In reverse chronological order:
Rivalry Week? Aren't the games supposed to be close? Lotta unrivaled rivals today. Clemson-South Carolina and STANFORD over Notre Dame were the exceptions. Amazing "reading" (as opposed to "sounding" or "looking") game, Stanford-ND: I checked the score frequently and it was back and forth the whole game. Notre Dame scored with :35 left to take the lead and Stanford, with the help of a 15 yard face mask penalty, got down to the Irish 28 yard line with :06 left and kicked a field goal for the win. Orgasmic happiness for Stanford, crushing sadness for Notre Dame. That's what happens on Happy/Sad-urdays.
In games involving ranked teams this week Ohio State, North Carolina, ALABAMA, MICHIGAN STATE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Houston, Oregon, NORTHWESTERN, TEMPLE, MISSISSIPPI, FLORIDA STATE and Washington were unrivaled. Only one top 25 game left, Oklahoma-Oklahoma State, and I'm calling it a blowout for the "Sooners;" they're up 51-23 going into the 4th quarter. Earlier in the week TCU-Baylor was close, UTAH and Iowa had close wins and WESTERN MICHIGAN upset Toledo in a close game. That's 5-13 close scores vs blowouts. That's not good, too many unrivaled winners in Rivalry Week this year.
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It is an excellent university academically and its tackle football team plays in a 100,000 seat stadium nicknamed the “Big House;” their winged helmet design is iconic; their team fight song is “The Victors;” their head coach has been called a “genius.”
The University of Michigan, #13, was BLOWN OUT of their Big House today by eighth-ranked OHIO STATE.
CLEMSON, #1, almost clemsoned.
NORTH CAROLINA, #14 defeated North Carolina State.
MANCHESTER CITY beat Southampton and are now in first place in the English Premier League.
LEICESTER and Manchester United drew. The "Foxes" are behind City only on goal difference.
Newcastle. Oy vey, Newcastle. Newcastle got BLOWN OUT of Selhurst Park today by CRYSTAL PALACE. Those wearing prison-striped sweaters are 19th in the table, in the relegation zone.
This is a BIG one in college tackle football-Rivalry Week :o Yeah, man. BIG. Before we get to that though, and it's already started, the "Warriors" NBA franchise just won their 17th straight game. The NBA right now epitomizes the extremes of happiness and sadness in sports for the Philadelphia "76'ers" are the perfect mirror image of the "Warriors": they are 0-17 this season, 0-27 going back to last season, can break the record for sadness to start a single season if they lose their next game and so, yeah. Cleveland won again tonight and I was blinded by the "Warriors" supernova and didn't see San Antonio quietly sitting there at 13-3. The "Spurs" are the model sports franchise in every way. And a waist-level "five" to the New York "Knickerbockers" who are 9-8 although they lost their third straight game tonight. Phil Jackson's creation is, so far, much improved from last year's debacle. Rookie Kristaps Porzingis has had a feel-good first season for NY.
Now briefly to scholarly tackle football:
#15 Navy, you have a HOUSTON problem. The "Cougars" ran all over the "Midshipmen" tonight, although we point out that the game was played on land.
Pittsburgh got hit with a hurricane today. MIAMI led 23-3 and held on for a 29-24 win. Pitt was favored by Vegas and all the cognescenti. First time Pitt was upset this year.
IOWA. My God, Iowa. #4 Iowa beat Nebraska to finish their regular season 12-0. Could not be happier for the university, the entire state, "Hawkeye" supporters, and good-guy coach Kirk Ferentz. First time in their history the football team has been 12-0. First perfect regular season in school history. A magical season. And twitter magic from @fauxpelini, super-supporter of Iowa's twelth victim, Nebraska:
.@realDonaldTrump if you were president how would you fix the Iowa football problem
#19 TEXAS CHRISTIAN just beat #7 Baylor.
#17 OREGON beat Oregon State.
WASHINGTON murdered #20 Washington State.
Updates frequently in about twelve hours. Night-night termites.
Rivalry Week? Aren't the games supposed to be close? Lotta unrivaled rivals today. Clemson-South Carolina and STANFORD over Notre Dame were the exceptions. Amazing "reading" (as opposed to "sounding" or "looking") game, Stanford-ND: I checked the score frequently and it was back and forth the whole game. Notre Dame scored with :35 left to take the lead and Stanford, with the help of a 15 yard face mask penalty, got down to the Irish 28 yard line with :06 left and kicked a field goal for the win. Orgasmic happiness for Stanford, crushing sadness for Notre Dame. That's what happens on Happy/Sad-urdays.
In games involving ranked teams this week Ohio State, North Carolina, ALABAMA, MICHIGAN STATE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Houston, Oregon, NORTHWESTERN, TEMPLE, MISSISSIPPI, FLORIDA STATE and Washington were unrivaled. Only one top 25 game left, Oklahoma-Oklahoma State, and I'm calling it a blowout for the "Sooners;" they're up 51-23 going into the 4th quarter. Earlier in the week TCU-Baylor was close, UTAH and Iowa had close wins and WESTERN MICHIGAN upset Toledo in a close game. That's 5-13 close scores vs blowouts. That's not good, too many unrivaled winners in Rivalry Week this year.
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It is an excellent university academically and its tackle football team plays in a 100,000 seat stadium nicknamed the “Big House;” their winged helmet design is iconic; their team fight song is “The Victors;” their head coach has been called a “genius.”
The University of Michigan, #13, was BLOWN OUT of their Big House today by eighth-ranked OHIO STATE.
CLEMSON, #1, almost clemsoned.
NORTH CAROLINA, #14 defeated North Carolina State.
MANCHESTER CITY beat Southampton and are now in first place in the English Premier League.
LEICESTER and Manchester United drew. The "Foxes" are behind City only on goal difference.
Newcastle. Oy vey, Newcastle. Newcastle got BLOWN OUT of Selhurst Park today by CRYSTAL PALACE. Those wearing prison-striped sweaters are 19th in the table, in the relegation zone.
This is a BIG one in college tackle football-Rivalry Week :o Yeah, man. BIG. Before we get to that though, and it's already started, the "Warriors" NBA franchise just won their 17th straight game. The NBA right now epitomizes the extremes of happiness and sadness in sports for the Philadelphia "76'ers" are the perfect mirror image of the "Warriors": they are 0-17 this season, 0-27 going back to last season, can break the record for sadness to start a single season if they lose their next game and so, yeah. Cleveland won again tonight and I was blinded by the "Warriors" supernova and didn't see San Antonio quietly sitting there at 13-3. The "Spurs" are the model sports franchise in every way. And a waist-level "five" to the New York "Knickerbockers" who are 9-8 although they lost their third straight game tonight. Phil Jackson's creation is, so far, much improved from last year's debacle. Rookie Kristaps Porzingis has had a feel-good first season for NY.
Now briefly to scholarly tackle football:
#15 Navy, you have a HOUSTON problem. The "Cougars" ran all over the "Midshipmen" tonight, although we point out that the game was played on land.
Pittsburgh got hit with a hurricane today. MIAMI led 23-3 and held on for a 29-24 win. Pitt was favored by Vegas and all the cognescenti. First time Pitt was upset this year.
IOWA. My God, Iowa. #4 Iowa beat Nebraska to finish their regular season 12-0. Could not be happier for the university, the entire state, "Hawkeye" supporters, and good-guy coach Kirk Ferentz. First time in their history the football team has been 12-0. First perfect regular season in school history. A magical season. And twitter magic from @fauxpelini, super-supporter of Iowa's twelth victim, Nebraska:
WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE IOWA IS 12-0 PLEASE THROW ME DOWN THE STAIRS
.@realDonaldTrump if you were president how would you fix the Iowa football problem
.@Pontifex 12-0 dude are you kidding me
#19 TEXAS CHRISTIAN just beat #7 Baylor.
#17 OREGON beat Oregon State.
WASHINGTON murdered #20 Washington State.
Updates frequently in about twelve hours. Night-night termites.
