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BCS Mess Claims More Victims: Everyone
Who's unpopular in the Michigan area right now? Former Washington State coach Jim Walden, the one member of the Harris BCS poll who voted Florida No. 1 in the country and one of the reasons the Gators are playing Ohio State in the BCS "title" game rather than Michigan. Walden is hardly alone in his ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while falling asleep in line to buy tickets to Happy Feet ... • NFL: When kickers ruled the earth ... Seahawks, Titans, Cowboys win in final seconds on long field goals. God, we hate Hobbits. • NHL: Kozlov hogs all the shots as Islanders beat Rangers 4-3. • NBA: Hawks win in the Rose...
To Watch Tonight...
• College Football: BCS Selection Show. It's sort of infuriating that this exists. But I'll probably watch it. 8:00, Fox. • NFL: Seattle Seahawks @ Denver Broncos. Your turn, Jay Cutler. 8:15, NBC. • Women's College Basketball: Tennessee @ North Carolina. Well, that one girl can do this. 8:00, ESPN....
Sportsmanship Is No Better At The D-III Level, It Seems
Saturday was a productive day for the Division III Lincoln Lions. In a game played in Salem, West Fuckin' Virginia, they fought through the tough Ohio State Marion defense to earn a 201-78 victory in the 25th Annual Joe Manchin Classic (Joe Manchin is the governor of West Fuckin' Virginia)....
LA Times Says Florida vs. Ohio State
The Los Angeles Times is quoting a BCS source as saying that it'll be Florida and Ohio State in the BCS Championship game. They don't offer a lot of details about either how it happened, or their source, but they seem pretty confident about it....
LeftoverDome...
• You can now get Fathead cheerleaders. They may actually come with hand lotion. [Kissing Suzy Kolber] • The Red Sox would like Jake Peavy in return for Manny Ramirez. [Boston.com] • Scientists help explain why Dick Vitale talks so damn much. [Steroid Nation] • Reliving Portland's collapse against t...
Thank God For Crack
I bet you saw that headline and thought this post was about Michael Irvin, didn't you? But it's not. It's a story about an alligator and a crackead, and just in case things don't go the Gators' way later on today, I'd like to present you this story, where the gator did win. At least for a little whi...
Baron Davis Doesn't Give A Damn About Your Eyesight
That's Golden State Warriors swingman Monta Ellis, who's having a breakout year. He's come out of nowhere to average better than 18 points and 4 assists per game for the Warriors. It's the kind of performance that gets a guy picked up in a lot of fantasy leagues, and then gets a guy enough attention...
Taking Down The Field Goal Posts: There Has To Be A Better Way To Do This
• UCLA 13, USC 9. What it means: It means that Snoop Dogg is going to need to make new plans for January 8th, because he won't be in Glenvilledale rooting on the Trojans, and I doubt Jim Tressell's going to be giving him an invite. Said coach Pete Carroll, "We did not anticipate this happening." ...
About Last Night...
• College Football: Florida 38, Arkansas 28. The Gators are now going to need the human voters to work miracles. • College Football: West Virginia 41, Rutgers 39. And Rutgers has still never won in Morgantown. More on this in a bit... • College Basketball: (10) Duke 61, (23) Georgetown 52. Greg Paul...
Hugh Johnson Project, Update 4
Overheard in the newsroom (I work at a TV station) from someone watching the Dr. Pepper ACC Tournament: "Somewhere, Mr. Pibb is laughing his ass off." - RodeoQueen...
To Watch Tonight...
• College Football: Rutgers @ West Virginia. This game looked a lot better a few weeks ago. 7:45, ESPN. • College Basketball: Wichita State @ Syracuse. You can deny it if you want, but you know you want to see that Orange mascot get the shocker. 7:00, ESPNU. • College Football: Big 12 Championship, ...
Welcome To The Hibachi
Gilbert Arenas is a fountain of awesomeness that will never run dry. The latest dip into his well of creative genius brings us a phrase that will surely sweep the nation. Whenever Gilbert puts up a shot that he feels like is going in (which is all of them), he yells ... well, let's let Caron Butle...
Hugh Johnson Project, Update 3
"Georgia Tech's offense has one Ball and two Johnson's." - Rowan 2 FSU...
LeftoverDome...
• If you buy $2,000 worth of furniture from H.D. (my little) Buttercup (has the sweetest smile), and UCLA beats USC ... you get your furniture for free. [LA Daily News] • The New York Times makes it seem like Tom Glavine picked the Mets over the Braves. That is not the case. [Seth Mnookin] • The Whi...
Greg Oden Begins To Earn His Reputation At 4 p.m.
Bad news for you, Calum MacLeod and Urule Igbavoa. Valparaiso's big men are going to have to deal with Greg Oden today, the greatest center in college basketball history that has never actually played a game. It was originally thought that Ohio State center wasn't going to be available until after...
Hugh Johnson Project, Update 2
"Corso just referred to the BCS Title game as the 'National World Championship.' Someone loosen his merkin. - Boomer Sooner...
Hugh Johnson Project, Update 1
"Looks like you've painted yourself into a corner. It's all Louisville-Connecticut. Unless you are watching cartoons. If you're interested, Lilo and Stich is on Disney and some acid trip with claymation dinosaurs is on NBC." - Victoria Times...
About Last Night...
• College Football: Houston 34, Southern Mississippi 20. Houston wins the C-USA title, and Andre Ware walks around the Bristol campus today feeling like a bad-ass. • Tennis: Russia takes 2-1 lead in Davis Cup final. The Russians are now one win away from the Davis Cup title, and I promise not to men...
The Great Basketball Bloggers Have United And Will Soon Rule Earth
We'd like to congratulate the fine folks at AOL's The Fanhouse on the launch of their new NBA and College Basketball blog networks. As usual, they've put together a rather impressive roster, including the rather insanely busy Mighty MJD, who probably has to remind himself these days what site he's w...