CanadianChris

Really? OK, that is bizarre.

They're not terrible, but they're also not very good. They can't stop the run, they don't have a legit receiving threat right now, and the QB situation is shaky with Cutler being banged up. If not for Jason Elam, the Broncos could be looking at 2-7 or even 1-8 right now.

I wouldn't be surprised if it's a prelude to Selanne coming back.

There's no precedent to ban Bonds from baseball. He'll get his shot at the Hall.

I need to qualify for next week and win out to avoid posting fewer than 10 wins for the first time.

Any chance Joba becomes the closer if Rivera walks? Their bullpen would be in tatters as it is; if Joba starts, they're going to have real problems finishing games.

Well, the WAC doesn't have any guarantees as far as which team in the standings gets slotted where. So, assuming they don't crash the BCS, you'll probably be seeing them in the Hawaii Bowl again. If they do somehow manage to qualify for the BCS, they'll probably be the last team picked, since they would be assumed to not travel well, which means they'd be looking at the Sugar Bowl.

Denver - 16 Cincinnati Green Bay Cleveland Indianapolis Philadelphia New England New Orleans Oakland Pittsburgh San Diego Tampa Bay Dallas N.Y. Giants St. Louis Seattle Tennessee

So Oregon is probably going to fall from the championship game to, what, the Sun Bowl? The Emerald Bowl? Not good times. And after seeing it for at least a dozen times and being sufficiently bugged by it...there's only one "t" in Cincinnati.

Jason Spezza is back for tonight's game against Buffalo. The Sens sent Nick Foligno to Binghamton to make room, which disappointed me a bit, but he's young and could use the regular work.

THURSDAY Oregon FRIDAY Hawaii SATURDAY Ohio State Florida State Georgia Arkansas Notre Dame Penn State Purdue Wake Forest Utah Clemson West Virginia Oklahoma Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Ohio State/Michigan game? 62 Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Boston College's Matt Ryan have against Clemson? 228

So there are apparently naked pictures of Leafs rookie Jiri Tlusty floating around on the internet. I know many of the Leafs regularly get undressed by their opponents on the ice, but this is ridiculous. *rimshot*

I managed to escape Level 12. 604K points total.

I hated the finish to Savage/Hogan at WM5. I know Hogan had to win with the usual, but did he really have to kick out of the flying elbow WITH AUTHORITY at one and a half? They couldn't have had Savage just miss the elbow or something?

I laughed when it asked for some small island that belonged to Norway and I marked some spot of the northern coast, only to find it was actually off the southern coast...of South Africa. Oops. The ones that kill me are the cities in Russia. It's so freaking huge that it's easy to be off by thousands of miles if you guess wrong on which end of the country it's in.

It's supposed to be on next week's episode, so I'd assume it's already in the can.

Did you get whiplash from turning around on the Ravens so fast?

Adrian Peterson has a torn LCL in his knee and will miss at least one game. The good news is he doesn't need surgery.

Came within 472 points of finishing level 12.

Rex Grossman fucked me over.

Sox fans all consider Grady Little to be the goat in that game.

Pittsburgh came all the way back and took the lead on Cleveland...then gave up a ridiculous 100-yard kickoff return for a TD. The returner let the ball hit the ground and roll all the way back to the goal line before picking it up and running with it.

Peterson just left the game with a leg injury.

Well, at least I know that I would've been out this week if I hadn't switched teams last week, because I would've back New Orleans without a second thought. What an embarrassment for the Saints.

Cleveland is hardly a surprise. At Pittsburgh, of course it's a surprise.