The State of Sports Dec 9th

-College Football

-Heisman Race
-I made the comment to Bosox guy on his site, about how Vince Young should win the Heisman. Then Texas played Texas A & M. Vince Youngs stats for the game were a indifferent performance of 13 for 24 with 162 passing yards and a touchdown. He was held to 11 rushes for 19 yards, 3 sacks, a long of 11 yards and no TD's. When he hasnt been effective on the ground, hes been good from the air, and when he hasnt been effective from the air, hes been good on the ground. In this game he totally made everyone believe in Reggie Bush. A running back that splits carries (with Lamar White) has rushed for averages of 138.2 rushing yards per game, and 9.6 yards per attempt. I need not go on because I really think you see mine and lots of other peoples points.

-Even more interresting is the poll that ESPN has on the College football site has the Heisman voting as follows: (USA-212,000 voters; Texas- 16,000)
-Bush- 76%; Young-19; Lienart-5%; In Texas (the only state that Young has) the voting is - Young- 52%, Bush- 46%; Lienart- 2%.



-Baseball Notes
- The Sox havent yet indicated as to what their intentions are with Andy Marte. The plan might be to trade him away to make a deal possible. I have heard people say that all day. When I mention the trade, they just go "Yeah, lets trade him away." I disagree. I read in the Herald that they just might want to hang onto him. The #5 rated prospect in the AAA league is just really a good trade for a team that is in desperate need for a small ball hitting shortstop. Yeah the Sox are eating salary, but they get rid of an unpopular player ( Please note I speak for the majority. I have always thought getting Renteria was a good move ), but they gain a lot more with this new prospect. Looks like they are looking to see if this guy can go to the outfieild instead of playing the corner infield position. We will see

-The Blue Jays are making the right moves to ensure they wont finish dead last in the AL East this year. With the signing of AJ Burnett, and Ryan, they are just strenghtening their middle of the road ball club. The Jays are really another starter away from being really good. They are finally trading Bush and Baptista away for whatever they can get for them. Thier offense is really solid, and should put up some runs this year. I just dont know whats going to happen with thier bullpen. Brandon League is going to emerge as the setup man in May. This guy just needs to find his fastball and sinkerball. I think League is going to be like Rincon two years ago, and Jessie Crain for the Twins last year. Hes going to just emerge as the guy in the 8th for the Jays. I am just wondering who else they have. They have a variety of people, its just you can never have enough quality bodies in the bullpen. We will see how Overbay does this year too.