Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Some random thoughts...
...on an early Tuesday morning...Oil has dropped almost a hundred dollars a barrel since the Fourth of July! Who woulda thunk it?...According to Barron's, fund tracker Morningstar follows 11,585 U. S. and international equity mutual funds. How many are up on the year? Zero. Not even one out of almost 12,000!...I think yesterday's steep sell-off in the stock market following the light-volume rallies of last week could indicate that a bottom is forming. In bull markets slow gains are punctuated by sharp but short declines. And how about those bond yields?...The St. Francis Spartans won the Illinois 5A championship after finishing 3-6 last year and 0-9 the year before!...In college football, how can Oklahoma be ranked ahead of Texas when the Longhorns beat the Sooners on a neutral field?...And whither Notre Dame? Putting aside for a moment the fate of Charlie Weis, what is the future of football at ND? Can they regain the glory of yesteryear, or will their program more and more resemble those at places like Stanford and Northwestern? What should they do?...What do you think, readers? And there's more than three of you, Tom.
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yes, texas did beat oklahoma on a neutral field, but the BCS oftentimes forgives early season losses; they were actually quite lucky to lose before texas or texas tech. the fact of the matter is that OK has put up 60 points in its last four games (and 58 five weeks ago) and are the hottest team in the country right now. they, crushed the country's number two team two weeks ago and are playing at a higher level than anyone else. i predict oklahoma vs. florida in an AMAZING national championship game.
Don't count out Alabama just yet!
i'd also like to point out that in recent years, teams that have jumped other teams under the assumption that they will win their final game and go to the national championship have been upset! there is still a big 12 championship game to be played which could lead to quite the bcs headache... usc still has a shot to play for the national title.
I just read that USC has the number one scoring defense (7.8 points per game) in the nation. Oklahoma, which has the number one scoring offense, is 60th in scoring defense.
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