Treffen » Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September

The season that just started is pretty much half over. The teams that can still smell a championship no longer can feast on rent-a-victims, which is how we know that No. 2 Ohio State finally must play a Big Ten road game. Say this much for Urban Meyer, when he plays a road game, he makes it count. First, Oklahoma; now, No. 8 Wisconsin (ABC, 8 p.m. ET). No. 1 Alabama is playing its third SEC road game, and at No. 9 Tennessee at that. The schedule gods smiled on No. 4 Michigan, No. 5 Washington and No. 6 Texas A&M. At the exact midpoint of their seasons, they have an off week.1. Four Big Ten teams reached the AP top 10 for the first time in 56 years. Whats weird about that is on Oct. 3, 1960, Iowa,?Illinois,?Ohio State, and?Purdue?all were ranked between third and seventh, yet the Big Ten team that won the national championship that year was Minnesota. This time its Ohio State,?Michigan,?Wisconsin?and?Nebraska?-- RIP, Big Eight -- and, and barring a Badgers victory, there probably wont be four Big Ten teams in the top 10 next week. But theres no question here, anyway, that the Big Ten has been the strongest conference in the first half of the season. And the ACC is second.2. Miami freshman wide receiver Sam Bruce, the nephew of former NFL star Isaac Bruce, found out what Georgia players learned for 15 years under head coach Mark Richt: If you step over the line, he wont let you come back. Bruce already had been suspended once for a photo of him with a gun. He broke a leg last month playing pickup basketball and was out for the season. I always thought Richts soft-spokenness and compassionate religiosity masked a harder edge. But no one averages 10-3 in the SEC for that long if he doesnt have a structured program. Bruce found out what was well-known in Athens.3. Hurricane Matthew dumped nine inches of rain on Carter-Finley Stadium by 6 p.m. Saturday, but the calendar smiled upon NC State. With the state fair taking place across the street from the stadium, the Wolfpack play on the road for the next two weeks. Assistant athletic director Ray Brincefield said this annual break allows for a midseason overseed and top dress. For the latter, he said, the school used 24 tons of sand this week instead of 12. He predicts the grass will be ready for Boston College on Oct. 29. Dont forget: North Carolina State has a turf school. They know how to grow grass.4. Iowa?coach Kirk Ferentz, one of the least hyperbolic people Ive ever met, said Tuesday that he likes the College Football Playoff as is and has no desire to see the field expanded to eight teams -- and that he fully expects that to happen. Were going to [go to eight teams] because there is so much talk and attention and emphasis on it, Ferentz said. I think were right where we need to be. He is concerned for the fate of the bowls, which have suffered as the playoff has blossomed. You can be in the playoffs, Ferentz said, and still have bowls that mean a lot to the teams involved. Last season, Iowa won the Big Ten West, as opposed to the Big Ten, and went to the Rose Bowl for the first time in 25 years.5. The emergence of?Jake Browning?into the bright lights of Heisman Trophy contention also shines a beam on the meager history of Huskies and Heismans. The last time a Washington player finished among the top 10 vote-getters: 2000, when quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo led the Huskies to a Rose Bowl victory. The last time a Washington player finished among the top five: 1991, when defensive tackle Steve Emtman finished fourth. The last time a Huskies offensive player finished among the top five: never, as in not one. Emtman is the only Washington player who finished higher than seventh (tailback Greg Lewis, 1990). East coast bias? Your witness.6. Some rivalries are filled with tension every season.?Tennessee?and?Alabama, known to fans on both sides of the states shared border as the Third Saturday in October, is not one of them. The Vols and the Crimson Tide might be the streakiest rivalry in sports. Only twice since 1961 has a team not lost at least two years in a row. Check it out: 1961-66: Alabama, 5-0-1; 1967-70, Tennessee, 4-0; 1971-81, Alabama, 11-0; 1982-85, Tennessee, 4-0; 1986-94, Alabama 8-0-1 (the NCAA later forced the Tide to forfeit the 1993 tie); 1995-2001, Tennessee, 7-0; 2007-15, Alabama, 9-0. From 2002 to 06, Tennessee won three out of five, and the NCAA forced Alabama to vacate its 2005 victory. The Tide are favored to stretch the current streak to 10 games against the injury-riddled Vols.7. I have been thinking about my friend and colleague Beano Cook, who died four years ago this week. No one was ever more passionate about the history of college football, or about pricking pomposity. This, from a 2010 podcast: Jim Tatum left Oklahoma to take the Maryland job after the 46 season and (Bud) Wilkinson got the Oklahoma job. I dont think the people of Oklahoma had any idea what they were getting. They got absolutely, I wont say genius. I will use an adjective: a football genius. These people who refer to coaches as a genius: Einstein was a genius. Edison was a genius. Football coaches arent geniuses. They might be football geniuses. But not geniuses. Vapormax Weiß Herren Schweiz . -- For the first time in two months, an opponent was standing up to Alabama. Air Max 97 Outlet .com) - Manchester City midfielder David Silva is expected to miss the next four weeks because of a calf problem. http://www.vapormaxkaufenschweiz.com/vapormax-herren-schweiz/vapormax-plus-outlet.html . "I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from. Vapormax Damen Schwarz Schweiz . Miller reached right to deflect Mikhail Grabovskis attempt with just over 2 minutes remaining in regulation, and then made two more saves in the shootout Sunday to give the Sabres a 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals. Air Max 97 Kaufen Schweiz . -- Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September, and not from the run of play since mid-July. CEDAR CITY, Utah -- Freshman Jacob Calloway scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, Christian Musoko scored 17 points and Southern Utah routed Life Pacific College 101-56 on Saturday night.Randy Onwuasors layup broke an 8-all tie and the Thunderbirds outscored the Warriors 35-5 over the next three minutes for a 45-13 lead. Race Parsons hit Southern Utahs fifth 3-pointer of the half and the Thunderbirds led 56-21 at halftime after shooting 58 percent from the floor and 55.6 percent from long distance.John Marshall made a free thhrow with 7:52 left in the second half and the Thunderbirds led by 37 points and won going away.ddddddddddddOnwuasor, Ivan Madunic and Decardo Day scored 13 apiece.All nine Thunderbirds who played scored at least two points and Southern Utah finished shooting 50.7 percent from the floor and 88.5 percent from the foul line.Edgardo Campos led NCCAA-member Life Pacific with 12 points. Ramez Michail had 11. ' ' '