One of these things is not like the other….
FSU beat ‘Bama (ACC: 1, SEC: 0), Virginia took it back to the Barber boys days with their domination of Pitt (ACC: 1, Big East: 0), Maryland… no, not the basketball team… took out the WAY over-inflated Scarlet Knights (ACC: 2, Big East: 0).
Sure, NCST lost, but they really don’t count. The rest of the games were conference games; but there were some tight tilts that should prove well for a competitive race to the Orange Bowl. Clemson went down, but it was on the road to a GT team that has been looking to break out of a slump. Tommy Bowden always loses one of those games, this year it was against the Jackets.
The sports punditocracy has been quick to bemoan the state of the ACC because the big names are “down”, but look at the results. Just because Rutgers is near New York doesn’t make them good.
The Big Least is finally getting exposed. They inflate the record with bad OOC teams to play each other with unbeaten records that serve to give unwarranted hype to conference games.
The Big 11 is horrible, the Big 12 has two um… the ACC looks to be third right now after the SEC and Pac-10. That’s fine with me. And considering the ACC came out of “Sniper in The Room Day” virtually unscathed, should be seen as a win for the conference.
Planning your golf vacations can be really exciting. Shopping for things like golf carts and other golf equipment can be full of alacrity. You don’t need to go and get golf shoes too, but yes, golf clubs are mandatory.
Be happy ‘Canes’ fans. We got out of the sniper room alive. We were sitting there, the sniper had us in his sights… but we prevailed. Who cares how Miami looked, we won. After the assassinations of the top 10 yesterday, be happy the Hurricanes came out alive.
Don’t DARE call me Kanye!
1-0 in the ACC, a win is a win. At least we didn’t fall to Auburn… at home… at NIGHT.
Golden Panther back returning kicks and punts [Miami Herald]
Marlins announce 2008 Home season [TC Palm]
Florida Panthers season preview from a Pens fan… eh [Pensblog]
Fish@Bat has a great take on how the Miami newspapers continue to botch coverage of the Marlins [Fish @ Bat]
Zach Thomas going on Doc’s decision [Florida Today]
The Hurricanes aren’t taking Duke lightly… hehehe… no seriously… hehehe… they’re good… [Sporting News]
If it were solely Zach Thomas’ discretion as to whether or not he’ll play Sunday, he would be in the game, hands down. However, he’s still awaiting medical clearance so that he’ll officially be permitted to play. If Zach wants to play, he will play, so expect to see 54 on the field on Sunday.
The Raiders have no formally announced whether Daunte Culpepper or Josh McCown will get the start for the Raiders, but Warren Sapp came out and said Culpepper would play for 60 minutes (so I guess he’ll be on special teams and defense too) and show the Dolphins he’s a better QB than they thought. Okay, Warren…
Dolphins 27-Raiders 10.
I remember this play like it was yesterday. Hester had already had one sick return, but was brought down inside the 20 yard line. Then, it’s punt time again, and the OB is rockin’. The punt coverage looks good, Hester appears to ibe wrapped up, everyone is upset and starts sitting down. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, Hester emerges from the crowd, breaks it up the left sideline, and makes the Dukies look like little, pathetic, school girls.
It’s been brought to my attention that I haven’t hazed Duke nearly enough in build-up to the ’show-down’ on Saturday at noon. But after the Duke lacrosse players were acquitted from their rape charges, I’ve been fresh out of Duke material. So here’s Duke’s biggest cheerleader of all, Dickie V!
Who are you and what have you done with the Marlins?
Seriously, where did this team come from? Hanley Ramirez went deep again, Scott Olsen joined the D-Train in the double digit win column, and the Marlins just finished off the Cubs, 6-4, ending a three-game sweep. Now the Cubbies must sit and wait until the Brewers game is over to see if they will lose another game in the win column. My bet is that the Brew Crew gets word of the Cubs loss and plays their hearts out tonight. And if they don’t, they don’t deserve it.
This is the year of the National League collapses. Go Marlins. Let’s f*ck up the Mets’ season next!
Update: 9/27/07 10:49 pm. Milwaukee is heading into the top of the 8th inning, down 9-5, so it looks like the Cubs will be okay afterall. There’s nothing quite like backing into the post-season!
You know what goes good with Popsicles…
Former Miami Hurricane and Carol City High School linebacker Willie Williams has been dismissed by the University of Louisville after his arrest on felony marijuana possession.
This is just the latest chapter in the sad tale of ‘Da Predator’. He was a beast for the Chiefs, and was supposed to be the next great ‘Cane linebacker, but his penchant for felonious activities could never be shaken.
Willie, we hardly knew ye. At least we’ll always have your recruiting dairy, lobster, and the Gainesville Radisson.
