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Current Year's Record

Dylan: 57-31

Evan: 48-40

Nick: 52-36

Will: 49-39

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By Nick Gallaudet

I know, it's almost blasphemous for me. A lifelong baseball fan asking you to watch Major League Soccer's playoffs when the World Series just started, but please hear me out. First, let me clear a couple things up. I have never seen an MLS game. I hated soccer until recently, but then I made friends with people who live and breathe the sport, so I gave it a chance during the 2010 World Cup. I used to talk about how nothing happened, and that it's a waste of time watching a sport where it routinely ended in ties. I was used to games ending with a winner, and I think that's why, like a lot of Americans, I got sucked into the World Cup. If you're reading this right now, you probably watched Landon Donovan show Algeria that Karim Matmour had nothing on us Americans. If you haven't seen the Youtube clip of all the barroom reactions to his goal, watch it now (and note Davis' cameo, starring some Sack Lunch writers). Soccer had legs in America a

read more October 28th, 2010 at 07:00 pm / #mls #nick gallaudet #mls playoffs 2010

By Dylan Davis This is getting a little bit ridiculous. For the third Saturday in a row, the top ranked team lost on the road to a ranked conference foe. This week, AP #1 Oregon travels to southern California to face the Trojans; could the Ducks make it a four in a row? Oklahoma-Missouri was the biggest upset of the day, but it wasn't even close to being the biggest college football game. It was overshadowed by the Giants game, which was on at the same time, but also by the ridiculous outing Cam Newton had against a supposedly stout LSU defense. Let's get right into what we learned on Saturday. Michigan hired Rich Rodriguez as their head football coach two years ago to bring his spread option offense to Ann Arbor and bring the Wolverines a title. While Michigan has sputtered to get out of its own way much of the time, the spread option is the offense of choice for many of the top teams in the nation. Oregon and Auburn occupy the top two spo read more

October 27th, 2010 at 06:59 pm / #ncaafb #dylan davis #cam newton #week 8 ncaa 2010

By Will Robinson Ugh. That's all I have to say about NFL Week 7. Ugh. My beloved Broncos were trounced in a game with the same margin of defeat as this semi-important game one. Denver left Zach Miller WIDE open for a 43-yard touchdown, Kyle Orton threw a pick-six, and Darren McFadden scored a rushing touchdown... and that was the first six minutes of the game. Oakland was responsible for the first 38 points of the game, and Denver failed to score until 1:56 left in the first half. They opened up the 2nd half with a quick score, but then allowed Oakland to score the next 21 points, to end the game 59-14. I couldn't turn off the game until after the 3rd quarter. Yes, it was a bit masochistic, but I was genuinely interested to see how many touchdowns McFadden could get. I wanted him to get another, for fun, to bring his total to 5. I was glad Coach McD took full blame for the game, but really, the players executed horrifically. I guess they're trying to take the read more

October 26th, 2010 at 06:50 pm / #nfl #will robinson #week 7 nfl 2010

By Evan Ream Another MLS season is in the books, and with just the playoff games left to decide the Cup winner, it is time to hand out my post-season awards. There were many deserving candidates this year in David Ferreira, Landon Donovan, Edson Buddle, Javier Morales, and Omar Cummings, but I have to go with the man, the myth, the legend, the WONDO. Chris Wondolowski had an MLS season for the ages. The man almost single handedly guided the Earthquakes into the playoffs. With 18 goals, Wondo accounted for over 50% of his teams goals. Wondo was one of only three Earthquakes to score multiple goals. Second on the team to his EIGHTEEN were Ike Opara (a rookie defender) and Arturo Alvarez (the most inconsistent player in the history of soccer) with 3 goals each. A lot of pundits have been pointing out the fact that Wondo only had 1 assist on the entire season, but with numbers like this it is clear that Wondo had no one to pass to. In addition, many of his goals came f read more

October 25th, 2010 at 07:04 pm / #mls #evan ream #mls mvp 2010 #mls best xi 2010 #mls playoffs 2010

Current Year's Record (Recalculated, 100% accurate):

Dylan: 48-26

Evan: 38-36

Nick: 43-31

Will: 41-33

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By Kenny Durell Kenny Durell here, coming in from 3,000 miles to the East as an off-and-on again correspondent on live sporting events out here for my Sack Lunch-ers back in Davis. Well, it's now a few weekends ago, but looking back, where I went and what I did was hands-down one of the best sporting events of my life, regardless of sport: an MLS game at the Red Bull Arena between the New York Red Bulls and the Kansas City Wizards. I journeyed out to the New Jersey hinter land (yeah, don't let the New York name fool you; like the Jets and Giants, the Red Bulls play across the water in the Garden State) with two other Davisites, and hardcore fútbol fans, Isaac and Dot, who also both go to school on the East Coast for college. I could try to explain with words the awesomeness and grandeur of coming onto this literal foot read more

October 22nd, 2010 at 03:32 pm / #new york red bulls #game report #kenny durell

By Dylan Davis Another week, another number one team losing on the road. This college football season has started to gather momentum in the past few weeks and the losses of Ohio State and Alabama have been the headliners. There have been upsets and exciting games. Electric players and surprise teams. Let's give out some first half awards, shall we? Best Player: Cam Newton (QB Auburn) - Up until the last two weeks, Denard Robinson was first in this category, and it wasn't even close. But, since the Wolverines edged Indiana, they haven't looked very good in two defeats against quality competition, and doubts have been raised about Robinson's play earlier in the year. It seems like he racked up stats against bad competition and the injuries have started to become a factor as he has been pulled out of the last two games with injuries. Auburn's signal caller has been the exact opposite. He didn't get as much attention at the beginning of the read more

October 20th, 2010 at 07:40 pm / #ncaafb #dylan davis #week 7 ncaa 2010

Current Year's Record:

Dylan: 39-21

Evan: 32-30

Nick: 35-25

Will: 30-32

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By Nick Gallaudet Week 5 was another perplexing week in the NFL. It looks like some teams just are not who we thought they were. Supposedly, good teams keep underperforming, and nobodies come out on top of the fantasy leaderboards, so here's to a high scoring week. Byes: Buffalo, Cincinnati, Arizona, Carolina Top Bye-Week Replacements: QB Matt Cassel KC, Vince Young TEN, David Garrard JAC RB Ryan Torain WAS, Brandon Jacobs NYG, Ladell Betts NO WR Kenny Britt WR, Louis Murphy OAK, Dexter McCluster KC WAIVER WATCH WR Danny Amendola STL: With #1 WR Mark Clayton out for the season, look for Amendola to step into the top pass catching role. WR Deion Branch NE: Reunited with Tom Brady, look for Branch to attempt to fill Moss' shoes. I don't think he'll put up huge numbers, but they'll definitely be better than what he did in Seattle SEATTLE at read more

October 14th, 2010 at 07:04 pm / #nfl #fantasy football #nick gallaudet

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