The Blue Workhorse

With their blowout of Missouri, Texas solidified the #1 spot (if anyone was wavering last week) and Colt McCoy showed he is Heisman material. A lot of teams at the back end of the Top 25 suffered upsets this week, so there are a number of new teams and teams re-entering the Top 25.

Another week means another re-evaluation, and thus, we give you our new The Blue Workhorse College Football Top 25 after Week 8. Some things to note from this week’s rankings:

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So you want to know who is going to win the big games this week? You’ve come to the right place.

There are some huge games this week that definitely have national title implications and other games that will have conference title implications.

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This hit comes to you courtesy of Cristol, Big Gill, and Bay Boy. We heard this down at Tropicana Field during games 1 & 2 of the American League Championship Series and instantly fell in love.

This should be your pregame song for tonight’s clincher in Boston.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIdB5cdMORI[/youtube]

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The Tennessee Titans are now the only team the 1972 Miami Dolphins are awaiting before their yearly toast to another season without an undefeated team thanks to the lowly Cleveland Browns dismantling of the New York Giants. How will the Giants loss affect the power rankings?

Each of our four writers have ranked the teams. The rankings have been tallied. Only two teams remain in the same spot as last week, and there is a team that has bounded back into the top 5. Scroll down to find out where your favorite NFL team ranks.

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A lot of shakeup in the Top 10 after two huge battles in the Big XII saw the underdogs win with Texas rallying to take down former #1 Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry and Oklahoma State upending previous #4 Missouri.

Another week means another re-evalution, and thus, we give you our new The Blue Workhorse College Football Top 25 after Week 6. Some things to note from this week’s rankings:

* Of the top 11 teams, only Alabama remains in the same spot as last week. The idle Crimson Tide were jumped by Texas but remained ahead of the rest in the #2 spot.

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In the Sunday Sports Selection series, we showcase a sports-related product (gadget, book, film, equipment, etc.) that we have enjoyed and think you may find of interest as well.

In 2003, the top sports network in the world, ESPN, tried their hand at producing a scripted drama. The result — an instant hit.

With cutting and brash stroylines, an incredible theme track (that I even personally used as my plate music my freshman year of college baseball), and realistic football scenes, ESPN’s Playmakers jumped onto the scene in 2003 and instantly was getting rave reviews.

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The Blue Workhorse will be on the road this weekend as we (we being two friends and myself) travel down to the Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg area for the first two games of the American League Championship Series.
After working for one of the Tampa Bay (no longer Devil) Rays minor league teams last summer, I knew that [...]

Yesterday marked the 52nd anniversary of Don Larsen’s perfect game in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series.

[singlepic=208,240,320,,]Yankees’ legend Yogi Berra bounded into the arms of Don Larsen after Larsen struck out Dodgers’ pinch-hitter Dale Mitchell. (AP Photo).

27 batters up…27 batters down. Throw in a fourth-inning Mickey Mantle home run and an insurance run in the sixth inning against Dodgers starter Sal Maglie, who actually threw a no-hitter of his own less than two weeks prior during the regular season, and the New York Yankees won Game 5 with a 2-0 margin.

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