Look at the date of my previous post and our comments - can you believe that was THREE days ago?! Every morning this week, I literally wake up and immediately turn the TV to Mike and Mike to see what the latest news on the Izzo situation is. I have watched far too much ESPNNews waiting to see "Breaking News..." scroll across the bottom. While the end of an era for Michigan State appears imminent, I feel like the sports world as a whole in the past month has completely blown up. I think there will eventually be a book written or a movie produced about this month in the sports world. Consider my power rankings of the most surprising, significant moments of the past month (or so) in sports.
1. Three perfect games are thrown in a period of a month. There had, of course, only been 18 previous perfect games in MLB history. Between 1922-1956 there were none.
2. The Big 10 had been hinting at expansion for a few months, which they said would be a long, thought out process. In a matter of days, an ultimatum laid out by the Big 12 has forced immediate defections. By next week, the Big 12 as we know it could be gone.
3. The biggest free agency period ever in any sport, one that has been anticipated for years, is on the horizon in the NBA. The top free agents are rumored to be meeting together to discuss a mutually beneficial plan.
4. The World Cup is here! I don't have any kind of exciting follow up, but it's rare and everyone else in the world is crazy about it!
5. Stephen Strasburg debuts to wild anticipation and throws 14ks - the second most ever in a major league debut.
6. USC, one of the biggest football programs of the last decade, is punished for violations. They may still have to forfeit the BCS Championship and the Heisman committee may decide to rescind Reggie Bush's Heisman. (Side note: How peculiar does Pete Carroll's timing look now?? He leaves USC during the investigation and a few months later the program is punished? And he says he wasn't knowledgeable about the violations?)
7. Weeks after saying that he wouldn't want to go to the NBA until he wins a second NCAA Championship, Tom Izzo is on the verge of ending his 27 year career at MSU and accepting the Cleveland Cavaliers' head coaching job... and who knows if LeBron will be returning.
8. Hockey is growing even stronger - Chicago wins their first championship in 41 years.
9. The biggest rivalry in the NBA continues with the Celtics and Lakers facing off in a rematch of the 2008 Finals.
10. College basketball icon John Wooden passes away.
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Using your list, here's how I'd order them (and my ranking is based on their significance to me):
1. IZZO. In all honesty, Izzo could be all 1-10.
2. Strasburg. Wait until you see him (he's against the Indians Sunday!). Unreal the filth he threw.
3. Expansion. This story is just gaining steam, too.
4. John Wooden. More than a legend, an icon.
5. Perfect games. That's right, 3!!!
6. Free Agency. Like expansion, this story is just heating up...
7. Hockey. Loved the Finals; wished it could have gone 7.
8. World Cup. Not into it yet...but probably will be in a week.
9. Lakers-Celtics. I hate both teams, but I like watching Rondo and Brown.
10. USC. Eh. If they had won their championship last year, or Carroll was still there, I'd probably put it higher.
I tried to leave my own personal feelings out of it, but I would agree that Izzo is the most important to me. I considered what is the most important to the average sports fan and what is going to be remembered in a year.
On second thought, the NCAA expansion is probably more significant than the perfect games.
Can you believe how much the Izzo situation changed in a few days?!
No, I cannot. Absolutely dreading tomorrow...
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