The third quarter is in the books. 28-21... Illinois. Illinois is fifteen minutes away from pulling off an upset of epic proportions. They actually had a two touchdown lead over Ohio State at one point ( Read more... )

Illinois is currently tied with Ohio State, the number one ranked team in the nation, 14 to 14 in the second quarter. While it's way too early to know what the outcome of this game is going to be, I find myself facing the dilemma I didn't expect to face ( Read more... )

So, I finally got around to taking a look at the Rawlings Gold Glove winners. I'm not even going to attempt to analyze the American League. I don't have the knowledge and day-to-day context that I have with the National League. So let's take a look at the National League Winners.

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Greg Maddux, San Diego PadresThe reason Maddux has won ( Read more... )

A-Rod opted out. Posada and Rivera declared for free agency. Torre's gone.

Might we actually see the impossible? The Yankees franchise in a rebuilding yearNo. Of course not. They're going to spend more money than the U.S. Government is spending on Iraq to put together a team with an obscene amount of talent, be paper champions of the regular ( Read more... )

They're SO effing spoiled when it comes to sports ( Read more... )

1) Brian Griese threw four interceptions today. So, you know, good thing the Rex Grossman Era is over. Someone actually said, "If Griese did that bad, Grossman would've done worse." I wanted to thwack him. I really did. YOU CAN'T DO WORSE THAN FOUR INTERCEPTIONS. Not without a coach being fired for not benching you ( Read more... )

The words just sound exciting all on their own, don't they? Not even Joe Buck can screw that up ( Read more... )

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Oh... MY GOSH. Brady Quinn was just on ESPN News talking about how a backup quarterback is always just one play away from getting in the game, and he said -- I quote -- "There was a situation last week where it could have happened, but unfortunately it didn't work out, Derrik [Anderson, starting quarterback] was okay ( Read more... )

RocktoberThe Rockies win the pennant ( Read more... )