Someone tidbits from the weekend in sports:

Ohio Oh No!
The Buckeyes get upset in the Horseshoe by the Fightin' Zooks 28-21. Coach Zook told his players after they got pasted by the Buckeyes 40-2 two seasons ago that just wait. Wait they did, missing out on the upset last year in Ohio State's run to the national title game last year by a touchdown. This year the Illini brought the wood and instead of using their 6th ranked rush offense, mixed it up with Juice Williams throwing a career-high 4 touchdowns to shock Ohio. St. Most impressive holding the ball for the last 8:09 to preserve the win and not let Tressel's team not have one more chance at a comeback.

Hold the Mayo, Please
OJ Mayo was everything Tim Floyd expected in his first game with USC, dropping in 32 points. The bigger headline however was the beatdown the Trojans suffered at the hands of Mercer 96-81. The Bears became the 2nd Atlantic Sun team to beat someone in the top 25 after Gardner-Webb took down Kentucky in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. Remember this for whoever comes out of the A-Sun come bracket time.

Peterson Goes Down
A week after setting the single-game rushing record, Adrian Peterson was shut down and then knocked out by the Packers still underrated defense. Peterson has been diagnosed with a torn lateral collateral ligament in his knee and is out for this Sunday. This injury could take 2-4 weeks to recover from, but with the Vikings season at 3-6, we might not see him for the rest of the year as Minnesota looks to protect their star player.

Jimmie Crack Corn
Jimmie Johnson broke his teammates back this weekend winning again in Phoenix to all but secure another Nextel Cup title. Jeff Gordon dropped to 86 points back and has little shot of passing his Hendrick Motorsports teammate. Johnson has now won four straight races going from back and forth with #24 for the title to clinching it in the chase. Hendrick gets a big accomplishment in going 1-2 in the title chase.

Pedroia, Braun Top Rookies
No qualms from me on who won baseball's rookie of the year awards. Pedroia led AL rookies in batting average and worked his way from project to a key cog in the best team in the league. Braun was just dominant hitting 32 homers after being called up in late May and would have led the NL in slugging percentage if he had enough at-bats to qualify. Troy Tulowitzki made his case at the end and would win the award in most other years as his defense was 1000 times better than Braun's. Braun was tied for the league lead in errors, while Tulo was pretty much flawless playing shortstop. Tomorrow the AL Cy Young is announced, while CC Sabathia had a career year, the award is Josh Beckett's to lose and I don't think he will.

Crazy Cromartie
Antonio Cromartie has become a stud for the Chargers and is an unknown name behind Tomlinson, Rivers, Gates, and Merriman. If he keeps this up though, he might join them as household names. His past 3 weeks:
Week 8: Two interceptions, one returned for touchdown
Week 9: 109 yard missed FG returned for touchdown, the longest play in NFL history and Cromartie made a spectacular catch to even stay in bound to catch the missed field goal to have a chance at returning it
Week 10: 3 interceptions, people have had 3 interceptions in games before, just it doesn't happen against Peyton Manning

College Basketball Pick of the Day:
New Mexico State +19 @ Duke
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