Monday Quick Hitters - Upsets All Around, UofA Rose Bowl Talk, the 6-1 Suns?

Busy Monday...crazy sports weekend to recap:

• Did you know that underdogs in the Big 10 this weekend went 5-0 against the spread and 4-1 straight up (only loss was Indiana 31-28 to Wisconsin)? That means all five road teams won...it doesn't get any crazier than that!
  
  
• Bye bye Iowa from the BCS Bowls...glad you kept us thinking you were a National Title contender until now...
  
  
• Speaking of bye-byes - adios Charlie Weis at Notre Dame...two losses to Navy in your tenure...you don't deserve to keep your coaching job next year.
  
  
• How warm is Dennis Erickson's hot seat right now? ASU completely outplayed USC on Saturday and still found a way to lose 14-9. If Erickson loses to UofA and records another losing season, ASU AD Lisa Love might not have a choice but to relieve him from his duties.
  
  
• Speaking of UofA, they completely dominated an overmatched Washington St. team from the start...heck, I even left at halftime!
  
  
• I'm not dreaming Rose Bowl for the 'Cats just yet...but I do think they will beat Cal this weekend after the Bears lost all of their momentum (and their best player Jahvid Best) against Oregon St.
  
  
• Heck, I'm not even thinking up Pac-10 conference championship scenarios just yet...take each week one at a time. But watch out for the OSU Beavers who are on fire right now and very well could beat Oregon on December 3rd.
  
  
• Toby Gerhart - Stanford RB = 2009 Pac-10 Conference Player of the Year
  
  
• Oregon & USC - which team will show up on a weekly basis? Both looked awful this weekend...though the Trojans beat disappointing ASU.
  
  
• Another great road win for the Cardinals in Chicago...I think that game sealed the fate of Bears Coach Lovie Smith.
  
  
• The NFC West is over...9-7 should be well enough for the Cards to make the playoffs for a second straight season.
  
  
• Ditto the Buccaneers' win over the Packers for Green Bay Coach Mike McCarthy.
  
  
• Green Bay has allowed 37 sacks in 8 games...that has to be a record of futility.
  
  
• Do the Colts and Saints legitimately have a shot to go undefeated this season? I say no way...but each should be a virtual lock in their conference's championship game?
  
  
• Who says parity has gone by the wayside in the NFL? The favorites this weekend went 6-6 straight up, pending Pittsburgh over Denver tonight.
  
  
• The Suns look after 7 games like a legitimate second-tier team in the Western Conference (the Lakers comprise the first tier by themselves)...to beat Boston on the road as they did on Friday night...shocking.
  
  
• Could the Suns have actually helped themselves by trading away Shaq for nothing?

FINAL THOUGHT - The Yankees bought themselves a 27th championship by signing stars CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett, and Mark Teixeira for absurd amounts of money. When will baseball level the playing field by instituting some kind of salary cap? The threat of a luxury tax doesn't scare large market teams any longer.