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Blogdome: BCS Smackdown Edition
What the blogs are saying about the BCS matchups ......
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 ...
NFL Roundup: The Steamrolling Saints And Jets
News And Notes From Week 13 in the NFL....
Sunday Night Football: Seahawks @ Broncos
Tonight, Jay Cutler becomes the next Broncos quarterback that no one in Denver will like because his name isn't "John Elway." Well, that might not be true. They could end up liking him. Denver had Super Bowl hopes as recent as a few weeks ago, so all Cutler has to do is rescue the floundering team, ...
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....
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....
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...
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...
SI's Sportsman Of The Year Is Not A Llama Doctor
Dwyane Wade is your 2006 SI Sportsman of the Year. At least that's the word coming from Roy S. Johnson's blog (via Bethlehem Shoals at the NBA FanHouse). Sorry to ruin the surprise for you. Guess your Monday is screwed now....
Week In Deadspin: Remember That Romo Is Mexican
• Freddie Mitchell, substitute teacher. Really. • Vote For Rory! • Michael Irvin "apologizes." • The only league left for Justin Gatlin. • Dallas Clark rules all. • Bill Romanowski has some health tips for you. • Scoop Jackson vs. the blogs. • Jimmy Kimmel for new MNF broadcaster. • Melissa Rivers a...
There's A Football World Cup? Real Football?
We're not sure how we missed this, but apparently, in July 2007, there's going to be a football World Cup. And not the weird foreign kind of football either; we mean, like, real football....
Bobby Knight To Be Airlifted In To Restore Order At Castro Valley High
Awhile ago we wrote about the parents' revolt at Castro Valley (Calif.) High, wherein varsity girls basketball coach Nancy Nibarger was forced to allow a special panel of "objective observers" to choose her team at preseason tryouts. She was even forced to have an ombudsman observe all of her subseq...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Martha Stewart adjusts your centerpiece (not a euphemism) ... • College football: MAC championship game, Central Michigan vs. Ohio, at Detroit. Wolverines-Buckeyes? ZZzzzz. It's Chippewas-Bobcats, baby! [ESPN] • College men's basketball: Arkansas at Missouri. You don't come into Miz...
Bill Romanowski Would Still Like To Pump You Up
Back before there was Tony Romo, God of all that he surveys, there was of course the original RoboRomo, the steroid-addled, spitting monstrosity that is Bill Romanowski. The Other Romo was considered one of the cutting edge steroid users, and he admitted using them not only to "60 Minutes" but als...
Free Mikey
The sea was angry that day, my friends. Like an old man returning soup at a deli....
Please, Someone, Make Strahan Just Go Away
All right, we'll say it: We absolutely do not believe Michael Strahan when he does anything anymore. Everything the guy does seems so calculated, so media-savvy, so gay dramatic ... well, we just don't buy it anymore. If this guy played in Jacksonville, no one would know about him, or care....
Get Fired Up, Knicks Fans
In honor of the Knicks' surprising road victory over the Cavaliers last night — which puts them one game out of first place, at 6-10! — we are proud to point out this Web advertisement for the Knicks (not one of the ones that, strangely, ran on this site) encouraging Madison Square Garden to "Experi...
NBA Roundup: Who Will Stop The Mavericks?
Notes from Wednesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......