First Post

I guess I get to pop the cork on this baby. Yay for me.

Well, as you can see from the title, this is the opinion of the those from the Brooklyn College Media thoughts on sports. It's about freaking time we got to vent on sports items that irk us in a timely fashion.

Let's start off with the two local football teams going into opposite directions. The Jets played in one of the most boring Monday night games ever seen but they get the job done 13-10 over the Dolphins in Miami. You have to give credit to Eric Mangini, the guy has done wonders with limited talent and are on the verge of making the post-season, but only if they beat the Raiders this Sunday. In other words, the Jets will be making the playoffs. Will they go far? Who knows. We saw with the Steelers last year, that a sixth seeded, flawed team from the AFC can go all the way. They've had success against the Colts or the Pats, whoever they play in the first round this year. It would be apropos, however if the Jets spit the bit and fall flat on their faces against arguably the worst team in pro sports on Sunday.

As for the G-Men, they no-showed against the Saints and basically showed little life, getting spanked 30-7. If you go position by position, the Giants are ridiculously more talented than the Jets. This is where the whole coaching thing comes in. Eli Manning has some how regressed, looking more like Dave Brown every single start than Phil Simms. The defense never, ever, ever gets a big stop when it's needed. The special teams, fantastic last year, has been atrocious. There's a saying about business, the customer is always right. When the fans at the game are saying "Fi-re Cough-lin", that's usually a good sign to pull the plug on the guy. There's too many primadonnas and the discipline that Coughlin was suppose to instill in this team, is nowhere to be found. The Post had an article about who I think should be the next coach of the Giants, Charlie Weis, written by Steve Serby which you can read: http://www.nypost.com/seven/12262006/sports/giants/big_bang_theory_fit_for_big_blue_giants_steve_serby.htm Remarkably, they still have a shot at the post-season, which I see as a one and done deal. Time for some new blood in Big Blue

Other sports: Yankees trying to get rid of Randy Johnson. I'm starting to think that you don't need to be too bright to be a baseball GM. (see Phillips, Steve Late 90's-Early 2000's reign NY Mets) Who in their right mind would trade anything of value for an aging Randy Johnson, coming off his worst year as a pro? On top of that, he's owed 16 mil next year and is coming off back surgery. Amazingly, the Diamondbacks, Padres, Giants and Dodgers all show interest in the Big Unit. More info here --->http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2708931
As a Yankee fan, where do I sign? This also opens the possibility of Barry Zito wearing Yankee pinstripes, if the Yankees get rid of Johnson's salary, something Met fans should watch very closely.

The Islanders beat the Rangers 2-0. Give credit to Ted Nolan for getting that team into playoff contention. The Rangers take too many penalties and rely too much on Jagr and Shanahan.

Nets lose to the Pistons. I don't know how this team is so bad, even without Nenad Kristic. You have three of the top 30 players in NBA on a team and somehow, they stink.

Well, I'll sign off with this: I hope I don't forget about this blog in two weeks.