National Championship Preview

UCONN vs. Kentucky for the national title. This would have been expected in like 1998, but definetly not this year. UCONN as a 7 seed, that struggled down the stretch. Kentucky an 8, that struggled all year until the SEC tournament. They've turned it on ever since. Although they've trailed at half they've responded with big runs, and great finishes. The Harrison twins playing great. Obviously Aaron with the 2 winners are more notable, they've both played solid. James young has been great, as well as Alex Poythress who got hurt in a celebration last night. He's questionable as well is big man willie Cauley-Stein. He's missed the last 2 games, but dakari Johnson and Marcus Lee have played great! I have been a huge Kentucky critic all year. I thought they had no chance to win it all, and they've proved me wrong. But I don't think they can win 1 more. Napier and boatright will dominate the Kentucky backcourt. Daniels has been great, and will stretch the defense. And Nolan and Brimah have size that Kentucky hasn't seen yet. The key will be if Niles Giffey can nock down a few 3's. He's been struggling this tournament and they need him. My prediction is UCONN will cut down the nets with the score being 71-67. Napier will be MOP and Ollie will get a huge payday.

NFL Draft QBs: Faux Brett Kern

I think Blake Bortles is the best QB in this years draft. I said it, Bortles is better than Manziel, Bridgewater, and Hundley. This is a draft stocked with QBs, and i think we could see 4 or even 5 that will go in the 1st round. This is my list of the best QBs in this draft.
1. Blake Bortles
2. Teddy Birdgewater
3. Derek Carr
4. Brett Hundley
5. Johnny Manziel
6. David Fales
7. Zach Mettanberger
8. Tajh Boyd
9. Jimmy Garoppollo
10. James Franklin
I doubt any of you reading will agree, but I think 10 is interchangeable. Theres Murray, Mannion, Thomas, and yes, McCarron.

Chiefs vs. Broncos review

In the rematch basically for the AFC west title the broncos won 35-28 and now have a 2 game lead over kc in the division. But Denver wasn't the better team on the field. Their touchdowns came on big plays and Denver couldn't put together long drives vs the kc defense. Kansas City could run the ball at ease and passes it pretty good. Alex smith has come a long way in the last two weeks. But I must say Denver is going to be a tough out ik the playoffs because of their big play ability. They can score so easily. Manning has tons of weapons around him  Denver has 4 pro bowl recievers  Kansas City has none. So as Denver is the better team according to the scoreboard... Anybody who watched the game knows the chiefs should have won

Kansas Jayhawks early season favorites?

You read that correctly, the Kansas Jayhawks are the early season favorites to cut down the nets in Texas. Why? The have the most room for growth. They have such a young team that's only gonna get better. Defensively they are average at best, but bill self will get that fixed. They desperately need leadership. They don't have any seniors that play any minutes. Junior point guard naadir tharpe needs to step up. He needs to assert himself as a leader. Andrew wiggins with all the hype coming in has been about half as good as perry Ellis. Perry Ellis is getting no talk, but he has been the best player in college basketball so far. Wayne Selden is a great young player as is fearless frank mason. Mason has been in my mind the most impressive player so far this year. He drives the lane without fear and is a great passer. Kansas' potential is a great that they could be scary good in march and honestly I don't think Michigan state is for real. They played great vs Kentucky but has struggled since. Kentucky and Duke don't look like threats, kansas has a huge size advantage over Oklahoma state. Unless they screw up pretty bad, kansas will be national champs.

Why the Chiefs aren't what we think they are

I know, I know. The Cheifs are 9-0 and giving the Broncos a challenege, but without a top level QB you cannot go far up in the playoffs. Alex Smith is not a top QB, he's average, and thats all he'll ever be. I don't think he has the talent to be a top level QB. In the draft (my specialty) I think the perfect fit for this team is the battle tested and expirienced Aaron Murray. I mean, look at Russell Wilson. He's short and still better than Alex Smith. Drew Brees BLOWS by Alex Smith. I just don't think the Chiefs can go far into the playoffs with Smith at QB

Backup QBs

In the NFL today, its a passing league. So, obviouls you have to have a good #1. But, and as we have seen this year, you have to have a solid #2. The Cowboys probably have the best backup in the NFl, with Kle Orton. Then you have the Bears with Josh McCown, and the guy I used to love, Matt Cassel. Of cource, us Titans have a pretty good one, too. Fitz Magic, as I call him, isn't too far off from Jake Locker. He even has legs.

Don't Dump on the Titans just yet. Titans vs. Colts Thursday Night Football. by Ben Williams

Following the Jacksonville loss, a lot of Titans fans have given up on this team, and who could blame them?

Ryan Fitzpatrick celebrates after rushing for a touchdown against Kansas City

It looks woeful from an outside perspective. Jake Locker is on IR for the year with a Lisfranc foot injury, they have fallen to below .500 once again, and an underachieving Titans squad are fresh off a game that they had no business losing.  Bundle all that up and add it to the fact that The Titans now have to face division leading Indianapolis on a short week's rest on Thursday night. You may as well just stay home and watch ABC's Nashville. 

Hang on now, calm down. It's not time to shut the lights out on this season just let. Even with a Titans loss against Jacksonville (albeit inexplicable and embarrassing) they are still very much in the wildcard hunt. And since The Colts were broken-in (horse joke) at home (38-8) by St. Louis, there is still an ever so slight glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel to win the division. 

Miami lost. San Diego lost. They both are sitting 4-5. So sure, the Titans squandered an opportunity to claim sole possession of first place in this hunt, but there is still hope for the hopeful. 

Ryan "Fitz!"patrick will be the starter for the Titans at quarterback. Despite losing a fumble returned for a touchdown that iced the loss in the closing minutes of the Jaguars game, he played well replacing Locker, completing 22 of 33 passes for 264 yards and 2 TDs. 

Fitzpatrick has shown that he can be a solid starter in the league in years past if he can keep his turnovers down. That's been an issue for him in the previous games as a Titan when Jake Locker was dealing with a right hip injury. 

“I’m no longer the guy that’s holding the seat warm for Jake, with him being out the remainder of the year now, it’s my gig and the communication has to step up that much more,” Fitpatrick said. “I felt more comfortable going into the last game for whatever reason, being thrown into the fire like that than I have the two previous starts. I think the two starts and getting the experience with the guys on the field and having a feel for them and them having a feel for me (helped).”

Offensive Coordinator Dowell Loggains was pleased with Fitzpatrick's performance against Jacksonville. It was his best performance as a Titan by far, but Jacksonville is is not Indianapolis. That being said the Colts Defense has shown holes; especially in last weeks game against the Rams where they gave up 138 yards receiving to Tavon Austin alone. 

If the game comes down to the end, the money's on Luck. Andrew Luck has proved to be a gamer in the closing seconds as he has led the Colts to seven 4th quarter come-from-behind wins and ten game winning drives in just a season and a half (Profootballreference.com)

The key to the game for the Titans is to establish the run sure, but to establish some kind of offense early. They've only led at half-time in three out of nine games so far this season. The Titans have to avoid a sluggish start that they've been known for this year against Andrew Luck. You don't want to give him any opportunity at the end of a game.