It's time for a special! Double issue!
December 18
-Xavier was shown just how vital the three guards of Holloway, Lyons, and Wells are, with an absolutely smackdown at the hands of the Summit League frontrunner, Oral Roberts, 66-42, for their first loss. ORU's leading scorer, Dominique Morrison, showed a lot of poise in knocking down several threes with hands in his face to notch 19 to lead all scorers. Travis Taylor lead with 11 for Xavier. Kenny Frease only had 4 points on 2-9 shooting, and was double or even triple-teamed many times. He had no help in front of him, so what else do you expect to happen?! Frustrating day, from beginning to end. Also, Missouri took care of a languishing William & Mary team.
-FUTILITY UPDATE: Grambling State continues to be the pride of the SWAC (jokes!), notching yet another loss; this time, at the hands of Texas Tech, 87-59. God be with you, Tigers. But on the positive side, note the 59! They finally scored in the 50's; hell, they almost reached the 60's! Unfortunately, they're still dead last in PPG and FG%. Baby steps, right?
NFL ROUNDUP:
-The Bills' season fall is complete. After starting 5-2 and being the darling team of the NFL, Buffalo has dropped 7 straight to lose any chance of a playoff spot, or even a winning record. Ever since Fitzpatrick got his (extremely overpriced) contract, he's played like, in all honesty, piss. This week, it was the surging Dolphins. Tony Sparano should never have been fired.
-The Seahawks also continue their hot ways, dismantling an extremely banged-up Bears team that got even more banged up. Johnny Knox, after fumbling a catch near the goal line, had his back bent BACKWARDS while trying to recover. He's obviously done for the season, and had a lumbar fracture. His career is in serious jeopardy.
-The Titans chance at a wild card took a big hit with the loss of the year; to the Colts! Yeah, you read that right. Dan Orlovsky led the Colts to their first win of the season, holding off a late 4th quarter run by backup Jake Locker. This was Dan Orlovsky's first win since his final game at Connecticut, in 2004! Long run for the guy, and congrats to him.
-The Packers hit an unexpected road bump at Kansas City, and lost to the Chiefs to drop their first game in over a calendar year. Aaron Rodgers struggled immensely with the injuries to his offensive line piling up. Starting OT Bryan Bulaga had a knee strain, and his back-up snapped his leg in half. This was also Rodgers' first game with under 50% of his passes completed since Week 8 in 2010.
-Wins were also notched by the Bengals, Saints, Redskins, Panthers, Lions, Patriots, Eagles, Cardinals, and Chargers.
December 19
Monday saw a pair of Top 15 teams go down in flames, with one losing its perfect record.
-#10 Marquette was stunned by a better-than-expected LSU team, 67-59. LSU was helped by their FG% on the night, going 23-43 from the field.
-#11 Kansas was also upset, this at the hands of perennial stunner Davidson, 80-74. The two teams went back and forth, Kansas seeming to match every run Davidson had. The only problem was, Davidson had more in them. Nik Cochran drained a clutch three from a different timezone to nail it down for the Wildcats. Cochran led with 21.
-Duke, North Carolina, Baylor, Florida, Indiana, Michigan St., Creighton, and UNLV all notched easy wins. Illinois almost fell to Cornell, and I still firmly believe this Illini team is not T25 material. Oh, and all the SWAC teams lost. Again.
NFL ROUNDUP:
-The San Fran 49ers proved they're legit with a sound defeat of Pittsburgh, 20-3. The game was delayed by a power outage then delayed yet again because of an outage. The 49ers still haven't allowed a single rushing TD all season. Impressive stuff. Big Ben struggled with his high ankle sprain, throwing 3 picks.
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