The Scorecard #5

High School: The Playoffs roll on... West High, Lone Tree and Solon all went down (City High went down as well to Cedar Falls) so the only team left in the hunt for Iowa City is Ridiculous Regina whom I believe has a date with Mighty Mediapolis in the next round. Both of them are undefeated.

College: First of all- Iowa won! That was very gratifying to see- our defense showed up in a big way and contained Denard Robinson and although the last two minutes were pulse-pounding and nail biting, Coach Ferentz in an admittedly ballsy move, put it on the defense and they delivered. So we're Bowl eligible and technically still alive in the hunt for the Legends Division title. But Michigan State is going to be tough (how tough is an interesting question, but we'll find out Saturday) and then hopefully we can ride the momentum into at least one win on the road. We've got to be able to figure out the whole road thing at some point, right?

Second of all- the much bally-hooed 'Game Of The Century' between 'Bama and LSU was anything but. I had a feeling it was going to be a defensive struggle and sure enough, if 'Bama had actually made one or two of the five field goals they missed, it could have been a different game. Oklahoma State continued its winning ways as did Stanford (both of whom would be a lot of fun to watch against an LSU or 'Bama in a title game) and Boise State has a big test lurking against TCU at home next week.

Pros: I was finally home long enough to soak up some of that NFL Sunday Ticket we snagged with our Direct TV package. Daddy like. Daddy like quite a bit- even though Denver won against Oakland, which will undoubtedly spark yet another week of tiresome, never ending debate about Tim Tebow and you know, what he's all about. (The Vikings were off this week.) Another pleasant surprise: the 7-1 San Francisco 49ers. I'm glad they're showing signs of life again- I dodged the Joe Montana bullet when I was a kid- though I do remember how awesome they were back in the day. My 'team' apart from the Vikings would indeed have to be the Broncos- and no, I don't care about Tim Tebow. The circular arguments make me crazy- the only way to know once and for all if he's going to succeed in the NFL is to let him try. And he's winning games... so I'd say, so far, so good- though he tried a couple of truly insane 'up the gut' style runs yesterday against Oakland that had me shaking my head a little bit, but it works out in the end.

Bonus Roundball: Holla ballas! Basketball is back... The Iowa Men were tested by Northwest Missouri State but pulled together and pulled away for a 20 point win and the Iowa Women (freshman Samantha Logic making her debut) pulled away in the second half to put Winona State away.