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This day in sports is brought to us by Hideo Nomo

1995 – Hideo Nomo became the first Japanese player to be selected for a major league baseball All-Star Game.

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If you follow college football or don’t live under a rock then you are familiar with the BCS. There are several determining factors that go into the selection for one of the 5 major BCS bowl games. Some of the things that are taken into consideration are things like..

Style Points (Anyone that says how much you run up the score against teams isn’t considered is full of sh*t)

Poll’s (BSC, AP, Coaches)

Computers (a shameless cover up for a bunch of  millionaires sitting around smoking cigars, drinking brandy, and trying to determine which team has the best *traveling fans* and which teams will be the best match up, not for the best game, but for the most money.

Strength Of Schedule (simply put who did you play, and how good was that team. Also Home/Away is taken into consideration)

The Longhorn 2009 schedule is a joke to say the least. I went through and did some comparisons between 2 of the powerhouses in the Big 12 being Texas and Oklahoma. I also went with Oklahoma because of the drama that came up at the end of last season for the Big 12 Championship and National Championship. Also Oklahoma is the BIGGEST game on Texas Schedule. Some would argue that Texas A&M would be the biggest game. Being the biggest rival, and biggest game are two totally different. Lets face it Oklahoma is a National Championship contender every season, and well Texas A&M haven’t been relevant since the days of R.C. Slocum. Sorry Aggie fans no offense intended, just being honest.   I have broken down my comparison between schedules as such..

-Teams

-Overall season standings from 2008 season

-Conference, Non Conference Game (Each team is given 4 non conference games each year(unless your Notre Dame), and can pretty much pick who they play)

-Home or Away game

Texas Longhorns 2009 (11-1)

Louisiana Monroe (4-8)  Non Conference

@Wyoming (4-8) Non Conference

Texas Tech (11-2) Conference

UTEP (5-7) Non Conference

Colorado (5-7) Non Conference

Oklahoma (12-2) Conference (Neutral Site)

@Missouri (10-4) Conference

@Oklahoma State (9-4) Conference

UCF (4-9) Non Conference

Baylor (4-8) Conference

Kansas (8-5) Conference

Texas A&M (4-8) Conference

Oklahoma Sooners 2009 (12-2)

BYU (10-3)  Non Conference

Idaho State (1-11) Non Conference

Tulsa (11-3)  Non Conference

@Miami (7-6) Non Conference

Baylor (4-8) Conference

Texas (11-1) Conference  (Neutral Site)

@Kansas (8-5) Conference

Kansas State (5-7) Conference

@Nebraska (9-4) Conference

@Texas A&M (4-8) Conference

Texas Tech (11-2) Conference

Oklahoma State (9-4) Conference

Oklahoma plays 3 non conference teams with winning records, where as Texas plays ZERO non conference teams with winning records. I would like to hope EVERY Texas fans keeps this in mind at the end of the season. IF there is a debate about who should go where, and the records are similar, please don’t whine and complain when Oklahoma gets the nod. Remember that 45-35 is history, and your Texas Longhorns control who they play 4 weeks of the season. They continue to schedule lesser opponents. This year as always strength of schedule is something Mack Brown and the rest of his coaching staff are clueless about. Thanks Mack!

This post was written by a die hard Longhorn fan!

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If you play fantasy football chances are you have used one or move of the excuses listed above. I myself have used the *I forgot about the bye week*. My hopes of becoming a back to back champion of one of my leagues was snapped like a twig when Tom Brady went down in the first 3 minutes of last season. My misery brought great joy to Liverdamage.

All this brings me to the official ESPN 2009 Fantasy Football Rankings & Projection. They have taken the time to give us their top 10 at each position. Its never to early to start doing your research so your ready on draft day.

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Its no big secret that I don’t cover a lot of NASCAR on the corner.  Its not that I don’t enjoy racing, because I do. Give me a Saturday night at the local dirt track, or a day watching top fuel dragsters over the soap opera that has become NASCAR. When I saw this article, I decided today was a good day to post something about NASCAR.

NASCAR:  Mayfield Tested Positive For Meth

“We will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Jeremy Mayfield did violate the NASCAR substance-abuse policy and tested positive for methamphetamines,” spokesman Ramsey Poston said.

Diehl argued in court that Mayfield has never shown any characteristics of a meth abuser, and if he used the drug at the levels NASCAR has suggested, Mayfield would be “either a walking zombie or he’s dead.

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This day in sports is brought to us by Fred Toney

1917 – Fred Toney (Cincinnati Reds) pitched two complete games in one day.

*No pitch count was harmed in the making of this day in sports* :)

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Someone down in Miami seems to think that Bill Parcells would like to make recently released Micheal Vick a Dolphin. Seriously? I doubt that Parcells wants the headaches that is going to come with signing Vick. IF Vick is reinstated by Goodell, (who is in no hurry to make a decision regarding Vick’s possible reinstatement) Vick is going to be a major distraction to whatever team signs him.

As most of you know Vick took a construction job after being released from prison, where he was making $10 and hour. A far cry from the millions he is used to making as a starting NFL quarterback. Vick has decided working construction is not for him, and has accepted a position working with a Boys and Girls Club in Virginia. Now how long that will last, only time will tell. I’m fairly sure that the parents are going to have mixed emotions about this one. I keep reading about how Vick has repaid his debt to society, well that may be true but he can’t expect to be welcomed back into society with open arms. Some people in the world will probably never forgive Vick for his actions.

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This day in sports is brought to us by Tonya Harding

1994 – The U.S. Figure Skating Association stripped Tonya Harding of the 1994 national championship and banned her from the organization for life for an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan.

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I was watching a tour event a few weeks back, and was reminded why I don’t watch golf more often. Now I love what Tiger has done for the sport, he is the face of pro golf.  He has made a younger crowd interested to the sport. Its no longer your dads sport.  He has basically made it cool to play golf, and made it acceptable for corporations to pay millions of dollars worth of endorsements to pro golfers. Now here is my MAJOR gripe, and once again its not directed at Tiger. So all you Tiger fans that were getting ready to flood my inbox with hate mail, relax!

While watching the tour event a few weeks ago I happen to catch Phil Mickelson getting ready for a tee shot (drive). After he drove the ball you hear someone in the crowd yell *You suck, Tiger is still the best*. Ok well everyone knows that buddy, but thanks for feeling the need to make an ass of yourself.  Here’s one that is even more annoying.

*In sports commentator whisper* Tiger is getting ready for his tee shot, he has had such a wonderful day. Oh my, what a drive. Looks like Tiger is really on his game, pause (voice from the crowd) *GET IN THE HOLE*!!!! That’s right, one of Tigers fans decided it was time to interject himself into the event. See it doesn’t matter if Tiger is on a par 3 where he could hit a hole in one, or on a 500+ yard par 5, one or more of the fans will yell *GET IN THE HOLE*! Seriously? I mean I know Tigers the man, but do you really think he can ace a par 5?

Tiger will go down in history as the greatest golfer to ever pick up a club, this is a given. I wish Tiger would take the time to make a public service announcement and air it for his fans. Letting them know that he appreciates the support, but please STFU! There is no reason for them to yell *GET IN THE HOLE* everytime he touches a club, and there is certanly no reason to yell at other golfers about Tigers greatness. I’m sure everyone on the tour knows how great Tiger is, I mean they do have to play against him during the season.

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This day in sports is brought to us by Mike Tyson

1997 - Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear after three rounds of their WBA heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas, NV.

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My site has been down all week so silent E and I can  work on it. Were still working out a few issues, but its finished enough to put it back online. Sorry for the delays

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