Family Pack

Hello followers and I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season. It’s like in Miracle on 34th street, “Christmas isn’t a day, it’s a frame of mind." I hope that your frame of mind is a good one this time of year, if it isn’t, I advise in finding a way to get it there.

Maybe I can help you get in a happy frame of mind. I’ll take some time to share my family pack with you this week and we’ll discuss college football and college basketball.

Opening up our family pack, are the veggies to get our appetites started is the excitement of the BCS National Championship on Jan. 7. I am of course excited that Alabama will be playing in it and they’ll be playing a team that deserves to be there. They have withstood challenges all year and have picked up the wins throughout the year. I love the bowl season and cannot wait for the Crimson Tide to play the Fighting Irish.

Another starter is a congratulation to Johnny Heisman, formerly Johnny Manziel. You took home the coveted Heisman award and have earned it all year. Well done sir.

We will get into the wings here and the coaching moves that have occurred over the past month. This can make for an exciting new life for some ailing teams.

The hot wings are for Arkansas and the hire of Bret Bielema, who is coming over from a successful Wisconsin program and ready to turn around the Razorbacks by going back to the basics. Bielema has taken the Badgers to three straight Rose Bowls and brings a grinding running attack with a strong defense. Be excited Arkansas fans.

The Mild wings are for Kentucky. The hire of Mark Stoops is a hopeful one, hopefully someone can get that program winning a decent amount of games again. I think that the Wildcats have found their man though. Stoops has been the defensive coordinator for an impressive Florida State the past three years and has the Kentucky fans excited and forming a student group called, “Stoops’ Troops”.

The Hawaiian wings are for Auburn and its hire of Gus Malzahn. Malzahn left Auburn last season to pursue a head-coaching position at Arkansas State, only to return a year later with the firing of Gene Chizik. The Tigers’ hire of Malzahn was the least impressive to me until the Volunteers chimed in.

Tennessee hired Butch Jones, not Butch Davis. The Barbeque wings are nice and thick, like all the coaches that turned down the Tennessee job. Butch Jones spent the last season at a Cincinnati team that couldn’t really find its identity. Was it a running team, a passing team, or a defensive team? Quarterback play was the question all season. I’ve seen Volunteer fans question the hire, but the best I saw was that Butch Jones lost to Tennessee two years ago, against Derek Dooley.

The fries this week are crispy and awesome, kind of like the Alabama Crimson Tide senior class on the football team. They will be playing Notre Dame for the player’s chance at a third National Championship in their tenure. Lead by Barrett Jones, Chance Warmack, Robert Lester, Nico Johnson and Michael Williams, but there are always unsung stars that for Nick Saban, do their jobs. Carson Tinker is the long snapper and has been a superb one for the Tide in his years playing, Kelly Johnson has stepped into the teams flex position and Jeremy Shelley who has been the kicker through good times and bad. This is a senior class that has won 50 games with a chance at 51 and two SEC Championships. This class has beaten Auburn three times with a combined score of 144-63 in the four games. This class has only lost three games at Bryant-Denny Stadium and has never lost to Arkansas, Tennessee, Florida, Mississippi and Mississippi State. This a big class for the program, in my mind the greatest class ever.

The extra side is the potato salad, which isn’t my favorite. However some people like it and like the BCS Bowl games, some people like them and others don’t. I’m not going to fault NIU for playing a great season and getting in a bowl game, however Oklahoma deserves to be in the game. I won’t get into my last post with all the SEC teams that deserve to play, because that won’t happen, but the Sooners deserve in a game (I’m looking at you five-loss Wisconsin!).

Since I promised some college basketball, my dips are going to include some. Kentucky fell at home to Baylor for the first time in John Calipari’s tenure. Duke has rolled everyone it has played, while the Big Ten is looking much better than their football teams played this year.

Sorry for the long break in between posts and I plan on getting a some more on in the coming weeks.

Have a great day,
-The Wing Expert

Technical issues

It has been a rough week without the full use of my computer, at the house. The power cord decided to get super bratty, so I had to order a new one. It came in last night and has worked wonderfully! So I'm here to tell you that I am currently working on a family pack! I'll discuss coaches, bowl games and even some college basketball!

Also working on a first round mock NFL Draft. I realize it's a little early, but it is still coming immediately after the season's end.

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Keep checking in followers and Roll Tide!
WingMan Out!

Laughing at you, BCS.

This is my angry post regarding football this weekend. Not so much regarding the Alabama victory over Georgia in the SEC Championship. I’m not necessarily mad about that game, I’m more distraught about the events that occurred on Sunday night.

The BCS selection committee graced us with their BCS bowl game announcements and if you are thinking along the lines with me, they are disgraceful. I blogged about who I thought should be playing in these games last week over at www.zonedefenders.blogspot.com.

Clearly I do not like the limit of two teams per conference in BCS games. I also find the rule rather unfair to a conference, like the SEC for instance. To be punished as a conference for having more than two good teams is an absolute shame and the BCS should look back and wonder why the rule was even made. Seeing LSU, Texas A&M, Georgia and South Carolina in games other than the Sugar, Rose, Fiesta and Orange is a shame. The schools and conference deserve the recognition that comes with the high-profile games, the money that is earned from a season of hard work, and the chance to square off against a BCS-caliber opponent, again.

Another point into my last one is that Northern Illinois, Wisconsin and Louisville are in BCS games and in my opinion are not the most deserving candidates. Here are my three teams that were robbed.

Oklahoma Sooners lead the way among teams that are most deserving of playing in a BCS game. The Sooners have two losses, both of which are against BCS teams (Kansas State and Notre Dame). Seeing Northern Illinois in place of the Sooners is a shame. Usually for a non-AQ member to make the game they run the table. NIU lost to Iowa in its first game this year. Iowa is the worst team in a Big Ten Conference that is sending a five-loss champion to represent them in the Rose Bowl.

LSU is another team that deserves of a BCS game, since their two losses also came against BCS opponents (Florida and Alabama). LSU lost to Florida on the road and to Bama at home on the last drive of the game. LSU is a team that could beat anybody in the country, especially at home. Besides, who doesn’t like to see the Fighting Tigers take over New Orleans in the Sugar Bowl (goodbye Louisville).

Georgia is the third and final team deserving of a BCS Bowl Game. Lose one game early against South Carolina and then run the table until losing in exciting fashion (coming three yards short) against Alabama in the SEC Championship game. The Dawgs are in the same line as LSU as they could beat any team in the country. After losing to Alabama, Georgia fell four spots in the BCS rankings and got absolutely screwed after a great showing on Saturday. Move over five-loss Wisconsin, your 70 point performance didn't impress me this much. 

All I know, I wouldn’t want to be on the opposing side of these ELITE teams in their non-BCS Bowl Game.

WingMan Out!

Thank You!

I wanted to take a moment followers to give thanks to those who deserve it in my life.

I have had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday after traveling eastbound after work on Wednesday to spend a night with the thing I am most thankful for in this world. While watching movies in the chair I could not be more thankful or happy for where I am now in this life. While I was only able to stay for a brief amount of time (one night) I did enjoy myself immensely as I got to put a smile on the face of the person I love most in this world.

Driving back to Texas the next day with my hair blowing in the wind (since my window wouldn’t roll back up) I got to thinking of how far I have come since I started learning the ways of the wings. I have met so many people and been a part of so many great moments in people’s lives that it really helps me to appreciate the great moments in my own.

I also got to jam to a Garth Brooks song that I was too afraid to listen to all summer.

Back at the family’s house though, my mom prepared a feast fit for kings. But she let her four boys join in and help devour the food. Steaks, twice-baked potatoes, salad and a green-bean casserole made up for my day of eating and another plate waiting for me to eat when I get to my house.

The sports are always a highlight in my Thanksgiving holiday. While I couldn’t get a family game of basketball going I still enjoyed sitting on the couch and watching football all day long.

*Side Note*

RGIII is pretty damn good!

However the holiday ends as it does every year and I find myself back at work on Friday. But don’t be discouraged as it’s only a half day and I spent the last hour watching college football games on gamecasts. (picture posted on twitter)


Now for some sports talk. Here are my big matchups this weekend.

LSU is traveling to Arkansas in the annual battle for the boot. LSU has the better team, but don’t ever count out a rival. The Razorbacks will come out strong in this game but will fall off later in the game, LSU wins 38-13.

The Iron Bowl is of course upon us and if you follow this blog you probably know where I stand in this game. Auburn had one thing going for them all year in this matchup, they needed the win more. But after a loss to Texas A&M, Alabama has MUCH more to gain with a chance at a trip to Miami for the National Championship on the line. Alabama wins 42-10.

Florida and Florida State do battle, with an outside shot at a trip to the National Championship on the line. Florida’s defense is playing well and quarterback Jeff Driskel is coming back for the Gators. This will actually be a really good game and I wish it weren’t on the same time as the Iron Bowl, I’m guessing Florida wins, 24-23.

Notre Dame is taking on Southern California for a chance to go to the National Championship in Miami. The Trojans are starting a new quarterback as Matt Barkley is out with a shoulder injury. This game is always close and USC has the talent to pull out the victory. With Barkley I would make my upset pick here, but without I think the Irish can hold on. Notre Dame wins 17-16.

I don’t want to get too winded on here and there are still plenty of games left that I’m not diving into. But those are the five that stand out in my mind and the ones I would choose to watch. Honorable mention for games this weekend are Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, Stanford and UCLA, Oregon and Oregon State and South Carolina and Clemson.

I enjoy rivalry week and think that some should be restored. This week needs Texas-Texas A&M, West Virginia-Pitt and Oklahoma-Nebraska. College football is all about rivalries and getting traditions in games, don’t turn into the NFL please.

Hope you had a great holiday and thank you for tuning in.

Roll Tide!

WingMan out!