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Audrey Nolan asked:


The quarterback for the Chicago Bears, Kyle Orton was sidelined with an injury on Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions at the end of the second quarter. Even though the team won the game 27-23, they are a little concerned about the injury that Orton is experiencing, which is an ankle sprain but they don’t know yet how bad it is yet. He was examined by doctors after the game but they said that he should be submitted to a MRI on Monday.

The game was going pretty well for the Bears, even though they also lost their emotion leader, Mike Brown, due to a calf injury in the same quarter. Orton was replaced by Rex Grossman, who was not well received by the fans, however, he made the winning pass for Rashied Davis to score the touchdown, but there where a lot of mistakes on his performance as well.

The team is expecting Orton to be back possibly in four weeks; they have to run more tests to be sure that there is no fracture since this type of injury is kind of serious. They also need to know how wide the roof is in the ankle sprain because depending on this, he could be treated with a boot or he may have to be submitted to surgery.

It doesn’t look that serious for Orton, but the Bears are taking all the necessary precautions so that he could be out the less time possible. It is for sure that he is going to miss this Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Titans and probably the next week game against the Green Bay Packers. It is not going to be easy to replace Orton in this two coming games but at least the Bears are not even considering bringing a new quarterback. The injury is not supposed to be season ending.

“To do that (bring a new quarter back), you would say that Kyle will be out for a long period of time,” Coach Lovie Smith said. “We’re not there. We’re evaluating an ankle injury. That’s about all we’re doing right now.”

Kyle Orton started his football career at the University of Purdue and is one of the only three Purdue quarterbacks that have started in three or more consecutive bowl games; he was the starter in the 2001 and 2002 Sun Bowls, the 2003 Capital One Bowl and the 2004 Sun Bowl. He started his professional career in 2005 right into the Bears starting lineup since former starter Rex Grossman was sidelined with an injury. During his first season with the team, the Bears won 10 of the fifteen games Orton started, but his rating as quarterback was not good. For the 2006 season Grossman was recovered and took the starter position again while Orton was sidelined for the whole season as third quarterback.

Nevertheless, his improvements and good performances during the 2007 preseason earned him the spot as starter once again at the end of the season.

In 2008 he signed a 1 year contract extension with the Bears and he was named as the starting quarter back of the season. As of last Sunday’s game, Kyle Orton has 10 touchdown passes, four interceptions and leads the Bears with a 4-3 record.

David Johnson asked:


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The NFL has been putting on more and more special events such as charity and celebrity events each season, so it can be difficult to keep track of them all but not with this channel, because it not only showcases all of them but it is the best place to stay informed about any and all upcoming special events that they NFL has scheduled during this upcoming football season. Another great thing about this unique sports programming channel that is devoted entirely to the game of pro football and that it goes on for twenty-four hours a day and they just keep the new material coming at you any time day or night whether there is a game scheduled or not, so the football action just never stops.

NFL Sunday Ticket is going to give you a front row seat to all the best that the NFL has to offer when it comes to the game of football and this includes great commentary, debate and unique opinions that are shared by all the leading experts and former stars and veterans of the game of football. You are going to be surprised at all that you see and hear on this channel, because only the NFL has the direct connections that are necessary to feature sports talk of this high a caliber. This channel features more interviews with all the leading players and figures in the NFL then you can find on all of the other programming channels combined, so if you want to hear what all the top players have to say then this is the one programming channel that you can do that on.

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Ed Bagley asked:


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(Editor’s Note: The rankings in this article are from the AP Top 25 Poll of sportswriters and sportscasters, and any ratings are from Jeff Sagarin.)

No win in College Football’s 4th week of action was any bigger than unranked Iowa’s 21-10 upset victory on-the-road over 5th-ranked Penn State in Happy Valley. Iowa is now unbeaten at 4-0.

The Hawkeyes ruined the Nittany Lions perfect 9-0 season last year with a 24-23 victory at home, and proved it was no fluke this year on Penn State’s turf. If there are any doubters left in Happy Valley this year, they have to be homers in blinders. The Penn State Nittany Lions are always overrated in the polls because they only play a couple of good teams a year, and Iowa happens to be one of them.

Not far behind for upset-game-of-the-week honors were the unranked South Florida Bulls, who took down 18th-ranked Florida State on-the-road, 17-7, pushing the Bulls’ record to 4-0. The third best upset of the week was 11th-ranked Virginia Tech’s home victory over 9th-ranked Hurricanes of Miami (FL), 31-7.

Two other not unexpected upsets came at the expense of the 4th-ranked Mississippi Rebels, who were beaten 16-10 at unranked South Carolina, and the 6th-ranked California Bears, who were beaten 42-3 at unranked Oregon. Please stop all of the pre-season hype about Mississippi this and California that; Mississippi remains not that good at the moment, and California always folds, the Bears just may be starting to fold early this year because 42-3, even in an away game, is some whipping.

The last 2 of 7 upsets of AP Top 25 teams this week came with unranked Georgia Tech’s 24-7 home victory over 22nd-ranked North Carolina, and unranked Stanford’s 34-14 home win over 24th-ranked Washington. The Huskies dropped right out of the Top 25 Poll and Stanford (3-1) never made it in.

So who else among unranked teams is acting like they belong in the Top 25? How about these three 4-0 teams: Missouri beat Nevada 31-21 on-the-road, Auburn beat Ball State 54-30 at home, and Wisconsin beat Michigan State 38-30 at home. Or perhaps the 3-0 Texas A&M Aggies, who beat UAB 56-19 at home.

Eight ranked teams kept moving right on, pushing their records to 4-0. They included 1st-ranked Florida on-the-road over Kentucky 41-7; 2nd-ranked Texas at home over UTEP 64-7; 3rd ranked Alabama at home over Arkansas 35-7; 7th-ranked LSU on-the-road over Mississippi State 30-26; 8th-ranked Boise State on-the-road over Bowling Green 49-14; 14th-ranked Cincinnati at home over Fresno State 28-20; 20th-ranked Kansas at home over Southern Mississippi 35-28; and 23rd-ranked Michigan at home over Indiana 36-33.

Two other ranked teams pushed their record to 3-0 as 15th-ranked TCU won at Clemson 14-10, and 17th-ranked Houston won at home over Texas Tech, 29-28.

Among the 10 ranked teams still with unbeaten records, 5 notched victories by a touchdown or less—Kansas by 7, LSU and TCU by 4, Michigan by 3 and Houston by 1. Compare that to the other 5 who won by 8 or more—Texas by 57, Boise State by 35, Florida by 34, Alabama by 28 and Cincinnati by 8. Now you know who is more focused and who is less focused when it comes to execution.

Five other ranked teams who have already been beaten once continued to stay noticed by winning again. They included 13th-ranked Ohio State at home giving Illinois a lesson in how to score a shutout 30-0; 19-ranked BYU at home over Colorado State, 42-23; 21st-ranked Georgia at home over Arizona State 20-17; 16th-ranked Oklahoma State at home over 1-AA Grambling State 56-6; and 12th-ranked Southern California at home over Washington State 27-6.

There were 5 notable wins that have nothing to do with ranked teams or upsets. They included Boston College at home over Wake Forest 27-24 in overtime; Tulsa on-the-road over 1-AA Houston State 56-3, a score the Golden Hurricane had after 3 quarters; Idaho on-the-road over Northern Illinois 34-31, even though Idaho was outscored 15-6 in the last quarter; Central Michigan at home over Akron 48-21 as the Chippewas scored at least a touchdown in every quarter; Utah at home over Louisville 30-14; and Notre Dame on-the-road over Purdue 24-21.

There was also one notable loss that had nothing to do with ranked teams or upsets—Pittsburgh lost on-the-road to North Carolina State, 38-31, as NC State outscored Pitt 14-0 in the last quarter. In other words, the Pitt defense collapsed and the Panthers lost for the first time this year.

That’s it, that’s all, Johnny, put a wrapper on it, we’re going for a cold brewski.

tarek asked:


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Alabama Team Report

Leading up to last Saturday’s game against lower-division UT-Chattanooga, Alabama coach Nick Saban had everyone around the team under strict orders not to talk about Auburn.

Once No. 3 Alabama (11-0) had effectively put away the Mocs 45-0, the conversation went almost immediately to the annual state obsession that is the Iron Bowl, the regular-season-ending clash against cross-state rival Auburn (7-4).

“It will be a challenging game for us in every way,” Saban said.

“It’s an important game for everybody that’s involved, in terms of our program here, that we do a good job of getting our players ready to play their best football. Our coaches will do whatever they need to do to get that done.”

Auburn Team Report

Auburn got the thing it needed most before the Iron Bowl showdown against rival Alabama—some rest.

The bye week was a long time coming for the depth-plagued Tigers, who played 11 consecutive weeks with few, if any, reserves. And now they should be recharged for No. 3 Alabama, which comes into Jordan-hare Stadium at 11-0, headed to the SEC title game to meet Florida.

Alabama is coming off an easy win over Chattanooga, but is at a bit of a disadvantage with the short week of preparation for the Friday game.

“We really feel like we have a shot of beating Alabama,” tight end Tommy Trott said.

Dwayne Bryant asked:


The LSU offense is stacked. There is an abundance of talent at the running back and receiver positions. The Tigers also have an experienced and talented offensive line. But who will be under center? Ryan Perrilloux, MVP of the SEC title game, was dismissed from the team for repeated team rules violations. The guys behind Perrilloux on the depth chart, Jarrett Lee and Andrew Hatch, have basically no experience at this level.

The LSU running game looks to be a three-headed monster. Keiland Williams (478 yards, 6 touchdowns), Charles Scott (439 total yards, 7 touchdowns) and Richard Murphy (304 total yards, 2 touchdowns) all figure to play a significant role in the LSU rushing attack.

The Tigers also have one of the best receiver tandems in the nation. Brandon LaFell and speedy Demetrius Byrd combined for 85 receptions, 1,277 yards and 11 touchdowns last season. Tight end Richard Dickson is another great receiving threat.

With four starters back this season, LSU boasts one of the most experienced offensive lines in the SEC. Left tackle Ciron Black, left guard Herman Johnson and center Brett Helms have All-SEC talent.

There is plenty of depth along the defensive line. Tyson Jackson and Kirston Pittman are the returning starters at the ends. They’ll get help from Rahim Alem and Ricky Jean-Francois, the defensive MVP of the BCS Championship Game. Jean-Francois, Marlon Favorite and Charles Alexander lead the rotation inside. Al Woods and Drake Nevis could also see significant action.

Middle linebacker Darry Beckwith played the last few games of 2007 with an injured shoulder, but still recorded 65 tackles in 12 games. Beckwith will have a new starter on each side. Perry Riley, Kelvin Sheppard and Jacob Cuttera will be competing for the two starting outside linebacker jobs.

In the secondary, free safety Curtis Taylor is the lone returning starter. Nickel back Danny McCray is also back for 2008. Chad Jones and Harry Coleman will compete for time at strong safety. There will also be a lot of competition for the two starting cornerback spots. Chris Hawkins, Jai Eugene, Patrick Johnson and Brandon Taylor are all in the mix.

Senior kicker Colt David is back. David converted all 63 extra-point tries last season and also connected on 26-of-33 field goal attempts. All-SEC punter Patrick Fisher is gone. Senior Brady Dalfrey is Fisher’s likely replacement.

The defending national champs will have a tough row to hoe this year. With a question mark at quarterback and a schedule that will have them playing at Auburn and Florida, as well as a home game against Georgia, this could be a two- or three-loss season for the Tigers. Another national title run doesn’t appear likely. A BCS bowl game for LSU should be viewed as a successful season.

Ed Bagley asked:


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Just when you thought some sense of stability might have returned to college football during the halfway point of the season, any semblance belies the truth that at least four more teams have become frauds in the national title chase—Kansas, Ohio State, Virginia Tech and Nebraska.

Kansas had raced to a perfect 5-0 start. Virginia Tech lost its opener, Ohio State lost its second game, and Nebraska lost its third game. All three had lost a game and won the rest to enter the sixth week with only a loss.

All four of these teams have now been drop-kicked out of the race for the national title, and the worst of the bunch is the Kansas Jayhawks who were not only drop-kicked but body slammed by an unranked, 1-4 Colorado team 34-30.

How could the Jayhawks, who were touted as one of the best offensive teams in the country, get beaten by Colorado when Kansas ranked 4th nationally in scoring offense?

The truth is that Kansas built its 5-0 record and statistics on a sand castle that got washed away on a trip to Boulder. The Jayhawks amassed their perfect mark with wins against 195th’ranked, 1-AA Northern Colorado (1-5), 116th-ranked UTEP (2-4), 64th-ranked Duke (3-3), 76th-ranked Southern Mississippi (3-3), and 80th-ranked Iowa State (3-3).

Kansas came into the game ranked 17th in the AP Top 25 Poll, but 29th by Sagarin and with a strength of schedule rated 129th among only 120 Division 1-A teams, meaning that Kansas’ 5 victories came against teams that amounted to 1-AA competition. No wonder they were 5-0. Colorado came in with a strength of schedule (SOS) rating of 33rd among the 120 1-A teams.

Kansas plummeted to 24th in this week’s AP Top 25 Poll and really should not be in any top 25 poll. After being exposed for what they are, the Jayhawks do not merit the honor. It would make about as much sense at putting Colorado in the top 25 for beating them. The message is: neither team is that good.

Second worst on this week’s list of frauds is the 7th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes, who seem to be over-rated and under-performed. The Buckeyes traveled to Purdue and lost 26-18 to a 2-5 Boilermaker team. Again, Purdue’s SOS was 23rd and Ohio State’s was 37th. No. 4-ranked Virginia Tech got beat by 19th-ranked Georgia Tech 28-23 on-the-road. These were two pretty good teams in a dogfight and the Yellow Jackets stung the Hoakies. Georgia Tech is now 6-1 and Virginia Tech 5-2.

No. 15 Nebraska got swamped at home by unranked Texas Tech 31-10. The Cornhuskers dropped to 4-2, and Red Raiders one-upped them by going to 5-2. If any of these four losers this week have not figured it out, here is a big clue—no national title game in your future. Concentrate on trying to win your conference championship because it is the only one you are going to see.

So if some teams are now dropping in the top 25, who is on the move upward? Here are five unranked winning teams that are possibilities:

Pittsburgh (6-1) on-the-road over Rutgers 24-7, Central Michigan (6-1) on-the-road over Western Michigan 34-23, West Virginia (5-1) at home over Marshall 24-7, Idaho (6-1) over Hawaii 35-23, and Michigan State (4-3) at home over Northwestern 24-14. No matter how crummy you think these five teams may be, if they keep winning, each will end up in the top 25 before the season is out—you can go to the bank on it.

In the meantime, eight ranked teams won away games this week; topping the list was Cincinnati.

No. 8 Cincinnati (6-0) handed No. 21 South Florida its first loss of the season, 34-17. Cincinnati scored in each quarter, leaving South Florida to wonder what was happening.

No. 6 Southern California powered up and powered over No. 25 Notre Dame 34-27. No. 24 Utah ripped UNLV 35-15, No. 9 Miami (FL) won against in-state rival Central Florida 27-7, and Brigham Young outlasted San Diego State, 38-28, in a game in which each team scored at least a touchdown in all four quarters. And, oh ya, No. 6 Boise State (6-0) won another lame victory, this time over Tulsa 28-21.

No. 11 Iowa (7-0) was tied 10-10 against Wisconsin after three quarters and then won 20-10. No. 23 Houston was back on the offensive. After leading hapless Tulane 9-6 at the half, the Cougars exploded for 35 points in the second half to win 44-16.

No. 10 LSU and No. 16 Oregon were idle this week.

Six ranked teams once again discovered why there is no place like home to win again.

No. 3 Texas (6-0) used a 4th quarter field goal to get by No. 20 Oklahoma 16-13, No. 1 Florida (6-0) used a last second field goal to dispense with Arkansas 23-20, No. 14 Penn State shut out Minnesota 20-zip, No. 12 TCU (6-0) trashed Colorado State 44-6, No. 16 Oklahoma State topped Missouri 33-17, and No. 2 Alabama (7-0) eased by No. 22 South Carolina 20-6.

It was a good week to be Florida, Alabama, Texas, Cincinnati, Boise State, Iowa and TCU—all won, and all are the only unbeaten major teams left in the nation.

(Editor’s Note: The rankings in this article are from the AP Top 25 Poll of sportswriters and sportscasters, and any ratings are from Jeff Sagarin.)

Copyright © 2009 Ed Bagley

Daniel asked:




Auburn -6½ vs. Tennessee U

 

It’s bounce-back Saturday for Tennessee and Auburn, as those two battle while coming off disappointing losses last week – disappointing for very different reasons.

The Vols were dominated again by Florida and don’t resemble SEC contenders. The Tigers, on the other hand, lost a close 26-21 game to LSU and look like national players.

Tennessee is 1-2 as cries from Vol Nation for the firing of coach Phil Fulmer have begun in earnest. UT did also start 1-2 last year after a blowout loss to the Gators, but won eight of its next nine to reach the SEC title game.

“We played for the championship in Atlanta when a lot of other people had given up on us early,” Fulmer said. “We won’t give up, and we’ve got a chance to be there yet. It’s just a little bit harder road.”

The Vols haven’t started 1-3 since 1994, Fulmer’s second full season as coach, but things are getting testy in Knoxville. Remember, UT also lost to a UCLA team that was beaten 59-0 by BYU.

“We’ve won 148 football games in my time here at Tennessee and lost a little bit less than that – a lot less than that, actually – and we didn’t all of sudden get stupid as coaches,” Fulmer said. “We know what we’re doing, and we’re going to go to the practice field and correct and work and put our football team on the field with the best advantage that we can possibly have.”

Auburn (3-1, 1-1 SEC), meanwhile, can’t afford another loss if it hopes to pass LSU in the West Division and earn a trip to the SEC title game. No. 1 running back Brad Lester is “a little sore,” but should be able to play against Tennessee, Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville said. Lester twisted his knee in the third quarter vs. LSU, but an MRI revealed no damage.

Auburn’s offense struggled to run the ball against a fast and physical LSU defense, gaining only 70 yards on the ground. However, the Tigers were able to put up 250 yards passing, with QB Chris Todd completing 17 of his 32 attempts.

“He played good,” offensive coordinator Tony Franklin said of Todd. “He had three plays that were really poor. Outside of that he played really well. He made numerous just really good plays and big throws. I think he got more comfortable. I think every week that he plays, you’ll see a little bit of improvement each week.”

Tennessee and Auburn are meeting for the first time since the 2004 SEC Championship Game, won 38-28 by the Tigers. Auburn leads the series 25-21-3 and is riding a three-game winning streak after a 5-0-1 stretch by the Vols from 1989-99. Auburn won 28-21 during the teams’ 2003 meeting at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The Volunteers have not dropped four straight in this series since 1961-64.

Auburn has opened as a 6.5-point betting favorite on WagerWeb.com

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Jeraldy Belleta asked:


The European football season is coming to an end, with the 3 largest European leagues that already have been decided.Inter Milan won its 4th Seria A title in a row and 17 in total. Without much effort on Inter’s side, the season was decided when its chief rival AC Milan lost to Udinese, and with it lost the last chance to catch up. The bad news is that one of the top class players in the last few years, Luis Figo, announced that he will retire in the end of the season.

TIMOR Leste sizzled as a nine-man Aceh self-destructed in last night’s Arafura Games men’s gold medal match at Larrakia Park.Aceh replied to Timor’s three second-half goals with three red cards as the match spiralledfrom brilliant to boorish in the dying minutes.With the match well and truly in Timor Leste’s possession – courtesy of opportunistic Mazario Do Capmo goal and captain Anggisu Barbosa penalty early in the second-half – a Joao Paulo goal sealed the fledgling nation its greatest football prize in history.Even coach Manuel Soares, embarrassed by highlights to choose from as a favourite in the match, singled the Dili teenager’s effort out as amazing.”‘That is the moment we can really celebrate,” he said.

The grand finale – written as a it were a Hollywood romantic-drama – started even enough.Warning shots were aplenty, testing the reflexes and nervesof Timor goalkeeper Henrique Oliveira and Aceh’s Reid Dedi Agustian.Timor’s best chance of the first-half fell to Savio Ximenes who flashed his shot wide of the far post with only Aceh’s custodian to beat.Some nonchalant defensive work very nearly gifted Rahman and Aceh the opener in the 37th minute, denied only by desperate defence and an outstretched hand of Oliveira.

It took only two minutes after the re-start for Timor to break the deadlock with menacing midfielder Do Capmo nodding in a lose ball from point-blank range.

The second followed soon when captain Barbosa coolly capitalised from the spot, a rash Naza Ruddin challenge on Bartholomeu Valadaires inside the box left referee Regis Queffelec no option but to award a penalty.The referee had his work cut out keeping tempers in check, giving Sukman Dinsyah his second caution and subsequent marching orders soon after.