Andy

Ball State tonight!!! You're going down, Flames. GO CARDS

I was hoping for Aramis to win a GG, but he had a few errors the last few weeks of the year that hurt his case. Hopefully he will get one eventually.

Oklahoma's lost chance at the title game has a lot more to do with the fact that Texas, who beat them, is in the running than anything Oklahoma did wrong. Florida did it right - lose to a cruddy team so they don't need to worry about a head to head situation like that.

Are you putting Pedro Martinez in his era or just behind it? That was my thought. I'm glad we won't see any more inexplicable standing O's given to Maddux while playing for other teams. It was getting Cardinals-fan-esque there towards the end.

I haven't worn the cap since, but that's mostly because I've been wearing my football team caps a lot. I've worn shirts and a hoodie a few times.

In one exchange, he turned it over, gave up a 3-pointer, turned it over again, and gave up a 3-pointer. Turned out to be the decisive plays in the game.

I am going to be pissed if we lose to JaMarcus Russell. That said our defense has been pretty good lately except for Kurt Warner last week, but Warner owns us so that's understandable. The Panthers should win by a couple scores. And I'll be at B-Dubs Thursday night to watch Brady Quinn against a horrible Denver defense.

The Magic are not very smart, Howard could've gone for 50/30 if they'd felt like giving him the ball.

About damn time. Now time to make plans to be at Buffalo Wild Wings on Thursday night.

Notre Dame totally deserved it Guess I walked into that one

No college team's fans deserve to have done to their program what Willingham does everywhere he goes. Except maybe Michigan's.

Ball State dropping a spot in the BCS blows. Maybe we can get it back if we beat NIU.

Derek Anderson actually played pretty well for Cleveland today, but threw the game-clinching pick-six for Baltimore on a horribly misexecuted screen pass. He (and, I'm guessing, Crennel for not making a switch) got booed lustily. Fans are wholesale turning on those two.

Carolina's Week 16 game at the Meadowlands should be enlightening provided neither team has clinched by then.

Tampa Bay wins after Bryant missed an overtime FG and was bailed out by Jeremy Trueblood jumping offsides. Stupid freaking Bucs. And even stupider freaking Chiefs.

ND/BC is a much bigger game for ND than BC - which might be the first time that's ever happened. If Charlie is going to ever win a title at ND, it needs to start with beating teams on the second tier, between top 10 type teams and mediocre teams. ND is not good or experienced enough yet to be expected to beat top-tier teams but they need to beat teams like BC and next week's opponent, Navy, consistently if they're going to get past the 8-9 win area. NIU will be Ball State's sternest conference test this season to this point. It would be nice if BSU's offense can dominate early, something they haven't done in over a month now.

Top 25 games ----------------- (1) Alabama at (15) LSU (3:30 pm, CBS) (8) Oklahoma State at (2) Texas Tech (8 pm, ABC - Regional) (3) Penn State at Iowa (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional) (4) Florida at Vanderbilt (8 pm, ESPN2) Baylor at (5) Texas (12 pm, FSN/CSN) (6) Oklahoma at Texas A&M (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional) (21) California at (7) USC (8 pm, ABC – Regional) Utah State at (9) Boise State (2 pm) (11) TCU at (10) Utah (8 pm Thursday, CSTV) (12) Ohio State at Northwestern (12 pm, ESPN2) Kansas State at (13) Missouri (7 pm, FSN/CSN) (14) Georgia at Kentucky (12:30 pm) Northern Illinois at (16) Ball State (8 pm Wednesday, ESPN2) San Diego State at (17) BYU (2 pm, The Mountain) Purdue at (18) Michigan State (12 pm, Big Ten - Regional) (22) Georgia Tech at (19) North Carolina (12 pm) Cincinnati at (20) West Virginia (7 pm, ESPNU) (23) Maryland at Virginia Tech (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) Clemson at (24) Florida State (3:30 pm, ABC – Regional) Louisville at (25) Pittsburgh (12 pm) Other games of interest ------------------------------ Illinois vs Western Michigan – in Detroit (12 pm) Wisconsin at Indiana (12 pm, Big Ten – Regional) Syracuse at Rutgers (12 pm, ESPNU) Michigan at Minnesota (12 pm, ESPN) Iowa State at Colorado (12:30 pm, Versus) Arkansas at South Carolina (1 pm) Wyoming at Tennessee (1 pm) UT-Martin at Auburn (2:30 pm) Kansas at Nebraska (2:30 pm) NC State at Duke (3:30 pm, ESPN360) Oregon State at UCLA (6 pm) Arizona State at Washington (7 pm) Notre Dame at Boston College (8 pm, ESPN) Fordham at Holy Cross (12:30 pm) Western Illinois at Southern Illinois (3 pm) Missouri State at Northern Iowa (5 pm) Sacramento State at UC Davis (5 pm) Other nationally televised games ----------------------------------------- Miami (OH) at Buffalo (7:30 pm Tuesday, ESPN2) Toledo at Akron (8 pm Wednesday, ESPNU) Nevada at Fresno State (9 pm Friday, ESPN2) Tulane at Houston (8 pm, CSTV) Howard at South Carolina State (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPNU) Penn at Princeton (8 pm Friday, ESPNU)

Bucs getting crushed will put Carolina in control of the South. :D

The AP poll is so much better than the coaches', it's too bad the coaches' is the one that matters to the BCS.

Wow, I get Lions/Bears and Jags/Bengals. SNOOOOOOZE...Gus doing the latter game is the only thing keeping my TV on.

I have a feeling I'll be much more into the Bulls after football season, but for right now it's really nice to see Rose play well.

actually if texas scores here and then kicks the extra point, and it ends up being a one point longhorn win, then the red raiders should not receive a loss, since the extra point doesn't really count for anything and the game is really tied and going to overtime. man, this is so confusing all close games should just be tossed out, a win is the same as a loss, a loss is the same as a win only blowouts will count in mephball Where do you rank Ball State? unranked mephball only recognizes national powerhouses Ball State's wins are all by 12 or more, mephball digs the blowouts and vaults the Cardinals to #8

This one is tough to get over. I really don't like college overtime. I never have. Too often, the game, like today's, ends up being "whose field goal kicker can make more". That said, OC Mike Haywood should be ashamed of himself for taking the ball out of all of our 3 best players' (Clausen, Floyd, Tate in that order) hands and setting Walker up for failure. He's a suspect kicker, and counting on him to beat Pitt was a stupid, stupid idea. I don't like NFL overtime either, but there has to be a better way. The more I think about it, just alternating regular possessions instead of starting from the 25 seems sensible. Jimmy did not look good today. Only 23/44. I'm going to bring this up of my own accord - ND's last win over a team that finished with a winning record was Penn State, 2006. Charlie Weis has proven - with one exception, MSU 2005 - that if he has the better football team in a game, he will win. He has not by any means proven he can beat a team that's on ND's level or above. I guess his job is to keep bringing in top-rated classes so that as many teams as possible are below our level. We should probably win the next three - BC isn't good, Navy doesn't have much of a defense and Syracuse is awful. Golden Tate's mid-air diving double-tipped catch in the 2nd quarter was one of the most unbelievable things I have ever seen. And in alma mater news, Ball State will be moving up another spot as FSU went down to GT.

I...probably don't. myp2p.eu will have to save the day, most likely. And one google later, it' sconfirmed. It goes through north and northeastern Arkansas, but not central. StoogeTV.com is pretty good for out of market NFL games too.

http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/si_online/covers/images/1990/0305_large.jpg Ball State beat them in the tourney that year. :D Notre Dame's lineup: PG Jackson SG McAlarney F Ayers (possibly Zeller) F Harangody F Hillesland ND will go with no true center. Luke's the closest thing but he's 6'8" in high-tops.