Overtime is Overrated?

The sports world hasn't changed much from my last post. We know a few things since then: The Big Ten is a terrible bowl conference; The Mountain West is for real (Utah for #1); The Bills have some work do to; and The Boston Celtics are humans (losing 6 of last 8). There have been a few controversies coming out of this past weekends wild card playoff games. The most obvious is the argument about Overtime. A number of articles were written early this week about how the NFL should review and revise the Overtime format. Now after watching the game Saturday Night, I was thrilled with the excitement. Much of the argument lies within people complaining that Peyton Manning (the "face" of the NFL) never got his chance on the field in overtime. Other writers brought up the idea that what if Lebron James couldn't be on the floor in an NBA overtime or the Yankees didn't get an at bat in extra innings at home. Oh I'm sorry football is a team sport with Offense and Defense. I agree with John Madden, he likes the format as is. Remember Mr. Hasselback in overtime in Green Bay, "We want the ball, we're gonna win" statement. Next thing you know he throws a pick and Green Bay beats Seattle. Brett Favre never saw the field that overtime. It is sudden death for a reason, if you lose the coin toss, Step It Up and stop the offense.

Skiman Squibs:

Jeff Jagodzinski interviewed for the Jets job and then was fired by Boston College for going to the interview. The majority of commentators I hear are applauding this act by Boston College. Clearly Boston College just wasn't pleased with Jeff in the first place and used this as an excuse.

Mats Sundin made his return last night to the NHL with the Vancouver Canucks. As a long time fan of Sundin with the Leafs, I wish him luck.

Tonight is the BCS National Championship game. I hope this game is a high scoring close game. A blow out will just put more problems into a flawed BCS system.

Jarko Ruttu bit Andrew Peters in Tuesday's Sabres/Senators game. He bit his thumb!! Yea it's good to see the NHL suspended this bum for 2 games and it was hilarious to see the look as Peters got a penalty on the play.

Lastly Matt Millen was showcased on NBC's Football Night in America on Saturday. Much of the outcry is from Detroit, which basically wants this mans blood for "running" them into the ground in his 8 years as an executive. Now Matt Millen has great knowledge of football and is a good analyst but I think he should've taken some time away from football before going back to the booth. It's far to soon for Lions fans to see this man once a week again.