Shocker

The obvious thing for me to admit here is that I had no inkling that a Florida blowout was even possible. I can't actually remember a result as shocking as this, I thought back and the closest was the '84 elecetion, when I seven years old I thought for sure that Mondale would win because everyone I knew was supporting him, and then he got blown out of the water. So congratulations to UF, their defense was dominant and it seemed like Thee OSU had no chance of moving the ball, especially with Ted Ginn Jr. on the sidelines. I kinda expected Florida's offense to perform well, if I'd predicted a score it would've been 38-28 Ohio State, so I always had respect for Chris Leak and the offense. I just can;t wait for these receivers to join all their fellow Gators on the Patriots sidelines, maybe Dallas Baker can finally be the big receiver they've been searching for. So long story short, my theory about the SEC was total crap and The Gators and their SEC brethren were every bit as giood as most everyone said all year, if not even better. And while the initial shock of seeing Florida dominate was huge, the game became very boring just after Troy Smith's fumble at the end of the first half, setting up Florida's 20 point halftime lead.

I'm not too pleased to see Florida win, I've never really been a Florida fan, but I think that seeing Ohio State lose may have been the preferential result. I'm still a bit acrimonious after the OSU upset my beloved 'Canes a few years back, and I feel like karma was against them setting them up as the upset victims this time around.

So while this game wasn;t very exciting, I loved Sunday's NFL games. Seeing the Pats handle the Jets with relative ease was very satisfying, and it has a lot of the locals believing again. I thought the Pats had the third best chance to win the Super Bowl going into these playoffs and they really backed it up. Their defensive line has to be considered the best in the league at this point, three guys who are legitimitely pro bowl level, and if anyone has a chance to stop LT, it's this group. I also enjoyed Jabar Gaffney's performance, I've wanted him to have a bigger role since he signed back in week 4 or whenever, and it was nice to see him deliver when given the shot.

Almost equally as satisfying was the demise of The Giants. I've made clear my feelings on this squad, very overrated, and yet still underachieving based on their actual talent. Also i was pleased to hear Quadry Ismail voice a reasonable opinion on Tiki Barber legacy, The Missile said that Tiki didn;t belong in the Hall of Fame and was more on the level of "Ring of honor" player. Maybe he can be remembered as a great Giant, but not an all-time great. On the other side of that game, I continue to be surprised by how much I like the Eagles without McNabb playing. I respect McNabb, but I find the team led by Jeff Garcia so much more likeable.

Before tonight's game I watched a little Deal or No Deal because I couldn;t take anymore talk about the game. and I have a definite method in case I actually make it on the show someday. I'm gonna pick-off the cases based on how hot the model is holding the case. I'd pick the ugliest model first then knock off the uglier models accordingly. so hopefully the ugliest one is holding a million dollar case and then one of the really hot blonded model is holding the 750,000. I'm going on record here just because i couldn;t tell anyone while I was on the show, I wouldn;t want to hurt any of the models' feelings.

One last note, I saw that Queen Latifah will be hosting the People's Choice Awards, which led me to one question, when did she get to be so damn famous? She's likable enough, but I can;t remember one single instance where I was bowled over by her talent. She's just kinda out there and seems to pop up all over the place. The most infuriating thing about her continued climb up the ladder of fame, is that it really decreases the chances of a Living Single reunion special. In lieu of a reunion special, I just don;t know where I can possibly catch another look at Kim Fields, very hot, and I miss her.

Thats all I've got tonight.

Oh wait, I just was contacted by Sean Penn, he gave me this satement to print:

"In response to The Bender's question about 'when did [Queen Latifah] become so damn famous?' I'd say right about the time she made us all laugh, cry, smile and shiver with her immense talents."

-Bender Out