National Championship game started slow with no scoring in the first quarter and in the second quarter everything went haywire as the Ducks got a field goal for the first 3 points of the game and then Cammie Cam hit Kodi Burns for a 35 yard TD and before you could blink the Ducks were knocking on the Tigers goal line. It was lead by a Thomas completion to Maehl for 81 yards to get them to the Tigers 12 yard line and then Thomas completes a TD pass to James for 8 yards to give the Ducks a 9-7 lead and then they go for a 2-point conversion which is good as Beard runs into the end zone so it is 11-7 for the Ducks. Then the Tigers went down the field and get stopped at the 1 yard on fourth down and the Ducks got the ball out to the 8 or 9 yard line but a penalty brought it back to the half yard line and then James tries to run out of the end zone but does not make it and the Tigers get a safety (2 PTS) to make it 11-9 and the Tigers get the ball too and they go down the field where Cammie Cam completes a 30-yard TD pass to Blake to give the Tigers the lead 16-11 going into the half. To start the third the Tigers go down the field and kick a 28-yard field goal to make it 19-11 and the Tigers D attacked Thomas time after time through out the game especially in the third quarter while the Tigers controlled the game into the fourth quarter but they could not close it out. So the Ducks got the ball back late in the quarter when Cammie Cam lost the ball and the Ducks recovered it and move down the field and get a big play as Thomas completes a 29 yard pass to Davis to get it to the 11 yard line of the Tigers and James run it in from the 2 to make it 19-17 so the Ducks go for 2 again as Thomas completes to Maehl to tie the game at 19. Then it got really crazy as Michael Dyer had 2 big runs of 37 yards to get it to the 23 yard line of the Ducks and then 16 yards to get it to the 1 yard line and almost in which meant to they could run the clock down for the last play a 19 yard field goal that was good and the Tigers are #1 for 2010 in the NCAA. Cammie Cam's Juice was really sweet as he did it through the air (20 of 34 for 265 with 2 TD and an INT) and on the ground (22 rushes for 65) while Micheal Dyer was also good on the ground (22 rushes for 143) andJeff Maehl (9 receptions for 133) was good too but Darron Thomas (27 of 40 for 363 with 2 TD and 2 ints).
Tomas Kaberle is a defensive defense and he has had a nice season where he has being only a minus 1 and is on pace to be around his usually point totals as he has a goal and 27 assists in 40 games and averages over 20 minutes in almost every game he plays. In his career he usually has 50 + points but the goals are down for him this season with only 1 when he has had 7 to 11 goals a season and he will get more respect next year when he signs with another team that is much better than the Leafs are. He will have a better +/- because the team will keep the puck out of their nets better and he will probably not shot the puck very much but will get more points through assists and he may have a chance to become a North trophy candidates. He has been a good soilder for the Leafs even though GM Brain Burke tried to trade him two different summers and was asking to much for him and it was all over the news for the whole summer for one summer and then it happened the very next summer as well and is the reason Tomas will be going elsewhere.
Miami Dolphins owner Stephen M. Ross made a very stupid decision last week when he offered Jim Harbaugh 3 year deal to coach the team next year @ over 7 million a season and this is not the stupid that came when you realize that the Dolphins already have a head coach for next season (if there is a season figures crossed everyone) and his name is Tony Sparano. So Ross went out and tried to get the new hot head coaching candidate without even sending your current head coach packing that is one of the stupid things I have heard in a long time and Harbaugh was not the only head coaching candidate he went after as he also tried to get former Pittsburgh Steelers long time head coach Bill Cowher (isn't the steelers having only 3 head coaches in franchise history amazing)as well. So in the end Ross had to crawl back to Tony Sparano and try to smooth things over with him and the way he did this is by giving a head coach he really believes he can do better then a 2-year contract extension.
In other news the Oakland Raiders have 29 players going into free agency this off-season and I guess Al Davis is thinking of 1 of 2 things and the first maybe going into free agency to better the team (could be good or like other times could be a massive headache) or 2 maybe he believes that there maybe no season next year and lets hope he is completely wrong about that.
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Tom Mehegan
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