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Big 12 – Baylor & TCU Won’t Get Into the College Football Playoff
By being a 10-team conference without a championship game, the Big 12 doomed both Baylor and TCU, the co-champions with one loss each, to do some cheap politicking in an attempt to convince the committee each one deserves to be in the college football playoff, but it’s not going to work, and it shouldn’t.
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Ohio State Over Wisconsin – Big Ten Champions & Deserving Playoff Team
Despite the predictions of doom in the week leading up to the game, Ohio State crushed it out of the ball park, beating Wisconsin 59-0 with Cardale Jones, a third-stringer, starting at quarterback and doing a perfect job of leading the Buckeyes to win the Big Ten Championship game and doing enough to make it into the playoff.
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College Football – Playoff Decision Becomes Clear & Simple
The results of championship week in the 2014 college football season made it very clear who should be ranked in the top 4 by the committee and be placed in the first ever college football playoff: Alabama, Oregon and Florida State are in without any argument, while Ohio State deserves the final spot for winning the Big Ten championship game, leaving TCU and Baylor out, despite their co-hold on the Big 12 title.
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College Football – Championship Week Scores
A busy weekend of championship games gave us Oregon (Pac-12), Alabama (SEC), Florida State (ACC) and Ohio State as conference champions through real final games, while TCU and Baylor share the Big 12 title in a conference that doesn’t have a title game.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin Plays Well but Little; Kobe Bryant Has a Regular Day
With rumors of trading or benching, Jeremy Lin actually played well in the short time he was on the floor as the Los Angeles Lakers lost 113-96 to the Boston Celtics, while Kobe Bryant had another one of those days with plenty of points and shots, not actually influencing the game.
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San Antonio Spurs – Tim Duncan Gets Old With Style
The San Antonio Spurs usually do very well against the Memphis Grizzlies, and a Tim Duncan triple double led the defending NBA champions to a 107-101 win on the road, the first team to beat the Grizzlies at home this season.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Can Suck Against the Worst NBA Team
It’s going to be a rough road to recovery for Kevin Durant, but luckily for him Russell Westbrook doesn’t mind shouldering the scoring load – he welcomes it, especially in an easy game against the Philadelphia 76ers which the Oklahoma City Thunder won 103-91.
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Cleveland Cavaliers – LeBron James The One to Beat Once Again
The hardships of his reunion with Cleveland Cavaliers are gone. LeBron James is playing MVP-like basketball for some time now, leading his team to an East-shaking victory over the supposed best, Toronto Raptors.
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Kentucky Over Texas – First Time it Got a Little Bit Difficult
The number one Kentucky Wildcats carry on with their cruise towards winning the College Basketball championship with the deepest team ever assembled, beating number seven Texas 63-51 in what was their most difficult challenge so far this season.
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Oregon Over Arizona – Better Team Pac-12 Champions; Going to the Playoff
It’s worth arguing that Oregon have been the best team in the nation for the last few years only rarely getting the opportunity to show it. Their Pac-12 Championship game win over Arizona, which packed style with revenge as Marcus Mariota showed everyone why he’s going to win the Heisman trophy, finally puts them in a position to win it all by making it into the College Football Playoff.