Sweet Carolina Blues?

As winter begins to hit the country with its blustery weather and shorter and shorter days, we can all look forward to a new season of college basketball, which just kicked off. Tomorrow, viewers across the country get the pleasure of watching undoubtedly the best team in the country, the #1 North Carolina Tar Heels. Returning players include the ever quick Ty Lawson, pinpoint shooter Wayne Ellington, rebounding presence Marcus Ginyard, bench master Danny Green, and the man we all know as "Psycho T" Tyler Hansbrough. (Naismith Player of the Year in 2007) or the best player in the country to put it simply. As the Tarheels get set to take on the Kentucky Wildcats, who haven't started off well with a loss to VMI, the Tarheels get set to make yet another run at a national title as they seemingly always do. Why is this year any different you might ask? Well, experience is the answer. With the starting five all juniors or seniors, and in the last two years taking the team to the Elite 8 and the Final 4, the North Carolina Tar Heels are confident that this is the time to hang another banner up in those Dean Dome rafters. Besides, who can challenge the Heels this year? Kansas lost its talent as defending champion, Florida is still rebuilding, Duke and Pitt are waiting in the wings, UCLA is always lurking, but the point is, UNC is just too good right now for anyone. As it looks right now, expect flashes of the '05 season as Coach Roy Williams and the boys parading around Chapel Hill with another deserved title.

Can't Miss Sports Video

Here at the Sports Halo I'll be starting a new feature, providing a Can't Miss Sports video whenever one arises. (Site taken will be provided or link displayed.)

Today's video: OU gets blasted by Texas fans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7_OGWACKbA

Tennessee Titans: Ruling the Galaxy Undefeated?

Titans in ancient myth were beings that ruled over their galaxy, being more powerful than any who came before them, and that exactly what they are trying to prove down in Tennessee in 2008. Heading into Week 11 of the NFL season, the Titans have surprised us all by pulling off win after win, culminating right now with a 9-0 record. Yet perhaps the most shocking to us all, or to me at least, is that the Titans are streaking to a seat next to the '07 Patriots while going through the AFC South, one of the more tougher divisions in football. Well all know that the Patriots were one of the best teams in history, but last year's Jets, Bills, and Fins weren't much of a test. The Titans have outplayed players like Peyton Manning, Maurice Jones-Drew, Joseph Addai, Reggie Wayne, David Garrard, the list goes on and on. But they aren't done, and once again, we have a team gunning for perfection nearing the close of the regular season. But can they do it? With a remaining schedule of the Jaguars, Jets, Lions, Browns, Texans, Steelers, and finally the Colts, the odds are against them as they go on the road 4 out of the next 7 final weeks. Still, we are looking at a team that allows just over 13 points a game, the best in the league, so maybe at the end of January we still won't be wondering just how good the Titans are.

Back Again

Hey guys, although its been awhile, I've decided to come back and keep on writing here. Even though the landscape of sports has changed drastically while I was gone, I'll do my best to fill you in on a daily basis.

Girardi or Torre?

With the latest shakeup in Major League baseball coaching spots, the most interesting has to be Joe Torre heading west to L.A., and the famed Joe Girardi taking his place with the New York Yankees. Both are excellent coaches, Torre with several World Series rings in his possession, and Girardi recently was named Coach of the Year for the A.L. Now, with both coaches in ideal berths for pennant chases, which will be more successful? Girardi has inherited possibly the winningest franchise in all of North American sports, but with departures of Pettite, Rodriguez, possibly Roger Clemens, and Joe Torre himself, can Joe Girardi doe what Torre could not in the last several years: make it past the ALCS and more importantly, win another World Series for the Bronx. Yet on the opposite coast, the older Joe has given the Dodger organization quite a stir, he has the components with the young players and solid pitching, but Torre's challenge sums up to this: Can his managerial talents stand up to the frustrating years the Dodgers have showcased in the recent past.

In this situation, I want to go with Girardi and the Bombers, but there isn't enough talent that shows me that they can survive and keep their heads above water, especially with their arch-rival and defending World Champion Boston Red Sox looking to push them away as the season will progress. So I guess I'm going to have to say sorry to the Joes; Girardi, you need some time to fill those big ol' shoes Torre left for you, and Torre, your crew out west isn't the hottest thing I can see. Maybe next year guys.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! To all you sports fans, from tip off of the NBA season to the Red Sox World Series, or some iced up fun, have blast this Halloween!

Its ROCKTOBER!

For over a decade, fans of the Colorado Rockies haven't had much to cheer about, and they're now getting it all in one sitting. Young stars and older ones alike such as Todd Helton, Matt Holliday, Troy Tullowitzky, Garret Atkins, Yorvit Torrealba have given the Rockies the most memorable year in their history. They had won 1 postseason game in 13 years, now they have won 7 in a row. They had never made an appearance in the NLCS, and never a berth in a World Series, and now they have. Losing only 1 game in almost two months, the Rockies are proving the country and the world....


ITS ROCKTOBER!