DEVELOPING: Colts Trade For Trent Richardson

((HT: WKYC-TV))

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay was hinting through his Twitter feed at something huge on his squad...

And, depending on who you ask, trading for Trent Richardson for a 2014 #1 draft pick is a blockbuster to Irsay...

Jim Donovan thinks the deal is a building block for 2014...
With a bundle of quarterbacks available in the draft next season (Bridgewater, Carr, Manziel, etc.) it's easy to see where the Browns thoughts are- especially with the injury to Brandon Weeden staring them in the face and Brian Hoyer being the starter this week...

Guess what...???

Yep, that's what...

Even if Browns CEO Joe Banner thinks he has to find a way to get the fan's trust back... and this deal was no way to get that idea done...

Alabama wins 21-0...yawn!

And it was never really that interesting...or close.

Living up to none of its hype, the BCS Championship game was a snoozefest last night...unless you were an Alabama fan or work for ESPN.

The Crimson Tide did just enough on offense scoring on a Trent Richardson 34-yard run late to complement 5 Jeremy Shelley field goals.

But the story was either the dominance of Alabama's defense or the ineptitude of LSU's offense. We don't necessarily think it was more one or the other, rather it was a combination of the two. The Tide's defense is pretty darn good. Big and fast too.

However, the LSU play-calling and execution on offense could only be called "pitiful". They continually tried to run wide, option-like plays that were poorly executed. Quarterback Jordan Jefferson, when he wasn't bobbling snaps, made bad reads, poor throws and mystifying decisions.

And yet he never got benched.

In the meantime, 'Bama QB A.J McCarron had a solid game, made good decisions and threw the ball very effectively against the vaunted Tigers defense. In fact, they worked over the "Honey Badger" Tyrann Mathieu, throwing at him frequently and connecting with the wide receivers.

In the end, the game couldn't possibly live up to the hype...and it didn't. It did reinforce what we, and many others believe, the B.C.S should be a playoff--at least a plus-one type, in order to get the best teams and best game. Alabama hadn't played in 44-days, LSU-35, and it showed.

((**Note**--We refuse to call this the "National Championship" game because the B.C.S does not recognize all teams, only the ones that can make them the most money))

Sparing you the lecture, we'll just add that we don't think the system is going to change. Because the B.C.S is totally corrupt. It's built to make money for the nebulous group that runs it and the Bowl Directors who profit from it. If you ask the players, they'd rather settle it on the field. But just ask Oklahoma State how happy they are about that.

Oh, by the way, to spare anyone the embarrassment, Alabama was voted a Unanimous #1 after the game, LSU, they have to settle for #2.

Here are the only highlights we could find, a webcast from Alabama's 13 News in Birmingham with the honors, though you'll have to wait 2:30 into the webcast to see them.

TWTW Late Shift Part One: Alabama, VT, Sakerlina, NCState

Some highlights from the late shift...

Alabama's Trent Richardson ran for 203 yards (who knew, right?) as Alabama blew out Auburn 42-14...

That gave the fans who commuted from Tuscaloosa the chance to do this...
((HT: al.com))


Don't bet on either Gus Malzahn or Ted Roof hanging around next year...
One's a head coach and the other's looking for work. And see if Tracy Rocker will come home for a promotion...

Charlottesville fans thought, as did a lot of us, that the game with Vatech would be competitive...

Boy, were we all wrong... 38-0 VaTech...
And UVa fans were not happy about it...
((HT: Newsplex.com))


Connor Shaw had a good game for Sakerlina as they beat Clemson- whose season started well, and is circling the drain rather quickly...
((HT: WSPA-TV))


Is Randy Edsall that bad a head coach, or is Maryland that bad a football team to begin with...???

Could be some combination, but well leave the assessment to Brother Wilkie... Down 41-14 to win 56-41...

Awesome...

The Wolfpack scored 35 points in the fourth quarter as part of a rally surpassed in an ACC game only by Clemson's comeback from a 28-point deficit to beat Virginia 29-28 in 1992.

"It's the greatest thing I've ever been a part of," tight end George Bryan said.

Here's Tom O'Brien... Still Mister Excitement...
((HT: WRALSportsfan.com))