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TOP STORIES - NOVEMBER 25, 2007 Get your NFL football tickets now at TickCo. They have all team Cardinals tickets, Cowboys tickets, Packers tickets, Colts tickets, Patriots tickets, Titans tickets and more. Get your Super Bowl tickets here! NICK SABAN COMPARES LOSS TO LA-MONROE TO PEARL HARBOR/9-11: In Tide Nation that's exactly what losing to a non-conference jobber is. And losing to Auburn is no doubt an extinction-level event. Bobby Bowden probably thinks those comments are out of order, and has Bergwood wrecked his car trying to get a glimpse of him yet??? And who are those people down at LSU like again??? SORTING OUT THE BCS MESS: KACSPORTS has projected the West Virginia Mountaineers into the BCS title game - not only did they win Saturday, but should convince enough voters after dropping 66 on what was supposed to be a halfway decent Connecticut team. Up next??? Dave Wannstadt and Pittsburgh - 80 points anyone??? Crappy conference plus no conference title game turns out to be a good thing for WVU. Missouri advances to Big XII title game with win over previously unbeaten Kansas, now will they have enough left in the tank to beat a formidable Oklahoma team - meanwhile the Sooners now have a new fan base in Columbus, a Missouri loss suddenly would put Ohio State alongside WVU in the title game, maybe that loss to Illinois wasn't so 'crushing' after all. If the Buckeyes don't get help, the Rose Bowl will be salivating with a USC/Ohio State game. If not, they'll gladly settle for USC/Illinois. Bad news for Georgia, they will not be playing in the SEC title game. Good news for Georgia, they also will not lose the SEC title game, already ranked #7 going into the weekend, UGA looks headed to the Orange Bowl. Hawaii came into the weekend #15 in the BCS rankings, the weekends results should at least get the Warriors square on the cash bubble at #13, the BCS bid becomes automatic if Hawaii gets to #12. The big question then is how much will Hawaii fan bundle up for the trip to New Orleans. Despite skyrocketing energy costs, I'm sure they'll crank up the heat in the Superdome to at least 68. And how far will Oregon fall??? To San Diego where they get punked by Texas??? To Vegas where BYU can rout them again??? Memo to the TV networks, don't do any in-game interviews with Ryan Leaf and ask him how his brother's doing. Then there's the Heisman race, Darren McFadden definitely got himself into the mix for his hand in Arkansas' win at LSU, but he's still John Edwards to Tim Tebow's Hillary Clinton right now - but not quite as leadpipe as last week at this time.   CALLAHAN GETS HIS AMF: The first letter of that acronym is indeed for Adios, the rest has nothing to do with bowling, and that includes any post-season plans Nebraska had after finishing their season at 5-7. The only surprise is that acting AD Tom Osborne actually waited until sunrise to pull the trigger, firing Callahan along with his entire staff. In case there was any doubt whatsoever to Bill's fate, it was sealed in yesterday's latest embarrasment, a 65-51 loss to Colorado in a game in which it was a shame that someone had to win. As opposing coach Dan Hawkins would say, It's Division 1 football, not Division 1 basketball... FRANCHIONE BEATS UT, CASHES OUT: Winning the pumpkin pie/cranberry sauce game two years in a row not good enough, especially after going a dissapointing 32-28 over his five year stay at College Station. If the won-loss ledger wasn't bad enough, his name surfacing in an 'insider' scandal, where information on TAM-U's football program was sent to boosters by e-mail for a price. LSU OUT OF NATIONAL TITLE CHASE: We have to ask, if you want your team to advance to the BCS Title Game, do you want an LSU man coaching your team, or a MICHIGAN man. Houston Nutt lives to see another hand as Arkansas wins in Baton Rouge 50-48 in triple overtime. If Arkansas were to play Florida St. in a bowl game, perhaps the Dick brothers and DeCody Fagg can compare notes on getting through childhood with the endless ridicule over their surnames.MLB PITCHER JOE KENNEDY DEAD AT AGE 28: According to his agent, Kennedy died while visiting family early Friday morning, no word on possible cause of death. The Grossmont JC product pitched for five teams during his career, most notably Tampa Bay, Colorado, and Oakland. Kennedy was set to be a free agent this off-season.  FAVRED UP: #4 31-41, 381 yards, 3 TD, Pack rolls to 10-1 while Lions suddenly find themselves as flawed as Windows Vista...TOO LOW FOR ZERO - EA CURSE GETS GILBERT ARENAS: After needing to have his knee drained several times in the early season, Wizards star Gilbert Arenas has shut it down, undergoing surgery that will sideline him for three months. The good news is that Gilbert now has plenty of time for online poker as well as video gaming, as well as helping out in the Barack Obama campaign - so it isn't all bad. TABLOID FIELD DAY - ENGLAND MISSES EURO 2008: Loses must win game to Croatia 3-2 on same field that got torn up by the Dolphins and Giants a few weeks back. England now misses their first major soccer competition since the 1994, which was much to the relief to hooligan-fearing American organizers. The London tabloids are going nuts over the loss, with one calling them 'the joke of European football' and another using adjectives such as 'useless, pathetic, insipid and spineless'. An 'emergency meeting' was called after the loss, resulting in the firing of coach of coach Steve McLaren. And you thought Alabama football was under pressure.  J-E-T-S JETS FANS EXPOSED!!!!! Actually the chants in the walkways outside Gate D at the Meadowlands during halftime of Jets games does have a four-letter chant ending with T and S, but let's just say the first two letters are different. The image you see here is from one of a number of Youtube clips available, and as you might imagine most of them are in the process of being deleted - if you REALLY want to you might be able to see the entire 18-second clip here, it is the 'girl' in the knit cap that gives the free peak. Infields at NASCAR races and Calgary's Red Mile after NHL playoff games are other examples of where women like to show themselves a little bit.ANOTHER PACKER LEGEND PASSES ON: 15-year NFL veteran center Jim Ringo loses battle with Alzheimer's two days before his 76th birthday. Undersized for an offensive lineman at a mere 225 lbs, Ringo had a few memorable moments in his career, the first being bolting training camp as a rookie in 1953 because he thought the coach was too tough. But Ringo did prove to be a warrior over time, once playing on Sunday after being hospitalized with pneumonia during the week, after the game Ringo checked back into the hospital. Perhaps ahead of his time, Ringo famously showed up at camp late in his career with an agent, requesting a contract renegotiation to coach Lombardi. Coach retreated to his office, only to emerge five minutes later to announce to the duo 'You and your lawyer have just been traded to the Philadelphia Eagles'. Wonder how Vin would had gotten along with Drew Rosenhaus??? BALL AND STICK WRITER CALLS OUT JIMMIE JOHNSON: Actually I did wonder about this getting swept under the rug over the weekend, especially during the Hendrick lovefest during the ESPN pre-race show. The crew chiefs for Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson did both get busted for failing pre-race inspection back in June, and lengthy suspensions involving Johnson crew chief and serial rulebreaker (er, creative engineer) Chad Knaus are an annual event. But fact is over time virtually every team in NASCAR gets docked for rules violations. Besides Gordon and Johnson, three other teams were handed out 100 point penalties this year - a list that includes Kurt Busch which was a misconduct foul as opposed to an inspection issue. Kasey Kahne and Matt Kenseth were docked 50 points after the Daytona 500 this year while no less than nine other drivers received 25 point penalties over the course of the season, a list that includes Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart, and Carl Edwards. That would mark 15 different teams being docked over the course of the season. If you really want to make everyone muck their hands, you might as well anoint Dave Blaney as the 2007 Champion. It's a never ending cycle, teams push the envolope, NASCAR busts them while sending a stern message - and life goes on... KASEY KAHNE IN ALLEGED RACETRACK DUSTUP: There are a few drivers in NASCAR who could star in this movie, but most often it would be Tony Stewart or a few other drivers. But this time is was mild-mannered chick magnet Kasey Kahne in the eye of the storm after being accused of pushing a security guard to the ground at Homestead Speedway Friday night. The incident was said to have occurred when the guard refused access to Kahne's brother to the area where the drivers motorhomes are located. The guard complained that his blood pressure had shot up afterwards, he was taken to the infield care center. The identity of the guard was not released, although it is noted that guards doing NASCAR events are often rent-a-cops or even volunteers, and can get over-zealous on occasion. A-ROD GOT ADVICE FROM WARREN BUFFETT??? In case you are not familiar with the name, A-Rod would be struggling to make ends meet in comparison with the famous Wall Street investor. It is being said that Buffett 'advised' A-Rod to 'go around' agent Scott Boras and to resign with the Yankees. And that is not the only hit the superagent has taken this week, it is also being reported that he has also been fired by veteran pitcher Kenny Rogers. Word is Boras wanted Kenny to shop around while Rogers was wishing to remain with the Detroit Tigers. Kenny might get a little nuts on occasion but he's smart enough and been around the game enough to handle his own matters and not have to pay his five percent to the agent. And I don't think Boras will be falling under the poverty line anytime soon.  BUCKEYES SCORE DULL 14-3 WIN: In a performance that was methodical, dull, and every bit as dreary as the Ann Arbor weather, Ohio St. earns trip to the Rose Bowl bid in boring win at Michigan that in all probability will end the career of Michigan coach Lloyd Carr. You could had turned into BSPN Classic and watched 1976 replays of Rick Leach handing it off to Harlan Huckleby and you would had been watching the same game. Actually, Michigan fan was probably longing for the days of the old #7 as Chad Henne could not hit the broad side of a barn. Meanwhile Chris Wells steamrolled to the tune of 39 carries/220 yards while Mike Hart was roughed up in a 18-41 day. The 91 total yards gained offensively represented Michigan's lowest single-game output since 1962. The day's most exciting 'action' was probably when the two teams stared down each other at midfield during the pre-game, but even that fizzled out - Sean Avery was probably not impressed.20/20 VISION GOOD ENOUGH FOR LEADPIPE HEISMAN LOCK: Looks like what had been considered a wide-open race will not in the end be one at all. Look past the fact that he's a sophmore and on a sub-par (by Florida standards) team. Tim Tebow is a straight out absolute freak, and in Saturday's rout over Florida Atlantic became the first player in D-1 history to throw for 20 TD's and RUN for 20 more scores. In case you are still not convinced, T-squared got 52 percent in a BSPN poll Saturday night, Arkansas' Darren McFadden was a very distant second at 18%. And the scary part is I see Tebow staying all four years, making two or even three Heisman's a possibility unless teammate Percy Havin can upstage him in the next two years. PACKERS GOBBLE UP PROPERTIES NEAR STADIUM: Let's say you bought a house 50 years ago near an area where a 30,000 seat stadium for a then-struggling NFL (which wasn't even much of an item then) franchise. The property values wouldn't had been anything but extravagant. But now the Green Bay Packers are buying up properties near Lambeau Field with a long-range plan of being able to provide more game day parking. In all seven properties near the stadium went for a cool $15 million. Recently Lambeau's official parking capacity dropped from 4,800 to an inadequate 3,700. The majority of fans end up parking either in off-site lots or in resident's front yards. The team is also talking with the suburb of Ashwaubenon about transforming what is now an unflattering 'light industrial area' that sits southeast of the stadium into what would eventually be a sports entertainment district which would be highlighted by a relocated practice field for public training camp viewing. The Packers indicated that they are looking for these plans for 15-30 years down the road. The current training camp setup has the outdoor practice field directly across from the stadium, the setup is very accessible with ample parking. A couple more tidbits, the area just north of the stadium is a very quiet residential neighborhood. Also for all the fanfare Lambeau gets, when you drive towards Green Bay the small freeway sign simply says 'Stadium/Arena next exit'  BSPN'S LATEST SHAME - GIPPER'S BODY EXHUMED: Looks like the race to the bottom has just accelerated. For an upcoming segment of E:60, BSPN gets together with a sports author and a proclaimed family an an effort to literally dig up dirt on Notre Dame legend George Gipp. It seems like Gipps former girlfriend gave birth just five days after Gipp died from what was said pneumonia/strep throat in December, 1920. Now BSPN wants to know if Gipp fathered that child out of wedlock. Thus the Gipper's body was exhumed out of his grave in the U.P. and part of his femur was removed for DNA, which revealed that Gipper did in fact NOT knock the lady up. The rest of Gipp's family is not amused, they are suing all of the parties involved - BSPN cotends that they only recorded the event as a 'news story'.BARRY BONDS MAY NEED BAIL BONDS: No wonder he said he might skip the Hall induction, he may have a prior commitment - like a 30 year prison sentence. But even with 762 home runs Bonds is anything but a leadpipe lock to even land in Cooperstown, especially considering Mark McGwire only got 23 percent of the vote last year. Even if Barry triples that Ron Paul-like support he falls short of the 75 percent, and trust me at least 25 of the writers wouldn't vote him in if he had a thousand homers. Meanwhile, in a complete total shock, Brewers GM Doug Melvin proclaims 'we are not in play'. Them and 27 other teams. But there are the A's and the Yankees know no shame as well. Barry is just 65 hits away from 3,000 in his career. DENNIS DIXON ALREADY HAD TORN ACL: Full disclosure comes out that the Heisman hopeful sustained the torn ACL at the end of Oregon's previous game. Dixon was allowed to start Thursday night at Arizona under the understanding that he would be shelved for the year if the knee gave out - the trick knee lasted half of the first quarter before buckling on a play with no contact. Per HIPAA regulations, universities are allowed the freedom to conceal the extent of athlete injuries.  SOY UN PERDEDOR – BECK TO START FOR DOLPHINS: You get a parking violation and a maggot on your sleeve - forces of evil on a bozo nightmare. John Beck would be the quarterback Miami selected after passing up on Brady Quinn, or kind of like choosing Mitt Romney over Ronald Reagan. Incidentally, 0-10 Utah State plays it’s home games in Romney Stadium, I’m not into geneology but you have to think that’s a relation. You can’t write if you can’t relate. And there’s additional bad news for those of you rooting for 0-16, Ricky Williams, finally realizing that giving up the blunts for those precious few years where he can collect an NFL paycheck MIGHT be a good idea, has been reinstated by the league – and coach Cam Cameron is so desperate that he might actually take him back!!! Schprechen sie deutches baby, things are going to change I can feel it. Get crazy with the Chez-whiz. DOLPHINS TAUNTED BILLS BEFORE KICKOFF??? Asked surprised Buffalo players how they're going to feel 'losing to an 0-8 team'. I'm sure that scared them all the way back to Buffalo.SECURITY GUARD HAILED AS HERO: The security guard who shielded others when he picked up a thrown firecracker during a basketball game will still have the use of three fingers on his mangled hand, according to a hospital official. Yoav Glitzstein is being called a hero for grabbing the homemade explosive before it could go off and possibly harm some of the players, coaches and fans. Surgeons were able to reattach three fingers on his hand during nine hours of surgery. A 20-year old fan has confessed to throwing the explosive. The incident occurred in the waning moments of what was an eagerly awaited game in the Israeli basketball league. COLT BRENNAN CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF: Hawaii quarterback was last seen taking a nap near the Fresno St. sideline after a vicious helmet-to-helmet hit late Saturday. Colt was knocked so cold that if they asked what ocean surrounds his university when he came to he probably would have answered ‘Arctic’. Colt Brennan and Colt McCoy will probably have fun comparing their collegiate concussion records someday. With a slew of NCAA career records to break and a possible BCS bid on the line, Hawaii is anxious to get Brennan back under center in time for Friday’s game at Nevada. Although Brennan doesn’t believe that the hit against him was malicious, the incident, as well as a header Washington’s Jake Locker also took over the weekend – has raised questions on whether helmet-to-helmet shots are properly policed in the college game, as the injuries to both QB’s did not result in a flag. Of course in the NFL such incidents are often not flagged, but the players are subject to fines after further review. Therein lies the rub, can’t go after a college player’s wallet, how do you punish a psycho senior linebacker who decides to go Charles Martin and lay out an opposing star player in a bowl game???  FREAK INJURY NEARLY ENDED RYAN GRANT’S CAREER: Interesting factoids which appeared in the latest Sports Weekly. Ryan Grant was on the New York Giants practice squad in 2005 and had a chance of making the 2006 squad before slipping on a nightclub floor and landing on a champagne glass, resulting in a severed tendon and sliced artery in his left forearm. The accident landed Grant on the non-football injury list. Compared endlessly to Dorsey Levens, Grant has one more additional attribute than the last notable #25 in Green Bay, the deceptive Grant has been clocked at 4.43 in the 40.SHOCK JOCKS TARGET BRADY: As part of a ‘fake-news feature’ that airs on Tuesdays, XM shock jocks Opie and Anthony announced last week that Tom Brady was facing a four-game suspension for failing a drug test. Not amused, the Patriots P.R. staff said ‘We’ve notified our legal department’. I would not mess with Brady, you may recall that his representatives sued Yahoo last year after his image appeared in a fantasy football promotion. The preamble to that suit read ‘Tom Brady is the starting quarterback for the New England Patriots who led his team to 3 Super Bowl championships.’ No, that does not sound like a Jonathan Lee Riches suit. Before moving ‘up’ to the XL satellite radio world, O and A were working in the Boston market before an April Fool’s stunt in which they reported that the mayor had just died in a car crash. They landed on their feet soon after that one, getting hired by a New York station. Another on-air skit earlier this year resulted in a 30-day supension from XM, causing some listeners to cancel their subscriptions. The more stunts you pull the bigger you get, it works for Imus as well. YOU MEAN THEY'RE WINNING IN THIS TOO??? So the Patriots are unbeaten, the Red Sox are World Series Champs, and now even the Celtics are 7-0 (where are the writers who laughed about their lotto 'luck' and calling for Danny Ainge's head now???) - who more could one city want. Well now New England's MLS team is playing for a championship this weekend, and has already won the U.S. Open Cup this season, which is an invitational open to MLS teams, USL teams, and anyone else in North America who could throw a soccer team together. New England has played in the MLS Championship the last two years, losing last year on penalty kicks and losing the year before that when the ball rolled between the goalkeepers legs and into his own net (OK, I made that part up). |
