Now this might be why Jimbo has an less than positive view of chainsaws.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
You may have noticed…
…that I've been posting quite a bit about college football lately and almost nothing about the follies going on in Washington. I know little about economics and have no idea how this "bailout" thing will work.
From what I've been reading, however, it seems that government intervention in the credit market—telling the banks they had to lend money to folks who were very likely not able to repay it—caused both the housing bubble and then it's inevitable collapse. It also seems that those easy credit demands came from the democratic side of the aisle. Further, when trouble was seen to be appearing on the horizon, the Republican President and some Senators made attempts to regulate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac only to be thwarted by the Democrats. Perhaps the Republicans should have pushed harder while they had control of Congress, but it was primarily Democrats stepping forward to tut-tut any need for reining in the loose credit.
Finally, when a "bailout" plan has been hammered out by a bipartisan group and touted by one and all as a "crap sandwich", it behooves the leaders on both sides of the aisle to keep a poker face until the damn thing is passed if they feel it is really and truly necessary. That Speaker Nancy Pelosi should make such an outrageous, confrontational speech on the floor prior to the vote when she needs all the votes she can get to have the bastard of a bailout passed while the financial markets are waiting on the window ledges …. To learn afterward that she could not move herself to ensure there were 12-13 more "yeas" from her own party when 15 of the 34 Democratic congressmen from California voted "no" and many in the Black Caucus from very safe democratic districts voted "no" …. And that she had basically given permission to members of her party to vote "no"…. And afterward to blame the Republicans when 95 Democrats voted "no"…. It simply boggles the mind.
(By the way, that was a terrible phrase to hang on the plan if they wanted to sell it to the public. Something like "Rescue" would have been much more appropriate. And that $700 Billion figure they pulled out of their asses? Oh, it got people's attention all right. But I don't think it got the kind of attention they (Pres. Bush and Paulson) wanted.)
Pre Week 6 College Football Report
The only thing displaying more volatility this week than the College Football Polls were Wall Street and Congress. With so many of the Top 25 taking it on the chin, there was movement up and down in abundance. It was a good week not to play as every team that had a bye moved up at least 2 slots. Only one team (Ohio State) is in the same place as it was last week. Several new teams appear at the bottom and four teams are off the radar—for now.
The week’s schedule is also sort of strange. There’s at least one game every night starting tonight when Florida Atlantic travels to Middle Tennessee. Both teams are 1-3 so you better be a True Fan of the teams or the game to bother tuning in. Wednesday night is a little better with Louisiana Tech visiting #17 Boise State. Then Thursday we have three games: Pittsburgh at #10 South Florida, Oregon State at #15 Utah and Memphis at UAB. Friday night it’s Cincinnati at Marshall, and #8 BYU at Utah State.
Let’s take a look at the rankings and opponents for Week 6. (Poll numbers are those of the teams entering Week 6. The pre-Week 5 rankings are after the team’s name. Rankings are from the AP Writers’ Poll/the Coaches Poll/CBSSports.com in that order. NR= Not Ranked)
1/1/1 Oklahoma (2/2/2) The Sooners move up to #1 by virtue of their win over TCU and the collapse of Southern Cal. This week they face the Baylor bears on the road.
2/4/2 Alabama (8/10/9) The Crimson Tide makes a six slot jump after defeating Georgia. The Tide hosts the 4-0 Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday.
3/2/3 LSU (5/6/5) With three of the top four losing last week, the Tigers slide into the #3 slot. LSU has the week off.
4/3/4 Missouri (6/5/6) Missouri didn’t play and still moves up thanks to the upsets. The Tigers are back in action and on the road against the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
5/5/5 Texas (7/7/7) The Longhorns whupped the Razorbacks of Arkansas and move up. Texas is on the road against Colorado.
6/6/7 Penn State (12/12/16) The Nittany Lions beat up on Illinois to jump six spots in the polls. PSU is on the road against the Boilermakers of Perdue.
7/8/9 Texas Tech (10/9/11) The Red Raiders were idle but they still move up 3 places. They are on the road this week against the Kansas State Wildcats.
8/7/6 Brigham Young (11/11/10) Ditto for the Cougars. A 3 place jump while watching TV. BYU is on the road against the Utah State Aggies on Friday night.
9/9/10 Southern California (1/1/1) The mighty have fallen…but they won’t stay here long. Will they? The Trojans host #23 Oregon on Saturday.
10/10T/12 South Florida (13/14/15) The SFU Bulls beat NC State on the road and move up a couple of slots. The Bulls host the Pitt Panthers on Thursday night.
11/10T/13 Georgia (3/3/3) Another team that saw its stock drop thanks to a defeat. (At least this was to a ranked Alabama team. So why the big drop of 8 places?) Time to lick their wounds as the Bulldogs are idle this week.
12/13/14 Florida (4/4/4) The Gators drop 8 places, too. But their defeat was to unranked Ole Miss—at home—which more than warrants such a fall. This week’s opponents are the Razorbacks of Arkansas on the road.
13/14/8 Auburn (15/16/12) The Tigers barely beat Tennessee by 2 points so they move up 2 slots. This week they will be tested by #19 Vanderbilt on the road.
14/12/11 Ohio State (14/13/13) The Buckeyes beat Minnesota but didn’t seem to impress many folks on the judging panel with their style. They are the only team in the same slot as last week. This week they play at the home of the #18 Wisconsin Badgers.
15/15/16 Utah (17/17/18) Another team to take advantage of the weird week. Though idle, Utah moves up 2 slots. The Utes host Oregon State on Thursday night.
16/16/15 Kansas (18/18/17) The Jayhawks, too, were beneficiaries of the changing market and moved up though having the week off. The Jayhawks play at Kansas State (The Cyclones).
17/18/17 Boise State (19/20/19) Ditto for the Broncos—up 2 despite (because of?) not playing. This week they host Louisiana Tech. On Wednesday night.
18/17/18 Wisconsin (9/8/8) Losers to unranked Michigan, the Badgers had the biggest drop of the week—9 slots. It won’t be any easier for the Badgers this week as they host #14 Ohio State.
19/19/23 Vanderbilt (21/25/25) The Commodores didn’t play, so of course they moved up 2 slots. It’s a big game for Vandy as they host #13 Auburn.
20/24/19 Virginia Tech (NR/NR/22) The Hokies beat Nebraska on the road to regain some lost respect. They are up on everyone’s list this week. The Hilltoppers of Western Kentucky come to town Saturday.
21/22/NR Oklahoma State (NR/NR/NR) Who? Oh, the Cowboys! Everybody loves cowboys. Unless they play in the NFL. The Cowboys host the Aggies of Texas A&M.
22/21/22 Fresno State (25/24/24) The Bulldogs beat up on UCLA to earn a raise this week. They are up 3 slots. The Bulldogs face the one team that may have more frequent flyer miles than they do when Hawaii comes to town.
23/20/20 Oregon (NR/22/NR) The Ducks beat up on Washington State 63-14. But then again, everyone seems to do that. Still, it earned them a jump in the polls. They may not last long unless they can topple #9 USC in Los Angeles.
24/23/21 Connecticut (NR/NR/NR) The Huskies beat Louisville 26-21 to improve their record to 5-0 and earn a slot in the Top 25. UConn is on the road to North Carolina on Saturday.
25/25/25 Wake Forest (16/15/14) Another team to take a hit as the Deacons weren’t so Demon-ish in losing to Navy 24-17. They have the week off to ponder their poor play.
NR/NR/24 Michigan State (NR/NR/NR) At 4-1 the Spartans are tied with Ohio St. for the second best record in the Big Ten, behind the 5-0 record of Penn State and Northwestern?! All are 1-0 in conference. They host the Iowa Hawkeyes this week with a chance to move up in the polls.
Gone from this week’s list are Clemson (20/19/21), Illinois (22/21/23), East Carolina (23/NR/20), and TCU (24/23/NR).
The week’s schedule is also sort of strange. There’s at least one game every night starting tonight when Florida Atlantic travels to Middle Tennessee. Both teams are 1-3 so you better be a True Fan of the teams or the game to bother tuning in. Wednesday night is a little better with Louisiana Tech visiting #17 Boise State. Then Thursday we have three games: Pittsburgh at #10 South Florida, Oregon State at #15 Utah and Memphis at UAB. Friday night it’s Cincinnati at Marshall, and #8 BYU at Utah State.
Let’s take a look at the rankings and opponents for Week 6. (Poll numbers are those of the teams entering Week 6. The pre-Week 5 rankings are after the team’s name. Rankings are from the AP Writers’ Poll/the Coaches Poll/CBSSports.com in that order. NR= Not Ranked)
1/1/1 Oklahoma (2/2/2) The Sooners move up to #1 by virtue of their win over TCU and the collapse of Southern Cal. This week they face the Baylor bears on the road.
2/4/2 Alabama (8/10/9) The Crimson Tide makes a six slot jump after defeating Georgia. The Tide hosts the 4-0 Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday.
3/2/3 LSU (5/6/5) With three of the top four losing last week, the Tigers slide into the #3 slot. LSU has the week off.
4/3/4 Missouri (6/5/6) Missouri didn’t play and still moves up thanks to the upsets. The Tigers are back in action and on the road against the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
5/5/5 Texas (7/7/7) The Longhorns whupped the Razorbacks of Arkansas and move up. Texas is on the road against Colorado.
6/6/7 Penn State (12/12/16) The Nittany Lions beat up on Illinois to jump six spots in the polls. PSU is on the road against the Boilermakers of Perdue.
7/8/9 Texas Tech (10/9/11) The Red Raiders were idle but they still move up 3 places. They are on the road this week against the Kansas State Wildcats.
8/7/6 Brigham Young (11/11/10) Ditto for the Cougars. A 3 place jump while watching TV. BYU is on the road against the Utah State Aggies on Friday night.
9/9/10 Southern California (1/1/1) The mighty have fallen…but they won’t stay here long. Will they? The Trojans host #23 Oregon on Saturday.
10/10T/12 South Florida (13/14/15) The SFU Bulls beat NC State on the road and move up a couple of slots. The Bulls host the Pitt Panthers on Thursday night.
11/10T/13 Georgia (3/3/3) Another team that saw its stock drop thanks to a defeat. (At least this was to a ranked Alabama team. So why the big drop of 8 places?) Time to lick their wounds as the Bulldogs are idle this week.
12/13/14 Florida (4/4/4) The Gators drop 8 places, too. But their defeat was to unranked Ole Miss—at home—which more than warrants such a fall. This week’s opponents are the Razorbacks of Arkansas on the road.
13/14/8 Auburn (15/16/12) The Tigers barely beat Tennessee by 2 points so they move up 2 slots. This week they will be tested by #19 Vanderbilt on the road.
14/12/11 Ohio State (14/13/13) The Buckeyes beat Minnesota but didn’t seem to impress many folks on the judging panel with their style. They are the only team in the same slot as last week. This week they play at the home of the #18 Wisconsin Badgers.
15/15/16 Utah (17/17/18) Another team to take advantage of the weird week. Though idle, Utah moves up 2 slots. The Utes host Oregon State on Thursday night.
16/16/15 Kansas (18/18/17) The Jayhawks, too, were beneficiaries of the changing market and moved up though having the week off. The Jayhawks play at Kansas State (The Cyclones).
17/18/17 Boise State (19/20/19) Ditto for the Broncos—up 2 despite (because of?) not playing. This week they host Louisiana Tech. On Wednesday night.
18/17/18 Wisconsin (9/8/8) Losers to unranked Michigan, the Badgers had the biggest drop of the week—9 slots. It won’t be any easier for the Badgers this week as they host #14 Ohio State.
19/19/23 Vanderbilt (21/25/25) The Commodores didn’t play, so of course they moved up 2 slots. It’s a big game for Vandy as they host #13 Auburn.
20/24/19 Virginia Tech (NR/NR/22) The Hokies beat Nebraska on the road to regain some lost respect. They are up on everyone’s list this week. The Hilltoppers of Western Kentucky come to town Saturday.
21/22/NR Oklahoma State (NR/NR/NR) Who? Oh, the Cowboys! Everybody loves cowboys. Unless they play in the NFL. The Cowboys host the Aggies of Texas A&M.
22/21/22 Fresno State (25/24/24) The Bulldogs beat up on UCLA to earn a raise this week. They are up 3 slots. The Bulldogs face the one team that may have more frequent flyer miles than they do when Hawaii comes to town.
23/20/20 Oregon (NR/22/NR) The Ducks beat up on Washington State 63-14. But then again, everyone seems to do that. Still, it earned them a jump in the polls. They may not last long unless they can topple #9 USC in Los Angeles.
24/23/21 Connecticut (NR/NR/NR) The Huskies beat Louisville 26-21 to improve their record to 5-0 and earn a slot in the Top 25. UConn is on the road to North Carolina on Saturday.
25/25/25 Wake Forest (16/15/14) Another team to take a hit as the Deacons weren’t so Demon-ish in losing to Navy 24-17. They have the week off to ponder their poor play.
NR/NR/24 Michigan State (NR/NR/NR) At 4-1 the Spartans are tied with Ohio St. for the second best record in the Big Ten, behind the 5-0 record of Penn State and Northwestern?! All are 1-0 in conference. They host the Iowa Hawkeyes this week with a chance to move up in the polls.
Gone from this week’s list are Clemson (20/19/21), Illinois (22/21/23), East Carolina (23/NR/20), and TCU (24/23/NR).
Monday, September 29, 2008
Yet more rain at the Aerie
We woke up this morning to the sound of still more rain falling here at the Aerie (soon to be renamed Mount Ararat).
It stopped long enough for me to go out and burn some garbage mail and the cardboard boxes the tomatoes came in, bury the tomato skins in the compost pile and get a reading from the rain gauge. The gauge read a tad over 2 inches (2.05" to be precise). Add the 1.63" from last week and the rain from earlier in the month and we have had well over four inches for the month.
Ouch!
It stopped long enough for me to go out and burn some garbage mail and the cardboard boxes the tomatoes came in, bury the tomato skins in the compost pile and get a reading from the rain gauge. The gauge read a tad over 2 inches (2.05" to be precise). Add the 1.63" from last week and the rain from earlier in the month and we have had well over four inches for the month.
Ouch!
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Jets 56, Arizona Cardinals 35
Brett Favre threw for 6 (!) touchdowns this afternoon. That's a personal best and ties some guy named Namath for the Jets best.
The Jets scored 34 points in the second quarter. That's a team record.
Laveranues Coles caught three (3) TD passes in that second quarter. That too is a personal best.
The Jets are 2-2 and going into their bye-week. More importantly, Favre and the rest of the team looked to be on the same page today.
The Jets scored 34 points in the second quarter. That's a team record.
Laveranues Coles caught three (3) TD passes in that second quarter. That too is a personal best.
The Jets are 2-2 and going into their bye-week. More importantly, Favre and the rest of the team looked to be on the same page today.
Week 5
The Upsets Return
Week 5 brought back memories of the 2007 season in which we seemed to see the #1 or #2 team getting beaten each week. Four of the Top 10 teams fell There could have been more but two were idle and one was playing (and beat) a higher ranked team (see #2 Georgia vs. #8 Alabama).
I opened last week’s listing of matchups with this line: “With many of the larger conferences getting into their conference schedule, the time is ripe for some upsets to begin appearing in the Sunday papers’ scoreboards.” Whoo-boy-howdy! Was it ever a week for upsets! Because of bye weeks (6) only 19 of the Top 25 played this week. Seven (7) of them lost to unranked or lower ranked teams. Three games matched two Top 25 teams against one another. (One resulted in an upset while the other two had the higher ranking team win.)
(Poll numbers are those of the teams entering Week 5. Rankings are from the AP Writers’ Poll/the Coaches Poll/CBSSports.com in that order. NR= Not Ranked)
1/1/1 Southern California The Trojans traveled up the coast to Corvallis, OR to play at Oregon State Thursday night and for the second time three years, they lost to the Beavers. The final was 27-21.
2/2/2 Oklahoma The Sooners hosted the Horned Frogs of #24 TCU. They beat them up 35-10.
3/3/3 Georgia The Bulldogs hosted the #8 Alabama Crimson Tide Saturday night. All the Georgia fans wore black. At the end of the game it was for mourning as the Tide rolled all over the Bulldogs by a score of 41-30. Believe me, it was not that close.
4/4/4 Florida The Gators hosted Ole Miss Saturday afternoon. By virtue of a blocked extra point, the Gators lost 31-30.
5/6/5 LSU The LSU Tigers hosted Mississippi State and won 34-24.
6/5/6 Missouri The Missouri Tigers (4-0) have the weekend off.
7/7/7 Texas The Longhorns played host to Arkansas Razorbacks. The Longhorns proved too much for Arkansas and came away 52-10 victors.
8/10/9 Alabama The Tide went down to #3 Georgia . They went home with a win (41-30).
9/8/8 Wisconsin The Badgers were on the road to play Michigan. They went home unhappy as they got beat 27-25.
10/9/11 Texas Tech The Red Raiders (4-0) had the weekend to relax.
11/11/10 Brigham Young The 4-0 Cougars had the weekend off.
12/12/16 Penn State The Nittany Lions played host to #22 Illinois. The Illini did not find Happy Valley so happy as they were beat by PSU 38-24.
13/14/15 South Florida The Bulls traveled up the coast to NC State where they improved to 5-0 with a 26-13 victory over NCSU.
14/13/13 Ohio State The Buckeyes hosted the undefeated Minnesota Gophers. (And doesn’t that sound weird!) OSU skinned ‘em 34-21. Now both teams are 4-1.
15/16/12 Auburn The Auburn Tigers hosted Tennessee. The Tigers beat the Volunteers 14-12.
16/15/14 Wake Forest The Demon Deacons hosted Navy. The Midshipmen were not intimidated and came away with the upset win 24-17.
17/17/18 Utah The Utes hosted Weber State this weekend. Utah won 37-21.
18/18/17 Kansas They Jayhawks (3-1) enjoyed an idle weekend.
19/20/19 Boise State The Broncos (3-0) had the weekend off.
20/19/21 Clemson The Tigers hosted Maryland. The Terps pulled off the upset 2017.
21/25/25 Vanderbilt The 4-0 Commodores had the week off.
22/21/23 Illinois The Illini travelled to Happy Valley to play #12 Penn State. It was rainy and sad. PSU won 38-24.
23/NR/20 East Carolina The Pirates hosted Houston and proved much to kind to the Cougars who went back to Texas with a 41-24 win.
24/23/NR TCU The Horned Frogs travelled to #2 Oklahoma. The Sooners won 35-10.
25/24/24 Fresno State The Bulldogs made a short hop over to LA to face UCLA. The Bulldogs beat the Bruins 36-31.
NR/22/NR Oregon The Ducks travelled to Pullman, WA to face Washington State. Wazzu proved to be no competition as the Ducks won 63-14.
NR/NR/22 Virginia Tech The Hokies travel west to square off against Nebraska. VT won by a score of 35-30.
I opened last week’s listing of matchups with this line: “With many of the larger conferences getting into their conference schedule, the time is ripe for some upsets to begin appearing in the Sunday papers’ scoreboards.” Whoo-boy-howdy! Was it ever a week for upsets! Because of bye weeks (6) only 19 of the Top 25 played this week. Seven (7) of them lost to unranked or lower ranked teams. Three games matched two Top 25 teams against one another. (One resulted in an upset while the other two had the higher ranking team win.)
(Poll numbers are those of the teams entering Week 5. Rankings are from the AP Writers’ Poll/the Coaches Poll/CBSSports.com in that order. NR= Not Ranked)
1/1/1 Southern California The Trojans traveled up the coast to Corvallis, OR to play at Oregon State Thursday night and for the second time three years, they lost to the Beavers. The final was 27-21.
2/2/2 Oklahoma The Sooners hosted the Horned Frogs of #24 TCU. They beat them up 35-10.
3/3/3 Georgia The Bulldogs hosted the #8 Alabama Crimson Tide Saturday night. All the Georgia fans wore black. At the end of the game it was for mourning as the Tide rolled all over the Bulldogs by a score of 41-30. Believe me, it was not that close.
4/4/4 Florida The Gators hosted Ole Miss Saturday afternoon. By virtue of a blocked extra point, the Gators lost 31-30.
5/6/5 LSU The LSU Tigers hosted Mississippi State and won 34-24.
6/5/6 Missouri The Missouri Tigers (4-0) have the weekend off.
7/7/7 Texas The Longhorns played host to Arkansas Razorbacks. The Longhorns proved too much for Arkansas and came away 52-10 victors.
8/10/9 Alabama The Tide went down to #3 Georgia . They went home with a win (41-30).
9/8/8 Wisconsin The Badgers were on the road to play Michigan. They went home unhappy as they got beat 27-25.
10/9/11 Texas Tech The Red Raiders (4-0) had the weekend to relax.
11/11/10 Brigham Young The 4-0 Cougars had the weekend off.
12/12/16 Penn State The Nittany Lions played host to #22 Illinois. The Illini did not find Happy Valley so happy as they were beat by PSU 38-24.
13/14/15 South Florida The Bulls traveled up the coast to NC State where they improved to 5-0 with a 26-13 victory over NCSU.
14/13/13 Ohio State The Buckeyes hosted the undefeated Minnesota Gophers. (And doesn’t that sound weird!) OSU skinned ‘em 34-21. Now both teams are 4-1.
15/16/12 Auburn The Auburn Tigers hosted Tennessee. The Tigers beat the Volunteers 14-12.
16/15/14 Wake Forest The Demon Deacons hosted Navy. The Midshipmen were not intimidated and came away with the upset win 24-17.
17/17/18 Utah The Utes hosted Weber State this weekend. Utah won 37-21.
18/18/17 Kansas They Jayhawks (3-1) enjoyed an idle weekend.
19/20/19 Boise State The Broncos (3-0) had the weekend off.
20/19/21 Clemson The Tigers hosted Maryland. The Terps pulled off the upset 2017.
21/25/25 Vanderbilt The 4-0 Commodores had the week off.
22/21/23 Illinois The Illini travelled to Happy Valley to play #12 Penn State. It was rainy and sad. PSU won 38-24.
23/NR/20 East Carolina The Pirates hosted Houston and proved much to kind to the Cougars who went back to Texas with a 41-24 win.
24/23/NR TCU The Horned Frogs travelled to #2 Oklahoma. The Sooners won 35-10.
25/24/24 Fresno State The Bulldogs made a short hop over to LA to face UCLA. The Bulldogs beat the Bruins 36-31.
NR/22/NR Oregon The Ducks travelled to Pullman, WA to face Washington State. Wazzu proved to be no competition as the Ducks won 63-14.
NR/NR/22 Virginia Tech The Hokies travel west to square off against Nebraska. VT won by a score of 35-30.
The Mets are toast.
Well, the Mets' season is over. They lost to the Fish 4-2 today while Milwaukee beat the Cubs 3-1.
Time for the front office to start putting together a plan for one hell of a lot better bullpen.
Congratulations to Jose Reyes, David Wright, and Carlos Delgado for they're great offensive seasons. (Although it would have helped more if Reyes and Delgado had started having that good year in April instead of May or June.)
Time for the front office to start putting together a plan for one hell of a lot better bullpen.
Congratulations to Jose Reyes, David Wright, and Carlos Delgado for they're great offensive seasons. (Although it would have helped more if Reyes and Delgado had started having that good year in April instead of May or June.)
More rain
It's a dreary morning here at the Aerie. It started raining again during the night and we woke to pretty heavy rain this morning with lots and lots of fog. There's little breeze to go with the rain and in checking the weather.com radar maps it seems as though the system is centered right over us. The clouds and rain are swirling counter-clockwise with Mansfield/Elmira as the center. The forecast calls for rain all morning with a chance of thunderstorms and accumulations from this bout running up to one inch or more.
I know we need the rain, but damn! There is such a thing as too much.
I know we need the rain, but damn! There is such a thing as too much.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Weigh in Saturday (3)
Still kinda blah.
I didn't lose and I didn't gain anything over last week. The scale still read 217 pounds.
I'm going to blame that on lack of exercise. Again. I really need to get off my butt and start a regular activity program to burn off the calories.
I didn't lose and I didn't gain anything over last week. The scale still read 217 pounds.
I'm going to blame that on lack of exercise. Again. I really need to get off my butt and start a regular activity program to burn off the calories.
Rain on 1890s Weekend
We got over an inch and a half of rain last week but could always use more...just not this particular weekend.
This weekend is the Fabulous 1890s Weekend in Mansfield. The town and University is celebrating the first night football game ever played. All kinds of activities were planned for yesterday and today so of course it rained.
There was to be a pep rally, bonfire and fireworks as well as a street fair last evening. Today the street fair continues and the University is making its debut in Sprint Football (players must be under 172 pounds) against Cornell. (The school dropped regular football after the 2006 season. Too costly and they were not terribly competitive. That is, they got their butt kicked on a regular basis.)
This evening is a reenactment of the first night game. The story is that they didn't even know it was the first when it occurred. There was a fair and the new fangled electric lights were on display so a bunch of college kids decided to showcase their new sport--football--by playing a game under the lights.
Now there's no doubting that we could use the rain and there were probably folks who have been hoping for rain, but just like any woman, Mother Nature works in some mighty mysterious ways. She has delivered the rain at a most inopportune time. A couple of days earlier or later would have been fine.
UPDATE: The may have lucked out a bit down in the valley. The rain showers stopped up here around noon and the sun even peeked between the clouds for a bit. Still, that's no guarantee that it's not pouring down at the University. When we go 1.6 inches of rain last week, the folks on the other side of Mansfield (just 8 miles away as the crow flies) got nothing at all.
This weekend is the Fabulous 1890s Weekend in Mansfield. The town and University is celebrating the first night football game ever played. All kinds of activities were planned for yesterday and today so of course it rained.
There was to be a pep rally, bonfire and fireworks as well as a street fair last evening. Today the street fair continues and the University is making its debut in Sprint Football (players must be under 172 pounds) against Cornell. (The school dropped regular football after the 2006 season. Too costly and they were not terribly competitive. That is, they got their butt kicked on a regular basis.)
This evening is a reenactment of the first night game. The story is that they didn't even know it was the first when it occurred. There was a fair and the new fangled electric lights were on display so a bunch of college kids decided to showcase their new sport--football--by playing a game under the lights.
Now there's no doubting that we could use the rain and there were probably folks who have been hoping for rain, but just like any woman, Mother Nature works in some mighty mysterious ways. She has delivered the rain at a most inopportune time. A couple of days earlier or later would have been fine.
UPDATE: The may have lucked out a bit down in the valley. The rain showers stopped up here around noon and the sun even peeked between the clouds for a bit. Still, that's no guarantee that it's not pouring down at the University. When we go 1.6 inches of rain last week, the folks on the other side of Mansfield (just 8 miles away as the crow flies) got nothing at all.
Boiling Down the Tomato Puree
We finished up last night after processing all 2+ bushels of tomatoes and actually getting 7 quarts of thickened tomato sauce canned. That left two huge stock pots (16 and 20 quarts)of processed tomato puree yet to be boiled down to the desired thickness and canned.
I put the 16 quart pot on the stove this morning and promptly scorched the bottom layers into charcoal. Note to self: Stainless steel stock pots are great holding tanks but should NOT be used for boiling/thickening any sauce. That's what the copper bottomed Revereware pots are for. After carefully ladling the sauce from the stock pot into the two 8 quart Revereware pots, I've been skimming out the little charcoal bits. It's like panning for gold.
This should get us 7 more quarts of canned tomato sauce. And then we will move on to the 20 quart stock pot for the final batch.
Why the desire to have so many jars of tomato sauce? Because Terry makes the best spaghetti sauce I've ever tasted. Two quarts of this tomato sauce will be used to make a batch of spaghetti sauce with garlic, onions, ground venison and/or sausage, and a mix of herbs and spices that can be used for half a dozen meals. That's straight spaghetti, lasagna or any number of other dishes. That's good eats! (Now all I have to do is get myself a deer or three.)
UPDATE: We ended up with 28 quarts of tomato sauce plus enough for Terry to make a big batch of spaghetti sauce. Seven jars are already boxed while 21 are sitting on the counter cooling down. Every single one of them sealed like they're supposed to. Tomorrow they too will get boxed and put into storage in the basement.
I put the 16 quart pot on the stove this morning and promptly scorched the bottom layers into charcoal. Note to self: Stainless steel stock pots are great holding tanks but should NOT be used for boiling/thickening any sauce. That's what the copper bottomed Revereware pots are for. After carefully ladling the sauce from the stock pot into the two 8 quart Revereware pots, I've been skimming out the little charcoal bits. It's like panning for gold.
This should get us 7 more quarts of canned tomato sauce. And then we will move on to the 20 quart stock pot for the final batch.
Why the desire to have so many jars of tomato sauce? Because Terry makes the best spaghetti sauce I've ever tasted. Two quarts of this tomato sauce will be used to make a batch of spaghetti sauce with garlic, onions, ground venison and/or sausage, and a mix of herbs and spices that can be used for half a dozen meals. That's straight spaghetti, lasagna or any number of other dishes. That's good eats! (Now all I have to do is get myself a deer or three.)
UPDATE: We ended up with 28 quarts of tomato sauce plus enough for Terry to make a big batch of spaghetti sauce. Seven jars are already boxed while 21 are sitting on the counter cooling down. Every single one of them sealed like they're supposed to. Tomorrow they too will get boxed and put into storage in the basement.
Friday, September 26, 2008
More Food Canning
We got a real good deal on some plumb tomatoes at a local center today. Terry and I had been looking for someone who might be selling bushel baskets of tomatoes for canning purposes but we were having no luck until she happened to spy a small, not very reputable looking stand on old Route 15 south of Covington. She didn't stop but mentioned it to me and I thought I'd see what the guy had in stock.
Well, inside a shed with tarps as sides, he had a couple dozen boxes of plumb tomatoes but they had no price. I asked what he wanted for the 1/2-bushel box and he said $3.00 since it was getting late and there were some damaged tomatoes in each box. Well that sounded pretty good to me so I picked up two.
When I got home and started to rinse them off, I found there wasn't a bad tomato in the bunch. A few were bruised but that could be cut out. I suggested to Terry that she go back and pick up two more boxes when she went down for the church dinner. (I would stay home and start working on these.)
She came back with 2 and 1/2 boxes. The seller told her one of the boxes she picked out "looked a little low so here, take this half box too."
We've (by "We've" I mean mostly "I've") been boiling water and making tomato sauce like crazy. There's enough to make over 24 quarts easy. I won't finish all of it tonight (heck, I'll have to get some more quart jars out of the basement and wash them before I'm done), but I'll let you know how we make out tomorrow.
Well, inside a shed with tarps as sides, he had a couple dozen boxes of plumb tomatoes but they had no price. I asked what he wanted for the 1/2-bushel box and he said $3.00 since it was getting late and there were some damaged tomatoes in each box. Well that sounded pretty good to me so I picked up two.
When I got home and started to rinse them off, I found there wasn't a bad tomato in the bunch. A few were bruised but that could be cut out. I suggested to Terry that she go back and pick up two more boxes when she went down for the church dinner. (I would stay home and start working on these.)
She came back with 2 and 1/2 boxes. The seller told her one of the boxes she picked out "looked a little low so here, take this half box too."
We've (by "We've" I mean mostly "I've") been boiling water and making tomato sauce like crazy. There's enough to make over 24 quarts easy. I won't finish all of it tonight (heck, I'll have to get some more quart jars out of the basement and wash them before I'm done), but I'll let you know how we make out tomorrow.
Wild west! PAC 10/National Ranks shaken up
While I was following the Mets-Cubs game (and then the Pirates-Brewers) on the internet, there was a football game played in Corvallis, Oregon.
No. 1 USC came to town and squared off against the unranked Ducks of Oregon State.
The final score was 27-21 in favor of the Ducks who went into the game 25-point underdogs. I'd say it was a major upset, except the same thing happened two years ago when the Ducks ended USCs long undefeated string. Granted, back in 2006 the Trojans were only ranked #3, but....
It was the Rodgers bothers that made the difference. Older, bigger brother James, caught two TD passes while younger, smaller brother Jacquizz hid behind the lineman and bounced off tacklers to rush for 185 yards and two TDs of his own.
The Ducks opened up a 21-0 halftime lead, allowed USC to score 14 points before Greg Laybourn intercepted a USC pass to set up a Duck's drive that ended in the final Jacquizz Rodgers 2-yard, TD run to make the score 27-14.
For the full story, go here.
No. 1 USC came to town and squared off against the unranked Ducks of Oregon State.
The final score was 27-21 in favor of the Ducks who went into the game 25-point underdogs. I'd say it was a major upset, except the same thing happened two years ago when the Ducks ended USCs long undefeated string. Granted, back in 2006 the Trojans were only ranked #3, but....
It was the Rodgers bothers that made the difference. Older, bigger brother James, caught two TD passes while younger, smaller brother Jacquizz hid behind the lineman and bounced off tacklers to rush for 185 yards and two TDs of his own.
The Ducks opened up a 21-0 halftime lead, allowed USC to score 14 points before Greg Laybourn intercepted a USC pass to set up a Duck's drive that ended in the final Jacquizz Rodgers 2-yard, TD run to make the score 27-14.
For the full story, go here.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Whew-hee! Baseball ain't dull!
Well the Metsies pulled one out of their a$$es tonight.
They scored once in the seventh, twice in the eighth, and once more in the ninth to win 7-6. Carlos Beltran got the walk-off single to drive in the winning run.
The victory moves the Mets to within 1 game of the idle Phillies in the race for the NL East title with each team having three games to play.
In the Wild Card race where the Mets and Brewers were tied going into tonight, well...the Pirates and brewers were tied 1-1 going into the bottom of the 10th inning. The Brewers got something going and loaded the bases with two outs when Ryan Braun hit a grand slam walk-off home run for a Milwaukee 5-1 victory. That victory allows the Brewers to keep pace with the Mets. Both teams are tied with three games to play.
This weekend:
The Phils play three against the Nationals in Philly.
The Mets play thee at Shea against the Marlins.
The Brewers play three against the Cubs in Milwaukee.
Mother Nature plans rain for the two cities on the east coast that do not have roofs on their stadiums like Milwaukee's.
One game playoff day is Monday. (And maybe Tuesday if things are really, really weird.)
They scored once in the seventh, twice in the eighth, and once more in the ninth to win 7-6. Carlos Beltran got the walk-off single to drive in the winning run.
The victory moves the Mets to within 1 game of the idle Phillies in the race for the NL East title with each team having three games to play.
In the Wild Card race where the Mets and Brewers were tied going into tonight, well...the Pirates and brewers were tied 1-1 going into the bottom of the 10th inning. The Brewers got something going and loaded the bases with two outs when Ryan Braun hit a grand slam walk-off home run for a Milwaukee 5-1 victory. That victory allows the Brewers to keep pace with the Mets. Both teams are tied with three games to play.
This weekend:
The Phils play three against the Nationals in Philly.
The Mets play thee at Shea against the Marlins.
The Brewers play three against the Cubs in Milwaukee.
Mother Nature plans rain for the two cities on the east coast that do not have roofs on their stadiums like Milwaukee's.
One game playoff day is Monday. (And maybe Tuesday if things are really, really weird.)
Some Political Thoughts and Rambles
As I read several conservative blogs that allow comments, I've noticed that there are one or two, sometimes three, commenters who are there only to seemingly monitor the web site and leave comments defending Obama (seldom Biden) and attacking McCain and Palin. They usually do so only on the posts by the blogger(s) that bring up something Obama has said or done or has said he will do.
Often, commenters will use very similar language on different sites. When the comments carry a name it's possible to tell if they are different people. Often they are the ubiquitous Anonymous. These folks are either well versed in the Obama talking points or are getting direction from somewhere.
Sometimes these comments are amusing to read in the "I can't believe he said that" kind of way. Sometimes you just want to reach out and touch someone...if you know what I mean. At the very, very least you want to grab the person by the shoulders and shake them so as to break the trance they are obviously under.
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I've received emails from birding friends that obviously originated from either Huffpo (the Huffington Post) or the Obama camp (or both as they are sometimes indistinguishable). As the person(s) doing the forwarding have also been volunteering for Obama at the county fair and even at the local Obama office, I would not be surprised to learn they are on the mailing list for action alerts.
I found it embarrassing when this person forwarded a screed about Sarah Palin that was penned by the author of The Vagina Monologues. You may have seen it, it's the letter about having nightmares and how Palin has personally killed 40 caribou at a clip and shot 100 wolves from the air and will cause women to lose everything they have worked so hard to gain. I read it and had to read it again because I couldn't believe what it purported to say.
I wanted to ask by friend if she was that effing stupid to forward such a piece of obvious trash. I didn't. But I should have. I assumed she just didn't read the piece before clicking forward and adding her personal little message at the top. (Which may have not been so personal as I've seen the same little note as the intro to someone else's email. This women was an elementary school principal in California (which may be where the problem originates). She has a degree and certification to teach Spanish. I thought she wasn't stupid. Now I'm not sure.
Often, commenters will use very similar language on different sites. When the comments carry a name it's possible to tell if they are different people. Often they are the ubiquitous Anonymous. These folks are either well versed in the Obama talking points or are getting direction from somewhere.
Sometimes these comments are amusing to read in the "I can't believe he said that" kind of way. Sometimes you just want to reach out and touch someone...if you know what I mean. At the very, very least you want to grab the person by the shoulders and shake them so as to break the trance they are obviously under.
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I've received emails from birding friends that obviously originated from either Huffpo (the Huffington Post) or the Obama camp (or both as they are sometimes indistinguishable). As the person(s) doing the forwarding have also been volunteering for Obama at the county fair and even at the local Obama office, I would not be surprised to learn they are on the mailing list for action alerts.
I found it embarrassing when this person forwarded a screed about Sarah Palin that was penned by the author of The Vagina Monologues. You may have seen it, it's the letter about having nightmares and how Palin has personally killed 40 caribou at a clip and shot 100 wolves from the air and will cause women to lose everything they have worked so hard to gain. I read it and had to read it again because I couldn't believe what it purported to say.
I wanted to ask by friend if she was that effing stupid to forward such a piece of obvious trash. I didn't. But I should have. I assumed she just didn't read the piece before clicking forward and adding her personal little message at the top. (Which may have not been so personal as I've seen the same little note as the intro to someone else's email. This women was an elementary school principal in California (which may be where the problem originates). She has a degree and certification to teach Spanish. I thought she wasn't stupid. Now I'm not sure.
Aerie Bulb Planting (& Guests drop in)
Terry and I spent the afternoon planting bulbs from Burpee's that I ordered. This was the Woodland Wildflower mix that included some tulips (which Terry planted in a sunnier spot), daffodils, grape hyacinths and others. I raked away the leaf litter on the hillside behind the bird feeders and moved some of the surface rocks out of the way. Then Terry tried to dig down a few inches to deposit clusters of bulbs here and there. After a time, I went to digging some of the holes using a garden spade. Lots and lots of roots and small stones to contend with but we got all 150 bulbs in the ground. Now all we have to do is wait for some fall rains to get the roots started, the tree leaves to fall to act as an insulating cover blanket and then the warm days of early spring to see if we are successful in getting a bit more color on the hill in the spring.
After dinner I was sitting in the living room when I saw a positively huge bird fly past the window and crash land in the right of way. I jumped up and went to the porch door to see if I could spot it and just then a second and third turkey glided into the trees on the other side of the power line. One made a most ungraceful landing and crashed down almost halfway before it caught onto a branch and steadied itself. These are the first wild turkeys we've seen since the week before the spring season. They'll probably tease me by coming to the feeders for the next two weeks and then disappear again when the fall season (either sex) rolls around.
After dinner I was sitting in the living room when I saw a positively huge bird fly past the window and crash land in the right of way. I jumped up and went to the porch door to see if I could spot it and just then a second and third turkey glided into the trees on the other side of the power line. One made a most ungraceful landing and crashed down almost halfway before it caught onto a branch and steadied itself. These are the first wild turkeys we've seen since the week before the spring season. They'll probably tease me by coming to the feeders for the next two weeks and then disappear again when the fall season (either sex) rolls around.
Waaa! Make them stop!
Ma, they're doing bad things again! Make them stop!
No, I'm not talking politics. It's the farookin' Mets.
Last night the Mets started Oliver Perez (a worrisome enough tidbit). After Perez gave up a solo homerun (one of his specialties) the Mets "stormed" back in the third inning with 5 runs on 2 (!) hits including a Carlos Delgado grand slam. But Perez couldn't hold a 4 run lead if his life depended upon it. He gave it back and the bull pen tacked on another to put the Mets down 6-5.
By worse, they mean WORSE! As in harikari worse. With the score tied at 6-all, the Mets got a lead off triple by Dan Murphy in the bottom of the ninth...and did not score. The bull pen followed that by giving up three runs in the top of the 10th inning and the Mets lost 9-6.
Heck, you can read about hit here: Mets fail to close out Cubs, lose game.
Why does this feel like freakin' Groundhog Day?
The Phillies lost but the Brewers won. The Brewers and Mets are now tied in the Wild Card chase. The Mets remain 1 1/2 games back of Philadelphia. The odd game will be erased after today as the Phils have the day off while the Cubs and Mets go at it again tonight--weather permitting.
I wonder how Willie Randolph feels right about now?
If Jerry Manuel (who said after the game: "When tomorrow comes, hopefully the sun comes up. It might not." ) is offered the managerial post full time, he should first ask what's happening with the pitching. Especially the bull pen. Pedro should be released and Perez should be allowed to walk on his free agent year. (Good luck, don't let the door hit you in the a$$, etc., etc.) There are a few guys (el Duque) that are still lingering on the DL who need to be pink slipped. As for the bull pen... Explosives should be used. Personally, I think they should all be used to set improve the soil in the tomato garden in Citi Park. Remember the garden they used to have out there? Makes me wonder what John Franco is doing.
Oh, and send Castillo and Alou packing. Murphy seems to be the real thing. Not a lot of home run power but that will come. A. Reyes may not be able to hit but his defense and attitude are 150% better than L. Castillo at second base.
No, I'm not talking politics. It's the farookin' Mets.
Last night the Mets started Oliver Perez (a worrisome enough tidbit). After Perez gave up a solo homerun (one of his specialties) the Mets "stormed" back in the third inning with 5 runs on 2 (!) hits including a Carlos Delgado grand slam. But Perez couldn't hold a 4 run lead if his life depended upon it. He gave it back and the bull pen tacked on another to put the Mets down 6-5.
New York stranded seven runners in the seventh through ninth innings. The Mets failed to score after putting runners at the corners with no outs in the seventh, then got only one run -- on Jeff Samardzija's bases-loaded walk to Ramon Martinez -- after putting runners at the corners with no outs in the eighth. The ninth was even worse.
By worse, they mean WORSE! As in harikari worse. With the score tied at 6-all, the Mets got a lead off triple by Dan Murphy in the bottom of the ninth...and did not score. The bull pen followed that by giving up three runs in the top of the 10th inning and the Mets lost 9-6.
Heck, you can read about hit here: Mets fail to close out Cubs, lose game.
Why does this feel like freakin' Groundhog Day?
The Phillies lost but the Brewers won. The Brewers and Mets are now tied in the Wild Card chase. The Mets remain 1 1/2 games back of Philadelphia. The odd game will be erased after today as the Phils have the day off while the Cubs and Mets go at it again tonight--weather permitting.
I wonder how Willie Randolph feels right about now?
If Jerry Manuel (who said after the game: "When tomorrow comes, hopefully the sun comes up. It might not." ) is offered the managerial post full time, he should first ask what's happening with the pitching. Especially the bull pen. Pedro should be released and Perez should be allowed to walk on his free agent year. (Good luck, don't let the door hit you in the a$$, etc., etc.) There are a few guys (el Duque) that are still lingering on the DL who need to be pink slipped. As for the bull pen... Explosives should be used. Personally, I think they should all be used to set improve the soil in the tomato garden in Citi Park. Remember the garden they used to have out there? Makes me wonder what John Franco is doing.
Oh, and send Castillo and Alou packing. Murphy seems to be the real thing. Not a lot of home run power but that will come. A. Reyes may not be able to hit but his defense and attitude are 150% better than L. Castillo at second base.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Applesauce!
Yesterday I picked up a half bushel of Cortland apples. They are great to eat on their own but they also can be used in cakes and pies and applesauce. I don't have any pictures of the apple cake that Terry made yesterday, we ate it.
I can provide you with pictures of the applesauce I made this evening. The most difficult--and boring part of the job is coring and cutting up the apples so as to cook them. I did a little at a time because of the limited number of pints (7) the canning pot can handle.
I put one cup of water in the pot for each quart of apple slices and then cooked them until nice and soft. You'll notice that the apples still have their skins. Once they were nice and soft, I used this food mill to process the soft apples the sauce comes out one side after being forced through a screen and the skins come out on another.
Leaving the skins on produces a nice pink color. I asked Terry to taste and add sugar if she saw fit before I warmed the sauce again and then put it in sterilized pint jars. The final product is some delicious applesauce. I completed 18 pints of applesauce.
And Julie spent some of the time in her little basket on top of the counter watching me work.
I can provide you with pictures of the applesauce I made this evening. The most difficult--and boring part of the job is coring and cutting up the apples so as to cook them. I did a little at a time because of the limited number of pints (7) the canning pot can handle.
I put one cup of water in the pot for each quart of apple slices and then cooked them until nice and soft. You'll notice that the apples still have their skins. Once they were nice and soft, I used this food mill to process the soft apples the sauce comes out one side after being forced through a screen and the skins come out on another.
Leaving the skins on produces a nice pink color. I asked Terry to taste and add sugar if she saw fit before I warmed the sauce again and then put it in sterilized pint jars. The final product is some delicious applesauce. I completed 18 pints of applesauce.
And Julie spent some of the time in her little basket on top of the counter watching me work.
Week 5 approaches.
Week 5 begins Thursday night with #1 USC vs. Oregon State. With many of the larger conferences getting into their conference schedule, the time is ripe for some upsets to begin appearing in the Sunday papers’ scoreboards. Let’s take a look at the rankings and opponents for Week 5.
(Poll numbers are those of the teams entering Week 5. The pre-Week 4 rankings are after the team’s name. Rankings are from the AP Writers’ Poll/the Coaches Poll/CBSSports.com in that order. NR= Not Ranked)
1/1/1 Southern California (1/1/1) The Trojans travel up the coast to play at Oregon State Beavers Thursday night.
2/2/2 Oklahoma (2/2/2) The Sooners host #24 TCU.
3/3/3 Georgia (3/3/3) The Bulldogs host #8 Alabama Saturday night in what should be an excellent game.
4/4/4 Florida (4/4/4) The Gators host Ole Miss.
5/6/5 LSU (6/6/6) The LSU Tigers host Mississippi State.
6/5/6 Missouri (5/5/5) The Missouri Tigers (4-0) have the weekend off.
7/7/7 Texas (7/7/8) The Longhorns play host to Arkansas.
8/10/9 Alabama (9/13/13) The Tide rolls into #3 Georgia .
9/8/8 Wisconsin (8/8/9) The Badgers are on the road to play Michigan.
10/9/11 Texas Tech (11/10/11) The Red Raiders (4-0) have the weekend to relax.
11/11/10 Brigham Young (14/11/10) The 4-0 Cougars have the weekend off.
12/12/16 Penn State (16/15/18) The Nittany Lions play host to #22 Illinois.
13/14/15 South Florida (12/16/17) The Bulls are on the road to NC State.
14/13/13 Ohio State (13/14/12) The Buckeyes host Minnesota.
15/16/12 Auburn (10/9/7) The Auburn Tigers host Tennesee.
16/15/14 Wake Forest (18/18/14) The Demon Deacons host Navy.
17/17/18 Utah (20/20/20) The Utes host Weber State this weekend.
18/18/17 Kansas (19/19/19) They Jayhawks (3-1) have an idle weekend ahead.
19/20/19 Boise State (NR/NR/NR) The Broncos (3-0) have the week off.
20/19/21 Clemson (23/21/22) Clemson hosts Maryland.
21/25/25 Vanderbilt (NR/NR/NR) The 4-0 Commodores have the week off.
22/21/23 Illinois (22/23/23) The Illini travel to Happy Valley to play #12 Penn State.
23/NR/20 East Carolina (15/17/16) The Pirates host Houston.
24/23/NR TCU (NR/NR/NR) The Horned Frogs (is there a better nickname than that?) travel to #2 Oklahoma.
25/24/24 Fresno State (25/NR/24) The Bulldogs make a short hop over to LA to face UCLA.
NR/22/NR Oregon (17/12/15) The Ducks travel to Pullman, WA to face Washington State.
NR/NR/22 Virginia Tech (NR/NR/25) The Hokies travel west to face Nebraska.
(Poll numbers are those of the teams entering Week 5. The pre-Week 4 rankings are after the team’s name. Rankings are from the AP Writers’ Poll/the Coaches Poll/CBSSports.com in that order. NR= Not Ranked)
1/1/1 Southern California (1/1/1) The Trojans travel up the coast to play at Oregon State Beavers Thursday night.
2/2/2 Oklahoma (2/2/2) The Sooners host #24 TCU.
3/3/3 Georgia (3/3/3) The Bulldogs host #8 Alabama Saturday night in what should be an excellent game.
4/4/4 Florida (4/4/4) The Gators host Ole Miss.
5/6/5 LSU (6/6/6) The LSU Tigers host Mississippi State.
6/5/6 Missouri (5/5/5) The Missouri Tigers (4-0) have the weekend off.
7/7/7 Texas (7/7/8) The Longhorns play host to Arkansas.
8/10/9 Alabama (9/13/13) The Tide rolls into #3 Georgia .
9/8/8 Wisconsin (8/8/9) The Badgers are on the road to play Michigan.
10/9/11 Texas Tech (11/10/11) The Red Raiders (4-0) have the weekend to relax.
11/11/10 Brigham Young (14/11/10) The 4-0 Cougars have the weekend off.
12/12/16 Penn State (16/15/18) The Nittany Lions play host to #22 Illinois.
13/14/15 South Florida (12/16/17) The Bulls are on the road to NC State.
14/13/13 Ohio State (13/14/12) The Buckeyes host Minnesota.
15/16/12 Auburn (10/9/7) The Auburn Tigers host Tennesee.
16/15/14 Wake Forest (18/18/14) The Demon Deacons host Navy.
17/17/18 Utah (20/20/20) The Utes host Weber State this weekend.
18/18/17 Kansas (19/19/19) They Jayhawks (3-1) have an idle weekend ahead.
19/20/19 Boise State (NR/NR/NR) The Broncos (3-0) have the week off.
20/19/21 Clemson (23/21/22) Clemson hosts Maryland.
21/25/25 Vanderbilt (NR/NR/NR) The 4-0 Commodores have the week off.
22/21/23 Illinois (22/23/23) The Illini travel to Happy Valley to play #12 Penn State.
23/NR/20 East Carolina (15/17/16) The Pirates host Houston.
24/23/NR TCU (NR/NR/NR) The Horned Frogs (is there a better nickname than that?) travel to #2 Oklahoma.
25/24/24 Fresno State (25/NR/24) The Bulldogs make a short hop over to LA to face UCLA.
NR/22/NR Oregon (17/12/15) The Ducks travel to Pullman, WA to face Washington State.
NR/NR/22 Virginia Tech (NR/NR/25) The Hokies travel west to face Nebraska.
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