Pat Murphy's Interns Are All Fired

With Leather gets credit for this gem.

Romes N Malones Welcome Sarosy

Romes N Malones will welcome Syracuse Crunch Senior VP of Business Operations Jim Sarosy to the program Thursday. Sarosy has been a member of the Crunch oranization for 12 years. He will discuss Sunday's Crunch-Amerks game that will mark the first AHL game played in Oswego.


Game-time is set to for 5 PM, WNYO will have live play-by-play on 88.9 FM and streaming online. Listen to Romes N Malones Thursday afternoon at 2 for free tickets.

TWO TEAMS, TWO DIFFERENT STORIES (ONE HASN'T BEEN WRITTEN YET)

WARNING: THIS IS A BERRIOS ENTRY. EXPECT POOR GRAMMAR AND LITTLE SENSE. YOU WILL MOST DEFINITELY KILL BRAIN CELLS BY READING THIS. FOR MORE ON BERRIOS READ THIS.

You know what a shocker that SU won against Louisville Cardinals, but the true question is can they hold there own against Miami (OH). I mean SU is scrappy at best and there defense could pull off a miracle is an understatement. But when you look at Miami (OH) and how’d they got beaten so badly against Cincinnati that their fans actually left the stadium in protest (just joking). Seriously SU and Miami (OH) on paper look very similar to that they both utterly stink, they’re GARBAGE!

And in other sports news, WTF were the Mets thinking when they’ve slipped five games won 2 out of the last what 6 games they’ve played. They have relatively a weak schedule towards the end of the season. And they’re losing to teams like the Marlins, Nationals and of course the Phillies. It’s like you guys have had first place for months and now you decided to bail out and start slumping. I mean I know our bullpen is beaten up and Billy Wagner is injured but c’mon we have the depth in our hitters to score but we’re not doing it. It’s like WTF you guys are garbage this is why we get no respect from our fellow New Yorkers at times because we got the payroll but the attitude isn’t there.

Ben Berrios

Pat Morgan's Week 3 Recap

Jets 31, Dolphins 28; A game with very little defense as both running backs (Thomas Jones and Ronnie Brown) dominated. A key kickoff return from Leon Washington and late first-half TD catch by Chris Baker gave the Jets the momentum after Miami dominated offensively for much of the half. Jets had two good 3rd quarter drives that proved to be too much for the Dolphins to overcome. Third down conversions were a big factor too as the Jets were 8-12 and the Fish were 3-9.

Ravens 26, Cardinals 23; For the second straight week the Ravens almost blew a 17 point, fourth quarter lead. Kurt Warner replaced Matt Leinart and led the Cards back to a 23-23 tie, but a good last minute drive set up a 46-yard winning field goal from Matt Stover. After two lackluster fourth quarters from their defense, the Ravens are lucky to be 2-1. I didn't like the personal foul call on Adrian Wilson that gave the Ravens 15 yards on their final drive. Ugly hit on Todd Heap, but I thought it was clean.

Packers 31, Chargers 24; Really stunned by the outcome of this game. I thought the Chargers would come out firing today after that embarrassing loss in New England. Credit the Packers' defense for being the third team in a row to slience LT. Brett Favre is off to his best season in years as the Packers improve to 3-0. The Pack's next three games (@ Min, Chi, Wash) are very winnable. Can you imagine this team 6-0? Wow! As for the Chargers, I still think they'll be fine in the AFC West, but they are giving up serious ground to the Pats and Colts for those precious first round byes.

Colts 30, Texans 24; Not the close game the final score would seem to indicate. A very ho-hum type of victory for the Colts as Peyton and co. won without sexy numbers. But they made no mistakes and took advantage of every situation. Might as well give them the AFC South division crown as they have won two road games within the division that they lost last season. The Texans fought hard, but this game brings them back down to earth after two impressive wins to start the season.

Chiefs 13, Vikings 10; I'm surprised that there was even this much scoring. Vikes' defense played well and Adrian Peterson brutally outplayed Larry Johnson, but the Vikings lack of a QB cost them again. What's Drew Bledsoe doing? As for the Chiefs, this is a terrible football team that got lucky to win today. It's going to be a long, long season with their Pop Warner like offense.

Patriots 38, Bills 7; Those who thought Randy Moss wouldn't work out in New England need their heads examined. Moss working out in New England was about as sure a thing to me as Lindsay Lohan checking into rehab again. This Patriots team could go 16-0, and they would embrace it unlike the Colts of two years ago. The Bills are an awful football team who will be fighting for the #1 pick in the 2008 NFL Draft.

Eagles 56, Lions 21; The Eagles did everything right today (except for the throwbacks) to get off the decks and get their first win. I was amazed with how many people picked the Lions to win this game. Really shows how people buy into the week-to-week play of teams and not the entire body of work. The Eagles showed just how bad the Lions defense really is. They could have scored 70+ points if they really needed to today. Big reality check for the Lions as they'll lick their wounds and head home for a big divisional game with Chicago.

Steelers 37, 49ers 16; A game that shows just how much better the AFC is than the NFC. A third straight, very impressive win for the Steelers. With the Bengals 1-2 and the Ravens struggling late in games, the Steelers have emerged as the early team to beat in the AFC North. I also think, for the time being, the Steelers have surpassed the Chargers for the third best team in football. The 49ers are lucky to be 2-1 and not 0-3 this season. Like the Lions, the 49ers will head home for a big divisional matchup with the Seahawks.

Buccaneers 24, Rams 3; Jon Gruden is a tremendous coach. This team has had two dominating wins at home the last two weeks to open the season 2-1. If the Saints lose tomorrow, this division becomes wide-open and there's no reason the Bucs can't win it. The Rams are finished as they have lost 3 of the "easy" games on their schedule.

Jaguars 23, Broncos 14; The Broncos might be the worst 2-1 team ever in NFL history. After two, at-the-gun field goals against the dregs of the NFL, the Broncos laid a big egg at home against a Jaguars team that looked awful the first two weeks as well. But somehow the Broncos are in first place in the AFC West. The Jaguars are 2-1 as well. While the top 3 (NE, Indy, Pitt) in the AFC have been very impressive, the eventual wildcard teams could come limping home. Enormous difference between the wildcard contenders like Denver and Jacksonville and the big daddies in New England and Indianapolis.

Raiders 26, Browns 24; It's funny how history repeats itself sometimes, as the Raiders got to use a last breath timeout on a field goal this time. The NFL needs to do something about this though as it is getting really messy at the end of these games. Defensive timeouts need to be called before everyone is set. Freezing the kicker is overrated anyway, and its more of a fluke that its worked the last two Oakland games. Browns' QB Derek Anderson game back to earth after his Cincy game. How many people picked him up in fantasy this week? Good win for the Raiders who have played well (for their standards) the first three weeks.

Seahawks 24, Bengals 21; The Bengals' defense played a heck of a lot better. However, they couldn't hold the Seahawks from scoring late. Then to make matters worse they fumbled the ensuing kickoff to eliminate any late second chance of their own. But winning 3,000 miles from home is never easy, and this would have been a tough game for the Bengals to win even if they had been playing well. Good bounce back win for the Seahawks as they improve to 2-1 and get set for a showdown with SF next week.

Panthers 27, Falcons 20; Without Delhomme late, the Panthers found a way to eek out a victory. The bi-polar Panthers had a big game from DeShaun Foster on the ground. The Falcons should start Leftwich at QB, and see if that sparks the team.

Giants 24, Redskins 17; Enormous comeback win for the Giants. Down 17-3 at the half, it looked like the Giants were on their way to an 0-3 start. That would have meant a Redskins 3-0 start, and in effect a quick elimination from winning the division. Give the Giants' defense credit who were torched the first two weeks of the season. Jason Campbell was lucky to lead the Skins as far down field as he did on the final drive. They had much more time left than they played like they had. Didn't need to spike the ball on 1st and Goal, and they simply rushed the 3rd and 4th down rushes.

Cowboys 34, Bears 10; Cowboys making a great case for themselves as the best team in the NFC. Their offense has been very, very good the first three weeks (45, 37, 34). A terrible loss for the Bears. I thought people started jumping on Grossman too soon last year, but I can't defend his sorry play any longer. Is Brian Griese the answer? Probably not. With the trade deadline looming, maybe it's time for the Bears to go shopping. Their defense in the 2nd half was even worse. This Bears' defense is so overrated as they never come up big in the big game.

Titans 31, Saints 14; A horrible start for the NFC favorite, New Orleans Saints. They can still win a weak NFC South, but the 0-3 stat does not lie. Only a handful of teams have made it when starting that badly. The last was the '98 Bills. Bills' fans suddenly thinking we're not so bad! The Saints also lost Deuce for the season, making Reggie Bush the feature back. This will limit the trickery they can use with him. As for the Titans, this is an excellent win. The AFC South will be fun division to watch with all teams 2-1 or better.

Performance of the Week: Donovan McNabb. 21-26, 381 yards, 4TDs. Most of which was accomplished in the 1st half. Had they needed to score 70 to win today, McNabb probably would have thrown 10TDs today if he had to. Kevin Curtis was the beneficiary of McNabb's big day (11 catches, 221 yards, 3 TDs).

Goat of the Week: Rex Grossman & the Bears' D. As said before, the Bears' defense never plays well in the big spot. They are stat whores in games they should win. As for Rex, I wouldn't bench him yet, but you've got to believe it's coming fast. If you can, find Keith Olbermann's segment from Football Night in America that documented the many, many, many quarterbacks the Bears have had throughout the years.

Pat Morgan

Introducing Your 1st-Place Syracuse Orange

The Syracuse Orange pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Big East Conference history Saturday when they went into Louisville and beat the Cardinals 38-35.

Of course, 'Cuse could not just pulverize the Cardinals and come away with a multiple possession victory. Instead, Andrew Robinson fumbled twice late in the game and the Cardinals converted the turnovers into TDs to make it a game.

Despite that, the Orange made many of their fans eat crow.

The forums have been chalk-full of messages calling for Greg Robinson's firing. 'Cuse fans have been impatient with the third installment of the G-Rob Orange. Syracuse started 0-3 for the first time since 1986, as opponents outscored them 128-32. The offensive line had allowed 18 sacks. Attendance for the last home game against Illinois was reported at a generous 34,000. AD Daryl Gross was reportedly upset with the lack of progress shown. All signs pointed to 0-12, and yes, that would include a loss to Buffalo.

The Orange came into Papa John's Stadium as 37-point underdogs. Thirty-seven points! According to Donnie Webb of the Post-Standard, the largest underdogs on record to win an NCAA football game were the 1985 Oregon State Beavers (+36, beat Washington 21-20) and the '85 UTEP Miners (+36, beat BYU 23-16). Now, keep in mind the Appalachian State-Michigan game had no line as odds makers just couldn't figure out how badly the Wolverines were going to crush the Mountaineers. Despite that, Syracuse's win over the Cardinals will probably go down as one of the biggest upsets in NCAA football history.

Now for the fun part...a look at one Louisville fan's pre-game blog:

I stray away from disparaging Syracuse too viciously. My best friend is a longsuffering Syracuse alum, with whom I have a yearly bet of a bottle of wine on the outcome of the football and basketball game. (The latter is usually a more heated affair -- which drained his senses after the Cards' unbelievable comeback victory at Freedom Hall last year.) The football game generally requires a hefty sum of points put up on my end in order to reap any oenophilic reward. He's shied away from the 37 points laid down by the pros; so if I want a dry Italian red Saturday night I'm going to have to put up 40 points. And so I did -- owing much to the Cards' need for vendetta after the loss to Kentucky...

Card fans have to deal with the Kentucky loss and future, if any, losses. Saturday's game against Syracuse won't be one of them. Jody Demling's weekly column The Book wasted no time in drawing a 70-7 analogy to hapless Murray State. I'm banking on a 63-14 win -- and a bottle of Sangiovese.

Oswego State Roundup

*** SCOREBOARD ***

Men's Soccer: Oswego State 5, SUNYIT 0

Women's Soccer: Oswego State 2, SUNYIT 1 (2OT)

Field Hockey: Oneonta 6, Oswego State 2

Cross Country: Men finish third, women finish sixth at Highlander Invitational

*** MEN'S SOCCER

Oswego State caps solid weekend with 5-0 win over SUNYIT

GRAND RAPIDS OSWEGO - The Oswego State men's soccer team earned its second straight shutout victory, 5-0, over SUNYIT on Saturday to cap off the program's alumni weekend. The Lakers were led by a four-point effort from freshman midfielder Dean Gaetano.

Junior midfielder Mike Roorda broke a scoreless tie with his first goal of the season in the 33rd minute off an assist from Gaetano. Chris Carra started a second-half Laker surge in the 46th minute with his first goal of the season for a 2-0 lead. Felipe Cavalcanti pushed the lead to 3-0 in the 59th minute when he found the net for the second time this season.

Gaetano then added to his tally with another assist, this time to Michael Kincaid for his second goal of the season in the 70th minute. Just over a minute later they reversed roles when Kincaid assisted on Gaetano's first goal of the season.

The win improved Oswego State's record to 3-4-1 on the year, and 2-1-0 in SUNYAC play. The Wildcats fell to 3-4-0 on the year and 0-3-0 in the SUNYAC.

At halftime, the Lakers recognized the program's first championship team as members from the 1966 SUNYAC-title team were honored.

BOX SCORE

http://www.oswego.edu/athletics/teams/mens_soccer/statistics/07statistics/0922snit.htm

*** WOMEN'S SOCCER

Second straight win for Laker women's soccer team

The Oswego State women's soccer team won its second straight game by defeating SUNYIT 2-1 in double overtime in Utica on Saturday afternoon.

The Lakers came back late in the contest to earn the victory. Julie McCloskey scored for Oswego State with just 4:57 left to play in the second half to tie the score 1-1, and forward Mariana Bartonicek scored the game-winning goal 1:19 into the second overtime period to give the Lakers the victory.

SUNYIT took the lead early in the second half on an unassisted goal by Jane Burroughs that beat Oswego State goalkeeper Toby Klein, who finished the game with one save.

McCloskey's goal was assited by Tricia Sullivan, and McCloskey patiently waited on goalkeeper Laurel Hosmer to commit before shooting past her into the net. Bartonicek's game-winner was a shot from the left side that beat Hosmer into the top of the net.

The Lakers are now 2-1-0 in SUNYAC play and 2-4-0 overall. The Lakers will host Potsdam on Friday at 4 p.m. and Plattsburgh on Saturday at 1 p.m.

BOX SCORE

http://www.oswego.edu/athletics/teams/womens_soccer/statistics/07statistics/0922snit.htm

*** FIELD HOCKEY

Field hockey loses at Oneonta

The Oswego State field hockey team lost 6-2 on Saturday at Oneonta. The Lakers are now 1-7 on the season and 1-2 in SUNYAC play. Oneonta improved to 4-4 overall and 2-1 in the conference.

The host Red Dragons scored four goals in the first half, as Kathryn Kubaryk and Somer Shuffield each had a goal and an assist in the opening 35 minutes.

Oneonta extended the lead to 5-0 on a goal by Ainsley Stoll before Brittany Roetzer scored for Oswego State in the 58th minute on an assist from Lauren Mastriano. Kubaryk added her second goal of the game in the second half, and Oswego State's Lori Teaney scored off a rebound with 4:02 left in the match.

Laker goalie Jamie Scharfe made six saves in the game. Oneonta starting goalkeeper Erika Dombkowski played 49:27 and didn't allow a goal. Leslie Dauphinais played the last 20-plus minutes and allowed both Oswego State goals.

Oneonta held a 15-5 shots advantage and a 5-1 edge in penalty corners.

Oswego State plays at Utica on Wednesday at 4 p.m.

BOX SCORE

http://www.oswego.edu/athletics/teams/field_hockey/statistics/07statistics/0922oneo.htm

*** CROSS COUNTRY

Oswego State men's team third; women's team sixth at Highlander Invitational

The Oswego State cross country programs produced solid outings in the Highlander Invitational Saturday at Houghton College. The Laker men's team placed third in an 11-team field as RIT took the victory. The women's field also featured 11 schools with Ithaca College claiming the top spot.

The Lakers finished sixth.

Chris Reich led the Laker men with a personal-best time of 26:49, finishing in fifth place overall. Matt Densmore also made the top 20 with a time of 27:43. Other scorers for Oswego State were Mike Anderson, 21st overall with a time of 27:48; Derek Dunning, 24th in 27:55; and Nate Hart, 43rd in 28:58.

Brittany Streeter paced the Laker women, finishing in 16th place with a time of 20:02. Also scoring for Oswego State were Renee Coe, 28th overall with a time of 20:52; Kelly Murray, 30th in 20:59; Rose Foran, 43rd in 21:36; and Chantal Munger, 44th in 21:38.

Oswego State will participate in the Hamilton College Invitational Oct. 6.

OJ's TDs Prompt Mascot Stabbing

Dragon Sword Stays With Cortland

Cortland has won the "Dragon Sword Battle" over Oswego State for the eighth consecutive year.

Tune into 88.9 FM WNYO or listen online to Ryan Maloney & Andy Rohlin's radio show tomorrow at 2 PM for more on this devastating loss.

What Will Become of 756?

Fashion designer Marc Ecko has started a website asking you to vote on what he should do with Barry Bonds' 756th HR ball. Ecko paid $752,467 for the ball, and is giving us the option of enshrining it in the Hall of Fame, planting an asterisk on it, or blasting it off into space. Vote below:

SC Minute: Oswego State Style

Dead On [ded-on, -awn]

–adjective Informal.

All the credit goes to Pat Morgan for bringing this to my attention. The voice, the mannerisms, the YES Network scroll. HAVE SOME GUTS!

Dragon Sword Battle Hours Away

We are just eight hours away from the "Dragon Sword Battle" between Oswego State and Cortland. WNYO will have results later this afternoon.

We considered making the trip to Cortland and covering the game live, but classes are getting in the way. Yes, Oswego State still has classes on the day of the "Dragon Sword Battle," ri-DICULOUS (you have to read that as Jim Rome).

From the Mind of Oompah

Ben Berrios is a former DJ and Executive Board member of WNYO. In a move that I am sure to reget later, I have allowed Ben to post on this blog without editing. Some people call this man functionally retarded. We here at WNYO call him...actually, come to think of it we're the ones who labeled him functionally retarded. More on Berrios later, here is his first post:

You know when you have a team like the Patriots and a coach like Belichick (who was a guaranteed lock for the Hall, which he might be) is all besides the point let me say this as loud as possible, YOU CHEATED….YOUR COMPLETE AND UTTER GUTTER TRASH and in lame man terms YOU’RE GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In other exciting news in sports, according to an article posted on Yahoo Sports website the Patriots are ranked as the number one NFL team. I mean is this stupid they should have forfeited the game to Mangini and the JETS I mean clearly I know Chad and his shoulder were a little uncooperative but it wasn’t like the game wasn’t close. I mean THEY CHEATED WTF WAS THE COMMISH THINKING I MEAN OMG THEY CHEATED…..VIDEO TAPED OBVIOUSLY VERY CLEAR EVIDENCE DO YOU NEED 3D GOGGLES TO SEE THAT ARE YOU DRUNK I MEAN EVEN A MAN WITH A CLEAR VISION EVEN HE WAS DRUNK COULD SEE THERE WAS A CAMERA ON THE SIDELINE AND THEY CHEATED I DON’T CARE WHAT ANYBODY SAYS THEY CHEATED!!!!!!!!!!!! END OF STORY THEY CHEATED THAT IS COMPLETE AND UTTER GUTTER TRASH, GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ben Berrios

Upon reading this, I feel as though I may have mislabeled Ben when I called him functionally retarded. During his time away from Oswego State his condition has clearly worsened, and he is now ginormously retarded. WNYO staffers are hard at work trying to de-code this post and will provide a translation as soon as possible. If you're asking yourself, "who is this man/thing?" read this.

He's Coming...

This is a perfect "in loving memory" photo.

WNYO Releases Broadcast Schedule

WNYO has announced their 2007-2008 winter broadcast schedule for Laker athletics. The student-run radio station has scheduled an unprecedented 51 games of coverage. More on this later.

Additionally, WNYO has released their programming/DJ schedule. Click here to see it.

O.J. Book Leak

O.J. Simpson is back in the news following his recent brush with the law. He currently sits in jail awaiting a hearing for armed robbery charges. This gives him plenty of time to write another hypothetical tell-all. You can read his previous book right here.

This would be the book that was suddenly canceled last November only to be re-published (and re-titled by the family of Ron Goldman) this year.

Below is an excerpt:




I'm going to tell you a story you've never heard before, because no
one knows this story the way I know it. It takes place on the night
of June 12, 1994, and it concerns the murder of my ex-wife, Nicole
Brown Simpson, and her young friend, Ronald Goldman. I want
you to forget everything you think you know about that night
because I know the facts better than anyone. I know the players.
I've seen the evidence. I've heard the theories. And, of course, I've
read all the stories: That I did it. That I did it but I don't know I did
it. That I can no longer tell fact from fiction. That I wake up in the
middle of the night, consumed by guilt, screaming. Man, they even had me wondering, What if I did it?

Totally like that time my sister convinced me that I had shaved a penis into the dog's fur. Except, you know, no one got their throat slit open.

Pat Morgan Recaps Week 2

Patriots 38, Chargers 14
Despite the cheating, the Pats are the best team in football. The Chargers on the other hand should be embarrassed for hiring Norv Turner. With the talent that team has in place, don't you think they could have hired basically anyone? Stunning.

Texans 34, Panthers 21
Wow! I thought the Texans would make this a closer game than people thought, but Matt Schaub and the Texans played great after an awful start to the game. Maybe, finally, the Texans can push for a playoff spot. The Panthers on the other hand, are a weird team to ponder. Don't take them in any knockout pool, you'll get burned. They also play much better on the road.

Browns 51, Bengals 45
These two teams like to score big on each other. The Bengals aren't going anywhere with that defense. Former Cavs and Blazers' Guard, Derek Anderson will be a hot fantasy pickup this week, and will put the Brady Quinn watch on hold. And bye bye half of the elimination league.

Packers 35, Giants 13
Brett Favre looked like mid-90s Favre, well thanks to the Giants' D. How did the Giants defense become so suddenly dreadful. 80 points allowed in 2 games, OUCH! Packers' D very much improved, but do they have enough on offense to make a run? I think had the Oswego field hockey team not won their first game, WNYO Sports Director, Ryan Maloney might have killed someone.

Lions 20, Vikings 17/OT
Jackson 4 picks the story. Otherwise the Vikings win. Lions 2-0 is more shocking than Houston 2-0. Give John Kitna the courage award (or retard award) for playing the fourth and OT with a concussion.

Steelers 26, Bills 3
Going to be a long year in Buffalo. Pittsburgh impressive again on defense. Roethlisberger off to a good start after a poor '06 for obvious reasons.

Jaguars 13, Falcons 7
Joey Harrington vs. Jags' D, Enough said!

Ravens 20, Jets 13
Kellen Clemens' comeback attempt fails on two dropped TD passes by Justin McCareins. Haven't the Jets seen enough of him. Good effort from Kyle Boller, but thanks to the lack of a Jets pass rush it could have been me back there and I'd be able to make plays.

Cowboys 37, Dolphins 20
Trent Green 4 picks kept this game from being close. Dallas offense off to a really good start. Hung over from botched PAT in playoffs Romo? Nope.

Colts 22, Titans 20
Titans ran out of time on final drive. Colts in control most of the way. Defense not as good as last week, but good enough with Peyton tossing 300+ yards. Sorry Kige.

Bears 20, Chiefs 10
Kansas City has no offense, actually surprised they scored 10. Figured this was a big game for Grossman, and he played lousy again. Prediction: Donovan McNabb is the Bears' QB next season.

Broncos 23, Raiders 20/OT
Shanahan's TO saves the Broncos from a huge upset. Oakland's D played really well in the 2nd half, and LaMont Jordan is off to a tremendous start. Cutler played well at times and like a rookie at others. Thank you for Travis Henry for making this an elimination pool survival game. Phew! And hey, there's 9 little TH's running around this world.

Buccaneers 31, Saints 14
Absolute shocker. Saints still hungover from Indy opener. Luckily for them, Panthers lost an awful game, and the Falcons and Bucs reside in this division. So no need for panic, but very discouraging.

Cardinals 23, Seahawks 20
Not really an upset as people picked it to be. Arizona is not a bad (well Cardinal bad) team anymore. Could be 2-0. Seahawks need to learn how to beat their division foes again if they want to win the NFC West.

49ers 17, Rams 16
Frank Gore the feel good story. Loses his mom this week, and scores 2 TDs. Loss all but buries Rams in NFC West. Schedule was favorable first two weeks and they went 0-2.

Redskins 20, Eagles 12
Huge win for the Skins, that opens up the NFC East for anyone (minus the G-men). McNabb is clearly rusty after missing most of last season and this pre-season. To his defense though, the Skins and Pack have much improved defenses. Anyone else surprised Joe Gibbs is still coaching?

Performance of the Week:
Brett Favre; Wins his 149th career game, breaking John Elway's record. Thanks to the Giants' defense, Favre looked like vintage 1990s Favre, and not present day interception happy Favre. That record will fall next week against San Diego.

Goat of the Week:
Tie: Cincy defense & Norv Turner; Cincy's defense continues to be really, really bad if they don't get bailed out with turnovers. They easily would have lost to Baltimore if they hadn't coughed it up 6 times (Ravens still had chance to tie). 51 points to Cleveland? Good lord, we'll see if the Browns match that total the rest of the season! Good over/under for Vegas.

As far as Turner, the Chargers have played very poorly in their first two games. They could have lost to the Bears if a poor punt didn't turn out lucky by hitting a Bears' blocker in the leg. They'll win the west and get somewhere in the playoffs, but this team is

suppose to win a Super Bowl with talent superseding NE and Indy, but they won't beat either. Will be confused by that hiring for years to come. Heck, he was the Raiders' coach 2 years ago. How'd that turn out? Some where Marty Schottenheimer is smiling.

I was tempted to go with Justin McCareins... that bum!

Doesn't it kind of feel like the mid-90s? Cowboys, Packers, and 49ers all 2-0, and O.J. Simpson is back in jail.

Pat Morgan

FH in 1st as "Dragon Sword Battle" Looms

Freshman Brittany Roetzer has the Lakers in first (photo from Facebook)

Oswego State field hockey (1-5, 1-0) is unbeaten in SUNYAC play following Saturday's 2-0 victory over Morrisville (0-4, 0-1). The Lakers will battle nationally-ranked Cortland (5-1, 0-0) Wednesday as they try to ruin the Red Dragons' conference opener. This year's meeting marks the 8th annual "Dragon Sword Battle." A three-foot long samurai sword was donated in 2000 by Oswego State alumni as a prize for the winner of the Cortland-Oswego State game. The Dragons won the inaugural battle that year and have yet to relinquish the prize.

Cortland lost their 2007 season-opener at nationally-ranked Johns Hopkins 4-2 before defeating Rhodes, Rochester, Houghton and Hartwick by combined scores of 19-1. Despite losing to Johns Hopkins (#12) to start the season, the NFHCA member coaches still have Cortland (#6) ranked ahead of the undefeated Blue Jays. The Red Dragons defeated Hamilton 3-1 on Saturday, a team which the Lakers lost to by a score of 10-2 last Wednesday.

THE 411 ON THE RED DRAGONS
7-time defending SUNYAC champion
Finished regular season 18-0 in 2006
139-35 over the past 9 seasons (all under Cynthia Wetmore)
Wetmore named national coach of the year 4 times (2000-01, 2003, 2006)

3-Time NCAA champs (1993-94, 2001)

Juice Security Tape

Ok, so this may not be legitimate, or even all that funny, but I needed to post something today.

Week 2 Picks

Frank Caliendo with his Jim Rome impersonation.

Field Hockey on the Board!

Oswego State field hockey scored their first win of the 2007 season 2-0 over Morrisville Saturday at Laker Field. The Lakers and Mustangs battled to a scoreless tie through one half of play before freshmen Brittany Roetzer found the back of the net for her first collegiate goal in the 39th minute. Sophomore Lauren Mastriano (Liverpool) recorded her second goal of the season in the 46th minute to help seal the victory for Oswego State.

Freshman Jamie Scharfe got her first start in goal and stopped six shots while recording a shutout for the Lakers. Oswego State improves to 1-5 on the year, 1-0 in SUNYAC conference play. Morrisville falls to 0-4, 0-1 in the SUNYAC. The Lakers return to action Wednesday when they travel to Cortland to take on the nationally-ranked Red Dragons.

Comeback!

This is all too familiar to Red Sox fans.

O.J. Implicated in Break-in

O.J. Simpson has been named a suspect in a Las Vegas casino break-in. TMZ is reporting that O.J. and five other men barged into a room at the Palace Station Hotel where a sports memorabilia dealer was staying. They allegedly stole every piece of memorabilia in the room. WNYOsports will have more on this story as it develops.

Oden Injured by Standing Up, Fan Suggests Reiki

Greg Oden has a blog over at YardBarker. In his latest post, written prior to today's surgery, he revealed that he first noticed a problem with his knee a month ago while getting up from a couch. The most entertaining part of the post can be found in the comments section, where user "iDog1976" suggests that Oden try Reiki rather than go under the knife:

Hey Greg,
Not sure if you are familiar with Reiki but it is a Japanese relaxation technique the promotes healing. Sometimes it has dramatic results. I have been attuned to perform Reiki but there are also master Reiki practicioners in portland like my Teacher. I plan on working with my teacher to send you Reiki and would be more then willing to give you a treatment if you wanted one. I urge you to do visualizations of your knee being healed and whole on a daily basis. This will help your body to promote it's healing process.

Fantastic, sound advice. I can't see why the ownership wants that team out of Portland.

Oden Out

The Portland TrailBlazers have announced that prized rookie Greg Oden will likely miss the entire 2007-08 season. The 2007 top overall draft pick had micro-fracture surgery today which revealed cartilage damage in his right knee.

Oden led the Ohio State Buckeyes to the NCAA championship game as a freshman in March. He averaged 15.7 PPG and pulled down 9.6 rebounds for the Bucks in his lone college season.

For Pat Morgan...

Hurricane Ditka Wouldn't Stand a Chance

The three Mike's called the Cardinals-49ers game in the Monday nightcap. Photo courtesy of Awful Announcing.

Pam Ward Failed Listening Comprehension

Setting the movement back 15 years.

J-Mac Immortalized

Distracted by my summer-long participation in a game called "Drink The Beer," I completely forgot to run this story:

The Rochester Red Wings had J-Mac Bobble Head Night at Frontier Field on July 26, 2006. That's right, for just the price of admission to a AAA baseball game you could of had your very own highly-functioning autistic paperweight. But it didn't end there. Some fans are still auctioning off their souvenir from that night. Apparently, J-Mac bobble heads are still going for a few hundred bucks on eBay. McElwain also threw out the first pitch that night, which was clocked at 137 MPH.

Kenny is back, but this situation is still FUBAR

It appears as those ESPN has fixed whatever their embedding problem was and brought Kenny Mayne back to WNYOsports.com. They do, however, still suck it long and hard.

You Killed Kenny! You Bastards!

Those pricks at ESPN have taken away our beloved Kenny Mayne and replaced him with WILBON! You will notice that two of the posts below contained embedded Kenny Mayne SC updates (covering the latest developments in tackle football).

ESPN has added embedding of their videos from their website. What they did not tell us is that they are re-assigning the URL of the videos after a few hours so that you get completely different videos. In short, where you once saw Kenny, you now see PTI, and soon will probably see a slide show containing the best of Sean Salisbury's camera phone pix.

We feel betrayed, but are still looking forward to An Incomplete and Inaccurate History of Sport.

In Memoriam

Hard to believe its been 6 years. God bless the 2,974 lives lost on that day.

Classic TailDraggers Regular

Warning: Vulgar language

Kenny Updates You Again

We Love Kenny Mayne

And now Kenny is doing "SportsCenter Minute" updates for ESPN.com:

This video is actually pretty nifty, considering having a daily SC update here on the blog.

Everett Update: "Sparse Movement"

To follow up Ben Amey's post last night, Bills TE Kevin Everett has "sparse movement" after surgery Sunday, that according to Everett's agent Brian Overstreet. Everett went down after a helmet-to-helmet collision with Denver's Domenik Hixon on the kickoff to open the second half.

"The next couple of days is going to be critical," said Overstreet, responding to a question about paralysis. "Our concern is for him to come out of this healthy and, hopefully, be able to walk again."

Everett is a second-year player out of Miami who figured to play a large role in Buffalo's passing attack. He is 25-years-old.

Injuries Plague Giants in Opener

Plaxico Burress and Eli Manning looked like Marvin Harrison and Peyton Manning Sunday night, hooking up for three scores. Manning threw for 314 yards and four scores, but it wasn't enough as Tony Romo also threw for four TDs and ran for another as the Cowboys won 45-35 over the Giants.

The injury bug bit the Giants hard as Osi Umenyiora, Brandon Jacobs, Eli Manning and Sean Dockery were all knocked out of the contest. A team doctor was be seen checking on Manning's right shoulder during the fourth quarter. Manning played through the pain and threw a touchdown to Burress before being slammed to the ground furing an unsuccessful two-point conversion attempt. Jared Lorenzen replaced Manning on the next drive and finished out the game.

Jacobs took a hit that caused his right knee to bend awkwardly early in the game. He sat the entire second half with official word of the injury to come later.

Umenyiora also left with a knee injury. His injury was officially listed as a sprain with more tests pending.

Quote of the Night: "Doesn't it seem, that over the past few years, Flozell Adams leads the world in false starts?"
-John Madden

Ryan Maloney

How much longer til hockey season?

Oswego State fall sports are struggling this season. Neither the soccer nor field hockey programs have made a dent in the win column. Yesterday saw the entire fall sports program get swept.

Women's soccer lost 3-1 to Hamilton, they are now 0-2. Men's soccer lost 2-0 at Nazareth, they are now 0-3-1. Field hockey got blanked again, 6-0 this time at the hands of William Smith College. They are now 0-4.

Volleyball refused to promote victory at the Victory Promotions Invitational in Potsdam, losing both of their matches to fall to 3-6. Women's tennis lost 7-2 to Oneonta as the men lost 9-0.

Men's and women's cross country had the best showing, finishing fourth and fifth respectively in the Oswego State Inviational. The men's field had 13 teams while them women's had 12.

Notre Dame-Michigan: The New Temple-Buffalo

The Michigan Wolverines lost 39-7 to the unranked Oregon Ducks yesterday. Chad Henne left after the first half with an injured leg and Mike Hart biked 16 miles on the sidelines (and ran for over 120 yards on the field). With Notre Dame's loss to Penn State, that means next week's Michigan-Notre Dame match-up will feature a couple of 0-2 teams for the first time ever. Here's hoping we see Charlie Weiss return to Giants blue and Sundays next season.

Football Sunday

As you enjoy watching your favorite linebacker break bones and laugh, remember that he could wind up on the silver screen portraying a gay cowboy. Yes, that is Bill Romanowski seductively sucking the index finger of "the fat one" from Keenan & Kel.

AHL Coming to Oswego State

Lindsay Kramer has confirmed that the Campus Center at SUNY Oswego will host an AHL exhibition game. The Syracuse Crunch and Rochester Americans will meet at the home of the 2007 NCAA Champions on Sept. 30. Game time and ticket information has yet to be released.

Coming Soon to WNYOsports.com

The much-delayed behind-the-scenes look at the American Idol auditions in Philadelphia (20,000 in attendance)

State of the Orange: Why things could be worse for Syracuse football (Yes, I know this is an Oswego State-affiliated site, but we don't have a football team and are therefore forced to follow Syracuse)

Athlete of the Week: WNYOsports.com will name their own Oswego State AOTW (Brendan McLaughlin is the early frontrunner)

Increased Web Traffic (hopefully): WNYO.org will be linking to WNYOsports.com (we might not be in the Alexa top 500,000, but at least we didn't lose to Appalachian State)

Lakers Look for 1st W

Oswego State field hockey looks to avenge a 3-1 loss to Elmira a season ago. Game time is set for 4 p.m. at Laker Field. The Lakers are coming off of a disappointing appearance at the Stevens Tech tournament where they finished fourth.

Several Fall Programs Still Winless

Oswego State men's and women's soccer, field hockey and golf are still 0-for-autumn. Thankfully, volleyball and women's tennis are picking up some of the slack.

The tennis squad downed Wells College 8-1 in their season opener, while volleyball (2-3) beat for their second straight victory. The Lakers lost two of the first three sets, but won the final two sets by scores of 30-26 and 15-13 for the comeback victory. Heidi Armstrong led Oswego State with 20 kills and 19 digs. Amanda McManus recorded 33 assists.

Women's soccer suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of St. John Fisher Saturday. The Lakers led for 55 minutes of the double-overtime contest. Tricia Sullivan put the Lakers on the board in the 26th minute on a rebound after Ashley Pople's direct kick struck the crossbar. Oswego State missed several opportunities to expand their lead in the second half before Fisher's Mary Dougherty lofted a shot over the head of Laker goalkeeper Toby Klein from 30 yards out.

Fisher then took the win in the 101st minute on a Kelly Zeppetella goal.

Michigan Out of Top 25

The Michigan Wolverines took the largest tumple in AP Top 25 poll history today, falling from 5th to honorable mention in the lastest release. Michigan lost to two-time defending division 1-AA champion Appalachian State Saturday in what some are calling the greatest upset in college football history. Michigan has the eighth-highest vote total out of the honorable mentions.

Women's Soccer Hoping to Salvage Weekend for Oswego State Athletics

The Oswego State women's soccer team is set to take on St. John Fisher in less than an hour at Laker Field. This will mark the debut of new Laker coach Brian McGrane.

The girls are coming off of a horrid 1-15 season under Liz McGrail. They will look to score just the second victory of the fall season for Oswego State athletics (volleyball took one of four at their season-opening tourney in Oneonta).

Men's Soccer off to 0-2 Start

The Oswego State men's soccer team lost 5-1 to nationally-ranked Rochester (1-1) yesterday. The Lakers are off to an 0-2 start for the first time uner coach Bob Friske after finishing 4th at Rochester's annual Flower City Classic.

The Lakers return to action Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m. when they visit Hamilton. Oswego State serves as the Continentals' first opponent of 2007 after an 11-4-1 2006 campaign.

Toronto Bound?

Troy Nunes is an Absolute Magician has put together an "International Bowl meter" for the Syracuse Orange. Somehow the meter is above 0 after a 42-12 beating from Pac-10 doormat Washington.

New WNYOsports.com Policy...

If you wake me up at 5:53 AM with a drunken phone call, I put your drunk voicemail on the site:

Turned out to be a pretty nice little Saturday

What a day in the world of sports!

- A moving ceremony before the first Virginia Tech home football game since the killing of 32 people on campus in April.

- Defending champion, Maria Sharapova upset at the U.S. Open.

- D-IAA National Champion Appalachian State defeats the Michigan Wolverines at the Big House!

- Finally, Red Sox rookie Clay Buchholz tosses a no-hitter in his 2nd big league start!

What a day, and it gets better! Only one week til NFL season!

Pat Morgan

For Your Viewing Pleasure...

Stevens 6

Oswego State 0

No-Hitter at Fenway

Three minutes ago we were spelling his name wrong, now he is a part of history. Clay Buchholz (B-U-C-H-H-O-L-Z) has pitched a no-hitter in his second major league start.

Sox Rookie 3 Outs Away...

Clay Buckholz is three outs away from pitching a no-hitter in his second major league game. Buckholz debuted August 17 in a spot start (he won) and then went back to the minors. He was recalled today in time to pitch against the Blue Jays.

You almost outshot the Oswego Lakers today

The Oswego State Lakers lost 6-0 to Stevens this afternoon. The Ducks outshot the Lakers 42-0.






42-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FINALLY!

Time Warner Channel 108

Hey Blue...This is Who Beat You

There is No Joy in Ann Arbor

The greatest upset in college football history? Perhaps. Division I-AA Appalachian State blocked #5 Michigan's game-winning FG attempt at the gun to beat the Wolverines 34-32. Michigan had set up the FG opportunity with a 46-yard bomb from Chad Henne to Mario Manningham, but it was all for naught. Lloyd Carr, it's been real.

UPSET ALERT!

Appalachian State is at the Michigan 5 with less than a minute remaining!

"Hey Coach, What Just Fell Outta Yer Ass?"

Wade Wilson, former NFL QB and current Dallas Cowboy QB coach, has been suspended for 5 games by the NFL after admitting he received illegal substances while a coach with the Chicago Bears. Wilson did not reveal the name of the substance, but stated that it was helping him with his diabetes. Wilson's suspension, along with that of Patriots safety Rodney Harrison, stems from an investigation into an Internet drug ring by the Albany, NY D.A.'s office.

So far, the investigation's greatest impact has been felt by World Wrestling Entertainment, who recently suspended 10 wrestlers due to evidence turned up by the Albany office.