This past weekend held many ups and downs for me on the football field. It started on Thursday with the Thanksgiving games. I went with the better win-loss record in all three of those games, which put me at two-for-two, before the Cardinals remembered their history and got blasted by Donovan McNabb(yes Roy Williams, he farted on me this year too, or at least my fantasy team). I of course had McNabb benched this week in fantasy since he got benched last week in reality, and got burned by him for at least the sixth time this year. My gut told me the Eagles would win the game, but with as bad as McNabb was the previous week, I just couldn't go with them.

 

Then there was college football. I was hoping that Texas A & M would upset the Longhorns, while Oklahoma would lose to Oklahoma State on Saturday, giving Mizzou the easier opponent of Texas Tech in the Big 12 Championship game. By easier, I mean that Missouri would stand a chance. They've actually beaten Tech under Gary Pinkel (AKA Bob Stoops' bitch in this picture), as opposed to Texas and Oklahoma. And sure, Mizzou was ranked number one in the country last year, which shows us that history doesn't necessarily mean much in today's match ups. However, even us  Mizzou fans with the shortest of memories who can forget blowing that regular season game in Norman last year, will certainly remember the shellackings that the Tigers took in the Big 12 Championship game from OU (38-17) and the regular season showdown this year with Texas(56-31). The truly sad thing, is that Texas score is closer than the game really was.

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The Rams and the Steelers both continued their 2008 season trends in Week 15. The Steelers turned defeat into victory while the Rams did just the opposite. I was glad for both outcomes. The Steelers clinched the AFC North by beating the Ravens 13-9 to make their fourth consecutive playoff appearance while the Rams lost the tiebreaker with Seattle by getting swept by them, better positioning themselves for the upcoming draft. The Cincinnati Bengals upset the Washington Redskins, giving the Bengals an overall record of 2-11-1, meanin that St. Louis is now tied for the second worst record in the league with the Kansas City Chiefs, trailing just the winless Detroit Lions for the top pick. The Rams now stand a very good chance to pick second in the draft for the second straight year. Jim Haslett may not be around to enjoy it though. Haslett's been the only one enjoying the Rams playbook lately.

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