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You can discuss it here. Games listed are in no particular order after the first two.
Michigan vs. Ohio State, 12:30 pm PT
I've heard about this one. A trip to Glendale is on the line. Presumably the one in Arizona. Michigan leads alltime 57-39-1
Cal at USC, 5 pm PT
For the Pac-10 championship. USC leads alltime 58-30-5. If the Bears win, they go to Pasadena (presumably in California) on January 1. If the Trojans win, who knows where they go: Pasadena, Glendale, Eagle Rock, Monrovia, Baldwin Park, Colton?
Auburn at Alabama in the Iron Bowl at 12:30 pm PT
The loser gets anemia! Alabama leads alltime 38-31-1
Indiana at Purdue at 9 am PT for the Old Oaken Bucket
It's just a cool nickname for a trophy. Purdue leads 67-35-6.
Washington at Washington State at 3:45 pm PT for the Apple Cup
The only Pac-10 rivalry game played today. Washington leads 63-29-6. The Cougars are bucking for that Emerald Bowl bid.
Illinois at Northwestern at 10 am PT for something
Bragging rights to the state of Illinois. The Illini lead 51-43-5
Western Carolina at Florida at 9 am PT
Western Carolina is in North Carolina. East Carolina is in North Carolina too. However, South Carolina is still in South Carolina. This is the first meeting of this storied rivalry.
Army at Notre Dame at 11:30 am PT
God or your country. You decide. God leads 36-8-4
UCLA at Arizona State at 7:15 pm PT
Well, I'll watch. The Hawai'i Bowl bid is on the line. Possibly. UCLA leads 14-7-1.
San Jose State at Hawai'i at 8:05 pm PT
Colt Brennan has a Heisman battle that's as quixotic as my battle to get rid of the double error. Spartans lead the 'Bows 15-13-1 alltime.
Rutgers at Cincinnati at 4:45 pm PT
Wow, this is actually important! Rutgers leads 7-3-1.
Buffalo at Wisconsin at 9 am PT
2/3 of Camp Randall will be drunk by the second quarter. The other 1/3 will already have passed out. First ... meeting ... ever!
Yale at Harvard at 9 am PT
A Harvard win and a Princeton loss to Dartmouth would create a 3-way tie for the Ivy League title. The Ivy League doesn't use tiebreakers. They're too good for that. Yale leads 64-50-8.
Oregon State at Stanford at 12:30 pm PT
Jon can come out of hiding on Saturdays now. Cardinal lead 47-22-3, but the Beavers have won 6 of the last 9.
Virginia Tech at Wake Forest at 4 pm PT
The Demon Deacons lead the ACC Atlantic Division, which differs from the Coastal Division in some subtle way. Hokies lead the series 21-11-1. Wake Forest hasn't won in this series since 1983.
Arizona at Oregon at 12:30 pm PT
Arizona tries to get in the Hawai'i Bowl mix with a win. Ducks lead the series 19-12.
New Mexico at BYU at 1 pm PT
In honor of my devoted MWC football fan reader(s). BYU clinches the MWC with a win. Lobos looking for a spot in the New Mexico Bowl. Cougars lead the series 40-14-1.
Iowa at Minnesota at 9 am PT
Floyd of Rosedale is at stake. Minnesota leads alltime 58-39-2.
All time records from College Football Data Warehouse.
A BBC writer finds it all very amusing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Sioux_Tomahawk
I think transporting the cigar store indian may have blown up the NCAA PC police
Only 3 others D-1A players have had two fumble recoveries for a TD in one game.
UCLA and Stanford are wondering what they are? Vegetable lasagna?
One man must be victorious.
Honor
Pride
Job Security...
UCLA vs. ASU in the Mutual of Omaha "Don't Get Fired Bowl"
I'll be watching the less dopey ESPN games.
It's all tied up at 7.
Enjoy the Simpsons quote over at Dodger Thoughts.
{Bangs head on desk}
Sorry.
The term "stack up" was not used with any double entendre intended.
I swear.
Brennan's got the stats, particularly when you realize he hasn't even played in the 4th quarter for about a month, but quixotic about describes his and the school's hopes for Heisman consideration.
God bless Jim Leahey!
Liverpool and Middlesborough are scoreless starting the second half.
Manchester United vs. Chelsea next week. Set your TV's to "awesome" @ 8:00am PST.
Touchback for Purdue!
(OK, that's not quite accurate, but they've been struggling to draw 30,000 fans at the games for a while; there's all manner of hand-wringing about this. My argument is the usual one: too many other entertainment choices, the games are on PPV, there are only 8,000 parking stalls, the new statewide smoking ban means you can't smoke in your seat, the ticket prices are too high, and the drunks-to-family ratio is too high.)
J. Taylor rushed to the left for 26 yard gain. J. Taylor fumbled. T. Porter recovered fumble and returned for 52 yards. T. Porter fumbled. J. Standeford recovered fumble
But Standeford didn't recover the fumble. It rolled out of the end zone.
You can't smoke in your seat at any sporting event in California and that hasn't hurt attendance.
The parking and drunks-to-family ratio are probably better reasons. And I still think high school football is more popular in Hawai'i than college, especially since the best Hawai'i high schoolers go to the Mainland to play.
Handsome Dan is a happy bulldog.
This is the worst news since Frank Robinson's ouster!
Well, certain parts of New Haven.
Most of New Haven is probably indifferent.
They go for two. You can guess what happened, Bob...
Charlie Weis is my college football equivalent of Frank Robinson.
I guess the infantry isn't good at defensing aerial attacks.
Declare victory and get out!
Are those Ms for Montana?
"Are you sure this is Boston?"
"Yeah, look, there's Harvard."
"But that's just a barn!"
"Oooh, somebody went to Yale."
My file is not always spot on.
Why was I not told?
TWO!
That's actually two more than any game needs.
Back up to you in the booth...
Who says I forgot and just didn't consciously choose to ignore it?
Really? Huh. Well, there goes that. I've always thought she was, um, nevermind.
Okay.
Amended 54- Anti-semite!
http://www.super-hair.net/salters.html
That site may be about super hair, but it's got a very poor design.
Whither Jill Arrington?
We need a really good catchphrase, unless we're going with the Willoughby quote Bob uses.
Possible phrases:
It's Griddleiscious!
Now with 20% more stuff!
It's got baseball....And Pluto!
The Ducks are down 14-3 in the first half at home to Arizona.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479968/
Back in business now. There are still miles to go today.
The Ducks are down 14-3 in the first half at home to Arizona.
This game could sway my decision.
The OSU/Michigan game is living up to the hype. This is the first time I've seen Michigan play this year.
Stanford's offensive push was short-lived and the Beavers lead 20-7 at the half on The Farm. 103 total yards for the Cardinal.
I did not think that it would be like that at halftime.
Officials do that EVERY game. In every facility.
http://tinyurl.com/dsk54
Thank you ABC.
Drink up Bob. I hope you aren't a diabetic because you are going to be drinking a lot of Pepsi.
This may make the results of last week's Cal and USC games look a bit different in hindsight.
That would most likely leave Ohio St, Michigan, RutgersWV/Lousiville, Florida, and then maybe Arkansas/LSU/Auburn ahead fo them. So yes they do have a good chance.
Ooh, Musburger said "Touchdown!" before the player scored. That was quite a drink!
Here are their last three scores:
Beavers FG Alexis Serna kicked a 29-yard field goal 17 - 7
Beavers FG Alexis Serna kicked a 31-yard field goal 20 - 7
3rd Quarter
Beavers FG Alexis Serna kicked a 18-yard field goal 23 - 7
Oregon 10
in the fourth quarter
in Eugene
Good job, Brent.
But she wouldn't let you watch football and eventually she would make you go to Linen N Things.
If the play stands...
So which Big 12 teams would have to miss out in such a scenario since 10 does not equal 12.
That's a double shot
You must mean the Apple Cup, don't you. They kick off in Pullman in about 15 minutes.
And Lloyd listened!
And Lloyd listened!
I believe UNC and Duke are the second closest pair of D-1A football schools in geography. Houston and Rice are closer.
I'd have to check the list, but I believe they rank:
1) Houston-Rice
2) UNC-Duke
3) Eastern Michigan-Michigan
4) UCLA-USC
So the Pac-10 Standings right now are:
(Sorry, hard to get columns to format right here)
Pacific-10 Conf All
USC 6-1 8-1
California 6-1 8-2
Oregon State 5-3 7-4
Oregon 4-4 7-4
Washington St 4-4 6-5
Arizona 4-4 6-5
Arizona State 3-4 6-4
UCLA 3-4 5-5
Washington 2-6 4-7
Stanford 1-7 1-10
Can't go helmet to helmet out of bounds. That's kind of illegal.
And if you tried to watch last weeks USC-Oregon game, you would find this one downright brisk!
The fat lady has sung.
Put out the dogs and piss on the fire.
[Insert cliche here]
Please do. I think Tommy Tuberville would get charged a lot too.
That's just weak.
It may be weak, but that call seemed fairly easy to make.
Ain't gonna be no rematch!
Please don't let there be a rematch!
It's not Michigan.
It's not Notre Dame.
I'm surprised you dislike Rutgers that much.
That guy does not like Rutgers.
And that's your yankee23 scoreboard.
Not because Rutgers is that good, but because they went undefeated in a BCS conference. Dem's da rules, and they did what they were supposed to do.
And when do I get it since the USC and UCLA games dovetail in starting times.
And what toppings on the pizza?
Go and get it
Get it now. Keep it in the oven at low setting to keep warm until dinner.
Pepperoni, mushrooms, and onions.
But it will be mushrooms and anchovies!
Or do they still have to wait for all the BCS pairings to be finalized?
It may taste quite good. I have no idea.
Have you ever used Worcestershire sauce? It has anchovies in it.
Note: don't use it as an embalming fluid.
Of course, if you think the anit-anchovie lobby is bad, you should see the anti-anchovy lobby.
Spelling is fun!
I've almost lost the will to swear at Karl.
Almost.
Hopefully, Cal is up by 21 when I come back.
I'm not betting on it.
Why stop running? What are you doing Cal?
Aaron Rodgers was a friend of mine.
Nate Longshore, you are no Aaron Rodgers.
Run
Run
Run
That would be my guess.
I don't think I've ever seen a college team punt in that situation before.
I wonder how many safeties USC has given up during Carroll's time.
Bob, I'm making my own pizza tonight. I even have a pizza stone.
Paul is the man.
You haven't had great homemade pizza until you've made barbecued pizza.
Good stuff.
Please.
I supported local business, but I would like to have a pizza stone. But my attempts to make pizza dough have been ....
less than successful.
The Pac-10, three yards and a cloud of dust!
Go play action
It gets intercepted
I die a little bit inside.
Please don't let that happen.
Karl Dorrell wouldn't have made that play call. He would have run a trap play and kicked a field goal.
The next step is to learn to slaughter a pig and make my own sausage.
Do you know how big a pig gets before it gets slaughtered? They weigh around 1000 lbs.
You're going to need a lot of help to get that hog slaughtered.
True story.
Slam range.
Hogs love to dig things up with their snouts. They're far easier to train than cattle.
I'm sure the BCS bowl that gets Wake Forest will be very, very, very..... polite.
USC's Earl Weaver offense is beating the smallball strategy of the Bears.
Somebody make sure Karl is in Tempe, and not on the Cal sideline...
Bo should not be focusing on football right now.
Bad field position for both teams have led to long drives that have kept the clock moving.
How can you say that and expect it to make any sense?
Rutgers won't be in the championship game, but they can still go to a BCS bowl if they beat West Virginia.
Please win this game. Please.
Please.
They've had two games where they scored six points in Carroll's first year in 2001, but both times they scored TDs, but missed PATs.
1987 was the last time, they won a game without scoring a TD. They beat Arizona 12-10.
Come on Bears, don't do this...
Why is the way this game is going so surprising? You think being a UCLA football fan is rough. Try being a Cal fan. It's the same, just worse.
It's exactly like a UCLA game.
Cal beats Southern Cal
UCLA loses to ASU and Southern Cal
Karl is fired
Cal goes to the Rose Bowl
It was so promising this morning...
I showed God my plans. He gave me the thumbs up. I think he was setting me up.
By "real" I mean unimportant.
Two of them will.
Yay silver linings!
Barry Tomkins is okay, I guess, but wow, everybody else is just awful.
They could go to the Hawai'i Bowl with an 11-2 record.
http://www.iawareables.com/shopping/neckties_showroom.htm
I prefer the subtle elegance of Dust Mites.
Koetter's nephew is named Karl
One was born in Arizona but coaches UCLA
The other was born in California but coaches ASU
I made that all up.
I hope UCLA wins.
I guess
Whatever
http://tinyurl.com/y3rjnv
One of the members is named Elise Rosenthal, so there could be the token brunette.
UCLA takes a different approach.
http://www.spirit.ucla.edu/CheerHome.htm
Andrew's Easterbrook Award is rescinded.
Okay, I'm leaving now
You might find it interesting for a few weeks.
Then it gets really irritating.
Ember.
Unlike her, I actually spent some time in boot camp.
281 Hmm. I'd better go see if the game's still on the tube, huh? Gotta do advance scouting. It's 20-10 UH over SJS at halftime, btw.
I hear she has a big poster of Burgoyne in her apartment.
ucla won...
woo...
hoo...
I'm not kidding; one of our local banks uses a collie in an ad campaign telling us how loyal it is to its customers.
http://tinyurl.com/y8wlgq
those are exactly the types of jokes that you need to give to the media.
I wanna be an airborne ranger
I wanna live a life of danger
I wanna drive an ocean liner . . .
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