Thu 02 Nov 2006
Euro competitions update
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Group A Of Death
Barcelona - Chelsea 2:2
Levski Sofia - Werder Bremen 0:3
10 CHE 7 WER 5 BAR 0 LSF
So, Barcelona for the UEFA Cup, then. A draw against Bremen will put Chelsea through, as will any one-goal defeat, for that'll give Chelsea the head-to-head win. Barca really needs to beat Bremen in the first week of December to progress.
Group B Of Two Halves
Bayern Munich - Sporting Lisbon 0:0
Spartak Moscow - Inter Milan 0:1
10 BAY 6 INT 5 SLS 1 SPM
Inter moves into second place in the group. Bayern has the tie-break over Lisbon, but that won't come into play.
Group C For Second
PSV Eindhoven - Galatasaray 2:0
Liverpool - Bordeaux 3:0
10 LIV 10 PSV 1 GAL 1 BDX
It's all coming down to the Liverpool - PSV match in three weeks. Liverpool's greater win this week does give them a one-goal advantage overall, and that could be crucial. Both sides are assured of a place in the last sixteen, with two matches left.
Group D Of How Will Portugal Mess This Up?
Roma - Olympiakos 1:1
Shaktar Donetsk - Valencia 2:2 (16)
10 VAL 7 ROM 2 OLY 2 SHA
Zzzzzzzzz. Even the tie-breaks in this group are boring. Valencia will be in the achtelfinalrund.
Group E Of Surprise
Lyon - Dinamo Kyiv 1:0
Real Madrid - Steaua Bucharest 1:0
12 LYN 9 RMD 3 STE 0 KYV
Lyon and Madrid now certain to progress, as the latter side has beaten Steaua twice.
Group F Of Apologies
Benfica - Celtic 3:0 (40)
FC Copenhagen - Manchester B 1:0 (40)
9 MUN 6 CEL 4 COP 4 BEN
And suddenly the group is unsorted. Manchester B is assured of some football next year, they can't be overtaken by all three sides. The winner of Celtic - MUN on the 21st will probably win the group; the loser of Benfica - Copenhagen is almost certainly out.
Group G Of Giants
Hamburg - Porto 1:3
Arsenal - CSKA Moscow 0:0
8 CSK 7 ANL 7 PTO 0 HAM
Porto's position is enhanced because they've played Hamburg twice. CSKA has the tiebreakers on Arsenal.
Group H Of Pifflingly Easy
AC Milan - Anderlecht 4:1
AEK Athens - Lille 1:0 (32)
10 ACM 5 LIL 4 AEK 2 AND
AC will surely qualify, but it's wide open to join them, Lille has the tiebreakers over AEK.
UEFA Cup
Group A:
Partizan - Livorno 1:1
Rangers - Maccabi Haifa 2:0
RAN 6 MHA 3 LVO 1 PBG* 1 AUX* 0
Group B:
Dinamo - Besiktas 2:1
Tottenham Hotspur - Club Brugge 3:1
TOT 6 DIB* 3 BYL* 1 BRU 1 BES 0
Group C:
Grasshoppers - AZ Alkmaar 2:5
Braga - Liberec 4:0
AZA 6 BRG 3 LIB 1 SEV* 1 GRZ* 0
Group D:
Heerenveen - OB Odense 0:2
Lens - Osasuna 3:1
ODE 3 LEN* 3 PAR* 3 OSA 1 HEE 1
Group E:
Nancy - Wisla Krakow 2:1
Blackburn - Basel 3:0 (33)
BLK 6 NAN* 3 BAS 1 FEY* 1 WIS 0
Group F:
Zulte-Waregem - Sparta Prague 3:1
Ajax - Austria Vienna 3:0
WRG 6 ESP* 3 AJX* 3 PRG 0 AWI 0
Group G:
Hapoel Tel Aviv - Rapid Bucuresti 2:2
Boleslav - Panathinaikos 0:1
PAN 6 RAP 2 PSG* 1 HTA 1 BLV* 0
Group H:
Palermo - Newcastle United 0:1 (38)
Celta Vigo - Eintracht Frankfurt 1:1
NWC 6 PAL 3 EIN 1 CVG* 1 FEN* 0
It's still a little too early to say who is going through, but it would be a major surprise to find that the teams on six points won't go through. It would be difficult to find a situation where Wagerem don't go through, though the remaining two games are against Espanyol and Ajax. Most of the games went to form, though Blackburn's win against Basel came thanks to three late goals, and Newcastle's win at Palermo must rank as an upset.
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Sun 05 Nov 2006
NCAAball Facts
All bar thirteen of the 119 Division I sides were in action this week, so let's away.
Last week's Top Ten
Oklahoma St. 10 vs. #1 Texas 36
#2 Ohio St. 17 vs. #103 Illinois 10
#3 Southern Cal 42 vs. Stanford 0
#4 West Virginia 34 vs. #10 Louisville 44
Arkansas St. 0 vs. #5 Auburn 27
Ball St. 26 vs. #6 Michigan 34
#7 Florida 25 vs. Vanderbilt 19
North Carolina 26 vs. #8 Notre Dame 45
#9 Virginia Tech 17 vs. #26 Miami 10
#4 West Virginia 34 vs. #10 Louisville 44
As expected, easy wins for the top three against pisspoor opposition (and after their good start, OHIST is in an awful lot of Mismatches Of The Day.) The big match is effectively for the Moderate East title, and LSVLE effectively seals the honour with the jump on WVIRG. Only other match of note is VTECH's win over MIAFL, allowing them to progress because other sides have beaten lesser opposition.
All-top-30 contests
#4 West Virginia 34 vs. #10 Louisville 44
#9 Virginia Tech 17 vs. #26 Miami 10
#11 LSU 28 vs. #21 Tennessee 24
#14 Oklahoma 17 vs. #23 Texas A&M 16
#17 Penn St. 3 vs. #16 Wisconsin 13
#29 Missouri 20 vs. #28 Nebraska 34
Apart from LSVLE, no upsets there, and wins against highly-placed opposition will boost a team's ranking more than beating up the likes of ARKST. And no, we don't see LSU's defeat of TENSE as an upset, because we stuck our necks out and didn't buy into the hype.
The upset-o-meter
Mississippi St. 24 vs. Alabama 16 (48)
#27 Georgia 20 vs. Kentucky 24 (42)
#98 Kent St. 14 vs. #119 Buffalo 41 (40)
#32 Tulsa 10 vs. Houston 27 (40)
Arizona 27 vs. #37 Washington St. 17 (39)
#12 Boston College 14 vs. #39 Wake Forest 21 (38)
Northwestern 21 vs. Iowa 7 (38)
Rice 37 vs. UTEP 31 (37)
Louisiana-Lafayette 28 vs. Troy 42 (34)
Pittsburgh 12 vs. South Florida 22 (33)
#35 Maryland 13 vs. #19 Clemson 12 (32)
#31 Arizona St. 10 vs. #40 Oregon St. 44 (30)
Two sides in the thirties knock off sides in the top 30, but the two closest to the charmed circle both lose to sides they should have beaten. GRGIA fans [waves] can take consolation from ... actually, we're rather struggling here, it's the third big loss in five matches. Er... One more win for a bowl, yes, that's true. We're depressed that KENTS's utterly impossible shot at a bowl game has finally ended following BUFFL's upset win, the second of the season for the Cover Your Eyes With Anything That Comes To Hand.
Blimey! That's Rubbish: The Bottom Ten
LY LW TW Conf R RD Idle
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102 110 110 UTHST WA 646 112.8 0 Utah State
89 112 111 LOMON SB 638 118.8 1 Louisiana Monroe
106 114 112 UNLV MW 635 126.3 0 UNLV
111 111 113 EMICH MA 630 111.3 0 East Mich
80 113 114 MIOHO MA 629 104.8 0 Miami-Ohio
107 115 115 DUKE AC 599 140.4 0 Duke
101 116 116 FLINT SB 573 120.3 1 Florida International
117 117 117 NMXST WA 556 136.6 0 New Mexico State
118 119 118 BUFFL MA 555 121.3 0 Buffalo
116 118 119 TEMPL XX 542 129.2 0 Temple
TEMPL returns to the bottom, after just one week off the foot of the ladder.
Other matches of interest
Air Force 43 vs. Army 7
Indiana 26 vs. Minnesota 63
And we can see the TMQ comments from here.
Top Thirty
LY LW TW Conf R RD Idle
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2 1 1 TEXAS BT 1537 122.7 0 Texas
8 2 2 OHIST BX 1484 122.3 0 Ohio State
1 3 3 SCALF PX 1477 145.3 0 Southern California
19 10 4 LSVLE BE 1391 125.0 0 Louisville
10 5 5 AUBRN SE 1384 125.2 0 Auburn
23 6 6 MICH BX 1379 115.0 0 Michigan
21 7 7 FLORD SE 1368 111.3 0 Florida
3 9 8 VTECH AC 1368 115.1 0 Virginia Tech
20 8 9 NOTDM XX 1365 109.4 0 Notre Dame
4 11 10 LSU SE 1357 122.3 0 LSU
5 4 11 WVIRG BE 1347 133.2 0 W Virginia
22 13 12 CALIF PX 1334 110.5 0 California
17 16 13 WISCO BX 1331 112.0 0 Wisconsin
14 14 14 OKLAH BT 1329 109.4 0 Oklahoma
15 15 15 OREGN PX 1312 112.0 0 Oregon
26 18 16 GEOTC AC 1273 109.7 0 Georgia Tech
18 12 17 BOSCL AC 1264 116.1 0 Boston College
37 20 18 BSEST WA* 1259 121.2 0 Boise State
6 22 19 TCU MW* 1243 126.7 0 TCU
7 17 20 PENST BX 1242 109.5 0 Penn State
56 25 21 ARKNS SE 1228 124.6 0 Arkansas
52 24 22 RUTGR BE 1228 114.8 0 Rutgers
54 21 23 TENSE SE 1221 107.9 0 Tennessee
25 19 24 CLEMS AC 1219 105.3 0 Clemson
27 28 25 NBRSK BT 1217 108.5 0 Nebraska
40 23 26 TEXAM BT 1199 105.9 0 Texas A&M
16 30 27 TXSTC BT 1198 109.3 0 Texas Tech
51 35 28 MARYL AC 1192 109.2 0 Maryland
9 26 29 MIAFL AC 1170 114.9 0 Miami-Florida
64 39 30 WAKEF AC 1160 113.1 0 Wake Forest
As expected, LSVLE takes WVIRG's place in the top five; VTECH's advance comes purely because NOTDM is running up the account by playing crap sides. OKLAH might have hoped to advance, though that wasn't to happen in places, they're an awful lot closer to the top end. WAKEF's great season - they're +7-1 - sees the side climb into the top 30. The other newbies, MARYL, boast a +6-2 record.
Conference-watch: the Atlantic Coast
LY LW TW Conf R RD Idle
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3 9 8 VTECH AC 1368 115.1 0 Virginia Tech
26 18 16 GEOTC AC 1273 109.7 0 Georgia Tech
18 12 17 BOSCL AC 1264 116.1 0 Boston College
25 19 24 CLEMS AC 1219 105.3 0 Clemson
51 35 28 MARYL AC 1192 109.2 0 Maryland
9 26 29 MIAFL AC 1170 114.9 0 Miami-Florida
64 39 30 WAKEF AC 1160 113.1 0 Wake Forest
31 44 39 FLAST AC 1098 110.4 0 Florida State
35 52 54 NCSTA AC 998 111.3 0 NC State
30 54 62 VIRGI AC 976 102.0 0 Virginia
36 80 82 NCARO AC 876 111.8 0 N Carolina
107 115 115 DUKE AC 599 140.4 0 Duke
WAKEF and MARYL head the Atlantic division, the sides meet on 25 November. GEOTC leads VTECH by a game in the Coast, has the head-to-head win, and a match against DUKE to come. Looks like a winner.
Conference-watch: the Mountain-West*
LY LW TW Conf R RD Idle
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6 22 19 TCU MW 1243 126.7 0 TCU
63 38 35 BYU MW 1133 111.3 0 BYU
39 47 47 UTAH MW 1037 112.9 1 Utah
58 49 49 NEWMX MW 1026 108.5 1 New Mexico
75 69 67 WYOMG MW 964 102.3 0 Wyoming
85 73 72 AIRFC MW 935 107.8 0 Air Force
57 70 73 COLST MW 924 105.5 0 Colorado State
71 86 90 SDGST MW 820 114.1 0 San Diego State
106 114 112 UNLV MW 635 126.3 0 UNLV
TCU's two losses have come against MW opposition, and BYU is the side to catch; they can afford to lose one game (against UTAH, NEWMX, WYOMG) and take the title. A Top Ten bowl game is unlikely.
Next week on NASN: an unknown game live at 5pm Saturday, a SE game at 8.30 that night, a BT match on tape at 2pm Sunday (14.00 CET Thursday in Europe), and OREGN-SCALF at 5pm (15.30 Sunday in Europe).
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Tue 07 Nov 2006
Owen Goal
An awful lot of upsets this week, with six in the top flight in England providing half of the losses for Europe's top two sides.
SC Dundee Utd - Rangers 2:1 (48)
FR Rennes - Lyon 1:0 (48)
E1 West Ham - Arsenal 1:0 (44)
E1 Newcastle - Sheff U 0:1 (43)
E1 Tottenham - Chelsea 2:1 (43)
IT Atalanta - AC Milan 2:0 (37)
E1 Bolton - Wigan 0:1 (36)
E2 Colchester - Cardiff 3:1 (35)
ES Real Madrid - Celta Vigo 1:2 (35)
E2 Derby - West Bromwich 2:1 (35)
ES Zaragoza - Getafe 3:1 (34)
E2 Barnsley - Leeds 3:2 (32)
E2 QPR - Crystal Palace 4:2 (32)
E2 Sheffield Wednesday - Leicester 2:1 (32)
DE Hertha Berlin - Nurnberg 2:1 (31)
FR Marseille - Lorient 0:1 (31)
E1 Watford - Middlesbrough 2:0 (31)
DE Hannover - Bochum 0:2 (30)
E1 Fulham - Everton 1:0 (30)
CH Thun - Basel 1:1 (20)
A good week for Atlanta, a pretty rubbish one for Marseille.
Not ranking as a surprise: Man City's defeat at Charlton; it's the second straight win for Charlton, and yet another away loss for City. Nor Hamburg's loss to Wolfsburg; the way this team is playing, could Hamburg beat Wolf from the Gladiators? Maybe they should play Hearts, who lost 2:1 at Celtic thanks to some unbelieveably sloppy goalkeeping.
But that's not the odd game of the week-end. The bizzary-scope went into overdrive when it heard what happened in Monday's match between Sporting Lisbon and Braga. SLS went ahead on twelve minutes, when a Braga defender made a fantastic back-of-the-header, and looped the ball over his hapless keeper. They went 2:0 ahead on the half-hour, when a corner led to complete confusion, and there was another own goal. Lisbon completed their 3:0 win in the second half, when another corner almost - but not quite - went over the goal line. The ref gave it anyway, and the epocsyrazzib turned itself inside out.
In England's lower divisions: Notts Forest are clear at the top of Division III; they've conceded in just six of 17 league matches. Walsall and Lincoln are scrapping for the lead in Division IV, while Macclesfield look doomed already. Oxford has opened a five-point lead on Dagenham and Redbridge in Division V. The twenty sides from position 5 down have just eight different points totals, from 15 to 29. And in the match of the day, Manchester United went to Maine Road, emerged 2:1 winners, and remain top of the league.
European tables
AWI 815 116.2 AUSTRIA VIENNA at
GRA 803 134.6 GRAZER at
RAP 711 128.0 RAPID VIENNA at
AND 922 112.2 ANDERLECHT be
WRG 890 151.5 WAREGEM be
BRU 812 124.8 BRUGGE be
LIE 789 125.6 LIEGE be
BEV 536 147.2 BEVEREN be
LSF 912 108.0 LEVSKI SOFIA bg
CSS 821 126.0 CSKA SOFIA bg
LIT 745 156.5 LITEKS LOVECH bg
PBG 825 159.0 PARTISAN BELGRADE cg
RSB 775 157.9 RED STAR BELGRADE cg
BAS 957 112.1 BASEL ch
GRZ 952 123.9 GRASSHOPPERS ZURICH ch
THU 632 133.8 THUN ch
SLP 875 123.4 SLAVIA PRAGUE cz
LIB 840 155.0 SLOVAN LIBEREC cz
PRG 800 113.7 SPARTA PRAGUE cz
TEP 799 151.5 TEPLICE cz
BLV 668 161.6 MLADA BOLESLAV cz
COP 1054 129.1 COPENHAGEN dk
ODE 951 142.9 ODENSE dk
BRO 685 140.7 BRONDBY dk
PAN 1168 117.5 PANATHANAIKOS gr
OLY 1104 109.0 OLYMPIAKOS gr
AEK 990 103.5 AEK ATHENS gr
PAO 759 130.8 PAOK SALONIKA gr
ASS 639 148.6 ARIS SALONIKA gr
AIG 624 134.2 AIGAELIO gr
PIO 566 137.5 PANIONIOS gr
DZA 670 164.1 DYNAMO ZAGREB hr
MHA 888 161.0 MACCABI HAIFA il
HTA 849 170.4 HAPOEL TEL-AVIV il
MPT 589 182.7 MACCABI PETAH-TIKVA il
PSV 1194 104.4 PSV EINDHOVEN nl
AJX 1187 116.2 AJAX nl
AZA 1183 114.7 AZ ALKMAAR nl
FEY 877 126.2 FEYENOORD nl
UTR 836 143.6 UTRECHT nl
HEE 809 122.1 HEERENVEEN nl
ROS 1090 133.8 ROSENBORG no
VRG 848 139.8 VALARENGEN no
VIK 717 143.3 VIKING STAVANGER no
TRO 611 142.6 TROMSO no
WIS 778 171.2 WISLA KRAKOW pl
SLS 1058 114.4 SPORTING LISBON pt
PTO 1043 108.3 PORTO pt
BEN 944 110.5 BENFICA pt
BRG 941 141.7 BRAGA pt
GUI 755 160.1 GUIMARES pt
DIB 1191 149.3 DINAMO BUCHAREST ro
RBU 1011 127.0 RAPID BUCHAREST ro
STE 909 106.9 STEAUA BUCHAREST ro
CSK 1061 108.3 CSKA MOSCOW ru
LOK 1001 136.0 LOKOMOTIV MOSCOW ru
SPM 967 123.6 SPARTAK MOSCOW ru
ZSP 956 120.0 ZENIT ST PETERSBURG ru
HAL 652 191.4 HALMSTADS se
ART 736 128.7 ARTMEDIA BRATISLAVA sv
BES 1069 127.0 BESTIKTAS tr
GAL 969 136.7 GALATASARAY tr
FEN 914 128.7 FENERBACHE tr
GEN 771 149.6 GENCENBIRGILI tr
KYV 999 115.3 DINAMO KYIV ua
SHA 928 116.7 SHAKTAR DONETSK ua
DNI 836 142.3 DNIPRO ua
Note, particularly, the huge gulf between the three leading sides in the Netherlands and the other sides there.
On Friday: Europe's First XXX.
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Wed 08 Nov 2006
CFL news
In the post-season, the semi-final results were:
sas-cal 30:21 (30)
win-tor 27:31
Saskatchewan will travel to Vancouver, Toronto goes to Montréal in this week-end's divisional finals. We half expect the latter to be an upset.
BCL 1137 90.8 1 W
TOR 1052 89.5 0 E
CAL 1013 88.9 0 W
SAS 1002 86.9 0 W
MON 996 92.0 1 E
WIN 977 87.8 0 E
EDM 948 90.2 1 W
HAM 834 95.2 2 E
CFL-South
Big match this week saw the Lucky Charms beat the New Democracy 27:20, to go clear at the top of the tree. Five upsets:
55 Miami 31 vs. Chicago 13
53 Atlanta 14 vs. Detroit 30
51 Dallas 19 vs. Washington 22
50 Minnesota 3 vs. San Francisco 9
49 Green Bay 10 vs. Buffalo 24
It's the first time that the Junior and Kindergarten teams from Buffalo have both won in the same week since 1885.
IND 1314 123.8 0 CS Indianapolis Lucky Charms
CHI 1195 130.2 0 PN Chicago Pink Rhinosceri
NEM 1173 120.8 0 CE New England New Democracy
DEN 1164 123.2 0 CW Denver Ants
NJG 1161 120.1 0 PE New Jersey A
BAL 1160 119.3 0 CN Baltimore Erinas
JAC 1134 119.4 0 CS Jacksonville Browns Lane
NOB 1134 121.3 0 PS New Orleans Boy Scouts
SDF 1127 119.6 0 CW San Diego Bolts
SEA 1084 118.5 0 PW Seattle Blue Men Group
KAN 1079 117.2 0 CW Kansas City Pie Scales
ATL 1055 119.4 0 PS Atlanta Cattacciano
CAR 1016 118.8 1 PS Carolina Pussycats
CIN 1002 119.6 0 CN Cincinnati Bungles
MIN 995 119.9 0 PN Minnesota Lapponites
PHI 993 118.0 1 PE Philadelphia Marxists
STL 986 118.6 0 PW St Louis Mouflons
NJJ 977 118.6 1 CE New Jersey B
DAL 977 117.6 0 PE Irving Asteroids
PIT 951 117.8 0 CN Pittsburgh Terrorists
SFF 944 122.5 0 PW St Francisville Fortyfour-Niners
BUF 937 121.1 0 CE Buffalo Cover Your Eyes With Feathers
WAS 925 121.7 0 PE Potomac Drainage Basin Indigenous Persons
BOT 908 123.9 0 PS Manchester United
CLE 897 122.8 0 CN Aston Villa
BOG 896 117.9 0 PN Bay of Green
DET 882 124.4 0 PN Detroit Peugeots
TEN 874 123.8 0 CS Tennessee Flaming Thumbtacks
HOU 851 120.7 0 CS Houston Moocows
OAK 849 121.1 0 CW Oakland Lost
MIA 846 123.9 0 CE Miami December Collapse
ARI 775 119.8 1 PW Arizona Cautions
Don't think we've got anything much to say about the Vegas 25, so here's the usual link.
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Fri 10 Nov 2006
Europe's Top XXII
Quite a few upsets in the English League Cup, which has reached the Achtelfinalrund. Charlton was taken to kicks from the penalty mark by Chesterfield (III), Newcastle met the same fate against Watford, and Tottenham required extra time to beat Port Vale (III). Easy wins for Liverpool, Chelsea, and Arsenal, with Wycombe bettering Notts County in the Division IV match. Oh, and Southend (II) beat Manchester Buccaneers.
The Viertelfinalrund of the Scottish League Cup. Kilmarnock beat Motherwell, Hibs overcame Hearts and move past their Edinburgh rivals in the Glicko standings. Celtic lost their grip on the title after losing on kicks from the penalty mark against Falkirk, but city rivals Rangers lost 2:0 at home to St Johnstone (II).
All of this makes Bayern's 1:0 defeat at home to Hannover look like an everyday event. No particular surprises in the Spanish cup, which is at the last 32.
sen-mun 1:0 (53)
ran-sjt 0:2 (49)
sam-pal 1:0 (43)
bay-han 0:1 (40)
pvl-tot 1:1 (26)
cfd-cha 2:2 (22)
cel-fal 1:1 (21)
Slapped wrists to the Universal Daily Registertab, which bases a claim that German football is in crisis purely on the UEFA team rankings. Er, no. We have a better tool here, one that takes account of all games, not just some.
To compile a basic national ranking list, I'm taking the top four sides from each country, weighting them 2-1-1-1, and taking the average.
ENG 1198
ESP 1194
FRA 1142
NED 1127
ITA 1114
GER 1105
GRE 1038
RUS 1009
POR 1009
TUR 958
SCO 931
NOR 871
BEL 867
CZE 838
This list is skewed slightly because there are three very good clubs in the Netherlands (Feyenoord, Ajax, AZ Alkmaar) and an awfully huge gap to the rest. But the point remains: the UDR's point is correct, but the rag's working is wrong.
What about the clubs? By chance, it's that time of the month for Europe's Top Twenty Two! Qualifying RD this month is 110.
Raw XXII
01 nc CHE 1280 88.9
02 +2 LYN 1247 88.3
03 -1 BAR 1222 86.6
04 +3 SEV 1200 93.1
05 +8 PSV 1194 105.2
06 +4 LIV 1170 83.3
07 -4 VAL 1169 89.9
08 nc RMD 1159 89.3
09 +7 WER 1157 87.5
10 -4 MUN 1144 89.4
11 NE INT 1138 86.8
12 +2 NCY 1130 94.4
13 -8 ACM 1122 92.8
14 -5 ANL 1115 85.2
15 NE OLY 1104 109.7
16 NE GET 1092 94.6
17 -5 PAL 1090 88.4
18 NE CVG 1085 88.4
19 NE STT 1083 104.4
20 -1 ROM 1080 86.4
21 -10AMD 1072 92.2
22 NE TOT 1068 86.7
Monte Carlo XXII
- Chelsea nc
- Lyon +1
- PSV Eindhoven +7
- Barcelona -2
- Seville nc
- Real Madrid +3
- Werder Bremen +7
- Liverpool +4
- Manchester Buccaneers -3
- Valencia -6
- Nancy +4
- AC Milan -5
- Stuttgart NE
- Getafe NE
- Olympiakos NE
- Athletico Madrid nc
- Inter Milan +2
- Palermo -7
- Villarreal NE
- Celta Vigo NE
- Tottenham Hotspur NE
- Bayern Munich -5
Coming this weekend, it's the Einhundredzwanzigachtrunde of the English FA Cup. The BBC match is Weymouth -v- Bury, at 2.15 Sunday afternoon, and is probably the single most probable non-league victory of the week-end. Dartford will resume playing their home matches in Dartford, rather than in Thurrock. The club has been in exile since 1992, after being taken under by the collapse of Maidstone Utd. And there are plans to reform the Scottish Cup: bring in some Junior sides, collapse the Qualifying Cups into one round, and have a more structured point of entry for league sides.
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Sun 12 Nov 2006
NCAAball: The State We're In
Congratulations to Wyoming, the first side to play a schedule so sensible that their RD is down below 100. With two weeks of the regular season remaining, they won't be the last. Upsets galore as we start with the top sides.
Last Week's Top Ten
#2 Ohio St. 54 vs. Northwestern 10
#15 Oregon 10 vs. #3 Southern Cal 35
#4 Louisville 25 vs. #22 Rutgers 28 (33)
#36 Georgia 37 vs. #5 Auburn 15 (40)
#6 Michigan 34 vs. Indiana 3
South Carolina 16 vs. #7 Florida 17
#107 Kent St. 0 vs. #8 Virginia Tech 23
#9 Notre Dame 39 vs. Air Force 17
Alabama 14 vs. #10 LSU 28
Second defeat of the season for TEXAS, and that surely ends their hopes of defending their national title. Another easy win for OHIST, but SCALF's schedule is clearly weighted to play the difficult games late; such confidence helps when considering the human-led polls. LSVLE's run in the top five is limited to a single week; after knocking off WVIRG last time, a defeat to RUTGR sees them slump. Last week, we asked what GRGIA fans have to cheer about. Does this help? MICH continues quietly motoring along ahead of its clash with OHIST; FLORD scrapes past inferior opposition, VTECH is just taking the piss, and could lose ground on NOTDM, whose opponents at least know the point of the game. LSU's quiet climb continues.
Other matches of interest:
Within the Top 30
#27 Texas Tech 24 vs. #14 Oklahoma 34
#23 Tennessee 14 vs. #21 Arkansas 31
#25 Nebraska 28 vs. #26 Texas A&M 27
#29 Miami 13 vs. #28 Maryland 14
Within the Top 40
#30 Wake Forest 30 vs. #39 Florida St. 0
#32 Oregon St. 7 vs. #33 UCLA 25
#40 Washington St. 14 vs. #34 Arizona St. 47
Next stop: Michigan
W. Michigan 7 vs. Cent. Michigan 31
Way Down
#111 Louisiana-Monroe 35 vs. #116 Fla. International 0
#119 Temple 0 vs. #20 Penn St. 47
Defeats for the other active members of the bottom ten - BUFFL, NMXST, DUKE, UNLV, EMICH, UTHST - allowed MIOHO to climb two places while sitting around doing nothing. That's distinct from the side's usual tactic of running around like headless chickens.
The Bottom Ten
LY LW TW Conf R RD Idle
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89 111 110 LOMON SB 667 114.4 0 Louisiana Monroe
102 110 111 UTHST WA 640 111.8 0 Utah State
80 114 112 MIOHO MA 629 104.8 1 Miami-Ohio
111 113 113 EMICH MA 625 110.5 0 East Mich
106 112 114 UNLV MW 614 121.4 0 UNLV
107 115 115 DUKE AC 596 139.9 0 Duke
101 116 116 FLINT SB 543 115.7 0 Florida International
117 117 117 NMXST WA 542 132.5 0 New Mexico State
116 119 118 TEMPL XX 540 129.1 0 Temple
118 118 119 BUFFL MA 538 117.5 0 Buffalo
Such was the difficulty of TEMPL's task that they lift themselves off the bottom of the league, allowing BUFFL to re-take the dubious honour. It's very close amongst all four sides.
Upsets
#1 Texas 42 vs. Kansas St. 45 (49)
#12 California 20 vs. Arizona 24 (45)
Rice 41 vs. #37 Tulsa 38 (42)
#36 Georgia 37 vs. #5 Auburn 15 (40)
Pittsburgh 45 vs. Connecticut 46 (34)
#4 Louisville 25 vs. #22 Rutgers 28 (33)
Stanford 20 vs. Washington 3 (33)
North Texas 16 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette 7 (33)
Not many small surprises this week, just the usual clutch of big upsets. All of which leaves the top 30 in a new shape.
The Top Thirty
LY LW TW Conf R RD Idle
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1 3 1 SCALF PX 1507 137.3 0 Southern California
8 2 2 OHIST BX 1489 121.3 0 Ohio State
2 1 3 TEXAS BT 1462 121.6 0 Texas
23 6 4 MICH BX 1386 113.6 0 Michigan
21 7 5 FLORD SE 1378 109.4 0 Florida
4 10 6 LSU SE 1372 118.9 0 LSU
20 9 7 NOTDM XX 1371 108.5 0 Notre Dame
3 8 8 VTECH AC 1370 115.2 0 Virginia Tech
5 11 9 WVIRG BE 1358 130.3 0 W Virginia
14 14 10 OKLAH BT 1349 106.0 0 Oklahoma
17 13 11 WISCO BX 1345 109.2 0 Wisconsin
19 4 12 LSVLE BE 1336 120.0 0 Louisville
10 5 13 AUBRN SE 1320 121.5 0 Auburn
15 15 14 OREGN PX 1294 108.8 0 Oregon
26 16 15 GEOTC AC 1280 108.6 0 Georgia Tech
22 12 16 CALIF PX 1278 109.0 0 California
52 22 17 RUTGR BE 1275 111.1 0 Rutgers
37 18 18 BSEST WA 1268 119.2 0 Boise State
18 17 19 BOSCL AC 1266 116.1 0 Boston College
56 21 20 ARKNS SE 1265 118.5 0 Arkansas
6 19 21 TCU MW 1262 122.2 0 TCU
27 25 22 NBRSK BT 1245 104.7 0 Nebraska
7 20 23 PENST BX 1244 109.8 0 Penn State
25 24 24 CLEMS AC 1232 103.0 0 Clemson
51 28 25 MARYL AC 1220 105.4 0 Maryland
54 23 26 TENSE SE 1192 104.3 0 Tennessee
64 30 27 WAKEF AC 1187 108.8 0 Wake Forest
12 36 28 GRGIA SE 1180 117.0 0 Georgia
16 27 29 TXSTC BT 1178 105.9 0 Texas Tech
40 26 30 TEXAM BT 1172 102.4 0 Texas A&M
What does OHIST have to do to become top-ranked here? Beat some more decent sides. WVIRG and OKLAH made run-of-the-mill wins to advance into the top ten. UCLA and ARZST just miss out on top 30 places this week after their wins. Instead, GRGIA takes its place back in the circle, pushing out MIAFL - the December Collapse has come early this year, the side's fallen from 9th to 35th already.
Conferences: the Big East
LY LW TW Conf R RD Idle
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5 11 9 WVIRG BE 1358 130.3 0 W Virginia
19 4 12 LSVLE BE 1336 120.0 0 Louisville
52 22 17 RUTGR BE 1275 111.1 0 Rutgers
78 55 54 SFLOR BE 1010 104.5 0 S Florida
62 48 58 PITTS BE 993 105.6 0 Pittsburgh
79 64 66 CINCI BE 965 113.7 0 Cincinnati
69 78 70 CONNC BE 937 111.4 0 Connecticut
97 93 96 SYRAC BE 790 110.3 0 Syracuse
Rutgers meet WVirg on 2 December, but the conference is theirs to lose. Barring upsets in the interim, Rutgr will clearly take the conference with a win; a WVirg victory would leave both sides level with Louisville, and the BE tie-break procedures (analagous to the BX rules) would first eliminate WVIRG as the most recent champs, then prefer RUTGR over LSVLE on this week's head-to-head victory.
Conferences: the Pacific Ten
LY LW TW Conf R RD Idle
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1 3 1 SCALF PX 1507 137.3 0 Southern California
15 15 14 OREGN PX 1294 108.8 0 Oregon
22 12 16 CALIF PX 1278 109.0 0 California
11 33 31 UCLA PX 1169 106.9 0 UCLA
28 34 32 ARZST PX 1164 106.0 0 Arizona State
49 32 37 ORGST PX 1109 107.1 0 Oregon State
68 40 44 WASST PX 1070 106.5 0 Washington State
67 61 48 ARIZN PX 1041 116.6 0 Arizona
91 66 76 WASNG PX 921 111.0 0 Washington
33 85 81 STANF PX 880 110.7 0 Stanford
SCALF surely can't lose this division - can they? Actually, they can; a loss in next week's match against CALIF will gift the latter side an (almost) unbeatable lead.
Next week on NASN: a BT game (5pm Saturday, live); AUBRN-ALABM (8.30, live); WASNG-WASST (5pm Sunday, taped); UCLA-ARZST (8pm, taped). There's no coverage of MICH-OHIST, the game to decide whether OHIST will ever be the Glickoblog Number One.
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Mon 13 Nov 2006
Werder and weirder
Very few upsets in the Einhundredzwanzigachtfinalrund (8th round) of the English FA Cup. Basingstoke put out Chesterfield 1:0 - there'll be no giant-killng from the Spireites in this competition. Rushden and Diamonds are out of the league this season, so their 3:1 win over Yeovil must also count as an upset. The biggest match pitched Swindon against Carlisle, and the Wiltshire side won 3:1.
Last year's big guns Exeter fell 2:1 at St James's Park to Stockport, and regular achtelfinalists Brentford will be absent, after losing 1:0 to Doncaster. Blackpool beat Huddersfield, while Yeading was plonked out, losing 5:0 at Nottingham Forest. Torquay beat Leatherhead 2:1, which might count as a shock. High-scoring matches included Bishop's Stortford - King's Lynn 3:5; and Brighton - Northwich (EIGHT)8:0.
Five matches were for local bragging rights. Shrewsbury and Hereford both failed to score - they're one of six ties heading for a replay. Newport County lost 3:1 against Swansea, Gillingham beat Bromley 4:1, Wycombe beat Oxford 2:1, and Tamworth won 2:1 at Burton.
The draw-bookers are clearly taking the piss - along with Trevor Brookin, the man who cannot pronounce the letter after "F", were Mike Attin and Raham Ooch, drawin out ties for Rimsby and Illinham. At least the it didn't lose his place on the sheet this time. You never get this trouble with Des Lynam, and Central London is a darned sight easier to get to than Leeds... Two all non-league ties in the Saxzigvierfinalrund (7th round), and Notts Forest will travel to Salisbury in the highlight of the round, to be played at the start of December.
For the record, this season we will count the Royal League matches, played between sides from the various Scandinavian leagues. Not that we were interested in either of the opening week-end's matches...
Upset of the week-end came in Germany, where Werder Bremen's impregnable lead at the top of 1. Bundesliga was pregnated by Borussia Dortmund. Dundee Utd caused the next biggest surprise by beating Kilmarnock, that's even more of an upset than Hamburg taking a draw. In England, Reading overcame Tottenham, and Arsenal beat Liverpool - it's the team's best result in their new Ashburton Grove statium.
The Upset-o-meter
44 de Werder Bremen - Borussia Dortmund 1:3
38 sc Dundee Utd - Kilmarnock 1:0
37 e1 Reading - Tottenham Hotspur 3:1
37 fr Lorient - Nancy 2:0
37 e2 Hull City - Wolverhampton Wanderers 2:0
35 e2 Leeds United - Colchester United 3:0
35 es Celta - Recreativo Huelva 1:2
34 it Siena - Reggina 0:1
32 e2 West Bromwich Albion - Norwich City 0:1
31 e2 Luton Town - Queen's Park Rangers 2:3
31 es Betis - Levante 2:1
30 e1 Arsenal - Liverpool 3:0
20 e2 Southend United - Preston North End 0:0
16 es Gimnastic - Deportivo 0:0
15 e1 Sheffield United - Bolton Wanderers 2:2
English League Division II
PNE 924 88.8 -15
BIR 883 82.8 59
CDF 844 83.7 -16
WBA 795 83.3 -57
BNL 780 83.2 45
DER 766 83.7 68
PLY 762 82.5 - 6
NOR 760 81.8 65
SUN 744 82.4 45
IPS 742 83.2 32
LEI 740 81.8 24
WLV 737 83.6 -45
SOT 728 81.2 -36
CCR 726 92.5 28
COV 700 82.6 -37
LUT 700 82.3 -77
SFW 689 82.7 39
STK 686 82.6 -19
QPR 683 84.3 26
CPL 678 82.2 -102
LEE 656 81.6 -49
HUL 641 84.1 32
SEN 615 89.6 26
BAN 589 93.3 -24
Division III
CRW 768 119.1 33
BRI 656 117.0 0
MIL 587 119.4 0
Evidence here that Cardiff's lead in the league has come from a relatively easy schedule, and that Preston and Birmingham can be expected to pip them for the promotion spot. Barnsley look doomed, and Crystal Palace is heading to the relegation zone at a rate of knots.
Scottish Division A
CEL 1071 90.1 - 9
RAN 892 88.9 -22
ABD 836 88.8 51
HBS 822 84.9 36
ICT 793 87.4 -12
HRT 782 84.7 -64
KLM 779 86.8 5
FAL 738 89.2 37
STM 701 101.8 -12
MTW 671 88.4 -20
DDU 669 92.9 45
DNF 616 89.8 -33
Division B
GRE 637 172.2 -93
LVG 552 123.1 38
Notwithstanding their victories in Europe, Rangers lose ground following two defeats in domestic competition. Aberdeen recover ground well, but it's Hearts who suffer most. Falkirk continues its slow climb, Dundee Utd picks up groun, and ensures that Kilmarnock remains becalmed in the 770s for the third month.
International matches are the order of the day for this mid-week; full details to follow next week, after we've had a short break.
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Tue 14 Nov 2006
CFL news
CFL Semi-finals
An ill-tempered affair in Montréal saw the Allouettes beat the Argos 33:24 amid claims of racism and general argy-bargy. The Western final went more to form, with the Lions overcoming the Roughriders 45:18. Montréal and BC will meet in the final, next Sunday at Winnipeg (NASN UK, 11pm Sunday, live; NASN Europe, 10.30am Monday)
BCL 1151 89.9 W
TOR 1028 87.7 E
MON 1022 90.7 E
CAL 1013 88.9 W
SAS 989 85.6 W
WIN 977 87.8 E
EDM 948 90.2 W
HAM 834 95.2 E
CFL South
With the bye weeks now behind us, all sides play. The upsets are all in the 50-point category, overcoming roughly the combined RDs of the two sides.
53 Kansas City 10 vs. Miami 13
51 Cleveland 17 vs. Atlanta 13
51 Houston 13 vs. Jacksonville 10
51 New Orleans 31 vs. Pittsburgh 38
50 Green Bay 23 vs. Minnesota 17
50 N.Y. Jets 17 vs. New England 14
Seven games remain in the regular season, and while no-one is yet certain to qualify for the post-season, it would be remarkable if the Lucky Charms and Pink Rhinosceri did not feature.
NEM 1119 116.8 CE New England New Democracy
NJJ 1030 115.4 CE New Jersey B
BUF 928 119.1 CE Buffalo Cover Your Eyes With Feathers
MIA 906 119.9 CE Miami December Collapse
BAL 1173 116.5 CN Baltimore Erinas
PIT 1002 114.0 CN Pittsburgh Terrorists
CIN 978 115.0 CN Cincinnati Bungles
CLE 950 118.1 CN Aston Villa
IND 1323 121.6 CS Indianapolis Lucky Charms
JAC 1074 116.5 CS Jacksonville Browns Lane
HOU 912 117.7 CS Houston Moocows
TEN 860 120.5 CS Tennessee Flaming Thumbtacks
DEN 1176 120.4 CW Denver Ants
SDF 1151 115.0 CW San Diego Bolts
KAN 1025 114.0 CW Kansas City Pie Scales
OAK 837 118.5 CW Oakland Lost
NJG 1129 115.0 PE New Jersey A
PHI 1021 113.8 PE Philadelphia Marxists
DAL 995 114.0 PE Irving Asteroids
WAS 895 116.4 PE Potomac Drainage Basin Indigenous Persons
CHI 1232 123.4 PN Chicago Pink Rhinosceri
MIN 950 115.0 PN Minnesota Lapponites
BOG 939 113.3 PN Bay of Green
DET 850 118.7 PN Detroit Peugeots
NOB 1080 117.0 PS New Orleans Boy Scouts
CAR 1041 114.7 PS Carolina Pussycats
ATL 1005 115.1 PS Atlanta Cattacciano
BOT 881 118.5 PS Manchester United
SEA 1110 113.8 PW Seattle Blue Men Group
SFF 975 117.1 PW St Francisville Fortyfour-Niners
STL 960 113.9 PW St Louis Mouflons
ARI 757 116.5 PW Arizona Cautions
NCAAball
Comparing the top end of The Meadows 25 with The BCS 25 and The Glickoblog 119 shows some differences.
1. Ohio State (+11-0, BCS 1, GB 2)
2=. LSU (+8-2, BCS 11, GB 6)
2=. Southern Cal (+8-1, BCS 3, GB 1)
4. Michigan (+11-0, BCS 2, GB 4)
5. Texas (+9-2, BCS 13, GB 3)
6. Notre Dame (+9-1, BCS 5, GB 7)
7. Florida (+9-1, BCS 4, GB 5)
8. Cal (+8-2, BCS 15, GB 16)
9=. Louisville (+8-1, BCS 10, GB 12)
9=. Oklahoma (+8-2, BCS 17, GB 10)
11. WISCO (+10-1, BCS 9, GB 11)
12. WVIRG (+8-1, BCS 8, GB 9)
13=. ARKNS (+9-1, BCS 7, GB 20)
17. RUTGR (+9-0, BCS 6, GB 17)
23. VTECH (+8-2, BCS 21, GB 8)
The main problem, according to The Sports Economist, is that TEXAS's loss to KNSST hits OHIST hard, because they now only get credit for beating a two-loss team, and lose ground to RUTGR, who beat one-loss LSVLE. The computers conspire to put RUTGR second, which is just indescribably and utterly wrong! Of course, if MICH beats OHIST on Saturday night (not on NASN), the computers will proclaim that the best team in the rankings is suddenly BUFFL.
Elsewhere, The Dismal Espen tries to predict who goes to which bowl, and who is entitled to compete. Is it possible for there to be too few teams eligible to fill 32 bowl games? No; I leave proof as an exercise for the reader.
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Tue 21 Nov 2006
A week in Europe
We'll begin with the Euro '08 qualifiers from last Wednesday.
Group A
Finland - Armenia 1:0
Belgium - Poland 0:1
Portugal - Kazakhstan 3:0
With the previous leaders Serbia taking time off, it's Finland (Finland!) who goes top. Poland goes clear into second place, but the side's home defeat by the Finns could prove very costly. Portugal moves back into contention.
Group D
Cyprus - Germany 1:1
Ireland - San Marino 5:0
Germany only needed a draw to go top of the group, and a draw is all they got against Cyprus, the surprise team of the group. Ireland remains six points off the pace, and Wales has now fallen to bottom-but-one.
Group E
Macedonia - Russia 0:2
A result that leaves the group in a mess - Russia, England, Croatia, and Macedonia all have 7 points, and no-one else has anything. Head-to-head results mean the sides are in that order; Croatia and Macedonia meet in the next matches, in March.
The week-end
England I sees Manchester Buccaneers three points clear of Chelsea, then a huge gap to the best of the rest, which is currently Portsmouth. Liverpool is down in 10th, though just five points adrift of the South Coasters; Newcastle in the unfamiliar territory of 17th, and nine games without a win. Cardiff's surprise defeat leaves the side level on points with Preston, and Birmingham breathing down both necks. Leeds remains deep in relegation trouble.
Lower down, Nottingham Forest is a long way clear of Scunthorpe and Yeovil in Division III; no side has had more than four wins in a row. Walsall is clear in Division IV, Lincoln and Swindon head the promotion pack, but Macclesfield looks doomed already. In spite of a loss at Gravesend last Saturday, Oxford still heads Division V, though Dagenham and Redbridge has cut the lead to two points. After starting with 11 games without a win, Forest Green has now gone 6 since the last defeat.
Celtic remains a country mile clear of anyone in Scotland's Division A, Rangers and Aberdeen are the closest challengers. Gretna leads a very tight Division B. In the Seventh Round of the Scottish FA Cup, Keith lost to Edinburgh University - a whole college beating one man is hardly sporting. Stenhousemuir were put out by Preston Athletic, and match of the day came at Deveronvale, where the home side scored three goals in the last five minutes of the match to beat Montrose 3:2. There'll be no bragging in the streets of Stirling, as the fixture between East Stirlingshire and Stirling Albion was lost to bad weather.
New leaders in Germany; Stuttgart lost to Bayern Munich, allowing Schalke 04 to nip through and claim the lead.
The Upset-o-meter
42 nl Feyenoord - AZ Alkmaar 3:2
38 e2 Cardiff City - QPR 0:1
37 it Cagliari - Palermo 1:0
34 fr Auxerre - Toulouse 1:0
33 e1 Manchester City - Fulham 3:1
32 it Torino - Sampdoria 1:0
31 es Villarreal - Getafe 1:0
30 de Bayern - Stuttgart 2:1
15 de Alemannia - Werder 2:2
15 it Chievo - Atalanta 2:2
15 e1 Middlesbrough - Liverpool 0:0
1. Bundesliga
WER 1111 86.9 -22
BAY 1099 85.3 11
SNV 1092 87.4 17
STT 1070 99.2 62
BIE 1034 101.7 40
WLF 1004 101.7 86
NUR 989 102.1 -50
HER 985 91.7 21
EIN 965 93.1 -19
COT 963 101.1 - 2
BDO 951 99.0 22
HAN 930 99.8 61
BYL 923 90.2 - 1
AAA 907 103.7 -30
BOC 889 103.9 39
BMO 878 100.8 -76
HAM 877 81.9 -44
MAI 847 102.7 -45
Bayern's dominance has been seriously challenged this season, and it's no surprise to see no-one pulling clear of the pack. Good months for Stuttgart, but also for Wolfsburg; on the deficit side, Borussia Munchengladbach's position is becoming surprisingly poor.
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All the NCAA and CFL news
The Grey Cup has broken again. After the British Columbia Lions beat the Montréal Allouettes 25:14 in last Sunday's final, the trophy snapped in two, and had to be repaired before flying back to Vancouver on Monday. The final rankings:
BCL 1165 87.5
TOR 1028 87.7
CAL 1013 88.9
MON 1008 88.3
SAS 989 85.6
WIN 977 87.8
EDM 948 90.2
HAM 834 95.2
NCAAball this week
It's been called the match of the year, by people who probably should have known better. Let's waste no time in giving the complete Top Ten rundown:
#16 California 9 vs. #1 Southern Cal 23
#4 Michigan 39 vs. #2 Ohio St. 42
#3 Texas - no game
#4 Michigan 39 vs. #2 Ohio St. 42
#5 Florida - no game
Mississippi 20 vs. #6 LSU 23
Army 9 vs. #7 Notre Dame 41
#8 Virginia Tech 27 vs. #27 Wake Forest 6
#9 West Virginia 45 vs. Pittsburgh 27
#10 Oklahoma 36 vs. Baylor 10
So OHIST beats MICH in the "Big" "Ten" decider, and there's no realistic argument for the side not to meet SCALF in the grand final next January. VTECH cements its claim for the Atlantic's place, but LSU and NOTDM did themselves no favours by lining up patsies this week. See also:
#119 Buffalo 3 vs. #11 Wisconsin 35
Two other matches involving highly-ranked sides:
#25 Maryland 16 vs. #19 Boston College 38
#31 UCLA 24 vs. #32 Arizona St. 12
There are other matches involving lowly-ranked sides, and we should mention these three:
#113 E. Michigan 6 vs. #107 Kent St. 14
DivII: Yale 34 vs. Harvard 13
DivII: S. Dakota St. 28 vs. N. Dakota St. 41
Again, Rory Gilmore was right. Two sides from the top 20 feature in the Upset-o-meter this week, as does one side that used to be a top 20 regular, but is now an also-ran (to the five-yard line then was tackled by a piece of wet string).
#17 Rutgers 11 vs. Cincinnati 30 (44)
Missouri 16 vs. Iowa St. 21 (40)
Tulsa 24 vs. SMU 34 (39)
Arizona 37 vs. #14 Oregon 10 (38)
Cent. Michigan 10 vs. N. Illinois 31 (36)
Miami 7 vs. Virginia 17 (36)
Connecticut 14 vs. Syracuse 20 (35)
UTEP 21 vs. Marshall 49 (35)
Washington 35 vs. Washington St. 32 (35)
#112 Miami (Ohio) 9 vs. Bowling Green 7 (34)
#101 Ball St. 20 vs. Toledo 17 (33)
N.C. State 9 vs. North Carolina 23 (33)
UCF 9 vs. Tulane 10 (32)
East Carolina 17 vs. Rice 18 (32)
Kansas St. 20 vs. Kansas 39 (32)
#109 Florida Atlantic 17 vs. #102 North Texas 16 (30)
Two more teams with a reasonable crack at a top 10 finish fail to make the grade, and the provincial derbies involving Kansas and Washington both end up with upsets. We wonder what would happen if Miamiflorida were to play Miamiohio at this stage... 91% chance of the southerners winning that one, at least according to their rankings.
The Bottom Ten
LY LW TW Conf R RD Idle
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80 112 110 MIOHO MA 667 102.6 0 Miami-Ohio
89 110 111 LOMON SB 656 112.2 0 Louisiana Monroe
102 111 112 UTHST WA 638 111.8 0 Utah State
106 114 113 UNLV MW 603 118.9 0 UNLV
111 113 114 EMICH MA 600 106.7 0 East Mich
107 115 115 DUKE AC 593 139.5 0 Duke
117 117 116 NMXST WA 542 132.5 1 New Mexico State
118 119 117 BUFFL MA 537 117.9 0 Buffalo
116 118 118 TEMPL XX 536 128.2 0 Temple
101 116 119 FLINT SB 528 112.6 0 Florida International
Another week, another Worst In Show. FLINT conspired to lose to #98 Louisiana-Lafayette, and when everyone else is losing ground to sides ranked in the teens, that's going to hurt.
Top Thirty
LY LW TW Conf R RD Idle
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1 1 1 SCALF PX 1528 131.6 0 Southern California
8 2 2 OHIST BX 1516 116.2 0 Ohio State
2 3 3 TEXAS BT 1462 121.6 1 Texas
3 8 4 VTECH AC 1388 111.6 0 Virginia Tech
21 5 5 FLORD SE 1378 109.4 1 Florida
4 6 6 LSU SE 1375 118.6 0 LSU
20 7 7 NOTDM XX 1373 108.7 0 Notre Dame
5 9 8 WVIRG BE 1369 127.5 0 W Virginia
23 4 9 MICH BX 1362 109.6 0 Michigan
14 10 10 OKLAH BT 1356 104.9 0 Oklahoma
19 12 11 LSVLE BE 1347 117.5 0 Louisville
17 11 12 WISCO BX 1346 109.7 0 Wisconsin
10 13 13 AUBRN SE 1336 117.9 0 Auburn
18 19 14 BOSCL AC 1296 111.3 0 Boston College
26 15 15 GEOTC AC 1282 108.8 0 Georgia Tech
56 20 16 ARKNS SE 1270 117.5 0 Arkansas
37 18 17 BSEST WA* 1270 119.1 0 Boise State
6 21 18 TCU MW* 1269 120.6 0 TCU
22 16 19 CALIF PX 1264 106.6 0 California
7 23 20 PENST BX 1254 108.0 0 Penn State
27 22 21 NBRSK BT 1245 104.7 1 Nebraska
15 14 22 OREGN PX 1245 106.5 0 Oregon
25 24 23 CLEMS AC 1232 103.0 1 Clemson
52 17 24 RUTGR BE 1221 109.2 0 Rutgers
54 26 25 TENSE SE 1199 103.2 0 Tennessee
11 31 26 UCLA PX 1198 103.3 0 UCLA
51 25 27 MARYL AC 1195 102.1 0 Maryland
16 29 28 TXSTC BT 1195 103.0 0 Texas Tech
12 28 29 GRGIA SE 1180 117.0 1 Georgia
40 30 30 TEXAM BT 1172 102.4 1 Texas A&M
OHIST closes the gap by six points, but won't be able to secure the number one spot on these rankings before the play-off, unless SCALF loses. Texas should make the top ten, but it's then very close down to AUBRN in position 13. MIAFL's sixth (count 'em!) defeat of the season leaves the side languishing in position 38.
The "Big" Twelve
LY LW TW Conf R RD Idle
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2 3 3 TEXAS BT 1462 121.6 1 Texas
14 10 10 OKLAH BT 1356 104.9 0 Oklahoma
27 22 21 NBRSK BT 1245 104.7 1 Nebraska
16 29 28 TXSTC BT 1195 103.0 0 Texas Tech
40 30 30 TEXAM BT 1172 102.4 1 Texas A&M
44 33 36 MISRI BT 1110 102.1 0 Missouri
50 36 43 KNSST BT 1074 102.9 0 Kansas State
32 53 49 KANSS BT 1046 101.4 0 Kansas
73 51 55 OKLST BT 1006 107.9 0 Oklahoma State
60 64 62 BAYLR BT 968 101.0 0 Baylor
34 75 63 IWAST BT 966 99.9 0 Iowa State
48 68 69 COLRD BT 944 101.6 1 Colorado
Nebraska confirmed as champs of the North division, and will meet the better of Oklahoma State and Texas; the Texans won their head-to-head, and both sides will play local derbies (Oklahoma and Texas A&M) this week-end.
The Sun Belt *
LY LW TW Conf R RD Idle
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104 72 76 MDTEN SB 911 106.5 0 Middle Tennessee
103 90 88 ARKST SB 832 99.8 0 Arkansas State
86 98 92 LOLAF SB 795 109.7 0 Louisiana Lafayette
109 89 98 TROY SB 770 115.6 0 Troy
114 109 104 FLATL SB 708 112.2 0 Florida Atlantic
108 102 105 NTEXS SB 706 109.5 0 North Texas
89 110 111 LOMON SB 656 112.2 0 Louisiana Monroe
101 116 119 FLINT SB 528 112.6 0 Florida International
Middle Tennessee has almost won this one; Troy can still take the championship, but will need to beat both MDTEN this Saturday, and FLINT the following week. One of these tasks is not like the other...
NASN's live schedule includes BOSCL-MIAFL (Friday, 1am); TEXAM-TEXAS (Friday 5pm), LSU-ARKNS (Friday 8pm), FLORD-FLAST (Saturday 5pm), and GEOTC-GRGIA (Saturday 8.30). On tape: OREGN-ORGST (Saturday, 12 midnight), KNTCY-TENSE (Sunday 6am), and NOTDM-SCALF (Sunday 8.30am; live on the satellite-only NASN2 at 1am Sunday). That last game might provide good cheer in Ohio. Don't forget, if you're planning to see a game outside your own home, do call ahead to check the venue is still open, and won't be showing The Best Of Strictly Come Deal X Factor Set On Ice, or some such nonsense.
CFL-South
Five upsets this week:
44 Indianapolis 14 vs. Dallas 21
35 Tennessee 31 vs. Philadelphia 13
34 Seattle 14 vs. San Francisco 20
31 Cincinnati 31 vs. New Orleans 16
31 Detroit 10 vs. Arizona 17
Defeat at last for the Lucky Charms, and a rare victory for the Arizona CAUTION! May Contain Football-Like Substances. Top to bottom, here's the Top 32:
IND 1257 119.0 CS
CHI 1251 119.1 PN
BAL 1193 112.6 CN
SDF 1186 110.5 CW
DEN 1138 115.1 CW
NEM 1138 113.0 CE
JAC 1113 111.8 CS
NJG 1091 110.5 PE
CAR 1067 110.4 PS
SEA 1066 110.0 PW
DAL 1052 112.0 PE
KAN 1043 110.6 CW
NOB 1037 112.5 PS
PIT 1030 109.7 CN
SFF 1021 112.8 PW
CIN 1020 110.8 CN
NJJ 1013 112.0 CE
ATL 986 111.4 PS
PHI 975 110.2 PE
BUF 961 114.0 CE
MIA 946 114.7 CE
STL 934 109.7 PW
BOG 921 109.9 PN
CLE 920 113.2 CN
BOT 917 113.4 PS
MIN 913 110.5 PN
TEN 911 116.1 CS
HOU 879 112.8 CS
WAS 860 111.6 PE
OAK 818 114.6 CW
DET 806 113.9 PN
ARI 799 112.0 PW
Witness the strength in depth of the Canadian conference, against the Provincials.
Live games (NASN Europe) include: December Collapse -v- Peugeots (Thursday 18.30 CET), Manchester United -v- Asteroids (Thursday 22.00), Pink Rhinosceri -v- New Democracy (Sunday 19.00), Lost -v- Bolts (22.00), a match to be confirmed (Monday 02.00), and Bay of Green -v- Blue Men Group (Tuesday 02.30)
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Fri 24 Nov 2006
Europe begins to sort herself out
..at least in terms of football. Fire up the teleprinter!
Group A Of Death
Levski Sofia - Barcelona 0:2
Werder Bremen - Chelsea 1:0 (38)
10 CHE 10 WER 8 BAR 0 LSF
As we said last time, a one-goal defeat will put Chelsea through. Barca hosts Werder in the final matches two weeks from now, and needs to win to progress in the contest. Levski has done itself no favours here.
Group B Of Two Halves
Spartak Moscow - Bayern Munich 2:2
Inter Milan - Sporting Lisbon 1:0
11 BAY 9 INT 5 SLS 2 SPM
We know the qualifiers, but Bayern still needs a draw against Inter to win the group.
Group C For Second
Liverpool - PSV Eindhoven 2:0 (32)
Bordeaux - Galatasaray 3:1
13 LIV 10 PSV 4 BDX 1 GAL
Liverpool's win sufficed to take first place in the group, as it gives them the head-to-head. Similarly, Bordeaux is in the UEFA Cup, and there's nowt to play for in the final rounds. Well, apart from a few million euro for a win...
Group D Of How Will Portugal Mess This Up?
Valencia - Olympiakos 2:0
Shaktar Donetsk - Roma 1:0 (38)
13 VAL 7 ROM 5 SHA 2 OLY
Well, this group has finally sprung to life. Valencia confirms first place, but the surprise defeat means that Roma needs a draw when they host Valencia in the final round.
Group E Of Surprise
Steaua Bucharest - Dinamo Kyiv 1:1
Real Madrid - Lyon 2:2
13 LYN 10 RMD 4 STE 1 KYV
Lyon confirmed as group champions, and Steaua in the UEFA Cup.
Group F Of Apologies
Benfica - FC Copenhagen 3:1 (38)
Celtic - Manchester B 1:0 (32)
9 CEL 9 MUN 7 BEN 4 COP
A second straight defeat leaves MUN in desperate trouble; they lose the head-to-head against Celtic, and need a draw when they host Benfica in the final round. Celtic has progressed to the last 16 for the first time; it's the second Scottish achtelfinalist in two years.
Group G Of Giants
CSKA Moscow - Porto 0:2
Arsenal - Hamburg 3:1
10 ANL 10 PTO 8 CSK 0 HAM
Nothing is certain, particularly as CSKA will finish with a trip to the pointless Hamburg. That said, the three-way tie-breaks mean that a draw between Porto and Arsenal will suffice to see both sides through, even if CSKA wins 10:0 (as is quite possible). If you're planning on watching the match in Portugal on ITV-4, do remember to bring a cushion to hide behind.
Group H Of Pifflingly Easy
Lille - Anderlecht 2:2
AEK Athens - AC Milan 1:0 (32)
10 ACM 7 AEK 6 LIL 3 AND
AC is through, and through in first, in spite of their defeat, but Lille's draw in their local derby against Anderlecht sets the cat amongst the pigeons. Anderlecht has the tie-break on Lille for the UEFA Cup spot; Lille will defeat AEK in their head-to-head. This is where the action's at!
UEFA Cup
Group A:
Auxerre - Rangers 2:2
Maccabi Haifa - Partizan 1:0
RAN 7 MHA 6 LVO* 1 PBG* 1 AUX* 1
Group B:
Bayer Leverkusen - Tottenham 0:1
Club Brugge - Dinamo 1:1 (19)
TOT 9 DIB* 4 BRU 2 BYL* 1 BES* 0
Group C:
Liberec - Grasshoppers 4:1 (36)
Seville - Braga 2:0
AZA* 6 SEV* 4 LIB 4 BRG 3 GRZ* 0
Group D:
Parma - Heerenveen 2:1
Odense - Lens 1:1
PAR* 6 LEN* 4 ODE 4 OSA* 1 HEE 1
Group E:
Basel - Nancy 2:2
Feyenoord - Blackburn 0:0
BLK 7 NAN* 4 FEY* 2 BAS 2 WIS* 0
Group F:
Sparta Prague - Ajax 0:0 (19)
Espanyol - Zulte-Waregem 6:2
ESP* 6 WRG 6 AJX* 4 PRG 1 AWI* 0
Group G:
Rapid Bucuresti - Boleslav 1:1
Paris St G - Hapoel Tel Aviv 2:4 (44)
PAN* 6 HTA 4 RAP 3 BLV* 1 PSG* 1
Group H:
Fenerbahce - Palermo 3:0 (34)
Newcastle - Celta Vigo 2:1 (32)
NWC 9 PAL 3 FEN* 3 EIN* 1 CVG* 1
Thanks to the convoluted group stage structure, it's difficult to work out who has qualified. We believe the following to be the list:
Rangers
Tottenham
Parma
Blackburn
Newcastle
In the other groups, AZ Alkmaar can only miss out by a remarkable combination of results, involving Grazer winning their two games by large margins. At least one of Espanyol and Zulte-Waregem will qualify, and it would require a remarkable turnaround for Austria Vienna to deny qualification to both. Panathanaikos can still miss out; this could only be on goal difference to Rapid Bucharest, with Hapoel Tel Aviv and PSG taking the top two places. Newcastle needs a point to confirm victory in the group; defeat would leave Fenerbahce in a strong position.
More UEFA Cup action next mid-week; highlights this week-end include Inter Milan's trip to Palermo, Valencia against Real Madrid, and the little matter of Chelsea - Manchester Buccaneers.
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Sun 26 Nov 2006
NCAA update - my bowl spilleth over!
The end of the regular season is in sight; last week's top ten were involved in just seven matches, and not all could win.
The Top Ten
#7 Notre Dame 24 vs. #1 Southern Cal 44
#2 Ohio State - no game
#30 Texas A&M 12 vs. #3 Texas 7 (43)
Virginia 0 vs. #4 Virginia Tech 17
#5 Florida 21 vs. Florida St. 14
#6 LSU 31 vs. #16 Arkansas 26
#7 Notre Dame 24 vs. #1 Southern Cal 44
South Florida 24 vs. #8 West Virginia 19 (40)
#9 Michigan - no game
#10 Oklahoma 27 vs. Oklahoma St. 21
No surprise to find NOTDM crumbling against SCALF, it happens every year. A greater surprise to find TEXAS picks up its third (count 'em!) loss of the season, but we do note the difficult schedule there. VTech won the battle of the Virginias, and now goes on to play South Florida, who beat Virginia West; the battle of the Floridas was a victory for Florida, the battle of the Oklahomas a win for Oklahoma, the battle of the Mississippi a win for Mississippi, and the battle of the Georgias a win for Georgia. Oregon and Arizona followed Texas by seeing defeats for the entire province at the hands of a small sub-section...
The big ones
#14 Boston College 14 vs. #38 Miami (Florida) 17 (38)
#15 Georgia Tech 12 vs. #29 Georgia 15 (32)
#22 Oregon 28 vs. #34 Oregon St. 30 (34)
#33 Arizona St. 28 vs. #37 Arizona 14
Mississippi St. 17 vs. Mississippi 20
Also of import is the defeat for BOSCL; it's the first significant win of the season for MIAFL, which finishes with five wins against top-flight opposition, and is forced to count its win over a Division II side to squeak into one of the piddly little bowls.
Games We Had Down As A No Score Draw
North Carolina 45 vs. #115 Duke 44
Games Between Sides That Really Are Rubbish
#116 New Mexico St. 42 vs. #112 Utah St. 20 (30)
#119 Fla. International 0 vs. #104 Florida Atlantic 31
So FLINT compiles a +0-11 record, but can still turn it around with victory in their final match next week-end. Ooh look, a flying pig.
The Upset-o-meter
#30 Texas A&M 12 vs. #3 Texas 7 (43)
South Florida 24 vs. #8 West Virginia 19 (40)
Memphis 38 vs. UTEP 19 (40)
#14 Boston College 14 vs. #38 Miami 17 (38)
South Carolina 31 vs. #23 Clemson 28 (36)
Troy 21 vs. Middle Tennessee 20 (34)
#22 Oregon 28 vs. #34 Oregon St. 30 (34)
#15 Georgia Tech 12 vs. #29 Georgia 15 (32)
#116 New Mexico St. 42 vs. #112 Utah St. 20 (30)
Top Thirty!
LY LW TW Conf R RD Idle
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1 1 1 SCALF PX 1554 125.5 0 Southern California
8 2 2 OHIST BX 1516 116.2 1 Ohio State
4 6 3 LSU SE 1400 113.9 0 LSU
2 3 4 TEXAS BT 1398 119.1 0 Texas
3 4 5 VTECH AC 1396 110.2 0 Virginia Tech
21 5 6 FLORD SE 1389 108.0 0 Florida
14 10 7 OKLAH BT 1364 103.7 0 Oklahoma
23 9 8 MICH BX 1362 109.6 1 Michigan
19 11 9 LSVLE BE 1356 115.6 0 Louisville
20 7 10 NOTDM XX 1355 105.7 0 Notre Dame
17 12 11 WISCO BX 1346 109.7 1 Wisconsin
10 13 12 AUBRN SE 1336 117.9 1 Auburn
5 8 13 WVIRG BE 1294 124.9 0 W Virginia
37 17 14 BSEST WA* 1290 114.9 0 Boise State
6 18 15 TCU MW* 1278 118.5 0 TCU
22 19 16 CALIF PX 1264 106.6 1 California
27 21 17 NBRSK BT 1255 103.8 0 Nebraska
7 20 18 PENST BX 1254 108.0 1 Penn State
18 14 19 BOSCL AC 1248 108.3 0 Boston College
56 16 20 ARKNS SE 1245 113.0 0 Arkansas
26 15 21 GEOTC AC 1244 105.3 0 Georgia Tech
52 24 22 RUTGR BE 1228 108.1 0 Rutgers
12 29 23 GRGIA SE 1224 113.0 0 Georgia
40 30 24 TEXAM BT 1218 101.6 0 Texas A&M
54 25 25 TENSE SE 1212 101.0 0 Tennessee
15 22 26 OREGN PX 1206 103.3 0 Oregon
64 31 27 WAKEF AC 1202 102.4 0 Wake Forest
11 26 28 UCLA PX 1198 103.3 1 UCLA
16 28 29 TXSTC BT 1195 103.0 1 Texas Tech
25 23 30 CLEMS AC 1192 101.2 0 Clemson
It's all come out quite well; the top two sides at the moment are SCALF and OHIST. The latter side is confirmed as champions of the BT; their western opponents must yet play UCLA, and an upset would leave the way open for any of the sides massing beneath them to nip through and take a place in the title game.
The nine-win sides from BCS conferences, from which we expect nine of the top-ten places: Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Louisville, Rutgers, West Virginia, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M, Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Southern California, Florida, Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Tennessee. Potentially eligible: California
Conference breakdown - BCS Conferences
Atlantic Coast - Wake Forest's win over Maryland propelled them into the Top 30, and clinched the Atlantic Division. Georgia Tech had already taken the Coastal Division, and was playing only for pride against Georgia. Maryland, Boston College, Clemson, Florida-state, Virginia Tech, Virginia, and Miami-florida are also bowl-eligible.
"Big" East - This one's going to the wire. Rutgers hosts West Virginia next week-end; a win would give Rutgers the championship. A loss would open up the door to Louisville, assuming they beat Connecticut (and just about everyone else has). Defeats for both sides would allow WVIRG to claim a three-way share of the title, and it's not entirely clear who would represent the conference in the BCS. All three are entitled to some sort of bowl, joined by South Florida, Cincinnatti, and Pittsburgh.
"Big" Twelve - Nebraska has taken the North division at a canter, and will play Oklahoma for the divisional title. Kansas-state, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, TEXAM, Texas-tech, and Oklahoma-state are also bowl-eligible.
"Big" "Ten" - Ohio-state is top of the eleven-team pile here. Michigan, Wisconsin, Penn-state, Purdue, and Minnesota have six or more wins.
Pacific Ten - As discussed, Southern California needs to beat UCLA to take the title; a loss will let California claim the crown, if they can beat Stanford, and everybody does. Other bowl-bound sides: Oregon-state, Arizona, UCLA, Oregon, Washington-state, Arizona-state.
South East - Florida champions of the East by three clear games, Arkansas holds off all-comers for the South West. The other bowl-bound sides are Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, South Carolina, Auburn, LSU, and Alabama.
Conference breakdown - Non-BCS Conferences
CU Jimmy - Southern Mississippi won the East, Houston the West. Other bowl sides: East Carolina, Rice, Tulsa, SMU.
Mid America - Ohio took the East (and with nine wins, is BCS-eligible, at least in theory), Central Michigan the West. The other bowl teams may include Western Michigan, North Illinois, and - get this! - Kent State! Last year's worst team in the world quietly added a sixth victory to their improbable run of five, and is entitled to their moment in the big time.
Mountain West - BYU (a ten-win side) has taken the conference. Utah, TCU, Wyoming, and New Mexico are also entitled to another game.
Sun Belt - Middle Tennessee the winners here; Troy, Arkansas-state, and Louisiana-lafayette might also emerge.
Western - Boise-state completed its +12-0 season, and is almost certain to be the one side allowed crash the BCS ball. Hawaii also secured nine wins, with Nevada and San Jose-state also qualified.
Independents - Notre Dame's ten wins allows them into a top-10 match, and Navy is also entitled to a bowl game.
With 73 teams meeting the required standard, and only 64 places available, there will be some disappointed teams out there.
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Tue 28 Nov 2006
Week-end round-up
The week-end's upsets:
41 Valenciennes - Nancy 1:0
39 Barnsley - Ipswich 1:0
37 Bolton - Arsenal 3:1
35 Plymouth - Leeds 1:2
34 Chievo - Udinese 2:0
32 Atalanta - Torino 1:2
31 Motherwell - Falkirk 4:2
31 Osasuna - Deportivo 4:1
31 Bordeaux - St Ettienne 1:0
30 Stoke - WBA 1:0
17 Hibs - Celtic 2:2
16 Preston - Crystal Palace 0:0
16 Athletico Madrid - Sociedad 1:1
First win of the season for Chievo, first since the opening week-end for Valenciennes. Bolton usually do something against Arsenal, Leeds and Motherwell recover from relegation troubles, while high-flying Celtic and Preston are brought down to earth with draws. In the big matches, Inter beat Palermo to cement their position at the top of Serie A, while Manchester B drew with Chelsea; they remain a million points clear at the top of Division I.
Division I
CHE 1250 86.6 -61
LIV 1167 80.8 37
MUN 1143 85.6 -51
ANL 1110 82.3 -39
TOT 1064 82.5 8
NWC 1014 80.6 31
AVL 1012 85.9 12
BOL 1008 87.2 -50
REA 985 88.4 38
BLK 981 83.9 -43
EVE 974 85.6 -36
POR 972 87.0 4
WIG 943 88.6 71
MID 938 87.0 -15
FUL 932 88.9 -52
MCY 905 89.2 28
WHM 892 86.7 57
WAT 868 88.5 25
CHA 857 87.4 -15
SFU 772 86.2 31
A consolidation for most of the top teams; Liverpool's measured success, in particular their victory over PSV, allows them to move clear. Newcastle's high standing here is in comparison to their mediocre position in the formal table, for the latter only measures domestic competition.
League 1
LYN 1258 87.5 3
NCY 1061 90.3 -34
LEN 1036 84.6 44
LIL 1025 81.2 -19
SET 1024 97.6 -12
BDX 1022 81.7 65
LEM 1021 93.8 46
SCX 1005 90.0 71
TOU 1003 94.6 -90
MAR 971 87.6 -97
LOR 968 96.3 72
PSG 944 83.2 -62
REN 927 91.3 27
AUX 916 84.2 -31
VCN 903 98.1 -40
MON 890 89.2 14
NTS 862 98.5 39
NIC 850 99.8 44
TRY 837 99.2 - 5
SED 823 98.5 -39
STR (II) 783 135.5 0
In comparison with their high-flying rivals, Lyon has managed to increase the score this month, and is now comfortably clear of all-comers. Only a few sides are clearly in trouble.
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CFL news
38 Carolina 13 vs. Potomac Drainage Basin 17
37 N.J./A 21 vs. Tennessee 24
35 Jacksonville 24 vs. Buffalo 27
32 Chicago 13 vs. New England 17
31 Kansas 19 vs. Denver 10
31 San Francisco 17 vs. St. Louis 20
Arizona 26 vs. Minnesota 31
Bay of Green 24 vs. Seattle 34
Cincinnati 30 vs. Aston Villa 0
Detroit 10 vs. Miami 27
Houston 11 vs. N.J./B 26
Irving 38 vs. Manchester United 10
New Orleans 31 vs. Atlanta 13
Pittsburgh 0 vs. Baltimore 27
Oakland 14 vs. San Diego 21
Philadelphia 21 vs. Indianapolis 45
The Sportsbog is, of course, over the moon that their local side has secured a win, even over a bunch of pussycats. The Thumbtacks, Cover Your Eyes With Feathers, New Democracy, Pie Scales, and Mouflons also pulled off upset victories. The tables look like this:
NEM 1179 109.1 CE New England New Democracy
NJJ 1034 108.3 CE New Jersey B
BUF 1007 110.2 CE Buffalo Cover Your Eyes With Feathers
MIA 967 110.8 CE Miami December Collapse
BAL 1212 109.1 CN Baltimore Erinas
CIN 1043 107.0 CN Cincinnati Bungles
PIT 1012 106.5 CN Pittsburgh Terrorists
CLE 896 109.1 CN Aston Villa
IND 1270 116.1 CS Indianapolis Lucky Charms
JAC 1069 108.3 CS Jacksonville Browns Lane
TEN 961 112.4 CS Tennessee Flaming Thumbtacks
HOU 858 109.0 CS Houston Moocows
SDF 1194 109.1 CW San Diego Bolts
DEN 1096 110.8 CW Denver Ants
KAN 1082 106.9 CW Kansas City Pie Scales
OAK 810 113.0 CW Oakland Lost
DAL 1073 108.3 PE Irving Asteroids
NJG 1046 107.4 PE New Jersey A
PHI 964 108.1 PE Philadelphia Marxists
WAS 908 108.6 PE Potomac Drainage Basin Indigenous Persons
CHI 1205 114.4 PN Chicago Pink Rhinosceri
MIN 935 106.9 PN Minnesota Lapponites
BOG 902 106.5 PN Bay of Green
DET 785 110.1 PN Detroit Peugeots
NOB 1064 108.3 PS New Orleans Boy Scouts
CAR 1020 107.5 PS Carolina Pussycats
ATL 959 107.3 PS Atlanta Cattacciano
BOT 896 109.6 PS Manchester United
SEA 1085 106.6 PW Seattle Blue Men Group
SFF 981 108.7 PW St Francisville Fortyfour-Niners
STL 971 106.0 PW St Louis Mouflons
ARI 777 108.2 PW Arizona Cautions
Looks like Chicago Or Bust for the Provincial side of things; will a bunch of byes and relatively easy games give the side an advantage in the Off-White Cup?
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