Freeman Out, Glennon In

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The Bucs have finally pulled the trigger. Josh Freeman is out and Mike Glennon, the rookie, is in. I don't want to sit here and say that I told you so, but I told you so. In fact here it is word for word from my original QB competition post, "Tampa Bay Buccaneers - I don't think there is a competition here but there should be. Mike Glennon can flat out play the game. He can make all of the throws and frankly I think the Bucs need a change of pace. Freeman simply isn't getting it done and with the rise of the Panthers looming, the Bucs are in danger of becoming the cellar dweller of the NFC south if they stick with the sinking ship that is Josh Freeman." I said this in the preseason so I can not believe it took the Bucs this long to make this change. Never the less, the deed is done and the age of Glennon will now commence. Don't be surprised if the Bucs look to deal Freeman, assuming Glennon doesn't perform worse than Freeman. But lets face it, that is pretty dang hard to do.

The Cleveland Browns

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Well, the big news out of Cleveland today is that they have traded former #3 overall pick Trent Richardson to the Indianapolis Colts for their first round pick which will surely be between 20 and 32. This trade in terms of this season and possibly in terms of next season is the stupidest trade I have ever seen in my entire life for the Browns. They were already on the fast track to a top 3 pick in this years draft which could easily be used to land them a franchise QB to replace Weeden. Granted they need help just about anywhere but now they need help at running back too. Essentially they will not gain anything from this trade. It just adds another hole that they will need to fill after they finish sand bagging the rest of this season. I mean why else do you trade a top 15 running back the same day that you jump over your backup QB and name your 3rd stringer the starter? Granted the trade when paired with Hoyer at QB does essentially land them the number 1 overall pick in the upcoming draft despite what I am sure will be stiff competition from Jacksonville. Never the less this trade is mind boggling. For the Colts? The Colts haven't had a viable option at tailback since Edgerrin James left back in 2005. Add to that the recent injury to Vick Ballard and they desperately needed a ball carrier. The Colts who are only a couple of players away from a Super Bowl contender just solidified a weak position for years to come. Further more, this years draft class is exceptionally weak at running back once again. This trade was a steal for the Colts. Cleveland fans break out the paper bags because lets face it, no one will let you live it down if they actually see you at a Browns game this year. The only question left to be answered is how will the Jaguars try to keep up with this big move by the Browns? It's not like they really have anything worth anything to trade away to help them lose. Maybe they will just keep things the same?

NCAA Week 2

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Week 2 of the college football season feature some intense match ups, such as Georgia vs. South Carolina and Michigan vs. Notre Dame. That is right where we will start with this week's breakdown. Number 11 Georgia finally knocked off 6th ranked South Carolina, avoiding a second straight loss. It was a high scoring affair that seemed to raise more questions about Jadeveon Clowney and all of the hype around him. In other news unranked Miami toppled 12th ranked Florida, in what was a mess of a game for UF. Florida looked absolutely terrible on offense and the crowd let them know with raucous chants of overrated echoing throughout the stadium. Keeping with the upset theme, BYU knocked off 15th ranked Texas in a 19 point drubbing. Washington State squeaked one out against 25th ranked USC in an offensive thriller 10 - 7. Full sarcasm intended. Finally in the big game of the day 17th Michigan downed rival 14th ranked Notre Dame. In addition this week lacked the FCS stunning upsets of FBS schools that dominated the headlines of week one. All in all everything seems very status quo in the college football world. With one exception, the ACC is 2-2 against the SEC thus far this season. With the two losses coming from top ranked schools against unranked schools and the two wins coming from lower or unranked schools defeating higher ranked schools. Meaning, the top talent of the SEC is struggling against top to middle of the road talent from the ACC thus far. Granted, it is early in the season but so far the SEC appears less than dominant.