Oh Maurice, Maurice. So very sad to see you go.

For those who don’t know, Maurice Clarett played one year of college football at the Ohio State University. Actually, not even a whole year. After that he decided to turn pro, against the league rules. He got lawyers, he got huffy, he got agents and he got attention. Only after his lawsuit was rejected did public scandal come out. He claimed he knew of improper behavior by the school. Others claimed Maurice never went to class and took money from boosters. Were they both right? Maybe. Possibly.

But what do we know for sure?

We know that Maurice wrecked himself at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis. Maurice thought that, even after missing nearly two years of football, he’d be the NFL’s cat’s meow. Instead he’s a joke. He showed up and ran a 4.7 40-yard dash. That’s not good. In fact that’s dreadful. Instead of moving up in the draft Maurice may have fallen totally out of it. He’s now viewed as a whining malcontent. A troublemaker who not only quit on his own team by leaving early but quit the combine after hearing his poor times. What NFL team wants to waste a draft pick on a quitter? Not many.

And all of this because Maurice wouldn’t simply go to ‘school’ for one more year.

What a difference a year makes.

Is the best part of the Super Bowl the commercials?

Beautiful woman eating nacho chips, drinking soda and beers, dancing half-naked – no, not your girlfriend on the couch beside you, I’m talking about ads. Every year companies spend millions of dollars on Super Bowl ads. Money they could simply save, and pass the savings on to the customer. Instead, they spend 2.5 million dollars and get a 30-second advertisement during The Big Game. They spend another half million just producing the ad for The Big Game. Some music or action star gets trapped on an escalator and can’t reach their favorite can of soda – yeah, thanks for raising the cost of my car insurance to pay for that.

I like Mean Joe Greene as much as you. But not enough to pay for it.

The season ends with the Super Bowl

New England over Philadelphia –

The Colts pass better than the Eagles, and the Patriots stopped the Colts. The Steelers run better than the Eagles, and the Patriots stopped the Steelers. It seems to me the Eagles can’t win this game with their offense.

I’m not convinced the Eagles’ defense is any better than the Steelers’ defense and the Patriots scored plenty in Pittsburgh. The Eagles blitz better, but pressure on the quarterback doesn’t work as well against teams that don’t make mistakes, throw lots of screens and have a solid QB – and all three of those describe New England.

The Patriots have a lot of good, controlled drives and put up points every way they can while the Eagles get a couple of big plays but don’t manage much more than that.

Patriots 26, Eagles 13

There you be – Last game – Take the New England Patriots to win the title