Top 25 Shakedown

The list of unbeatens is down to two. Just Kansas and Memphis hold that precious zero in the loss column after UNC lost to Maryland last night by a score of 82-80. Many thought that UNC would be undefeated the longest due to their big men and their depth. Personally, I like Memphis. Nobody is able to keep up with them up and down the floor for two full halves. Or maybe this is just Kansas' year. We all remember what kind of run their football program had. Lets just hope that their basketball team doesn't stall at the end of the year, although Kansas' football team definately showed that they were for real in their bowl game. But I guarantee you that Kansas and Memphis will both give up their perfect regular season records for a national title in a heart beat.
The Top 25 will have some re-sorting to do after this week, although most of it has to do with Saturday's games. Seven of the top 25 lost on Saturday including 1 UNC, 4 UCLA, 9 Texas A&M, 15 Mississippi, 16 Pitt, 24 Miami (FL), 25 Arizona State. It seems obvious that Memphis will be 2 and Kansas will be 3. It will be interesting to see how far UNC and UCLA fall as well as who will be joining the top 25 since both 24 and 25 lost. I'm sure there will be plenty of talk until the new rankings come out so enjoy the havoc known as college basketball.

Football Notes

-Rutgers running back Ray Rice has announced that he will leave Rutgers a year early to enter the NFL draft. This seems like a smart choice to me. There is no better time to leave school then when your stock is at its highest, and after his performance in the International Bowl (35 carriers for 280 yards and 4 TD's and 2 catches for 15 yards) I don't see his stock getting any higher. Say what you want about the fact that they were playing Ball State but he proved time and time again throughout the year that he could carry the load which he was forced to do, especially last year due to their anemic passing game.

-According to Joe Schad on ESPN.com, Pete Carroll has showed interest in the vacant Atlanta Falcons head coaching job and is scheduled to meet with Arthur Blank. Blank is supposedly offering to give Carroll complete control of all personnel which is what makes this offer so enticing. Personally, I'm surprised that Blank is even talking to a college coach after the Petrino situation, although Carroll is a different person and also has past NFL head coaching experience as well as 12 years in the league as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator.

-On a less serious note, Seahawks kicker, Josh Brown has announced that he will be wearing heated pants for their upcoming playoff game against the Green Bay Packers. Because kickers are less active than the rest of the players, it is harder for them to stay loose, especially in colder weather so he will try to help the situation by wearing pants set at 75 degrees.