4-run dinger

Last night's grand slam by Pedro Feliz put the Phillies' Magic Number at 1.

Off to a good great start...

Your Flag Football Cardinals opened their season last night with a big win, 31-0. We scored on all five of our possessions. The Playmaker played well. On the second play of the game he ran a drag pattern across the field (left to right), caught the ball and ran 30 yards for the first score of the season. Later, he threw a touchdown pass and then completed another pass for the extra point. (We let two players play QB for one possession each half.) On defense he had four tackles.

Sweeping changes...

Having gotten our asses kicked to the tune of 101-49 in fantasy football, we have seen enough. We are making major moves -- releasing two players, as well as getting a new defense. We don't want to give away the specifics until the waiver period passes tomorrow. It's no secret, though, that we are bringing in new wide receivers. Our three starters combined for...wait for it...8 points (broken down to 7, 1, 0). And we will think long and hard at our bench this week. Get this -- we had more points on our bench (58) than we did in our starting lineup. Ugh.

Well done...

Ryan Madson: Onions!

Madson came on in the 8th inning to record a four out save - including striking out Mike Cameron with a man on third to end the game. Phillies 6 Brewers 5.

Saturday: Best day of the week

We watched part or all of 11 college football games yesterday. Here you go:

Fresno State @ Cincinnati -- No one, and we mean no one, plays a tougher non conference skedge that Pat Hill and Fresno State. The problem is the Bulldogs have not won many of those games the last three years.

Indiana @ Michigan -- Admit it. It's good to have the Wolverines back on the map. And yes, The Playmaker is still a soft commitment to play in Ann Arbor in the year 2020.

South Florida @ Florida State -- Florida State is terrible. So how good does that make the Miami Hurricanes? Guess we'll find out this week when the co-Canes host OUr Sooners.

Miami @ Vah Tek -- We'll share our feelings on Miami QB Jacory Harris after next Saturday's game with Oklahoma. We don't want to jinx ourselves.

Arkansas @ Alabama -- We YouTubed that touchdown run by Tide frosh Trent Richardson. You will not see a more impressive run this season. (And we will post the video shortly.)

Illinois @ Ohio State -- Play along with us. Fill in the blank. Terrelle Pryor is the most overhyped college football player since...

Florida @ Kentucky -- Undoubtedly many peeps were happy to see Tim Tebow get knocked unconscious. And those same peeps were probably giddy to see Tebow wake up and puke his brains out. Unfortunately for those people, they will be forced to endure two weeks of Tebow medical updates (Florida is off next week) and then have to hear, yet again, how tough Tebow is when he makes his return. It will be as if he is the first player to ever come back from a concussion.

Notre Dame @ Purdue -- We have to admit it. Jimmy "Pass me a red cup" Clausen has turned into a good college quarterback.

Iowa @ Penn State -- Wow. Except for the first offensive play of the game, the Nittany Lions looked like high grade crap out there.

Texas Tech @ Houston -- Mike Leach and Kevin Sumlin. Two former OU assistant coaches. Two guys we would love to see return to Norman one day.

Washington State at USC -- Joe McKnight finally looks NFL ready. Well, except for the fumbles and nagging injuries, of course.

J-Roll gets the Phillies started!

(Phillies now winning 4-1 the 4th inning.)

When a scrub hurts your star QB...

This is classic. Injured Michigan QB Tate Forcier, playing with a sore shoulder, had just thrown a touchdown pass to give his team the lead with under three minutes to play against Indiana. Forcier, who had injured his shoulder earlier in the game, then ran to the sidelines not moving his right/throwing shoulder. Teammates gently mobbed him, tapping him on the helmet, ever-so-careful to avoid hitting his right arm/shoulder. And then out of nowhere comes some fourth team scrub who slaps him right on the injured shoulder. The kid has undoubtedly already packed up and left campus.

Two and oh...

Team 801 hit the frost covered field at 8 AM this morning. In between keeping their hands in their hoodies and fighting off the efforts of their moms to swaddle them in blankets, they won their soccer game, 8-5. The Playmaker had four goals and assisted two others. We are now 2-0 on the season.

***In news that is almost as good, we got a text from Norman this morning stating that rumors are rampant that Sam Bradford will return to the field for the Sooners' big game next week at Druggie U Miami. Not sure about this one. If The Playmaker was in Sam's shoes, we'd make damn sure he was 100 percent before letting him loose against the (co)Canes. Assuming The U beats Vah Tek today, we can totally see Miami alums thugs like Michael Irvin and Alonzo Highsmith putting a bounty on Bradford's shoulder.

Well Done...

We come tonight not to brag about our fantasy football dynasty and not about The Playmaker catching a 25 yard pass in last night's flag football practice. Rather, we want to praise The Playmaker's Sister. She got her state standardized testing back today and tested in the top 11 percent in the entire state.

Well done!

Behold...

Wednesday's dinner.

Best we can do...

Most have probably already seen this one. But it's a classic.

Do you believe in miracles?!?

A day ago we ripped into our fantasy football team. We bitched and moaned that our receivers were the worst in the league. We cut one guy on the spot (Robert Meachem) and punted another to the bottom of the depth chart (Eddie Royal).

And we threatened bodily harm to Colts' tight end Dallas Clarke.

And we conceded defeat in week two, even though we still had Clarke playing on Monday night. We were losing 92-75. Good ole Dallas did nothing for us week one. He was thisclose to losing his job to Brent Celek.

Bang!

Clarke went off last night. We'll say it again...The Man went off.

He had 7 catches for 183 (183!) yards, including an 80 yard touchdown! And that was good for 24 points. So we (somehow) ended up winning our game, 99-95.

We are now one of four teams in the 12 team league to open the season undefeated.

Fantasy Football: Hell to pay...

This is our first foray into the ever popular (and ever populated) world of fantasy football. We loved it week one -- absolutely loved it. Now having gotten our ass kicked yesterday, we are pissed. We got smoked to the tune of 92-75. (We still have Dallas Clarke playing for the Colts tonight, but our fate is already sealed.)

And now we know why it's called Fantasy football. None of us will ever get to own a real team. Never have a chance to walk into the locker room and have millionaires call us Mister.

And we'll never have the chance to be Jerry Jones or The Dan (Daniel Snyder) and be the meddlesome, hands on owner who thinks he knows more than anyone about personnel decisions.

But we own our fantasy team. And yesterday we got violated, pistol whipped, taken behind the woodshed and bent over. Pick whatever description you like. To quote Jim Mora, Sr., "We SUCKED!"

And today, several of our players will have to pay for us sucking so badly yesterday.

Our receivers are abysmal. Larry Fitz was solid, catching a touchdown. But he netted us only 9 points. He was our second round pick. He should have 9 points by halftime. Eddie Royal earned us 2 points. Say it: two frigging points. Our wavier wire acquisition that we bragged about last week, Robert Meachem?!? He, too, earned us a whopping 2 points. The aforementioned Dallas Clarke was mediocre last week (7 points) and probably will be again tonight. (Meanwhile, our reserve tight end, Brent Celek, scored a touchdown last week and yesterday he cracked the 100 yard mark, which would have given us 10 points.)

Our receivers (with Clarke still having to play tonight) worked together to score 11 points. Conversely, the team we faced yesterday had their receivers (Steve Smith of the Panthers, Andre Johnson, Marques Colston and Owen Daniels) land 73 points.

So the owner is heading into the locker room today to drop the anvil. Meachem? Gone. Back to the waiver wire. Enjoy unemployment. Antonio Bryant could be joining him. Royal? Say hello to the bench, because that's where you'll be this week. And unless Clarke does something (anything) tonight, he, too, will be scrubbed next Sunday in place of Celek.

If we owned a real team, it would be Perform or You Get Cut. And that's how we're running our fantasy team.

Jets 16 Patriots 9

Coach Bill's Patriots have a ton of problems:

1. The offensive line can't consistently run block and they are woeful on pass blocking! We actually don't know if they can run block consistently, because the Patriots never (never!) try to consistently run the ball. They only seem to run to give Tom Brady a breather. And for the second week in a row, their pass blocking was woeful. Did the Jets blitz and bring extra rushers almost every down? Yup. Did the Pats do even a decent job of picking up the pressure? Um, no. And we don't claim to watch the offensive line closely on TV, but we firmly believe that tackle Matt Light sucks. And sucks badly.

2. They have one playmaker on offense! If Randy Moss ain't getting touches, how will the Patriots ever score?!? Joey Galloway may still run a sweet 40 yard dash (allegedly), but he is no longer elusive. He never makes defenders miss after the catch.

3. Tom Brady is, well, he's not Tom Brady! Too much grape feeding from Gisele? Too much shopping for homes in the exclusive towns of Dover and Sherborn? Not enough time working with his new receivers? Afraid to stay in the pocket because of The Knee? Who knows for sure?!? But today was perhaps the worst we have ever seen him play. Ever.

4. Their defense blows against the pass! Again, they have one playmaker on defense -- Vince Wilfork, who for the second straight week was outstanding. Not having Jerod Mayo at inside backer is, obviously, a huge loss. But is Gary Guyton really an upgrade over Tedy Bruschi?!? He constantly gets torched on the field. At least Bruschi would offer brains and leadership. Oh, but wait -- that's right, Guyton is a better athlete. (Good to know.)

Two weeks does not make a season. But they won last week when Buffalo gave the game away at the end. Today, the Pats lost because they could not stop a rookie QB in the second half. (Remember the days when Belichick's D preyed on rookie QBs?!?)

It just got real interesting in Foxboro.

Starting off with a BANG...

Team 801 opened its new season with an old goal: an undefeated season.

So far, so good.

We won our first game today, 9-6. The Playmaker led the way with 3 goals. Equally impressive was the fact he had a wide open break away but opted to pass to an open teammate for the goal.

Profit

"In time, people will grow to loathe you."

"I look forward to that time."

1. We own the fantasy football league! While others sat back and did nothing to help their teams this week, we were moving and grooving all over the place. A total of 19 waiver transactions were made this week. Get this! We made 12 of them! (And we won our opening game last week.) In the span of 48 hours, we picked up Robert Meachem, waived him and then picked him up again. Our latest move was letting go of backup QB Jake Delhomme and bringing in Mark Sanchez.

2. As our high school football coach said to us when he took over The Program: "We're gonna throw the sheeet out of the ball!" Flag football practice started this week and it is clear we have at least 5 (5!) kids who can take the ball to The House on any given play. Last year, we were the only team to crack the 40 point barrier in a game. This time around ... we're going for 50.

MJ still has The Moves...

W is for WIN...

Lots of Wins lately. To wit:

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1. The Phillies -- They took three out of four from the hapless Mets over the weekend. And they got a complete game shutout from Cliff Lee against the Nationals last night.

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2. The Eagles -- The defense and the special teams both scored touchdowns in the opening day win against the Panthers. Unfortunately, #5 is injured yet again -- this time with a busted rib. The good news is once and for all Big Andy will see that backup Kevin Kolb will never (never!) be a good QB. This week they face the Saints and Drew Brees. Which brings us to...

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3. Fantasy Football -- We won our first game, crushing our over-matched opponent by a score of 96-76. Our Big Gun was QB Drew Brees, who accounted for half (half!) of our points. He was followed by Larry Fitzgerald (13), Ron Grant (12), David Akers (8), Clinton Portis (7), Dallas Clarke (3), Antonio Bryant (2), Dallas' defefense (2) and Eddie Royal (1). A win is a win, but we clearly got very little from receivers Bryant and Royal. Our backup is Jeremy Maclin, a personal pick of The Playmaker. So this morning we hit the waiver wire and bypassed top rated Antwaan Randle El in favor of Robert Meachem. Later, we went after Mark Clayton (an OU Guy, of course), but he had already been picked up. (Michael Crabtree hit the waiver wire today and we are oh-so-tempted to stash him on our roster for a rainy day -- assuming he ever signs his contract, of course.) Finally, we dumped Dallas' defense (which we just picked up Sunday morning after waiving Carolina's D) and acquired Atlanta's.

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4. The Patriots -- Good gawd, man, if every MNF game started at 7 PM, this would be a better world. We watched the whole game and still made it to bed by 10:15. And thank goodness the Pats beat Buffalo, because we had them in our Brent Musburger NFL Suicide Pool. However, we were less than impressed by New England. Perhaps we simply were expecting too much. But they don't seem to have any playmakers on defense (outside of tackle Vince Wilfork). They will be good this season. The question is how good.

What do you call a racist, mouth-breathing A-hole?!?

Kanye West

In Kolb Jeff We Trust...

Thank goodness for computers!

Currently on our desktop we are following three things. To the left is the Eagles game against the Panthers. Top right is a live feed of the Phillies-Mets game. And on the bottom right is our Fantasy Football match-up. (Our team name is the Eagles and we are playing some schmo whose team is named the Titans.)

Psst...Here's our fantasy!

The Playmaker's Friends and their fathers have started a 12 team fantasy football league this season. The draft was August 30. Of course, we had the honor of drafting last in the first round. (A point that caused us to bitch and moan during the entire on-line draft. It also meant we had back-to-back picks, since the draft order reversed after every round. While others made their picks in 30 seconds or less, we used our entire four minutes, 2 minutes for each pick, just to hiss people off. Did we mention this is just a Friendly League?!?)

Anyway, here is our team:

QB: Drew Brees and Chad Pennington (whom we will probably be waiving)

WR: Larry Fitzgerald, Eddie Royal, Antonio Bryant & Jeremy Maclin

RB: Ryan Grant, Clinton Portis, LenDale White & Ricky Williams

TE: Dallas Clarke & Brent Celek

K: David Akers

Def: Dallas Cowboys (Just minutes ago we waived Carolina, since they are playing the Eagles in what we think will be a fairly high scoring game. After the game, we will most likely take Carolina back.)

We feel GREAT about Brees, Fitzgerald, Clarke and Akers -- and pretty good about Grant. ***However, we will be scouring the free agent market for another wide receiver and running back.

Brent's NFL Suicide Pool -- Additionally, we are back in the Last Man Standing competition this year. The rules have changed, as you can now only pick a team twice all season. In the spirit of Survive and Move On, we are taking the Patriots over the Bills tomorrow night. The Playmaker, fresh off winning the 30 man March Madness Pool, is also playing. And he, too, is taking the Pats.

Puh-lease...

We'd like to thank Sports Illustrated for anointing OS-Who as the best team in the state of Oklahoma after last week's win over the mediocre SEC team known as Georgia. For today (just a few minutes ago, in fact), OS-Who went out and got whupped by Houston and coach Kevin Sumlin (a former Sooner assistant), 45-35.

As long as Mike Gundy coaches OS-Who, the Sooners will continue to dominate The State.

9/11

In Madson We Trust...

Uncle Charlie pulls plug on Lidge as closer*

*At least last night he did. One hit, one wild pitch, one walk and one hit batter forced Uncle Charlie to pull Lidge and go to Ryan Madson. Six pitches later, the game was over and the Phillies won, 5-3. We have two words for Charlie tonight: Brett Myers.

Last Supper (of summer)...

So there we were last night. It was like a flashback to being a kid on the last day of summer (the last!). There was this never ending thought of, WTF?!? How did we get here?!?

Yet, somehow a whole summer had officially come and gone.

Back to school, baby.

So our last official meal of summer was -- wait for it... Cowboy Ribeye.

No big secret. No big surprise.

We'll be in lockdown meetings all day today. And the kids will come to our classroom tomorrow.

Have a good day out there, people.

We Love You, Brent!

Suffering from a severe bout of Oklahoma Depression Saturday night, nothing could put us out of our misery. Until, of course, Our Guy Brent started talking about Nick Saban swearing off alcohol and the fact that Brent would never try such a stunt. Classic. (Then he waxed poetic about gambling and mentioned he is in "several NFL suicide pools.")

We truly love that man.

Time for a Big Change in Norman...

We had a notebook full of anecdotes, facts and observations ready to upload here today. Then Trent Williams, the guy who came back to win a title and become a #1 draft pick, whiffed on a block and got Sam Bradford, the Heisman QB who came back to win a title and then be the #1 pick in the draft, slammed into the turf on his million dollar shoulder.

Presto.

Game over. Season over.

If Big Game Boob Stoops has any stones left in his lazy body, he will tell Bradford that no matter what the MRI and doctors tell him, Bradford's next game will be in the NFL.

Oh, and there was no guarantee the Sooners were headed for the W even if Bradford had played in the second half. Their new O-line was terrible. Honestly, it was the worst effort we have ever seen in a football game. Ever!

Big Game Boob's problem is all his good assistants have left him. They won the national title back in 2000. On Big Game Boob's staff was Mark Mangino and Mike Stoops. The year before they had The Pirate himself, Mike Leach.

When they all left, Big Game Boob hired or promoted his closest friends. He let Brett Venables run the D. Kevin Wilson run the O. And Bobby Jack Wright coach the defensive backs.

Venables, perhaps the top recruiter in the land, is woefully over-matched calling the shots on D. Wilson likes to portray himself as a tough guy. But his offense lacks imagination and variety. (He damn near got Adrian Peterson killed his last two seasons at OU.) And poor Bobby Jack. He seems like a great guy. He just has no clue how to coach DBs.

Back in the day, we quivered every off-season when rumors of Stoops leaving for Florida or some NFL team would make their annual appearance. Funny, those rumors don't pop up much anymore. Instead, they are saved for Coach Pete, Urban Meyer and Nick Saban.

Too bad. Because Stoops has done what was once unthinkable. He has outlived his time in Norman.

It's time for a change.

The Duke PR machine lives on in Greg Paulus!

See Greg Paulus. See Greg call a timeout when faced with a blitz. Listen to announcers all hail the move as a "heady play...a smart move...smart move by a smart guy."

For a simple timeout?!?

Wow. We expect that stuff during Duke hoop games. But not Syracuse football games.

Oh, wait. Paulus played hoops at Duke.

Our bad.

How do you give up an 85-yd touchdown PASS to Navy?!?

And next week you take on Southern Cal?!? You've got major problems, Ohio State.

A Tim Tebow speech. No, not that one!

It's not that we hate Tim Tebow. As a freshman, we loved him. We thought it was so cool that Urban Meyer would put him in for Super Stiff Chis Leak. Tebow would come in. Line up in the shotgun. Take the snap. And bull straight ahead. (It was truly the first Wild Cat.) He was bigger and stronger than anyone else on the field. And he was just 18.

As a sophomore, the media fell in love with him. So much so, that he won the Heisman.

Last year, the media's coverage of Tebow was downright nauseating. It was Tim Tebow all the time. 24. 7. 365.

How many times were we forced to watch the speech, errrr, THE SPEECH?!? You all know it. The Gators lost to Ole Miss and Tebow cried at the podium and said it the Gators would outwork the rest of the country. We have been forced to endure it 100 times, easy.

So, no, we don't hate Time Tebow. We hate the way the media slurps him every day and every night of the year.

But today on GameDay, for the first time ever, we saw a different speech that Tebow made last year. And unlike his over-hyped Ole Miss one, this one is actually very good. It came at halftime of the National Championship against Oklahoma.

We've got juice...

It was just yesterday that we commented on Craig James' suicidal career move years ago when he walked away from ESPN College GameDay -- which opened the door for Kirk Herbsreit. And so it was a few hours ago, when Chris Fowler interviewed James on GameDay. Perhaps, giving a verbal jab to Pony Boy, Fowler said, "Welcome back to GameDay. It's been a while."

Take a look.

College Football, 3.0 - Opening Day

We have been looking forward to this day since January 1st. Autumn Saturdays = college football games on the 50 inch HD TV from noon until well past midnight. But first, we have a sighting. In this case, it's a shark sighting. Off the coast of Chatham -- where we once spent a weekend. And it's not just any old shark. It's a frigging Great White Shark.

"I'll catch that bird for ya. But it's not gonna be pretty."

Anyway, on to (the TV) games:

Navy @ Ohio State -- We are in the clear minority here, but we still say Terrelle Pryor is terribly overrated. Part of it is the fact he plays in the Big Ten, which, in terms of football talent, is on par with the Tri Valley League. Even with our bum knee and the fact that we are 41, we could definitely step into that league and be an average cover corner. Ohio State 38 Navy 7

Minnesota @ Syracuse -- Why is this game on TV? Two crap teams from two crap conferences. Minnesota 6 Syracuse 3

Georgia @ Oklahoma State -- This one should be a doozie! OS-Who sports two players in running back Kendall Hunter and flanker Dez Bryant, who are future first round draft picks. Yet in the land of Sooners and Longhorns, they don't get a lot of run in the media. The Dawgs, of course, come from the SEC -- which gives them instant street cred. (Despite the fact they never do much in that league.) Hats off to both schools for playing the game. Oklahoma State 28 Georgia 21

Missouri @ Illinois -- Former Mizzu All American Jeremy Maclin was a late round pick for us in last week's fantasy football draft. Illinois 3 Missouri 2

Western Michigan @ Michigan -- Published reports indicate Michigan has been practicing long and hard for this game. (Wink-wink.) Coach Rich's team (most of which hates him) is a 13 point favorite. Hmm...in many games last year the Wolverines didn't even score 13 points. The only way RichRod surives another season in The Big House is if he gets to a bowl game this year. Michigan 24 Western Michigan 14

San Jose State @ USC -- Coach Pete keeps on churning out Ws. This one will come with a true frosh at QB -- star in waiting Matt Barkley. USC 45 San Jose (Canseco) State 7

Nevada @ Notre Dame -- The Fighting Irish are 14 point favorites. We say they will barely win. Notre Dame 21 Nevada 17

BYU v Oklahoma -- This one will be close for a while. Sam Bradford will miss security blanket TE Jermaine Gresham, out with a bad knee. (Welcome to Our World.) Oklahoma 38 BYU 27

Alabama v Virginia Tech -- Frank Beamer is a good man and a good coach. But that does not excuse the fact that Vah-Tek is the most overrated team year after year. They are still living off the Michael Vick era. We're not sure they will even get a first down against Nick Saban's D. Alabama 20 Virginia Tech 3

Maryland @ Cal -- Who cares who wins?!? Just the fact that we will be on the couch at 10:30 PM watching the kickoff is a frigging great thing. Cal 27 Maryland 14

LSU @ Washington -- See Maryland/Cal comments. LSU 28 Washington 7

Enjoy the games. And don't call, text, e-mail or IM. Cause we ain't gettin' back to you. Not today, anyway.

College Football, 2.0...

Thoughts on last night's opening round of games:

1. We keep telling you, The Head Ball Coach will leave SC at the end of the season! His Cocks started the season with an underwhelming 7-3 W against ACC Basement Dweller NC State. (Keeping in mind that bringing up the rear in the woeful ACC means there are probably 10 or so 1-AA teams that can kick your ass.) Steve Spurrier's QB, Stephen Garcia (he of the numerous alcohol related transgressions), was 13-22 for 148 yards . Back in the day, that was what Spurrier's pitchers would have by halftime in The Swamp. Beating Tom O'Brien's Wolfpack on the road is one thing. Beating the Dawgs on the road in Athens next week is completely different. And not happening.

2. Yawn, Boise State beat Oregon, 19-8! Why, exactly, was this the biggest game in Boise's history?!? The Ducks suck. We can't stand them for cheating their way to victory against OU four years ago. Even worse was the way their A-hole coach Mike Bellotti acted after that game. We despise that loser more than anyone in college football. If he lived next door to us, we would egg his house every night. Even better, we would call him on the phone as we were doing it. With his team destined to blow this year, what did Suck-otti do? He quit to become the athletic director. This game was so boring, we went to bed at halftime. Which meant, of course, we missed Duck LeGarrette Blount punch a Boise player after the game. No truth to the rumor that had we been there, we would have punched Loser-otti after the game.

College Football, 1.0

Seven thoughts and predictions on the college football season that is set to begin in less than three hours:

1. The Head Ball Coach will retire when the season is over! That's not to say Steve Spurrier will give up coaching. He's just too old and tired to keep spinning his tires at South Carolina.

2. Colt McCoy will win the Heisman! He's a better runner than Sam Bradford. And a better passer than Tim Tebow. Plus (and it pains us to say this), we think his texASS Longhorns will go undefeated in the regular season.

3. Kirk Herbstreit will continue to be the Golden Boy of college football media peeps! The ladies (including co-eds) love him for his looks. Everyone else loves him because he is the smartest college football guy around. (We are pretty sure, though, that Chris Fowler is just as smart. However, his fear of being wrong precludes him from making predictions or even giving the slightest opinion on anything.)

4. Craig James will continue to headline the JV Team! And to think that 15 years ago he, not Herbstreit, was the BMOC. But then Pony Boy sold out and went for the NFL pre-game bucks. In slid Herbstreit to College GameDay and James barely lasted a few years working Sundays. Now back in the college game, he hardly rates a blip on the radar.

5. Herbstreit, however, is wrong about one thing! Last week, he said Notre Dame's offense will be "explosive"! Um, no it won't. And Jimmy "Pass me a red cup" Clausen will continue to be the most over-hyped HS recruit in recent memory.

6. As for tonight's games, we'll take North Carolina over South Carolina over NC State and Boise State over Oregon!

7. As for the National Championship, we have Florida topping Lack Crown's texASS Longhorns!

Resting up for BIG sports night of TV...

"I like our history. And I like you."

In Cole We Trust...

Meanwhile...

Carlos Carrasco, the key player (along with pitcher Jason Knapp) in the Cliff Lee trade, made his debut with the Indians last night. The result?!? He pitched 3 innings, yielded 6 runs and gave up 9 hits. Ouch.

The Bay on 37th Street

Shh...Notice how quiet it is.