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Any Room At The Inn For Rutgers?
The new BCS Standings are out, and it's a happy day for those of us who realize that Rutgers is the only huge story left — outside of Saturday's Ohio State-Michigan game, that is — that's really worth firing one's self up about. The Scarlet Knights are No. 6 in the new BCS poll, which is actually ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while enjoying the wonders of the Ohio Library System ... • NFL: Where's the Stanford band when you need them? Hester's return of a missed FG leads Bears over Giants. • NBA: Bobcats have 28 turnov ... oops! (Comical sound effect) make that 29 turnovers in 108-101 loss to Nuggets. • N...
To Watch Tonight...
• NFL: Chicago Bears @ New York Giants. It's getting cold, Kyle Orton. Time to thicken that beard up. 8:15, NBC. • NBA: Houston Rockets @ Miami Heat. Tracy McGrady called Yao Ming the best center in basketball last night. I guess we'll see. 8:00, ESPN. • College Basketball: CBE Classic: Columbia @ D...
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• Boxing: Klitschko KO's Brock in the 7th. Well, that's alright. We wouldn't have wanted America to have to learn another heavyweight's name. • College Football: Kansas State 45, Texas 42. I can't say I'm sorry to see the chances for an Ohio State/Texas rematch evaporate. • NBA: Seattle 113, Atlanta...
To Watch Tonight...
• College Football: Oregon @ USC. Oregon might want to consider officially changing their name to "The Eyesores." 10:15, FSN. • College Football: Tennessee @ Arkansas. Porno names: Jim Bob Cooter vs. Casey Dick. 7:00, ESPN2. • College Football: Alabama @ LSU. Porno names: Jimmy Johns vs. Richard Dic...
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• College Basketball: (17) Marquette 76, Hillsdale 66. In the ESPN recap, "Hillsdale" is not clickable, and has no logo. Marquette beat them by 10. • NBA: Portland 92, NOOCH 91. Blowing a 27-point lead? That'll put some hair on your chest, Peja. • College Basketball: (1) Florida 79, Samford 54. I ju...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch on the TV in the holding cell ... • College football: Texas-El Paso at Alabama at Birmingham. Both teams will be running faster than a hobo with a sweet potato pie (thanks Dan). [ESPN2] • Golf: HSBC Champions, third round, at Shanghai. Happy beautiful people's golf cooperative welcomes...
Cultural Oddsmaker: Wild Night At Rutgers
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
The View From Inside Rutgers Stadium
As we continue to sift through the empty cans next to the Vince Lombardi Memorial Rest Stop off the New Jersey Turnpike, we again salute the Rutgers Scarlet Knights for their historic and jaw-dropping 28-25 win over Louisville last evening. The video above — amazingly, posted within two hours after ...
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What you missed while falling down a flight of stairs in slow motion ... • NHL: Mighty Ducks claim record-breaking win. • College football: Scarlet Knights become Dancing Itos for a night in win over Louisville. • Golf: Big Trouble In Little China: That Tiger fellow is back in the hunt at HSBC....
Time To Go Nuts In Jersey
Every school, theoretically speaking, should have that moment when everything is perfect and right, one of those nights where all students begin a four-day orgy of drinking, unbridled celebration and Italian sandwiches. Tonight is that night for Rutgers, which is now one of the four undefeated teams...
Louisville. Rutgers. For ALL THE MARBLES.
We are truly living in a blessed age when the most important college football game of the week, one of the most important of the season, not only involves Louisville, not only is being played on a Thursday night ... but actually is being hosted by Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights, before tonight, have n...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you confirm the existence of New York, NM ... population 362 ... • College football: Louisville at Rutgers. Back in August, this didn't look so compelling. But now ... [ESPN] • Golf: HSBC Champions, second round, at Shanghai. Thanks for killing one of our rare Pandas with that slice...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while watching medics wheel George Allen out on a gurney screaming "Turn those machines back on! Turn those machines back on!" • NBA: Chris Bosh, 29 points, 14 rebounds and a game-winning three-pointer (wha ...?) as Raptors beat 76ers 106-104. • Golf: Shanghai Surprise ... turns out ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Yogi Berra says something that makes our head explode ... • College men's basketball: 2K Sports College Hoops Classic, New Orleans vs. Hampton; Maryland vs. Vermont, at College Park, Md. We love college basketball before the offense is put in. [ESPN2] • Golf: HSBC Champions, first r...
Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Big 12 Conference
Thought we were done previewing things? How could you think that, with your NCAA Basketball Tournament office pool a mere five months away? You've got to start studying now if you want to avoid eternal shame. So who's with me? Let's Gooo! (Please send contributions to )....
An Excuse To Break Out Our Ditka Wine!
If an alien race ever decided to attack us, we know of one sure-fire way to hold off the destruction. Just send this ad into space. It's sure to render potential invaders hopelessly befuddled, so that they veer off toward a stable planet, like Saturn. Heck, we live here, and we're frightened by this...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while gazing deeply, longingly into James Carville's eyes ... • NBA: It's Andrew Bynum's world, we just live in it. • NHL: Thornton, Sharks beat something called the "Minnesota Wild." • Politics: Apparently, Pennsylvania voters think Lynn Swann plays for the 2006 Steelers....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your local Diebold machine launches your vote into the cold, dark reaches of outer space ... • College football: Toledo at Northern Illinois. We came for Marty Casey and the Lovehammers, we're staying for the sake of Huskies Pride. Oh, and of course the beer. [ESPN2] • NHL: Carolina...
Not Even "Hard Harry" Can Save This Game
Ordinarily, we've tended to make fun of "Monday Night Football"'s tendency to bring "celebrities" into their booth to banter with Bald 1, Bald 2 and Mouthy; it's always a distraction from the game and excruciating to listen to. ("So, uh, guy from 'Desperate Housewives" ... er ... so you're in a coma...