New name, makes it better

I just wanted to take some time and offer my thoughts on the points made by my loyal fan, John.

I understand some may think I am crazy for picking the 49ers to be the last seed to make the NFC playoffs, but here is why I made that decision.

This will be the fourth season that head coach Mike "Rollin with" Nolan has been with the 49ers. Every season since he has been coach their record has improved. Having been 1-15 the year before he came in. Then it went as follows: 2-14, 4-12 to 7-9 last season.

Now, having improved every season since and this past off season being the best under his helm, it is not a stretch to say the 49ers could be the last seed in the NFC playoffs. Yes, there will be many teams fighting for that last spot, probably having a record around 8-8 or 9-7, I have faith in the up and coming 49ers to get back to the glory days in the next few years. So that being said, I might be on a 49er high, but picking them to finish that high is not a stretch in my mind.

I know I didn't come up with a no name to win the MVP because the certain players I choose are just dominate players in the league right now. One name I did leave off is Rams QB Mark Bulger. I think the Rams will surprise people this season and have a good season and win the NFC West behind the lead of Bulger and Jackson.

Daniel Graham? He is to old and not explosive enough to have a note worthy great season. Yes, the Broncos use their Tight End a lot, but he isn't that break through stand out player. Shockey on the other hand is a good point. I do agree he could have a good season, if he stays healthy, which has been holding him back the past few seasons. I think he is due to have a good season and will have to do so in order to help the Giants win this season.

As for the Fins, yeah they have a good defense, but it is always tough for a new head coach to have a good season. Their QB is to old and I don't think they have enough talent outside Ronnie Brown on offense to help them to a good record. The Jets have a new look offense, having added RB Thomas Jones and with Chad Pennington finally healthy they will win the second spot in the division holding off the Buffalo Bills. The Bills have a decent defense and a under the radar offense. Their wide receivers are underrated and are very explosive. I'm not saying they are going to have a terrible record, in fact all three of the teams will probably finish either with the same records or one or two games separated between them.

The US Open is not on a level of the World Series, you just can't compare the two. Yet, the US Open is under way and today 1 seed Roger Federer takes on 5 seed Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals. To bad for Roddick as he only have one career win versus Federer, and with Federer being the best player in the game right now, Roddick will have to be mistake free and be hitting 140 to 150 on his serve the whole match.

On the Women's side, 1 seed Justine Henin defeated 8 seed Serena Williams in straight sets. Henin is just the best woman's player at the moment. Defending champ Maria Sharapova was upset in the third round.

It's hard to talk about tennis, but don't even say the Open is not on the World Series' level. It might be as good as a regular season game, but the baseball playoffs is the best baseball around. It's just hands down been around for more than a century and is called America's Past Time; simple as that.

Now for this new thought about the NBA taking on a season similar to the Tennis series. I'm not sure about that idea. Maybe if you had the tournaments towards the end of the season just before the Finals. You would have to have a regular season in order to pair teams against each other in the double elimination tournament. Actually, that would be a good idea for the playoffs. Maybe have the top twenty teams and put them in the tournament and have them battle down to the final four and then have the regular best of 7 or best of 5 and then best of 7 for the NBA Finals.

When I think of this thought, the College football BCS comes to mind. All we hear about is if College Football is going to have a playoff system, but it always gets pushed aside to the next season to talk about it. I would like to see a playoff system in college football because if there were teams with identical records and such, it shouldn't be all about your strength of schedule because every team plays every team different, hence App State beating Michigan. That doesn't say Michigan is a bad team, it says every team play every team different. And why they dropped out of the top 25 rankings was bogus to me. That's why I don't like the college football system, it's bogus and out of whack.

Say Ohio State and Michigan played the first week and they were ranked 2 and 3. Michigan(3) won the game, Ohio State would probably fallen to like number 10 or so in the polls. Why is that because it was two of the top teams in the nation? Technically that is what they would say yes. What about if number 1 USC lost to unranked Notre Dame? Would USC drop out of the polls, probably not. It's just a big scam to me. Make a playoff system in college football. Reduce regular season games to 8 for every team and have December as the month for the playoffs. At least give it a try one season. Come up with some type of playoff system and give it a try and if it ends up being similar results to the crappy BCS system, then so be it. BCS is whack.

Anyways, I forgot to mention the other day that Team USA won the FIBA America's Tournament dismantling Argentina to win the Gold Medal and they are now qualified for next year's Summer Olympics in China.

NFL season Kicks Off tomorrow night! Let's go my crappy fantasy team.