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Test Four, Five, Six...

I'm pretty sure there are a fair amount of you people that would be interested to know my thoughts about the phallic photos of one Mr. Brett Lorenzo Favre. I know there were people that wondered why I didn't write an article about the Tiger Woods debacle. As a matter of fact, my mother even said when am I going to wring Ben Roethlisberger's neck here on Ed the Sports Fan.

Well mama, there are some things your son can't do, not even for their maternal hero.

Why? Because I truly, from the bottom of my heart, don't give a damn about these ultimate reality show stars, in the form of professional athletes, in regards to their personal life and what they outside the field of battle. It's not that I don't care about their lives, but I love sports SO MUCH that I refuse to let one person's hang-ups ruin my appreciation for this here game.

Now let's be perfectly clear here; I would love for all of our athletes, coaches, owners, fans, and pundits of competitive sport to be morally astute and of sound judgement. But we're grown folks around here, so lets just be real: that is an absurd reality. However, whenever anyone associated with this thing we call athletic competition, does something wrong...the only thing I can hope for is that they learn from their situation and grow to be a better person. That's all I, or anyone else, can really ask for.

If I were to let the outside forces bear on my appreciation for sports, I'd be out this game. I mean, my favorite basketball player as a child growing up was Shawn Kemp, but the man has 238 kids. Tell me...what in the blue blazes does that have to do with the man being able to YUUUUUUUUUUUUULE on anyone in the league in a moments' notice? My favorite baseball player for the longest has been Manny Ramirez. However, when you look up the words malcontent, mercurial, loquacious, and insane, that man's face is right next to all of them in Webster's. What in the bloody hell does that have to do with the man being feared on baseball diamond?

We as (fan)actics single-handedly RUINED the biggest phenom professional sports had ever seen in Tiger Woods. Why? Because the man had jezebels, floozies, harlots, hussies, scarlets, strumpets, and trollops ~~literally~~ on proverbial speed dial? Man, I know three people back home in Westside Lawton who haven't had their jobs derailed at the Goodyear plant because they got 'em on a leash. The real question should be...why in the hell do you all care so much?

Look, sports is the ultimate reality television show. You have the opportunity to watch action, drama, romance, comedy, horror, and suspense LITERALLY every single time you watch a live sporting event. Why do you think the geniuses that are Brandon Lewis and Kenny Masenda named the attendance of live sporting events, "SHOCKING THE WORLD!" (aside: LEGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGO!!! end aside). You can literally see someone 'Shock The World' on any given occasion. There's nothing more beautiful in the world than having the chance to be shocked and awed in a single sitting and sports provides that on a consistent basis.

So that's what we write about here at Ed the Sports Fan. We make you ponder what would happen if some of the greatest movie hoopers of all-time played each other? We'll write an article with such unmitigated gall, an unprecedented level of temerity, and an unseen audacity that would have a man question the NBA, and ask if there's a conspiracy theory in who can win a title in 'The Association.' Hell, we even realize that there's more to this world than just loving sports, we recognize that some of our men are wayward. Around these parts we're all about the better making of men, and respecting the womanhood to the best of our ability.

Look, I'll never get on this blog and blast other bloggers about what they decide to do. There are bloggers that I was skeptical about because of their content and how that reflected on them, but then I got a chance to meet them and recognize that not everyone's purpose to blog is the game. I get that and TOTALLY respect that. Everyone has an opportunity to do something that makes them happy.

What makes me happy is that Kenny and I put our soul into this blog, and there are other people besides our mama's who read it. We will always strive to provide thought-provoking and original content to connoisseurs of athletic competition. (That's our mission statement, by the way.)

Dr. Harry Edwards once proclaimed, "I cannot be a fan, because that is to be a fanatic, and I take my sports way more serious than that." The truth of the matter is being a fan (or in my case, being 'Ed the Sports "FAN"' lol) is a bit absurd. This thang we call sports is something we probably do take a bit too serious, but its also something that brings us pure joy.

My goal is to write from that perspective, and as a "fan" I would push you to appreciate sports from that same perspective.

-Ed.
www.edthesportsfan.com

P.S. As a reminder, checkout the livest sports talk (and hopefully on the radio soon) show around, "The Unsportsmanlike Conduct Show" as we are live Wednesday's at 9pm Eastern at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/edthesportsfan! Download our podcasts if you missed the live show as well!

Test One, Two, Three

There are some football teams that are built for the high life, seems like they have all the pieces you need to be a team with the bulls-eye on the chest. The head coach usually has a focus that the players follow. The team plays with an attitude that is unquestionable, and they have teams with the mental focus to overcome adversity during the tough times in a football game.

So when the BCS standings were announced on Sunday evening, there had already been talk about who the top teams would be, however much to my surprise (although the signs were clearly there) there was a team I was very familiar with sitting at #1 atop the standings. The Oklahoma Sooners. This is probably the worst thing that could ever happen to my favorite college football team.

Look, I would say within about 5-10 minutes after Oklahoma was placed on the mountaintop of college football, I received at least 15-20 tweets, phone calls, texts, emails, telegrams, smoke screens, carrier pigeons, and Morse code from the folks I would refer to as Boomer Sooner Nation. About two-thirds of those messages were tales of elation, supreme joy, and satisfaction that the almighty BCS machine has placed the Sooners at number one.

"FINALLY! THE SOONERS HAVE COME BACK...TO THE TOP OF THE BCS STANDINGS!" (Rock voice, courtesy of my boy DG lol) I couldn't do anything but laugh, and to be honest...it does feel good to see your favorite teams' name in lights. Give credit to Oklahoma, they had the balls to go out there and schedule tough non-conference games against Florida State, Cincinnati, Air Force, and Utah State. No chippys at all. They went out and beat their big rival in Texas, and have done everything you can ask of them.

However...the Sooners fans that had the same thought I did called me later in the evening.

"This is the worst thing that could happen to us."

"We have no business being #1. Watch us lose to Mizzou next week."

"Man, we don't do well with the bulls-eye on our chest, this blows."

"F*ck."

Again...all I could do is laugh. They are right too. It isn't necessarily the case that Oklahoma always folds once they get past Texas, actually they do quite well. However, most of the time when Oklahoma ascends to that #1 spot, they have a team worthy of holding that ranking. The truth is, this 2010 Oklahoma team has not been able to instill a level of confidence in the fanbase that the 2001-2004 teams and the 2007-2009 teams were able to do. They had elite players, and they played with an attitude that you only see with certain title teams.

This 2010 squad has a quarterback in Landry Jones who reminds me of Two-Face from Batman. Sometimes, he seems like an all-world quarterback. Other times he looks like he's throwing the game. Demarco Murray has not been the same running back he was since 2007, don't let anyone...and I do mean ANYONE...tell you differently. Ryan Broyles is awesome, but he's a glorified slot receiver. This defense is good, not great. They're probably a year away from truly being awesome.

I tell you all of this because Oklahoma fans understand what they have in this team. Yet, because of the tomfoolery and shenanigans that has ensued in the first 7 weeks of the college football season, OU finds themselves in the pole position. Really, this reminds me of the title team in 2000. Some of the national powers were falling from grace (Michigan, Notre Dame, Florida) and other powerhouses were just starting to take form (Miami, USC) and Oklahoma navigated their way into a perfect season.

In a way, if there was a season where an imperfect team could win a national title then this is the year. Oregon, who is ranked #1 by the writers and coaches, have a defensive line who's about as big as Kenny, B-Lew, Jeremy, and Ed playing the front four. Boise State and TCU are going to have to trick the computers and voters to keeping them high because their strength of schedule is as soft as hot Velveeta. Auburn looks really good, but they play in the SEC and they could lose to anybody.

So maybe this is Oklahoma's year, maybe they can sneak their way through the rest of the Big 12 schedule (Nebraska doesn't look like the team they were made out to be, and OU's toughest games remaining is Mizzou and Oklahoma State) then who knows...

Either way, I'm already nervous thinking about it. God help me.

-Ed.
www.edthesportsfan.com

P.S. As a reminder, checkout the livest sports talk (and hopefully on the radio soon) show around, "The Unsportsmanlike Conduct Show" as we are live Wednesday's at 9pm Eastern at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/edthesportsfan! Download our podcasts if you missed the live show as well!

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