NINTH SEASON: WEEK SEVEN

Illness has struck the Staples' household this week.  The injury report would be full.  "Josiah Staples - OUT - respiratory infection, fever; Natalie Staples - QUESTIONABLE - respiratory infection; Gabriel Staples - PROBABLE - respiratory infection."  It is always rough when the kids are sick.  As a result, I haven't been able to put my usual stupidity into practice for the blog post.  I hope that you were able to survive without it.  At this late date, I'm not going to go into a whole big post.  There are a few things that I'm just going to put into one list.

• Boise State/TCU - Thanks to Missouri, things are going well.  LSU also finally got offed this past week, so the road was made a little easier.  I'm not too nervous about Auburn.  The SEC West is so tough that it is going to be a minor miracle to get out of there undefeated.  Honestly, the team that scares me the most is Oregon.  There doesn't seem to be anyone out there to stop their insane offense.  I'm hoping USC can do that this week.  The Gameday team will be in L.A., so if anything will get them worked up, that would be it.
• I've thought about if it would be better to have BSU play TCU or beat someone like Oregon.  I really am still convinced that we need to have those two nobodies play.  If a non-BCS team wins against a BCS team, the BCS will say, "See?  The system does work."  If the BCS team slaughters TCU then the BCS will say, "See?  The system works.  Non-BCS teams really can't compete."  The only way anything will change is if the BCS gets ticked off.  They don't care about outrage of the masses.  The only thing that will speak to the BCS is ratings and money.  That is why it has to be BSU vs. TCU.  (Not Utah.  It has to be TCU.)
• Recently, there have been several articles that echo what I wrote a couple of weeks back about how modern athletes are actually outgrowing the sport.  There really does seem to be a growing unease with thoughtful sports writers - not the ESPN talking mouthpieces for the league.  The NFL (and football in general) could be in some very real trouble.
• Gator Greats finally lost their perch at the top of the SFL this past week.  But, they can exact their revenge this week by taking out the new top ranked Ferrets.  Of course, with how things are going lately, it seems like everyone is just keeping the seat warm for Odious Repercussions.  They have been playing out of their minds the past few weeks.  

Sorry for the lame post.  Hopefully next week things will calm back down.  Also, I would still appreciate your prayers about the retreat center.  We actually are going up there again November 11-14 to meet with them and evaluate the property.  We should know something after that trip.