Breaking the Rule

Holy shiznid!

That’s exactly what I felt when I saw Mike Vick’s torching of the Washington Redskins on Monday Night Football.

The dude threw for four touchdowns.

And ran for another two.

Reread the previous two lines. The guy accounted for six touchdowns in one game.

So, in honor of that dominating performance, this week is the “Holy shiznid!” week…with thoughts on anything absurd that’s going on in the world of sports.

But first, this week’s rule to break: Having more than two subs for any intramural team. Don’t do it. Nobody gets enough playing time, people get mad and you look like a jerk…all at once!

The first thing that makes me say “Holy shiznid!” is the knowledge that the Big East will, in all of their intense amounts of failure…still place a team in a BCS bowl.

In case you don’t know, this week Syracuse is the highest ranked Big East team in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

They received two votes. That puts them around 32nd place.

So in other words, the coaches (and, for the record, Harris/AP poll voters as well) think there are 22 more qualified teams to play in a BCS bowl than Syracuse and yet, because the Big East is inexplicably a “Big Six” conference, a crappy team will get to play in one of the five most prestigious bowls available.

Even better? They usually play an ACC squad in the Orange Bowl.

Kick them out of the inner circle and open their spot up as another at-large spot already.

Another “holy shiznid!” moment was hearing the Associated Press report LeBron James as one of Time magazine’s final 25 people for their annual “Person of the Year” award.

Also on the list? Barack Obama, Jon Stewart, Steven Colbert, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Lady Gaga (who the heck makes this list?!)

Oh, and the Chilean miners who survived for weeks trapped in a mine. Just sayin’.

To his credit, James said it was a terrible decision. (I’m avoiding all “Decision” jokes here…)

The final “Holy shiznid!” moment came when my beloved Vols decided to lose to Division II Indianapolis on the hardwood. This comes on the heels of investigations into coach Bruce Pearl’s admissions of misleading NCAA investigators in regards to a case they were checking out.

Of course, Syracuse lost to a D-II school last season and then grabbed a number one seed.

Then there’s Georgia, who everyone says ought to be good at basketball this season.

Basketball good, football not so good? Holy shiznid!

Posted by Caleb Rule on Nov 18 2010. Filed under Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.