Now that Week 6 of college football is in the books, it’s time to again analyze what we’ve learned from the AP Top 25 teams.

No.1 Alabama vs. No.19 South Carolina. Cocks pound ‘Bama 35-21.

What did we learn?

1)    ‘Cocks can penetrate. . . even the best defenses.

2)    All you have to do to beat Alabama is: stop a fake field goal (otherwise known as a “Cock block”) hold the reigning Heisman Trophy winner to 41 rushing yards and have the kicker miss an extra point and a field goal.

No.2 Ohio State vs. Indiana. Buckeyes win 38-10.

What did we learn?

1)    It’s not a good sign when your punter has more yards than all three of your quarterbacks combined.

2)    We are all better quarterbacks than freshman Ken Guiton who finished the game with a negative 200 passer rating.

No.3 Oregon vs. Washington State. Oregon wins 43-23.

What did we learn?

1)    If the team that scores second decided this game, then WSU would have won.

2)    You can beat a 1-5 team with a backup quarterback.

No.4 Boise State vs. Toledo. Broncos win 57-14.

What did we learn?

1)    Watching the Broncos play at home is like staring at a Magic Eye book for two-and-a-half straight hours.

2)    Toledo’s mascot is Rocky the Rocket. He is not very inspirational and he should consider getting a few pointers from “Scrotie” the Rhode Island Nads’ mascot who dresses up like a giant penis.

No.5 TCU vs. Wyoming. Horned Frogs win 45-0.

What did we learn?

1)    This could easily have been a 45-3 type of game.

2)    Not converting 3^rd downs is a terrible strategy… so is not scoring.

No.7 Nebraska vs. Kansas State. Nebraska wins 48-13.

What did we learn?

1)    White guys like to point at people after they score.

2)    It’s hard to tackle someone when they are 15 yards ahead of you.

No.8 Auburn vs. Kentucky. Auburn wins 37-34.

What did we learn?

1)    Cam Newton likes to blow kisses after a win on the road and he will not be held responsible of where they land.

2)    Kentucky calls their ‘wildcat’ formation the ‘WildCobb’ formation. This has nothing to do with Ty Cobb.

No.9 Arizona vs. Oregon State. Oregon State wins 29-27.

What did we learn?

1)    Oregon State loves players whose first name starts with the letter ‘J’.

2)    PAT’s are not as easy to make as one would imagine.

No.10 Utah vs. Iowa State. Utah wins 68-27.

What did we learn?

1)    What you do in the first quarter doesn’t matter if you give up 58 points in the next three.

2)    Contrary to popular belief, black people from Compton can run fast.

No.11 Arkansas vs. Texas A&M. Razorbacks win 24-17.

What did we learn?

1)    Jerrod Johnson has no problem throwing the ball 50 yards down the field and right into the opponent’s hands.

2)    Ryan Mallett looks more like 6’7” than 6’6”.

No.12 LSU vs. No.14 Florida. LSU wins 33-29.

What did we learn?

1)    Urban Meyer doesn’t believe in broken bones.

2)    Apparently the best way to convert a fake field goal is to bounce the pass behind your head without looking.

No.13 Miami vs. No.23 Florida State. Seminoles win 45-17.

What did we learn?

1)    Jimbo Fisher always knows when to kick the extra point.

2)    Mouth guards fit snuggly behind your ear.

No.16 Stanford vs. USC. Stanford wins 37-35.

What did we learn?

1)    It’s hard to play defense for a whole minute.

2)    With no names on the USC jerseys, it’s nearly impossible to tell who screws up.

No.17 Michigan State vs. No.18 Michigan. MSU wins 34-17.

What did we learn?

1)    Denard Robinson may be color-blind.

2)    Paul Bunyan is much shorter than you may think.

No.20 Wisconsin vs. Minnesota. Wisconsin wins 41-23.

What did we learn?

1)    Minnesota head coach Tim Brewster is not a fan of 2-point conversions.

2)    Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema thinks Tim Brewster is an idiot.

No.21 Nevada vs. San Jose State. Nevada wins 35-13.

What did we learn?

1)    If you like rushing touchdowns, then you would have loved this game.

2)    Solo tackles mean more to San Jose than touchdowns.

No.22 Oklahoma State vs. Louisiana-Lafayette. OK State wins 54-28.

What did we learn?

1)    The Sun Belt conference does not shine as much as its name might suggest.

2)    OK State kicker Dan Bailey is totally getting laid tonight.

No.24 Missouri vs. Colorado. Mizzou wins 26-0.

What did we learn?

1)    There is a fence behind the Missouri end zone. It is great at keeping old men from charging the field.

2)    Colorado is saving their best games for when they join the Pac-10 next year.

No.25 Air Force vs. Colorado State. Air Force wins 49-27.

What did we learn?

1)    If there were an award for kicking 7 extra points in a game, Erik Soderberg would be the recipient.

2)    The Rams would have only lost by 12 if the total yards counted as points and touchdowns and field goals meant nothing.

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Logan Rhoades is a Los Angeles-based writer and contributor to Sports Climax. With an extensive knowledge of ESPN topics and celebrity gossip, he is known for mixing sports and pop culture to entertain his readers. Check out his “Skip to My Logan” blog and Follow him on Twitter @loganrhoades.

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After ending the regular season with the second best record in the league, the Tampa Bay Rays now look like a lackadaisical team on the brink of elimination. SLAP!

Manhandled by the Texas Rangers, the Rays and are just 9 innings away from an early exit, down two games to none in their ALDS. How ’bout we throw in a backhander too. . .SLAP!!

With their season suddenly on the brink and their fan base long gone; the Tampa Bay Rays are the recipients of the Bitch-Slap-of-the-Week.

How about a couple for their fans too, you know the ones who barely have the energy to jump on the bandwagon of a 96-win team that won the AL East title.

Truth be told, no one should have expected any different from this team… or this area.

The Rays went 5-5 in their last 10 regular season games and were 13-14 in the month of September. Needless to say, that’s not exactly the best way to carry momentum into the playoffs. And I’m sure the call for a ‘plaided out ballpark’ didn’t help either.

It’s one thing to ask your fans to ‘white out’ the stadium to intimidate your opponent, but it’s quite another to ask them to support their team by wearing plaid. That’s about the least intimidating pattern you can pick, besides polka dots.

But Joe Maddon and his plaid dreams aren’t the only ones at fault here; the Rays fans deserve some of the blame as well. Instead of rooting for their team and rallying behind home-field advantage, the Rays ‘fans’ were too busy making Kitty DJ videos (watch below), playing shuffleboard and following Dancing with the Stars.

As if it’s not humiliating enough for these players to call Tropicana Field home, they now don’t even have the support of their own city. Any hope of a bandwagon jump was derailed after the Rays got shut out on Thursday. And now that the Buccaneers have a winning record (2-1), there is no need for Tampa Bay fans to watch baseball anymore. And I completely understand.

Who honestly wants to watch a team that was on the losing end of two no-hitters this year, one of which being a perfect game? I don’t care what your record is, if that happens to you twice in one season, then your fate has already been determined.

And just so we’re all clear on this, throwing a no-hitter like Garza did does not cancel out being the victim of one.

The way I see it, the Rays only have two options in order make this post-season memorable. They can either A) Start hitting the ball and have an epic comeback or B) Wear plaid uniforms for the rest of the series and bunt during every at-bat. Other than that, there is really no hope for this team.

Personally, I would love to see option B run its course. I know it’s a long shot, but anything is possible when you believe.

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Logan Rhoades is a Los Angeles-based writer and contributor to Sports Climax. With an extensive knowledge of ESPN topics and celebrity gossip, he is known for mixing sports and pop culture to entertain his readers. Check out his “Skip to My Logan” blog and Follow him on Twitter @loganrhoades.

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Over the past couple years we have learned that the cost of flipping someone off in the NFL can range anywhere between $7,500 and $250,000. With such a wide range of prices, it can get confusing as to what exactly these “finees” (players and coaches) are paying for and how the “finer” (Roger Goodell) calculates the fee.

To get a further understanding of what goes into these birdie fine, we have developed an easy-to-follow flowchart. Good luck and please call the NFL main office at 212-450-2000 with any additional questions.

1) Are you a player?

Yes) Please continue to question 2.

No) Please skip down to question 4.

2) Are you a kicker?

Yes) You’ve been fined $7,500.

No) Please continue to question 3.

3) Are you Michael Vick?

Yes) You’ve been fined $10,000 and you have to donate an additional $10,000 to charity.

No) You’ve been fined $10,000.

4) Are you a coach?

Yes) Please continue to question 5.

No) Please skip to question 8.

5) Are you Rex Ryan?

Yes) You’ve been fined $50,000 and you will be called fat.

No) Please continue to question 6.

6) Are you a defensive coordinator?

Yes) You’ve been fined $40,000.

No) Please continue to question 7.

7) Are you sure you’ve answered the previous questions correctly?

Yes) Congratulations. Roger Goodell lost your birdie footage and you’re free to go.

No) Please continue to question 8.

8.) Are you the owner of the team?

Yes) Please continue to question 9.

No) Please skip to question 12.

9) Were you wearing a Titans’ powder blue suit during the incident?

Yes) You’ve been fined an extra $15,000. Please continue to question 10.

No) Please continue to question 10.

10) Did you display the middle finger on two hands, also known as a “double-bird”?

Yes) You’ve been fined an extra $35,000. Please continue to question 11.

No) Please continue to question 11.

11) How many times did you pump your middle finger?

1–3) You’ve been fined $60, 000

4-7) You’ve been fined $150,000.

8+) You’ve been fined $200,000.

12) Are you a fan?

Yes) Congratulations! No worries. Fans can’t get fined so feel free to throw them in mass quantities, individually or as a group, in the direction of all opposing sidelines. Just like the young soccer fan in the photo above is learning at a ripe age.

*An extra $1,000 is added to your fine for every swear word caught on camera. Good thing the audio wasn’t rolling when Rex Ryan king of the F-Bombs flipped off those beloved Dolphins’ fans in South Beach.

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Logan Rhoades is a Los Angeles-based writer and contributor to Sports Climax. With an extensive knowledge of ESPN topics and celebrity gossip, he is known for mixing sports and pop culture to entertain his readers. Check out his “Skip to My Logan” blog and Follow him on Twitter @loganrhoades.

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Donovan McNabb entered the Philadelphia stadium to a standing ovation and left to a chorus of boo and a 17-12 win. It was hardly the revenge performance he was hoping for, but it was good enough to get the ‘W’ and put his team at the top of the NFC East, for now.

What was headlined to be a great quarterback dual quickly turned into a defensive game and a turtle race.

With Michael Vick leaving in the first quarter after a chest/rib injury, the Eagles explosive offense was put into the hands of McNabb’s replacement, Kevin Kolb. What followed was a sluggish passing attack and a lackluster second half.

This game was not even close to living up to the hype and right away you could just tell that it wasn’t going to play out as scripted.

The dominating performance by Jeremy Maclin and DeSean Jackson went right out the door as soon as Vick left the sidelines and entered the locker room for X-Rays. Latest on Vick’s injury BTW is possible broken ribs and an MRI is scheduled Monday. Back to ‘Mac’ and ‘Jack’ the two receivers combined for a mere total of 36 offensive yards and were held out of the end zone for the first time this season.

The Redskins, on the other hand, came into this game as the worst team in the league in 3rd down conversions, and ended up converting 5-11 of their opportunities and were even able to complete a 56-yard pass on a 3rd and 14.

The majority of Kolb’s 22 completions came from 3 to 5 yard draws and screens that slowly racked up to his 201 yards. He finished with a 76.0 passer rating, 1 touchdown and an interception on the very last play of the game, a Hail Mary that bounced right off the hands of one of his receivers. His stats aren’t that bad, but the Eagles offense was anything but explosive and did little to dismantle the Redskins defense.

Kolb wasn’t the only one wearing green who had a mediocre showing though.

Donovan McNabb looked every bit of an average quarterback in this game, connecting on 8 of 19 passes and puttering up a total of 125 yards through the air. He finished the night with a 60.2 rating, his lowest passer rating and lowest completion total in more than 20 games.

The one thing to be said for McNabb is that he was able to use his feet to find the first down at some crucial times during this game. It wasn’t exactly Vick-like, but he did manage to pick up 39 essential yards, including a big run in the fourth quarter that allowed his team to chew down the clock.

And even though this game was painfully slow, it was still close enough to keep fans watching, and wondering ‘what if’ Vick didn’t get injured?

Would the Eagles win that game? What would the score have been? Would we have had the offensive shootout that we were all hoping for?

Nobody can answer those questions, but that’s just a fact of life for an NFL fan.

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Logan Rhoades is a Los Angeles-based writer and contributor to Sports Climax. With an extensive knowledge of ESPN topics and celebrity gossip, he is known for mixing sports and pop culture to entertain his readers. Follow him on Twitter @loganrhoades.

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For this week in college football review, we’re going to check out what we learned from each Top 25 game. Let’s start with the most over-hyped game of the night, Alabama vs. Florida.

No.1 Alabama vs. No.7 Florida. Alabama wins 31-6.

What did we learn?

1)      Bama is almost as good as the commentators make them out to be.

2)      Tim Tebow does not play for the Gators anymore.

No.2 Ohio State vs. Illinois. OSU wins 24-13.

What did we learn?

1)      You need to knockout Terrelle Pryor to have a chance to beat the Buckeyes.

2)      There is no such thing as an easy win in The Big 10, unless you’re playing the 1-4 Minnesota Gophers.

No.3 Boise State vs. New Mexico State. Boise State wins 59-0.

What did we learn?

1)      The time of possession is not as crucial as the score of the game (30:23 vs. 29:37).

2)      New Mexico State has a football team.

No.4 Oregon vs. No.9 Stanford. Oregon wins 52-31.

What did we learn?

1)      Giving up 518 yards of total offense is bad. Giving up 626 is even worse.

2)      Stanford doesn’t like scoring in the second half.

No.5 TCU vs. Colorado State. Horned Frogs win 27-0.

What did we learn?

1)      TCU did not get a single safety in this game.

2)      Having 4 penalties for 30 total yards is the thing to do now.

No.8 Oklahoma vs. No.21 Texas. OU wins 28-20.

What did we learn?

1)      Tackling the quarterback is good. Tackling him after he has thrown the ball is bad.

2)      Catching punts is really really hard to do.

No.10 Auburn vs. LA-Monroe. Auburn wins 52-3.

What did we learn?

1)      If you throw a 95-yard touchdown pass, then you are better than everyone in Auburn school history.

2)      When you give up a touchdown 32 seconds into the game, you’re probably going to lose the game.

No.11 Wisconsin vs. No.24 Michigan State. MSU wins 34-24.

What did we learn?

1)      Having your coach in the hospital is like having a four-leaf clover in your pocket.

2)      The Spartans have a player named BJ on the team.

No.12 LSU vs. Tennessee. LSU wins 16-14.

What did we learn?

1)      12 players is one too many to have on the field. So is 13.

2)      You truly can turn that frown upside down.

No.16 Miami (FL) vs. Clemson. Miami wins 30-21.

What did we learn?

1)      6 turnovers can really put a damper on your day.

2)      Comebacks are hard to complete when you don’t score any points in the 4^th quarter.

No.17 Iowa vs. No.22 Penn State. Hawkeyes win 24-3.

What did we learn?

1)      3 points is not enough to win the game when your opponent has 24.

2)      Joe Pa left the game early to go to bed.

No.18 USC vs. Washington. Washington wins 32-31.

What did we learn?

1)      If you don’t count this game, then USC is still undefeated.

2)      When you’re down by two points, try kicking a field goal.

No.19 Michigan vs. Indiana. Wolverines win 42-35.

What did we learn?

1)      Denard Robinson belongs in a video game.

2)      Denard Robinson belongs on the cover of a video game.

No.23 North Carolina State vs. Virginia Tech. Hokies win 41-30.

What did we learn?

1)      There is a bronze wolf statue by the Va Tech tunnel. It does not look real.

2)      Trailing by 17 points ain’t what it used to be.

No.25 Nevada vs. UNLV. Nevada wins 44-26.

What did we learn?

1)      Vai Taua has moved into the Top 10 names I have to look at more than three times to pronounce.

2)      The winner of this game received a cannon. More specifically, the Fremont Cannon. That’s awesome.

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It doesn’t matter who you root for this weekend, the game of the week is going to be the Washington Redskins vs. the Philadelphia Eagles. With a plot good enough for a Christopher Nolan screenplay, this matchup looks to be as exciting as Ladainian Tomlinson’s Electric Glide music video.

Since the first game of the season, these two teams have completely flipped positions.

McNabb and the Redskins started the season off strong with a close win against the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night, but are now entering this weekend with back-to-back losses.

On the flip side, the Philadelphia Eagles are now 2-0 after losing their season-opener against the Green Bay Packers, thanks in large part to the return of the Michael Vick show.

With the majority of the media focusing on the return of both quarterbacks, McNabb to Philly and Vick to the starting position, the real question remains which quarterbacks will show up on Sunday.

Will we see the Pro Bowl McNabb or the Super Bowl puke McNabb? Will we see the same Michael Vick that we saw in week two or the frustrated Vick who thinks with his feet?

Despite how they have performed so far this season, we cannot overlook the fact that these two stars tend to lose their shine in the heat of the moment.

Yes, Vick is playing ungodly well lately, but we can hardly compare the Detroit Lions and the Jacksonville Jaguars to a team out for blood. The Washington Redskins, along with Donovan McNabb, will come out of the tunnel with the taste of vengeance on their minds and a fire in their hearts.

Unfortunately for them though, the Eagles are the better team.

With one of the best wide receiver duos in the game (DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin), Vick has transformed into a pass-first quarterback. He is reading the field better than he ever has and checking all of his options before going for the run.

His ability to scramble in and out of the pocket to stay away from pressure is allowing him to elongate plays and tear apart secondaries. And with a strong running back in LeSean McCoy, the defense has to respect the ground game as well.

What all of this means is that the Philadelphia Eagles offense is that they’re tough to stop. That doesn’t mean they can’t be though.

The Redskins know that they have to pressure the Philadelphia offensive line and get to Vick early to set a tone for the rest of the game. If they can do this and upset the timing between Vick and his receivers, then the Redskins have a chance to pull of a road win in front of the one of the harshest crowds in the NFL.

It doesn’t matter if Donovan McNabb has the best game of his life on Sunday. If the Redskins allow Vick to find enough time to set his feet and throw the ball, then the Eagles will walk away from this game with a victory and a great start to their season.

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Logan Rhoades is a Los Angeles-based writer and contributor to Sports Climax. With an extensive knowledge of ESPN topics and celebrity gossip, he is known for mixing sports and pop culture to entertain his readers. Check out his blog and Follow him on Twitter @loganrhoades.

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Week 4 college football can be summed up in two words: True Colors. And for the best examples, we need to turn to the teams in last year’s BCS National Championship game: Texas and Alabama.

Yes, the No. 7 Texas Longhorns were upset and many saw it coming… just not this soon.

This season, the Longhorns were like a Jenga tower; sooner or later they were going to tumble.

Instead of a tight knit structure like most people envisioned, the Longhorns were more like a team with a lot of missing pieces and it was only a matter of time before the Horns completely fell apart. Unfortunately for them it happened this weekend against the unranked UCLA Bruins and it was ugly.

With nothing clicking on offense or defense, the top ten Horns were slaughtered by the Bruins 34-12 in their home state of Texas, shocked at home for the first time since 2007.

Coming into the game, Texas was the top ranked rush defense in the FBS, allowing only 44 yards per game. Against the Bruins, the Longhorns gave up 264 with UCLA running the football right down Texas’ throat for the entire game. 

By the time the final whistle blew, the Bruins had given Mack Brown his worst loss in Texas history and showed the world how over ranked the Longhorns really were. You can be sure the voters won’t make that mistake again.

On that note, don’t expect the voters to forget how close No. 1 Alabama came to losing on Saturday to the No. 10 Arkansas Razorbacks.

Against the number one team in the land, the Razorbacks put up a pay-per-view worthy fight, but were unable to complete the upset due to costly mistakes late in the game by Heisman candidate quarterback Ryan Mallett.

With the game on the line and a winning drive taking shape, Mallett dropped back and placed the ball right into the arms of the Alabama secondary. Although Mallet finished with 357 passing yards in the game it was his final interception that will really be remembered and just like that, the upset was gone.

Unfortunately, Mallett’s performance outshines the impressive showing that his team displayed this weekend.

The fans and media will focus on the final score, but let’s not forget that the Razorbacks went toe-to-toe with the Crimson Tide for four quarters and were able to do what no other team has done this year: rattle Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy.

In the first half, McElroy looked less like the most effective passer in the nation and more like an out-of-rhythm redshirt freshman. He finished the day with two interceptions and his high-powered offense was only able to muster up 7 points in the first two quarters of the ballgame.

Despite McElroy’s mediocre showing, the Crimson Tide were able to do what all good teams do: win the game. It might not have been pretty, but the Tide walked away with a 24-20 victory while keeping their No.1 ranking intact.

All in all, we learned two very important things from this weekend:

1) Good teams find ways to win.

2) You can’t hide behind your name and legacy; you actually have to play the game.

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Logan Rhoades is a Los Angeles-based writer and contributor to Sports Climax. With an extensive knowledge of ESPN topics and celebrity gossip, he is known for mixing sports and pop culture to entertain his readers. Check out his blog and Follow him on Twitter @loganrhoades.

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For gift-wrapping the AL Central title to the Minnesota Twins and losing 12 of their last 15 games, the Chicago White Sox get our firm Bitch Slap of the Week courtesy of all baseball fans who were expecting to see a battle in that AL Central race.

On Tuesday night, Chicago ended their season in rare format; losing eight games in a row. If that’s not embarrassing enough, the ChiSox managed to get swept by two divisional rivals in less than a week and were outscored 50-23 during that stretch. These series were played at a crucial time and weren’t ordinary losses, but total ass-kickings.  

But hey, at least that whole Manny Ramirez thing worked out in their favor (sarcasm). Before his much-publicized arrival, the White Sox were a mere 3.5 games out of first place. Since his acquisition, the Sox have fallen 12 games behind the Twins and are now planning off season October vacations or whatever they do on their time off.

And let’s just say that Manny did everything in his power to contribute to this downfall.

In his 60 plate appearances, Manny has recorded only one home run, which happens to be his only extra-base hit and his only RBI for the White Sox. In his last 10 games, he has gone hitless 4 times and struck out a total of 12 times. (The White Sox lost 9 of those games by the way.)

It seems like $3.8 million is a bit too much to pay for absolutely nothing. Regardless if it is or not, that’s exactly what White Sox GM Ken Williams has paid Manny Ramirez to do… absolutely nothing.

And even though we would like to solely blame Ramirez for this slump, he is by no means the man at fault here. After all, he has only been a part of the team for about a month now.

The Chicago White sox made two critical mistakes this season. The first mistake was assuming that Manny would be the answer to their struggling offense. Clearly he was not the answer, but that’s because the White Sox were asking the wrong questions.

They should have been asking: “How do we throw strikes, catch the ball, throw to first base, turn a double play, touch home plate, hold onto a lead, and win ball games?”

Only after those questions were answered, should they have then looked into adding an out-of-prime hitter to the lineup.

The second mistake the White Sox made was deciding not to play baseball the second half of the season.

Going into the All-Star break, the ChiSox were in first place and had won 8 games in a row and 25 of their last 30. Unfortunately, Ozzie’s crew forgot that the baseball season does not end there, and pulled a complete 180 to finish the year.

With a few weeks left in the regular season, the South Siders are now looking at a .500 season and a possible battle for third place in the AL Central with the Detroit Tigers (who have beaten them 6 times in a row this month).

At least the White Sox made it to September, August, July before falling apart this year; that’s better than the Cubs can say. And to Sox fans, that’s all that really matters.

No one really expects a World Series ring for another 50 years or so anyways. Chicago fans know better. And for their spiraling rough landing in 2010, the Sox get the Bitch Slap of the Week.

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Logan Rhoades is a Los Angeles-based writer and contributor to Sports Climax. With an extensive knowledge of ESPN topics and celebrity gossip, he is known for mixing sports and pop culture to entertain his readers. Check out his blog and Follow him on Twitter @loganrhoades.

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Twenty-three undefeated teams went into battle this weekend and twenty-two of them came out on top. The lone ranger was 9^th ranked Iowa who lost to No.24 Arizona 27-34 in Saturday’s only matchup between two ranked opponents. Besides that, this weekend’s games played pretty much to script.

So in other words, it was a bad day for gamblers… unless you happen to bet on the spread.

The top 5 teams in the land combined for a total of 270 points while only giving up 36 to their opponents, respectively.

I guess that will happen when you’re the highest scoring offense in the league and you play Portland State at home. I’m looking at you Oregon. How about you pick on someone your own size? Ya big bully.

But not every game was a blowout.

Perhaps the most riveting one of the weekend was between Notre Dame and Michigan State. Sorry Sooner fans, but your narrow win against Air Force isn’t website worthy; it’s just sad.

Anyways, what started off as a lackluster performance by MSU and Notre Dame, quickly turned into a great rivalry game. With their back against the wall and a roaring home crowd for support, the Spartans converted a fake field goal in overtime with a play they call, “Little Giants”, to seal the deal against the Fighting Irish in a 34-31 stunner.

Down by three, the Spartans were looking at a 46-yard game-tying field goal, when out of nowhere placeholder Aaron Bates grabbed the snap and chucked the ball downfield to a wide-open Charlie Gantt for the game winning catch.

This gutsy call proved to be too much though, as MSU coach Mark Dantonio suffered a mild heart attack only moments after the celebrations went underway. Don’t worry though, he is reportedly doing fine. Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly isn’t so lucky though.

This loss marked the second week in a row that the Fighting Irish have lost in the final seconds of the game, and the second time in two weeks that they lost to a team from Michigan. Not exactly a friendly neighbor if you ask me.

And although this game was heart stopping (too soon?), it was not the most impressive win on Saturday. That title is awarded to the Virginia Tech/ East Carolina game.

The 0-2 Hokies managed to pull out a victory against an undefeated East Carolina team, who did everything in their power not to win the game. After trailing in the first half, the Hokie home crowd walked away with their first win of the year and the upset of the week.

To be fair though, no one was watching the game, so ECU probably thought the game didn’t matter and just stopped playing in the second half. Honest mistake on their part.

Regardless, Virginia Tech will take the win and look to keep their newly acquired win streak alive against Boston College next week. Do the Hokies have another upset in them? Don’t bet on it.

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Logan Rhoades is a Los Angeles-based writer and contributor to Sports Climax. With an extensive knowledge of ESPN topics and celebrity gossip, he is known for mixing sports and pop culture to entertain his readers. Check out his blog and Follow him on Twitter @loganrhoades.

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After a preseason of hype and post-season guarantees, the only thing New York Jets fans saw on Monday night was a disappointing performance by Mark Sanchez, who threw for just 74 yards and reached the end zone a total of zero times.

As much as we’d like to believe that ‘The Sanchize’ is the godsend for the Jets, right now, he isn’t. Against Ray Lewis and the Ravens defense, Mark Sanchez looked less like the savior of a team and more like the puppy who lost his way.

As soon as the stadium lights peaked through his facemask, he performed like his knuckles were shaking and his palms were sweating. Before long, the misfired passes and bad decisions began to stack up along with his frustration.

By the time the third quarter rolled around, the game was out of his hands and when the final whistle blew, Sanchez and the Jets’ offense had been demolished. That offense finished the game with only 6 first downs and went just 1-of-11 on 3^rd down conversions. Imagine the number of Rex Ryan F bombs that were flying around that sidelines.

Its situations like this that keeps speculators guessing at whether or not “Sanchize” can handle the pressure of being an NFL quarterback. Some people have the ‘It’ factor and some people don’t–right now Mark Sanchez doesn’t seem to have a trace of it.

We can blame the New York media and the Jets coaching staff all we want for putting too much pressure on this young slinger but the fact of the matter is, Mark Sanchez needs to start playing like a professional quarterback. Getting paid millions to perform, he needs to find a way to do it.

Although we are only one game into the season, if Sanchez cannot get things started soon, then it will be a long season for the Jets.

With limited patience of the Jets fans and the New York media, Sanchez better start bringing leadership into the huddle. In the meantime, this Jets’ offense has been looking like a bad work in progress in the hands of “The Sanchize”.

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Logan Rhoades is a Los Angeles-based writer and contributor to Sports Climax. With an extensive knowledge of ESPN topics and celebrity gossip, he is known for mixing sports and pop culture to entertain his readers. Check out his blog and Follow him on Twitter @loganrhoades.

Copyright ©2010 Sports Climax, LLC