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Hugh Johnson Update: Bonus Edition
And somewhere, Maurice Clarett asks his cellmate to get off him for a second, so he can check out the final score and smile....

Hugh Johnson Project, Update 4
I swear I just saw Maurice Clarett putting down that new sod as part of a work release program. - VanillaThrilla6...

Hugh Johnson Project, Update 3
Inappropriate conversation of the moment (and words I may be eating later): Friend1: I'm not worried about this Bo thing. Troy Smith does not respect your dead elders! Friend 2: Troy Smith feasts on your tears! - Leebert1981...

Hugh Johnson Project, Update 2
He doesn't diddle Brady Quinn's sister, but Paul Poslunzy is earning my respect, he is much better than AJ Hawk. For the sake of comparison let's hope that he's all over Chad Henne's sister. - John L. Smith's back-hand slap...

Hugh Johnson Project, Update 1
Corso's Gameday Math: Rutgers loses to the 'Ville by 51 last year + Wins by 3 this year = 48 point turnaround. Oh that Corso sure is a master of mathematics... 51+3=48, Incredible. - Ian, Lexington, KY...

Excuse Us, You Did Say Your Clock Was Correct?
The mechanism is ... Oh James, James ... will you make love to me all the time in England? Day and night. Go on about the mechanism....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 3 p.m. Mid-majors w/Kyle Whelliston: You know, we've never seen a Mrs. Bally. Is there something you two need to tell us? • 3 p.m. OSU-Michigan with Mark Snyder: Well, that about covers every player, coach and broadcaster from each tea...

Valenti's Great Leap Forward
You might remember the great, mad meltdown of Michigan State Spartans broadcaster Mike Valenti after his team lost to Notre Dame earlier this year. Well, The Wizard Of Odds has found a YouTube of Valenti's demented rant set to music and Spartans football "highlights." Not only is it wonderful to rev...

Five Little Words That Started It All
As every schoolchild knows by heart, Nov. 19, 2004 was the date of the Malice in the Palace NBA brawl between the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers. That of course is the fight in which the Pacers' Ron Artest went into the stands to tangle with fans, one of whom he thought had thrown a beverage a...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 12:30 p.m. Ducks' G J.S. Giguere: You'll always be a Halifax Moosehead to me. • 1 p.m. NFL with Keith Kidd: Is it wrong that the NFL is now known as the "stepping stone to Dancing With the Stars"? • 2 p.m. MLS with Mo Johnston: Come to...

Kansas Upset Allows Opponents To Live A Little Longer
Rarely does the opportunity present itself for us to write about Oral Roberts around here, and when it involves a victory over the toupeed and suddenly under-fire Bill Self, it's too much for us to resist....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. Boxer Brian Viloria: Hey, want a Hawaiian Punch? Sure! • 2:30 p.m. Twins' C Joe Mauer: OK, Joe, would you mind sitting over in the corner with bracketologist Joe Lunardi and NFL draft guy Steve Muench? • 4 p.m. OSU-Mich. w/A. Ch...

Yes, You Could Call Him A Flutie Flake
First of all, the term "unhinged Texas Longhorn fan" seems somewhat redundant to us. But let's proceed, if a day late and a dollar short:...

This Time, We Refuse To Believe It's "Used"
So this is entertaining: Official MLB Auctions have discovered a sense of humor....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. OSU-Michigan with Robert Smith: You don't come into the OSU talkin' smack. I feel like taking the elevator down there and getting into that. • Noon. OSU-Michigan with Paul Keels: What's the deal? Couldn't find any Michigan peop...

The Joy Of The 2006 Skins
This video, captured yesterday, pretty sums up everything you need to know about the Washington Redskins' season so far. Careful, kids; you might need those brains someday. Though probably not....

It's Barbaro's World, We Just Live In It
Well, it's finally happened: Barbaro is now getting letters from other horses. We know this is true because the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine is screening all e-mail to the Barbaro message board these days, and this one got through:...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. BCS expert Brad Edwards: Your parents must be so proud. • 3 p.m. NFC West with Rodd Newhouse: Which is worse, the NFC West or the National League West? • 4 p.m. Bracketologist Joe Lunardi: What hare we bracketing, huh, Joe? The B...

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 ...

Hugh Johnson Project, Update 4
With the afternoon of college football winding down, South Carolina and Florida are about to come down to the wire. I have no real rooting interest, and I sort of hate Steve Spurrier... but it would be sort of awesome to see at least a couple of those one-loss "but we deserve the BCS championship ...