NCAA, NFL, BCS, NBA Update 12/05

I know it's been a couple of weeks since I last posted and I'm very sorry about that, there has been quite a lot that has gone on in the sports world with the NBA lockout being over and the season starting on Christmas. Now we can start getting all excited about who will be traded where and which free agents are going to switch teams. But to more important things as we have yet to receive and major trade reports or free agent signings, Kentucky is your new number one team in the country and much as it pains me to say, they do deserve to be there. Especially now as they beat UNC on Saturday, though they won by one point on damn blocked shot by Davis. College ball is a game that lasts 40 minutes and Kentucky is a second half team which teams need to realize both of my teams who have lost to Kentucky, both failed to realize this as both played great ball in the first half and both seemed to lose it in the second half. Hopefully UNCwill bounce back and use their two losses to become a better team and a team that has less turnovers as that is exactly what killed them, that and rebounding. What kept them in the game was that they were hot from beyond the arc. Though to some great news for me Ohio State demolished Duke when they played, I will say that game made me so happy as being a UNC fan, I hate Duke but also Ohio State showed that they are the better team and you know they may make a case to be the new umber one team in the country we can only see what happens.

Now to football in the NFL two teams have clinched their divisions, the San Francisco 49ers who are your NFC West champions with a record currently of 10-2 and for the NFC North the Packers who are currently undefeated. For the 49ers our main goal now is to get the second seed in the NFC playoffs and get the first round bye but we have finally made it back to the post season for the first time since 2002. Harbaugh has shown just what the 49ers are capable of and how we do have the talent in our team to play with the big boys and all in his rookie year as a coach. He has also instilled confidence in our quarterback Alex Smith and given him a season where he may actually win comeback player of they year and he would totally deserve it.

In NCAA football, BCS bowl games have been released and teams now know where they are being headed. In your title game it's a rematch of LSU and Bama. I will say this Roll Tide in this game but you never know who will win. My boys in Blue are going to the Sugar Bowl and playing Virgina Tech. In the Gator bowl will be Ohio State vs Florida, which is kind of really funny because Urban Meyer used to coach at Florida and now has just accepted the coaching job at Ohio State. Your ACC champs Clemson will play Oklahoma State in I believe the Orange Bowl.

List of bowl games
*ALL TIMES EASTERN*

Jan. 9 Allstate BCS National Championship at New Orleans 8:30pm (ESPN): LSU vs. ALABAMA

Jan. 8 GoDaddy.com Bowl at Mobile, Ala., 9pm (ESPN): ARKANSAS STATE vs. NORTHERN ILLINOIS

Jan. 7 BBVA Compass Bowl at Birmingham, Ala., Noon (ESPN): PITTSBURGH vs. SMU

Jan. 6 AT&T Cotton Bowl at Arlington, Texas, 8pm (FOX): KANSAS STATE vs. ARKANSAS

Jan. 4 Discover Orange Bowl at Miami, 8pm (ESPN): CLEMSON vs. WEST VIRGINIA

Jan. 3 Allstate Sugar Bowl at New Orleans, 8pm (ESPN): MICHIGAN vs. VIRGINIA TECH

Jan. 2 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl at Glendale, Ariz., 8:30pm (ESPN): OKLAHOMA STATE vs. STANFORD

Jan. 2 Rose Bowl presented by Vizio at Pasadena, Calif., 5pm (ESPN): WISCONSIN vs. OREGON

Jan. 2 Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Fla., 1pm (ESPN2): OHIO STATE vs. FLORIDA

Jan. 2 Outback Bowl at Tampa, Fla., 1pm (ABC): MICHIGAN STATE vs. GEORGIA

Jan. 2 Capital One Bowl at Orlando, Fla., 1pm (ESPN): NEBRASKA vs. SOUTH CAROLINA

Jan. 2 TicketCity Bowl at Dallas, Noon (ESPNU): HOUSTON vs. PENN STATE

Dec. 31 Chick-fil-A Bowl at Atlanta, 7:30pm (ESPN): VIRGINIA vs. AUBURN

Dec. 31 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl at San Francisco, 3:30pm (ESPN): ILLINOIS vs. UCLA

Dec. 31 Autozone Liberty Bowl at Memphis, Tenn., 3:30pm (ESPN): VANDERBILT vs. CINCINNATI

Dec. 31 Hyundai Sun Bowl at El Paso, Texas, 2pm (CBS): GEORGIA TECH vs. UTAH

Dec. 31 Meinke Car Care Bowl of Texas at Houston, Noon (ESPN): TEXAS A&M vs. NORTHWESTERN

Dec. 30 Insight Bowl at Tempe, Ariz., 10pm (ESPN): OKLAHOMA vs. IOWA

Dec. 30 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl at Nashville, Tenn., 6:40pm (ESPN): MISSISSIPPI STATE vs. WAKE FOREST

Dec. 30 New Era Pinstripe Bowl at Bronx, N.Y., 3:30pm (ESPN): RUTGERS vs. IOWA STATE

Dec. 30 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl at Dallas, Noon (ESPN): TULSA vs. BYU

Dec. 29 Valero Alamo Bowl at San Antonio, 9pm (ESPN): WASHINGTON vs. BAYLOR

Dec. 29 Champs Sports Bowl at Orlando, Fla., 5:30pm (ESPN): NOTRE DAME vs. FLORIDA STATE

Dec. 28 Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl at San Diego, 8pm (ESPN): TEXAS vs. CALIFORNIA

Dec. 28 Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman at Washington, 4:30pm (ESPN): TOLEDO vs. AIR FORCE

Dec. 27 Belk Bowl at Charlotte, N.C., 8pm (ESPN): LOUISVILLE vs. NORTH CAROLINA STATE

Dec. 27 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl at Detroit, 4:30pm (ESPN2): PURDUE vs. WESTERN MICHIGAN

Dec. 26 AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl at Shreveport, La.,4pm (ESPN): MISSOURI vs. NORTH CAROLINA

Dec. 24 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl at Honolulu, 8pm (ESPN): SOUTHERN MISS vs. NEVADA

Dec. 22 MAACO Bowl at Las Vegas, 8pm (ESPN): BOISE STATE vs. ARIZONA STATE

Dec. 21 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl at San Diego, 8pm (ESPN): TCU vs. LOUISIANA TECH

Dec. 20 Beef 'O'Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg at St. Petersburg, Fla., 8pm (ESPN): MARSHALL vs. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL

Dec. 17 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, 9pm (ESPN): SAN DIEGO STATE vs. LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE

Dec. 17 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl at Boise, Idaho, 5:30pm (ESPN): OHIO vs. UTAH STATE

Dec. 17 Gildan New Mexico Bowl at Albuquerque, 2pm (ESPN): TEMPLE vs. WYOMING

I hope you all enjoyed this post and keep following my love affair with sports.