That's what the Jets did after beating the Patriots. I didn't hear about Bernard Pollard getting a game ball for ending Tom Brady's season last year. I didn't hear that David Tyree got the game ball for making that "catch" that ended New England's perfect season at Super Bowl XLII. Hey, Fireman Ed: Want to see how rough and tough you are like the Jets? Come to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough November 22 and shout that J-E-T-S, JETS, JETS, JETS crap in front of Patriots fans, the greatest fans in the world. Then you'll have to walk back to East Rutherford embarrased that the Patriots will get their revenge on your dumb team.

Trojans coach Pete Carroll announced that freshman QB/phenom Matt Barkley will be USC's starting signal caller this year. Which reminds us of Jones/Sharpley/ Clausen from 2007. This is not the Carson Palmer/Matt Leinart/John David Booty/Mark Sanchez Trojans we will be seeing on 10/17/09. Expect ND to give Mr. Barkley a rough freshman orienteering class at Our Lady's Stadium. I think Notre Dame will have its 1st win over the Trojans since '00, don't you think? I predict the Fighting Irish will sack Barkley 6 times en route to a 34-0 win, Clausen will look like Tim Tebow against the Maulauga/Matthews/Cushing-less Trojan D, the Irish will go 12-0 and upset Florida in the BCS title game. Just want to tell you Matt Barkley is going to start for USC this season. Good luck, freshman, you're gonna need it October 17 against the new & improved Irish.

I'm doing a replay of the first Royals team to be successful, the 1976 Kansas City Royals with an old baseball board game called Sherco Grand Slam Baseball, and this is a must read blog to get you away from the current 2009 Royals. See if George Brett, Freddie Patek, Hal McRae, Frank White, Paul Splitorff, Al Fitzmorris and the rest of Whitey Herzog's crew can bring a World Series to K.C. And I created a player that will put the Royals to the top, his name is Henry Fitzpatrick, a 6'4", 245 lb. pitcher who is pretty good. Check out my 1976 Royals replay blog and enjoy it to distract yourselves from a disappointing Royals defeat.

All 26 Notre Dame athletics programs exceeded the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate standards, and 9 teams had perfect 1,000 scores than any other FBS subdivision. Duke had 8 perfect scores, B.C. and Stanford 6, Navy 5 and Michigan 4. There was no mention of USC in that list.
I am proud to be a Notre Dame fan, and with this report by the NCAA about academic progress, Knute Rockne, Father Sorin, Father Hesburgh, Frank Leahy, Digger Phelps, Lou Holtz and all of Notre Dame Nation are proud of Father Jenkins, Jack Swarbrick, Charlie Weis, Mike Brey and the athletes of Notre Dame. I'm proud to be an Irish fan thanks to this.
GO IRISH, #1 in academic progress!