For non-college football topics like, say the Yankees.

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Another great fight song day. USC ("Fight On!") travels to South Bend to face Notre Dame ("Wake Up The Echoes"), whom the Trojans have beaten 7 in a row. Make it 8. I like USC (-10).

The Red River Shootout at the Texas State Fair does not have the luster of past meetings, but remains a big and intriguing game. Texas ("Texas Fight") has not been impressive but they have won them all. Oklahoma ("Boomer Sooner") has suffered devastating injuries and 2 close losses. The line is Texas (-3). I'm not sure about this one. In a non-selection pick, I think the Horns hook 'em somehow. More on the flip.

Yankees Win!

See you tomorrow morning for college football. Go Gators!

All I got to say is LET'S GO YANKEES!

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Balloon Boy?

I got nuthin right now.

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The Phillies meet the Dodgers tonight in the start of the NLCS. The Yanks are supposed to play tomorrow night against the Angels but the weather is bad right now in NY and the forecast is too.

Thursday means Fringe for me.

What are you planning to watch?

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Thursday's child has far to go.

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Your turn.

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Your turn.

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You are on your own now. After today, some false hope:

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After Snowe's play, and Obama and Reid's slobber job over her, how's the Federalist Public Option sound to you now? Cuz it is looking to me like the choices now from the Senate will be Snowe's Trigger vs. Schumer's Opt Out. I strongly prefer the Federalist Option.

I asked for crime stories from our readers and got nuthin. As punishment, I am subjecting you to an Anna Nicole Smith story:

Anna Nicole Smith was ill, confused and isolated in a hotel room with a cornucopia of prescription drugs in the days before her death, an investigator testified Tuesday in a criminal case stemming from the celebrity model's overdose death. [. . .] The testimony was presented in a preliminary hearing involving charges that Smith's former lawyer-boyfriend Howard K. Stern and two California doctors conspired to illegally provide Smith with controlled substances before her drug-overdose death at age 39.

Until I get some better leads from our readers, I'll be going wall to wall Anna on you . . .

In other news, the Yankees won their series against the Twins on Sunday. Game 1 of their series with the Angels is Friday in the Bronx.

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It's Tuesday afternoon. This song popped into my head:

Made me feel better. This is an Open Thread.