Ah, and this is when these Thursday Night games get horrible.
San Francisco at San Diego (-9)
Do you believe in Alex Smith? Only against terrible defenses like Seattle. With no running game to speak of following Frank Gore's injury, the 49ers will have to rely on Alex Smith to beat the Chargers. If Brodie Croyle couldn't do it, Alex Smith shouldn't do much better. Chargers are on a late season push to make it to the playoffs, and should win this one handily, lest they lose the positioning they gained by beating the Chiefs last week. Chargers win and cover.
Anyway, on to basketball. I know, I said I wouldn't write much about the NBA, but the Bulls are REALLY good. Derek Rose, without grammar ("we was rebounding the ball real good"), has started dominating games. He can even hit the three now. With Boozer returning from injury, the teams one consistent shooter (not Kyle Korver, who plays negative defense) from being truly elite. But they're up there in the East.
But onto the real point of why I was going to talk about the NBA. Celtics and Knicks is happening right now, and the various former NBA players/talking heads on ESPN were debating about whether the game is actually a rivalry. There's your answer right there. If you have to debate whether or not its a rivalry, it's not. You know it exactly when you see it. Celtics and Knicks? Sure, its Boston and New York, but the teams haven't been mutually good for quite some time, the key to any rivalry.
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