It's me, it's me.  It's that D-A-V-E!  Oh wait, Doug does the rapping thing.  Oh well.  What's up people.  It's time for another installment of around the water cooler.  Time to find out what people are talking about when they have time to talk about sports.  So without further fillabustering, here is what's hot in the sports world.

Emmitt Breaks All Time Rushing Record:  We all know that Emmitt Smith became the NFL's all-time leading rusher this past Sunday with his 109 yard performance against the Seattle Seahawks but the debate remains now that he has the most rushing yards, is he the greatest running back of all time? People can debate all they want, but my answer is no.  Is Emmitt good, of course he is.  The fact that he broke the record shows an incredible amount of longevity at one of the most physically demanding positions in all of professional sports.  But, and this is a big but, it is well known that Emmitt had one of the greatest offensive lines of all-time.  Sure, that's not a huge reason, but when I hear Jim Brown use it as a reason for debate, then I listen.  Jim Brown is the greatest running back of all time, plain and simple.  He had over 12,000 yards rushing in only 9 seasons when they only played 12 games a year.  Had he not retired in his prime he would have put the record out of reach.  And remember Barry Sanders?  He needed a little over 1500 yards to break the record, but like Brown he retired out of nowhere.  Had Barry played five more years he would have rushed for over 20,000 yards easily.  Emmitt would have never come close.  Smith is in the top ten, but not the best running back ever.  A hall of famer for sure, but not the best at his position.  (Editors note:  Dave is still vomiting profusely at the notion that he just typed an entire paragraph about a Dallas Cowboy.  Dave is required to be a Redskins fan by his birth in the District of Columbia.  We'll update you on his status.)

Vick Wins Battle of the Cousins:  Former Virginia Tech Hokie, Michael Vick upstaged his older cousin, and UVA rival (although they never played against each other) Aaron Brooks.  The two quarterback cousins from Newport News, VA were apart of this past weeks most exciting game in the NFL.  Both played well, but it was the younger cousin Vick who had the last laugh. Vick is starting to make NFL defenses look just as silly as he made Rutgers and Temple look in the Big East.

For all of those who thought Vick wouldn't be able to pull off the electrifying moves that he did in college in the pros, take a look at the film of him whisking through the Saints defense like a fighter jet through rush hour traffic.  And for those who want to put the "running quarterback" label, that is so unfairly thrown on black quarterbacks who can't help it that they're fast, think about this, Vick is one of the highest rated passers in the league, not to mention the highest rated passer on third down.  And besides being the fastest man in the NFL, he's also got the best arm in the league amongst all of the other quarterbacks.  He's starting to get scary people.  Just wait till he gets some real deal talent around him.

Field of Dreams:  It's my honest opinion that a team with uniforms as ugly as the Anaheim Angels, just shouldn't be allowed to win the World Series.  Some teams look great in red but it just doesn't work for them. Fashion opinion aside, the Giants should have had this series.  The completely blew game six when they were up by 5 runs.  Did you really think they were gonna win game seven?  This whole series was a slugfest.  Neither team showed great pitching, and the Giants have to wonder if they can ever rely on Livan Hernandez in a big game ever again.  Barry Bonds did everything he could, hitting four homeruns in the World Series for goodness sake!  However, when the Angels walked him, and that was pretty much almost every time he walked to the plate, no one else delivered for the Giants. But in the end, the team with the hottest bats won.  Neither team could pitch their way out of a wet paper bag, so it came down to who could hit the best.  That was the Angels, and that's why they're world champs, ugly uniforms and all.

This Just In:  The Lakers and Kings Don't Like Each Other:  As if I needed any more reason to order the NBA season pass on my Direct TV satellite, there's the Lakers and Kings.  Remember, the Kings took the Lakers to the brink last year before choking in game 7 of the Western Conference finals.  Last week in the pre-season, the Lakers Rick Fox and the Kings Doug Christie get into a fight.  In the pre-season.  Of course it doesn't help when Shaq (the NBA's most dominant player if you didn't know) calls the Kings the Sacramento Queens.  Stay tuned people, this will be the rivalry of pro b-ball this year.

Luck of the Irish?:  Think Notre Dame's magical season has anything to do with luck?  You'd be wrong.  It has everything to do with Ty Willingham, who should be a lock for coach of the year.  To think he wasn't even on Notre Dame's top five list of coaching candidates.  If not for George O'Leary saying he was the King of England on his resume, and every NFL coach saying no to the Golden Domes, Willingham wouldn't have gotten a shot.  More sad proof that upper administration in college football is one of the biggest good ol' boy networks on the planet.  However, no matter how he got there, Willingham is proving why he's the man.  Who knew Notre Dame would destroy Flordia State like that?  I'll tell you who knew.  Willingham knew.

That's all from the water cooler this week.  See you next time.