I don’t know what was on Kenny Roger’s hand and neither does anyone else. It’s impossible to know. Was it pine tar? Was it dirt? Is there a problem with the pigment in the skin of his left hand? Honestly, I don’t really care, to me this all ties into the dirt that is on the hands of Major League Baseball.
Southern Cal will not run the table. But if hypothetically it does, it should not play for the national title.
Not under any condition. Not even if it’s the only unbeaten team in the country.
At the midway point of the 2006 season, USC could easily be 3-3, and it still hasn’t played anyone good. And even in the most recent of USC’s three decided wins, the program struggled, pulling away from mediocre Arizona only after three quarters when the Trojans’ superiority in numbers came through.
by Trevor Freeman
I have but one piece of advice to pass along to all of you……..
Beware the Bay Area natives in your NCAA Tournament pool this season. For they are the ones that have been reading College Basketball preview magazines since mid-October and are already prepared for March Madness. An October stumble in baseball and two NFL teams that have yet to leave the gate have reduced us already to March planning……..and plan I already have.
It took some careful film study and consultation with my crack research staff but we are ready to unleash our preseason Top 25. Words can’t describe the anticipation with which I am looking forward to the upcoming season of college hoops. You know why NFL football and NCAA basketball are my two favorite sports to follow? It is because both sports do it right in terms of how a season should be structured. Both sports begin with drinks and light hors d’oeuvres (preseason NFL games and preseason tournaments). Those are followed by a solid main course (regular seasons) which is then capped off with a sumptuous dessert and after dinner Scotch (NFL playoffs and NCAA Tournament). With that let me order my first cocktail and begin our list with………..
Here’s the thing about pre-season previews. It’s a time for people to sound off and pass judgment on who will be hot and who will be not. While many craft these learned opinions from years of the kind of experience that I don’t have, I do think that making pre-season predictions about anything past the first month of the regular season is, really, pretty arbitrary.
By C. Eric Lincoln
Dim the lights on the greatest sporting franchise in American history. Say Goodnight, Babe. Thanks for the memories, Mr. October. And even though its crowded. Yogi, no one wants to play there anymore. The Detroit Tigers —bless you boys— are in the World Series, proof that a new day has come to baseball, and the Yankees and George Steinbrenner`s money don’t count for much any more. The king is dead. Long live parity. Long live Marcus Thames.
“I’ll guarantee that nobody, but nobody, has left this ballpark… and if anyone did manage to leave early, man, he’s missin’ … the greatest! … Two strikes and a ball… Mitchell, waiting, stands deep, feet close together… Larsen is ready, gets the sign… Two strikes, ball one, here comes the pitch… Strike three! A no-hitter, a perfect game for Don Larsen! Yogi Berra runs out there, he leaps on Larsen and he’s swarmed by his teammates… Listen to this crowd roar!”
– Bob Wolff, radio broadcaster
It was a strange way to end a strange week. In a set of NFL games that saw three teams get their first win this season, it appeared that one of two unbeatens was about to taste defeat. But the Cardinals collapsed as they always do, and the Bears escaped Glendale at 6-0. How long will the Bears stay undefeated? What’s wrong in Kansas City? And are the Raiders the worst team of all time? Here are this week’s 10 Questions:
They say you have a better chance of being struck by lightning or winning the lottery than dying in a plane crash. According to the BBC, the chances of having a single fatality on a flight are 1 in 16 million. You are actually at a greater risk driving to the airport than you are in flight! Statistically, a person would have to fly once a day every day for over 15,000 years to be involved in an aircraft accident.
On Wednesday, October 11, 2006 former Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle died after his plane crashed into a building on New York’s Upper East Side. He is survived by his wife of 9 years, Melanie, and 6-year-old son Christopher. Lidle was 34.
Last week was a tough week for everyone. Trevor and Ryan went 8-5 and RJ and Vin went 7-6. Overall, only 58% right. All the upsets last week meant you could win your pool with 9 or 10 correct. This week, we attempt to right the ship.
The featured games this week are Carolina @ Cincinnati, Pittsburgh @ Atlanta, Arizona @ Oakland, Minnesota @ Seattle, and NY Giants @ Dallas. You can download the podcast directly (running time 45 mins) or subscribe to the feed.
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Someone, please step forward and tell me that what happened in the Florida International-Miami game wasn’t worse than the Duke Lacrosse scandal.
Anyone?