A strange occurrence took place Sunday. I -- a Browns fan -- was consoling a Steelers fan. Scary, huh?
I stressed not to panic after the Steelers' 23-20 loss to Cincinnati. Sure Baltimore is 3-0, but two of those wins came against bad teams, including my pathetic Browns.
There also was a silver lining in the Steelers falling to 1-2. That was Willie Parker and the running game showing some life. If you ask me, that's concern No. 1 if the Steelers hope to have a chance at repeating.
-- Matt Goul
So Michigan beats Notre Dame in a game pitting my two least favorite college football teams (and I'm guessing I'm not alone in that opinion).
For the benefit of Big Ten reputation, I half-heartedly pulled for the Wolverines to beat the Golden Domers, which they did thanks to Tate Forcier's touchdown toss and some shoddy Irish defense.
But then Michigan's Jonas Mouton throws a punch and connects on the chin of Notre Dame's Eric Olsen. At first, Rich Rod denies knowledge of it and then doesn't bother to discipline the linebacker. What a joke!
He sure has embraced the Michigan way, hasn't he?
--Tom Hunt
Derek Jeter is a great, clutch baseball player.
The sure-fire future Hall of Famer will soon become the Yankees all-time franchise hits leader, an impressive stat to say the least.
However, despite the Yanks running away with baseball's best record, Jeter is not the American League MVP for 2009 as some would suggest.
Barring a total collapse, anyone who doesn't vote for the Twins' Joe Mauer should have their voting privileges taken away.
Mauer is hitting a robust .367 entering play on Thursday and has 82 RBIs on a team not nearly as good as the one Jeter gets to play for.
Also (sorry New York fans) Mauer fields his position much better than Jeter and to post such incredible offensive numbers as a catcher is downright scary.
Without Jeter, the Yankees still win the East. Without Mauer, Minnesota is well below .500 and is playing September call-ups by now.
