Monday Riff

I don't want to call this a rant, nor do I want to call it general observations, so to steal a little phrase from a radio personality I will call this the riff (and yes this is how I am spelling it):

It is obvious that the NFC is the weaker of the two divisions after watching this past weekend playoff games.

If I had a $100 extra dollars I would bet it all on the Carolina Panthers to cover the +4 they are getting against Seattle this weekend.

I have seen some games that have been poorly officiated, but the Steelers vs. Colts might have been the worst officiated game I have ever seen, and it wasn't the amount of bad calls, because there really weren't a lot of them, just the ones that were made were so horrible that they have no equal.

When WVU's basketball team is hitting shots like they did against Marquette, NO ONE, and that means #1 Duke, #2 Florida, and #9 Pitt, can beat them.

I noticed that Maryland's basketball team cracked the top 25, now I could care less about basketball rankings, as they count for nothing, but for a team that has lost to every ranked team they have played (except for BC), they are getting a lot of respect from both the AP writers and coaches.

The last five minutes of the Steelers game was the craziest five minutes I have ever witnessed. I hurt my hand when the ref came back with his instant replay decision, I about had a nervous break down when the Bus fumbled and then a heart attack when the Colts missed their field goal attempt.

The Washington Redskins are not a playoff caliber team.

For some reason I don't remember the same talk about how the Steelers blew it last year when they lost after going 15-1 in the regular season like they are talking all about the Colts now.