And here we go…

Travis                                                                
1. Oregon 10-2, 7-2, Rose                         
2. Arizona 10-2, 7-2, Alamo                    
3. USC 11-2, 7-2*                                          
4. Stanford 9-3, 6-3, Holiday                   
5. Oregon St. 7-5, 6-3, Sun                        
6. California 7-5, 4-5, Maaco                   
7. Washington 6-6, 4-5, Kraft Hunger  
8. UCLA 5-7, 3-6                                           
9. Arizona St. 3-9, 1-8                                 
10. Washington St. 1-11, 0-9      

Chip                                                                
1. Oregon 10-2, 7-2, Rose                         
2. Stanford 10-2, 7-2, Alamo                    
3. Arizona 10-2, 7-2, Holiday                                          
4. USC 11-2, 7-2*                   
5. Oregon St. 7-5, 6-3, Sun                        
6. Washington 7-5, 5-4, Maaco                   
7. California 6-6, 3-6, Kraft Hunger  
8. UCLA 4-8, 2-7                                           
9. Arizona St. 3-9, 1-8                                 
10. Washington St. 1-11, 0-9             

*-USC is ineligible for postseason play due to NCAA sanctions

Pac 10 Schedule 2010 Game-By-Game Results

I want to thank Joe Mauer for saving us from the embarrassment that is the combined no-hitter. The Texas Rangers were two outs away from wrapping up what’s got to be the 20th no-hitter this season with four pitchers. Lame. Who wants to be a part of that? That’s like being the ripped kid at fat camp…

Vin Scully announced he’s coming back for his 62nd season with Los Angeles Dodgers.  In a related note, 3,000,000 people in Los Angeles have been taken off of suicide watch…

So Tiger is now divorced. Now that he can clear that burden and go back banging Denny’s waitresses and pornstar’s my guess is he’ll win two majors in 2011…

The Little League World Series has started which means one thing: Crying in Baseball…

I have my fantasy draft this week. Yep, I’d rather be fucking a chick…

This Albert Haynesworth thing is awesome. Apparently, he developed some sort of disease that doesn’t allow him to get into shape for $21 million. It’s called, “Say When”…

College football in less than two weeks. Our preview comes out shortly…

Johnny Damon was claimed off waivers by the Red Sox. For that I turn to Jay Mohr…

Kevin Slowey of the Minnesota Twins was yanked after 106 pitches after 7 no-hit innings because the organization felt he could develop vaginitis in his arm so he couldn’t finish. I’m trying to decide what’s worse: actually being yanked from a no-hitter due to a pitch count, the fact that we care about pitch counts, or that Slowey didn’t tell Ron Gardenhire and the organization to go fuck themselves and pitch the 8th inning?…

Sure enough the bullpen blew Slowey’s no-hitter but it’s the L.A. Dodgers bullpen who have single handedly taken them out of playoff picture…

Despite being blond haired, blue eyed, educated, and white, I don’t play much golf but even I know if you see sand on a golf course it’s a bunker. Then again if I’m Dustin Johnson or any other pro golfer I might read the rules…

After nearly finishing dead last the previous week Tiger made a run before fading Saturday. He seemed distracted this year…

Speaking of distractions, Lebron James said Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert has provided him with motivation by his comments after his departure. How nice Lebron. His words motivate you but his signature on your bi-monthly paychecks aren’t enough? This guy is slowly becoming that little kid in the grocery store that is acting up that you just want to see a parent smack the shit out of…

Apparently Brett Favre is due back at some point this weekend. He’ll need a two-hour one on one with Suzie Kolber to make it official…

These new commercials with Kenny Powers are the perfect reminder that a new season of Eastbound and Down starts next month…

In addition Weeds has started, I give it a couple of episodes after last year’s lame season before I decide to go Entourage on it and quit…

I will say St. Louis is a underrated city. Great ballpark, great Italian food, and the Budweiser brewery is worth the tour. That being said, too damn hot for longer than three days…

Chicago was awesome. High 80s and sunny all week. Wrigley Field is still a gem and the Cubs are still awful…

MLB trade deadline has come and gone. The Yankees have to be a little disappointed they missed out on Dan Haren and Cliff Lee. If the Phillies can get into the postseason they are once again the favorites to come out of the NL…

The case between the NHL and Ilya Kovalchuk should be settled this week. This is a good move by the NHL to limit this kind of crap with cap friendly long term deals. Seriously, $95 million in the first 10 years, $7 million in the final 7 years is an absolute joke…

I much prefer the short work week…

College football and NFL camps start this week. An exciting time of the year…

Then again if you watch preseason football you’re a loser…

How can you scare yourself? Run into someone you slept with over 6 months ago who’s ready to give birth…

Congrats go to Spain as the football kings of the World. It took 116 minutes but the Spanish captured the nation’s first World Cup Championship. While the final didn’t live up to the expectations, minus this one highlight, it was a solid display of tactics and the impenetrable defense by Spain. The best age of Spanish football has resulted in Gold…

LeBron James: Coward

If you want to play a good game in Vegas: Try Pro or Ho. Great odds…

Second half baseball predictions: AL: Yankees, Tigers, Rangers, Rays; NL: Braves, Reds, Dodgers, Rockies…

Again: How does one get motivated for a 2.5 day work week?…

Is it a good or bad thing hookers don’t approach you in Vegas?…

We’re down to the final four of the World Cup. The team that had looked the best (Germany), the favorite (Spain), the dark horse (Netherlands), and upstart (Uruguay) all have had interesting paths to final spectrum. Uruguay lucked out with penalty kicks. Spain’s tactical game has allowed them to squeeze by. The Dutch are frustrating opponents defensively with timely offensive breakout. The Germans are blitzkreiging everyone. I’m taking Spain over the Netherlands in the final. But either way knowing I’ll be in Vegas for the final means the Euro Trash will be in full force…

Lebron James still hasn’t signed anywhere and I don’t care…

Tiger Woods couldn’t shoot even par at his own tournament. He just needs to get back in the swing of things to fine tune his game…

Rafael Nadal captured Wimbledon title number two and Grand Slam #8. I think he’s greatest clay court player of all-time but until he can do something on the hard court he’s not amongst the talk of legends of the game…

I watch that show Hung and think not a bad career choice…

How does one get motivated for a 2.5 day work week?…

Butters you don’t shoot people in the dick…

The match against Ghana had to feel like another punch to the gut. The ineptness of the first five minutes of a first half for the United States finally caught up to them. The Americans played on edge all tournament and while nobody expected a World Cup title, it feels disappointing knowing both Ghana and Uruguay are beatable teams. The fun ride came to abrupt end. It hurts knowing the USA was the only group to not advance to the quarterfinals…

I want to thank Buffalo Wild Wings for serving beer at 9am during the World Cup. Nothing like 18 wings and Guinness for breakfast…

So the United States’ ancestor and neighbor were each also screwed by the FIFA refs. Sorry Mexico and England but chances are you wouldn’t have advanced farther anyway…

Free agency starts Thursday. Nope I don’t care about NBA free agency, I’m more concerned if the Los Angeles Kings land Ilya Kovalchuk…

As for the NBA everyone is taking a maximum contract wherever they go…

How have the Tampa Bay Rays been no-hit three times in a season and half? I give credit to the Diamondbacks for leaving Edwin Jackson despite 149 pitches. What pitch count?…

Cedric Benson keeping Austin criminalized…

The United States not Ghana win one anytime soon…

And Donovan Scores:

• Despite being robbed by the refs of a victory against Slovenia and a sure goal by Clint Dempsey against Algeria, Landon Donovan’s goal in stoppage time gave the United States the victory, claiming the Group C title and a very favorable path to make the deepest run in World Cup history for the Americans. Donovan stepped up and became the leader everybody had hoped he would become after his impressive showing in 2002. Now can they get past the quarterfinals?
• Ho hum. Brazil, the Netherlands, and Argentina cruised to the knockout stage. Germany, England, and Spain experienced hiccups in group play but still managed to advance. The Germany-England and Spain-Portugal matchups are easily the most intriguing Round of 16 matchups.
• How about the clutch performances of Japan and South Korea? Both needed points in their final games and came away with needed performances to put two Asian nations in the knockout stages for the first time in World Cup history.
• South Africa has been a good host for this year’s tournament. However, there teams have been disappointing and somewhat horrible. Of the six host nations, only Ghana advanced to the knockout stage. The Ivory Coast and South Africa had decent showings but couldn’t emerge out of their groups. However, Algeria, Nigeria, and Cameroon didn’t win a game and finished at the bottom of their groups. While none were expected to be major players for a title there should be disappointment that only one was able to move on.
• That 2006 World Cup Final seems like a distant memory. The two most disappointing teams of the World Cup are easily Italy and France. Both finished at the bottom of their groups. France was a giant mess with players quitting, not practicing, and probably an English style affair in there somewhere. For the Azzuri, they had the easiest draw of all of the top seeds. Or so they thought. The Italians could never get anything going offensively and frankly a weak penalty call allowed them to avoid one of the greatest upsets of all-time to New Zealand. Both are aging teams and will possess a completely different make up in 2014.

Group Play quick kicks:
Group A
* Uruguay (2-1-0, 7); Mexico (1-1-1, 4); South Africa (1-1-1, 4); France (0-1-2, 1)
* The group was opened up by the ineptness of the French. France could never get on the same page and all teams took advantage. Uruguay displayed dominant defense, not allowing a goal in the group. Bufana Bufana did a great job as a host nation and essentially was a goal post in the 89th minute from advancing. Neither Uruguay or Mexico strike me as teams that are serious threat to win it.

Group B
* Argentina (3-0-0, 9); South Korea (1-1-1, 4); Greece (1-0-2, 3); Nigeria (0-1-2, 1)
* Maybe Diego Maradona knows what he’s doing after all. Argentina was dominant as they breezed through group play with flair and offensive explosion even without Lionel Messi scoring a goal. South Korea downed Greece in the opening match which turned out to be difference in the group. Nigeria had a disappointing and lethargic showing.

Group C
* United States (1-2-0, 5); England (1-2-0, 5); Slovenia (1-1-1, 4); Algeria (0-1-2, 1)
* I’m trying to decide what’s more impressive? The USA actually winning a group in the World Cup or winning a group despite two disallowed goals? Landon Donovan’s rebound strike changed the complexion of the group. England advanced but does not look good at all. Wayne Rooney has been invisible and frankly the difference in the play of #10’s is the difference in the group. Slovenia and Algeria were game in each match and nearly shook up the group.

Group D
* Germany (2-0-1, 6); Ghana (1-1-1, 4); Australia (1-1-1, 4); Serbia (1-0-2, 3)
* Germany had a hiccup against Serbia but were able to defeat Ghana to take the group. Ghana will be the only host representative in the knockout stage thanks to penalty kicks to defeat Serbia and tie Australia. The Socceroos had a horrible start against Germany and it would up costing them in the goal differential. Serbia had their shining moment against a 10-man German team.

Group E
* Netherlands (3-0-0, 9); Japan (2-0-1, 6); Denmark (1-0-2, 3); Cameroon (0-0-3, 0)
* The only group without a draw. The Dutch were suppose to win this group and did rather easily. Japan used two brilliant free kicks to eliminate Denmark in the final matchup of the group. Cameroon was the first team eliminated in tournament.

Group F
* Paraguay (1-2-0, 5); Slovakia (1-1-1, 4); New Zealand (0-3-0, 3); Italy (0-2-1, 2)
* Italy had the easiest path to finish atop a group but finished on the opposite end of the spectrum. The story was the All Whites of New Zealand. They were able to tie all three matches after never scoring goal in previous World Cup appearances. Paraguay coasted rather easily to win the group and Slovakia took advantage of a pressing Italian team to claim a decisive 3 points.

Group G
* Brazil (2-1-0, 7); Portugal (1-2-0, 5); Ivory Coast (1-1-1, 4); North Korea (0-0-3, 0)
* This group came down to Portugal’s bludgeoning of North Korea. The 7-0 victory made it impossible for the Ivory Coast to make up the goal differential in the final match and it allowed Brazil and Portugal to sleep walk through a 0-0 tie. Brazil finished on top. Shocker.

Group H
* Spain (2-0-1, 6); Chile (2-0-1, 6); Switzerland (1-1-1, 4); Honduras (0-2-1, 4)
* The group was turned upside down when Switzerland defeated Spain in the opening match. Spain quickly regrouped and defeated both Honduras and Chile rather easily. Chile looked solid in two early victories and made an effort against Spain but came up short. The Swiss had to be a little disappointed with not advancing given the early upset victory.