Going into the off-season-Football

As we head into the off-season, The Saints have to be the favorites going into the 2010 season. Drew Brees and Sean Payton have lead this team and city to place its never been, and after Hurricane Katrina, they deserve it. So obviously the Saints are favored to go back to the Super Bowl with a high powered offense and physically stout defense. It wil be interesting though to see which teams can challenge the Colts and Saints for the top spot. I believe the sleeper team going into the 2010 season are the Houston Texans. After two 8-8 seasons and a 9-7 season last year, I believe the Texans are turning the corner. Matt Schaub has proved he can be a good Quarterback in the NFL. Andre Johnson is without a doubt one of the best if not the best Wide Recievers in the game. The Schaub and Johnson connection should be firing on all cylinders as long they can keep Schaub standing up. With 25 sacks last year, Houston will be lookig to get a Offensive Lineman in the Draft. This will help Schaub and Steve Slaton, who had an mediocre year last year, will beneit from this. So with the 19th or 20th pick in the draft (depending on a coin flip with Atlanta), Houston should go after Bruce Campbell out of Maryland. His 6'6 frame should help that offense out alot. Houston defense greatly approved when they drafted Brian Cushing out of USC. Cushings quickness and tackling ability helped strengthen that Houston Defense. I expect Houston to go 10-6 next year and make a good push into the playoffs and challenge the Colts in the AFC South.

The Beginning of a new season-NASCAR

As the 2010 season is among us, there are many stories coming out of the Daytona 500. Lets start with the winner, Jamie McMurray. His story is pretty amazing considering what was going on last year. He won the Fall Talladega race, but had no clue what his future would be like. After NASCAR reduced the amount of teams from 5 to 4, McMurray was te odd one out at Roush Racing. He was a lame duck when he won that race. So when Martin Truex Jr. left the #1 team after Michael Waltrip, the door had opened for McMurray. With basically a new team, McMurray went into the Budweiser Shootout with no clue what would happen. His car was suprisingly fast and stayed at the front for the majority of the race. Going into the 500, very few people believed McMurray could do it. After Martin Truex Jr., the man who formally drove the #1 car, and Kevin Harvick mixed it up, McMuarray found himself in second next to leader Kevin Harvick. After McMurray got a bad restart, It seemed Harvick had won it. But McMurray and Greg Biffle stayed nose to tail through the backstrectch and got Harvick. Then as they tool the White Flag, McMurray went to block Biffle but and Biffle went low on McMurray. McMurray was stuck on the top with only Truex to help him. Biffle on the other hand had 4 cars lined up behind him. But shear determination of McMurray kept him from losing Biffle. Then in a split second decision, Clint Bowyer went up high give McMurray a push. McMurray go a big lead, while Biffle was mixing it up with fan favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr. When Jr. got a push from David Reutimann, Junior was able to wiggle his way between Bowyer and Biffle. Junior was just to far back though, McMurray was smooth sailing to the finish line and won his first Daytona 500. When McMurray got back around to the finish line, the sheer joy was flowing through him. His arms pumping, swinging everywhere. But then a very real moment came to McMurray, He collapsed on the Daytona 500 writing in sheer disbelief that he had actual won the Great-American race. McMurray will be remember as the Little Engine that could. He did anything and everything to win that 500, and he did.

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Thank You for viewing this blog. My name is Jonathan Taylor and let me tell you a bit about my self. Im 15 and from Georgia about 30 minutes outside of Atlanta. My passion is sports. I can talk about any sport at any time. My favorite sports are Football, NASCAR and Soccer, but that dosent mean I can't talk to you about some others. I dream one day is to work for ESPN on the Radio or on TV or on the internet. If I can do anything at ESPN that would be a dream. I wish to race go-karts since NASCAR is one of my favorite sports. I have a talent of racing cars but money is the only reason I dont. I will be posting about major events that happen in the sports world. So come back every day and expect I new story. Thank You