Weekend Capsule: Football, Football and More Football

Some random thoughts from a wild weekend…

I lost $10 to a two-time ArenaBowl MVP: You can’t make this stuff up.

Matt D’Orazio, formerly of the Arena Football League’s Chicago Rush and a current member of the Philadelphia Soul, is the color commentator for Capital football games. He is also an unabashed Ohio State hater.

Last week, he made a bet with Matt Waddell, our play-by-play man, on the OSU-Troy game. The official spread was OSU -20.5, but D’Orazio took Troy only getting nine points. Confident or foolish, I don’t know, but the Bucks covered easily and Waddell fleeced him. And I kicked myself for not taking the bet.

Fast forward to this past Saturday. The Bucks were giving 20 points to the Golden Gophers, and D’Orazio wanted a chance to get his money back. Naturally, I wanted in on the action. D’Orazio was more stubborn this time and set the line at OSU -16.5.

So what ends up happening? The Bucks are coasting to the cover, and Minnesota scores a garbage touchdown with a minute left, then tacks on an “F-U” two-point conversion to make the final score 34-21.

This is why I don’t generally gamble.

Speaking of Ohio State: I got nothing against Todd Boeckman – I’m not going to be the guy standing outside his dorm room booing him – but, uhh, why didn’t Terrelle Pryor play more against USC?

Yes, Troy and Minnesota’s defenses aren’t anywhere close to the caliber of USC’s. But the kid can play. And with him and Beanie Wells in the backfield, there’s no reason why the offense can’t average over 200 yards rushing per game.

College football…wow: Let’s look at this possible scenario.

USC loses to Oregon State. Oregon State got hammered by Penn State. Ohio State still has to play Penn State, and let’s say the Bucks knock them off in Columbus. Then, obviously, you have USC hammering Ohio State.

How wacky is that??? It just goes to show that anything can happen in any given game. And previous games mean nothing.

Then you factor in Florida choking to Ole Miss, Wisconsin blowing a game in the Big House, Alabama running roughshod over Georgia…incredible.

Hooray Browns!:

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