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Just a few quick thoughts about week 2 of the college football season. The BIG game was USC at Ohio State and once again Jim Tressel gets out coached and Terrell Pryor shows he’s overrated.

Penn State is quietly rolling over early season opponents – again.

Auburn’s D might be back!

The total on the South Carolina/Georgia game was 38 – BOTH teams went over by themselves!

Not so fast (again) for Tennessee. Not so fast for Missouri.

Yes, BYU is really good.

Michigan over Notre Dame is a HUGE win for the Wolverines! Let down next week?

Oklahoma State – can you say HUGE disappointment? That’s what a let down looks like….

Boise State – just keep rolling! And Tulsa and is Nebraska back?

Biggest thought on Saturday night as the very late games are underway…..NFL Sunday is just hours away!

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I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and believe that after saying AGAIN that he’s coming to Kansas to be a Jayhawk he actually will but I still believe that the circus that unfolded the last 3 days is still a serious indictment of the college basketball recruiting process. And in this case much of these problems were caused by his father Carl Henry who can’t keep his mouth shut. And that might just be the problem.

Can’t wait to see the Henry brothers in a KU uniform starting this fall!

ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!

It was a joke before this week – dating way back to when Calipari left Memphis (frankly, before that) its been a joke. College basketball recruitment is a dirty, nasty business which is a joke.

Now both Xavier Henry and his older brother CJ Henry are indicating they may not be headed to Kansas afterall. And the KU Jayhawks might be better off without him. After comments by their father that clearly indicated they have no interest in attending classes or being in college started a firestorm on Monday of this week its gotten worse. Now stories are out that Bill Self is flying to meet with the Henry family right away – hopefully to resolve this once and for all.

When Henry indicated (and there is no letter of intent at this stage – you only get one such letter and his was with Memphis, which he’s been released from) he was coming to Kansas to be a Jayhawk KU became the overwhelming favorite for the national title in 2010. If they don’t come – that changes.

But at this point, none of that matters. What this brings up is simply this – what the hell is wrong with college basketball, college basketball recruiting, families and kids being made huge stars for being high school athletes. This display by the Henry brothers – back and forth, changing their minds again, sucking up all the media that goes with it, etc, etc… is all a joke. It’s pathetic. It isn’t changing anytime soon but it’s a disgrace.

I’m a huge golf fan. I love playing it, I love watching it – especially the majors – especially The Masters and the U.S. Open. So I’m a bit disappointed that Day 1 in 2009 lasted only a few hours before the rain was too much to continue to play. Looked a lot more like a British Open than a U.S. Open where extreme heat is normally the weather headline.

It does bring up an interesting question about what kind of scores we’ll see this year. The forecast calls for wet weather all weekend long so we may be looking at a Monday finish again this year even without a playoff. On an exceptionally long course, the ball running in the fairway is a big help – that will be gone on a soggy course. US Open rough is brutal when dry, when this wet the common belief that a ball in the rough is equal to a one stroke penalty at the Open becomes “I hope it’s only a one stroke penalty” so it gets even more important to hit the ball straight off the tee – like Tiger did to near perfection 2 weeks ago in his win at The Memorial. So two big elements of the game will be tougher than usual but one will be easier. Golfers will experience unusually soft and receptive greens at Bethpage Black. They may need it when firing from 60-70 yards farther back from wet fairways. Should still be a great weekend of golf – just a little longer and probably a little different than we’re used to for a U.S. Open.

Sorry for the golf detour – I know not many of you come to a sports handicappers blogs for golf talk but hey, it’s the U.S. Open and I just can’t stomach talking about the Lakers winning another championship.