No! Pack No!

A month ago the Green Bay Packers were unbeaten and seemed unstoppable in their mission to win back to back Super Bowl Titles. On Monday, the defending champs were cleaning out their lockers.

Their 15 regular-season wins are the most ever for a divisional-round loser, but they’re the fourth No. 1 seed in the NFC in the last five years to go down in their first playoff game. The Packers loss to the Giants was their first home loss in 15 months and only their second loss in 23 games. Giant’s fans saw this streak coming to an end. The Packers are 2-4 in the last 6 home playoff games. But Aaron Rodger’s fans expected to see the “Discount Double Check” and instead we saw those beautiful blue eyes full of sadness during the post game interview after the NFC Divisional loss.

The winter weather in Green Bay is brutal, but it was worse watching Eli and crew manhandle Rodgers and his Pack. Who cut the cheese in Green Bay? This wasn’t the same team we’ve watched dominate teams the last two seasons. Where did all the dropped passes, fumbles, failing on 4th down, missed blocks and a defense with more holes than a slice of Swiss cheese come from? Was Green Bay exposed? Are the Giants that good? Eli had a postgame career high with 330 yards and scoring 17 points in the 4th quarter was more numbing than they the temperature in Lambeau.

Funny, my Redskins beat the Packers last season and two of the five wins from this season were against the Giants. If only we had a solid QB and offense coordinator… While Eli is surrounded by players, coaches and the Manning legacy- if he ever played in Washington he wouldn’t be as successful. But big brother Peyton…talk about killing two birds with one stone- a solid QB and an OC. I’d take my chances on his neck issue, at least we’d still have an OC and as a Redskins fans, our expectations are pretty low. Maybe next year, maybe next year…

The Redskins didn’t have a prayer for post season action and the Packers literally dropped the ball so now the question is who to root for. No one wants to watch the Giants vs. Patriots in Super Bowl rematch (except NY and NE fans). The rest of us want to see reality TV at it’s best by seeing little brother Jim Harbaugh take on his big brother John Harbaugh in another 49ers vs. Ravens rematch- well everyone except their parents.

These are the Moments

2011 was a year of sports moments that had more disappointments than highlights and full of moments where I was left asking the sports gods WWWHHHHYYYY???

My Texas Rangers lost the World Series, AGAIN! Oh Nelly, how did you miss that fly ball? It still hurts to talk about and I can’t even imagine how Nelson, Nolan and the team feel.

The University of Tennessee football had another losing season and ended a 26 year winning streak against Kentucky in one of the most disappointing losses of Dooley’s career.

As long as Rex Grossman is the starting QB and Kyle Shanahan is the offensive coordinator for the Washington Redskins they will continue their 4th place finish in the NFC East.

JoPa is no longer the head coach of Penn State and he’s still alive. I always thought his last moments with us would be spent standing on the sideline in rolled up khakis and an oversized sweater. JoPa was the heart of PSU and now we all are left with one of the most disgusting scandals in college sports. I still defend JoPa and think he should have been able to coach the last home game so we all could take a moment and say goodbye to the icon.

CCU president David DeCenzo and AD Hunter Yurachek made one of the worst decisions of the year and maybe even in the history of Coastal Carolina University by relieving head football Coach David Bennett of all duties. Wait until next year, DeCenzo and Yurachek will be eating crow.

I figured 2012 couldn’t be worse than 2011 and then I watched the BCS bowl games and if this is any indication of the year to come in sports then I just want to fast forward to 2013.

It’s no secret, the BCS system is a joke. Those little birds in Blacksburg remain 1-5 in BCS bowl games and the Sugar bowl was one of the worst college footballs games I’ve ever watched. WVU crushed Clemson 70-33 for the most points scored in a bowl game. The rematch for LSU and Alabama was 21-0 shutout and without a kicking game it would have been 6-0. The Bama defense came to play. LSU had 5 first downs the whole game and went 2-12 on third downs. The Tigers had a month to prepare for a team they already beat in OT. How was LSU able to take that Shady start to a 13-0 team to just hand Nick Saban his 3rd National Title? The current BCS system HAS to change. Fans need better football games.

In all my disappointments this year there was one shared moment that was historic and so special in college sports. Watching my idol, Coach Knight, embrace Coach Krzyzewski as Coach K passed Coach Knight with 903 wins and became the all-time winningest coach in division 1 college basketball. Watching the two fight tears as they were arm in arm gave Special K a whole new meaning. It’s not often that a former coach can witness the historic achievements of his former player on the hallowed ground of Madison Square Garden. You don’t have to be a Duke fan or a Coach Knight fan to know that was a moment that may never happen again in college basketball. It was truly a great moment.