Sports by the numbers: 1/28/11

Posted by A. Isaac on January 28th, 2011 at 10:23 am

Guyism’s daily look at what’s hot in the world of sports.

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MSU had dominated Michigan on the basketball court and on the football field for a better part of three years. And with a bball game at home, a place MSU rarely ever lost, the streak of 1181 days looked to be safe. But Michigan rallied behind some incredible three-point shooting from Zack Novak and Stu Douglass to pull off one of the biggest upsets in the history of the rivalry. The Spartans are now firmly on the NCAA bubble and for the first time, coach Tom Izzo looks completely baffled as to what he is doing.

It’s quite amusing to see athletes go on Twitter and threaten their peers’ lives. Thus was the case with Jets CB Antonio Cromartie and Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck. Cromartie has repeatedly talked about NFL Labor negotiations so the quarterback issued this quip on his Twitter count. “Somebody ask Cromartie if he knows what CBA stands for.” Before it was erased, Cromartie caught wind of it and replied, “hey Matt if u have something to then say it be a man about it. Don’t erase it. I will smash ur face in.” Unfortunately, Hasselbeck did not come back asking Antonio to name his 8 kids.

How long has Jeff Fisher been with the Titans organization? Well, when he started there they were the Houston Oilers. Sixteen seasons later, owner Bud Adams decided that Fisher just couldn’t wield the stick he used to with players and let him go. At issue this off-season was the handling of Vince Young, who Fisher said he couldn’t go to battle with next season. But don’t feel too sorry for the coach, it’s only a matter of time before he gets another gig in the NFL.

The much anticipated opening round of Tiger Woods 2011 campaign went extremely well. Something that hasn’t happened for Tiger in quite some time. His bogey-free round of 69 certainly wasn’t the best he could do at Torrey Pines, but considering how poorly he has played in the past year, it’s significant improvement. If Tiger can somehow pull out a win and get that monkey off his back, we could see the resurgence many doubted he could make this year. A loss will just add fuel to the naysayers’ fire.

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A. Isaac A. Isaac is the Senior Editor of Guyism.com. You may have seen him before on The World of Isaac or at a local beach showing off his man boobs. His claims to fame include eating 5 cheeseburgers in one minute, having a threesome with two Victoria Secret models, and being a world-class table tennis player. Unfortunately, the validity of some of those claims is under dispute.