Trouble finds Bengals again

Just when we thought the culture had changed in Bengal land, Jerome Simpson and Anthony Collins bring us back the good old days.

Last night, Kentucky law enforcement officials converged on a house, owned by Simpson, after a package was delivered to that house.

The package in question contained 2.5 pounds of marijuana. Simpson and teammate Collins were both present at the house when Simpsons girlfriend, Aleen Smith, signed for the package.

Simpson, the homeowner, gave law enforcement consent to search the house.

During the search, authorities located another six pounds of marijuana, packaging materials, scales and smoking equipment.

Kentucky authorities were alerted to the package from California narcotics officials.

Both Simpson and Collins were questioned.

It will be interesting to see what comes of this, but it does not appear that it looks good for Simpson and Collins.

Both could be disciplined, based on the leagues personal conduct and substace abuse policies.

It is a shame that after we got rid of the shenanigans of Chad, T.O. and Carson, more crap continues to creep into this team.

Week 4 NCAA picks

I have also decided to pick some NCAA football games. I will be picked the same games that the experts at Yahoo are. I will also be picking a couple other games like UC and Miami.

North Carolina St @ Cincinnati
Bowling Green @ Miami U
Colorado @ Ohio State
UCF @ BYU
North Carolina @ Georgia Tech
Notre Dame @ Pitt
Toledo @ Syracuse
San Diego St @ Michigan
UCLA @ Oregon St
California @ Washington
W. Michigan @ Illinois
Arkansas @ Alabama
Oklahoma State @ Texas A&M
Florida State @ Clemson
Southern Miss @ Virginia
Kansas St @ Miami (Fl)
Nebraska @ Wyoming
Missouri @ Oklahoma
Florida @ Kentucky
Vandy @ South Carolina
Oregon @ Arizona
USC @ Arizona State
LSU @ West Virginia

MLS to land another former EPL star?

It appears that the MLS was close to bringing over Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka back in August. According to this Yahoo story, Anelka would like to still come over when he leaves Chelsea in the summer.

Anelka would add to list of aging former Premier League stars who have decided to come over and finish their careers.

Brockbusta's NFL Picks - Week 3

Here are my picks for Week 3 of the NFL Season:

Houston @ New Orleans
NY Giants @ Philadelphia
Jacksonville @ Carolina
New England @ Buffalo
Miami @ Cleveland
San Francisco @ Cincinnati
Denver @ Tennessee
Detroit @ Minnesota
Baltimore @ St Louis
NY Jets @ Oakland
Kansas City @ San Diego
Arizona @ Seattle
Atlanta @ Tampa Bay
Green Bay @ Chicago
Pittsburgh @ Indianapolis

MNF
Washington @ Dallas

Record so far this season: 21-11

Conference shuffle

My oh my, how the NCAA Division I conference landscape has changed. The shuffling of teams and conferences certainly is not done.

With Pitt and Syracuse heading to the ACC within the next couple of years, possibly along with UConn and Rutgers, there could be some major changes coming.

Currently, the Pac-12 is in talks with Oklahoma, Texas, Ok State and Texas Tech to jump the Big 12 ship and head to the Pac-12. That will make them the Pac-16, thus leaving Kansas, Kansas State, Baylor and Missouri left without a home.

That is where the Big East comes in. Since Pitt and Syracuse left, possibly along with UConn and Rutgers, there has been word that the Big 12 and Big East conference commissioners have met to discuss a merger. The merger could definitely help save some of these schools.

The Mountain West and Conference USA have discussed a merger as well. With that being said, what are TCU and Notre Dame going to do?

TCU is set to join the Big East next year. Some say, they may be better off staying in the MWC if it merges with Conference USA.

We all know that Notre Dame will be just fine.

The question is, will they join the Big 10 or the ACC? The way things are shaking down, Dan Wetzel of Yahoo says Notre Dame is better off in the ACC.

This just shows that money is the driving force behind all of this. Once the greedy school presidents get their hands on that, it is tough to get them to stop going for it.

The following weeks/months will be very interesting, as the landscape of Division I athletics will change.

Will that change be for the good?

When money is the driving force, it usually is not a good thing.

Hopefully the hiatus is over

Once again, I/we plan on continuing to work on this blog as much as possible now. It has been very hard these past couple of months, being a parent and all. There is no more work than being a parent. I have been very blessed to spend my evenings with my amazing wife and son!

Now with hockey season coming up, I am not sure how much Scott will be able to contribute and once his lovely wife gives birth, I imagine I will be flying solo with this blog.

I plan on posting daily on this so please continue to follow and we appreciate your patience as we have not posted in months.

Thank you all and we appreciate your support.