Boxing Challenge: Alvarez storms through the Krusher

The boxing challenge rumbled into the Northeast on Saturday with a five-bout slate split between Atlantic City and the renovated Nassau Coliseum in Long Island and at the end of the evening, there was one fighter that clearly was the star of the weekend- and he did it without winning a round.

In an upset that some thought could happen, but that few thought would occur in this fashion- Eleider Alvarez scored three knockdowns on Sergey Kovalev out of nowhere in the seventh round and stripped Kovalev of not only his WBO light heavyweight title but also his fearsome demeanor and possibly even his career.
I thought Kovalev had won every round and seemed to be on his way to a lopsided win over the long-time WBC number one contender that champion Adonis Stevenson had spent almost three years avoiding.
One right hand changed all of that and three knockdowns later, the immediate future of the 175-pound division was gone as a Kovalev-Dmitry Bivol unification bout in December was gone.
There is a rematch clause and Kovalev winning all the rounds gives "Krusher" backers hope for a second battle, but this is a huge shot for the light heavyweight division in the short-term.
Alvarez, this KO aside, is not a big puncher and being promoted by Canada's Yvon Michel, who has managed his man Adonis Stevenson away from challengers for years, makes things even more confusing for his future.
As for Kovalev, he did answer some questions about his heart from the Andre Ward fight, as he rose from each knockdown and tried gallantly to fire back and survive, but he still was knocked out by a contender that had never knocked a top ten contender at 175 ( worn-out former super middleweight champion Lucien Bute doesn't count) out and isn't a draw even in his adopted country.

The co-feature from HBO saw Dmitry Bivol retain his WBA title via a unanimous decision over Issac Chilemba.
I haven't been able to watch this fight yet, so no scoring from my card.
Bivol has made some noise about fighting Alvarez in the same December unification bout planned for Kovalev, but after what has been reported to be a workmanlike, but nothing special effort for Bivol.

PBC wasted another national television platform on Fox with three less than thrilling fights.
In the main event of faded former welterweight champions, Andre Berto won a surprising split decision over Devon Alexander at the renovated (Praise the Lord for that fixup project from the home of Circulatory Socks) Nassau Coliseum on Long Island.
Alexander gave away some rounds late, but scored the fight's only knockdown in round three and won going away on my card 116-111.
Berto now gives us the gift of yet another undeserved PBC title shot in which the net result is a one-sided beatdown and waste of the viewers time.
Alexander has to feel snake bitten as for the second fight in a row (This loss and a draw with Victor Ortiz), the judges took away a deserved decision victory.

Former WBO middleweight champion Peter Quillin dominated super middleweight J'Leon Love and won a clear unanimous decision as the co-feature.
It wasn't a fun fight to watch as Quillin walked Love down, as Love did little other than bounce around the ring and generated little offense.
Quillin might be an interesting name to see as an opponent for WBC champ David Benavidez or IBF kingpin Jose Uzcategui on a future PBC card, especially Uzcategui, who may be looking for an opponent with the injury to mandatory Caleb Plant pushing that fight back until late 2018 or early 2019.
I had Quillin winning 99-91.

The first fight saw Sergey Lipinets struggle to a majority decision win in his welterweight bow against trialhorse Erick Bone.
I agreed with one judge at 95-95, but the remaining judges had their cards filled out before the fight with ridiculous cards of 99-91 and 98-92, which were insulting to the effort of Bone.
Lipinets might be better served to stay at junior welter, where he made a strong effort in his loss to Mikey Garcia earlier this year.

In the boxing challenge, Ramon Malpica gained two points on me in the boxing challenge as he scored five points to my three.
Ramon added two points each from the Quillin and Bivol wins and one from the victory by Lipinets.
I scored one point for each of the above victories.
The challenge now stands at 120-97.

Cavaliers trade for Sam Dekker, sign David Nwaba

The Cleveland Cavaliers continue their rebuild on the go with the acquisition of two young players that have surprised and disappointed in the league, but both will be given chances to earn minutes by Lake Erie that neither has been given in the league during their career.

The Cavaliers have reportedly come to agreement with free agent guard David Nwaba, who averaged just under eight points last season in 23 minutes per game as the Chicago Bulls backup point guard.
Nwaba, who worked his way to the Los Angeles Lakers through the D-League in 2016-17, but didn't make an impact there on a bad team, was claimed by the Bulls last summer and put together a nice season.

Nwaba shot just under 48 percent from the field as a Bull and almost 35 percent from the three-point line and joins the Cavalier guard depth chart.
Nwaba isn't a shooter but is strong on the defensive end and at 6'4 can be quite helpful as with long arms, athleticism, being taller than many on the point and is capable of defending point and shooting guards as well as some small forwards.
What the signing of Nwaba makes me think is that perhaps the Cavaliers are not finished dealing and are setting themselves up in case they are able to trade George Hill, which would lead to some substantial savings against the cap.
Nwaba hasn't officially signed, so I don't have any word on the financial aspect of the terms, but Nwaba has announced his "intent" to sign a contract.

The Cavaliers weren't finished as the team is reportedly finishing a trade that will send forward Sam Dekker to the team from the roster position challenged Los Angeles Clippers.
Dekker was the 15th overall pick from Wisconsin in 2015 by the Rockets, where he spent his first two seasons before spending last season with the Clippers after being one of seven players (or over half the then-Rockets bench) traded in the deal that sent Chris Paul to Texas.
The 24 year old averaged just 4.2 points per game in only 12 minutes of playing time per game for Los Angeles and has been given tags at two ends of the spectrum as I've read some reports that praise Dekker as a high energy player that works hard on both ends of the floor and others that have questioned his dedication to the game, so I'll reserve judgement on that part of Dekker's game, since I honestly don't remember seeing Sam Dekker play a minute for either the Rockets or the Clippers!

“A lack of maturity and focus regarding basketball” have plagued Sam Dekker throughout his career, one league source says. Chance for a fresh start with the #Cavs now. Dekker is talented and young enough to turn it around. https://t.co/SKIY8iubV0

— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) August 5, 2018

Dekker can run the floor and will make the occasional spectacular dunk, but his shooting in the league has been pretty bad outside the paint with a painfully bad 16 percent from three last season and he might be miscast defensively as too not big enough to guard power forwards or quick enough against the small forwards.

Still, if he can even improve his outside shooting a little bit, he could help with the second team off the bench and there is an opportunity for minutes in Cleveland as they really only have one true "3" on the roster in Cedi Osman.

Rodney Hood can play small forward, but is better suited to play shooting guard and the other power forwards on the roster aren't suited to guard away from the basket.

You might be able to get away with Larry Nance Jr in certain defensive situations there, but I wouldn't want to try it too often and I wouldn't want to try Channing Frye or Kevin Love (who will be more of a PF/C this season) there as much as I would Nance!

Still, considering the cost (either cash, "Future considerations" and some swapped rights of European players that will likely never see the NBA anyway), I'm ok with taking a flyer on Dekker.

Dekker makes 2.7 million for the upcoming season and will be a restricted free agent next summer, so the risk is minimal.

I'll be back later or tomorrow with the boxing challenge and another Pittsburgh Pirates addition through trade.

End of an Era-Corey Coleman shuffled off to Buffalo

One more linchpin of the Sashi Brown era was taken off of its moorings late last night as the Cleveland Browns traded 2016 first round wide receiver Corey Coleman to the Buffalo Bills for the massive return of a seventh rounder in the 2020 draft.

Honestly, I would have rather seen Coleman more in camp and preseason than take a 7th rounder in 2020 now, but apparently the Browns either had enough of Coleman already, liked rookie Antonio Callaway and/or third-year holdover Rashard Higgins far more  or all of the above and decided to take whatever they could receive even a lowly seventh rounder two years down the road.

Coleman was selected with the 15th pick in the 2016 draft out of Baylor, but struggled with broken hands (twice) and dropped passes even when his hands were not broken, most notably the fourth-down pass thrown to him against Pittsburgh as the Browns attempted to avoid the 0-16 record on the final week of the season.
Coleman did catch 56 passes for 718 yards with five touchdowns in his two years in Cleveland and occasionally flashed big-play ability but between issues staying on the field and the occasional off the field miscue, there are likely few in Cleveland disappointed in Coleman's departure.

Put me in the middle of the road.
Yes, Coleman drops passes and has been an immense disappointment, but he has had some terrible quarterbacks around him and maybe he isn't a number one receiver (although you'd like to think a 1st round pick can be that), but there have been plenty of players that aren't true number one receivers that flourish as a 2nd or 3rd pass catcher with more talent in the offense.
All things considered, I lean toward Coleman being a bust, but his speed is still there and provided the Browns run Josh Gordon, Jarvis Landry etc out on opening afternoon, I would have liked to have seen how productive Coleman might have been in running deep routes against the other team's nickel or dime coverage defensive backs and getting a seventh rounder doesn't change that.

However, if the Browns have already made a decision on Coleman and if they didn't think that he had a chance to stave off Higgins, Callaway or a new arrival to the roster, then it was best for the team and Coleman to move him to another opportunity and take the proverbial something instead of nothing.

Pirates leap into deadline!

The Pittsburgh Pirates looked to be sellers a few weeks back if you looked forward to the trade deadline, but then something happened in Pittsburgh- the Pirates ripped off eleven wins in a row, leaped back into the wild-card race with a Bob Beamonesque leap and Neal Huntington suddenly had a decision to make- sell and basically tell his fan base that the franchise had decided to punt the season from the green flag, stand pat with a suddenly hot team or make some moves and try to make the postseason.

To my surprise, Huntington made not just one, but two moves and they were big ones for the Pirates, costing them several good prospects that might have Pirates fans looking at these trades for years as either the day the Pirates added some arms that turned them into contenders for a few years or the day the team overreacted to a win streak and dealt players that should have thrived in Pittsburgh.

Starting with the larger of the two trades (the second of the pair), the Pirates landed perhaps the biggest arm to change teams at the deadline as Pittsburgh added righthander Chris Archer from Tampa Bay for outfielder Austin Meadows, right-handed pitcher Tyler Glasnow, and a player to be named later.
That's quite a package of cost-controlled young talent to send away for an often financially challenged franchise, but let's look at what Pittsburgh acquired first before the lost prospects in Chris Archer.

The soon to be 30 year old Archer (turns 30 in September) has been the best pitcher on a bad team over the last few seasons (53 wins since 2013), has been durable (no trips to the DL since his 2013 call-up) and hasn't notched an ERA higher than his current 4.31, so this is a quality starter to slot into the rotation for the Buccos.
Add to that, Archer's very team friendly contract that has him under control for 2019  (7.5 million) at a minimum with two team option years for 2020 and 21 at a very affordable (9 and 11 million) cost as well and you can see why the Pirates paid what they paid in prospects.

However, there are a few caveats on Chris Archer.
The largest of these is that Archer never took the expected leap to the next level after 2014 and 15 seasons that would have seen him firmly in the Cy Young race on even an average team and his numbers although still good, are declining slightly.
It could be that Tampa dealt Archer just as he is at his highest value and just before Archer could be starting a steep decline.
Archer's strikeouts numbers are down a bit (a strikeout and a half per nine innings from last year) and his hits per nine innings are up one from last season and those make me at least wonder a bit about Archer.
Still, Archer is still about as safe as you can trade for at this stage and even if he gives the Pirates what he has given to the Rays this season for three and a half seasons, that's still enough to be in the upper half of the Pirate rotation and if he gives you what the 2015 Archer is capable of, the Pirates have a clear number one starter.

Here's the issue for the Pirates though- you don't get a pitcher like this for free and they sure didn't this time.
Tyler Glasnow has the type of arm that makes scouts drool and as he flew through the minors, Glasnow was thought to give the Pirates a contention window with three big righthanders with power arms with Gerrit Cole and Jameson Taillon, but for one small problem- every time that Glasnow was given a chance with the Pirates, he had problems finding the strike zone.
The Pirates placed him in their bullpen and despite the walks remaining high (34 in 34 appearances), the strikeouts were as well ( 72 in those 34 appearances) and to me to have an arm like this that hasn't turned 23 (He will later this month) that you seem to have given up on as a starter is incredibly short-sighted.
Perhaps the Pirates figured they had run out of answers for Glasnow's questions or that their staff couldn't get through to Glasnow or who knows what other thoughts that they have, but all I will write is this- when you have a 6'8 fireballer with that kind of stuff and you give up on him this soon- you had better hope you are right because those arms don't come along as a homegrown product every day.

Austin Meadows was thought to be the next starting young outfielder and was the natural long-term replacement for Andrew McCutchen.
McCutchen's trade to the Giants was thought to have opened the door for Meadows, but when the team traded with Tampa Bay to add veteran Corey Dickerson, that door closed until Meadows was given a shot in May and responded with a torrid first month in the bigs hitting over .400 with four homers in his first 13 games.
Meadows cooled off in his next forty games, but still seemed to be in their long-term plans between the veteran Dickerson and the erratic Gregory Polanco, but Tampa had to have wanted the cost-controlled Meadows in this deal to make it work.
I've always liked Meadows bat, but he has had problems staying healthy and with the way that Meadows had dropped off after his start, the Pirates had to have wondered at least a little.
Meadows was the best outfield prospect in the system as far as talent and was the nearest to the parent club as well, so this was not a player that the Pirates could easily trade away.
The departure of Meadows also puts a lot of heat on the Pirates to re-sign Corey Dickerson in the off-season, despite an arbitration number that might make a Dickerson re-signing oppressive, this trade almost makes that a must do rather than we'll see consideration.


The player to be named will be interesting as well.
Will it be a third higher level prospect ( O'Neil Cruz at low West Virginia is the best prospect position wise or pitcher Mitch Keller at AAA Indianapolis, which I would think is unlikely), a b-level player that is at Bradenton or Altoona or a lottery ticket from the lower end of the system?
Glasnow was added to the Tampa roster and Meadows was assigned to the Rays AAA affiliate in Durham after the deal,
This trade will be evaluated for years and many Pirates fans will be following Tampa box scores for quite a while.

Editor's Note; The PTBNL was pitcher Shane Baz, the Pirates 2017 first round selection,

The first trade saw the Pirates add to their bullpen with a trade with the Texas Rangers as they added closer Keone Kela, favorite of former TRS fan Brad Adams (If two people read this and ask, I'll write about the Kela story that I have to tell) and owner of 24 saves in 25 chances for the Arlington's in exchange for minor league lefty Taylor Hearn and a player to be named later.
The 25-year-old Kela pitched well for the Rangers in 2017 and 18, can close or fill a setup role and can even pitch in a semi-long role in a rare situation that calls for it.
Kela will be arbitration eligible, but the Pirates again have added a pitcher that gives them some control over his rights for a while.

The part that hurts is losing former Hagerstown Sun lefthander Taylor Hearn, who was having a breakout season at AA Altoona.
Hearn has an ERA of 3.12 in twenty starts, struck out 115 in 109 innings and held opposing hitters to under a .200 batting average.
Add that to a lefty that sits in the mid-90's and you have a southpaw that didn't seem to be far away from the big leagues.
This might be another pitcher that the Pirates might have wished hadn't gotten away.
Hearn was assigned to the Rangers AA squad in Frisco after the trade.

Give the Pirates credit, they saw an opening and for once- went for it.
For a team that is almost always questioned about finances, you have to give them credit for doing what they are usually criticized for not doing- giving themselves a chance to win.
However, you can argue (and time will answer this question) that the Pirates might have overreacted to a winning streak that put them in sight of a playoff spot (and that's really what the streak did put them in the running) and might have cost themselves as many as five young players that make the big leagues for a mirage of a playoff run.
They are valid questions to ask and I don't think that the answer is an easy one, mainly because I've been critical for the Pirates not being buyers when in the position to make sense to do so.
Still, looking at all things fairly, I lean to the side of not making the deal for Chris Archer.
Here's why- you didn't think that you were going to contend, which is why you moved Gerrit Cole for young players (Michael Feliz, Joe Musgrove, and Colin Moran) that were expected to make the parent club, yet weren't expected to make instant impacts on the lineups.
The team (in my opinion) traded better prospects for Archer than they received for Cole and yet the trade for Cole put the surprise contender in need for a pitcher.
Archer will be under team control longer than Cole, so that plays a part in those deals, but still, if you don't trade Cole, the need for Archer is not as great and so it goes down the line.
Now you lose players with the potential to help you down the road for what could be a mirage of a few weeks in one season and the risk is massive, particularly if Tyler Glasnow figures things out in Florida.
I understand the reasons why but consider me more than concerned about the end results of these trades.

Boxing Challenge

The boxing challenge continues after a missed weekend caused by yours truly.

The six-fight weekend features one already fought (both predictions made before the fight), two on HBO and three on Fox complete with me wondering why PBC puts these on a network, but I digress.

The most important fights are part of an HBO doubleheader in the light heavyweight division as two titles are on the line with WBO champ Sergey Kovalev defending against long-time WBC top contender Elieder Alvarez and WBA kingpin Dmitry Bivol putting his belt up against Issac Chilemba.

The once feared Kovalev faces his toughest test since Andre Ward after two confidence builders against lesser opponents in Alvarez, who was the long avoided mandatory for WBC champion Adonis Stevenson after his close majority win over Issac Chilemba almost three years ago.
Alvarez isn't a puncher or a cutie as a boxer, but he provides a nice measuring stick for Kovalev and just what he could have remaining in the gas tank.

In HBO's other bout, Dmitry Bivol faces his second top 10 level opponent after an impressive knockout of Sullivan Barrera, against Issac Chilemba.
Chilemba had lost three in a row (Alvarez, Kovalev and Oleksander Gvozsdyk) before a win over Blake Caparello last time out earned him this fight vs the rock-fisted Bivol.
Chilemba isn't slick enough to outbox Bivol or punches hard enough to keep Bivol off of him so this could be an excellent candidate for knockout of the evening.

PBC once again wastes an excellent platform with three fights that carries some interest, but none of which can be considered must-see TV.
Perhaps this is as simple as PBC playing out the string on a contractual commitment, but I would still think that giving a higher level of fight a network time slot (Next month's Danny Garcia-Shawn Porter fight for the vacant WBC welterweight title would have been a great choice) would be a better allocation of exposure, but who am I to argue with the PBC's ahem success.

The main event features former champions in Devon Alexander and Andre Berto.
Berto, who to be described as faded may be too strong of a term, has plenty of heart but little left in skills and against Alexander, who has retained some of his championship level slickness and was robbed in his last bout in being given a draw against Victor Ortiz in a bout that he clearly won.

Former middleweight champ Peter Quillin returns to the ring against fringe contender J'Leon Love in a super middleweight fight.
Quillin looks to return to title form after his one round loss to Daniel Jacobs in 2015, while Love is winless against top 20 level opponents.

The opener features former IBF junior welterweight champion Sergey Lipinets move to the welterweight division against trialhorse Erick Bone.
Lipinets, who gave Mikey Garcia a tougher outing than most in his last bout, faces Bone, who is the perfect type of opponent for someone on the comeback trail- tough enough to make you work, but isn't a threat to defeat you either.

Both Ramon and I had our picks in for the vacant IBF junior lightweight title from Australia from ESPN+ as Tevin Farmer took a unanimous decision over Billy Dib for that title.
Farmer was robbed of that same title in December when Kenichi Ogawa was given a ridiculous decision before failing the post-fight drug test, so it was only fair that Farmer was given a second chance when Ogawa was stripped.
Both of us selected Farmer via decision for two points...
After the Farmer-Dib fight,the challenge stands at 117-92.

WBO Light Heavyweight Title. 12 Rds
Sergey Kovalev vs Elieder Alvarez
Both: Kovalev Unanimous Decision

WBA Light Heavyweight Title. 12 Rds
Dmitry Bivol vs Issac Chilemba
R.L: Bivol Unanimous Decision
TRS: Bivol KO 9

Welterweights. 12 Rds
Devon Alexander vs Andre Berto
Both: Alexander Unanimous Decision

Super Middleweights. 10 Rds
Peter Quillin vs J'Leon Love
R.L: Quillin KO 9
TRS: Quillin Unanimous Decision

Welterweights 10 Rds
Sergey Lipinets vs Erick Bone
Both: Lipinets Unanimous Decision

Indians add Leonys Martin

Many expected the Cleveland Indians to be one of the bigger players at the trading deadline.
They weren't one of those, but they did make two small trades that they hope will improve themselves defensively/

In the first trade, the Indians acquired veteran centerfielder Leonys Martin along with minor league pitcher Kyle Dowdy from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for minor league shortstop Willi Castro.

Martin is the centerpiece of the deal, as he will be expected to shore up a flagging Indian defense in the outfield.
The 30 year old Martin will play against righties in a platoon with Rajai Davis, who will start against southpaws.
Martin was hitting .252 with the Tigers with nine homers, so he's not without his occasional helpful spots with the stick, but he's never hit higher than .274 or hit more than 15 homers, so counting on him for more than the defensive help is likely to be looking for Fool's Gold,

Minor league right-hander Kyle Dowdy was thrown into the deal.
Dowdy split the season with the Tigers AA (Erie) and AAA (Toledo) affiliates and didn't post even interesting numbers, so he seems to be a toss-in by any standards.
Dowdy was used as a starter for Toledo and a reliever for Erie, so maybe the Indians see something in him as a reliever and assigned him to AA Akron.

The Indians gave up a nice prospect in shortstop Willi Castro, who was hitting .246 with 5 homers and 13 steals for the AA Akron Rubber Ducks.
The Indians did have the depth to move Castro, as he might have repeated AA anyway with the Indians being stocked at the middle infield positions.
I don't mind trading Castro because of the depth chart, using the minors to add talent is part of a strong system, but I always hate losing talented players.

In the other smaller deal, the Indians traded for toolsy centerfielder (see where this is going?) Oscar Mercado from the St.Louis Cardinals.
Considering the position now and for next year with Bradley Zimmer missing some of the 2019 season, the Indians must think Mercado can contend for playing time next season.
Mercado was assigned to AAA Columbus after hitting. 285 with 8 homers and 31 steals for AAA Memphis and turns 24 in December.
This might be a deal that looks much larger down the road as Mercado could be a contributor for the 2019 Indians.

Conner Capel is the more known of the two players going to the Redbirds as the son of former big league pitcher Mike Capel.
Capel hit .261 with 6 homers and 15 steals for High A Lynchburg, but I'm not sure has long-term prospect type status.

The other player was a lottery ticket in Columbian outfielder Jhon Torres, who at 18 was playing for the AZL Indians at the time of the trade, hitting. 273 with 4 homers in 99 at bats in Tucson.

Hoping to find time tonight for the Pirates trades and the boxing challenge.

Urban Meyer-Stay or go?

I'm still sick, but as good as I've been for a while and I really wanted to dig into those baseball deadline dealings where the Indians were surprisingly mostly silent and it was the Pirates (?) that made the explosive moves.

That was until this morning when more of the Zach Smith drama in Columbus dribbled along and then erupted with a force that left Urban Meyer on "Administrative Leave" and offensive coordinator Ryan Day in charge as the temporary head coach.

I'm not going to get into details about what Urban Meyer knew and when did he know and I'll skip the Howard Baker voice as well, but the interesting thing to think about is this- Has Urban Meyer coached his final game at Ohio State?
How about Perhaps?

Clearly, if it can be proven that Meyer knew about the Zach Smith accusations from 2015, he's gone.
In these days and times, something like that means instant dismissal.
However, what if Urban Meyer isn't connected to actually knowing by text, email. another person, etc and his wife Shelley backs up that claim with a statement that she never told him despite her knowing?
If that scenario occurs, that is the avenue that could see Urban Meyer retain his position.
After all, it would be difficult to fire a person for not knowing that someone on their staff could have been a domestic abuser although no charges had been filed against that assistant and should OSU try and it is proved that indeed Meyer didn't know anything, Ohio State could be on the hook for the lawsuit of the century.

Here's another problem- with the selection of Ryan Day as the interim coach for possibly the 2018 season over more established candidates Greg Schiano and Kevin Wilson, the Buckeyes might have made their choice- for good or bad, for the duration.
The 2018 Buckeyes are going to be very talented.
Talented to the point of anything less than 11-1 might be looked at as a disappointing season and how on earth could you fire a coach that finishes with that record under these conditions?
Nothing against Ryan Day and I'm open to changing my mind, but I've seen nothing that makes me think that he would be my top choice as the next Buckeye head coach,
Not saying that it has to stay that way, but it wouldn't be that currently.

Another problem is 11-1 likely gives Day the job, but 8-4 is a bad year with this talent and means a new coach would likely be hired.
However, can that coach keep together what looks like another super recruiting class?
So, what would be a record that would be acceptable enough yet still consider other candidates?
I'd say 9-3 if that includes a Michigan victory.
That might be good enough to consider Day, but enough that the usual level of excellence had fallen short to open the job interviews to the outside.
Keep in mind that a similar situation occurred last year at Colorado with the Buffalo's coach keeping his job, although the social climate has changed over the last year and clearly Colorado isn't Ohio State as far prestige goes, but some precedent has been set.

Not sure how this plays out, but the longer this game is played, the more it favors Urban Meyer keeping his job.

Back later with finally some trade thoughts.