Brad Pye’s National Sports Beat (1/4- 1/10/18)

Check This! Seattle’s Russell Wilson is the first QB to have a winning record in each of first six seasons. RW went into Sunday’s game vs. Arizona, throwing nine TDs in the last four games. Evans will join a group of the best receivers in NFL history. That’s not too tacky! Did you know that the NFC South has a franchise QB, including his own MVP Cam Newton says Carolina Head Coach, Ron Rivera? Alabama and Clemson are ranked No. 1 and No. 4 respectfully.

Stanford’s (9-4) head football coach David Shaw will be moving on up to the NFL. Ditto for Heisman Trophy candidate Bryce Love before he had to face the Buffalo Bills. Tyrod Taylor and the Texans’ Deshaun Watson were in the same boat. And if nothing else, it has enabled Love to get a week of rest before he had to face Texas Christian (10-3). The Cardinal fell to the Horned Frogs 37-39.

UCLA lost out on recruiting Georgia’s top linebacker in the nation in 2015 in Roquan Smith, who played in the Rose Bowl Monday, but not for UCLA. In the 104th Rose Bowl game, Georgia edged out Oklahoma in another Rose Bowl thriller, 54-48. Had the Bruins not lost a few more top recruits like Smith, the Bruins would have stayed at their home field for one or two Rose Bowl games.

Sean Diddy Combs is letting the world know he wants to buy the Carolina Panthers from owner Jerry Richardson. If he did, Diddy would become the only African-American team owner in the NFL. God knows this is long overdue! Check This! Can you image Diddy as Carolina’s owner and the team’s MVP QB Cam Newton as a pair throughout the game and on the sidelines! People will be saying: “There they go again!” And the beat continues!

Coach James Franklin’s Penn State has another Bowl victory under his belt by knocking off Washington, 35-28, in the Phoenix Bowl.

Non-Black QBs are as scarce today as Blacks were in both the college and pro ranks in the ‘50s. Virtually, more than half dozen or so collegiate head coaches will get the ax with Bowl teams who feature starting QBs of color.

Instead of fighting each other, the Clippers and Lakers should be fighting for spots in the post season playoffs. The Clippers’ Blake Griffin got back from a long injury spell in time for a big in-house meeting. Hopefully, this meeting will help!

QB Sam Darnold should go somewhere and disappear after that embarrassing show he put on in the Cotton Bowl vs. Ohio State. Darnold threw a pair of inceptions for TDs and fumbled away two more. Darnold was worse than bad. He was bad, bad man! Is USC waiting for next season to roll around or for QB Darnold to get out of town? Does the NFL want him right now or to stay at USC another year? The Trojans are 11-3 on the year. USC lost 24-7 as it looked like the worst team in the nation. Darnold recently declared for the NFL Draft And the beat continues!

Now Hear This! The sons of some of the most famous entertainers and sports stars are young sports stars at Chatsworth’s Sierra High. They are the sons of Scottie Pippen, Kevin Hart, Will Smith, Anthony Anderson, Sean Diddy Combs, Jamie Foxx, Kris Jenner, Duane Washington, Jr. Duane Washington, Sr. et al. Plus the relatives of a dozen or so of others.

What Stephen Curry has over the other great 3-pointers? His shots appear to be effortless and each one seems a special joy. And each one of Curry’s 3-pointers is a celebration and he acts as though it’s a gift he wanted for Christmas. You go man! For the record, Stephen’s dad’s Del Curry was a NBA all-star. And the beat continues!