NFL Security Staff Gets Beefed Up

Tennessee Titans players were met at the door of the team's training facility by what they called "excessive" security. The full article can be found here: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6443628.

"The security detail may not be needed in the future. The NFL sent a memo to clubs saying players can resume voluntary workouts at facilities, meet with coaches and go over playbooks starting Friday. The Titans haven't had a chance to meet as a team with new coach Mike Munchak or pick up playbooks, a crucial delay for a franchise trying to rebound from a 6-10 season."

This passage from the article strikes me as the most odd out of all the other parts.

2011 Master's of Golf In Review

As we sit a couple weeks out from the 2011 Master's tournament I can't help but ask the question? Who won? Does anybody remember? (Hint: It wasn't Tiger Woods) Anybody? I didn't think so. The winner was a South African by the name of Charl Schwartzel. Oh yeah! I remember him now... NOT!

My 2011 NFL Mock Draft

Pick 1- Carolina- Cam Newton QB Auburn
Pick 2- Denver- Marcel Dareus DT Alabama
Pick 3- Buffalo- Von Miller LB Texas A&M
Pick 4- Cincinnatti- Patrick Peterson CB LSU
Pick 5- Arizona- Robert Quinn DE UNC
Pick 6- Cleveland- A.J. Green WR Georgia
Pick 7- San Francisco- Blaine Gabbert QB Missouri
Pick 8- Tennessee- Nick Fairley DT Auburn
Pick 9- Dallas- Tyron Smith OL USC
Pick 10- Washington- Jake Locker QB Washington
Pick 11- Houston- Prince Amukamara CB Nebraska
Pick 12- Minnesota- J.J. Watt DE Wisconsin
Pick 13- Detroit- Aldon Smith DE/LB Missouri
Pick 14- St. Louis- Julio Jones WR Alabama
Pick 15- Miami- Ryan Kerrigan DE Purdue
Pick 16- Jacksonville- Brooks Reed DE Arizona
Pick 17- New England- Anthony Costanzo OL Boston College
Pick 18- San Diego- Cameron Heyward DL Ohio State
Pick 19- New York Giants- Gabe Carimi OL Wisconsin
Pick 20- Tampa Bay- Cameron Jordan DE California
Pick 21- Kansas City- Nate Solder OL Colorado
Pick 22- Indianapolis- Mike Pouncey OL Florida
Pick 23- Philadelphia- Jimmy Smith CB Colorado
Pick 24- New Orleans- Da'Quan Bowers DE Clemson
Pick 25- Seattle- Muhammad Wilkerson DT Temple
Pick 26- Baltimore- Akeem Ayers DE/LB UCLA
Pick 27- Atlanta- Justin Houstin DE/LB Georgia
Pick 28- New England- Mark Ingrahm RB Alabama
Pick 29- Chicago- Derek Sherrod OL Mississippi
Pick 30- New York Jets- Marvin Austin DT UNC
Pick 31- Pittsburgh- Aaron Williams DB Texas
Pick 32- Green Bay- Corey Liuget DT Illinois

DEBATE!

NFL Lockout Ends?

A Federal District Court judge recently ended the NFL lockout. Or so we thought... The lockout may be reinstated even after one judge officially ended it in her court room. There are still many disagreements between the league and the player's union that need to be decided upon. But with the summer training camps quickly approaching players are finding it impossible to access their team's facilities to utilize the workout compounds. Where do you stand on the matter? Personally, I say let them play football!

THE WARLOCK

I know this topic has nothing to do with sports, but I have been on this Charlie Sheen kick lately and I just wanted to post an interview on my blog that he did with British talk show host Peirs Morgan. Enjoy!

Part 1... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSbeAQ4gd0E&feature=related
Part 2... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzHhiTbg7ZI&feature=related
Part 3... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9T2rzpgyDg&feature=related
Part 4... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEVe9z7IVgY&feature=related

NBA playoff Outlook

As the NBA playoffs are just getting started I figured I would take some time to weigh in on how I think this postseason will go down.

Winning first round matchups I have:
East- Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, Miami
West - San Antonio, Oklahoma City, Dallas, Los Angeles

Conference Semi winners:
East- Chicago And Miami
West- Oklahoma City And Los Angeles

Conference Champions:
East- Chicago
West- Los Angeles

NBA Champions - Chicago

NBA Playoff System

The current NBA playoff bracket can be seen here: http://espn.go.com/nba/bracket
The regular season league standings can be seen here: http://espn.go.com/nba/standings

Take a few minutes to look both pages over. Then continue on with the reading of this blog....

If you look at the records of each individual team in the playoffs from each conference you will notice a major discrepency in the wins-losses totals between the two conferences. And yes, historically the west has had a better overall group of teams, while the east usually lacks the depth thats its counterpart has. For example, the number 5 ranked team in the east would not even make the playoffs if they were in the west. And the inverse, the number 11 ranked team in the west would make the playoffs in the east as the 8th best team. If the playoff system was in place were the top 8 teams from the entire league where in place here is what the opening round matchups would look like:
1 Chicago Bulls (62-20) vs. 8 Orlando Magic (52-30)
4 LA Lakers (57-25) vs. 5 Dallas Mavericks (57-25)
3 Miami Heat (58-24) vs. 6 Boston Celtics (56-26)
2 San Antonio Spurs (61-21) vs. 7 Oklahoma City Thunder (55-27)

Suprise teams of the early MLB season...

The beginning of the Major League Baseball season has been chalk full of suprises, both good and bad. A quick breakdown of the current standings can be found at http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/standings/index.jsp?tcid=mm_mlb_standings.

The major suprise teams, in my opinion are:
1. Cleveland Indians (11-4)- Even though I am a die hard Tribe fan I did not expect this good of a start.
2. Colorado Rockies (12-3)- Another team that struggled last year off to a fast start.
3. Boston Red Sox (5-10)- Always a contender for a World Championship, struggling mightily thus far.