Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints (left), and Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts (right), each led their respective teams to another win to remain undefeated. Their pursuit of perfection is one of my top 5 storylines from the weekend in sports.
It's Monday, December 14, and I'm going to do something a little different from now on. Instead of doing a daily sports update, I'm going to give you my top storylines from the day in sports. I will still continue to do updates for local colleges in the Southern California area, such as those schools in the SCIAC Conference, since there is very little to no coverage of those schools. You can always keep updated on professional sports by watching Sprtscenter on ESPN throughout each day, so there really is no purpose to recap the scores each day. So, with that being said, let's get to my top 5 storylines.
1. Colts and Saints win again to stay undefeated. Make that 13 and 0 and counting. The Colts and Saints remain perfect following Sunday's NFL action that saw the Saints win late against the Atlanta Falcons 26 to 23 and the Colts victorious over the Denver Broncos 28 to 16. It's not surprising that they are clearly the 2 best teams in the league right now. They both are led by very good quarterbacks. Drew Brees has the highest QB rating and highest completion percentage this year at 112.3 and 69.9% respectively. On the other side, Peyton Manning is a sure fire future Hall of Famer who this season has had a knack for leading his to late game-winning drives week in and week out. The most notable came against the Patriots in week 10 where Bill Belichick went for it on 4th down late in the game and we all know what happened. I don't think the Saints and Colts will go undefeated, but it would be exciting to see two undefeated teams fight it out in the Super Bowl in February. You can bet that the members of the 1972 Dolphins team would watch that matchup for sure.
2. Cowboys December woes continue. Cowboy fans are waking up this morning probably wondering when the team's annual December swoon is going to end. So far, the Cowboys are now 0 and 2 in December following a 30 to 27 loss to the San Diego Chargers yesterday. You know the Dallas media will be asking head coach Wade Phillips why this continues to happen. The bottom line is Phillips is an average head coach and the Cowboys don't have any real big playmakers that perform at a high level down the stretch.. In December, they are the polar opposite of their opponent from yesterday. With yesterday's triumph the Chargers are now 16 and 0 in December over the last few years. I don't see an end to the Cowboys struggles wih their remaining schedule that includes road games at New Orleans and Washington and a home matchup against the Eagles. I see them missing the playoffs.
3. The Lakers 11 game winning streak comes to an end. What a streak it was, but let's be honest, it had to come to an end at some point and it did against the Utah Jazz Saturday 102 to 94. Not to mention that it was the second game of a back to back part of the schedule. It was also a streak where most of the wins came at Staples Center in a 6 game homestand that led up to the team's current 5 game road trip. They were also helped by a schedule where 17 of their first 21 games were on their home court. We'll see if they can bounce back with a win tomorrow in Chicago.
4. Mark Ingram wins the Heisman Trophy. Congratulations to the sophomore running back of Alabama. It was an exciting year of college football that included one of the closest races for the Heisman Trophy I have ever seen. Each of the 5 finalists-Ingram, last year's winner Tim Tebow of Florida, Toby Gerhart of Stanford, Ndamukong Suh of Nebraska and Colt McCoy of Texas-had a legitimate chance to win the award. As the season went along, there wasn't a player who separated himself from the others. What helped Ingram was a big performance in the SEC Championship game against Florida in a 32 to 13 win.
5. The Tiger Woods Soap Opera Continues. This story just keeps getting bigger and bigger. It was just a few weeks ago when all that happened was a seemingly simple traffic accident at Tiger's home in Florida. Ever since, we've heard about Tigers alleged affairs with numerous women while being married to his Swedish supermodel wife and more 911 calls where his mother-in-law was taken to the hospital with stomach pains. Now some of Tiger's sponsors, including Accenture, have decided to move on while Tiger deals with his personal issues.
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