Winter

This week is the last week of school until winter break and it really doesn't feel like it. Two weeks from now I will be sad and really missing all that extra sleep I could of had, but I hope to make these days count. Many can't wait till school is over or until they are in college but I am the opposite not wanting days to go by as quickly trying to enjoy my final 2 and half years of high school.

Back to football talk now. The Forty Niners laid the wood against the Cardinals and one of the ESPN writers is quoted to saying that the owner of the Cardinals only owns the team 363 days a year, the Niners own them the other two. That basically sums up the season for the Forty Niners as they either do great against a team or completely suck and can't do anything football related to save their lives. When the Niners beat the Cardinals 24-9 on Monday on National Television cemented their place in the eyes of all football watchers across the US. They are for real and here to stay with a bright future of young players coming up as the next generation of 49er's football. A good sign.

The raiders are officially tired of JaMarcus Russel as they have benched him for their 3rd string quarterback after Bruce Gradkowski went down with a knee injury last week against the Redskins. He couldn't move the team down the field and the Raiders didn't score a point the entire time Russel was in. If that's not a sign of how bad he is, I don't know what is. Al Davis must have seen the billboard asking for him to make some changes and took it to heart. Thank you Al for doing what's best for the team.

Hyrbid

This is what I would like to call a hybrid post. Many ideas will be focused on and talked or typed about. Speaking of hybrids, we had an interesting quick write today about selling body parts to sponsors to be "super human". I strongly disagreed with the fact that it was even possible, but upon further thinking, I realized it's closer than I expected. I was even more surprised to hear that many people in OUR English class would actually sell their body parts to make some extra money. Now, I don't know if they realize that they wouldn't be making that much because if you think about it, anybody can be experimented on so the sponsors probably won't be paying that much. Think of it like this, you are the sponsor. Would you rather pay 2 people for experimenting 5 million dollars each, or 1000 people 10000 dollars each? That's how they're looking at this, so if this ever happens, don't expect too much money for your not so precious body parts.

I said this was a hybrid so here is my second part. It's about the very prestigious Heisman awarded to the most outstanding college football player in the nation. I strongly believe that Stanford running back Toby Gerhart deserves the award and the award and I am a Cal fan so that should tell you something. He ran over ranked teams averaging 158 rush yards per game against ranked opponents and led the FBS (kind of like the NFL but for college) in rushing TD's with 26. That is dominance that can be all contributed to consistency. He never rushed for under 84 yards in a game this season and averaged 5.6 yards per rush. Now if you don't watch football, you may not understand what I am talking about, but to put it in perspective, it takes 10 yards to get a first down and if you average just under 6 yards per carry, that's a first down every 2 plays making you dangerously good and a lot of trouble for your opponents. If you are interested in watching the heisman presentation, it airs on ESPN Saturday night at 5 PT (8 ET).

Raider Fans Take A Stand

http://messagetoal.com/

That is the link to a website pleading with a sickly Al Davis to step down and hire a gm and a "Super Bowl Caliber" coach. They have even paid for a 5,000 plus dollar billboard seen here: http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4706922 . For all those disgruntled Raider fans out already sick of DHB and other draft busts (see JaMarcus Russel) thanks to Al, I urge to sign that petition and help send a message. If your sick of your head coach being caught up in investigations for beating another coach, then i urge you to sign that petition. Ok I think you get my point.

While they have looked somewhat impressive over the past couple of weeks, I highly doubt that was because of great GM-ing or coaching, rather great play with lots of passion. Who knows, maybe the whole Coach Cable thing motivated them to actually play better and make more a headline nationally other than your coach getting unneeded attention for an unnecessary distraction for his team. I mean can you imagine trying to play for a coach who isn't focused on football or even his team for that matter. They were pretty much on their own facing NFL teams. Not some pee-wee teams but players who are looking to kill and won't show any mercy. That's tough.

On a brighter Bay Area note, the 49ers won a game against a good team in the Jacksonville Jaguars. They beat them by a final score 20-3 after forcing 2 red zone fumbles on David Garrard. Frank Gore also continued his streak of games with a TD after a TD catch in the corner tapping his toes with a circus catch. After an impressive win such as that, one has to wonder if they are on their way to the playoffs. Now look at their team and their organization. A focused coach with good draft picks over the years with the exception of Alex Smith early in his career but it seems he is finally paying off for them with impressive showings each week since taking the starting job from Shaun Hill in Houston. Take note Raider fans or should i say Al Davis.