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I thought they were in it for the postgame spread.

What, you don't think Vince wants to remind the world of Beaver Cleavage? The DX racism angle? Cloudy? Mark Henry's date with Sammy?

5. He bought the Nets. The NETS.

Maybe they should go back to having six teams again (or a few more) with players sticking to a team. That will create more passion for team sports. That newfound passion won't last long when the league goes bankrupt. Eh, we're not talking about bankruptcy. We're just talking about what will make the game more fun to watch. What will make the fans who do follow it and the players themselves more passionate. Myself, I wish the NHL would go back to a lot less teams. A six team league would never survive in the current economic climate for sports. Neither would a league without free agency. That's just the way it is.

Baseball - Blue Jays (and the Expos when they were here). That was geography. Football - Broncos. Elway was my favourite player growing up, so I cheered for Denver. Basketball - Lakers. Same as the Broncos -- Magic was my favourite. Hockey - I used to be a huge Leafs fan, thanks to my grandfather and his entire family growing up as Leaf fans. Losing to the Kings in 1993 was one of my lowest moments as a sports fan. I moved to Ottawa in 1996, but even that wasn't enough for me to completely embrace the Senators...it took Pat Quinn being hired a year later before I turned my back on the Leafs completely in disgust. I hate Pat Quinn.

Any college athlete that's in it just to get drafted and make a big paycheque is fucking dumb, because those are the guys who never make it to the pros. The ones who don't care get weeded out eventually. Good riddance to them.

Timlin hasn't been horrible, but there's a reason you don't see many 40-year-old pitchers in the majors. He's had a great career, three World Series rings -- he should just retire at the end of the season. It's only going to get worse.

Geez, Papi did it again. 2-out, 2-run single to cap a 6-run eighth inning and give Boston the lead.

Knee-jerk reaction to Roethlisberger being scratched on my part. It'll probably cost me Week 1, but then I usually lose Week 1 anyway. No biggie.

I'm having a hard enough time trying to narrow it down to eight teams in each conference.

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Two more HRs for Mr. Ryan Howard. 56 and counting. With the pace he's on right now, becoming the undisputed single-season HR king isn't unrealistic.

Not a particularly bold statement, considering their next game is at home against Buffalo. There a difference between saying a team won't be nearly as good as expected after seeing them play their first meaningful game, and writing them off completely. Miami might still make the playoffs; I think their schedule is good enough to make that a decent possibility. I don't think they're threats to go deep into the postseason, though.

USC is off this week. Alabama beat Hawaii 25-17 last week.

Bret: vs. Steve Austin, WrestleMania XIII Flair: vs. Ricky Steamboat, WrestleWar 89

My God, Charlie Batch's mom's hair is hideous.

Vikings fans are nodding their heads in recognition right about now. Welcome to the Daunte Culpepper era, Miami.

Did you expect the inverse? Troy Poloamaiu just made it happen. He JUST stayed in bounds, too. Huh? Polomalu plays defence, and the Steelers receiver was out at the 2.

Do we need instant replay for the instant replay challenges now, too?

Well, that was unexpected. The one thing I didn't expect was for a Steeler receiver to get behind the Miami defence.

No, not even close. Culpepper's short-armed a lot of those easy passes into the flat. He's picked things up some in the second half.

I don't think Pittsburgh recovers from that fumble on the Miami 1.

He's doing alright, it's just he's getting rushed to make desicions constantly. That's not good for Miami, either. If your defence can rush Culpepper, good things happen for you.

Culpepper's not looking very good. He's thrown a whole bunch of short balls so far.

Saban should challenge that pass to Booker. Looks like he had it the whole way.