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1. Florida beat nine teams that are projected to play in bowl games. Michigan beat six.

2. Michigan beat five teams that finished the season with losing records. Florida beat two teams with sub-.500 records.

3. Florida's 12 Division I-A opponents had a combined record of 89-57. Michigan's 12 opponents had a combined record of 84-61.  Read More »

GAME INFO
Date: December 3, 2006
Kickoff: 4:15 PM (ET)
Site: Giants Stadium (80,242)
Surface: FieldTurf
TV: FOX
Play-by-Play: Joe Buck  Read More »

Match #1: Umaga vs. Kane or Chris Benoit or Sandman
Stipulation: N/A
Championship: N/A

The match started off slowly, and stayed that way for about 5 minutes. Once it started picking up the pace, it got good. A lot of decent spots between both men, and a very back and forth match. Ending came when Umaga delivered the Samoan Spike to Kane twice.  Read More »

College football is in a tizzy. First it was the miracle that is Rutgers, Ray Rice, and the Judge Ito, and the havoc they wreaked on the BCS. Then came Judgment Day, the most hyped game since last year's National Championship. There isn't a bigger college football rivalry than OSU vs. Michigan. Big game. Well, it went down out there. What we're left with is OSU vs. an ocean of eager teams?  Read More »

Yeah yeah yeah, you all know I don't particularly have a soft spot for the Irish. With that being said, this isn't an attempted bashing of the Notre Dame. Just a good honest question about the correlation between ND's string of bowl losses and the current alignment.

It has become evident to me over the past 8 years that ND consistently gets placed in a bowl game above their level. Since the BCS system was put in place in 1998, the Irish have lost 5 straight bowl games (8 total) and the last three weren't all that close.  Read More »

For the Athletes:

• referals only.  Sure no one likes sloppy seconds, but why roll the dice when one of your teammates or friends has already been taken care of right?  It's all about the reputation and chances are if she keeps quiet for one she will keep quiet for you at least until she's slept with so many people that no one believes her list anyway.  When you try to think outside the box and pick up random crazies, you get what you get.  Read More »

I'm not sure of the appropriate name for this sports paradigm shift, but I think this is it for now. Perhaps it's the 'George Mason' effect as well.

I wanted to touch on this yesterday but so many stories ranked above this ... which ironically is precisely the point I'm trying to make.

In case you haven't noticed, the following results occurred over the past week:  Read More »

Before the season began, there was optistism for the Eastern Conference. The Heat were defending champs, the Cavs looked like they would take the next step with LeBron, the Bulls had just signed Ben Wallace, and the Pistons were no slouches even without Big Ben.

A look at the standings a month into the season, however, shows that the East is as bad as ever, if not worse. As of today, exactly 4 teams (Orlando, Detroit,  Cleveland, and Indiana) are above .500. Other damning indictments:  Read More »