CanadianChris

Lou Piniella's done in Tampa: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2168523

Canucks resigned Matt Cooke: http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=137102 I am now the proud owner of four pairs of Sens tickets for the first three months: Leafs on October 10 and December 17, Devils on November 19 and Bruins on November 26.

I think there's a good chance that Jerry Rice is the 49ers' all-time leading scorer. They've gone through quite a few kickers.

THURSDAY Air Force at Utah SATURDAY Penn State at Northwestern Purdue at Minnesota North Carolina at N.C. State Iowa at Ohio State Boston College at Clemson Wyoming at Mississippi Western Michigan at Temple Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech Nevada at Colorado State Michigan at Wisconsin Memphis at Tulsa USC at Oregon Tennessee at LSU Tulane at SMU Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Air Force/Utah game? 58 Tiebreak #2: How many total yards will Virginia Tech's Marcus Vick have against Georgia Tech? 278

The fuck? "We won the coin toss, we will now just get to the 25 or so and kick" isn't real competition. How can an overtime be fair if the other team's offense doesn't get to even take the field? Both teams should be guaranteed at least one possession, or do it like innings, where each possession is matched until they turn it over. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Exactly. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's exactly what they should do. But make them earn it; don't just put them at the 25. The overtime as it is now is a contrivance. Sure, the overtimes are more exciting, but it's not real football.

Yeah, like the Orioles showed up themselves.

Wait, you mean a football league with four times as many games has more close games?? SHOCKING!! And the overtime rule in college isn't real football. Much like the new shootout rule in the NHL isn't real hockey.

Thanks for clearing that up... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Maybe JoeJoe can explain himself on this one now. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Maybe, but I doubt it.

It was after WM2, and the Hogan & Orndorff/Studd & Bundy match was on Superstars, yes. Hogan didn't show up late, though. They also had a Hogan & Orndorff/Moondogs match the week before (but Orndorff wrestled the whole match).

Robin Roberts, Joe Theismann, Paul Maguire, Regis Philbin and Tony Danza all on the same telecast. This is like a nightmare come to life.

I haven't had to see her in ages. It was a nice non-memory.

Road Warriors > MVC > NAO Midnight Express > Outsiders > Hardyz

Oh God, I forgot how much I hate Robin Roberts.

I was going to announce this next week and run it myself, but ESPN.com has a free pool running, so I'm just using that. All are welcome to join. I don't think there's a limit. Rules are simple -- pick a team that you think will win each week. The only catch is that you can't pick the same team twice during the entire season. If the team you pick for any given week loses, you're out. Entry page is here: http://games.espn.go.com/eliminator/frontpage Once you've signed up, go to Join a Group. The (private) group name is "TSM NFL Survivor". Password is "tsm".

Always and forevermore.

That was a dead giveaway that ELR was winning again.

LOL. They went for an even worse ending that the one I said they couldn't possibly put on PPV.

Lost wins Best Drama.

I managed to avoid ever buying a WWE PPV that I would consider a complete waste of money. I was not so lucky with my only foray into WCW PPVs - Spring Stampede 2000 (the "reset button" show).

North. Rams and Seahawks should at least be half-decent.

Steiners over Eliminators, then Brain Busters.

Can we get this crew full-time, please? I know Tirico's busy with golf and everything, but he could blow that off for an NFL PBP gig, couldn't he?

I can't decide whether I liked the Ali G or Conan sequence better.

Well, let the Everybody Loves Raymond lovefest begin.

Blowout city for me. Sheesh. Oh well, I always have one really pitiful week a year...may as well get it out of the way early.