Alabama Survives While Penn State Falls To Iowa

Penn State and Joe Paterno got their hearts broken again as The Iowa Hawkeyes beat the Nittany Lions in Iowa City by a score of 24-23. Daniel Murray kicked the game-winning field with one second remaining. Murray was just 1 for 3 on his field-goals attempts this season prior to the kick and hadn't made one since the season opener. In fact, over the past five games, Murray had more tackles (one) than field goals made (none). The Nittany Lions now do not have to worry about the BCS.

Meanwhile Nick Saban went back to LSU and came away with a overtime victory over the Tigers when John Parker Wilson scored on a 1 yard sneak as Alabama won in overtime by a score of 27-21 to keep their National Championship hopes still alive. Nick Saban was under heavy guard just in case something happen, but his team took care of business and Saban left smiling.

1 Alabama 27 Final
16 LSU 21 OT

3 Penn State 23 Final
Iowa 24

Baylor 21 Final
4 Texas 45

6 Oklahoma 66 Final
Texas A&M 28

Utah State 14 Final
10 Boise State 49

11 Ohio State 45 Final
24 Northwestern 10

13 Georgia 42 Final
Kentucky 38

San Diego State 12 Final
15 Brigham Young 41

Purdue 7 Final
18 Michigan State 21

20 Georgia Tech 7 Final
19 North Carolina 28

Clemson 27 Final
22 Florida State 41

Wednesday, November 5th
Northern Illinois 14 Final
17 Ball State 45

Thursday, November 6th
12 TCU 10 Final
8 Utah 13

23 Maryland 13 Final
Virginia Tech 23

Heat Stop Spurs 99-83

The San Antonio Spurs season continued to seek to new lows. Besides losing to the Miami Heat at home by a score of 99-83 the Spurs will be without the services of Tony Parker for two to four weeks. This is a big blow for a team that has really struggled to win basketball games. It looks like someone will need to step up big for them.

As for the Miami Heat they are off to a 3-2 start and they could not be happier. Dwayne wade tossed in 33 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to power the Heat to the win. This is how the NBA is you never know who could be the next guy hurt. it is the nature of the beast.

No Bounty On Steelers

After the Commissioner got investigating the claims that their was a bounty on Hines Ward according to Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs things changed according to Suggs. Terrell Suggs released a statement today stating that he choice of words were not very good and their was no bounty on his head at all. The truth is the commissioner go to him and the Ravens and I am sure he got his point across.

In the NFL other teams try to knockout players as this is a common occurrence so I know it happens, but when you come out and say it publicly the higher ups in the commissioner's office will not tolerated talk like that in the public.

Troy Polamalu Thinks NFL Becoming Like Touch Football

With the recent rules that the NFL has implemented it seems fines are on the rise for stupid things and Troy Polamalu of the Pittsburgh Steelers are not at all happy with it. The NFL in his mind has become nothing more than a glorified touch football league and in certain instances I tend to agree with him. Guys that played many years ago would never be able to play in this new NFL that players play in right now.

It seems you have to watch how you hit a player or a fine could come. This is something that Troy Polamalu is not a fan of. When you force players to be scared to hit someone hard because he will get fine than that is a problem. I say let them play as getting hit is part of the game. Yes, fine people who go over the edge, but do not fine everyone because some of these fines are not justified.

Tony Romo Needs To Sit And Not Play

Tony Romo the Dallas Cowboys starting quarterback may play this weekend after all. Romo who has a fractured pinkie may try to make it a go which in my opinion is a bad mistake. Romo should rest it and follow doctors orders so the injury does not get worse. He was scheduled to miss three to four weeks, but if he keeps playing and injuries it more he could be lost for the season and that is a much bigger blow than just three or four games.

Brad Johnson is a very capable backup and has won a Super Bowl so he knows what he is doing. Hand the ball to Johnson and let him run the team for the next three or four weeks until Tony Romo gets back. Losing him all season long could cost the Cowboys a lot more.

TCU Hands BYU First Loss And Ends 16 Game Streak As Well

BYU was hoping to crash the BCS party this year and proved they belong, but the one thing you must do is take care of business and against the TCU Horned Frogs that did not happen. TCU dominated them on both sides of the ball. On offense the Horned Frogs racked up over 400 yards on offense while on defense they held BYU to just seven points well below their average.

TCU got dominated by Oklahoma earlier in the year so I was not expecting much from them tonight, but they shocked me. This is what is great about college football you never know what can happen or what team can step up and get a big win. TCU proved that they can play good football when they want to.

Red Sox Stun Rays And Boston Crowd

The Boston Red Sox fans thought they were going to go home unhappy, but that was not the case last night. After falling behind 7-0 the Red Sox made a rally for the ages and got a 8-7 win and sent the series back to Tampa Bay. Dice-K who has been very reliable this season got shelled for the Red Sox and the bullpen was needed and they did a very good job this time out. J.D. Drew singled in the go ahead run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to give the Red Sox the win.

For the Tampa Bay Rays it was a very hard loss to take and they will just have to move on and go from here. It is never easy to lose a game they should have won. The bullpen failed them when needed and that will happen especially when you play defending champions as they never want to go down without a fight.