Overrated

Here are a few things or people I think are overrated:

U2 - How does U2 sell out so many concerts around the world? Their songs are average at best.

Concerts - I've already written an entire post on this, and if you haven't read it you should.

Notre Dame - ESPN and everyone else who talks about college football over the airwaves always has to mention Notre Dame...even if they haven't been relevant in 15 years. They've made it to three BCS bowls, only because they've had weak schedules and their name, then they've been demolished by Oregon State, Ohio State, and LSU. Other than that they have been pretty average at best since Lou Holtz was the coach. They were great in the and 40s. They had a good run in the 60s and 70s, and some good years in the 80s and 90s but they have been no where near that level in years.

"Rock N Roll All Night" - How many times will they play this horrible song?

Dwayne Wade - I know Lebron's came to Miami to join Wade, but that is only because Cleveland sucks and Miami has South Beach. Sure Wade won a title, with Shaq, Gary Payton, and Alanzo Mourning. By himself he managed a 5 seed in the East two years in a row. In those two years Lebron had the #1 seed as he did it by himself as well.

The Godfather - I own this movie and I think it's a good one, but it really isn't the great movie everyone stands by...it just isn't.

Heisman Trophy - It's a nice award but do we really have to talk about it all year long. In all the other sports the MVP award is mentioned in passing through the year, in college football discussion it's tabled for 20 minute segments each week. And to hammer my point home, giving so much time to Reggie Bush giving his Heisman back is stupid....it's just an award, not his child.

Academy Awards - I'm not sure why people like to watch celebrities dressed up for a party as they get out of their limousines but that is another argument. The best picture at the Academy Awards has been reduced to who makes the best liberal political statement and has good acting.

Facebook/Twitter - Every commercial I see or any organization out there has facebook and twitter pages. That's kind of annoying but what's really stupid is when people update their facebook status while something's going on. For example, they say "what a great touchdown!" while they are at the game, and 2 minutes after it happened. So once the touchdown happened they reached for their phone and thought, I should update my facebook status?

Jake Locker - Analysts go out of their way to talk about Washington and how Jake Locker is going to be the #1 overall pick in next year's NFL draft. Why? I don't see it. He has never led Washington to a winning season, this past weekend in a game vs. Nebraska - at home - he completed 20% of his passes. He's a senior, I think he should be able to do better than that. Add on top of it that he's so highly touted, I just don't get it.

JB