It’s not even funny, Roy Williams.  Williams considers himself the #1 receiver for the Dallas Cowboys.  He might line up in the number 1 spot, he’s paid like the number 1, but number 1 he is not.

Miles Austin in the past 3 games has more yards, more touchdowns and more of a presence than Williams has in his entire 16 game Cowboy career.  (Yards: Austin – 482, Williams 447; TDs: Austin – 5, Williams – 3).  What is Williams explanation of this statistical disconnect?

He says it is because quarterback Tony Romo throws good passes to Austin and every other receiver.  Williams gets bad passes instead.  He cries that he has to stretch, reach and whatever else to catch a ball.

I think there are some old adages about one’s perception is something is true about everybody but you.  If only Romo would throw to Williams like he throws to Austin, Williams would be a monster receiver.  It is apparent that Williams does not remember the numerous dropped passes, the lazy routes or his inability to get open like the other receivers.

He claims that he and Romo are not on the same page.  Think about that.  If Austin, Patrick Crayton, Sam Hurd and Jason Whitten are on the same page as Romo, perhaps Williams needs to catch up by turning a few pages in his book to where everybody else is reading.

Williams said about the situation, “It’s not even funny.”  That is one statement with which I concur.

1.  Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints

2.  Payton Manning, Indianapolis Colts

3.  Bret Favre, Minnesota Vikings

4.  Tony Romo, Dallas Cowboys

5.  Donovan McNabb, Philadelphia Eagles

6.  Matt Schaub, Houston Texans

7.  Kyle Orton, Denver Broncos

8.  Carson Palmer, Cincinnati Bengals

9.  Joe Flacco, Baltimore Ravens

10.  Tom Brady, New England Patriots

The folks that select the Davey O’Brien Award for the outstanding quarterback in college football have changed the way they do things.  They have a watch list now instead of weekly winners.  That has necessitated a change here at Frank Analysis in the way we rank the quarterbacks.  Much more emphasis is being placed on quarterback ratings (the stat that considers all of the statisti

1.  Tim Tebow, Florida

2.  Case Keenum, Houston

3.  Jimmy Clausen, Notre Dame

4.  Colt McCoy, Texas

5.  Kellum Moore, Boise State

6.  Jacory Harris, Miami

7.  Tony Pike, Cincinnati

8.  Bill Stull, Pittsburgh

9.  Andy Tull, TCU

10.  Max Hall, BYU

Leave your comments if you agree or disagree.

Ted Ginn knows how to return kicks.  He returned 2 for touchdowns against the Jets.  Pretty amazing.

I haven’t been able to find out who the player was, but some safety had a bonehead play.  He intercepted a pass in the end zone.  Then he ran it out before retreating back into the end zone.  There he was tackled for a safety.

Drew Brees is not only an amazing quarterback, but a tremendous leader of the marching Saints.

Why did Jacksonville hand the ball off to Maurice Jones-Drew only 8 times?  He only runs around and over defenses.

Bret Favre did a masterful job of handling what must have been emotions playing pinball inside his gut.

Did you see the 2 Oakland wide receivers run into each other coming off of the line of scrimmage?  They both fell down with the defenders looking on at the comedy.  That team is a joke.

Tony Romo seems to have gotten his act together.  The emergence of Miles Austin has helped.

Prior to game 5 of the World Series tonight, the Fox Sports announcers declared that Derek Jeter was the greatest Yankee of all time.

What do you think?  Clearly Jeter is the face of the Yankees over the past several years.  But the best of all time?

When making these assessments, we must avoid two traps of perspective.  The first trap is to overvalue the historical.  When we see and hear of players in our youth, they may seem larger than life.  As we age, those players often grow in stature as we grow up.

The other danger is to overvalue the current.  Athletes of today are bigger and faster than their predecessors as a whole.  They have had benefited from tremendous exposure in our information age.  Admit it, when we see black and white, grainy footage of players from another era, they just don’t look as sleek as our high def stars do.

Having said all of that, I cannot agree that Jeter is the greatest Yankee of all time.  I can place him no higher than 5th on my list.  Here is my list:

1. Babe Ruth
2. Mickey Mantle
3. Lou Gehrig
4. Joe Dimaggio
5. Derek Jeter

Who would be on your list?  I’d love to see some answers in the comments section.

I am a Type 2 diabetic.  November is American Diabetes Month.  This month is set aside to raise awareness about this disease.  For me, it is a month to renew my personal fight against it.

I discovered that I had diabetes in February of 2008.  I owe this discovery to an episode of M*A*S*H.  In this episode a helicopter pilot was grounded by his constant thirst that was due to his diabetes.  I had become increasingly thirsty and asked my doctor to check it out.

Once I was diagnosed, I jumped full into fighting the fight.  I went from weighing about 275 lbs to weighing about 240.  I changed my eating habits.  I planned, measured and ate according to what was best.

Since my move to Louisville, I have been too lax about these things.  I have gained 10lbs and have not been nearly as disciplined.  This month is take control again month.

Consider these statistics:

1. Nearly 24 million people have diabetes.
2. Nearly 57 million people are at risk.
3. Diabetics often suffer nerve damage.
4. Diabetes is the leading cause of adult blindness.
5. Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure.
6. 2 out of 3 diabetics will die of heart disease or stroke.

Last night A.J. Burnett pitched a spectacular Game 2 of the World Series and led the New York Yankees to a win over the Philadelphia Phillies.  When he is able to control his pitches, he has a moving fastball and one of the best curves in baseball.  He paid dividends last night for the millions the Yankees began paying him this season.

I remember Burnett when he was a high school athlete.  My son, Cameron Gantz played against Burnett in baseball and basketball throughout their high school years.  Cameron attended Arkansas Baptist High School (ABHS) in Little Rock, Arkansas.  Burnett attended rival Central Arkansas Christian (CAC).  Both schools had (and still have) strong athletic programs.  State championship trophies rest in the display cases at both schools.

In basketball I remember that Cameron had shaved his head prior to the big game at CAC.  As the starters met at midcourt for tip-off, Burnett greeted Cameron by rubbing his head.

We had several memorable experiences on the baseball diamond.  Cameron was a 4 year starting shortstop for ABHS.  I was the assistant baseball coach.  4 years meant that we had several encounters with our conference rival.  The 2 schools played at least 12 games against each other in those 4 years.

In the first meeting, Cameron was ejected from his only game.  He had bumped into the catcher while scoring a late go ahead run.  The catcher turned and threw his mitt at Cameron.  The umpire ejected both players.

I had my only ejection the next year by the same ump…for arguing a bad call at second base.  He was a little sensitive.  So both father and son have been ejected one time each in their athletic lives…both by the same ump.

In Cameron’s senior season, he hit his lone homerun against CAC.

What I most remember about Burnett was the final game of Cameron’s high school career and my final game as a high school coach.  We were in the playoffs about an hour east of Little Rock (I believe it was around Lone Oak, Arkansas).  The baseball field was just off of Interstate 40 in what appeared to be a cow pasture.

On the mound for CAC was Burnett.  Cameron was playing shortstop and batting second in the order.  By this time, Burnett was maturing physically and his pitches had some mustard on them.

I don’t think we got a hit off of Burnett that game.  I think we only put a few balls in play.  It was the most dominating performance I had seen on the high school ranks.  Oh, by the way, he also hit a home run to give CAC the lead.

Cameron and I knew that he would be good.  Cameron went on to play middle infield at Ouachita Baptist University.  Burnett was drafted by the New York Mets and has now put his stamp on the World Series.

After week 8 of the college football season, the top 3 spots on my ranking of quarterbacks remain the same.  Only 1 new addition joined the ranks while Tyrod Taylor of Virginia Tech dropped out.

1.  Tim Tebow, Florida

2.  Jimmy Clausen, Notre Dame

3.  Case Keenum, Houston

4.  Colt McCoy, Texas

McCoy jumps from his lowest ranking of 5th last week.

5.  Matt Barkley, USC

Barkley jumps three spots from 8th last week.  He is the highest ranked freshman quarterback.

6.  Jacory Harris, Miami

7.  Tony Pike, Cincinnati

The injury to his arm is probably the reason he drops three spots from 4th last week.

8.  Todd Reesing, Kansas

Reesing surprisingly jumps a spot after a poor outing versus Oklahoma.

9.  Kellum Moore, Boise State

Moore makes his first appearance in the top 10 as he has led to Broncos to an unbeaten record so far.

10.  Max Hall, BYU

Hall barely hangs on to the last spot.  He has been dropping since being ranked much higher earlier in the season.  Last week he was 7th.

Leave your comments if you agree or disagree.

For the 2nd week a row, last week’s #1 ranked quarterback in the NFL had a bye week.  In both instances they were leapfrogged by the other.  These 2 are clearly separating themselves from the rest of the field.

Two quarterbacks dropped out of the top 10.  These two are Tony Romo of Dallas and Matt Hasselback of Seattle.  One player reentered the list after a one week absence.  One had a monster game and made his first entrance onto the list.

Drew Brees

1.  Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints

Brees picked apart what some thought was the best defense in the NFL – the New York Giants.  He has been in the top spot each week except for last week.

2.  Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts

Manning enjoyed one week on top of the chart, but Brees regained his first place while Manning was on a bye week.

3.  Bret Favre, Minnesota Vikings

The old guy continues to lead the Vikings.  They may remain undefeated for awhile.

4.  Kyle Orton, Denver Broncos

Orton continues to change the minds of those who thought that Denver was robbed when they traded Cutler for Orton.  Like the 3 above him, he leads an undefeated team.

5.  Eli Manning, New York Giants

After being outplayed by Brees in New Orleans, Manning barely maintains his #5 ranking.  He’ll have to regroup or he will probably begin dropping.

6.  Tom Brady, New England Patriots

The snow nor the Titans could stop Brady.  He set NFL records and catapulted into the 6th spot after not having been ranked yet this season.

7.  Matt Schaub, Houston Texans

Schaub is playing very well.  He is the highest quarterback on the list that does not have a team with a winning record.

8.  Joe Flacco, Baltimore Ravens

Flacco keeps dropping each week as the Ravens continue to lose close games.  Many more weeks of this and he will be out of the running.

9.  Matt Ryan, Atlanta Falcons

Ryan is neck and neck with fellow second year pro, Flacco.

10.  Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers

Big Ben remains in the last position.

P.S.  The lowest ranked quarterback in the league is Kerry Collins of the Tennessee Titans.

For most teams, the starting quarterback is the most coveted position.  Since 32 teams comprise the NFL, 32 starting quarterbacks exist.  From where do these guys come?  Not which college did they attend.  In what states were they born?

So if you have dreams of your future son playing in the NFL, you may need to relocate before your wife gives birth.  Only 15 of the 50 states are represented as being the birth state for a starting NFL quarterback.

Where would potential parents move?  Head to California, Pennsylvania or Louisiana.  Half of the NFL starters were born in these 3 states. A quarter of the starters are from California.  Here is the breakdown:

8 QBs – California 

5 QBs – Pennsylvania

3 QBs – Louisiana

2 QBs – Mississippi, Alabama, New Jersey, Iowa

1 QB – Texas, Illinois, Colorado, Ohio, Indiana, Kansas, Florida, Oregon