Stomp, Stomp, Clap, Clap, Whoosh, UCF!

In November the big story in College Basketball, at least in Central Florida was Marcus Jordan and his shoes. UCF had a six year/ $3 Million contract with Adidas. All their athletes wore Adidas shoes and apparel. When Marcus was recruited, he was told he could wear his Dad's Nike Jordans. Fast forward to the week before the season, Adidas said if Marcus wore the Nike shoes it wold be breach of contract.

Well Marcus wore the shoes. The deal with Adidas that had another year on it is done. Was it worth it? How is Marcus' game paying off for UCF? It's too soon to tell, but let's compare his first year stats thus far to his father's first year at North Carolina. Just for kicks, I'll add his brother's stats too.

Marcus Jordan

2009-10 STATS
PPG	APG	3P%	RPG	BPG	SPG
4.8	1.8	.348	3	0.5	1.1

Michael Jordan

1981-82 STATS
PPG	APG	3P%	RPG	BPG	SPG
13.5	1.8	.	4.4	0.2	1.2

Jeff Jordan

2007-08 STATS
PPG	APG	3P%	RPG	BPG	SPG
1	0.3	.333	0.5	.	0.2

Micheal has the best numbers, but Marcus has better numbers than his brother. Call me crazy, but I don't see Marcus hitting the game winning shot to win the NCAA Championship game next season. Are the Nike shoe helping Marcus' game that much? Would he not be able to average his whooping 4.8 PPG in the Adidas shoe?

Time will tell whether it was a good move or not. Personally, if I was Marcus, I would have worn the Adidas shoe. Basketball is a team sport. Be part of the team. Wear what the team wears. Not to mention, I would have taken the chance that I was good enough to go pro and become the face of Adidas when I get there.

If Jeff turns pro, he can become the face of Reebok. Then no matter what brand of shoe is purchased the Jordan family would get money. The first family of sneakers...What? It could happen! It's all about the shoes. Is it the shoes? It's the shoes right? Money it's gotta be the shoes!

Tiger, Tiger, Tiger Woods Y'all

I can't see Tiger Woods or hear his name without picturing Chris Rock in 'Down to Earth' popping into the room in his golf gear.



Since about noon on Black Friday, everyone has been talking about Tiger Woods. Tiger Woods now holds the record for consecutive days on the front page of the New York Post. The previous title holder? 9/11. Are you kidding me??? Tiger Woods extramarital affairs are more news worthy than 9/11? Disgusting.

Let me get the rest of my Tiger Woods aggression out of my system and you'll never hear about him from me again. I want to call a few people out or as the kids say these days, put a few people on blast!

First up, women in news media, I call you out. When the story first broke, women in news media everywhere said "How could Tiger cheat on his wife? She's a Swedish model. She's so beautiful." These are the same women who say "Looks aren't everything. It's what's on the inside that counts." Let me say up front that cheating is wrong and Tiger is a scumbag, but if you really feel that looks don't matter, then why would you mention how hot Tiger's wife is? It's irrelevant. Looks matter or they don't. You can't have it both ways.

Next up, Tiger Woods, I call you out. I realize Tiger Woods never has to work another day in his life and as long as he manages his finances properly, his children (the legitimate ones anyway) will never have to work a day in their lives. His great grandchildren will never have to work for that matter. If he wants, he has enough money to spend the rest of his life behind closed doors. I don't think he wants that. He is too close to being the winningest golfer of all time. He wants it. He'll be back.

But where has he been? Why no speaking to the media? Why put out a statement that you are taking an indefinite leave from golf during your off-season? Who is advising this guy? He needs to take a page from David Letterman's book. His story broke on a Friday, on Monday's show he spoke about it. On Tuesday it was a dead story.

This Tiger story has grown wings. According to the New York Post, it's bigger than 9/11. He needs to do us all a favor and face the media now. He cheated (a lot), he got caught, now be a man and take your medicine. This story will never go away. If he comes back to golf in March 2010 or March 2015, he will still have to answer questions about it. Get it over with.

That's all I have to say about that. If I don't write again before hand, have a Merry Christmas.

It's a tough choice

Would you rather be kicked in the boys by a mule or put your arm in a cage with hungry lion? As a Mets fan, that is the dilemma I find myself in. The Yankees and Phillies are paying in the World Series. How can a Mets fan cheer for either team?

In the American League you have the Yankees. The team that started the spend, spend, spend trend and ran the cost of ticket prices through the roof. The team lead by a bat throwing, roid rage righty that beat us in the 2000 World Series. The team that gets all the respect and publicity in NY. The team who has some of the most obnoxious and ignorant fans in the league.

In the National league you have the defending World Series Champion Phillies. The team who only deserved 1 of their last 3 playoff appearances. The Mets choked so bad in 2007 and 2008, they gave up their playoff spot to the Phillies. The team who has even worse behaving fans than the Yankees. As a visiting fan, you cannot enjoy a game in Citizen's Bank Ballpark or the old Vets Stadium. You may not even be lucky enough to escape without injury.

Would you rather french kiss your cousin or punch your grandmother in the face? How do you even enjoy watching the World Series with these two teams in it? Who do you want to see win? I decided to pull for the Yankees. I can't stand the Phillies. They are an NL East rival. They carry themselves with an unearned & undeserved swagger and their fans are worse then the players. Being from NY, I have been assaulted by Yankees coverage my whole life. If it weren't for the fans, there is a lot to like about them. If it weren't for the fans, I could see myself being happy for the Yankees when they accomplish something. If it weren't for the fans.

I'd like to see the Yankees win. They have great players and unlike on other teams in the league, their great players & high priced free-agents perform. I can't hate on A-Rod for signing a $275 million contract. If someone wanted to pay you 27 million dollars a year to do your job would you turn it down? When did you suddenly decide to hate money?

It's hard to dislike Jeter, but Tim McCarver can drive anyone to hate him. I'm so sick of McCarver treating Jeter like he's the second coming. I will say it now, Jeter is the best SS of our time. It's not about that. He makes the plays on the field and hustles down the line on every ball hit. Your kids should play like him. The Mets should hustle like him. (See Timo Perez game 1 2000 WS) "The Toss & phantom tag" vs Oakland. A great play yes. But Jeter was out of position. Don't praise him for making the running backhanded flip, get on him like you would any other player for not being in position. I'd also like to add, Giambi although he should have slid, was never tagged out. Show me on the replay where contact was made. "Jumping into the crowd" You cannot take the ball out of play. Runners advance one base when this occurs. Stay on the playing field, but again, gotta love the hustle. McCarver has been a lot better this post season. His Jeter love has been kept to a minimum.

I'm starting to feel dirty writing this so I'll cut it short. In game 6, I'd like to see Pedro throw 5 or 6 shutout innings then have the Yanks go off on Chan Ho Park and win it all. If it comes down to game 7, it's anybody's game. I can see Cliff Lee coming out of the bullpen to shut them down in game 7 similar to Shilling-Johnson game 7 in the 2001 World Series. The Yanks need to put them away in game 6 and not chance a game 7.

Good luck to both teams and Bud, there is still time to lock them out or cancel the rest of the series. Just putting it out there. Play with it, toss it around. If you don't like it, send it right back.