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Henny Ben Tassus endured a lengthy day of sporting disappointments culminating with the Boston Red Sox World Series 4 game sweep of the Colorado Rockies. After the final pitch struck out Rockies’ batter S. Smith to win 4-3 giving the Sox their second title in four years, Henny commented, “First the Miami Dolphins stink up Wembley Stadium in London, then Southern Miss stinks up Hattiesburg with their loss to Central Florida and now the Rockies stink up Coors Field. If I wanted this much stench I would have spent the day in the poo box!”

Indeed, Miami dropped to 0-8 while their opponent, the New York Giants improved to 6-2; UFC (5-3) dropped USM to 4-4 and all but finished the Golden Eagles season in the embarrassing 34-17 loss, and the Sox completed a stellar post season after coming within one game of losing the divisional title game to the Cleveland Indians.

Henny was still reeling from the abysmal performance by USM when the slippers fell off of Colorado’s Cinderella season. “You’d think they could have won one game,” Henny ruminated after seeing the Rockies outscored 29-10 in the four games. “At least Miami had an excuse, they reeked!”

Henny pondered how the upcoming match-up between undefeated New England Patriots (8-0) will fare next weekend against the Indianapolis Colts (7-0) the two powerhouse teams in the NFL. “I suspect it will be close until the second half when someone will get their comeuppance.”

Although Henny has been a fan of both teams he was disturbed with how Coach Bill Belichick once against ran up the score against a hapless opponent, this time a 52-7 whack job against Hall of Fame Coach Joe Gibb’s Washington Redskins. The Colts spotted the Carolina Panthers seven points before scoring the next 31 for a 31-7 victory. The Pats set an NFL record with scoring at least 34 points in 9 consecutive games to up their point totals to 331 while allowing 127; Indy by comparison has scored 224 against 102. “If I’d been Gibbs, I would pay some inner city cats from D.C. to teach Beli swimming lessons in the Potomac, but that’s just me!”

Henny predicts New England will be upset at Indy and that the following week Indy will be defeated at San Diego. “I could be wrong,” Henny admits. “Afterall, I picked Dallas to beat New England and predicted a match up in the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies, but what the hell do I know? I’m a cat!”

Henny may be a cat but in 2005 he predicted Nancy Pelosi would be future Speaker of the House, John Glover Roberts Jr. would be the next Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, gasoline prices would soar over $3 a gallon and that China would intentionally poison cat food and children’s toys. MEOW!

While idle Alabama prepares for a match with 3rd ranked LSU Saturday, November 3rd, they moved up the BCS Standings and AP Top 25 to 17th. No amount of pontificating by sports analyists can diminish the fact this will be the Crimson Tide’s biggest game of the year. Forget the Iron Bowl with Auburn, this game has ramifications for the future of Alabama’s football program. The game with Auburn is significant every year it could be of less importance this years with a loss to LSU. Auburn is poised for a loss by either team as it could give them a shot at winning the SEC West; they are afterall right behind both teams with a 4-2 SEC record.

Nick Saban defeating the team he led to a National Championship in 2003 could also give Alabama an opportunity to exorcise myriad demons. With the Southeastern Conference Western between LSU (7-1, 4-1) and Alabama (6-2, 4-1) the winner has the opportunity to take sole possession of first place and possibly a berth in the SEC Championship Game against the Eastern Champion. South Carolina blew a golden opportunity to move towards the East title with an overtime loss at Tennessee 27-24, leaving the door open for Georgia and even Tennessee to win.

The game will be televised on CBS at 4 p..m. from Bryant-Denny Stadium and while few expert pick Alabama to win rest assured Coach Saban will have some surprises in store for the Bayou Felines when they take the field.

See Below for BSC Standings, SEC Standings and AP Top 25 Rankings
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Mr. Smith (Dane Cook) makes the mistake of blackmailing serial killer Earl Brooks (Kevin Costner) in Mr. Brooks now available on DVD. 20th Century Fox Photo. Updated reviews of this film and “Grindhouse,” which has been released individually as Death Proof and Planet Terror in EL CINE.

Mentality of Mr. Brooks.

CBS Sports will televise the Southeastern Conference game between LSU and Alabama November 3rd at 4 p.m. from Bryant-Denny Stadium. LSU (7-1, 4-1) and Alabama (6-2, 4-1) both have byes before the big game; the winner will take sole possession of the SEC West and an inside track to the SEC Championship Game. LSU is ranked 3rd while Alabama returned to the polls after defeating Tennessee. The Crimson Tide is ranked 24th in the BCS Standings and 22nd in the AP Top 25. Crimson Tide Head Coach Nick Saban will face the team he led to a National Championship in 2003. Alabama’s last one was in 1992 under Gene Stallings. There are currently seven teams in the BCS Standings representing the SEC and they are listed below in bold.
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Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Diane Lane and Jamie Bell star in the film version of the Steven Gould’s novel, Jumper. Directed by The Bourne Identity helmer, Doug Liman, this science fiction thriller concerns a teenager (Christensen) who has the ability to teleport himself anywhere. He hopes to learn who murdered his mother and must contend with Samuel L. Jackson as a Paladin. Jumpers have existed for centuries and Paladins are proficient at hunting and killing Jumpers. Blade scribe David Goyer pens the screenplay. Look for Jumper February 15, 2008. Until then, check out the cool web page and nifty trailer. Jumper