Morning Munchies: Boston Heads To World Series, New England Dominance and B.C. Hops to No. 2

- Baseball, Football, Morning Munchies -

Boston overcame a 3-1 series deficit to defeat Cleveland in 7 games, concluding last night with an 11-2 victory at Fenway. If you were up late last night you were able to watch two fun finishes in sports.
Trying to sort out what it takes to get bumped up in the BCS ranks — maybe everyone should schedule more bye weeks!
The Patriots reached the “puff” game of their year, crushing the “not quite up to the skill level of ‘72″ Dolphins 49-28 yesterday, with Pats QB Tom Brady tossing 6 TDs (2 to Randy Moss). Stop cheating, Pats. Seriously.
Despite only gaining 160 yards for the entire game, the Redskins managed to squeak by the Cardinals 21-19 to remain afloat in the NFC’s best division. New England on the tab for Week 8…
The Eagles lost 19-16, thanks to a late-game, 97-yard drive by Brian Griese and the Bears, a drive in which the team had no time-outs and, oh yeah, Griese’s headset was broken… so he called the entire sequence. Grossman, who?
(Sidenote: my 9-year-old nephew, Dejon, is a Bears fan because of his dad. Last night, after the game, he called me from my sister’s cell phone and asked me, “how ’bout those Bears?” I quizzed him on who their QB and center is and… he answered correctly. Two things: 1 - You know your team’s fallen low when a kid is rubbing in losses and 2 - my nephew is a smarter sports fan than half of the people I know)
Sometimes when you join fantasy football leagues, you get offered lopsided trades in jest. This weekend, I was offered one I believed followed along the playful guidelines when I was offered: Matt Stover and Roddy White in exchange for my star receiver Torry Holt. Seriously? A kicker for a receiver? It was bizarre and my rejection notice was maybe a bit defensive but still… had he offered me Tennessee’s Bironas (kicked 8 FGs yesterday to help the team past Vince Young’s injury, and those pesky Texans) I still would not have made this trade. But should I have gotten a bit offended? Hmm… Kickers, though they break records on the occasion, get no fantasy football love!
An interview with ESPN.com’s editor-in-chief, Rob King.
Good luck picking this year’s Heismann. I say flip a coin but whatever you do, don’t let the fans vote! (Tebow would definitely win) We can only have so many American Idol-like voting competitions in the world before we implode.