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Here is YOUR college football national television schedule for this week which starts tommorrow with a preview of the MAC title game. ABC's lame regional coverage continues as you'll only get a total of one game in your area this week. All times are Pacific, ABC regional games are marked with an asterisk, and rankings listed are the BCS rankings. Tuesday #16 Bowling Green at #21 Miami of Ohio, 4:30 PM, ESPN2 Wednesday Louisville at #9 TCU, 4:30 PM, ESPN2 Thursday South Carolina at Arkansas, 4:30 PM, ESPN Friday Colorado State at New Mexico, 6:00 PM, ESPN2 Saturday #13 Tennessee at #4 Miami, 9:00 AM, ABC* #20 Michigan State at #5 Ohio State, 9:00 AM, ABC* Texas A&M at #1 Oklahoma, 9:00 AM, ABC* Wisconsin at Minnesota, 9:00 AM, ESPN Penn State at Northwestern, 9:00 AM, ESPN2 Navy at Notre Dame, 11:30 AM, NBC #23 Mississippi at Auburn, 12:30 PM, CBS #11 Iowa at #14 Purdue, 12:30 PM, ESPN #18 Nebraska at Kansas, 12:30 PM, FSN UCLA at #15 Washington State, 4:00 PM, ABC* #12 Texas at #19 Oklahoma State, 4:00 PM, FSN #6 Virginia Tech at #25 Pittsburgh, 4:45 PM, ESPN #3 Florida State at Clemson, 4:45 PM, ESPN2 California at Oregon, 7:00 PM, TBS

A.L. tommorrow and I'd assume N.L. on Wednesday. Here are my picks since we didn't vote on it in the award topic: AL: C-Ramon Hernandez 1B-Travis Lee 2B-Mark Ellis 3B-Eric Chavez SS-Alex Rodriguez OF-Garret Anderson, Mike Cameron, Ichiro Suzuki P-Derek Lowe NL: C-Paul Lo Duca 1B-Sean Casey 2B-Marcus Giles 3B-Mike Lowell SS-Alex S. Gonzalez (Cubs) OF-Geoff Jenkins, Jim Edmonds, Richard Hidalgo P-Greg Maddux

Here is the new BCS Top 25 from collegebcs.com before ESPN has them out. "Exclusive", ha! 1. Oklahoma 2.24 2. USC 7.02 3. Florida State 9.52 4. Miami 10.25 5. Ohio State 11.47 6. Virginia Tech 12.47 7. LSU 14.92 8. Michigan 20.79 9. TCU 24.75 10. Georgia 25.15 11. Iowa 25.60 12. Texas 30.59 13. Tennessee 33.64 14. Purdue 34.45 15. Washington State 34.98 16. Bowling Green 35.40 17. Florida 35.87 18. Nebraska 36.08 19. Oklahoma State 39.63 20. Michigan State 40.37 21. Miami of Ohio 45.34 22. Northern Illinois 46.33 23. Mississippi 48.10 24. Missouri 51.53 25. Pittsburgh 53.99

Hmmm I wouldn't say that. Part of why the Astros can make that deal is they have Octavio Dotel who should be able to step into the closer job without any problems.

Nov. 10 AL and NL Rookie of the Year Nov. 11 AL Cy Young Nov. 12 AL and NL Manager of the Year Nov. 13 NL Cy Young Nov. 17 AL Most Valuable Player Nov. 18 NL Most Valuable Player

I think your thinking of how the SEC might end up having to handle their tiebreak situation but it is not the case in the Big East. In the case of the Big East the highest ranked team in a three-way tie would get the BCS bid which would be Miami. BIG EAST TIE-BREAKING PROCEDURE

Well obviously if USC gets upset in one of their last three games it will be the Pac-10 champ but since we all assume they won't be it could be any number of teams. And of course none of us expect Oklahoma to lose the rest of the way and even if they did I don't see the Rose Bowl taking them two years in a row. The Big 12 champion is tied to the Fiesta Bowl so if OU some how lost before the championship game and then won the title game they would end up there. Of course all hell will break loose if OU loses any of their remaning games and who the fuck knows where anyone goes with no undefeated teams. As I already mentioned Florida St. goes to the Orange Bowl most likely unless Miami wins the Big East, which could still happen, and then they would end up in the Orange Bowl. Now there is Washington St. who if they win out and finish 10-2 would definently eligible for an at-large birth. I being the Rose Bowl purist would hope Wazzu ends up as USC's replacement. Of course they played their last year as the Pac-10 champ and played poorly. Last year the Orange Bowl fucked us Rose Bowl purists over by taking Iowa so ending any chance of a Pac-10/Big Ten match-up. They wouldn't take Miami because when they played there for that farce of a championship game a couple of years ago the stadium was about 80% Nebraska fans as Miami doesn't travel well. I don't see the Rose Bowl taking an east coast team and that would just leave the Big 12 and there is no one in the Big 12 outside of Oklahoma that will be sniffing a BCS bowl this year. So in the end it will all come down to if they want Washington State and if not then I have no fucking clue. Maybe the SEC champ but man an SEC team in the Rose Bowl? That would be um different.

Actually all Florida State has to do is beat Clemson next week and they clinch the ACC and thus clinch a BCS birth. Remember its the six BCS conference champs and two at-large teams that go into the BCS. You can then pretty much slot them into the Orange Bowl then since they have the choice of the ACC champ or the Big East champ and if its between them and Virginia Tech they'll definently take FSU. I do agree though that I think Florida will beat them.

No its not just you because the ACC is terrible this year and I'd say easily the worst of the BCS conferences this year and that's with the Pac-10 and Big 12 not exactly being good after their top teams. Oh and to correct something I said earlier the current projection has Miami at #4 in the BCS so that would still put them position to receive an automatic at-large birth.

49ers up 24-3...why the fuck can't they play like they did in Week 1, two weeks ago against the Bucs, and so far today every week? Oh at least based on the first half there is going to be no rush to get Jeff Garcia back in the line-up as Tim Rattay has looked great. Oh well the 49ers invented "quarterback controversy" so we're used it.

Actually Bret didn't appear on the show as he was watching from home was the only mention of him. Recap to the Rock/Jericho match by CRZ: WCW CHAMPIONSHIP: THE ROCK v. CHRIS MONDAY JERICHO in a special sweeps month event- Nick Patrick is your referee. Big feeling out process - the bell doesn't ring until hey finally lock up - and THAT doesn't last long, as they push back. Lockup, push back. Jericho SLAPS! Right hand, right, chop, chop, chop, chop, knee, knee, knee, knee. Into the ropes, but Rock hits the flying clothesline off the ropes! Right - head to the buckle, head to the adjacent buckle, into the ropes, Jericho ducks, and hits the flying jalepeno off the ropes! Drops down, right, right, right, boot to the head. Big right hand. Jericho with another right. Knife-edge chop. Into the ropes is reversed, Rock hits a strange backdrop - and gets 2. Head to the buckle by the Rock. Jericho shot into the other corner - elbow up by Jericho - second rope - missile dropkick - 1, 2, no. Right hand by Jericho - right. Rock pulled back up - another slap by Jericho. Rock sent into the ropes, reversal, head down, Jericho kicks - Jericho off the ropes - rock wants Rock Bottom, but Jericho elbows, elbows, elbows out of it. Jericho with a double leg - Rock to the ropes before he can hit the Walls - Patrick breaks it up - Jericho shoves him away and hits a springboard dropkick to take Rock out to the floor. Jericho out after him - stomp. Right, right, right, scoop...Rock dropped on the barricade. Jericho breaks the count and comes back out - kick - Rock put back in - Jericho climbing up...but Rock bounces off the ropes and crotches Jericho! Rock back in control - big right hand - right - climbing to the second storey...got him in position - SUPERPLEX! Rock covers - 1, 2, Jericho easily gets the shoulder up. Rock winds up - and stomps. Jericho's head meets the buckle. Jericho put into the ropes, back elbow by the Rock. Rock picks him up - Jericho blocks, right, right, chop, chop, off the ropes...into a Rock clothesline! Rock hooks a leg - 1, 2, no! Rock pulls him up by the hair - into the buckle. Chop! Rock with another measured chop. Chop. Rock gives Patrick a look - and Jericho takes advantage, switching position - chop, chop, Rock akres the face (!) and turns it back - right hand. Jericho comes right back - gutshot, DDT! Both men are down and Patrick puts on the count. Rock to his knees at 6...and up at 8 - Jericho manages to block - right, block, right, chop, chop, into the ropes is reversed, but Jericho lands the back elbow. Off the ropes - swinging neckbreaker - 1, 2, no! Jericho staying in control...climbing up top - waiting for the Rock to get to his feet - super back elbow lands - 1, 2, no! Jericho mountsh - right, right, Jericho laying the verbal smack down as well. Backbreaker gets 2. Jericho tries another cover - and gets another near fall. Jericho with a kick to the face. Picking Rock back up - chop. Jericho puts his arms underneath the top rope - opening up the chest for another chop. Rock put into the ropes - Jericho's head is down - Rock grabs two fistfuls of hair and whips Jericho's head to the mat. Jericho right back - right hand, HE rakes the face, whip is reversed, Rock with the throw! Right hand - into the ropes is reversed by Jericho - double leg by Rock - SHARPSHOOTER! Rock is putting his all into it - and Jericho is feeling every bit of it. The ropes are WAY too far away - his only hope is to twist around into an ungodly position and reach to his right - and that's what he's doing - three inches from the rope - GOT THE ROPE! Rock releases the hold - but not without some protest to Patrick - Jericho walks right into the spinebuster - don't tell me. Elbowpad is tossed - off one set of ropes - off the other - dropping down - MISSED the elbowdrop! JERICHO! JERICHO WITH ROCK BOTTOM!! 1, 2, ROCK KICKS OUT!!! Jericho asks twice if that wasn't 3 - it was 2. "Rock E" chant. Jericho isn't sure what to do next. Stomp. Rock rolls to the ropes - Jericho pulls him back - opening him up for the elbow. Chop - chop - and tossed over the top to the floor. Jericho goes outside, says some unkind words, and slaps the back of Rock's head. Rock into the STEEL steps headfirst. Jericho rolls in - and back out - and spots the commentary table. Jericho takes the top of the table and throws it on top of Rock...then starts rearranging furniture. Montiors out, fans out - Rock on top - Jericho on top - what's he gonna do - THE STROKE - THROUGH THE TABLE!! Heyman calls it "the Break Down" so I guess we've finally got a name for Jericho's version of the forward Russian legsweep. Give it a replay. Jericho's back in the ring...and Rock is busted wide open. Jericho - JERICHO IS UNDOING A TURNBUCKLE COVER. Patrick is busy checking on the Rock, and misses it - Jericho back out - Patrick won't let him at the Rock. Rock pulls *himself* up - Jericho out after him now - right hand to the cut - right - Rock rolled back in the ring...and Jericho follows. Right hand. OHHHHH ROCK'S HEAD MEETS THE EXPOSED EYE BOLT. Right, right, every punch opening up the cut - ANOTHER shot to the STEEL. Right, right, right, A THIRD shot with the turnbuckle. But Rock STILL comes back - right, right, Jericho ducks, double leg, WALLS OF JERICHO! Rock gives us the "blood pouring down" face - tries to power out of the Winnipeg Crab...but the ropes are too far - he's passing out! NO HE'S NOT! HE GETS THE ROPE!! Jericho pulls him out - going for the Walls again - NO! Rock rolls him up in a small package - 1, 2, 3! NOOOOOOO Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new WCW Champion. (15:07) But it's *Jericho* taking the belt from Nick Patrick - he's gonna - no, he IS gonna give it to him, all right - but not like we think - he winds up - WHACK! Jericho BRAINS him with the big gold belt! And now Jericho is outside - he's got a chair! Back inside - WHACK! They play Jericho's music! Jericho's snapped - HE'S GOING BACK!! He's got the chair again - WHACK! Oh man RIGHT on the Rock's elbow - Rock is PISSED off. That wasn't supposed to land like THAT. Play Jericho's music again! Raw Zone credits are up - we're out of time. Wow. This segment didn't save the show but... by God, it ALMOST did. Man, I wish Jericho had won, though...but that was STILL pretty damn cool. What'll happen next? During a sweeps month, ANYTHING is possible!

November 8, 1993 Scott Steiner NC Ludvig Borga Men on a Mission def. Steve Smith & Cory Student Rick Martel def. John Paul Bob Backlund NC Barry Horowitz; finish to match isn’t aired November 7, 1994 Bret Hart & The British Bulldog def. Owen Hart & Jim Neidhart Bam Bam Bigelow def. Tyron Knox Doink def. Pat Tanaka November 6, 1995 The British Bulldog def. Marty Janetty Henry O. Godwinn def. Terry Richards Kama def. Tony Roy Jerry Lawler & Isaac Yankem def. Bret Hart & Hakushi by DQ November 4, 1996 Goldust NC The Stalker The Sultan def. Alex Porteau Fake Razor Ramon def. Marc Mero November 3, 1997 Aguila def. Super Loco Marc Mero def. Savio Vega Vader def. The British Bulldog in a Dog Collar Match Jesse James & Billy Gunn def. Jesus Castillo & Jose Estrada Ken Shamrock def. Shawn Michaels by DQ; Euro Title Match November 2, 1998 The New Age Outlaws & X-Pac NC The Brood Kurrgan & Golga def. Mankind & Al Snow Stephen Regal NC Goldust The Rock def. Ken Shamrock by DQ; IC Title Match Val Venis def. Jeff Jarrett by DQ The Headbangers NC D’Lo Brown & Mark Henry November 8, 1999 The New Age Outlaws def. Mankind & Al Snow to win the Tag Team Titles The Godfather def. Val Venis by count out Edge & Christian & The Headbangers def. The British Bulldog & The Mean Street Posse The Rock def. X-Pac Kane def. The Big Bossman by DQ The Hollys def. Too Cool Triple H def. Test by count out; WWF Title Match November 6, 2000 The Undertaker def. Val Venis T&A def. Too Cool Triple H, Billy Gunn, Road Dogg, & Chyna def. The Radicalz Bull Buchanan & The Goodfather def. The Hardy Boyz to win the Tag Team Titles Steve Blackman def. Kane; HC Title Match Jerry Lawler def. Raven by DQ The Dudley Boyz def. Edge & Christian in a Tables Match Steve Austin NC Kurt Angle & Rikishi in a handicap match November 5, 2001 Ivory def. Lita Test def. Edge to win the Intercontinental Title Christian def. The Hurricane; Euro Title Match The Undertaker def. Kurt Angle by DQ; U.S. Title Match A.P.A. & Jacqueline def. The Dudley Boyz & Stacy Keibler in a Tables Match Booker T NC Rob Van Dam The Rock def. Chris Jericho to win the WCW World Title November 4, 2002 Three Minute Warning def. Jeff Hardy & Bubba Ray Dudley Trish Stratus def. Ivory Lance Storm & William Regal def. Tommy Dreamer & Al Snow Batista def. Justin Credible Test def. The Hurricane Rob Van Dam def. Christian Kane & Booker T def. Triple H & Chris Jericho

J-E-T-S, SUCK, SUCK, SUCK! God damnit. *sigh* There goes my two game "winning streak." 3-5 in a tough division my playoff hopes are almost gone.

Best match of that night, and should've been a MOTY candidate, IMO. Recap by Dr. Tom: Tag Title Match, 2/3 Falls: Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit vs. Edge and Rey Mysterio. Damn, the top tier of the arena is DARK. First Fall: Angle and Rey start. Angle grabs an amateur takedown, but Rey answers with a drop toehold and armdrag. He leads Angle on a chase, and dupes him into crashing to the floor. Nice nod to the WCW days. Angle gets back in and clotheslines Rey down. Rey headscissors him over and tags Edge. Benoit tags in, and Edge gets flurry of offense, hitting a shoulderblock, armdrag, and dropkick. Edge chops and pounds Benoit in the corner. He cheap shots Angle, but that allows Benoit to club him from behind and hit a high back suplex. Angle comes in, and immediately cheap shots Rey. Angle chokes Edge on the ropes and suplexes him for 2. Benoit comes in and lays the chops to Edge. Edge elbows out of a German, and the Impaler leaves both men down. Rey tags in, and since Benoit is still down, he hits a springboard legdrop for 2. Benoit takes a drop toehold into the buckle, and Edge whips Angle into the corner after him, spearing both men. Edge dropkicks Angle out and launches Rey into a Frankensteiner on Benoit, but Angle saves. Angle gets dumped again, and Edge holds Benoit for Rey’s Bombs Away at 6:00. Rey/Edge 1-0 Second Fall: Angle works over both men, but walks into a Rey armdrag. He comes back with an overhead belly-to-belly, then a back suplex for 2. Benoit comes in and gutbusters Rey, then knees him in the corner. He goes up with Rey on his shoulders, but Rey fights out and comes down with a super bulldog, leaving both men down. Angle and Edge tag in, and Edge cleans house. Benoit gets tossed, and Angle takes an overhead suplex. Edge goes for the spear, which Angle sidesteps right into the ref, allowing Benoit to waylay Edge with a title belt. Edge taps to the Anglelock in short order at 9:23 total time. 1-1 Tie Third Fall: After a commercial break, Angle pounds Rey in the corner and chokes him. Angle tosses Rey, allowing Benoit to work him over on the outside while, Kurt busies the ref with keeping Edge out of the ring. Rey gets rolled in for 2. Rey reverses a vertical suplex into one of his own and adds a heel kick. Edge comes in and stomps a BAH GAWD MUDHOLE into Angle. Edge pounds away, but Angle halts the hemorrhaging with an overhead belly-to-belly. Benoit tags in and backdrops Edge. He backbreakers Edge and slaps on a half-crab. Edge fights out, and Angle comes back in with another cheap shot for Rey. He puts the boots to Edge and clotheslines him for 2. Benoit is back in, and he puts the knees to Edge. Edge elbows him on a charge, but Benoit clubs him to stop his climb. He takes them both up, then down with a super back suplex. Both men tag out, and Rey comes in with a dropkick for Angle. Angle posts himself on a charge, and Rey follows with a Bronco Buster. Benoit pulls him off with a German suplex, in a nifty spot. Rey slips out of the Olympic Slam and runs Angle into Benoit. Angle ducks the 619 and tries to catapult Rey into the corner. Rey lands on the top rope and leaps onto Angle. Angle blocks the ‘rana try, but Rey victory rolls him for the win at 15:56 total time. Angle had grabbed the bottom rope, and pleads his case to the ref. After another commercial break, he decision is made to hold the third fall again. So . . . Third Fall, Take 2: Rey dropkicks both heels, so Benoit whips him HARD into the corner. A filthy back suplex follows, for 2. Angle slugs Rey down in the corner and snapmares him over. Benoit comes in and dropkicks him square in the face. He chops Rey down and hits a nice gutwrench suplex for 2. Angle comes in and hits his own gutwrench, though his was much sloppier. Give him a couple weeks. Edge saves. Rey fights out of a submission hold and breaks out the wheelbarrow DDT. Edge gets his second hot tag of the match, and goes back into house afire mode. He dumps Benoit and hits the Edge-O-Matic on Angle for 2. Angle grabs the Anglelock, but Edge rolls out, sending Angle crashing into the second turnbuckle. Rey hits a 619 from the floor, around the ringpost, in a really cool spot. Edge spears Angle and covers as Benoit goes up. He comes down with the Kamikaze headbutt, but Edge moves and Angle gets hit. Rey dropkicks Benoit out, and Edge covers for 3 at 4:38 after the restart. I’m not a fan of restarts and Dusty finishes, but this was another very good match between these four. 8/10 (Winners and new Tag Champs; Edge/Rey, 2 falls to 1)

November 4, 1999 Mankind & Al Snow def. The Hollys to win the Tag Team Titles D’Lo Brown def. Test The Hardy Boyz def. Too Cool Edge def. The British Bulldog by DQ; Euro Title Match The Godfather def. Chris Jericho The Big Show NC The Big Bossman D-Generation X def. Steve Austin, The Rock, Kane, & Shane McMahon in a Survivor Series Elimination Match November 2, 2000 Crash def. T&A in a hardcore handicap match Ivory def. Trish Stratus, Jacqueline, and Lita (pinned) in a Four Corners Match to win the Women’s Title Chris Jericho def. Rikishi by DQ Mr. Ass & Chyna def. Eddie Guerrero & Val Venis Al Snow def. Tazz Chris Benoit def. Triple H The Rock def. Kurt Angle by DQ; WWF Title Match November 8, 2001 The Dudley Boyz def. A.P.A.; WCW Tag Title Match Test def. Matt Hardy; IC Title Match The Rock def. Booker T by DQ; WCW Title Match The Big Show def. William Regal by DQ Jeff Hardy & Lita def. Lance Storm & Ivory Christian def. Tajiri The Undertaker def. Steve Austin & Kurt Angle in a handicap match November 7, 2002 Billy Kidman & Torrie Wilson def. Jamie Noble & Nidia Rikishi def. John Cena The Big Show def. Matt Hardy Edge & Rey Mysterio def. Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit in a Two Out of Three Falls Match to win the WWE Tag Team Titles Brock Lesnar def. Eddie Guerrero

A precurser to the NEW Hart Foundation in 1997. DX beats The Radicalz, AGAIN? I hate Vince. First match recapped by Kevin James Posiadilk, second match recapped by CRZ. Bret Hart and Davey Boy Smith vs. Owen Hart and Jim Neidhart Ho boy, my first feature-level tag match and it's got some talent in there. This might be a ride... The announcement of the New Foundation doesn't even get as far as the weight before Bret and Davey Boy jump the heels and start whaling away, Bret on Neidhart and Davey on Owen. The whip-into- each-other inevitably follows, knocking Owen down, and the faces follow through with a double clothesline of the Anvil. Were the roles reversed, we'd be hearing a synonym for 'dastardly' right about now, but as things are, Neidhart is allowed to roll out without further incident and Bret whips Owen into the Bulldog's military press stance, from which Owen is delicately tossed towards the railing, escaping injury only due to the timely presence of the Anvil to break his fall. (That's <30 seconds, this is gonna run looooong...) At least the ref has the decency to yell at the faces for this display. Owen moans about his arm, so it'll be Neidhart starting things off for the heels, and Bret Hart for the faces. Bret rope-launches Anvil from the apron to the ring. Couple of headblows, and a little rope burn for the Anvil's face. Bret whips Nedihart, but is reversed. Anvil undoes his good work by charging into Bret's foot. Clothesline by Bret. Lawler is yelling about all the closed fists Bret has been using so far. Bret with a horizontal whip, reversed again, but this time Bret jumps behind Neidhart for a run into the ropes and an attempted roll-up. Neidhart grabs the ropes, but Bret somersaults away to a standing position, leaving him in position to charge straight into Neidhart's bear hug. Bret tries to solve this by sinking his teeth into the Anvil's skulls, and by some miracle, he apparently found something, as the hold is released. Hart leads Neidhart over to his corner to tag in Davey Boy, just as Anvil negates the hand-hold. Smith and Neidhart lock up, Neidhart pushes Smith away, and the Bulldog takes advantage by trying to body-block the Anvil over. One, two charges and nothing happens, the third time Davey Boy gets a little elevation and down goes Neidhart. Neidhart counters with a sucker punch from his knees, and Lawler quips, "Nobody likes their in-laws". Reality check: Davey Boy and Neidhart are both in-laws of Bret and Owen, not each other. Davey Boy stumbles into the wrong corner, where Neidhart tags Owen in. Owen Hart starts with a few punches, then Davey Boy reverses a whip into the ropes. Owen slides for the Bulldog's right foot but Davey Boy pulls it almost casually away from the slide. Davey Boy with a foot to the midsection, a whip into a clothesline, a whip into the corner and a suplex. Owen now reverses a whip, but puts his head down too soon, and Davey Boy grabs it and turns it into a half-hour, well, ten-minute slam. Davey Boy signals to no one, then covers for only two. Davey Boy with a brief armbar. Owen gets up and manages to send Davey Boy for the ride, then pulls a nice acrobatic kick to send Davey Boy down. Davey Boy is thus going to be our official "Face In Trouble" in the WWF tag match formula. Owen goes into the sharpshooter stance, but as Bret always does, gives a playful tap to the groin the first time. Owen with the inverted knee drop, then a tag to Neidhart for a "Make a Wish". Neidhart gives the same playful tap as before, then something guess you would call a hair toss. Meanwhile, Vince and Jerry have been discussing the submission match (more on that later), and conclude that Owen won't screw over Backlund, as he has nothing to gain from it (no more title shots, you see). Neidhart with the "never works" reverse chinlock, sloppily applied to boot. Lawler with the obligitory stabs at Davey Boy's hair (as if Bret's is any better). Smith goes through the motions of elbowing out, then runs into what we have to assume was a knee to the midsection. Well, it goes on like this (new rule, methodical punishment of the "Face In Trouble" is subject to severe editing). Owen tags in, and they do a double clothesline. A short resthold. Owen tries to cover soon after and gets an emphatic rebuff and is sent flying off at two. Vince and Jerry discuss the great coincidence of the month: George Foreman, ex-retired boxer, nabbed a world heavyweight boxing title at age 45. Bob Backlund, ex-retired wrestler, up for the WWF title, is 45. Do you believe in omens? Do the scriptwriters? Neidhart tries one more cover, then we get an ad break soon after. -- ad break -- We come back just as Davey Boy nearly pulls of a miracle sunset flip on Owen, but only gets two, and the general beating continues. Owen does the fastest leg-grabbed-other-leg-to-side-of-head maneuver I've seen for two. Neidhart with a slow version of Davey Boy's power slam for two. Davey Boy tries to back Neidhart close enough to Bret for a tag, but Owen runs in and stops that. Owen is slow to leave the ring, so Bret feels justified in chasing after him, outside the ring and then a few laps around the ring. The ref jumps in and tells him to stop this silliness, we need to save it for Doink's match later on. While the ref marches Bret back to his corner by the ear, Owen and Neidhart perform a high-speed, horizontal version of LOD's finisher. Bret has to dash in right behind the ref to make the save. Reverse chinlock into a neckbreaker. Cross-body block, but Davey Boy continues the roll and gets two. No tag allowed, though, time for some rest. Later, Owen tries some uppercuts and gets tricked into a backslide for two. But the beat(ing) goes on... -- ad break -- Mutual clothesline, and it looks like time for the race to tag. It looks like Smith will win, so Neidhart dashes in, and distracts the ref so that the tag is missed. Neidhart holds Smith for a dropkick from Owen, but the Bulldog gets loose and Owen kicks the Anvil instead. Free ride for Davey Boy, but Owen grabs his foot just in the nick of time. So Davey Boy shows him the other one, and Owen flies off. Tag. Can you say "house afire"? I knew you could. After Owen has had enough, Bret slams Neidhart with a bulldog (should Davey Boy have done that?) Bret gets two more covers out of his momentum, then on a bounce off the ropes, Owen gives Bret a love tap on the tush. Neidhart picks up Bret, but Davey Boy dropkicks the two of them, landing Bret on top. The ref instead elects to yell at Davey Boy, allowing Owen to cold-cock Bret and puts Anvil on top. Bulldog rushes in for the save, too late, but Bret kicks out of it himself. Ref puts out the Bulldog again, Owen and Neidhart go for the umpteenth double clothesline of the match, but Bret crosses them by running straight into Neidhart. Davey Boy grabs hold of Owen from the outside and pulls him out of the action, and Bret has the Anvil set up just right to apply the sharpshooter. The end. (117 lines, not TOO bad, I guess.) D-GENERATION X - WELL, WHAT'S LEFT OF THEM (with RAW credits & TV-14-DLV-CC boxes) v. RADICALS (with Nipples) - Okay, if they're gonna spell it that way, then I shall too - we'll see if they stick with it. The second team comes to the ring to the "Aggression" DX theme, but without Run-DMC. I *won't* call him Billy Gee, 'cause it's LAME and GAY. Then again, Billy Gunn is kinda lame and gay, so maybe it's apropos. Guerrero and Gunn start. Duck, right by Guerrero, right, right, into the ropes, reversed, duck, duck, Gunn with a tilt-a-whirl slam. Tag to Chyna - Guerrero backs into her and has one of those classic reactions. Crappy elbow, crappy elbow, crappy elbow, into the ropes is reversed, gutshot, alleged swinging neckbreaker. Guerrero crawls to the corner, Malenko falls into a drop toehold. Tag to Dogg, left, left, left, juke, jive, right, into the ropes, head down, big back body drop. Saturn over to the adjacent corner to try to get referee "Blind" Earl Hebner's attention. Malenko reverses it with a right, kick, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, he falls outside. Benoit over to throw a forearm. Dogg put back in before Hebner can notice. Benoit tagged in. Backbreaker gets 2. Into the corner is reversed and Benoit falls backwards into Dogg. Benoit manages to get up first - running kick. Death suplex attempt is countered into a crossbody by Dogg for 1. Stomp by Benoit. Benoit's clothesline is ducked, as is his backhand. Benoit DOES manage a front face, Dogg shoves back into his corner, but the other Radicals distract Hebner just before he can make that tag. Saturn stays in and takes it to the Road Dogg. Into the ropes, head down, kick by Dogg, but Saturn manages the Northern Lights suplex for 2. Into the ropes, duck, mid-air collision puts both men down. Tag to Malenko, HOT TAG to Gunn - he's a house on fire! Shots for everybody - jackhammer for Malenko. Off the ropes, Guerrero puts a knee in the back, turning him around to take a shot from Malenko. Gunn manages to counter the whip with a Fame'Asser, but Benoit breaks it up. It's all breaking down now - Pier Eight Brawl. Kind of a mess, really - nobody doing anything important. H going for the Pedigree on Malenko - Guerrero tries to save, but H shoves him to Chyna for another crappy forearm or two, DOES hit the Pedigree on Malenko, and covers for the 1, 2, 3. I can't see how Triple H was legal, but...oh well. (5:11) "The Kings" proper plays, but it's cut short as KING KURT ANGLE runs back in, along with a renewed push from the Radicals, and the forces of evil take control of the happenings between the ropes. Angle lays the boots to Triple H, then takes off as the Radicals' music plays. Angle smiles broadly and widely. Replay of the Pedigree, pin, and punk out. We come out of the replay to see the Radicals smiling and posing at the top of the ramp...

Well in the only rankings that count they are both ranked in the Top 20 in the BCS. ESPN2 has picked up the game for national television. Hopefully a couple of at-large births open up in the other bowl games (usually do) so none of the Big Three in the MAC get shut out of a bowl game since the MAC only has two bids. With a 6th and 7th ranking the voter polls, yes. The projectios out there have them at 5th I think right now which means they'll need a lot of help to get back to #2. In fact Miami is in danger of not even playing in a BCS bowl right because Virginia Tech and Pittsburgh control their own destiny for winning the Big East title and an automatic birth in the BCS and Miami doesn't. Now of course there is the Orange Bowl but they have to take either ACC champ which is going to be Florida St. or the Big East champ and bowls always try to avoid match-ups of teams who already played. Miami doesn't travel well so odds are the Fiesta Bowl wouldn't take them. Now if they finish in the Top 4, which could definently happen, then they would have to be taken by a BCS bowl.

New AP Top 25. Should note that Florida St. also came in at #3 in Coaches poll and Miami fell to #7. Its gonna be VERY close tommorrow in the BCS rankings with USC and FSU. 1. Oklahoma 2. USC 3. Florida State 4. LSU 5. Virginia Tech 6. Miami 7. Ohio State 8. Michigan 9. Georgia 10. Iowa 11. Texas 12. Washington State 13. TCU 14. Michigan State 15. Bowling Green 16. Purdue 17. Florida 18. Tennessee 19. Nebraska 20. Mississippi 21. Oklahoma State 22. Missouri 23. Northern Illinois 24. Minnesota 25. Pittsburgh Dropped Out: None Other Receiving Votes 26. Miami (OH) 27. Auburn 28. Louisville 29. Boise State 30. Kansas State 31. Oregon State 32. N.C. State 33. Washington

November 6, 1998 Kanyon def. Barry Horowitz Alex Wright def. Raven by DQ Booker T def. Fit Finlay Eddy Guerrero NC Rey Mysterio Jr. Horace Hogan def. Norman Smiley Chris Jericho def. Prince Iaukea; TV Title Match Scott Hall def. Disco Inferno November 4, 1999 Evan Karagias NC Juventud Guerrera Booker T def. Kaz Hayashi Konnan, Eddy Guerrero, & Kidman def. Buzz Stern in a handicap match Buff Bagwell def. La Parka Konnan & Kidman def. Berlyn & Curly Bill; Tag Title Match Lash LeRoux def. Silver King Dean Malenko def. Van Hammer Chavo Guerrero Jr. wins an Opportunity Knocks Battle Royal Chris Benoit & Rick Steiner def. Sid Vicious & Saturn by DQ November 8, 2000 Jamie Knoble def. Evan Karagias Crowbar def. Reno to win the Hardcore Title Konnan def. Disqo Rey Mysterio Jr. def. David Flair Lance Storm def. Meng by count out Booker T def. Mike Awesome; WCW Title Match Goldberg def. Lex Luger and Bam Bam Bigelow (pinned) in a Three-Way Match

November 6, 1995 The Giant def. Cobra Kevin Sullivan def. The Renegade Eddy Guerrero def. Chris Benoit Sting def. Ric Flair; U.S. Title Match November 4, 1996 Marcus Bagwell def. Brad Armstrong Diamond Dallas Page def. Ice Train Dean Malenko def. Scotty Riggs; CW Title Match Chris Benoit def. Hector Guerrero Madusa def. Reina Kabuki Chris Jericho def. Michael Wallstreet Lex Luger def. Booker T November 3, 1997 Eddy Guerrero & Dean Malenko def. Rey Mysterio Jr. & Steven Regal Fit Finlay def. Dave Taylor Yuji Nagata def. Psychosis Saturn def. Disco Inferno to win the Television Title Chris Jericho def. Scott Hall Lucha Libre Battle Royal goes to a no contest Ric Flair def. Alex Wright Ray Traylor def. Steve McMichael The Steiner Brothers def. The Public Enemy in a Street Fight for the Tag Titles Curt Hennig def. Lex Luger by DQ; U.S. Title Match November 2, 1998 Alex Wright def. Norman Smiley Disco Inferno def. Kaz Hayashi Fit Finlay def. Scott Putski The Cat def. Scott Armstrong The Cat def. Steve Armstrong Wrath def. Kendall Windham Scott Norton def. Van Hammer; IWGP Title Match Psychosis def. Rey Mysterio Jr. Dean Malenko def. Raven by DQ Chris Jericho NC Kidman; time-limit draw; TV Title Match Booker T def. Scott Hall by DQ Lex Luger def. The Giant by DQ November 8, 1999 Kidman def. Norman Smiley in a hardcore match Chris Benoit def. Madusa by DQ Rick Steiner def. Disco Inferno Goldberg def. Sting Buff Bagwell def. Vampiro Bret Hart def. Saturn Booker T NC Jeff Jarrett & Creative Control in a Handicap Street Fight Dean Malenko & Asya def. Rey Mysterio Jr. & Torrie Wilson Lex Luger NC Sid Vicious Brian Knobs def. Bam Bam Bigelow by count out in a hardcore match Scott Hall def. Lash LeRoux Jeff Jarrett def. Curt Hennig by count out Scott Hall def. Bret Hart, Goldberg, and Sid Vicious in a Texas Tornado Ladder Match to win the United States Title November 6, 2000 Lance Storm def. Kwee Wee Mark Jindrak & Sean O’Haire def. 3 Count and The Jung Dragons (pinned) in a Three-Way Match for the Tag Titles Scott Steiner & Jeff Jarrett def. Sting & Buff Bagwell General Rection def. Alex Wright; U.S. Title Match Goldberg def. Bam Bam Bigelow Booker T def. Kevin Nash; WCW Title Match

Um ya in fact they've lost 12 although almost every major program has lost at least 10. Oklahoma is 21-12-1 overall. Penn State has best record of major programs at 23-11-2, Alabama has the most bowl wins at 29, and Nebraksa and Texas have the most bowl losses at 20. Oh and yes I looked those up. Here's a link to Oklahoma bowl history.

Errr I'm trying to see where I said OU is going to lose. Anyways USC is the one team I see giving them a good game, better than Miami because USC has a much better offense. I'd still pick Oklahoma as the winner if they do end up meeting in the Sugar Bowl.

Well obviously it won't be Washington State after today. Here are the one loss teams from BCS conferences left and their remaing schedules: Florida State (vs. N.C. State, at Florida) -N.C. State has underachieved so should win there but wow that Florida game looks a lot tougher than it did earlier in the season. LSU (at Alabama, at Mississippi, vs. Arkansas, SEC Title game?) -Not an easy road there but if they do run the table and a couple of other teams lose they could be the wild card in the race for the Sugar Bowl. Miami (vs. Tennesee, vs. Syracuse, vs. Rutgers, at Pittsburgh) -I think should run the table, Tennessee isn't that good and they'll be at home and some will think upset against Pittsburgh but I don't think so. Definently still have a shot depending how far they fall in the voter polls. OHHHio State (vs. Michigan State, vs. Purdue, at Michigan) -They could lose all three or pull out the sledge and win all three. If they run the table and fall backwards into the Sugar Bowl then Jim Tressel definently sold his soul to the devil. USC (at Arizona, vs. UCLA, vs. Oregon State) -No reason at all they don't win all three even though UCLA and Oregon St. aren't pushovers but since they are at home should be no problem. If they win out the BCS better hope they are ahead of Florida State in the final poll. Oklahoma-USC would be the best match-up possible even better than Oklahoma-Miami. Virginia Tech (at Pittsburgh, at Temple, Boston College, at Virginia) -Potential let down game against the Larry Fitzgerald's next week and they are a different on the road but have a good shot at running the table. Problem is their BCS ranking took a beating last week so they'll need a miracle to get into the Sugar Bowl at this point.

The controversy wasn't Oklahoma being national champion, at least not in my view, but Florida State being the opponent. The purpose of the BCS is supposedly to match-up the two best teams in the country and Florida State was not the 2nd best team in the country that year as both Miami and Washington had legit complaints. If you finish the season as the lone undefeated though then you are the undisputed champion and the BCS has just lucked out so far in that retrospect. Yes and I don't see Oklahoma losing the rest of the way. Every team has a scare every year and they had one against Alabama and almost had a let down game against Colorado and they survived both so they should cruise the rest of the way.

They need to dump the overtime rule. This arcade football crap with a short field and tired defenses just doesn't do it for me. Make teams drive the length of the field and time the overtime. Give teams equal possesions so it doesn't come down to a coin flip like in the NFL but at least keep some intergrity to the game.