Injuries are the real X-factor, just ask Tom Brady (last year), Wes Welker (Sunday) and the Patriots.
Injuries are killing me, literally.
Donavan McNabb, Matt Cassel, LaDainian Tomlinson, all sidelined this week on my fantasy football squad, which begs the question: why did I give in and play this season?
But all those injuries are just the tip of the neck-pain iceberg this week, considering I was rear ended at a stoplight on the way to work Thursday: hit so hard it rammed my sick-ass 1997 Nissan Sentra into the back of the 2009 Mustang in front of me.
Total damage to my car? $2,500.
How much my car is worth? Probably not $2,500.
Total damage to the car who hit me? Well, a $5 license plate frame broke, but that was about it.
Total damage to the car in front of me? Don’t even want to know.
Jacked up back/neck and a doctor who doesn’t accept your auto insurance claim? Priceless.
Yep, it’s been one of those weeks.
But at least I get to milk this little whiplash thing for the weekend, loungin’ around the house in the lazyboy, enjoying some college football until: bam! the Washington Huskies blindside me again with a 16-13 win over third-ranked USC.
Not that I should’ve been surprised an injury affected the outcome of that one, too.
USC starting quarterback Matt Barkley, who a week earlier orchestrated the game-winning drive against Ohio State and had me claiming USC would be in the BCS Championship Game, missed the game with a shoulder injury – which made his throwing motion look hideous during warm-ups by the way. So this is serious business for the Trojans, who must now run the table if they have any shot of leaping past Florida or Texas to get back in that title picture.
Barkley’s replacement, Aaron Corp, was almost as hideous as Barkley’s jacked up throwing motion Saturday, going 13 of 22 for 110 yards, 0 TDs and 1 INT. Brutal.
It was the worst passing performance in the Pete Carroll era as the Trojans also managed to get skunked on each and every one of their 10 third-down conversion attempts. Nice. 0-for! The Trojans!
Injuries are the real X-Factor in sports. And if you don’t believe that, watch what happens to Philly and San Diego this weekend without their big guns. And keep a close eye on my Florida Gators while you’re at it. Injuries to LB Brandon Spikes, not to mention concerns over a Swine Flue outbreak, have the Gators in “panic” mode.
Yep, there goes my BCS prediction, not to mention my insurance premium, thanks to injuries.
Ugh, my head hurts. Someone get me some HGH.
What the heck? People need to learn how to drive man. Feel better amigo.