith has done that before by talking about the need to take the discipline out of the hands of the Commissioner. He has no right nor does the union to say who should or should not be part of team ownership. They are unionized employees. Does the line worker at GM have a right to pick the President? Well, now that the Government gave the union a stake in the company, it does but shouldn’t have.

Limbaugh will not be the majority owner. He will be a minority partner. The Dolphins have recently brought in every star and star want to be in southern Florida to be a minority partner of that team. Limbaugh will not be divisive. It is his liberal detractors that are the divisive factor in our government and country. Limbaugh is an outstanding businessman with a marketing instinct that will help the team return to a competitive position within the league.

Frankly, the NFL needs men like Rush Limbaugh if it is going to stay the top game in the country.

That’s what I think. Tell me what you think.

Bill Smith is a former coach of several semi-pro teams, has officiated both football and basketball, done color on radio for college football and basketball and has scouted talent. He is a senior writer for http://NFLDraftDog.com and edits http://fryingpansports.com. He has also published several novels on http://www.eBooks-Library/Contemporary/Author.cfm?AuthorID=1003 and edits http://fryingpanpolitics.blog.com.

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