Pacquiao or Mayweather

After Manny Pacquiao finished his recent execution of Clottey last weekend it brought on the familiar debate of which fighter is better. Manny or Floyd? I think Pacquiao is a magnificent fighter and should be applauded for what he has accomplished at his stature. I also believe that Mayweather's talents go unappreciated due to his rude, abrasive,and arrogant behavior. Like many fight fans I was looking forward to a Mayweather Pacquiao bout, unfortunately that did not happen. I don't care who either of these two fighters fight, if it's not each other it's pointless. No one has ever seen the level of conditioning that Paquiao possesses, he is able to continue throwing an absurd amount of punches over 12 rounds with out tiring. At the same token, no one has figured out the conundrum that is Mayweather's defense yet. Picking sides between these two fighters is as brutal as being a Red Sox or Yankees fan, there is no meeting ground. Trying to look at it objectively, I believe that a counter puncher will always beat a fighter that throws punches in high volume. My reasoning is that Pacquiao doesn't always connect at a high clip for the number of punches he throws. Mayweather has a gift for deflecting blows and returning a dangerous amount of punches in return when countering, he also connects at an extremely high rate. I hope too many people don't get upset but dare I say that Mayweather is faster and or quicker than Pacquiao. In the last 2 weeks I have been in numerous discussions on this subject, please let me know who you think is better?

The John Wall Dance

Please tell me somebody has seen this in action? ESPN did a piece on it like a month ago, I don't think it made too much noise and went unnoticed. Kentucky came back to win today and why was Ashley Judd in the stands attempting to do the John Wall dance? This leads me to question not only why she is there, but to ponder if it is a requirement for all Wildcat fans to be able to do set dance? I mean it wasn't just her doing it, how has this flew under the radar? Most college athletes get cool nicknames, walk that line between lunatic and delusional in terms of intensity(Grevis Vasquez), or get dubbed " a Diaper Dandy BA-BY" by Dickie V. John Wall has his own dance, can you think of any other college athlete with their own dance???? I urge all of you to you tube the John Wall dance, LOL its actually kind of hot. I hope he keeps it going in the NBA, if anyone has seen the dance prior to this post please tell me what you think of it!!!

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71 and Counting

The last time we were talking about them, it was 68 and counting. Well they officially broke their own record and reached 71, If this were a mens college basketball team, it would be all over every paper and sports segment in the country. Instead it's shrugged off as if it's no big deal, that is depressing to me. How many teams actually put streaks of this magnitude together? I ran across an article today saying that Tennessee wasn't an opponent during this streak. That is Pat Summit's fault, a couple years ago she chose to discontinue the in season battles with UCONN. So that point is moot, 71 games and all by double digits!!! Let that sink in, not one night during 71 consecutive contests did they win by a single digit margin. Every night through all the bumps and bruises that accumulate throughout a season, not once did these women become complacent. That's the greatest part of all of this, the players want to do it. It's not the coach pushing for their legacy(Pat Summit), but the players wanting to continue a level of excellence. During the post game interview, Coach Auriemma didn't even look like he was thinking about the streak. He truly looked like he was focused on the next game, how does this achievement get pushed to the back page? I truly hope that they break the UCLA mens streak of 88, maybe then the public will give them their credit. Unlike mens basketball, their aren't really super soft padded schedules. Women's teams actually play the best in their nonconfrence schedule. Don't you think they get every one's best shot every night? Not only do they get team's best shot, they then impose their will on them and make it look easy. How impressive is this current UCONN women's streak to you?

Crazy Start to NFL Off Season

WOW!!! Peppers and Taylor to the Bears....Cromartie to join Revis Island and Gang Green.....Boldin to the Ravens...Dunta Robinson to the Falcons....Van dan Bosh and Burlson to the Lions....Dansby to the Dolphins...Wilfork remains a Patriot....This was just Day 1, it's only 10 pm, who knows what else can happen before Midnight?? I'm still in shock, the NFL is going to be crazy by the time training camp starts. Man, it might be a new league by Draft Day. Like a 3rd round pick for Antonio Cromartie???!!! I understand everything that happened today, but for the Jets to let go of Lito Shepard only to sign Cromartie is just ludicrous!!!! Just in Antrelle Rolle is a G-Man, LOL(and yes I'm acutally laughing out loud while typing this) the New York Foot Ball Giants now have Antrell Rolle to pair with fellow Miami safety Kenny Phillips!!!! Told you the night wasn't safe, this is like sensory overload for me (yes I'm a sports junkie), what do you think the acqisition of the day was????

I'm kinda torn with the Cromartie/Rolle move...

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Day 3 Combine Thoughts

Today is the day for the defensive front 7 guys to work out on the field. I am kind of taken back by the depth of talent in this draft. Everyone knows the big name guys, but do you realize there are several 300 pound plus guys scratching out high 4 second and low 5 second 40 yd dashes? Really this is crazy, I feel bad for any NFL team that gave away draft picks last year because this is the wrong year to do it. Seriously we're going to see nothing but offensive lineman and defensive players go in the first couple rounds. Outside of 3 or 4 wideouts and running backs, offensive skill players are going to be left on the board for a while. You might be able to get good running backs and wideouts in the 3rd and 4th round that may have gone in the 2nd or late 1st if it wasn't for this class of defensive players and offensive lineman. With so many teams switching to the 3-4 defense as their base defense in the past couple years, nose tackles and outside linebackers are at a premium. Not to mention the press coverage corners and athletic safeteys that are needed to execute this defense at a high level. There are a lot of Elvis Dumervil and Lemarr Woodley type hybrid defensive players in this draft, as well as the space eating nose tackles that many teams covet. I was going to wait until the end of this day at the combine to talk about it, but I can't contain my excitement. The Linebackers have yet to go today and the Secondary guys go tomorrow, I urge you all to take some time and look at the times these guys are putting up. It is scary and freaky that guys this size are so fast. I thought the offensive lineman were outstanding the other day, but with all these defensive guys running so fast it is even more important that teams get the type of offensive lineman needed to block these guys. Thats all for now, if anybody gets the time to check some of these times out let me know what you think about it? I'm still in awe..