HarleyQuinn

Looks like I'll barely win this week thanks to Roddy White going tonight. Looks like I'll have the 6 seed locked up so I'll face Random Hero whom I beat last week.

Some random matches from the "hey day" of Raw ratings wise... 1998-08-03: Triple H vs. X-Pac 1998-09-14 Hardcore Match: Mankind vs. Undertaker 1998-10-26: Steve Austin vs. Ken Shamrock 1998-11-23: The Rock vs. X-Pac 1999-11-08: The Rock vs. X-Pac 1999-12-13 Steel Cage: Edge & Christian vs. Hardy Boys

Looks like for CBS I get: San Diego @ Tennessee and Pats/Steelers. Fox = Dallas vs. Detroit... nice!

WWF Tag Title Steel Cage Match: New Age Outlaws© vs. Hardy Boys

Vote: Yes Philly: 24 Chicago Jacksonville (10.5) Detroit Miami N.Y. Giants Oakland Pittsburgh (1.5) San Diego St. Louis (3.5) Tampa Bay Seattle (7.5) San Francisco (3.5) Cleveland Kansas City (9.5) Indianapolis Atlanta

Looking at the 1985 Bears... WTH was up with Tampa Bay?? The Bears beat them 38-28 to open the season, then 27-19 only 4 weeks later. They also had a few close calls score wise (beat Green Bay by 6, beat Indy by 7). Wow... the '85 Tampa team was feisty despite going 2-14 on the year. They lost 5 games by a TD or less and lost to the Bears by 10 and 8, and the 5-11 Colts by 8. They also lost to the Dolphins 41-38... although the Patriots beat them 32-14. Just seems really out of place that Tampa Bay seemed to play Chicago and Miami so well (esp. the Bears twice).

Thus my emphasis on regular season....

I found this stat interesting... Through 12 games, the Patriots have a PF vs. PA differential of 260. For comparison, the 1985 Bears had 258, the 1984 49ers had 248, the 1991 Redskins had 261, and the 1996 Packers had 246. The 1998 Vikings were also at 260. If the Patriots keep this up, they could be one of the best regular season teams ever in terms of point differential.

Same here in regards to being baffled. What's also baffled me is the notion that because a Division II team comes in, it can't compete in the playoffs for its first year or two simply because they're "making the jump." If they're good enough to earn a spot, give it to them! If it were up to me, I'd say all the conference winners would get automatic berths. The only exceptions would be the MAAC (4 teams) and Independents. I also don't get why the Ivy League refuses invitations to the playoffs... your teams STARTED college football. Screw academics and live up to your legacies. Given the idea of 16 teams... my FCS playoffs would be: Automatic Berths from 14 conferences with 2 at large spots. It'd make winning the conference more relevant and make teams "earn" their spots in the playoffs. It would also cut down on the 5 teams from one conference crap. Done this way, this year's playoffs would be... 1: Montana (8-0, 11-1) Big Sky 2: Delaware State (9-0, 10-2) MEAC 3: McNeese State (7-0, 11-1) Southland 4: Northern Iowa (6-0, 12-1) Gateway 5: Richmond (7-1, 11-2) CAA 6: Harvard (7-0, 8-2) Ivy 7: Eastern Kentucky (8-0, 9-3) Ohio Valley 8: Grambling State (8-1, 8-3) SWAC 9: Albany (6-0, 8-4) Northeast 10: Liberty (4-0, 8-3) Big South 11: Dayton (6-1, 11-1) Pioneer 12: Appalachian State (5-2, 11-2) Southern 13: Fordham (5-1, 8-4) Patriot 14: South Dakota State (4-0, 7-4) Great West 15: Massachusetts (7-1, 10-3) CAA *At Large* 16: Southern Illinois (5-1, 12-1) Gateway *At Large* Overall, it'd give that "anything can happen" feel in regards to the smaller schools potentially upsetting big schools while placing relevance on winning the conference that you play in (and giving small conferences a greater reason to play).

Mid-Major... think the "Hawaii" of the FCS. The Pioneer Conference is the "WAC" of the FCS... boasting some great teams that get overlooked simply because of the conference they play in. New coaching news... Indiana State University has named Trent Miles its new head football coach, school athletic director Ron Prettyman announced Tuesday. Miles has spent his last three seasons as the running backs coach at the University of Washington, but is a Terre Haute native and a 1987 Indiana State graduate, having played for the Sycamores as a wide receiver from 1982 to 1986.

Some FCS news... Dayton capped off a fantastic season by beating Albany 42-21 in the Gridiron Classic on Saturday and the Flyers were rewarded by being named the unanimous winner of the Sports Network's final Mid-Major poll released Tuesday. Dayton (11-1) captured all 30 first-place votes and will be honored Dec. 13 in Chattanooga, TN. when the Flyers will receive the Sports Network Cup at the annual Sports Network Awards ceremony.

I have the 3rd toughest PA and the 2nd most PF...

Heath Evans... the new Larry Csonka?

Some more interview fun... Survivor Series 1988 Jake Roberts Interview WCW 1992 Jesse Ventura interviews Jake Roberts 04/20/1996 Bret Hart Interview 06/09/1996 Mankind sitdown with Jim Ross 07/21/1996 Steve Austin Free For All Interview

Looks like I'm aiming for yet another 8-8 season if I continue to try to win by the skin of my teeth. Stupid Bengals... 1 TD was all it would've taken!

Here are the bowl games that interest me... PPG vs. PAPG in brackets (credit James Howell for the numbers) Motor City Bowl: Purdue (32.92 vs. 24.75) vs. Central Michigan (33.77 vs. 35.85) - Aerial fireworks depending if CM can match throw for throw. Cotton Bowl: Missouri (40.00 vs. 24.54) vs. Arkansas (39.83 vs. 25.58) - Potential to top 90+ points combined. GMAC Bowl: Bowling Green (32.08 vs. 29.50) vs. Tulsa (39.46 vs. 35.38) - Could be a quietly solid slugfest offensively. Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma (43.38 vs. 18.15) vs. West Virginia (38.92 vs. 17.25) - Has the chance at being another OK/Boise State game.

It's kind of sad for Hawaii considering they tried to get games with teams like Michigan but got snubbed to the point where they had to schedule FCS teams (and then Michigan lost to App. State... karma!)

I like Oklahoma for the following reasons... They lost to Colorado by only 3 points. They lost to Texas Tech by only 7 points. They dominated a disappointing Miami team (51-13), beat Texas (28-21), beat Missouri twice (41-31, 38-17), killed Texas A&M (42-14), and killed Oklahoma State (49-17). 7 of the in-conference teams they played finished at 6-6 with 4 of them finishing at 7-5 or better. Of those 7-5 teams, Oklahoma went 4-1 (only loss to Texas Tech).

Shame I missed like 3/4ths of the Hawaii game but from what I saw early, I'm impressed that they managed to come back and beat Washington down 21-0 at one point.

East Carolina accepted a bid to the Hawaii Bowl. I'm most curious to see RB Chris Johnson.

A couple finalized Bowl Games... International Bowl: Rutgers (7-5) vs. Ball State (7-5) GMAC Bowl: Bowling Green (8-4) vs. Tulsa (9-4)

Johnnie Cole was hired as the new head coach at Texas Southern. "Cole completely transformed the Lane College football program into a winner. He converted an 0-10 team in 2005 to an 8-3 mark in 2006 and a 7-3 record this year. He played quarterback at Texas Southern from 1982-85 and has the third- best career-passing mark with 4,247 yards and 33 touchdowns." Penn State will be playing in the Alamo Bowl. Wisconsin will play in the Outback Bowl. Rutgers will play in the International Bowl.

Philadelphia: 21 Green Bay @ Dallas (7.5) Atlanta @ St. Louis (4.5) Buffalo @ Washington (5.5) Detroit @ Minnesota (3.5) Houston @ Tennessee (4.5) Jacksonville @ Indianapolis (6.5) N.Y. Jets @ Miami (1.5) (5.5) San Diego @ Kansas City Seattle @ Philadelphia (3.5) San Francisco @ Carolina (2.5) Tampa Bay @ New Orleans (3.5) Cleveland @ Arizona (1.5) (3.5) Denver @ Oakland (1.5) N.Y. Giants @ Chicago Cincinnati @ Pittsburgh (7.5) (20.5) New England @ Baltimore

Here are some early Bowl confirmations (according to Sports Network) Navy will play in the Poinsettia Bowl Southern Miss will play in the Papajohns.com Bowl Houston will play in the Texas Bowl South Florida will play in the Brut Sun Bowl

I hate the AFC...