Knocked silly

At 11am this morning on The Score, the top two sides in the English Premier League, Manchester United and Chelsea, will lock horns in a very big matchup. For United, a tie is as good as a win with how they've played of late. In other words, Chelsea is certainly the favorite on form alone, but the Blues seem to struggle when they face Man U. Oh, and as mentioned yesterday: Arsenal and Tottenham, easy money.

Tony Romo is a career 12-1 in November for his career. Of course, that record is practically reversed in December for him so until that changes, there won't be complete faith among Cowboys fans in Romo. The Cowboys visit Philadelphia tonight, scene of their embarrassing beatdown in Week 17 last year in a game they had to have. For your PTP tonight, am playing the Cowboys, against the numbers, at +4 -105.

The Carolina Panthers rushed for 170 yards last week in Arizona, yet are 13 point underdogs today in New Orleans? Seems a bit much, as great as the Saints have been.

The NBA season is barely started and already it appears a disgruntled Allen Iverson has skipped out on the Memphis Grizzlies. Not sure what the Grizz were thinking signing a guy who wants to score 20+ a game and dominate the ball. They've got plenty of young players that can score as is. My betting is A.I. finishes the year in Cleveland.

Fedor Emelianenko scored a second round knockout win over Brett Rogers with a thundering right. If you missed it, video here. Fedor is now 31-1 which begs the question, how did he get the 1? Pretty solid card overall from Strikeforce, and the price was sure right.

Who would've guessed that the H1N1 shot was performance enhancing? Undefeated and untied since getting the shot: the Toronto Maple Leafs. And yes, I say this in jest. The Leafs hammered the Detroit Red Wings last night 5-1.

Remember when it was stated here that Eric Hinske all but guaranteed a World Series trip for the Yankees, after he went the previous two with Tampa Bay and Boston? Doesn't seem so crazy now until you say: Eric Hinske, two time World Series Champion. Have faith, Blue Jays and Orioles fans, he may well be available for you as your personal good luck charm for year four.

The football gods smiled upon us all today with Cleveland, Oakland, St. Louis and sadly for many readers here, Buffalo, all on bye weeks. Shame that Washington, Tennessee and Detroit are playing.

Not sure what it is, but something about Alex Anthopolous, new Blue Jays GM, seems far more grounded and convincing than his predecessor in sharing his plan for the future. I'm not sure he can get the Jays to a regular 95 win team in the brutal AL East, not with New York and Boston likely to be typically 90+ teams and Baltimore and Tampa Bay loaded with young talent, but he sure seems more believable than the last clown. A good starting point is news that he's going to deal Lyle Overpay, and if he moves Roy Halladay this off-season, he'll still get great return, though not what it would've been in July.

#3 Alabama and #1 Florida will contest the SEC title in a game that usually means the winner will end up national champion, though I'm sure Texas will have something to say about that. Best result of the day? Notre Lame losing to Navy.

Have a great Sunday!