Well, the last few evenings were nights for which the TV remote was invented. Friday featured two Wild Card Playoff baseball games and Pitt-Syracuse football, and last night was incredible: two playoff baseball games, WVU-Texas, Notre Dame-Miami, Ohio-Nebraska, Georgia-South Carolina all on at the same time. Unbelievable, though, that at any given time during all of those games, at least four of the five events would be in a commercial break at the same time. Maddening!
I found myself glued to the West Virginia's 48-45 win over Texas. The Mountaineers are certainly making their presence known in their debut season in the Big 12, and "explosive" doesn't even begin to describe them. Quarterback Geno Smith, deservedly, gets all the attention and hype, but I was equally impressed with RB Andrew Buie. They are certainly entertaining, but Smith and Co. will need to stay on top of their games because the WVU defense appears to have a lot of shortcomings. Still, they are an entertaining bunch to watch.
And a shout out to Bill O'Brien's Penn State squad in defeating previously undefeated Northwestern.
The Steelers face what might be termed a critical game with the Eagles today. Lose, and they fall to 1-3 in a division where both the Ravens and Bengals could be 4-1 by the close of business today. James Harrison and Troy Polamalu return to a defense that sorely needs their presence. I'll call for a Steelers win today, but I don't think it will be easy.
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