Last week, Jon Jones destroyed former Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida. That really shouldn’t have shocked anyone, In fact, it should have been expected. Jon Jones has torn through the MMA landscape like the plague. In his sixteen professional fights, he has only gone to the judges’ decision five times, and his one blemish was a disqualification for an illegal elbow to everyone’s favorite handicapped fighter, Matt Hamill. His success has stabilized the UFC Light Heavyweight division, which had only one successful title defense in three years until Jones defeated Rampage Jackson earlier this year.

Jon Jones – incredibly creative striker with a championship collegiate wrestling background and a down-to-Earth, humble personailty. So what’s not to like? That is a really simple answer.

As of now, having not played a single game in the 2011-12 NFL season, Peyton Manning ranks third in all time NFL passing yards, 3rd in all time NFL passing touchdowns (21 behind Dan Marino for second), and until this season he seemed to be on pace to breaking Favre’s consecutive games played record. There can be no arguing it, Manning belongs on the Mt. Rushmore of the quarterback position, and could make an argument for 2011-12 NFL MVP without even seeing the field all season long.

But something strange is happening.

Thanks, Jerry Sandusky. Thanks a lot.

The forty charges of Sexual Abuse against children that were levied against the former Penn State Defensive Coordinator were as sickening as they were unthinkable, only a mere two weeks ago. It seems that Sandusky may have opened up a Pandora’s box of charges spanning across College sports as long time Syracuse Assistant Basketball coach Bernie Fine was placed on Administrative Leave amidst an reopened investigation of 2003 claims made by 39-year-old former Syracuse ball-boy, Bobby Davis, and his step-brother Mike Lang, 49, that Fine molested them over a ten year period that began in Middle School. Fine was not charged in the 2003 investigation.

Let’s play a game! Let’s rewind back to January 12th, 2010. Does that date ring a bell? It probably doesn’t unless your blood runs a particular shade of Volunteer Orange. That was the infamous day when first year Tennessee Volunteer head coach Lane Kiffin bolted to the west coast in favor of the USC Trojans and left a once proud football program in complete and total disarray.

One that day, I wrote this;