The transformation is complete.
Michael Jackson announced yesterday that he was converting to Islam and officially changing his name to the rather NBAish "Mikaeel." Fairly revolutionary selection.
Michael thought long and hard about his conversion and then realized his was being sued by the crown prince of Bahrain, Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa for 7 million dollars. A change of faith seems logical.
Or does it? We humbly suggest he reread the canons of Islamic law one more time before it's all finalized.
Apparently he's decided to add sado-masochism to his already long list of shall we say, "Peccadillos."
Michael Jackson isn't the only one making it easy for us today. Our dear friend, Sarah Palin is back with her own form of a Turkey Day football preview, and it's shaping up to be quite a slaughter.
Sarah, in her role as governor, decided to proceed with the annual pardoning of a turkey--unfortunately for her...well...
I think the video speaks for itself.
She does have a point, really--you can pardon one turkey, but all over America the cruelty continues. But somehow, we don't think she's capable of intentional irony. For example:
Sarah Palin: leading proponent of abstinence as a form of birth control for teenagers.
Sarah Palin: mother of a unwed pregnant teenage daughter.
Sarah Palin: plain-speaking, homespun Hockey Mom.
Sarah Palin: $150,000 shopping bender at Saks and Neiman Marcus
You can have one pregnant teenage daughter, dress her in nice clothes, but all over America, there are literally hundreds, if not thousands of poorly dressed, desperately unpregnant teenagers.
The exception does not destroy the rule.
There is a lot on the docket today--it's college football rivalry weekend and we're going to look at three games:
The Grandaddy--
Ohio State -20.5 at home against Michigan
O/U 44
Michigan has been a disappointment this year and they head to Columbus without a win in this game for the last nine years. They'll be making that ten today. They will get dismantled. They have absolutely no chance against an OSU team that is peaking right now and licking their chops of the outcome of tonight's Oklahoma game.
Ohio State is 9-2 against the spread. They have a top 15 defense, equally balanced against the pass and the run.
This one won't be close:
Take Ohio State and give the points.
The Big Game--
California -8.5 vs. Stanford
O/U 50.5
You can throw the rule book out on this one.
California entered the year as a top 25 team and it's been downhill ever since. They stand at 6-4 vs. a surprisingly competitive Stanford team who has an outside shot at a bowl game with a victory here.
Stanford has an exceptionally strong running game--ranked 20th in the nation. Look for them to fall back on it. Unfortunately, they have almost zero defense.
Tough game to call, but we like the Cardinal to cover. And the over looks interesting(Stanford is 7-3 on the over), but is not a feature.
The One that Matters--
Oklahoma -7
O/U 76
The nation's number 2 and 3 offenses meet in Norman for a game with huge implications. Both teams have been virtually unstoppable all year. They have average defenses, but incredible offensive weapons. They are a combined 13-4 against the over and there is certainly nothing, including the weather, getting in their way again.
76 is awful lot of points, but neither team has scored less than 35 all year--in any game!
Skip the spread--who knows!
Play the over. This is a 42-40 kind of game.
Finally, there is one English Premiereship matchup of interest--
Aston Villa at home vs. Man United
This is the same Villa side that went to Emirates stadium and easily handled the reeling Arsenal side a stunning 2-0 defeat. Man U, as you recall, had a 5-0 laugher last week against the out-gunned Stoke City. This one will be tougher, but at 4/5 odds, they seem like the value:
Man U to win
Tomorrow will be a big long post with all your favorite NFL games.
Until then,
Go Stuff!
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