"What to watch in sports" Thursday Edition

Well, well, well, here we are at the official end of the 2008 College Football season and this edition of "What to watch in sports" is short and sweet. Just a little thing called THE BCS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. #2 Florida will try to put the clamps down on the #1 Oklahoma Sooners in tonight's much anticipated match up. Tim Tebo vs Sam Bradford. Get your drink of choice ready and enjoy.

Thursday, Jan. 8
College Football-
Florida at Oklahoma (fox@8pm)

BCS WATCH 2008!

The last week of college football sees #1 and undefeated Alabama go down the might Gators of Florida. Tim Tebow showed the world why he is a Heisman candidate and Florida will now play Oklahoma in the top BCS bowl for the trophy. Check out how the rest of the field ended up.

BCS Standings

1. Oklahoma 12-1

2. Florida 12-1

3. Texas 11-1

4. Alabama 12-1

5. USC 11-1

6. Utah 12-0

7. Texas Tech 11-1

8. Penn State 11-1

9. Boise State 12-0

10. Ohio State 10-2

11. TCU 10-2

12. Cincinnati 11-2

13. Oklahoma State 9-3

14. Georgia Tech 9-3

15. Georgia 9-3

BCS WATCH 2008!

MAN, hear we go again, the good old BCS controversy. As you check out the new rankings below keep in mind that Oklahoma jumped over Texas after both teams won and Texas defeated Oklahoma a couple of months ago. Since the Big 12 has 2 divisions Texas will not have a chance to play in the conference championship (even though Oklahoma, Texas and Texas Tech are tied), thus arguably the best team in college football may not have a chance to play in the top BCS bowl.

This and other crazy scenarieos (Alabama and Florida play Saturday) are the reasons I and millions of others would like to have some sort of playoff system. Even our President Elect said that he would push for an college football playoffs. Man, the BCS is some B.S. for real! That being said check out the rankings as the 2008 comes to a close in the next couple of weeks.

BCS Standings

1. Alabama 12-0

2. Oklahoma 11-1

3. Texas 11-1

4. Florida 11-1

5. USC 10-1

6. Utah 12-0

7. Texas Tech 11-1

8. Penn State 11-1

9. Boise State 12-0

10. Ohio State 10-2

11. TCU 10-2

12. Ball State 12-0

13. Cincinnati 10-2

14. Oklahoma State 9-3

15. Georgia Tech 9-3

BCS WATCH 2008!

The rankings have changed once again as former #1 Texas Tech got their azz handed to them by Oklahoma. Alabama is number 1 in all the land but a match up with #4 Florida is looming. Check out the new rankings.

BCS Standings

1. Alabama 11-0

2. Texas 10-1

3. Oklahoma 10-1

4. Florida 10-1

5. USC 9-1

6. Utah 12-0

7. Texas Tech 10-1

8. Penn State 11-1

9. Boise State 11-0

10. Ohio State 10-2

11. Georgia 9-2

12. Oklahoma State 9-2

13. Missouri 9-2

14. TCU 10-2

15. Ball State 11-0

X-TREME FAN OF THE WEEK!

Everyone has heard of the 12th man but is this going to far or just doing what you got to for your team? In a 3rd down and 9 situation in the Colorado vs Oklahoma State game a Colorado fan used a laser pointer to flash the quarterback of Oklahoma in the eyes (see green spot above). This tactic caused O-State to call a time out. Unfortunately the next play was a 29 yard bomb and O-State ended up winning 30-17. But hey hats off to the "anything for the team" spirit by these Colorado students.

BCS WATCH 2008!

BCS Standings

1. Alabama 11-0

2. Texas Tech 10-0

3. Texas 10-1

4. Florida 9-1

5. Oklahoma 9-1

6. USC 9-1

7. Utah 11-0

8. Penn State 10-1

9. Boise State 10-0

10. Ohio State 9-2

11. Georgia 9-2

12. Oklahoma State 9-2

13. Missouri 9-2

14. BYU 10-1

15. Michigan State 9-2

BCS WATCH 2008!

BCS Standings

1. Alabama 10-0

2. Texas Tech 10-0

3. Texas 9-1

4. Florida 8-1

5. Oklahoma 9-1

6. USC 8-1

7. Utah 10-0

8. Penn State 9-1

9. Boise State 9-0

10. Georgia 8-2

11. Ohio State 8-2

12. Missouri 8-2

13. Oklahoma State 8-2

14. Ball State 9-0

15. Michigan State 9-2

BCS WATCH 2008!

Check out the new BCS polls for this week... Texas at Texas Tech is going to be HUGE!

BCS Standings

1. Texas 8-0

2. Alabama 8-0

3. Penn State 9-0

4. Oklahoma 7-1

5. USC 6-1

6. Georgia 7-1

7. Texas Tech 8-0

8. Florida 6-1

9. Oklahoma State 7-1

10. Utah 8-0

11. Boise State 7-0

12. Ohio State 7-2

13. TCU 8-1

14. Missouri 6-2

15. Florida State 6-1

BCS WATCH 2008!

It's midway through the college football season and the BCS polls are starting to shape up and take a vital role in selecting teams for major bowl considerations. Texas is tearing up the charts but Alabama and Penn State are close behind. So check out the DLR weekly "BCS Watch" as colleges battle for top bowl considerations.

BCS RANKINGS

1. Texas 7-0

2. Alabama 7-0

3. Penn State 8-0

4. Oklahoma 6-1

5. USC 5-1

6. Oklahoma State 7-0

7. Georgia 6-1

8. Texas Tech 7-0

9. Ohio State 7-1

10. Florida 5-1

11. Utah 8-0

12. Boise State 6-0

13. LSU 5-1

14. TCU 7-1

15. Missouri 5-2

"What to watch in sports" Thursday Edition

The unofficial weekend is here (yes I'm pressed enough to count Thursday as the weekend). We have reached October and that means the Major League Baseball playoffs have started. Although I cannot watch too many regular season baseball games during the year, the playoffs are totally different monster. So be sure to tune in as the drama unfolds!

Be sure to check into DLR tomorrow for the weekend edition of "What to watch in sports"

Thursday, Oct. 2
College Football-
Pitt at South Florida (espn@7:30pm) "Take a political stand and watch a "pitbull with lipstick" or you can just stick to sports and a good Big East battle...You make the call"

High School Football-
Dematha at Good Council (espn2@6:30pm) "I threw this in for many reasons: 2 good DMV schools on national TV, and I have some bias for the great Dematha program, HA"

Baseball-
Chicago sox at Tampa Bay (tbs@2:30pm) "Yes this is not a typo, the freakin Rays are in da playoffs"
Milwaukee at Philadelphia (tbs@6pm) "Can Philadelphia finally get a winning team? LOL@Eagles"
Los Angles dodgers at Chicago cubs (tbs@9:30) "Can the cubbies break the curse?

"What to watch in sports" Weekend Edition

Welcome to this new weekly DLR segment which will post the must see games of each weekend.
Of course you know the biggest game in the DMV area will be the The Washington Redskins vs the Texas Cowgirls (SMH) Sunday @ 4:15pm. So be sure to tune in every Thursday to find out which games are a must for your weekend viewing pleasure!!!

Friday, September 26-
College football- Connecticut at Louisville (espn2@8pm). "Fill of football on Friday"

Baseball- Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee (espn@8pm). "With the baseball season winding down the Brewers need to win to stay in the playoff hunt."

Saturday, September 27-
College Football-
Maryland at Clemson (WDCA20@12pm) "Come on Terps"
Tennesse at Auburn (cbs@3:30pm)
Alabama at Georgia (espn@7:45pm)
Illinois at Penn State(abc@8pm)

Boxing-
Shane Mosley vs Ricardo Mayorga (hbo@10:30pm) "Uh..I guess I may watch"

Sunday, September 28-
NFL Football
Greenbay at Tampabay (fox@1:00pm) "Battle of the Bays" (Always wanted to say that..Ha)
Cleveland at Cincinnati (cbs@1:00pm) "Gets no play on my tv, but still NFL"
REDSKINS at COWBOYS (fox@4:15pm) "The rivalry says it all, and if not see paragraph above"
Philadelphia at Chicago (nbc@8:15pm) "last game before work"

Monday, September 29-
Baltimore at Pittsburgh (espn@8:30) "Hard hitting rivalry should be a good one"

Top 25 College Football Poll Is Out

The Georgia Bulldogs are the preseason #1. Notre Lame is no where in sight. Check out the entire list here.