Andy

For Chicago - Walter Payton MJ Ernie Banks for the Cubs - not sure who for the White Sox. Frank Thomas? Don't know the Blackhawks' history very well so someone else can chime in there. Bobby Hull? Esposito?

I'm reasonably sure it's never happened, mostly because I think the NBA opened a little later than the last week in October until relatively recently. And the World Series running into late October is also a relatively recent thing (wild-card era, maybe a little further back)

Definitely play Williams. I'm not crazy about McFadden or Tate, but I'd probably go Tate since the Raiders will probably be behind by 20 by halftime.

To refer back to UMF's prior post on national-TV limits, I think a few teams each year (I want to say 3) can go up to 6 times on national TV, and the rest of the league is capped at 5. And of course with 16 Thursday games now, everyone plays on national TV at least once.

I was gonna say, I thought he just pitched against us as a Padre He did, and it was his last game - they DFA'd him the next day

USF is +23.5 or something against Michigan St. That seems like free money. There's no way USF is THAT bad, and Michigan State is hard-pressed to reach 30 points against anyone.

Top 25 games ------------------------ (2) Oregon at Virginia (3:30 pm, ABC/ESPN2) San Diego State at (3) Ohio State (3:30 pm, ABC/ESPN2) South Carolina State at (4) Clemson (12:30 pm, FSN South/ESPN3) San Jose State at (5) Stanford (11 pm, Pac-12 Network) (6) South Carolina at (11) Georgia (4:30 pm, ESPN) Sam Houston State at (7) Texas A&M (7 pm, ESPN3) Eastern Kentucky at (8) Louisville (12 pm, ESPN3) UAB at (9) LSU (7 pm, ESPNU) (12) Florida at Miami (12 pm, ESPN) (13) Oklahoma State at Texas-San Antonio (12 pm, Fox Sports 1) (14) Notre Dame at (17) Michigan (8 pm, ESPN) (15) Texas at BYU (7 pm, ESPN2) West Virginia at (16) Oklahoma (7 pm, FOX) Syracuse at (19) Northwestern (6 pm, BTN – Regional) Tennessee Tech at (21) Wisconsin (12 pm, BTN – Regional) Southern Miss at (22) Nebraska (6 pm, BTN – Regional) Buffalo at (23) Baylor (3:30 pm, FSN) Southeastern Louisiana at (24) TCU (12 pm, FSN) Washington State at (25) USC (10:30 pm, Fox Sports 1) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------- Florida Atlantic at East Carolina (7:30 pm Thursday, Fox Sports 1) Sacramento State at Arizona State (10 pm Thursday, Pac-12 Network) Central Florida at Florida International (8 pm Friday, CBS Sports) Wake Forest at Boston College (8 pm Friday, ESPN2) Cincinnati at Illinois (12 pm, ESPN2) South Florida at Michigan State (12 pm, ESPNU) Eastern Michigan at Penn State (12 pm, BTN – Regional) Indiana State at Purdue (12 pm, BTN – Regional) Missouri State at Iowa (12 pm, BTN – Regional) Norfolk State at Rutgers (12 pm, CBS Sports) Miami (OH) at Kentucky (12 pm, FSN South/ESPN3) Houston at Temple (12 pm, ESPN3) Bowling Green at Kent State (12 pm, ESPN3) Army at Ball State (12 pm, ESPN3) Western Kentucky at Tennessee (12:20 pm, SEC Network/ESPN3) Middle Tennessee at North Carolina (12:30 pm, ACC Network/ESPN3) Western Carolina at Virginia Tech (1:30 pm, ESPN3) Weber State at Utah (2 pm, Pac-12 Network) Chattanooga at Georgia State (2 pm, ESPN3) Maine at UMass (2 pm, ESPN3) UT Martin at Boise State (3 pm, ESPN3) New Hampshire at Central Michigan (3 pm, ESPN3) Toledo at Missouri (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Utah State at Air Force (3:30 pm, CBS Sports) Alcorn State at Mississippi State (3:30 pm, CSN South/ESPN3) Old Dominion at Maryland (4 pm, ESPNEWS) Duke at Memphis (4:30 pm, ESPN3) Portland State at California (5 pm, Pac-12 Network) Navy at Indiana (6 pm, BTN – Regional) James Madison at Akron (6 pm, ESPN3) Richmond at NC State (6 pm, ESPN3) UL Lafayette at Kansas State (6:30 pm, Fox Sports 1) Colorado State at Tulsa (7 pm, CBS Sports) Stephen F. Austin at Texas Tech (7 pm, FSN) Samford at Arkansas (7 pm, ESPN3) Southeast Missouri State at Ole Miss (7 pm, ESPN3) Grambling at UL Monroe (7 pm, ESPN3) Nicholls State at Western Michigan (7 pm, ESPN3) North Texas at Ohio (7 pm, ESPN3) Prairie View at Texas State (7 pm, ESPN3) Savannah State at Troy (7 pm, ESPN3) South Dakota at Kansas (7 pm, ESPN3) Arkansas State at Auburn (7:30 pm, FSN South/ESPN3) Austin Peay at Vanderbilt (7:30 pm, CSN South/ESPN3) Hawaii at Oregon State (8 pm, Pac-12 Network – Regional) Central Arkansas at Colorado (8 pm, Pac-12 Network – Regional) Montana State at SMU (8 pm, ESPN3) Cal Poly at Fresno State (10 pm, ESPN3) Arizona at UNLV (10:30 pm, CBS Sports)

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/764/lillymolina.gif God I miss those 2007-2008 teams so much. 2008 is the best sports team I've ever followed day to day. They probably always will be, even if another wins a championship.

Great win for Clemson. Two more big ones left for them (3 assuming they make the ACC title game).

UNI over Iowa State and Eastern Illinois creaming San Diego State. Maybe relegation isn't such a bad idea.

Down 7-0 to New Mexico State, late 2nd. But at least most of their fans can't watch.

USF was up 7-2 after one quarter. 40-14 now. Barring a miracle, 2 AAC teams will have lost to FCS schools in week 1.

#25 Oregon St down to Eastern Washington, 43-39. 10:30 to go

South Florida is getting housed by McNeese State. 33-7 halftime score.

Watched four plays of the Alabama game. They might as well just cancel CFB until Saban leaves.

And A&M's not beating Bama either the way they look today. Can't be giving up 21 in a half to freaking Rice.

If not for a stupid personal foul by Buffalo it would've been 30-27 after that fumble by Braxton Miller. Hope someone in the B1G knocks them off so we don't have to watch Bama destroy them in January.

West Virginia now trailing William & Mary in the second quarter. BC losing to Villanova. Could be a hell of a day for the FCS.

Only if facts are cool. Big 10 opponents Week 1: Indiana St UNLV So Illinois Cincy UMass Buffalo Syracuse No Illinois Central Mich Wyoming Cal An before you tell me how tough No Illinois is, I would argue the same point to Louisiana-Lafayette. Good lord, dude. If you can't take a few sarcastic jabs, life's going to be miserable for you in the college football thread. Take it from someone who knows.

You posted in the College Football thread 4 minutes after making this post. about ugly girls from vanderbilt. i could name two active college football players: manziel and clowney (sp?) admittedly, i used to be pretty into college basketball and college football, but as i have aged and grown wiser, i have come to see the error of my ways. the ncaa is a pathetic organization and the major revenue sports in college are a sham. i mean, you're watching unpaid athletes earn millions of dollars for their employers, under the auspices that they're also getting an education. when in reality like half of them can barely even read. The 'half of them can barely even read' part is the fault of the schools who could give a [expletive] about educating their players, not the sport in general.

He appears to be bragging about playing Toledo, UL Lafayette and Rice. Cool story.

The latter part of this statement is complete lunacy. Thousands and thousands of high schools play football and 125 FBS teams do. By sheer numbers, the gap between high school and college is far wider than the gap between college and the pros.

I don't know what they need to do to fix him, but they'd better do it. That's depressing.

AGREED You guys hate America. I like hockey, but college football is untouchable. I'll like it a lot more when they use the playoff system and not just select which two one loss teams get to play for the title every year. I'd like the playoff idea a lot more if I didn't know it were going to expand to 8 and inevitably result in some random 2-loss team sneaking in, somehow getting hot and winning the thing some year. We have enough of that kind of crap in every other major sport besides the NBA.

AGREED You guys hate America. I like hockey, but college football is untouchable.