Senior Bowl practice- South Team & Tebow watch

3:57 P.M.- Broadcast fo the practice is over. Wish I didn't have to work every day, I'd love to watch this all week. Oh well.

3:53 P.M.- Full on drills, whole teams on the field. Jarrett Brown up first. Complete to Andre Roberts on his first pass. Second play, Dexter McCluster just had a nice run up the middle, and would've taken it in were it not for the whistles.

3:49 P.M.- Just got to see one Tebow pass from his seven on seven, and he almost threw a pick to Darryl Sharpton (Miami). Also took awhile to get his feet set and still had that long wind-up.

3:45 P.M.- Terrence Cody is good enough to just punish some of the best senior O-linemen lining up against him. Two tries, two trips to the backfield for him. Jeff Byers (Southern Cal) keeps getting pushed around by the SEC linemen. If he can't handle SEC guys, he'll have a time trying to handle NFL guys.

3:42 P.M.- Linemen drills right now, Geno Atkins looking good, Brandon Lang (from Troy) had a nice pass rush as well. Ciron Black (LSU) is working like a beast keeping the D-Linemen out of the backfield. Chris Scott (Tennssee) not looking as good. Antonio Coleman (Auburn) just blew by him.

3:38 P.M.- Seven on seven drills, with Zac Robinson up first. Nice completion to Jeremy Williams from Tulane. Joe Webb finally made a catch, but wrapped up quick by Javy Arenas.

3:35 P.M.- Andre Roberts just beat Taylor Mays, ouch. Jarrett Brown throwing now. Terry Coleman just stopped Joe Webb from UAB- Don't think  he's helping himself too much. Cooper also just dropped a pass, followed right away by Dexter McCluster dropping one.

3:31 P.M.- Most of Tebow's incompletions were right on the money. Only completely missed one receiver (Cooper) cause he got tangled up with Taylor Mays. Every other incomplete pass was catchable or knocked out by the defender.

3:29 P.M.- Tebow keeps completing deep throws- Dropped one into Hodge over Trevard Lindley (Kentucky). Joe Webb keeps dropping passes right into his chest. Cooper just made a nice catch being ]covered from Patrick Robinson.

3:26 P.M.- Joe Webb (UAB) just dropped a nicely thrown Tebow passed. Myron Rolle knocked it out. Riley Cooper then beat Nate Allen from USF. Dexter McCluster just ran away from Javier Arenas, Tebow dropped it right into his hands. Cooper just beat Taylor Mays off the line, but got tangled up.

3:25 P.M.- Starting nine on seven drills- Lots of SEC running backs here. Jarrett Brown almost lost a faked handoff. Took it himself for a nice gain the next play.

3:23 P.M.- Tebow with a nice completion on a running throw to a Citadel receiver, name coming as soon as I look it up (Andre Roberts). Jarrett Brown also looking pretty impressive. Robinson has been the least impressive of the QBs thus far.

3:18 P.M.- Tim just threw a bullet to Shay Hodge from Ole Miss, but can we see some other QBs? And here we are, Robinson had a nice throw to Jimmy Graham.

3:16 P.M.- Tebow's back, offensive players practicing some throwing drills- made a nice completion to Staffon Johnson with a nice spiral. Tim just took about one and a half seconds longer to get his feet set to throw. And Cooper just dropped his pass.

3:13 P.M.- Linemen blocking against each other. George Sielve didn't let the O-lineman get to the second level- Terrence Cody did. C.J. Wilson from ECU just got pushed back pretty easily.

3:11 P.M.- Wide receivers/defensive backs practice. The WRs are working on blocking. Riley Cooper is about to go up against Patrick Robinson (from FSU), didn't do bad- held his block long enough for his man to get some yards.

3:08 P.M. - Been listening to the guys talk about Tebow not being an "accurate" quarterback since the broadcast started. Tebow still has a long windup, but it's not as bad. Contrary to yesterday's reports, Tebow looks fine taking snaps from under center. Zac Robinson was the worst out of the three QBs- sailed one pass over his receiever and underthrew one a little bit.

Patriots 59, Titans 0

No, that's not a high school or college football score. That is an honest to god NFL score. The New England Patriots best the Tennessee Titians 59 to 0.
Parity my ass.
Also, the day my fantasy team decided to come alive, I face a 1-3-1 team that's also decided to come alive. I'll be damned if a 30 point performance from Randy Moss and 29 points from DeAngelo Williams go to waste.
Also, sorry I couldn't update before the South Carolina-Alabama game. To give you a taste of what I was going to say, it was that Alabama is all about the defense. They're better on both sides of the ball than SC. My final score prediction was 35-14 Bama. At least I got this outcome right.
New poll tomorrow, so be sure to check back. Also, the BCS is completely ridiculous.

Dolphins knocking on playoff door

Who would’ve thought? After last year’s 1-15 debacle (come on, we didn’t even beat the right team! It was destiny to go into the New England game winless and hand them defeat!), the Dolphins are a very real threat to make the playoffs. They’re 7-5 so far, their best win total since Nick Saban’s first year.
The Phins have played pretty well in three of their losses this year, by my accounts. They almost beat the hated Jets at the beginning of the year, and the only thing that kept them from winning their first ever game against Houston was leaving too much time on the clock.
I’d have to say, the thing that has surprised me the most about their season isn’t the fact that they’ve won seven games- with Parcells at the helm, I was among those who expected improvement immediately, but the fact that they continue to get mileage out of their wildcat formation. Hell, it surprised me that they would use a gimmicky formation like that to begin with. But I guess if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
But back to the task at hand- making the playoffs. Last week’s loss to the Patriots still hurts, but the Dolphins played them close until a late-game meltdown. But easier times lay ahead for the Phins.
It’s pretty simple- win out, and you’ll probably nab a wild card playoff spot. They’ve got four games left- Against the bumbling Bills (in Toronto- essentially a home game for the bills), then they finish up their tilt against the NCF and AFC west, hosting the lackadaisical 49ers, and traveling to Arrowhead to take on the Chiefs. The finale? A matchup with those hated Jets. The key? Win those next three games against the Bills, 49ers and Chiefs. They’re a combined 12-24. That seems like a fairly easy task- hell, three wins and a 10-6 record may even get you in. But sometimes this Dolphins team scares me.
See, while the can play up to the level of quality teams, they also play DOWN to the level of inferior opponents (see @ Houston, vs Seattle, vs Oakland, @ St. Louis). This is a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde team- so which one will show up for the remaining games? Will the Dolphins come out fired up against the three ho-hum teams left on their schedule? Will Ronnie and Ricky run wild on the defenses? Will Pennington be hitting Bess and Fasano for big gains on critical third downs? Or will we see the Dolphins that struggled to beat a 2-win St. Louis team?
To be honest, I expect the Dolphins to know what is on the line, and not trip up before the season finale in the Meadowlands. I have no reason to believe that Sporano won’t have the team ready for a playoff run, sitting at 10-5 going into the game against the Jets. He’s a good coach, and the Dolphins are a solid football team. The playoffs aren’t out of the realm of possibility. The Dolphins just need to do what they’ve been doing, and take care of business. Finish 11-5, and you're in for the first time since 2001 (with an identical record, too).