An Update

I'm alive, in case you all were wondering. Life has been rather hectic lately and in some ways I blame the election. Typically, I listen to sports radio on my commute to and from work, but the last couple of weeks I was listening to a lot of NPR and news radio.

But, that doesn't mean I haven't been following sports. I have. And though it's late, congrats to the San Francisco Giants on their World Series win. The story of how that team won is just simply amazing. Not as amazing as the 2011 Cardinals (sorry Giants fans, but Game 6 of the 2011 World Series was pretty epic). And, you know, it's okay. The Giants won in 2010. Cardinals won in 2011. Giants won in 2012 so...Cardinals in 2013? :-)

We're over halfway into the NFL season and it's becoming clearer as to which teams have a shot at the playoffs, and which ones have no chance or a long way to go.

Since I'm behind a few weeks, instead of my Top 10 Afterthoughts I'm just going to list my thoughts on the NFL as of today, in no particular order.

- Andrew Luck. The Colts are 6-4 after today's loss to the Pats. Granted, today's loss was abysmal. But no one expected the Colts to be here. They are a AFC Wild Card contender. You have to give props to Andrew Luck who has just been amazing. There is a lot of promise with this team in the future.

-The Rams tie a game against the 49'ers then lose to the...JETS. My heads hurts. How in the world can you almost, hell, had multiple times to beat the Niners and then bow down to the Jets at home. Completely unacceptable. I just....no.

- The Cowboys are what we thought they were...mediocre.

- Peyton Manning could lead this Bronco team to the playoffs. Some may say he isn't the Peyton they remember but...he's still good.

- Falcons lost to NO last week. They almost lost to Arizona today. Team to beat in the NFC? We'll see.

So all I've hard about lately is the whole Lakers fiasco of: Fire Brown, Don't hire Jackson, hire D'Antoni.

All I have to say is this: sure, Lakers fans wanted Jackson back. But would he have been a good fit with this team?

Also, how about them Irish? Notre Dame will likely hit #1 in the BCS this week thanks to losses by Kansas State and Oregon.

Was a weird week in college football. We'll see how things go.

That's all I have for now, more insights soon.