Andy

I hate you! Not really but I am really jealous. I cant wait for this season to start, should be a real fun season to be a Bulls fan. When is opening night and who do we play? First game is at Miami on Halloween night, 8 pm ET on TNT.

How'd this happen? I tried to get tickets in the presale and none were available.

Mets/Tigers is now my best Series. I'm sick of the Cardinals in the playoffs.

How do you not send your pitcher racing for the plate EVERY TIME you're in a possible squeeze situation against this team?

Now that I can get behind.

I have a hard time believing that. Not to say ND would win 7-8 times either, but I think it'd be more like a split. Frankly, Cal would probably have a better chance in South Bend (ND still hasn't lost away from home under Weis).

Maybe the pollsters aren't so bad after all.

I'm not exactly surprised you hear this stuff before me (or apparently ESPN.com), but where do you hear it?

Wouldn't it be classic Cardinals to win 83 freaking games in the regular season, then storm into the World Series?

I saw a glimpse of him in a group of Tigers down the LF line spraying champagne into the crowd.

Nate Davis of Ball State is now ranked No. 1 in the country in passing efficiency with a 195.2 rating. Central Michigan, however, is 3-0 in the MAC, so it will be a stern test for the Cardinals. A win would put Ball State 1/2 game out of first, or in the lead in the West depending on tonight's NIU-Miami OH game.

Matchups between Top 25 teams ------------------------------------ (2) Florida at (11) Auburn (7:45 pm, ESPN) Good Top 25 games ----------------------- Arizona State at (3) USC (8 pm, ABC) (4) Michigan at Penn State (8 pm, ABC) UCLA at (18) Oregon (3:30 pm, ABC) (19) Missouri at Texas A&M (3:30 pm, ABC) (22) Virginia Tech at Boston College (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) Iowa State at (23) Oklahoma (12:30 pm) (24) Rutgers at Navy (1:30 pm, CSTV) Minnesota at (25) Wisconsin (12 pm, ESPN) Top 25 mismatches --------------------- (1) Ohio State at Michigan State (3:30 pm, ABC) Syracuse at (5) West Virginia (12 pm)* Baylor at (6) Texas (7 pm, TBS) Cincinnati at (7) Louisville (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Washington State at (10) California (5 pm) Temple at (12) Clemson (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPNU) Kentucky at (14) LSU (8 pm) (15) Iowa at Indiana (12 pm, ESPN2) Vanderbilt at (16) Georgia (12:30 pm)* SE Missouri State at (17) Arkansas (2 pm) (20) Boise State at New Mexico State (8 pm Sunday, ESPN) (21) Nebraska at Kansas State (7 pm) Other games of interest -------------------------- Purdue at Northwestern (12 pm, ESPN Plus)* Oklahoma State at Kansas (12 pm) Ball State at C. Michigan (1 pm) Arkansas State at Memphis (2 pm) N. Illinois at W. Michigan (2 pm)* Ole Miss at Alabama (3:30 pm, CBS) Ohio at Illinois (7 pm, ESPN360) S. Illinois at Illinois State (3:30 pm) C. Arkansas at UC Davis (4 pm)

1. Auburn may drop behind ND considering ND will be passing three teams up in the polls. Definitely behind Texas and Tennessee. 2. LSU drops to about 14 or 15, Oregon drops to 17-19, Georgia drops to 15 or 16. 3. My top 5: 1. OSU 2. Florida 3. Michigan 4. USC 5. WV

Any man who would bat A-Rod eighth, in any game, for any reason, is invalidated from consideration IMO.

Bruce, Have you ever written a terribly scathing article about the Cubs and pulled it back because you determined it too critical? If Joe Torre really is getting fired, do you think Hendry might take a look at him? Are most sportswriters really as dumb as they sound writing? Thanks again.

Holy crap, I thought this was a joke. :D If Lou's off the market, that means that every option (that we've heard about anyway) is at least tolerable.

Haven't had many - although I did bench Donte Stallworth in week 1 when he had a huge game, assuming that he wouldn't be a major option in Philly. My biggest blunder was probably picking 3 QBs in one league's draft, especially when two of them were Bledsoe and Bulger.

I'm not surprised there weren't any posts about the ND game. 31-10 win, but kind of boring. * Ball State beats Buffalo 55-25, nice to see them bounce back. It was 38-3 at halftime. Nate Davis goes 11-14 for 297 yards and 3 TD, although he does throw his first pick. BJ Hill runs for 116 and MiQuale Lewis adds 99. Now 2-1 in the MAC, but next up is a road game at CMU who is plastering Toledo. :shock: * - You have no idea how awesome it is that ND can score 31 points and have it be a thoroughly boring game. That never used to happen. ND will move up two spots it looks like, with LSU's loss and Oregon's impending defeat.

Agreed on all points, good post.

If Bob actually believes what he says in the booth he'd be a decent hire. He still has some old-school mentality but unlike Lou and many others he at least knows what OBP is and why it's important.

Tigers/A's would be an incredible ALCS Not to mention absolutely unthinkable seven months ago

Not quite enough room in the thread title :)

Randy Johnson against Kenny Rogers. If you want to get technical about it.

USC and ND are the only major college teams that have played all their games against other major college teams (defined as BCS conference teams).

My only contribution is that all of the NL was basically AAAA this year.