The Big 5 College Football Games of the Weekend

5. UConn Huskies at Virginia Cavaliers
This is an odd pick, but still the teams are a combined 10-1 for the season (Really is 9-2, Uconn Lost to Temple). Both teams have had, for the most part, cake schedules. So which one will prove to be the phony first, or is one team actually for real this season? The Pick: Huskies I guess?

4. Louisiana State Tigers at Kentucky Wildcats
Most would probably put this as the biggest game of the weekend. I however will not. I do not see anyway that the Wildcats defeat the best team in the country regardless of whether or not its in the Bayou or Lexington. The Pick: LSU Rolls

4. Wisconsin Badgers at Penn St. Nittany Lions
Let's just call this the over-rated preseason Big 10 bowl game. Loser is completely out of the mix for the Big 10 title if Penn St. hasn't already eliminated itself. A couple of weeks ago people might have thought this game would make or break the Big 10 season. Now? Not so much. The Pick: Joe Pa's boys end the Badgers hopes

3. Purdon't Boilermakers at Michigan Wolverines
The Wolverines have beaten one moderately good team this year in Penn St. The rest of their performances have been poor at best. If they can knock off Purdon't perhaps they have a chance at being a Big 10 contender. If they can't, well then Lloyd should be expecting his papers shortly. The Pick: I can't see the Wolverines losing to Purdon't

1. Missouri Tigers at Oklahoma Sooners
The Sooners have an outside chance at the National Championship game if they manage to run the table, while the Tigers are attempting to prove that they are in fact for real. If the Tigers do somehow manage to get out of Norman with a victory than they should immediately be thrust into the legitimate BCS title game contenders list. The Pick: The Tigers get Tamed

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M E T S = Mercifully End The Season

Do it before David Wright gets Hurt!

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Numbers On Steroids: Mickey Mantle

Numbers on Steroids is a look at baseball players during the 90s to see if anything screams out at you. This week it's throwing a curve ball and looking at All Time Great Yankees. Players that we know did not take steroids to see if this gives a defense to any of the players 'convicted' by Numbers on Steroids. Time to look at my dad's favorite athlete of all time, Mickey Mantle. Averages Say: What's with the mysterious dip at 27 and then the uptick? At Bats Per Home Run Says: That's a mighty jump from 22 to 24 Explaining As If It Was the 90s If you take a look at the numbers there are two time frames which in the 1990s would be questioned. First would be the incredible leap he took from his first year in the big leagues to his first MVP season in 1956. His batting average jumped 50 points. His slugging percentage jumped 90 points and he hit 15 more homers than his previous high. This wouldn't merrit a conviction nowadays though because the young age he...

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This Is Why the New York Mets Can't Win Anymore

It's pretty simple why the Mets can't win games anymore and are morphing into the second worst team in the National League, they can't score runs. The below chart shows exactly whats happenned to their offensive output since each of the major devastating injuries. The blue line shows runs scored for each game through out the season. The pink line shows the average runs the Mets scored when they had everyone, the yellow when they were missing Delgado, the light blue when they were missing Delgado and Reyes, and finally the purple when they were missing Delgado, Reyes and Beltran. In the abscence of Reyes, Delgado and Beltran the Mets are averaging barely over 3 runs per game. In stark contrast, with everyone on the roster the Mets were scoring just over 5 runs per game. That's a wholesale difference and why their roster now equals a lot of losses and a day by day progression further out of a playoff spot.

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