Archive for September, 2011

WATERCOOLER CHAT: FINAL PLAYOFF SPOTS

BASEBALL

In sports, all the major news of yesterday was out of baseball.  There were 4 key games that would determine the final spots in the playoffs.  And, in baseball, just being in the playoffs give you a very good chance to win the World Series, because baseball is about who’s hot at the right time.

In the American League, it was all about two games.  The Boston Red Sox vs. The Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankess vs. the Tampa Bay Rays.  If both the Red Sox and Rays won (or both lost) they would require a one-game playoff to see who gets in to the post-season.  In Baltimore, the Red Sox had the lead for the majority of the game thanks to a Dustin Pedroia homer that gave them a 3-2 lead.   But no home team wants to lose their last game of the season.  Shockingly, the Orioles rallied in the 9th behind clutch hits from Robert Andino and Nolan Reimoid that would give them the victory!  Baltimore 4, Boston 3.

So the Red Sox needed to pray that the Rays lost to the Yankees.  Fortunately for Boston, the Yankees immediately jumped out to a 7-0 lead, and the game pretty much looked like a shoe-in.  But… don’t count out the hottest team in baseball.  Starting in the 8th inning, the Rays began their now historic rally.  It was 7-3, and their superstar Evan Longoria stepped up to the plate with 2 men on.  And… SMASH, a 3-run homer to make the game 7-6.  But still, getting that last run is the toughest.  In the 9th inning, on a prayer, the Rays put in pinch-hitter Dan Johnson, a guy batting .108 on the season.  On top of that, there were 2 outs, and Johnson had 2 strikes on him.  Fortunately, Johnson decided to follow his little league advice and “go out swinging”, except that last swing connected for a line-drive home run to tie the game.  Truly Amazing!!!  The game went all the way to the 12th inning, when Evan Longoria blasted yet another home run.  That’s all they needed — the Rays came back from 7-0 to win and head to the post-season.  Tampa Bay 8, NY Yankees 7.

And in the National League, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves had the exact same situation.  Win and live, lose and pray for the other to lose.  The Cardinals easily handled a hapless Houston Astros team 8-0, but the Braves couldn’t get it done as easily.  Plus, they had a much tougher opponent in the Philadelphia Phillies.  Atlanta held a 3-2 lead until the the 9th inning, when the Phillies Chase Utley hit a sacrifice fly to left to bring in a run.  That stole the Braves thunder, but they wouldn’t give up.  The game went until the 13th inning, when, unfortunately for Braves fans, the Phillies Hunter Pence hit a solid single to right to bring in the winning run.  With the loss, the Braves were eliminated from post season play, and the St. Louis Cardinals punched their ticket.

So here are the match-ups for the playoffs:

Detroit Tigers vs. New York Yankees
Tampa Bay Rays vs. Texas Rangers
St. Louis Cardinals vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Milwaukee Brewers

It’s going to be a fierce post-season.

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WATERCOOLER CHAT: WILD AL RACE, ST. LOUIS CONTINUES PUSH, MASSIVE NBA CHARITY EVENT

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The American League Wild Card race is just that… wild.  It’s basically a race between the sinking Red Sox and the surging Rays.  Last night, the Red Sox needed a win on the road in Baltimore or they were out.  Of course, Baltimore put up a fight, rallying in the 9th inning and getting within a run of the Sox.   But, in the end, the Red Sox prevailed to an 8-7 victory.  Now the Red Sox and Rays are still tied for the Wild Card and, even though they’re not playing each other, it all comes down to the final game of the season.  The Red Sox will take on the Orioles again in Baltimore with John Lester on the mound, and Tampa Bay will face the Yankees in Tampa with David Price giving it his all.  The Yankees have already clinched, but might think that playing the Red Sox would be easier than this very tough Rays team in the post-season.  So they have all the incentive in the world to try.

Elsewhere in the baseball, after a blown lead earlier this week, people were writing off the St. Louis Cardinals for the playoffs.  But last night, they continued their post-season push against Houston.  These guys have everything to lose, and that’s why the Cardinals came out super strong.  They got some solid hitting from Nick Punto, who drove in a couple wins and cruised to a victory against the Astros.  They will take on the Astros again in the final game of the season with Chris Carpenter on the mound — a very good pitcher.  They have all necessary momentum to get the win, but can they pull it off… or will they collapse?  If they win, it doesn’t mean they’re in, because they’re tied with the Braves, but the Braves have a tougher match-up in the Phillies.

BASKETBALL

Finally, in some rare NBA news, it looks like Miami’s Big Three will host a massive charity game.  The game will include not only LeBron, D-Wade, and Chris Bosh, but also a slew of other young talent that will definitely draw a crowd.  This includes Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, Washington’s John Wall, Memphis’ Rudy Gay, Boston’s Rajon Rondo, New York’s Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire, and New Orleans Chris Paul (among other young talent).  It’s practically like an all-star game out there, and it’s rumored that #1 pick Kyrie Irving may stop by to play a few minutes.  Clearly these NBA guys are making the most of their talents for a good cause.

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WATERCOOLER CHAT: COWBOYS WIN MNF, SOX NOT HOT, OZZIE FIRED

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On Monday Night Football, it was a classic rivalry between the Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys.  This rivalry has been rather mute the past 15 or so years, as this was much more of a heated hatred in the 60s, 70s, and 80s (or when the Redskins were good), but since Washington has been pretty putrid for a while, the rivalry has calmed.  However, this year, the Skins are 2-0 and have some mojo to them.  Could they take out Dallas and a banged up Tony Romo in a packed Cowboy stadium?  The Skins defense kept Dallas in check, as Romo didn’t connect for even 1 touchdown pass.  But… Romo did just enough to move the Cowboy offense and get 6 field goals from kicker Dan Bailey.  The Skins had one last chance on a two-minute drill, but the stout Cowboy defense forced a fumble and recovered.  Ball game.  With the win, Dallas moves to 2-1, pushing the Super Bowl favorite Philadelphia Eagles down to last place in the NFC East.  Dallas 18, Washington 16.

BASEBALL

Everyone thought that when the Red Sox got hot back in May that they were a lock for the World Series.  Except nobody would have anticipated their recent slide.  They are truly playing like a sub-par ball club right now, and have opened the door for the blue-hot Tampa Bay Devil Rays to make the playoffs.  The Rays edged the Yankees last night behind some solid RBI’s from Johnny Damon.  Now, the Devil Rays and the Red Sox are tied for the Wild Card spot.  Just a month ago, the Rays were 9 games behind in the wild card race; they never thought they would catch up.  Well… they might get in the playoffs, and once you get there, as we learned last year with the San Francisco Giants, anything can happen.  Tampa Bay 5, NYY 2.

Finally, some more baseball news.  After 8 seasons with the Chicago White Sox, the organization has finally decided to part ways with their loud mouth manager Ozzie Guillen.  Guillen did win a World Series for the White Sox, which is something they hadn’t accomplished in a very very VERY long time.  But, at this point, after a few disappointing years (and probably rubbing A LOT of people the wrong way), they’re saying bye-bye.  Technically, they didn’t give him the money they wanted and they let him go, but they were pretty much done with this guy.  Now, it’s practically official, Ozzie will go to Florida to be the coach of the Marlins (who will change their name to the Miami Marlins next year as an effort to rally a fan base around a new focused Latino fan base at a new stadium.  You can now add hiring a extrovert Latino manager as a marketing move).  At the least, it was a nice run for Ozzie in Chicago.

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WATERCOOLER CHAT: BILLS AND LIONS SURPRISING 3-0 STARTS, GIANTS WIN, FUNNY OR DIE

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Week 3 in the NFL, and we’ll start with one of the most anticipated match-ups.  The New England Patriots vs. The Buffalo Bills.  The Bills are 2-0 on the season and seem to be jelling with the ‘Nobody Believes In Us’ mantra.  Sunday, the Bills got a serious test against a Patriots offense that seems  unstoppable.  Instantly, the Pats got up to a 21-7 lead thanks to the remarkable chemistry between Tom Brady and Wes Welker.  Welker finished the day with an amazing 217 yards and 2 touchdowns.  Everybody thought the Pats had it in the bag, but they forgot to take into account the relentless spirit of this years Buffalo Bills.  Ryan Fitzpatrick and running back Fred Jackson led to them to a remarkable comeback.  Suddenly the Bills found themselves on the Patriots 1-yard line with a tie game in the closing seconds.  All they needed was an easy field goal, and… THEY GOT IT!   With this win, the Buffalo Bills, yes the Buffalo Bills, are undefeated and in first place in the AFC East.  Buffalo 34, New England 31.

Elsewhere in the NFL, another team that has a looooonnnnng history of losing was also looking to make a 3-0 start:  The Detroit Lions.  Could they do it?  They would have to succeed in front of a raucous Minnesota crowd.  Minnesota, behind Adrian Peterson and Donovan McNabb jumped out to a 20-0 lead by halftime.  It looked like they finally had their act together and would cruise toward their first win of the season.  BUT — Detroit is a team with a mission, and in the second half, their quarterback, the high-energy, never-say-die Matthew Stafford connected on 2 beautiful touchdown passes to amazing receiver Calvin Johnson.  A few field goals would tie the game, where we would head to overtime.  The Lions had all the momentum in OT, which led to a Jason Hanson 32 yard field goal to win the game.  And the Lions… are 3-0.  Detroit 26, Minnesota 23.

Finally, in Philly, the Eagles were hosting an injury-ridden NY Giants team.  Everybody wrote off the Giants for this one, thinking the Eagles would simply dominate.  Nope.  The Giants were ready and had a ferocious ground attack against the Eagles.  Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs kept the ball moving to give the Eagles fits.  Most of Eli Manning’s receivers are injured, but they found a new emerging star in Victor Cruz (out of… UMASS.  Huh?).  Cruz had 2 touchdown catches on the day as the Giants stole the road victory.  But the worst news of the day for the Eagles… Michael Vick has a broken hand.  It’s not his throwing hand, but still, playing with a broken hand is tough.  He could be out for a few weeks.  People had the Eagles in the Super Bowl in most predictions, but now, they’re 1-2.  Not a good start.  NY Giants 29, Philadelphia 16.

BASKETBALL

And in some rare NBA news, as we mentioned a few months ago, superstar dunk champion Blake Griffin is spending his lockout time not playing in Europe, but rather interning at Will Ferrell‘s Funny Or Die.  The folks over at Funny Or Die decided to do a mockumentary 24/7 account of Blake Griffin’s time at the comedy sketch company.  If you’ve got 5 minutes, it’s worth your time.

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WATERCOOLER CHAT: METS BIG WIN, SOX YANKEES HATRED, NBA LOCKOUT

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The St. Louis Cardinals were making a big late run to try and get into the post-season as a wild-card team.  They’re hot right now, but still needed to win every game in the remainder of their schedule.  Thursday they took on a hapless New York Mets team in a must-win game.  The Cards got up 6-2 going into the 9th behind some clutch hitting from Yadier Molina.  But, to the Cards suprise, the Mets put on an amazing rally (or the Cardinals collapsed depending how you look at it).  The Mets tied it up at 6, and then Willie Harris had a clutch hit to drive in 2 runs to win the game.  Wow!  With the loss, the Cardinals post-season hopes suffered a major blow.  They’re now 2 games behind Atlanta and will need a miracle to get into the playoffs.  St. Louis 8, NY Mets 6.

Also in baseball, for most of the season the Boston Red Sox were dominating baseball.  However, in the past month they have been in a serious slump.  One so dangerous that it might knock them out of the playoffs.  The Red Sox will face the Yankees this weekend, and the Yankees actually have a shot to officially eliminate them from the post-season.  This is made more interesting by the fact that Yankees catcher Russell Martin has come out and publicly said, “I hate the Red Sox, and would love to see them not make the playoffs”.  Everybody knows about the rivalry, but rarely do the players comment on their ‘hatred’.  Either way, it’s true, although Yankees manager would prefer that Martin not fan the flames of the rivalry any hotter than they already are.  It should be an interesting series this weekend.

BASKETBALL

Finally, some bad news for NBA fans.  This is typically the time of year when NBA players report to training camp.  However, yesterday the NBA announced that they would be postponing training camp.  It was Day 84 of the lock out, and when they postpone something like training camp, that’s a pretty clear indicator that the season won’t start on time.  Then again, the two parties do plan to meet, but most likely nothing will be resolved any time soon.  Plus, some of the players have signed some contracts overseas that DON’T have an opt out clause (mainly some of the Denver Nuggets).  That means that if they do say, “Ok, there’s a season”, those players are still contractually obligated to play overseas.  We’ll see how this pans out over the next few weeks.

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WATERCOOLER CHAT: RANGERS WANT TO REST, CUTLER UNSURE OF HEALTHY, HALL TO TARGET ROMO’S RIB

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The Texas Rangers are practically a lock for the post-season, but they still haven’t clinched.  They’re not worried about it, however, but interestingly enough, they just want to clinch so they can take the rest of the season off.  Most teams try to push for the top prize — home field advantage at least in the first round.  But the Rangers manager Ron Washington said he hopes to clinch as soon as possible so he can rest his star players.  He said he wouldn’t try to put pressure on the Detroit Tigers to try and get home-field advantage — he’s fine starting on the road.  He just wants to make sure that their pitching staff has rested arms for the post-season and are poised to make a serious run to the World Series.  Most likely, the Rangers will clinch their playoff birth this weekend against Seattle.

FOOTBALL

In Chicago, Bears quarterback Jay Cutler publicly said that he’s not sure if he can finish the remainder of the season.  Why?  Because his offensive line isn’t doing a good job of protecting him.  Just last week, the Saints sacked Cutler 6 times.  This is a big deal, considering that each of those sacks is essentially akin to Cutler getting hit by a car.  Most quarterbacks keep this type of news to themselves, but Cutler publicly told the media that he’s not sure he’ll stay healthy if the punishment continues. The coaching staff agrees with Cutler, knowing that the Bears offensive line has been very weak.

Finally, in Dallas, Tony Romo said he is going to try and play in Sunday night’s game against the Washington Redskins.  Romo bravely led the Cowboys to an overtime victory against the San Francisco 49ers this past Sunday, but broke his rib in the process.  Now,Redskins defensive back DeAngelo Hall said he will target Romo’s rib this Sunday night.  Of course this sounds vicious and downright mean, but in the NFL, it’s all about trying to STOP the other guy… whatever it takes.  Hall is just saying that he’s going to attack Romo’s weakness.  After all, if the Cowobys coaching and medical staff are willing to put him on the field, he’s susceptible to getting hurt.  It’s not the defense’s job to purposefully protect Romo.  Redskins star Brian Orakpo said it isn’t the Redskins main strategy to hurt Romo, it’s just part of the game.

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WATERCOOLER CHAT: PAC 12 WILL REMAIN 12, BEES CANCEL GOLF, METTA WORLD PEACE GETS BOOTED OFF DWTS

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The Pac-12 has practically been under attack with schools wanting to join.  Recently Oklahoma and Texas mentioned they may have interest in moving, and the presidents of both schools OK’d the idea of investigating the opportunity.  But, it looks like, as of now, the Pac-12 wants to stay put at 12.  Why?  They just added two new schools in Utah and Colorado, plus this would force schools like Washington and USC and Stanford to travel all the way to Texas and Oklahoma (and vice versa) for games.  This can be hard on student-athletes.  But one of the main reasons is that they’re not sure that Texas would approve an equal revenue sharing program, given that Texas is an absolute powerhouse financially.  After all, they have their own network to promote everything and splitting equally with Utah might be serious cause for concern.  So, as of now, the Pac-12 is staying the Pac-12.  But… the way things are going, that could change tomorrow.

GOLF

And, in some weird sports news, a college golf tournament in Fort Worth, Texas had to be called off yesterday.  Not because of a hurricane warning or a scheduling snafu, but rather something much more chilling.  The players were all doing their thing but there was a surprise waiting for them on the 18th hole.  On the branch of a tree was a gigantic bee hive with roughly 70,000 bees swarming the area.  Not exactly a safe environment for helpless golfers.  The administrators called a bee keeper, and he thought that the only possible solution was to leave the area for a few hours (assuming the bees would leave).  That meant calling the golf tournament.  Wow, talk about a scene from a horror movie.

MISC

Finally, in some sports entertainment news, there was a major elimination on ABC’s Dancing With The Stars.  The show always likes to have a popular athlete (in theory, someone whom the husbands/boyfriends can root for).  In previous seasons we saw Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith, and even Hines Ward.  This season, they featured none other than Laker crazy-man Ron Artest… wait, that’s not his name anymore.  Ron Artest has legally changed his name to Metta World Peace.  Pretty original. Unfortunately for World Peace, the judges thought his dancing footwork was terrible, and they ousted him from the show.  Bye bye Ron Artest and bye bye Metta World Peace.
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WATERCOOLER CHAT: GIANTS PULL OUT MNF WIN, CONFERENCE SHAKE-UP IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, STOOPS SIGNED TO BIG CONTRACT

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In the NFL, a Monday Night Football match-up between the St. Louis Rams and the New York Giants.  This was an anticipated match-up coming into the season, as we’d see if Sam Bradford and the young Rams would actually become a legitimate playoff contender.  Unfortunately, the Rams lost Stephen Jackson and their effective slot receiver Danny Amendola in Week 1.  So the limping Rams had to try to make due.  Sam Bradford actually did play well, throwing for 331 yards and touchdown, but still made some costly mistakes, including throwing an errant pass which resulted in a botched fumble for a Giants touchdown recovery.  The Giants won the game quite easily, but didn’t look so great themselves.  Eli Manning has to get his act together and quickly if the Giants expect to be competitive this season.  NY Giants 28, St. Louis 16.

And in college football, the conference shake-up continues.  Nothing official yet, but apparently presidents of major football powerhouses Texas and Oklahoma have OK’d a ‘possible’ move to the Pac-12.  It’s only in the exploratory phases, but clearly the Big 12 is slowly dissolving.  The competition in the Big 12 is getting continuously weaker, with star recruits opting to play in the SEC.  So this movie is actually indicative of a much larger issue surrounding the college football world:  The possibility of super conferences.  The Big East (in football) is also diminishing with Syracuse, UCONN, and Pitt all applying to be a part of the ACC.  That’s nice, but what happens to the Big East.  In basketball, it’s practically its own super conference, but in football they’re definitely not in the Top 4.  But… TCU applied to be in the Big East next year, and will join.  That is… if it still exists.  There’s even rumors that the Big East and Big 12 will merge.  We’ll see how all this conference reshuffling works out.

Finally, some news out of Oklahoma.  The Sooners got through the roughest part of their schedule this past weekend, defeating Florida State AT Florida State.  That was the much hyped game going into the season and the Sooners survived.  Now, they’re still #1 in the rankings and are on path to make the National Championship Game (assuming they don’t botch any games).  On account of this success, Oklahoma has decided to sign their now elite coach Bob Stoops to a long-term contract.  It’s a 7-year deal worth $34.5 million.  Basically they wanted to officially lock him up, at what is close to $5MM per year.  Not bad money, and this will keep him from jumping to another major program.  For Oklahoma to make this kind of commitment is a true testament to Stoops’ success with the program, as Oklahoma is a ‘What Have You Done For Us Lately’ type of school.  This should put Stoops’ mind at-ease, and there’s a good chance he wouldn’t have gotten this deal had they lost to Florida State.  Wow was that an important win.

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WATERCOOLER CHAT: RISING AND FALLING STARS IN WEEK TWO NFL

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A wild Sunday in the NFL, where we saw some rising and falling stars:

On the ‘falling’ side, the Indianapolis Colts.  They were, as you know, still without Peyton Manning and taking on a below-average Cleveland Browns squad.  The veteran Kerry Collins tried to get things going for the Colts, and utilized Manning’s go-to receiver Reggie Wayne, who had 66 yards on the day, but other than that — they were a dead horse.  It didn’t take long for the Browns to regain the lead behind a thunderous rushing effort from another Peyton — Peyton Hillis.  He had 94 yards and 2 touchdowns on the ground.  It looks like the Colts will continue to spiral downward and need to utilize the draft to rebuild the next few years.  As for the Browns, they might finally be heading in the right direction.  Cleveland 27, Indianapolis 19.

And in Carolina, a ‘rising’ star:  None other than the #1 draft pick Cam Newton.  This time he wasn’t facing the Arizona Cardinals, where he threw for over 400 yards, but rather the defending Super Bowl champions:  The Green Bay Packers.  Many thought this was going to be a blowout, but that wasn’t the case.  In fact, Cam Newton got the Panthers out to a surprising 13-0 lead.  If you’ve seen the Packers, you know they can score quick.  Aaron Rodgers came with two beautiful touchdown strikes to Greg Jennings and Jordy Nelson to take the lead.  Even though the Panthers are now 0-2, they definitely have a rising superstar in Cam Newton, who, yet again, threw for over 400 yards:  an NFL record for a rookie in his first 2 games.  The Panthers are a team to take seriously this year.  Green Bay 30, Carolina 23.

And in Detroit, both a seriously falling and impressively rising stars.  The Kansas City Chiefs came into town after getting blown out by Buffalo on their home field.  The Chiefs were a surprise team last year, even making the playoffs after finishing last the season prior.  They were hoping the loss to Buffalo was a fluke as they traveled to Detroit.  As it turns out that was no mirage — the Chiefs really do stink.  And on top of that disturbing revelation, they most likely lost their star running-back Jamaal Charles for the year.  He tore his ACL early in the first quarter.   That was the story for the Chiefs.  The Lions, however, look absolutely fantastic.  They are playing with gusto for the city, and have an array of lethal weapons on both offense and defense (namely Matt Stafford, Calvin Johnson, Jahvid Best, and Ndamukong Suh).  These guys can put up points fast and put some intense pressure on opposing offenses.  Right now, they’re 2-0, and tied with the Packers for the lead in the NFC North.  They are a force this season — easily the best team they’ve had in over 15 years.  Finally Detroit has something to cheer about. Detroit 48, Kansas City 3.

More Superstars for the week: Dallas Cowboys QB, Tony Romo showed his true competitive spirt by playing with a fractured rib to lead his team to an impressive overtime win over their rivals the SF 49ers. Another great game for New England Patriots QB Tom Brady throwing for over 423 yards and 3 touchdowns in a win over the San Diego Chargers.

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WATERCOOLER CHAT: LSU ROAD VICTORY, TEBOW WANTED IN DENVER, URLACHER WILL PLAY

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In college football, Thursday was a much anticipated battle between #3 LSU and #25 Mississippi State.  LSU is a projected National Title Contender, but Mississippi State is exactly the type of team that could burst their bubble.  The game started out neck and neck, with both teams hoisting serious defensive units.  Neither offense could get in a rhythm in the first half.  But, in the second half, LSU really tightened Miss State’s air supply.  They locked down on defense, and would barely let them get a first down, yet alone a touchdown.  Mississippi State’s starting quarterback Chris Relf was playing so bad in the second half, that they brought in their back-up.  Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, he didn’t fare much better, and the LSU Tigers were able to steal the road victory.  LSU’s schedule doesn’t get any easier from this point, however.  LSU 19, Miss St. 6.

And in the NFL, after the Denver Broncos disappointing loss on Monday night, people in Denver are begging for a change.  During the game, they were chanting “Tebow, Tebow, Tebow” during the 3rd quarter when Kyle Orton was playing poorly.  Not exactly a way to instill confidence in your team.  A group of Tebow supporters even said they would put in $10,000 for two billboards that say, in essence, ‘Make Tim Tebow The Starting Quarterback’.  Tim Tebow said he appreciates all this fan support, but that he trusts his coaching staff to make all the correct and necessary decisions.  He said he will be patient and wait his turn.   Tebow may not have impressed in the pre-season, but everyone must remember that he won them a real game last year towards the end of the season.  He has a relentless winning spirit that could give the Broncos the extra edge they need if they’re down late.

Finally, more news from the NFL.  Chicago Bears superstar linebacker Brian Urlacher unfortunately lost his mother on Monday and needed to leave the team for a while to be with his family.  Yesterday, he returned to his team and they were thrilled to have him back.  Urlacher isn’t just their best player, he’s also the heart of their powerful defense.  Many focus only on the leadership of the quarterback in football, when the Middle Linebacker is practically the quarterback on defense.  He’s the one who makes sure that everybody is where they need to be, and also the voice that can tell someone at the last minute to move up or backs a few steps.  Having him back in the line-up is crucial for this team, and most of his teammates think that his upcoming game against the Saints this Sunday could be one of the best of his career.  After all… he’s playing for his mother.

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