11.3.08

The Sports Report
11/3/08

My Sports Piccz
Football – 6-7 (6-8-43%)
Basketball – 0-2 (15-14-52%)
College Football – NONE (7-12-34%)
Parlay – NONE (0-2)
Guaranteed – NONE (0-2)

Major League Baseball
· No news today…

National Football League
· WEEK 9
· The Jets (5-3) def. Buffalo (5-3) 26-17.
· Chicago (5-3) def. Detroit (0-8) 27-23. Matt Forte (Chi) had 126 yards.
· Cincinnati (1-8) def. Jacksonville (3-5) Cedrick Benson (Cin) had 104 yards.
· Baltimore (5-3) def. Cleveland (3-5) 37-27. Ray Rice (Bal) had 154 yards.
· Tennessee (8-0) def. Green Bay (4-4) 19-16 in OT. Aaron Rodgers (GB) threw for 314 yards.
· Tampa Bay (6-3) def. Kansas City (1-7) 30-27 in OT. Jeff Garcia (TB) threw for 339 yards. Jamaal Charles (KC) had 106 yards.
· Arizona (5-3) def. St. Louis (2-6) 34-13. Kurt Warner (Az) threw for 342 yards. Tim Hightower (Az) had 109 yards.
· Minnesota (4-4) def. Houston (3-5) 28-21. Adrian Peterson (Min) had 139 yards.
· Miami (4-4) def. Denver (4-4) 26-17. Jay Cutler (Den) threw for 307 yards.
· Atlanta (5-3) def. Oakland (2-6) 24-0. Michael Turner (Atl) ran for 139 yards.
· MY GIANTS (7-1) def. Dallas (5-4) 35-14. Brandon Jacobs (Dal) ran for 117 yards.
· Philadelphia (5-3) def. Seattle (2-6) 26-7. Donovan McNabb (Phi) threw for 349 yards.
· Indianapolis (4-4) def. New England (5-3) 18-15.

· The League Leaders look like this…
· Passing – Philip Rivers (SD) 107.8 rating
· Rushing – Clinton Portis (Was) 944 yards
· Receiving Yards – Andre Johnson (Hou) 834 yards
· Receptions - TJ Houshmandzadah (Cin) 61 receptions
· Sacks – Joey Porter (Mia) 11 ½ sacks
· Tackles – DJ Williams (Den) / D’Qwell Jackson (Cle) 77 tackles
· Interceptions – 5 tied with 4 interceptions

· The Playoff picture looks like this…
· The AFC East is tied between Buffalo,The Jets, and New England.
· The AFC North is led by Pittsburgh by ½ games over Baltimore.
· The AFC South is led by Tennessee by 4 games over Indianapolis.
· The AFC West is led by Denver by 1 games over San Diego.
· The AFC Wild Cards are held by New England, The Jets, and Baltimore
· The NFC East is led by MY GIANTS by 1 game over Washington.
· The NFC North is led by Chicago by 1 game over Green Bay.
· The NFC South is led by Carolina by ½ game over Tampa Bay.
· The NFC West is led by Arizona by 3 games over Everyone in the Division.
· The NFC Wild Cards are held by Washington and Tampa Bay.

National Basketball Association
· The NBA Regular Season is underway…
· Milwaukee (2-2) def. New York (1-2) 94-86. Quentin Richardson (NY) had 28pts. Zach Randolph (NY) 13reb. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 11reb 3blk. Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil) had 10reb.
· Oklahoma City (1-2) def. Minnesota (1-2) 88-85. Al Jefferson (Min) had 24pts 13reb. Nick Collison (Okla) had 10reb 3stl.

Nascar
· This Sunday was The Dickies 500 at Texas. Carl Edwards won the race.

· Here are the updated Sprint Cup Standings…
1. Jimmie Johnson 6366 pts. $6,834,203
2. Carl Edwards –106 $7,175,200
3. Greg Biffle –143 $5,189,764
4. Jeff Burton –212 $5,149,532
5. Jeff Gordon –255 $5,256,332

NCAA College Football – Top 25
· Here is the new AP Poll Standings…
1. Alabama 9-0
2. Texas Tech 9-0
3. Penn State 9-0
4. Florida 7-1
5. Texas 8-1
6. Oklahoma 8-1
7. USC 7-1
8. Oklahoma State 8-1
9. Boise State 8-0
10. Utah 9-0

· Here is the BCS Poll
1. Alabama 9-0
2. Texas Tech 9-0
3. Penn State 9-0
4. Texas 8-1
5. Florida 7-1
6. Oklahoma 8-1
7. USC 7-1
8. Utah 9-0
9. Oklahoma State 8-1
10. Boise State 8-0

· The League Leaders look like this…
· Passing – David Johnson (Tulsa) 198.25 rating
· Rushing – Javon Ringer (MichSt) 1,427 yards
· Receiving Yards – Austin Collie (BYU) 1,058 yards
· Receptions – Casey Fitzgerald (N.Texas) 85 receptions
· Interceptions – 3 tied with 6 interceptions
· Best Offense – Tulsa - 599.1 yards per game.

National Hockey League
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· The League Leaders look like this…
· Goals – Thomas Vanek (Buf) 11 goals.
· Assists – Evgeni Malkin (Pit) 14 assists.
· Points – Evgeni Malkin (Pit) 18 pts.
· Save % - Tim Thomas (Bos) .944
· GAA – Ryan Miller (Buf) 1.82

NCAA College Basketball - Top 25
· No news or Games today…(November 10, 2008)

Pro Boxing
· I only like the Heavyweight’s, so that is all I will be updating except for maybe the occasional headliner.
· Here are the current World Champions…
· WBA – Nikolai Valuev
· WBC – Vitali Klitschko
· IBF – Wladimir Klitschko
· WBO – Wladimir Klitschko

· The next IBF/WBO World Title match will be December 13 (HBO) vs Alexander Povetkin
· That same night Nikolai Valuev will defend the WBA Title vs TBA!

· The Klitschko Brothers have challenged Nikolai Valuev for his World Title!!

MMA
· No news today…

Pro Wrestling
· I got TWO TNA House Shows to report...
11/1/08
Anaheim, CA
1. Sonjay Dutt defeated Consequences Creed & Tanahashi.
2. LAX defeated Eric Young & Curry Man.
3. TNA Knockouts Champion Awesome Kong defeated Roxxi.
4. AJ Styles defeated Christian Cage.
5. Team 3D defeated TNA World Tag Team Champions Beer Money, Inc. in a non-title Tables match.
6. Samoa Joe defeated Kurt Angle.

11/2/08
Bakersfield, CA
1.Consequences Creed defeated Sonjay Dutt & Tanahashi.
2. LAX defeated Eric Young & Curry Man.
3. TNA Knockouts Champion Awesome Kong defeated Roxxi.
4. Samoa Joe defeated Kurt Angle.
5. TNA World Tag Team Champions Beer Money, Inc. defeated Team 3D.
6. AJ Styles defeated Christian Cage.

· My Picc’z for TONIGHT’s Games
BASKETBALL
· Orlando
· Philadelphia
· Detroit
· Golden State
· Dallas
· Utah

FOOTBALL
· Pittsburgh –1