Random Thoughts........

MLB has really opened a can of worms with allowing instant replay for home run calls. Now people are saying additional replaying is needed due to the poor umpiring in the playoffs. Look, I admit the umpiring has been somewhat poor (Joe Mauer's double being called foul despite an umpire 10 feet from it) but that is no reason to start overreacting. There is nothing more arbitrary in sports than an umpire's decision is to call a ball or a strike or whether or not a runner beat a throw to a bag in a bang-bang play. Baseball games take long enough already (has there been a postseason game under 4 hours yet). Human element has and always be a part of a game. Besides, Minnesota had the bases loaded with no out and still could not score against the Yankees in the top of the 11th.

Due to Quentin Castille's infatuation with a bong (allegedly) and Rex Burkhead "going to be out a while", Nebraska has become very thin at Runningback. Only Austin Ward and Lester James have seen action besides Roy Helu; therefore, if the best option for Nebraska is to burn the redshirt of Dontrayevous Robinson, then go ahead and do it.

How bad are the Oakland Raiders? Well, playing the Raiders felt like more of a practice to New York Giant’s defender Antonio Pierce. Then again, the Raiders beat the Chiefs in Kansas City during week 2. Speaking of the Chiefs, they are 0-5, and their Missouri counterpart, the Rams are 0-5. If both teams go 0-16, a mandatory additional regular season game should be played between the two teams with the proceeds of the ticket costs being donated to the Ronald McDonald Foundation. Someone should at least benefit from these two fan bases suffering.

Remember that horrible game the Broncos and Bengals played in week 1, which was highlighted by that incredible tipped Hail Mary touchdown pass from Kyle Orton to Brendan Stokley? Well, since then the two teams have combined to go 8-0. Did anybody think that would happen? If you say you did, you are lying.

I am so signed off on the fact that the Yankees are going to win the World Series I am not going to bother with anymore postseason predictions.

Nebraska basketball was picked to finished 11th in the Big 12 conference, by the coaches. Outside of Kansas and Texas, nobody is going to be proven in the Big 12 so it is not a good sign that Bill Self, Rick Barnes, and Co. do not think much of Doc Sadler’s crew this year. By the way, this year’s version of, “Which College Basketball team in Nebraska sucks the least” takes place on December 6 when Nebraska travels to Omaha to play Creighton. If you disagree with me on the title of this game, go find a tape of last years game and get back to me.