The Future is Now!

Let’s hear it for Jason Campbell. The second year player showed great poise and skill Sunday as he tried to lead an undermanned Redskins team to a win on the road in Tampa. It would have been Campbell’s first ever NFL win in his first ever NFL game; but the wins will come. What impressed me was how the young man from Auburn University handled himself under what should have been considerable pressure. There was no Santana Moss to reel in that first toss in their first possession from scrimmage that should have been caught for a touchdown. There was no Clinton Portis who almost certainly would not have fumbled that ball in the fourth quarter with the game on the line. Still, Jason Campbell threw for two touchdowns and several first downs when the team had to have them. He avoided the rush several times, in one instance, tossing for a first down while in the grasp; and Campbell never turned the ball over. He’ll have better games. He’ll win a lot of games for the home team; but this was a very good start.

While I’m playing sports columnist, (Levan Reid, listen up) how about those Buckeyes. In the best college football game of the season, number one ranked Ohio State squeezed by number two Michigan this past weekend. I’ve been a Buckeye fan since my first two years of high school in Cincinnati. I landed my first gig at WCPO-TV in Cincinnati where I also got a graduate degree from U.C. Didn’t the Bearcats knock off undefeated Rutgers this weekend?

Congrats to the Maryland men’s basketball team for their wins over Saint John’s and Michigan State in the Garden this past week. Looks like a couple of freshmen guards are what were needed to get this team back on track. Anybody think the Wizards will win a road game before the year is out?