Tony Romo. The Dallas Cowboys QB led his team to victory yesterday after he drove them down the field for the game winning score at Detroit. His last TD pass came to TE Jason Witten, who had caught 14 passes in the game but his 15th was the biggest. Dallas played a terrible game and still won. They look like the clear favorite to play the winner of the AFC (Pats...) in the Super Bowl.
New England was back to business after they dismantled the Steelers, who were supposed to be the biggest challenge remaining for Bill Belichick and company. They rolled again and Randy Moss has a league leading 19 TD catches. What a offensive year this has been for the league. Pittsburgh sinks back to 9-4 and will play in the Game of the Week next Sunday against the 9-4 Jacksonville Jaguars.
San Diego is quietly coming back to form after their comeback win at Tennessee. What really hurts about this team was when QB Philip Rivers tried to sit down next to RB LaDainian Tomlinson. Tomlinson stood up and walked away with a look of disgust on his face. If that is how the QB/RB relationship is in San Diego, than they have some trouble
Changing gears towards College Basketball
Jordan Hill really emerged this past weekend as a force for Arizona in the post. The sophomore had 23 points and 14 rebounds in a huge overtime win on a neutral court (Well, Chicago is close to Urbana-Champaign) against Illinois. In a game where sophomore Chase Budinger's first FG came in OT, they needed Hill to keep it close and hold until Budinger and freshman Jerryd Bayless stepped up, which they did and they won.
Dayton showed that they can compete with Xavier in the Atlantic Ten with their big win on the road against Louisville, denying Rick Pitino's 500th victory. They played great team defense in neutralizing Edgar Sosa and forcing 15 Cardinal turnovers. Senior guard Brian Roberts poured in 28 points and more importantly did not turnover the ball in 37 minutes of play. Mark down January and February 24th, when Xavier plays Dayton at home and then in Feb. goes to them on the road.
Pittsburgh escaped the cold and dreary Pacific Northwest with a 75-74 victory at Washington. PG Justin Dentmon's runner at the buzzer was disallowed after further video review. F Sam Young has been leading this team so far this season but took a step back this game to showoff teammates Levance Fields and DeJuan Blair. Fields had been quiet in the early part of this season but showed his NYC toughness with 20 points on just 7-9 FG shooting. Blair, a freshman, had 19 points and 14 rebounds to help fight off the strong inside game of Washington led by Jon Brockman.
Butler fell to Wright State on the road as the always Cinderella Bulldogs got beat by another mid-major. Everyone is so good in these mid-major conferences (Horizon, MAC, Missouri Valley) that whoever does get the automatic bid in March really are good enough to knock off the third or fourth best team in a BCS conference.
Bowl projections later in the week...
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