BG beats Kent State in a closer-than-it-should-have-been 24-14 ball game at Kent. So, despite the nastiness that was the last two weeks, BG still controls its own destiny (thanks in HUGE part to a Ball State win over Akron) heading into the last two games of the year. The way this team has shown up the last few weeks, it may take a monumental effort to beat Miami(OH) and/or Toledo, but it’s doable.

In other college football of the day…

-Boston College did it’s part to muck up the bottom 2/3 of the BlogPoll with a loss at UNC today. Thanks Eagles!

-Alabama has opened it up a bit, but this game with Mississippi State is like watching a pudding fight on the short bus. I’ve got a feeling that when/if they lose, the Tide is in for quite a tumble in the polls. Ever since Tyrone Prothro’s leg decided to go “L-shaped”, they’ve been playing with house money, big time.

Of course, I learned today that they’ve got a kid on the roster named “Jimmy Johns”. I wonder if he offers “free smells”?

6:03pm
-At what point was it a good idea for CBS to not only run a movie about a hurricane wiping out the planet, but to promote it as “the event everyone’s been waiting for”, and during an Alabama/Mississippi State game, no less?

6:15pm
-If you look closely, you can pinpoint the exact moment that Eric Ainge remembered that he’s Eric Ainge.

7:05pm
-My colleague in Columbus (uh, colleague?) points out that UCLA trails Arizona 21-0 midway through the first quarter. The prediction has been made that UCLA wins this one 48-38. If not, I think UCLA could take a fall like the one predicted for ‘Bama earlier in this post.

-What part of a home win over a crappy Tennessee team necessitates a Gatorade shower for Charlie Weis? On second glance, I thought maybe he just sweats a lot, but then I saw the replay. They better be careful, though, and not get water on that new 20 year contract he had in his hands.

7:26pm
-And N.C. State gives Florida State a one-way ticket to the muck that is the bottom of the BlogPoll. Chuck Amato is so proud of his boys, his tears are making the paint on his Foakleys bleed.

7:45pm
-French police continue to struggle with rioting and arson outside Paris. And they still can’t figure out why all the French teenagers keep running around yelling “WOOO!! GO BUCKS!!”

France 23, Michigan 20

-Cancel everything I said a half hour ago about UCLA. If they come within 30 at the end of this one, I think I’ll be surprised.

8:45pm
-Who knew they had woodsheds in Arizona?

-I can only assume this Va Tech-Miami game (3-0 in the second) is as much of a doozy as predicted, since the cable TV I’m privy to at this moment is Indiana Pacers basketball and girls high school volleyball. WHEEE!!!

10:43pm
-Texas Tech, up 56-17 with a minute or less left, lines up with three wide, checks off at the line, and runs a draw for 20 some yards. If it goes for six, I’m saying Texas A&M should have gotten free shots at Mike Leach’s junk. But it didn’t, and I think they actually took a knee on the next play.

-While it was a day of celebration for one pedophile as Albert Dukes saw some P.T. against Illinois, it is apparently a night of regret as Marcus Vick and the Hokies are going down like a 15 year old at a frat party. Virginia Tech can peel the “WE (HEART) AUBURN 2004” bumper stickers off their free cars.

Mrs. Meyer’s husband is not a fan

(EDIT: Apparently Florida beat Vandy, damn Yahoo called it a Vandy win in the first OT earlier. Grrrr! Oh well, Urbie’s still a bitch, and his wife is easy (like Sunday morning).)