Rank Pick Set Name Total Points Dropped Points W-L
1 The_Observer 107 9 107-69
2 OU-Ron 106 16 106-70
3 Mr2Bits 106 17 106-70
4 fishin1947 106 13 106-74
5 soonerheath 105 15 105-75
6 Skip1 104 15 104-76
7 illinikevin 103 14 103-77
8 utesfan100 102 13 102-76
9 augirl 102 13 102-76
10 WaitUntilNextYear 101 14 101-72

With only three more weeks left to pick and only 6 points separating positions 1-10, it's crunch time!!

Some Fanblogs announcements. Kevin is busy with the day job, Ben has new blogging duties, TE is still sore from the Alabama loss and I don't have enough time to peruse the CFB world like I used to. If you see any good stories that might make threads, send me an email and I'll see what I can come up with.

My team's off this weekend, and Florida and Alabama have homecoming. Most big rivalries come in the next two weeks, but we have arguably the biggest this weekend--Ohio State and Michigan. tOSU is a 12 point favorite. Start out your post saying who you got with the spread and then straight up!

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With three ugly losses to the University of Washington (16-13 at U-Dub), Oregon (five bajillion-not many three weeks ago...okay, so it was only 47-20) and now by the jaw dropping, eye opening final score of 55-21 to the sudenly dangerous Stanford Cardinal, the fall from the rarefied air that the Trojans have been breathing for the better part of the past decade has been as shockingly swift as it was resounding.

Perhaps the most tell-tale sign of just how far the mighty have fallen was the Fighting Harbaugh's of Stanford going for a two point conversion...after Stanford's 7th-I repeat, seventh-touchdown of the game on Saturday.

Admittedly, Harbaugh does have a bit of history with tweaking SC's head coach, and the tweak of the two-point conversion was not lost on Carroll during their post-game meeting. After meeting Harbaugh at mid-field for a somewhat terse exchange, Carroll uttered, "What's your deal? What's your deal?"

To which Harbaugh went all Joey Tribbiani on Carroll by replying, "What's your deal?"

Not exactly a lot of love lost between these two coaches-and, by extension, their teams-over the past three years, as Harbaugh is the only coach in the PAC-10 to be able to claim multiple victories over Carroll's Trojans (Oregon's won twice in the last three seasons, as well, but their 2007 win was with now Athletic Director Mike Bellotti at the helm; this year Chip Kelly was the head headset for the victory over SC).

I did some digging, & came up with this video of the post-game exchange between Harbaugh & Carroll. My favorite part is where they catch Harbaugh with the, "Look at 'em all runnin' in [to the locker room]! Look at 'em all runnin' in!" referencing SC's quick exit from the field of play at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum post-pistolwhipping.

It'll be interesting to see this Stanford team develop. Even more interesting will be whether or not Harbaugh sticks around for it. Lots of bigger tickets with lower admission standards & deeper pockets in terms of their ability to pay for a proven head coach are taking notice of what Harbaugh's been able to build in Palo Alto. A hard nosed guy whose not afraid of confronting the big kid on the block head-on, and has instilled the same mindset in his team, Harbaugh has brought in a very good quarterback in Andrew Luck, & Toby Gerhart has muscled his way into the Heisman Trophy discussion the same way he punishes Safeties on the 2nd level.

The bigger-and most interesting-question, however, remains: What in the blue you-know-what has happened to Southern Cal? Yes, we know Stefan Johnson was hurt in a freak weightlifting accident earlier this year. Yes, we know Matt Barkley is an 18 year old true freshman starting at quarterback for USC. Yes, we know that SC lost their Defensive Coordinator to the same team that handed them their first lost this year in Washington.

But, again...This is USC we're talking about. The team that's won double digit games each year since Carroll's second in Los Angeles. The team that went 5-deep at tailback with 5-Star mail-toters. Matt Barkley was the #1 player in America as a schoolboy signal caller last year. Yes, Nick Holt was a good DC for Troy, but after all, the Trojan defense was Carroll's baby.

Right?

So, again, the question remains for Carroll...What's your deal?

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USA Today Top25 Coaches' Poll

Rank/Team (first-place votes)/Record/Points/Last week
1.Florida (48) 10-0 1,460 1
2.Texas (4) 10-0 1,397 2
3. Alabama (7) 10-0 1,388 3
4. TCU 10-0 1,277 4
5. Cincinnati 10-0 1,219 5
6. Boise State 10-0 1,183 6
7. Georgia Tech 10-1 1,127 7
8. Ohio State 9-2 1,019 8
9. Pittsburgh 9-1 997 9
10. LSU 8-2 956 11
11. Oregon 8-2 875 16
12. Penn State 9-2 772 17
13. Oklahoma State 8-2 750 18
14. Wisconsin 8-2 630 20
15. Iowa 9-2 584 13
16. Virginia Tech 7-3 558 21
17. Stanford 7-3 516 NR
18. Brigham Young 8-2 404 22
19. Clemson 7-3 274 NR
20. Oregon State 7-3 256 NR
21. Southern California 7-3 239 10
22. Houston 8-2 229 12
23. Utah 8-2 212 14
24. Miami (Fla.) 7-3 156 15
25. (tie) North Carolina 7-3 107 NR
25. (tie) Nebraska 7-3 107 NR

Dropped out
No. 19 Arizona (6-3, lost to California 24-16), No. 23 West Virginia (7-3, lost to No. 5 Cincinnati 24-21), No. 24 South Florida (6-3, lost to Rutgers 31-0), No. 25 Auburn (7-4, lost to Georgia 31-24).

Others receiving votes
Arizona (6-3) 87; Navy (8-3) 76; Rutgers (7-2) 74; California (7-3) 55; Mississippi (7-3) 46; West Virginia (7-3) 46; Central Michigan (8-2) 27; Temple (8-2) 17; Oklahoma (6-4) 15; Boston College (7-3) 14; Auburn (7-4) 8; Texas Tech (6-4) 7; Nevada (7-3) 6; Northwestern (7-4) 3; Georgia (6-4) 2.

Associated Press Top 25 College Football Poll

Rank/Team (first-place votes)/Record/Points
1. Florida (36) 10-0 1463
2. Alabama (14) 10-0 1429
3. Texas (10) 10-0 1424
4. TCU 10-0 1307
5. Cincinnati 10-0 1247
6. Boise State10-01213
7. Georgia Tech10-1 1139
8. Pittsburgh 9-1 1030
9. Ohio State 9-2 990
10. LSU 8-2 968
11. Oregon8-2 918
12. Oklahoma State 8-2 754
13. Penn State 9-2 689
14. Stanford 7-3 652
15. Iowa 9-2 633
16. Virginia Tech 7-3 559
17. Wisconsin 8-2 547
18. Clemson 7-3 442
19. Brigham Young 8-2 344
20. Oregon State 7-3 338
21. Miami (FL) 7-3 255
22. USC 7-3 223
23. Utah 8-2 183
24. Houston 8-2 149
25. Rutgers 7-2 145

Dropped from rankings: Arizona 18, South Florida 23

Others receiving votes: North Carolina 144, Nebraska 64, California 53, Arizona 50, Mississippi 45, Navy 41, Temple 23, Auburn 9, Georgia 9, West Virginia 8, Oklahoma 5, Texas Tech 4, Boston College 3, Nevada 1,

Harris Interactive

No./School/Record/Points/Prev
1. Florida (78) 10-0 2793 1
2. Texas (19) 10-0 2711 2
3. Alabama (16) 10-0 2694 3
4. TCU (1) 10-0 2479 4
5. Cincinnati 10-0 2349 5
6. Boise State 10-0 2317 6
7. Georgia Tech 10-1 2168 7
8. Ohio State 9-2 1960 8
9. Pittsburgh 9-1 1895 9
10. LSU 8-2 1813 11
11. Oregon 8-2 1699 14
12. Penn State 9-2 1467 17
13. Oklahoma State 8-2 1408 18
14. Iowa 9-2 1176 12
15. Wisconsin 8-2 1134 20
16. Virginia Tech 7-3 976 21
17. Stanford 7-3 946 26
18. Brigham Young 8-2 793 22
19. Clemson 7-3 578 25
20. Southern California 7-3 576 10
21. Utah 8-2 568 16
22. Oregon State 7-3 492 28
23. Houston 8-2 484 13
24. Miami (Fla.) 7-3 442 15
25. Nebraska 7-3 169 30

Others Receiving Votes: Rutgers(7-2) 143; Arizona(6-3) 139; North Carolina(7-3) 136; California(7-3) 123; Navy(8-3) 85; Mississippi(7-3) 78; West Virginia(7-3) 73; Temple(8-2) 47; Oklahoma(6-4) 42; South Florida(6-3) 34; Central Michigan(8-2) 25; Auburn(7-4) 19; Boston College(7-3) 10; Nevada(7-3) 4; Northwestern(7-4) 3; Air Force(7-4) 2

BCS Poll - November 15th

Rank/School/Record/Avg/Prev
1. Florida 10-0 0.9833 1
2. Alabama 10-0 0.9520 2
3. Texas 10-0 0.9260 3
4. TCU 10-0 0.8687 4
5. Cincinnati 10-0 0.8533 5
6. Boise State 10-0 0.7950 6
7. Georgia Tech 10-1 0.7717 7
8. LSU 8-2 0.6647 8
9. Pittsburgh 9-1 0.6570 12
10. Ohio State 9-2 0.6497 11
11. Oregon 8-2 0.6263 13
12. Oklahoma State 8-2 0.4710 19
13. Iowa 9-2 0.4530 10
14. Penn State 9-2 0.4127 18
15. Virginia Tech 7-3 0.4037 21
16. Wisconsin 8-2 0.3583 20
17. Stanford 7-3 0.3407 NR
18. USC 7-3 0.2713 9
19. Oregon State 7-3 0.2490 23
20. Miami (FL) 7-3 0.1937 14
21. Utah 8-2 0.1910 16
22. Brigham Young 8-2 0.1873 22
23. Clemson 7-3 0.1830 NR
24. Houston 8-2 0.1150 15
25. California 7-3 0.0933 NR

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I'm running out of titles that go with the word OPEN. If you can help, please do. If you prefer the Argument threads, make your feelings known.

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Three men were sitting in a car outside the gas station convenience store waiting for a friend when two individuals wearing black hoodies opened the car door, brandished a pistol and told them "give us everything you got". When the victims showed their empty wallets, another man approached the would be robbers and told them,"we've got to go". The three then got into a 2010 Toyota Prius driven by the woman and left.

The call went out to police and they promptly stopped the car on Neyland avenue, near the campus. A search of the car found an air pellet pistol under a seat, two black hoodies within plain view, and a marijuana grinder and marijuana on the driver, Montmarquet. She admitted that the drugs belonged to her. Police then drove the suspects back to the gas station where the victims identified Edwards and Richardson as the two who attempted the robbery. Edwards and Richardson are being held on $19,500 bond while Jackson is being held on $15,000 bond.

Richardson was a standout recruit from Pohokee high school in Florida, and was the impetus for Lane Kiffin getting in trouble for accusing Urban Meyer of recruiting violations. Richardson had verbally committed to Florida, but switched to the Vols on national signing day. After the fact, Kiffin accused Meyer of wrong doing when he learned that Meyer had called Richardson while he was on an official visit to Knoxville. No such rule exists barring that.

Richardson's high school, Pohokee, also blasted Kiffin for remarks he made about the school and barred him from stepping foot on campus until he apologized. Said Kiffin about the school:

"Someone at the school was going to screw it up. The fax machine wouldn't work, or they would have changed the signatures - all the things that go on in Pahokee. For those of you who haven't been to Pahokee, there ain't much going on. You take that hour drive up from South Florida, there ain't a gas station that works. Nobody's got enough money to even have shoes or a shirt on."

Kiffin eventually apologized, but one must wonder now if this incident, the first involving the arrest of any Vol players, is simply karma catching up with the outspoken coach. Reminiscent of the remarks earlier this year that he made to a South Carolina player who committed to Columbia, that he might wind up "pumping gas for the rest of his life like all the other players from that state who had gone to South Carolina", you gotta think that it's not a half bad alternative to working on a chain gang.

"We've had zero arrests in now eleven months here."
Lane Kiffen's teleconference on 11/11/09

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Rank School Votes Prev Rank

1. Florida (39) 9-0 1,467 1
2. Texas (10) 9-0 1,430 2
3. Alabama (11) 9-0 1,422 3
4. TCU 9-0 1,271 6
5. Cincinnati 9-0 1,263 4
6. Boise St. 9-0 1,228 5
7. Georgia Tech 9-1 1,127 10
8. Pittsburgh 8-1 945 14
9. LSU 7-2 904 9
10. Ohio St. 8-2 898 15
11. Southern Cal 7-2 834 12
12. Miami 7-2 805 16
13. Houston 8-1 783 13
14. Oregon 7-2 752 7
15. Iowa 9-1 741 8
16. Utah 8-1 706 17
17. Oklahoma St. 7-2 492 18
18. Arizona 6-2 476 21
19. Penn St. 8-2 467 11
20. Virginia Tech 6-3 275 22
21. Wisconsin 7-2 274 24
22. BYU 7-2 219 25
23. South Florida 6-2 167 --
24. Clemson 6-3 149 --
25. Stanford 6-3 107 --

Others receiving votes: Oregon St. 95, Auburn 54, West Virginia 54, Texas Tech 24, Navy 19, Tennessee 12, Rutgers 11, Nebraska 9, Temple 7, Kansas St. 5, Notre Dame 3, Fresno St. 2, Mississippi 2, Troy 1.

USA Today Coaches Poll

Rank School Votes Prev Rank
1 Florida 9-0 1460 (48) 1
2 Texas 9-0 1399 (4) 2
3 Alabama 9-0 1389 (7) 3
4 TCU 9-0 1262 4
5 Cincinnati 9-0 1224 7
6 Boise State 9-0 1200 5
7 Georgia Tech 9-1 1118 11
8 Ohio State 8-2 944 12
9 Pittsburgh 8-1 940 14
10 USC 7-2 847 13
11 LSU 7-2 838 9
12 Houston 8-1 766 15
13 Iowa 9-1 757 6
14 Utah 8-1 688 16
15 Miami (FL) 7-2 685 17
16 Oregon 7-2 665 8
17 Penn State 8-2 552 10
18 Oklahoma State 7-2 530 18
19 Arizona 6-2 472 19
20 Wisconsin 7-2 341 22
21 Virginia Tech 6-3 268 24
22 Brigham Young 7-2 216 25
23 West Virginia 7-2 121 NR
24 South Florida 6-2 106 NR
25 Auburn 7-3 80 NR

Others: Clemson (71) , Stanford (54) , Oregon State (39) , Texas Tech (36) , Nebraska (31) , Navy (28) , Temple (8) , Central Michigan (8) , North Carolina (7) , Boston College (7) , Oklahoma (6) , Rutgers (3) , Tennessee (3) , Mississippi (2) , Troy (2) , Kansas State (1) , Fresno State (1)

Harris Interactive Poll

Harris Rankings
Rank School Votes Prev Rank
1 Florida 9-0 2801 (82) 1
2 Texas 9-0 2712 (18) 2
3 Alabama 9-0 2688 (14) 3
4 TCU 9-0 2424 6
5 Cincinnati 9-0 2377 5
6 Boise State 9-0 2349 4
7 Georgia Tech 9-1 2131 11
8 Ohio State 8-2 1795 13
9 Pittsburgh 8-1 1713 15
10 USC 7-2 1660 12
11 LSU 7-2 1634 9
12 Iowa 9-1 1540 7
13 Houston 8-1 1476 14
14 Oregon 7-2 1381 8
15 Miami (FL) 7-2 1366 17
16 Utah 8-1 1352 16
17 Penn State 8-2 1057 10
18 Oklahoma State 7-2 979 18
19 Arizona 6-2 880 21
20 Wisconsin 7-2 567 24
21 Virginia Tech 6-3 478 23
22 Brigham Young 7-2 468 25
23 South Florida 6-2 266 NR
24 West Virginia 7-2 182 NR
25 Clemson 6-3 119 NR

Others: Stanford (115) , Auburn (100) , Oregon State (94) , Texas Tech (73) , Nebraska (44) , Navy (44) , Oklahoma (37) , California (30) , Temple (24) , Tennessee (19) , Central Michigan (14) , Troy (12) , Rutgers (11) , Mississippi (11) , Notre Dame (9) , North Carolina (6) , South Carolina (4) , Boston College (3) , Kansas State (3) , Fresno State (2)

BCS Rankings

BCS Rankings
Rank School Prev Rank
1 Florida 9-0
2 Alabama 9-0
3 Texas 9-0
4 TCU 9-0
5 Cincinnati 9-0
6 Boise State 9-0
7 Georgia Tech 9-1
8 LSU 7-2
9 USC 7-2
10 Iowa 9-1
11 Ohio State 8-2
12 Pittsburgh 8-1
13 Oregon 7-2
14 Miami (FL) 7-2
15 Houston 8-1
16 Utah 8-1
17 Arizona 6-2
18 Penn State 8-2
19 Oklahoma State 7-2
20 Wisconsin 7-2
21 Virginia Tech 6-3
22 Brigham Young 7-2
23 Oregon State 6-3
24 South Florida 6-2
25 West Virginia 7-2

**TE's Thoughts: Personally, I'm amazed at the respect shown to LSU, moving down a total two spots in one poll that counts (USA Today Coach's), none in the one that doesn't (Associated Press Media), & actually moving up in the one that counts the most (The BCS). All this after a 9 point loss, which, regardless of the officiating hijinks, Vegas nailed on the head.

Iowa tumbles after tempting fate a time too many. Where do they go from here? They've lost their top RB, & their top QB. They might not have a lot left in the tank, so to speak.

The Harris, AP, & Coaches all expect us to suspend reality and act as if the Oregon beatdown of Southern California didn't happen 8 days ago. Each of them have the Trojans ranked higher than the Ducks after Oregon took the L in a wild one out in Palo Alto. I guess the big 14-9 victory over now 4-5 Arizona State was impressive enough to move the Trojans up in the Harris, Coaches & Associated Press Polls.

All in all, after yesterday's College Football FBS Division's National Quarterfinal between LSU & Alabama, the Florida Gators & Crimson Tide of Alabama now seem on a collision course in the SEC Championship Game, otherwise known as the FBS Division's National Semifinal Game. The winner to face the Texas Longhorns for all the marbles.

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I will refrain from comment on the farce I saw in Bryant Denny Stadium. All I can say is that I saw a fine effort from two fine football teams yesterday. It's a shame that the efforts of two teams were overshadowed by factors that had nothing to do with what went on between the white lines.

Have at it, folks!

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Maybe someone should look into spring JV football. Or maybe to help with Title IX, spring woman's football.

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Channeling Saddam Hussein and the Security Council mandates and current-day Iran and the nuclear proliferation warnings, Florida coach Urban Meyer may have already crossed the proverbial line in the SEC sand by criticizing officiating before the ink was dry on last week's decree of 1st offense suspension for that very infraction.

Talking about a late hit on Tim Tebow by Georgia linebacker Nick Williams after Tebow had handed off the ball, Meyer said, "That should have been a penalty, in my opinion. You've got to protect quarterbacks. That's the whole purpose. It's right in front of the referee."

Meyer disclosed that that play was one of several that he refered to the SEC office, and confirmed that he did hear back from them, but declined comment.

I'm not sure I'm allowed to give you that, what they said. I don't want to get out of line."

Don't want to step out of line? What about that first comment? Rewind that, please!

SEC Bylaw 10.5.4. is the one that specifically addresses the criticizing of officials and now ups the ante for a first offense to a suspension, with reprimands being virtually useless with this bunch. But does the league have the stones to stick it to a coach who's currently ranked number one AND is the defending national champion, especially when compared through the prism of Kiffin-like infractions? THAT's a tough one.

Have no doubt that Meyer is currently at his leisure this week, basking in a beatdown of Georgia AND severly disiplining Brandon Spikes for dirty play two days ago. Memo to SEC commish Mike Slive: Why not suspend him for the second half of the Vanderbilt game this weekend.

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Getting tired of all the Florida threads on here? Me too, but there's seemingly nothing else going on outside the Gator universe. But in case we start to run out of Gator threads, here are some other ones that we can probably look forward to soon:

From the home office in Atlanta, GA, tonight's TOP 10 Possible Stories Coming Out of Gainesville Before the End of the Year:

10) Tebow calls recruits from NFL draft combine...

9) Brandon Spikes arrested for gouging glass out of YouTube TV sets...

8) Gators to wear Halloween-inspired uniforms like Georgia and Tennessee for SEC championship Game in Atlanta...

7) UF President Bernie Machen nixes another possible Corrine Brown gratulation speech following BCS CG in Pasadena...

6) Gator Snuggie outsells Bama Shama-Wow as top Christmas gag gift...

5) Vanderbilt scores 48 in first half explosion to seal upset against weakened Gator D...

4) Gators give Bobby Bowden Retirement Gift...

3) Tebow again takes separate plane, this time out to Pasadena...

2) Triple trade. Charlie Weiss goes to Illinois, Meyer goes to Notre Dame. Zook back to Gainesville...

1) Florida interviews alumnus Gene Chizik for opening one month into recruiting season...

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Ludwig's Losers was the big winner for week nine with 16, followed by fishin 1947 with 14 and four tied with 13 each.

Overall, OU-Ron's stock continues to decline faster than Bradford's draft position and Gene Chizik's coach of the year balloting. Among regular site contributors, yours truly ranks the highest at 16th, followed by Ben Prather at 17th, and finally Kevin Donahue in 24th position. Sa---loot!

What's left of our original 50-car field:

Rank Pick Set Name Total Points Dropped Points W-L
1 The_Observer 86 9 86-47
2 soonerheath 85 15 85-52
3 fishin1947 84 13 84-53
4 augirl 83 13 83-52
5 WaitUntilNextYear 83 17 83-52
6 Mr2Bits 83 17 83-50
7 GP Burdell 82 13 82-55
8 Skip1 81 15 81-56
9 OU-Ron 81 16 81-52
10 illinikevin 80 14 80-57
11 Porcine 79 10 79-58
12 Tyler_Tech 78 16 78-57
13 Gang of Frightening Pandas 77 16 77-53
14 Ludwig's Losers 76 15 76-57
15 Clemson_Joe 76 13 76-61
16 War Eagle Atlanta 76 15 76-55
17 utesfan100 76 13 76-59
18 Tampa Silcox 74 14 74-57
19 OldHog 74 6 74-55
20 jznole 73 8 73-64
21 Oslo 73 8 73-60
22 thebuckstopshere 72 0 72-56
23 Tom22ohnine 71 15 71-62
24 Kevin @ Fanblogs 71 15 71-58
25 ute4ever 70 0 70-57
26 GA_Boy 70 7 70-62
27 Grovers excellent picks 61 0 61-66
28 USC1801 60 0 60-71

All you who gave up the ghost because you sucked should have manned/womaned up. Remember the Fanblogs credo: Everyone Wins! Yay!

For all you potential hijackers, bonus points will be given out for any/all Hee Haw and NASCAR references. Thank you.

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You do know that it's official name is The Pennsylvania State University, right? So why haven't we been granting them the 't' prefix pleasantry like we do Ohio State? Probably because no one makes a big deal about dotting the 'i' in Pennsylvania? Who knows? But unless someone beats Iowa and soon, this week's nascent grudge match between the Quaker and Buckeye states will be for 2nd place in the Big 10(11).

One would think that these teams had been playing forever, but you'd be wrong. Until tPSU joined the conference in 1993, they ducked each other like Notre Dame ducked everyone in the Big 10(11). Despite their status as elites in the first 100 years of CFB, these heavyweights only tangled eight times before the annual conference match began, with tPSU enjoying a 6-2 lead over the Nuts. Things changed quick soon after, and the series in now tied 12-12, with tOSU enjoying a 5-3 margin on The Vest's watch.

Perhaps buyoyed by the image above of Terrelle Pryor after last year's loss to the Nittany Lions, the Penn State Marketing Association has come out with a new T-shirt this year focusing on the Buck's QB, who is depicted crying, in an apparent attempt to heat things up for the whited-out big game in Beaver Stadium. We'll know it's a hit if Bergwood shows up wearing one in the next Allstate commercial. Before he takes off streaking...

Speaking of Beaver Stadium, anyone ever notice that the Lego/Lincoln Log architecture style used to continually add on to the structure is starting to resemble the sarcophagus that was built over Chernobyl Reactor #4? Just curious...