JUDGMENT COMETH
Who better than us to pass judgment on athletes? You rely on us for it, and we aim to please. Here’s another edition of Studs & Duds.
STUD: Saints and Colts. They haven’t always made it look easy, but both teams are 10-0. The Colts streak is particularly impressive as they’ve managed to win despite not playing really well for a stretch of games.
DUD: Joe Flacco. The Ravens’ 2nd year QB threw an inexcusable interception inside the 20 with less than 3 minutes left and down 2 points. A field goal was good enough to win; he did the one thing he couldn’t afford to do.
DUD: Mark Sanchez. A few weeks after a 5 interception game, Sanchez threw 4 Sunday against the Patriots. One was returned for 6. He’s regressed as the season has gone on, and the rookie growing pains are costing the Jets games.
STUD: Syracuse hoops. 2 dominating performances in Madison Square Garden last week. Beat #12 Cal and #4 North Carolina by a combined 38 points.
DUD: New Jersey Nets. At 0-13, they’re just 4 games away from tying the worst start in NBA history, and they’re headed on a 4-game road trip to the West Coast. They’re so bad, the team ran a “10 is Enough” promotion after they’re 10th loss. Ouch.
STUD: Jimmy Johnson. We don’t know much about NASCAR, but we do know that winning 4 straight championships is probably really good. The dude is dominant.
DUD: Charlie Weis. 7 games into his first year, the school prez and AD gave him a 5 year contract extension through 2015. 5 years later, he’s got a worse record than both Bob Davie and Tyrone Willingham had in their tenures. And with Jim Harbaugh having so much success at Stanford, Notre Dame can’t pull the whole “we have trouble recruiting because we have such high academic standards” card.
STUD: The old guy in purple. 213 yards on 22-of-25 passing with 4 TD and 0 INT on Sunday. That brings his season totals to 21 TD and just 3 INT (or 1 fewer than Mark Sanchez’s total this week).
DUD: The Denver Broncos. The NFL’s best story through 6 weeks has looked awful losing its last 4 games.
STUD: Tom Brady. Looking like Brady circa 2007.
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