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Manchester City vs Manchester United: Sergio Aguero & Yaya Toure Rule the Derby
Not having Robin van Persie isn’t an excuse for how Manchester United looked during the first 60 minutes of the Manchester Derby, finding themselves foru goals behind Manchester City, enjoying a huge game from Yaya Toure in the midfield and Sergio Aguero in the attack, with the Argentine scoring twice, helped by Toure and Samir Nasri before Wayne Rooney pegged back for the visitors resulting in 4-1 finish.
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Miami Heat – Dwyane Wade Losing Weight to Remain a Champion
Anything for the Miami Heat, and everything to remain an important part of a championship team. Maybe the answer to the problems Dwyane Wade has been having with his knees over the last couple of seasons is simply losing weight.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin is the Key to Winning a Championship
Maybe the most important duo next season for the Houston Rockets is going to involve Jeremy Lin and Dwight Howard, while James Harden takes a backseat, at least in terms of vitality to the chances of the team’s success, as his quality and consistency is less in doubt.
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USC Trojans – Marqise Lee Wasted on a Terrible Offense
No one is excited with a 3-1 record at USC, especially when their offense, led by Cody Kessler this time, continues to look bad (or worse), wasting away the talents of a talent like wide receiver Marqise Lee.
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Texas A&M Aggies – Johnny Manziel Back on the Road to the Heisman
Voters get bored quickly and don’t often give Heisman trophies to the same player more than once. In fact, Archie Griffin is the only one to get it twice, back-to-back. Johnny Manziel might not be leading Texas A&M to a national championship, but there’s no reason to ignore he’s the best player in College Football.
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Texas Longhorns – Johnathan Gray Buys Mack Brown Some Time
Thanks to Johnathan Gray having a strong day on the ground and David Ash not making any foolish mistakes, the pressure is slightly off of Mack Brown to turn in the keys to the Texas Football program, although it wasn’t convincing enough to make anyone think that this season is going to end with optimism and plenty of smiles.
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Stanford Cardinal – Superior in Every Possible Way
We’re going to have to wait a little while before we find out whether or not Stanford are once again the best team in the Pac-12, but for now, and the crop of opponents they’re facing, they seem to have an edge in almost every possible aspect, whether it comes to their defense, special teams or the running game led by Tyler Gaffney.
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Notre Dame Fighting Irish – Winning Ugly is Their Only Option
It seems that this current age of Notre Dame football has nothing to do with offensive players that will go down in history. Tommy Rees isn’t the answer to last year’s problem, and Cam McDaniel isn’t the guy who’ll torch the field with his feet. However, there’s enough spirit, defense and hustle to get through games in which the opponent isn’t going to do much better either.
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Michigan Wolverines – Close Calls Won’t Always Go Their Way
It seems Michigan are determined to tempt fate and keep games against much inferior opponents closer than they should be, as Devin Gardner continues to make mistake after mistake while the personnel tries to find new excuses for reasons to these poor performances, which won’t take them very far once the Big Ten conference schedule begins for them.
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LSU Tigers – Jeremy Hill Makes it Impossible to Ignore Them
The Tiger derby of the SEC West used to be a bigger event on the College Football national calendar, but times change. What hasn’t changed is LSU being a major part of the SEC championship picture, even if they aren’t often mentioned along with the others, and have the defense and ground game, especially with Jeremy Hill, to prove the doubters wrong.