Arizona Atlanta Houston 3-0 Which NFL Undefeated Team Is Best

Going into Week 3 of the 2012 NFL season, 6 teams entered undefeated after Week 3 was complete only 3 undefeated teams remained. Those 3-0 teams are the Cardinals, Falcons and Texans. Houston and Atlanta were Superbowl picks this season by some experts, meanwhile the same couldn't be said for Arizona. It was less than 4 years ago when Arizona appeared in their 1st Superbowl and came up just short vs. Pittsburgh. Meanwhile a season ago Houston made their 1st playoff appearance in franchise history and won their 1st playoff game. Atlanta lost 24-2 in the Wild Card round vs. New York the Giants held Atlanta to a safety. Each team bring something different to the table, maybe right now Houston is the best undefeated team, yet Atlanta is great in the Georgia Dome, while Arizona plays tremendous 3-4 defense. As recent as last season we witnessed 15-1 Green Bay go down in the Divisional Playoffs to the 9-7 eventual Superbowl champion New York Giants. Once you get into postseason play records don't matter and everyone fate is the same, if you lose it's see you next year at training camp. Championships aren't won in September yet they could be lost especially due to injuries by important players. Let's see which of these teams go the furthest as the season goes on.

Could Reid Be Sacrificing Vick To Save His Job

Following the Eagles 27-6 defeat at the hands of the Arizona Cardinals, Monday 14 year Philadelphia head coach Andy Reid was asked about Michael Vick future as starting quarterback of the Eagles. Reid stated Vick will be evaluated. My question is why isn't Reid evaluating himself. Vick is struggling with turnovers whether that's fumbles or interceptions. Michael clearly must get better, especially in the red zone where turnovers are really devastating, because you don't score any points. Vick and the Philadelphia offense through three weeks are turning the football over way to much. When does Reid actually take responsibility for his game plan, which would help his quarterback and offense ? 25 first half passes against Arizona vs. 5 first half runs. Come on ! In a dome on the road against an excellent defense who brings pressure against Philadelphia's offensive line that's missing starting C and LT, pass pass and pass some more. Why not use Shady McCoy your star running back and get the ball out quickly with slants, crossing routes and screens. McNabb is gone, Reid is still here, could Vick be next to exit town after the 2012 season ? While Reid gets to develop Nick Foles the rookie quarterback out of Arizona. Philadelphia escaped Cleveland during Week 1, Vick missed most of the preseason yet Reid called over 50 passing plays, while McCoy was averaging about 5 yards per carry. Andy Reid clearly is stuck in his way, determined to do what he wants, not changing his ways, which has yet to win him a Superbowl as an NFL head coach and could cost the Eagles a championship this season. He's too stubborn for his own good.

Monday Night Mistake Replacement Refs Ruin Packers Seahawks Game

Seattle 14 Green Bay 12, yet the score doesn't tell the story. Packers led the Seahawks 12-7 with only one play left in the 4th quarter. Seattle rookie quarterback Russell Wilson dropped back to pass and threw into the end zone for wide receiver Golden Tate, who appeared to push off during the play. Under normal circumstances that would have been offensive pass interference, yet no call. M.D Jennings the Packers safety looked to come down with an interception to win the game and preserve victory for Green Bay. Not so fast one replacement ref signaled touchdown, while another replacement official signaled touch back which ends the game with an interception. The officials up stairs in the booth, looked at the play only to rule a Seattle touchdown, ball game over Seattle 'won', Green Bay 'lost'. Many complaints of replacement officials took place over the first three weeks of the 2012 NFL season. After Monday Night social media lit up over the obvious blown call. The official referees are on strike, yet they are needed back. Personally I would hate to see this game and blown call hurt potential playoff chances of Green Bay, especially in a tie breaker situation or potential postseason home game.

Notre Dame Athletics Huge Week That Was

Earlier in the week, Notre Dame announced they will compete in all sports minus football in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Notre Dame football will play about five games a year against ACC competition despite they will remain an independent in football. The Irish will join the likes of UConn and Pitt recent Big East basketball members who left for the ACC. Personally not a fan of teams jumping from league to league, those football moves are affecting college basketball as well. Meanwhile it's a sign of the times, this is what is going on in the NCAA for financial purposes. Now lets fast forward to Saturday. Irish football went into East Lansing, Michigan and knocked off a top ten football team in Michigan State. Huge road win on national television for Notre Dame, they are now 3-0 under their new head coach Brian Kelly, they haven't started this well in quite sometime.

Stanford Defeats USC 4th Year Straight Season

No Andrew Luck, no problem. Luck the 2012 number one pick of the NFL Draft is gone. He's the rookie quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts. Meanwhile Matt Barkley opted to stay at USC instead of going into the NFL Draft. Barkley wanted the chance to win a National Championship. After Saturday's 21-14 loss to Stanford in Palo Alto, CA those chances look bleak. Barkley threw a pair on interceptions and obviously the Cardinal took full advantage of those opportunities. Clearly Stanford was the more physical team on offense and defense. Clinging to a 7 point 4th quarter lead with about 8 minutes remaining the Cardinal were able to run the football. Stanford was able to chew major minutes off the clock to seal the deal. Most experts will call the game an 'upset' because the Trojans are ranked number two. However when you defeat a team four straight seasons, there is no such thing as an 'upset'. Now USC will probably have to run the table for the rest of their Pac 12 schedule just to have a chance at the BCS National Championship Game.

National League 2nd Wild Card Up For Grabs

Down the stretch they come in the National League. Atlanta currently has a comfortable lead for the 1st NL Wild Card, meanwhile that 2nd Wild Card position is far from settled with 3 weeks remaining in the 2012 Major League Baseball season. Commissioner Bud Selig implemented the 2nd Wild Card affective for the 2012 season over this past off season. Many people such as myself thought it wasn't such a good idea. Now with weeks remaining several National League teams have a chance to play in October. Milwaukee and Philadelphia are the hottest teams and are only 3 games back of the defending World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals. St. Louis has been struggling lately behind them are the new look LA Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates. Each team will jockey for position to see who will advance. Also for the AL and NL Wild Card winners, the two teams will play one another in a 1 game playoff, the winner of that game advances to Division Series with the 1st 2 games at home.

Jim Calhoun Retires As UConn Head Coach

At the age of 70, the man that put UConn basketball on the map : Jim Calhoun has retired. Let's see Calhoun led the Huskies to 3 National Titles most recently in 2011. Also Calhoun led Connecticut to 7 Big East Tournament Championships. Jim Calhoun was hired by the University of Connecticut in 1986 coming from Northeastern University. Shortly after his hiring, Jim was able to make UConn a noticeable team in the Big East Conference along with Syracuse, Georgetown, St. Johns and Villanova. Ray Allen, Caron Butler, Rip Hamilton, Emeka Okafor, Ben Gordon, Kemba Walker are just a few of Calhoun former Huskie players that have gone on to play in the NBA. For the present moment, former UConn point guard Kevin Ollie has been named head coach, moving up from his assistant coach position.

Baltimore And Tampa Down The Stretch They Come Looking To Catch Yankees

Yes the New York Yankees have had season long injuries especially to their pitching staff. Hall of Fame closer Mariano Rivera went down early in the 2012 season, with an ACL injury. C.C Sabathia has spent more than one stint on the disabled list. Andy Pettite is currently on the DL. Slugger Alex Rodriguez among other position players have ended up on the DL at some point during the season as well. However people have to start giving fellow AL East teams Baltimore and Tampa Bay the credit they deserve. As we enter September the Orioles and Rays are on the Yankees heels. What's impressive is Tampa as usual is competitive without a huge payroll, 3 playoff appearances in the last 4 seasons. Baltimore is looking to make the playoffs for the first time in over a decade. If they catch the Yankees it could be a from worse to first story. Only time will tell as the teams enter the final weeks of the season. Pitching, defense and timely hitting is keeping Baltimore and Tampa in the AL East and Wild Card races, respectively.

Possible 2012-13 NHL Lockout Honestly Who Cares

During the 2004 season the NHL suffered a season long lockout. Fast forward to 2012 and history could repeat itself. If the National Hockey League players and owners, along with each side representatives can't get things done over the next few weeks, history may indeed repeat itself eight years later. Their are far too many professional hockey teams in the United States ! Cities such as Nashville, Phoenix, Tampa, Miami, Raleigh to name a few, aren't great hockey cities. Which means they are losing money at an alarming rate. One thing the owners want the players to do : take less money to close the gap on money lost, due to poor fan attendance in certain cities. Obviously in Canada where hockey is like God it would be missed for how ever long their was a league lockout. Maybe both sides come to an agreement and they avoid a lockout. Nevertheless as of now that is looking highly unlikely. The NFL is getting ready to kickoff their 2012 season and that is America's number one sport. MLB is coming down the stretch with their regular season division races and the start of the NBA is soon to follow. With a strike or lockout the NHL could really put its sport in America way on the back burner.

NFL 2012 5 Rookie QB's Slated To Start Week 1

It was a given Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III, the top two selections during the April NFL Draft would become starters immediately. Luck came from Stanford, while RG3 came from Baylor. Mr. Griffin won the Heisman Trophy as well. Now unlike previous years in the National Football League, rookie quarterbacks aren't learning from holding a clipboard on the sideline, they are playing. During NFL Week One those guys will be joined by Ryan Tannehill in Miami, Russell Wilson in Seattle and  Brandon Weeden in Cleveland. None of those teams mentioned appeared in the NFL playoffs last season. It will be intriguing to see which young quarterback can lead his team to the most wins. Last season Andy Dalton as a rookie quarterback started from day one and led the Bengals to the postseason. Cam Newton set all types of rookie records in Carolina, however he must improve on his turnovers and defensively the Panthers must get better as a unit.