HAPPY HALLOWEEN

! Like the man said, "BOO!"

This kid, who now attends the University of Hawaii, is trying to transfer to the University of Cameron Crazies.

He'd fit right in, yes?

UNC #1 IN ESPN/USA TODAY PRE-SEASON POLL

!Shocking!!!

North Carolina will begin the 2007-2008 season as the #1 team in the seasons' first ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll. The Tar Heels eeked by #2 UCLA by just five votes ... and actually earned less first place votes [10 to 12] than the Bruins. Memphis, Kansas and Georgetown, who beat UNC in the Elite 8 last year, round out the top five.

Duke re-enters the poll at #11 after going unranked at the end of last season.

NC State comes in at #24. Clemson [#29], Virginia [#43] and Maryland [#52] also received votes.

ANDY MEET JONATHON, JONATHON MEET ANDY

!Fifteen minutes? How about a rock solid 48 hours.

From the New York Times:

Jonathan Wiener is a sophomore English major who enjoys William Faulkner novels. He is comfortable with bursts of words and long, descriptive paragraphs.

So when Wiener’s narrative skills were put to a test Saturday in a football broadcast booth, he was prepared. For a young man with broadcasting ambitions, it was the pop quiz from heaven.

“I can’t think of anything better in the world than watching football and talking about it,” Wiener, 20, said in a telephone interview yesterday. “It was only one of the most improbable plays in college football history.”

Wiener, a student at Trinity University in San Antonio, was the play-by-play announcer for the Division III college football game between Trinity and Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss. Now here's the rest of the story: Wiener, is from Jackson, and a Murrah High graduate who lives five minutes from Millsaps.

Go figure. "My childhood dream has always been to be on ESPN calling football games," said Wiener Monday. "So there it is."

He was part of a four-man crew with only one camera in a telecast seen live only over the Internet.

TRINITY FOR PRESIDENT

! OK, maybe not President, but vote for them for the Pontiac Game Changing Performance – they deserve it.

You must admit, with a play that brought back memories of the 1982 California-Stanford game, the Division III Trinity Tigers delivered one of the most unbelievable plays of the 2007 NCAA college football season. In fact, some might say the most unbelievable play ever…

Now it is up to you to determine if the Tigers earned the “Pontiac Game Changing Performance” for the ninth week of the 2007 NCAA Football Season. Go to www.pontiac.com/ncaa and vote.

Voting ends at midnight on Wednesday. ESPN will announce this week’s “Pontiac Game Changing Performance” winner, on Thursday night, during the Pontiac Performance Halftime Report.

The winning university earns a $5,000 contribution from Pontiac to their general scholarship fund. Additionally, the winning play will be nominated for the “Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the Year” and the chance to win a $100,000 General Scholarship from Pontiac.

DUKE ALL TRICKS NO TREATS

!Halloween seems like the appropriate time to once again point out the terminal ineptitude that is Duke football.

The last time Duke won an ACC regular season football game Syd Barrett was still alive.

It was November 13, 2004 – a 16-13 win over Clemson in front of a teeming throng of 24,718 at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham.

Shame on you, Clemson.

Shame on you.

Mr. Anderson, check out: http://www.sydbarrett.net/images/webb/rem1.gif

THE FIRST CAMERON CRAZY

! This dapper fellow attended the 1942 Rose Bowl which was played in Durham...Yes, we said "Rose Bowl."

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in early December 1941, Duke was scheduled to play Oregon State January 1, 1942 in the Rose Bowl. Officials in Pasadena thought the game unsafe and were on schedule to cancel it. The folks from Durham stepped up and volunteered to host the game.

According to the Duke Archives: "The transplanted Rose Bowl game was played in Durham on January 1. Borrowed bleachers from the University of North Carolina and NC State boosted stadium capacity from 35,000 to 55,000 spectators. A flood of East Coast sportswriters descended upon Durham for their first Rose Bowl while only a single writer came from southern California. The heavily favored Duke team lost on a cold, rainy day to an underestimated defensive team that successfully protected an early lead. Coach Wade later stated he spent too much time being host and too little time preparing the team. He also gave the team several days off to go home for Christmas."

It's interesting to note -- and perhaps is it a classic display of "football indifference" -- the lengthy article about the transplanted 1942 Rose Bowl in the Duke Archives NEVER mentions the actual score of the game.

Don't be alarmed. Duke lost: 20-16.

DESPERATION, WE COLOR YE DUKE BLUE

!There’s desperation, and then there’s desperation. Let’s call this “internal desperation…”

Back in early October, according to the Duke Chroncile – chronicler of all things Duke:

“The football team has turned to the student body for a kicker. Unhappy with the Blue Devils' 20 percent field goal conversion rate, head coach Ted Roof invited several athletes not in season to showcase their kicking talents. The next day, The Chronicle ran an ad that extended the invitation to the entire student body. Game on…

We can dream of taking the field for a revenue team, but dreams can only take us so far. We know that we will never make a 40-foot runner to force overtime against North Carolina on ESPN2. We know that we will never elude tacklers and flip into the end zone for a touchdown. But kicking is different. How hard can kicking be?

The job is simple: jog, kick, stare and either celebrate or cry. It's like third-grade soccer…”

Evidently, pretty damn hard. The kid's "kick" in the picture above was "wide right." ...And that's in the Band Room with no wind.

Perhaps you recall that back in 1997, the Blue Devils were sued by Heather Sue Mercer when she was cut from the team in spite of her ability to consistently kick 43 yard field goals. The coach, who encouraged her to “try beauty pageants or something” (We bet that went over well in court), insisted that she be able consistently make 48 yarders. Mercer was awarded $1 in compensatory damages and $2 million in punitive damages!

Where is Mercer (center) and her 43 yard field goals now, when the Devils need her?

IT'S A RECRUITING THING...

! Hey, they didn't always suck! They had Sonny Jurgensen. For his career at Duke, Jurgensen was 77 of 156 for 1,119 yards and six touchdowns. He also managed to rush for 243 yards on 99 carries and intercept 10 passes as a defensive back. He also helped lead the Blue Devils to a 34-7 victory over Nebraska in the 1955 Orange Bowl.

In 1957, he was drafted in the fourth round by the Philadelphia Eagles. He was eventually traded to Washington and ended up in the Pro-Football Hall of Fame with over 32,000 passing yards.

The coach back then -- Bill Murray -- enjoyed a 15-year tenure in Durham producing one Southern Conference and seven ACC championships, three major bowl bids and a record of 93-51-9.

Like the Tar Heels, we believe the face masks screwed them up...

When the coeds could no longer see the players' faces becuase of the facemasks recruiting tailed off -- evidenced by these two Duke commitments from the early 1960's...

PICTURE OF THE DAY

!HAPPY HALLOWEEN! An elephant is poised to crush a pumpkin with the face of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger taped on it. Last week at the Cincinnati Zoo, a local television station put the photo on the pumpkin that was smashed along with several other pumpkins as part of a zoo Halloween promotion. It didn't work, the Steelers won anyway.

Trick or treat,
Smell our feet,
Give us something good to eat.

If you don't,
We don't care...

...We will smash the crap out of you with an elephant's foot?

Didn't anybody at that damn zoo have a picture of Mike Krzxbvgfndjs3ski?

(AP Photo/Al Behrman)

LATERALPALOOZA

Practice for the Milsaps Majors must have really sucked today…

…and we mean REALLY sucked.

In an unprecedented finish that had more twists and turns than the surreal Cal-Stanford ending of 1982, Trinity University (Tigers, 2,487 students, San Antonio, TX) executed 15 laterals before scoring a touchdown at the final gun to clinch an improbable 28-24 win over Millsaps College Majors, 1,106 students, Jackson, MS).

History will show that Riley Curry rumbled 44 yards through the exhausted Millsaps special teams to score the game-winner for Trinity. But no one will ever forget the sheer zaniness of the Lateralapalooza, from beginning to end, as the winning score lasted 46 seconds in real time -- most likely an NCAA record (if such records are kept).

In all, seven different Tigers touched the ball amongst the 15 laterals. It was every bit the ending to the famous Cal-Stanford finish a quarter-century ago -- minus the Millsaps band running onto the field before the final whistle.

"I can't even explain it," Millsaps senior safety Ray Kline told The Clarion-Ledger. "I guess they wanted it more than we did on that last play."

Perfect, after one of the most spectacular finishes in the history of the game, a player explains the loss with a cliché.

Classic.

Here's all the scoop and the video:
http://www.trinity.edu/departments/athletics/index.htm

TERPS EYE BLIND

By TOM BLASER
TAH SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

October 27, 2007
College Park Md.
Clemson Tigers v. Maryland Terrapins

Well the storm clouds broke and we had perfect fall weather for a college football tilt. The tailgating experience is a little different in Prince Georges County. You may recall recent complaints about the coeds with cowboy boots down south. Well that look is highly preferable to the Jersey Girl/Goth look that seems to be popular around the Maryland campus. What’s up with these young chicks?

Consumption rates seemed about the same. Our crowd was a mix of Terp/Tiger fans and went through the usual assortment of wings, chili, brats, and finger foods. Several cases of Bud Light and Rolling Rock were the featured libations although some of the younger kids contributed some Milwaukee’s Best Lite (which was the only beer left during clean-up). I also had to take a corrective action when I spied some of the under graduates going through the Makers Mark like it was water. The sweet scent of giggle weed was also much more pervasive in CP. No Zima was seen anywhere. Lastly, the Terp fans lived up to their reputation by stealing our table and tent during the game. Nice Terps….real nice!

Oh the Game…..Most fans in our crowd gave the Terps a puncher's chance if they could control the ball on offense and win the turn over battle. Neither happened. The teams traded field goals in the first quarter. After the Clemson score, the Terps were driving at about mid-field when Coach Fridge decided to go for it on fourth and one. It was a highly questionable decision with the Terps injury depleted O-line, that backfired as the Tigers stuffed the run, and marched right down the field for the go-ahead touchdown. Clemson added another TD right before half to make it 20-3 to end the competitive portion of the game.

The second half featured a Maryland offense ill-prepared to play catch-up and the Tiger tandem running back combination of “Lightning and Thunder” utilizing their superior speed to turn it into a 30-3 rout that could have been much worse. (The Terps added 2 late and meaningless TDs.) The win keeps Clemson’s faint Championship hopes alive, and the loss leaves the Terps pondering a bowl-less post season.

CLEMSON WINS THE UGLY UNI BOWL

James Davis backed up his guarantee of a Clemson victory, running for 129 yards and a touchdown to lead the Tigers past mistake-prone Maryland 30-17 Saturday in the Ugly Uniform Bowl. Cullen Harper threw two touchdown passes to tie the single-season school record of 21.

Both teams need to seriously rethink the unis. The purple pants with the orange helmet has always been a bad look. Stick with the orange. Maryland’s black, yellow and red combo looks good most of the time, but the football jersey’s particular red just isn’t hitting the right notes. It’s a bit busy, but that seems to be the trend.

The Terps helmet? Dreadful. The cartoon writing "Terps" needs to go. Period.

Besides changing unis is a good way to get your program going. Look what the pointed and slanted new numbers on the Boston College jerseys has wrought. Of course, a uniform change hasn’t help Duke, but it’s probably asking a bit much to prevent college football’s annual perpetually doomed Titanic sinking swoon with mere textiles…Or is it?

Oh well, we can always make fun of Oregon State…Now that's a bad uni.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

WAKE FOREST 37, NORTH CAROLINA 10
Kevin Marion returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown, Josh Adams rushed for two scores and Wake Forest routed North Carolina 37-10 on Saturday.

Linebacker Aaron Curry returned one of his two interceptions 77 yards for a touchdown -- the Demon Deacons' ninth non-offensive TD of the season.

Riley Skinner completed 12 of 15 passes for 133 yards to help Wake Forest (6-2, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) win its sixth straight and remain behind only unbeaten Boston College in the Atlantic Division race.

NC STATE 29, VIRGINIA 24
Speaking of "Woah Nellie!"

North Carolina State spent six weeks making Tom O'Brien's first season here look like a lost cause. Now the Wolfpack look like a confident team that thinks it can play with anybody.

Daniel Evans threw for a career-high 347 yards and three touchdowns, two to Donald Bowens, to lead the Wolfpack past Virginia (No. 15 BCS, No. 21 AP) 29-24 on Saturday. That gave NC State consecutive wins for the first time in a year while ending a nine-game Atlantic Coast Conference losing streak.

FLORIDA STATE 25, DUKE 9
Preston Parker caught a touchdown pass and scored on an end around Saturday to help Florida State end a two-game losing streak with a 25-6 victory over Duke, handing the Blue Devils' their 22nd straight Atlantic Coast Conference loss.

After going more than five quarters without an offensive touchdown, the Seminoles made it to the end zone six minutes into the third quarter when Parker raced 9 yards with a short sideline pass from Drew Weatherford, giving Florida State a 16-0 lead.

Must have been the black uniforms.

THE RIDDLE WATCH

Scott Riddle passed for three touchdowns and ran for a fourth to lead Elon to a 38-28 win over Chattanooga on Saturday.

Riddle stole the homecoming spotlight for the Phoenix (6-2 Southern Conference, 4-1), setting season records for most completions (254), passing yards (2,606) and touchdown passes (23). He has three more regular season games to add to his totals.

He went 36-51-1 in passing for 359 yards.

Ho hum...

PICTURE OF THE DAY

SHOW ME THE MUDDY...Curlin, who won the Preakness last May, found his way over the sloppy track at Monmouth Park faster than the rest of the field to win the $5,000,000 Breeders Cup Classic Saturday evening. Curlin's connections won $3 million for his efforts.

Curlin got a nice bath and some peppermints.


(AP Photo/Mike Groll)

PICTURE OF THE DAY 2

CHECK OUT THE MUD on Curlin's face...About $3 million worth.

(Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

PICTURE OF THE DAY 3

THE BREEDERS CUP addded three new races to the card, and the new events were held on Friday. It rained. Really hard.

Here MaryField (L) with jockey Elvis Trujillo aboard crosses finish line to win the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint .

Oprah Winney is back there somewhere covered in mud...


(Timoth A. Clary/Getty Images)

PICTURE OF THE DAY 4

IN SOME LANGUAGE "NITTANY" means "really messy." Alvin Peachy, background left, and Sam Estright clean up fields used for parking and tailgating in the shadow of the Penn State Nittany Lions' Beaver stadium. Penn State lost to top-ranked Ohio State, 37-17, on Saturday.

Doesn't look like that curtailed the party much...

Is it just us, or does it look like the stadium is in a cow pasture?

(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

PICTURE OF THE DAY 5

A ROOM WITH A VIEW...A general view of the Virginia Cavaliers versus North Carolina State Wolfpack game at Carter-Finley Stadium October 27, 2007 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

(Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

PICTURE OF THE DAY 6

A SEA OF RED...If you were unsure where the NCSU v. UVa games was played, this shot of Daniel Evans of the Wolfpack makes it pretty clear.

(Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

ALMOST…

It sucks to be on the losing end of an Instant Classic (see: 2007 NCAA Tournament, UNC v. Georgetown), but unfortunately it is what it is. Or as our esteemed barrister said so eloquently at some point last night “you are where you were.”

And the Hokies were so very close.

For 57 minutes and 49 seconds Virginia Tech’s Lunch Pail defense dominated #2 Boston College and Heisman candidate QB Matt Ryan. The Hokies and their beleaguered offensive line and rushing game did enough to win the game. The weather was classic, the crowd in Lane Stadium at full howl (as always!), and there were even close plays to debate. There were seven fumbles, but only one turnover…

It really came down to one play – BC’s onside kick. The ball bounced off the Hokies normally sure handed Josh Morgan and took a wicked bounce right back toward the oncoming BC kick coverage team. Ryan made a spectacular play on the winning TD with 11 seconds to play.

BC 14, VT 10.

With full kudos to another classic, STRIPES: And then depression set in…

SATURDAY'S GAMES

NORTH CAROLINA @ WAKE FOREST (-7), 12:00 PM, Winston-Salem, N.C., TV: R/LF (XM 190) – It would be a great hoops game.

CLEMSON (-3) @ MARYLAND, 3:30 PM, College Park, Md., TV: ABC (XM 191) – A little surprised by the line…

VIRGINIA (-3)@ NC STATE, 4:30 PM, Raleigh, N.C., TV: ESPNU (XM 192) A lot surprised by the line…Is Philip Rivers back in Raleigh?

DUKE @ FLORIDA STATE (-18.5), 8:00 PM, Tallahassee, Fla., TV: ESPNU (XM 190) – Ah, Duke. An angry group of lions get some corn fed Christians…

THE SIREN SONG OF THE SEC

Contrary to a CBSSports.com blog report, first-year North Carolina football coach Butch Davis does not have an exit clause in his contract that would allow him to leave penalty-free for Arkansas. He expressed no interest when asked Tuesday about possibly returning to his alma mater if there is a coaching change there.

"The unfortunate thing is," he said of the report, "I did play there, my father lives there, and I've got a lot of friends there. ... But I am thrilled to be here, and I believe the program here, we've spent a great year, this first year, building stuff. And there's so many positive things going on with this program, I'm excited about the future of our program."

So would he leave for Arkansas? "I just told you, I'm thrilled to be at North Carolina," he said.

Davis signed a seven-year contract worth about $1.86 million annually in November 2006.

TRANSLATION: Davis will hold a press conference before the final game of this season to announce that he is still “thrilled to be at North Carolina,” all the while denying any and all rumors about an exit from Chapel Hill. Sometime around Thanksgiving, he will become the new head coach at Arkansas. During the inevitable press conference announcing his hiring, Davis will say he is “thrilled to be in Fayettville.”

ACC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

OFFENSIVE BACK--Mikell Simpson, Virginia, Running Back, 6-1, 197, So, Harrisburg, Pa. In his first major action of his career, Simpson exploded for 271 all-purpose yards against Maryland. Simpson picked up two touchdowns and 119 yards rushing on just 16 carries and caught 13 passes for 152 yards.

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN--Thomas Austin, Clemson, Center, 6-3, 315, So., Camden, S.C. Against Central Michigan on Saturday, Austin played 69 snaps, grading out at 84 percent and leading the Tigers offense to 656 yards and 70 points.

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN--Chris Long, Virginia, Defensive End, 6-4, 284, Sr., Ivy, Va. In the win at Maryland, Long had 10 tackles, including five for loss and two sacks. He also brokeup two Maryland passes and recorded a safety as the Cavalier defense held the Terps to 233 total yards on offense. With the two sacks on Saturday, Long now leads the ACC with 10 for the year.

DEFENSIVE BACK--Colin McCarthy, Miami, Outside Linebacker, 6-3, 223, So., Clearwater, Fla. McCarthy racked up 10 tackles on Saturday as the Hurricanes pulled out a tough win at Florida State.

SPECIALIST--Gary Cismesia, Florida State, Placekicker, 5-11, 205, Sr., Parrish, Fla.
In a tough loss to the Hurricanes, Cismesia came up big for the Seminoles, nailing five field goals and two PATs to keep the game close to the very end. With the five field goals, Cismesia tied his own career-high and the Florida State single-game record. He is now 13-for-16 this year, and is the league's second-leading scorer in 2007.

ROOKIE--Josh Adams, Wake Forest, Running Back, 6-0, 180, RS-Fr., Cary, N.C.
At Navy on Saturday, Adams rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown on 27 carries as the Demon Deacons picked up their fifth-straight victory. Adams has now posted back-to-back 100 yard rushing performances to push his season total to 495 yards on the ground, a new school record for rushing yards by a redshirt freshman. With an average of 82.5 yards per game, he now places fifth in the ACC in rushing.

WEREWOLVES OF RALEIGH

Here is the latest cartoon from Grey Blackwell. You may have to register on the News & Observer site, but it’s well worth the few minutes it will take. Stick with it to the end, even the credits are funny.

http://videos.newsobserver.com/vmix_hosted_apps/p/media?id=1534915

PICTURE OF THE DAY

IT ALL GOT OFF TO SUCH A GOOD START...The mascot of the Virginia Tech Hokies leads the team onto the field at Lane Stadium to face the Boston College Eagles last night.

(Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

PICTURE OF THE DAY 2

TOO MUCH COMPETITION...A pair of hockey fans are surrounded by empty seats in the first period of the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Blackhawks in Boston. The game time overlapped with Game 2 of the baseball World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies also being played in Boston.

At least that's the NHL's excuse.

The Bruins won their game 3-1.

(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

PICTURE OF THE DAY 3

WHO THE HECK IS Kemmons Wilson Jr.? Seem here throwing out a ceremonial first pitch prior to Game 2 of the 2007 World Series...

Kemmons? Wilson? Jr.? Anybody?

Didn’t think so…

FYI, his dad (now deceased) Kemmons Wilson founded the Holiday Inn hotel chain…Klemmons was a successful entrepreneur and business man before he opened the first HI in Memphis in 1952. A fateful Wilson family vacation to Washington, D.C. in 1951 changed the way that the rest of the world vacationed. Wilson was outraged at the audacity of the practices of most hotels. The basic hotel rate was about eight dollars per night. However, most hotels charged an additional two dollars per child. This additional charge would send the price of one night stay for the Wilson family to $18 a night, which was astronomical for most middle class families at the time. So, he made the decision to create his own hotel chain, and to offer families a safe, clean and affordable place to stay, setting the standard for the future of the hotel industry.

We have absolutley no idea why the younger Kemmons was tossing out the first pitch…

(Sidebar – or what some might call a Shameless Plug: On your next vacation why not stay at a Holiday Inn? We hear the Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Warrenton, VA is quite nice…great owners, unbelievable marketing director!)

(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

BEAMER MUM ON STARTING QB

Frank ain’t talking…as far as we know.

We can’t find any written word on the internet regarding who might be the starting QB when the Hokies tee it up tonight against Boston College. Of course, BC has had to prepare for two very different kinds of QBs, and we predict that, depending on game circumstances, Beamer will use both.

The Hokies remain a three point favorite according to the boys in Vegas.

(Point spread provided for informational purposes only.)

WELL, WHO HAVE THEY PLAYED?

The talk around Hokie Nation leading up to tonight’s game has centered around who undefeated and ranked #2 Boston College has played so far this season? Fact is, sans LSU or any other major power, their schedules have been similar. While Tech got chewed up and spit out down in Baton Rouge, the Eagles have already defeated Wake Forest, NCSU and Georgia Tech.

In terms of cupcakes, BC has trampled UMass, Bowling Green and Army, while the Hokies have picked on Ohio, William and Mary and Duke. Duke may be a conference win, but they are still un cup de cake. BC knocked off Notre Dame in South Bend which in any other year would be news worthy. Balancing that off, the Hokies survived ECU, but the Pirates have since lost home games to Southern Mississippi and NC State.

So all and all, we rank their schedule strength dead even save for VTech vs. LSU…However, the NCAA disagrees – ranking the Hokies 15th and the Eagles 25th. That must be the LSU factor. We don’t give the Hokies any Brownie points for the Tiger loss since it was so lopsided. The Hokies win over Clemson at Death Valley is as good as BC’s wins over Wake and Georgia Tech…now we’re splitting hairs.

Looks like these two teams are very evenly matched and it will come down to two things for the Hokies: 1) can the Virginia Tech offensive line get a ground game going against the #1 ranked rushing defense in the country and give either Taylor or Glennon time to throw? BC gives up 46.4 yards rushing PER GAME, and 1.82 yards per carry. The Eagles have given up a scant 4 rushing touchdowns in 7 games. Throw in 18 interceptions so far this year, and their D is quite formidable; and 2) can the Beamer Ball Machine that wiped out Clemson get going early and often.

Should be a great game. Lord knows, the Hokies love Thursday nights!

TODAY IN BUILDING NEWS...

Evidently a passel of legal woes hasn’t stopped former Hokie Michael Vick from shopping for new digs in South Beach. It seems as the disgraced, dog-fighting, former NFL icon has i-conned himself right into Philippe Starck’s famous high rise -- the Icon South Beach. A Miami neighbor says: "[Vick] has bought [an] apartment. Since his indictment he hasn't visited, but his brother Marcus, who was released by the Miami Dolphins and has charges of statutory rape pending, has no problem partying it up with the ladies in his brother's pad."

The Vick siblings have plenty of other sports stars with which to PAR-TAY. Evidently, Miami Heat star Duane Wade lives at the Icon, and Shaquille O'Neal, recently separated from his wife, visits a friend there frequently. In addition, Tara Reid's ex, Wayne Boiche (huh? WTF is he?), just bought a penthouse for $7.5 million.

“Hey, dudes, I bought the crib in South Beach for a reason,” said Vick the Elder. “It’s South Florida, the place is full of f*#% heads, so who’s gonna notice me?”

He might be right…

PICTURE OF THE DAY

TEQUILA? Is this what those Bean Towners mean by a wicked pissa? How much do you have to drink to make your entry into Fenway Park for the opening game of the Series look like this?

We think the sign says:

"Welcome to Fenway Park Where S#@& Is All Blurry."

(Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

PICTURE OF THE DAY 2

THE WORLD SERIES is underway, and thank the good Lord that Budweiser is in the house and prominently displayed! The Colorado Rockies and the Boston Red Sox stand at attention as the National Anthem is played before Game One of the 2007 Major League Baseball World Series at Fenway Park.

Nice socks mowed into the infield grass...

(Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

PICTURE OF THE DAY 3

EVIDENTLY, this Beckett guy is good. Especially so in the playoffs. He struck out the first three batters he faced, making him the the first pitcher to do so since Juan Guzman in 1993.

Beckett also lowered his career postseason ERA to 1.73, placing him third behind Mariano Rivera (0.77 ERA) and Christy Mathewson (1.15 ERA) among pitchers who have thrown at least 70 postseason innings.

Got to love those Sox fans -- they don't know which Ks up!

(Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)

PICTURE OF THE DAY 4

13 TO 1...Matt Holliday #5 of the Colorado Rockies looks bummed, and well he should after striking out in last night's game. After winning 21 of 22 games, the Rockies were shelled by the Red Sox in the World Series opener.

(Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

THURSDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

Boston College vs. Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. BC is currently #2 in the BCS poll, while the Hokies are #8. Beamer’s boys are currently a 3.5 point favorite. Those Hokies, they're gamblers...

BCS Standings:
1. Ohio State, 2. BOSTON COLLEGE, 3. LSU, 4. Arizona State, 5. Oregon, 6. Oklahoma, 7. West Virginia, 8. VIRGINIA TECH, 9. Kansas, 1. South Florida, 11. Florida, 12. USC, 13. Missouri, 14. Kentucky, 15. VIRGINIA, 16. South Carolina,
17. Hawaii, 18. Georgia, 19. Texas and 20. Michigan

So the ACC was supposed to be weak this year? Here’s where we stand midway thorough one of the wackiest college pigskin seasons we can remember.

The SEC has 5 teams in the BCS top 20. No surprises there. The PAC 10 has 3, The Big East has 2, Big 12 has