Leave Early or Stay Late?

Sam Bradford. The second collegiate football player to win the Heisman Trophy as a Sophomore. Likely a early first rounder in the '09 draft, decides to return to OU for his Junior campaign. Bradford is twenty one years old and has millions of dollars in endorsements and signing bonuses staring him in the face. Yet he opts to return to Norman for the right reason, he enjoys the college life and wants another crack at the BCS Championship and another Big Twelve title.

Flash forward to September 5th, 2009. Bradford fires an 18 yard completion to set the all time passing record by a Sooner, but is buried on the play by a BYU defender. A sprained AC joint in the shoulder is the diagnoses and Bradford will go on to miss the next three games before returning to torch Baylor for nearly 400 yards through the air.

The following week in the Red River Rivalry, Bradford reaggravates the injury and is once again lost for the game. Yet again the Sooners are without their star quarterback and his return is uncertain. Head Coach Bob Stoops already made it clear that Bradford would not be available for this weeks matchup with the 25th ranked Kansas Jayhawks.

So now the question is, did Sam Bradford make the wrong decision by foregoing the NFL Draft and returning for another season? Millions of dollars may have been lost if Bradford is unable to return to original form. Scouts have seen what he can do on the field, but will his durability be in question?

Sam Bradford made the correct decision. He returned to school for a simple reason. He wasn't in a rush to get all the attention of the first pick in the draft. I doubt his stock will take too big of a hit because of the injury, mainly because I think he was rushed back in preparation for the matchup against Texas. More guys should follow Bradford's lead and stay that extra year, because if you're the real deal it won't matter.

Should the Rams start fresh with Rush?

I expect by now that many of you know that radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh and St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts have placed a bid to buy the St. Louis Rams. This has become a largely controversial within the NFL and is now spreading throughout the nation.

Things must be serious when Reverends Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson team up and oppose Limbaugh's potential ownership of the NFL franchise. Jackson recently sent a letter to the NFL voicing his displeasure. Jackson claimed that owning an NFL franchise was a privilege and that the conservative talk show host may have lost this privilege with some of his comments over the radio waves.

In 2003, Limbaugh had a short stint as a pregame analyst on an ESPN pregame show but resigned after saying that "Donovan McNabb was overrated and that the media just wanted to see a black quarterback succeed." It's evident that Limbaugh has a big mouth but that doesn't mean he is a racist or has an issue with African Americans.

I personally have no problem with Limbaugh owning the Rams. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are just trying to blow something small out of proportion to stir things up. If Limbaugh and crew are able to turn the Rams around I doubt there will be anything else said on the topic.

Lets not forget that it's still baseball season

It's still baseball season folks. I am tired of bringing up baseball and people just say, It's football season now, not baseball season. I know that you love football more than any other sport and once the season comes around nothing else matters, but don't forget about the baseball post-season. It can be just as exciting as anything you'll see on the gridiron.

Today's American League Central Division tie breaking game is a quintessential example of the excitement of the baseball post-season. The final regular season game to be played in the Metrodome was one that will be remembered by Twins faithful for years to come. I could feel the electricity as the game entered extra innings.

So next time when one of your buddies brings up the baseball post-season, give it a chance. If you're willing to keep an open mind about it, you'll enjoy it. Trust me, I'm a Doctor.

From the Top to Bottom

So it's no secret that I am extremely passionate about Florida State football. I had been trying to stay away from topics involving the Seminoles, because I didn't want this blog to have bias. But today I was thinking about the recent loss to Boston College and I couldn't help but wonder how the 'Noles had fallen from their 90's dominance. Then I thought of how all teams go through a down period at some point, and it can be for a number of different reasons but realistically it should not happen.

If a team has success, then they can recruit the best players so they are able to continue the successful run. So how can a team possibly fall out of national contention with this cycle? There are a number of scenarios but what it really comes down is to recruiting.

If you cannot get top flight prospects, you start to fall off. If you can't coach the top talent then once again you are falling off. If you don't win, then you don't get the top recruits which leads to even more losses.


The moral of the story is that, all three of these things are needed to stay on top and if one starts to tail off, then it can affect the others. So don't let it happen.