Alert, alert, there have been shots fired. New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick insists that Wes Welker's hit on Aqib Talib was deliberate. From what I can see during the replay Welker had enough time to prepare for contact, lower his head, have a coffee break, and lay the lumber on Talib. Of course Talib was injured during the play and Belichick left it up to the NFL to determine the punishment, as he always does. According to NFL.com the hit was legal as another receiver already had possession of the ball before contact was made. I don't think so NFL, there are pictures all over google images that clearly show that Thomas did not have possession of the ball before the hit. Belichick is right NFL, deal with it. Lets take a look at where this whole mess began, March 2013, Welker's contract year. Broncos twelve million versus Pats eleven million and the winner is the Broncos! Wait what? Why did you leave? 
According to Boston.com Welker was pointed out by Belichick in front of all of his teammates and criticized. Ok that's why…… Way to go Bill, thats our best receiver and Tom Brady's security blanket and now he is gone due to criticism. Any slot guy want to play with Tom Brady? Anybody? Lets have quarterback turned wide receiver Julian Edelman and Danny Always Injured Amendola as the starring cast of who wants to be Wes Welker's clone, and yes there is a winner. Lets fast forward back to this year.
The winner of who wants to be Wes Welker's clone goes to Danny Always Injured Amendola. Wait. No. That can't be right. My bad. The correct winner is Julian Edelman who broke 100 receptions  and became Tom Brady's favorite target. Danny Always Injured Amendola was projected to be this years winner but had 40 less receptions than Edelman. You got beat by a college quarterback, way to go, but you'll have another shot. Thank you for starring in the show Danny Always Injured Amendola, but as you know there is always next year. 
Back to what I really came here to talk about Bill versus Wes, and cut-off sweatshirt sleeves versus huge helmets. Bill you have to respect Welker, even if he does deliberately take out Aqib, as he was one of Brady's favorite slot guys. Wes simply don't take out Aqib, we all saw that it was illegal, just don't do it again. Please make up and lets have a good clean fight next year between the Patriots and the Broncos. 

Loud and proud, Richard Sherman, cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks had some nice words of wisdom for reporter Erin Andrews after sealing the Seahawks 23-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. Sherman's rant on national television did not only rattle viewers, it served as the gold standard for trash talk in the NFL. But Sherman is not the only one….
 As a Patriots fan I have been accustomed to reading all of the glorious fighting words from the Jets. The Jets follow in Rex Ryan's footsteps, more specifically his toughness. Rex Ryan does not fear the Patriots at all just like Sherman does not fear any wide receiver or any quarterback. The point is that Sherman, a rising star in the NFL, feels the need to let everybody in the world know that he is the best. Honestly he is pretty good, he has the most interceptions in the NFL at eight and clinched the NFC Championship for the Seahawks. Despite his stats and ticket to the Super Bowl, class and professionalism are important. Screaming at a reporter and talking only about oneself is no way to promote a franchise, particularly one that is going to the Super Bowl for the second time in its existence. Football is a team sport and winning the NFC Championship is a team win not an individual one. 
As a wise Tom Brady once said,"win with graciousness," and stay classy Mr. Sherman…...

To simply put this the Patriots were dominated by the Broncos for a greater part of the game. The Broncos won the battle at the line of scrimmage and shutdown the Patriots running game, which set the tone for the rest of the game. Blount was not a factor in this game as he ran for less than 30 yards and to no surprise no touchdowns. By the way he had four last week. Without the running game the Patriots offense could not produce points. With Julian Edelman, and Danny Always Injured Amendola on the outside, who both are barely six feet tall, it can be hard to produce offense. To make matters worse Peyton and his all-star wide receiving core widened the gap during the third quarter making the score 20-3. Despite the score, the game came down to who could win one on one match-ups. Brady and his weapons, which are more like a mini squirt guns compared to Peyton and his fully operational rocket propelled guns were no match for the Broncos. Peyton and his stacked wide receiving core were able to dominate the Patriots depleted secondary and throw for 400 yards. 
Enough with all the match-ups, lets look on to next year. The Patriots got two wide receivers in last years draft that were both injured all year long. Their names, TJ Moe and Mark Harrison. TJ Moe is a prototype Wes Welker and a great slot guy to put across from Edelman or Amendola. Harrison on the other hand is a big boy, standing at 6'3'' and weighing almost 225 pounds. He is the deep threat Tom Brady needed this year. I wouldn't be surprised if the Patriots go for another tight end in the early rounds to complement Gronk and draft some defensive tackles. Next year…………..is the year for the Patriots………as long as they stay healthy…..

Tough second half for the Yeowomen as they were outscored 36-21, but that was not all. Wittenberg was able to pressure the Yeowomen with their full court 3-2 zone. The 3-2 zone changed the game for Wittenberg especially in rebounding department. Due to their size and lack bench players the Yeowomen simply got tired and were outrebounded 45-32 which gave Wittenberg alot of second chance oppurtunities. Beyond rebounding the zone caused the Yeowomen a lot of problems primarily with their shot selection as they were not able to shoot high percentage shots from the paint. The Yeowomen are 8-7 and 3-3 in the conference. One more thing, and yes the most important thing is that despite the loss, the Yeowomen fought hard to the end and that's what counts.

Yeowomen pulled out to an early 12-2 lead over Wittenberg within the first five minutes of the game. The Yeowomen were all over Wittenberg hitting a large percentage of their shot and playing great defense. But Wittenberg was able to put out their early fire and limit the Yeowomen to three points in the final four minutes. The score at half is 28-22 Yeowomen after Christina Marquette hit a big three pointer with one second left on the shot clock. Its time for round two. This is isaac Feldman from the camera in Philips Gymnasium. Lets go Yeowomen!

Talk about evolving offenses and the Patriots rank at the top. LaGarrette Blount and Stevan Ridley have now become the go to guys for Josh McDaniels as they were able to compile 234 yards rushing and six touchdowns. Blount lead the way with 166 yards and four touchdowns, Ridley had 67 and two touchdowns. The passing game on the other hand was in a sense mediocre, Tom Brady only threw for 198 yards and no touchdowns or interceptions. Beyond all of the stats the Patriots simply crushed the Colts, the final score was 43-22 and the Patriots running seemed to be too much for the Colts as Blount tore off a 74 yard touchdown run at the beginning of the fourth quarter. I am very impressed with the Patriots team, they are able to win with mental toughness and a very dynamic running game. The Patriots defense, I'm talking to you Jamie Collins, was disruptive and caused turnovers. Alfonzo Dennard had two interceptions which were big in the entirety of the game. For the Patriots its back to where they were last year, the AFC Championship game. One more thing, Lets go Patriots! Time to reach the ultimate goal…..Super Bowl win.

The Yeowomen pulled out a victory over Kenyon 54-50 on Wednesday night. Kenyon College came into the game on a four game winning streak. They may have come in hot but their winning streak would end. Throughout the game the Yeowomen and the Lords of Kenyon were more or less even as they both shot about 30 percent on field goals. Three pointers shooting was not much better or worse for that matter as the Lords shot 29 percent and the Yeowomen shot 27 percent. The Yeowomen and the Lords were even down to the wire until the free throws began. The Yeowomen were spot on from the stripe only missing four free throws as they went 17-21. Beyond that Christina Marquette, Lindsay Bernhardt, and Malisa Hoak all were in double digits and lead the way for the Yeowomen on offense. I only have one thing left to say, anytime you beat Kenyon it is a great day! Way to go Yeowomen! Tune in on Saturday at 1:00 to hear Darren Zaslau broadcast the game against Hiram on goyeo.com

The Oberlin Yeowomen pulled out a dominant win over the Wooster Fighting Scots last night 86-71. The final score doesn't show how close this game was. At halftime the Yeowomen had a slim lead, as they were only ahead by four points. Earlier in the half the Yeowomen had a 20 point lead, their largest of the night. Wooster kept on fighting back by capitalizing on missed three-pointers by the Yeowomen and pushing the ball in transition. The Yeowomen had an inconsistent first half as they only shot 41 percent from downtown. The second half was a different story. 
The Yeowomen had a stellar second half, they scored 43 points and shut down Wooster's offense, as they only shot 32 percent from the field. Beyond that the Yeowomen were able to create turnovers as they had three blocks compared to Wooster's one in the second half. That was not all, Lillian Jahan had a superb night scoring 27 points and leading the way for the Yeowomen. 
This was a great win for the Yeowomen, their first in the NCAC. The Yeowomen are now 6-5 and 1-1 in conference play. 
Next home game: January 8th against none other than Kenyon. One more thing BEAT KENYON!
Tune in for the next Yeowomen blog post on Januray 8/9th 

So much for going quickly and quietly, Sparty. Shutting out Stanford in the third quarter is a good way to start a comeback, as well as please the viewers. But is four points a sufficient lead? I highly doubt it Mr. Cook. Despite that Mr. Cook seems to love to scramble out of the pocket especially when there is no pressure.  Scrambling against Stanford, one of the best defenses in college football is probably not a good idea. But someway somehow Cook was able to made Stanford pay with a big touchdown to start the fourth quarter making it 24-17 Michigan State. Way to go Sparty. But don't count out the Cardinal…..yet. 

Jeremy Langford 2 yard td run to end a 13 play 73 yard Michigan State drive and make the score 10-7 Stanford to start the second quarter.

Stanford first drive of second quarter ends in a punt that puts Michigan State at its own 20. First play of drive is a 22 yard pass that puts Michigan at their own 37. Three plays later the Spartans are forced to punt.

The next Spartan drive Connor Cook throws a painful pick six while under pressure. Score now 17-7 Stanford with ten plus minutes left in the quarter.

Stanford defense keeps dialing up the pressure on Cook and forcing him to make bad throws. Cook makes Stanford pay with a big completion over the middle of the field for 24 yards to keep the drive going. Then Langford catches a ball out of the backfield on a swing route and goes for a first down to the Stanford 20. Next play, Cook goes way downfield to Fowler to the Stanford three-yard line. A few plays later Cook is called for intentional grounding but defensive holding offsets the penalty. Cook makes up for penalty on the next play with a touchdown pass with 28 seconds left in the half.

On Stanford's opening drive Tyler Gaffney ran the ball in from 16 yards out to give the cardinal a 7-0 lead. Later in the quarter quarterback Kevin Hogan fumbled the ball on a second down and six but Stanford was able to recover the ball and keep the drive going. The fumble was the only downside for Stanford in the first quarter.