Good lord

*I'm glad I didn't stay home and watch college football tonight. South Carolina scored 7 points...and won. NC State has a QB named Russell Wilson who's supposed to be good...I say supposed to, because I can't believe a good QB could lead his team to only 3 points against a less-than-vaunted South Carolina defense. And at what point does Spurrier just throw in the towel? This game had to kill him inside. You wonder if he regrets ever leaving Florida. I mean sure, he made a lot of money with the Redskins and he makes a lot now at South Carolina. But he's done a less-than-steller job at South Carolina, and Urban Meyer is building a dynasty of his own. Spurrier could have been like Paterno or Bowden, staying at a university for the rest of his life and becoming synonomous with that school. Instead he traded himself off as a hired gun, and is basically irrelevant at South Carolina. Danny Weurffel's not walking through that door. I hope the money was worth it.

That Oregon-Boise State looked brutal too. Oregon didn't get a first down until the 3rd quarter. I don't care if you're playing the 2000 Baltimore Ravens, that is pathetic. And yet Boise State didn't blow out Oregon as they could have. It's laughable to me that people will point to this game at the end of the year as to why Boise State belongs in the BCS. This game sucked, and neither team should get credit. Boise State was just a little less worse than Oregon.

*I don't put much, if any, stock in NFL preseason, but it's hard to watch the Arizona Cardinals thus far and feel good about them. I like this team, I want them to do well, but it has not been a good preseason. Last week the Packers first-teamers embarrassed them, and tonight Warner threw an INT against Denver backups. On the bright side, Chris (I refuse to call him Beanie) Wells does look good and he adds another dimension to their offense. But this has all the makings of a team reverting after losing the Super Bowl. I hope I'm wrong, if for no other reason than the NFC West sucks enough already.

Speaking of the Packers, they've looked really good. Starters on both sides of the ball have played well, and Aaron Rodgers looks to be in midseason form already. I may have underrated their ability to switch to a 3-4. It hasn't looked like a problem at all, and B.J. Raji is currently coming off the bench. If their d-line wasn't good he'd be starting. I'm still skeptical of Aaron Kampman though. And I never like the idea of moving your best player. Kampman was doing just fine where he was, why mess with it?

One more team that's looked really bad is the Buffalo Bills. It's funny because they'd like to run some no-huddle this season on offense. But of course if you aren't gaining first downs, all the no-huddle does is put your defense back on the field quicker. What's also funny is the Bills are the perfect symbol of mediocrity. They go 7-9 every year. Dick Jauron is a mediocre (at best) head coach. Turk Schonert is a mediocre (at best) offensive coordinator. Trent Edwards has been a rather mediocre QB thus far. Marshawn Lynch is an okay runner, but is really special? Lee Evans disappears for weeks at a time. Aaron Schobel has gone from being a good pass rusher to mediocrity. This franchise is absolutely stuck in a rut, and signing an old receiver isn't going to solve anything. The last time the Bills played a playoff game was the Music City Miracle. We are about 4 months away from the 10 year anniversary of that game, so yeah it's been awhile.

*I'm watching a replay of the Broncos-Cardinals preseason game tonigh, and Matt Leinart is airmailing receivers like crazy. At what point do people admit that Leinart just sucks? He was only good in college because he played with an NFL team. It wouldn't surprise me if every starter on offense for the 2005 Trojans played in the NFL at some point. Off the top of my head there's Reggie Bush, Lendale White, Dwayne Jarrett, Steve Smith, Dominique Byrd (a tight end), Winston Justice and I believe Deuce Lutui (Cardinals) and Ryan Kalil (Panthers) were starting o-linemen then as well. Leinart was really no better than Ken Dorsey, who also played for an NFL team at Miami, but nobody convinced themselves Dorsey was a great pro prospect. He was a 6th round pick, and honestly that was too high. 6th round would have been just about right for Leinart.