EZ The Blog

When a washed-up sports radio host has only one outlet left.

Take a look at what this year’s football schedule looks like for Charlie Strong’s first year at the University of Louisville.

What do you think about the schedule?  Comment below.

I hate playing “prediction radio,” so let’s play “prediction blogging.”

I really do think this is going to be a close game, and everyone is hating on Texas based solely partly on Texas QB Colt McCoy’s less-than-stellar performance against Nebraska in the Big 12 Championship game (and, yes, I know he was one second from possibly being the biggest goat in college football history).

I look at it this way.  I say forget about the Big 12 game.  There was SERIOUS pressure on Texas to win in that game.  Now, they face as big a 4.5-point favorite as anyone has ever called a 4.5-point favorite (if you listen to all the pundits).

All I know is this: before the season (and really for most of the season as well), Texas was look at as Alabama’s equal (at the very worst).  Now, thanks in large part to their SEC Championship win over Florida, a lot of people look at the Tide as a sure winner.

I’m not letting Alabama’s win over the Florida Fighting Urbans-and-Tebows skew what my thoughts would’ve been before that game.  Remember, the pressure is squarely on Bama.  In fact, the ‘Horns now assume the role that the “Saban-ites” enjoyed during the defacto National Semifinal.  So, at the very least, it’s gonna be close.

Both teams have seen enough tape over the last month to know how to find a couple cracks in each other’s defense, but I’m taking Saban.  I’m leaning on him to be able to make adjustments in this game better than Mack Brown can.

Great game, quirky score: Crimson Tide 25, Longhorns 22.

I love Howard Schnellenberger.  He’s a risk-taker, took a lot of chances, and did a lot for a local college football program.

But don’t we all think about him as the “aww shucks,” pipe-smoking, lives-by-his-own-set-of-rules, old man?  I know I do.

It seems as though the great college football blog Every Day Should Be Saturday thinks likewise, as they present to you Schnelly’s Top 25!

While Lady EZ steals my laptop to troll on Facebook, I will officially blog from my phone for the first time.

Ladies and gentlemen, I hereby declare myself a Cincinnati Bearcats football fan the rest of this season.

There are many reasons.

First off, no one wants to see a Big East team in the BCS National Championship game and, for me, anything that causes “BCS controversy” is AWESOME! Anything that could possibly change this wretched system is a win!

But also, it’s because they’re more than just a sick offensive team. They’re good everywhere. ESPN.com’s Brian Bennett does a good job of illustrating this in one of his recent blog posts.

And finally, I’m tired of all this ridiculous and undeserved love of the SEC. The conference is not as good as it’s made out to be. Again, it’s the tradition of college football getting in the way of a true national champion.

Go Bearcats.

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Last week on The EZ and Bo Show on ESPN 1450 The Ticket (3-6pm ET weekdays, shameless plug), I talked about the BCS and what the best scenario would be for college football this year to create chaos in the BCS system, and hopefully find the key that fits in the “Override” keyhole (think “strategic missile launch” in the movie Crimson Tide) and turn that sucker until the key breaks off in the hole.

Our executive producer, Andy Sweeney, was certain that a plethora of undefeated teams at the end of the season would be the perfect recipe for this.  I argued differently, instead giving the example of an undefeated Cincinnati getting bumped for at least one (if not, more) one-loss teams from other BCS conferences.

And if I had this column from Chris Dufresne of the Los Angeles Times, I may have recited it verbatim to support my argument: numerous undefeated teams will not generate more evidence in favor of a playoff.  Something different must happen.

Well-written, something I can’t do (and I have a degree in Journalism).  Which is why I chose radio (ironically, something else that I can’t do).

Root for losses, college football fans.  And start rooting for them NOW.

Notice, and it seems on cue, that right after his apology, the band plays.

And doesn’t it seem like everyone left the room and left him out on an island to clean this mess up?

Truly awkward sports television. Without further ado, Exhibit A:

Don’t you just hate those idiots that talk on the radio all the time and act like they know what they’re talking about, but you really think they have no idea?

Yeah, me too (this would be a good time to plug The EZ and Bo Show on ESPN 1450 in Louisville, Ky. from 3-6pm).

Anyway, it appears that Roman Oben doesn’t like some of those talking heads either, and he’s blogging about it.

By now, you may have heard or read about Rush Limbaugh’s interest in buying the NFL’s St. Louis Rams, and the former University of Louisville offensive lineman… well… I don’t think he’s real interested in Rush being interested, if you know what I’m saying.  From The Washington Post:

“Anyone who has made a living bashing political leaders and their policies by vicious and unethical personal attacks, accused actor Michael J Fox of “exaggerating the effects of Parkinson’s disease,” made racially-charged comments about Donovan McNabb’s ability as a black quarterback and hypocritically called for harsher punishment for minorities charged with low level drug crimes while himself being criminally addicted to oxycontin for many years, does not represent the honor, integrity and dignity for which the NFL shield is supposed to represent.”

I’d call that a long run-on sentence, but I don’t want to mess with Roman Oben.  Rush probably shouldn’t either.

The Gamecocks opened as a 13-point favorite against Kentucky in this Saturday’s showdown in Columbia against the ol’ ball coach (and his ridiculous visor).