The Big 5 College Football Games of the Weekend

5. Ohio St. Buckeyes at Washington Huskies
2 to Nothing that is the total wins for Tyrone versus Charlie. 1 to Nothing that is in wins over top 25 teams this season. The Buckeyes looked piss poor last weekend on offense during the first half and Washington has looked good over the first two games this season so it should be more competitive than one would have thought when the schedule opened up. The Pick: Buckeyes pull away in the 4th

4. Boston College Eagles at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
And the ACC continues with its early season, big time, in conference matchups. BC apparently wanted to get off to a running start with their conference games and are already 2-0 within the ACC. Matt Ryan has been terrific for the Eagles over their first two games and if the Eagles win this game they will be well ahead of everyone in the ACC and on the way towards their first Conference Championship. The Pick: BC Eagles

3. Arkansas Razorbacks at Alabama Crimson Tide
And the SEC gauntlet re-begins now for Nick Saban. His first important matchup with the Tide comes in a home bout versus the Razorbacks and their Heisman Hopeful do-everything Darren McFadden. It will certainly be interesting to see what kind of Magic Saban can muster this season and this matchup will be an interesting watch on Saturday. The Pick: Arkansas Sneaks by on McFadden's Back

2. Tennessee Volunteers at Florida Gators
Time to see if the Gators this season have replenished their defense this season as well as many think they have. After a few opening cupcakes the Gators get to play host to Fulmer's Pastel Orange Weenies. In addition this will be Tim Tebow's first big time matchup as the fulltime Gator Quarterback. Saturday will be a big step towards shaping the 2007 SEC Season. The Pick: Gators Eat Up Fat Fulmer

1. Southern California Trojans at Nebraska Cornhuskers
After last weeks thromping of VaTech many voters threw LSU ahead of USC in the voting. USC now has their platform to match LSU. On the road against a re-stocked classic program who could contend for the Big 12 crown, an impressive victory could get some of those votes back. The Pick: Southern Cal Shows Why They are Ranked #1

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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