SPORTS WEEKEND PREVIEW ( 19th Edition )

TIDE ROLLS TO BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!

The Alabama Crimson Tide over came early mistakes to defeat the Texas Longhorns 37 to 21 to win the 2009 National Championship. The Tide's defense knocked Texas All-American QB Colt McCoy out of the game on the Horn's first series with a shoulder injury. He would not return to the game. After McCoy left the game Alabama over came a 6 to 0 deficit and took control of the game. The Longhorns seemed to lose their confidence on both sides of the ball after losing their leader. The Crimson Tide seemed to gain more and more confidence after the injury to Colt McCoy and their defense dominated and their running game took over. The Tide led 24 to 6 at halftime. Alabama got conservative in the second half and Texas freshman QB Garrett Gilbert was able to throw a couple of second half TD passes to get the Horns back to within 24 to 21. The Tide's defense forced two more turnovers to set up two 4th quarter scores to clinch the National Title for Alabama. It is a shame that Colt McCoy had to miss most of the game with injury. That is definitely not the way he expected to end his college career.

NFL PLAYOFFS

Saturday..... AFC..... N.Y. Jets @ Cincinnati..... The Jets won big over the Bengals last week to get into the playoffs. I don't think they can do it two weeks in a row..... Cincinnati 24 N.Y. Jets 17

Saturday..... NFC..... Philadelphia @ Dallas..... This is another rematch from last week. The Cowboys won big to win the NFC East Division Title. I look for this game to be a lot closer but with the same result..... Dallas 20 Philadelphia 16

Sunday..... AFC..... Baltimore @ New England..... The Patriots lost a key cog to their offense when Wes Welker went down with injury last week. It would not surprise me to see the Ravens win this game, but I believe New England will find away to win at home..... New England 23 Baltimore 20

Sunday..... NFC..... Green Bay @ Arizona..... Curt Warner of the Cardinals has been very good in the post season. The Green Bay Packers have finished the regular season as one of the hottest teams in the NFL. The Packers won big over the Cardinals last week and they will win again this week..... Green Bay 27 Arizona 17

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

The Clemson Tigers have a very big early ACC game that they must win as they host Boston College. The Tigers are coming off a big loss at Duke in their ACC opener. They can't afford to open the ACC schedule with back to back losses with a game against North Carolina looming next week.

NEW SCHEDULE FOR THE ARMCHAIR COACH

Starting next week the main schedule for The ArmChair Coach blog will be on Wednesdays. We will be blogging about all kinds of sports topics and looking at key games in the world of sports. The blog will be very much like the General Views blog of Wednesdays past but kicked up a few notches. Stay tuned to The ArmChair Coach.

Until Wednesday.