Golf
After a tumultuous summer in 2009, Phil Mickelson won his first tournament since his return this past weekend.
This time around, Phil won the tour championship coming back from four strokes behind to win by three strokes. And by the way, Tiger Wood clinched the Fed Ex Cup . again.
But despite a big tour win for Tiger, who also battled a little adversity to return to the top, one has to feel great for Phil.
Love him or hate him, we all felt some degree of sympathy when his wife and mother were both diagnosed with breast cancer and he had to take a leave of absence from the tour.
Nevertheless, Phil returned and has played well, considering, but his unbelievable performance on Sunday tells of the mental toughness and determination of this veteran.
What I liked was that the media played most of its attention to Mickelson’s victory, instead of Tiger’s.
Generally the national media as a whole is so far up Tiger’s butt that they cannot see the light of day, and understandably so, but this weekend belonged to who it should have belonged to: Phil Mickelson.
Phil’s effort in general and particularly his performance this weekend serves as an inspiration to all of us who have had to endure some sort of adversity that takes over our professional lives.
As I watched Phil hold off Tiger and almost chip in at 18 on Sunday, I nearly stood and applauded in my living room.
I have always been a huge fan of Mickelson, but regardless of your allegiance, you have to admit this is an incredible feat.
So congrats to Phil, and congrats to Tiger as well. The duo has been the two parts in one of the greatest golf rivalries in this era-and I hope that will continue.
College football
After four-count ’em-four teams lost from college football’s top 10 this past weekend, one of the most tired and overdone arguments in sports has once again reared its ugly head.
I am not a proponent of the Bowl Championship Series, but I love it compared to all the talking heads who want to talk about how “unfair” the system is.
I’ve been saying it for years: Only undefeated teams that have played a schedule worthy of the national champion deserve an argument.
For example, after the weekend Penn State is d-o-n-e.
Don’t tell me the Nittany Lions could run the table and back their way in, or if they happen to turn out 11-1 they deserve a title shot.
The bottom line is that Penn State plays in the joke-ish Big Ten, and their out-of-conference schedule is made up of four glorified high school teams.
The argument has mainly centered on Boise State and TCU, who remain undefeated.
In my opinion, neither deserve a shot at the title even if they finish that way.
Sorry to all the fans out there who hate me for that statement, but the WAC and Mountain West conferences do not have the competition the BCS conferences do.
That is why I am not a proponent of the BCS system. But as the system is right now, that’s just the way it is.
I think it will be an interesting season as it unfolds, but in the meantime can we just let the teams play it out instead of talking about how unfair it is?
I can only think of two seasons when someone actually got the shaft, and even one of those teams had a loss on the year.
All other seasons in the BCS’ illustrious reign as “the way,” has worked out perfectly and most of the time the best team ends up the title holder.
No matter how screwed up the system is, it does not diminish the fact that I love college football. I just wish the morons who seem to want to give me their opinions about it, whether I want to listen to them, could realize how great it truly is.