December 1, 2008
The daily ramblings of the EA SPORTS World Live Production Team.

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We're not sure how many of you caught it last night during the Sunday Night Football game or not, so we thought we would point it out here.  You know how the networks allow the players to introduce themselves during the broadcast, right?  For example, "Emmitt Smith, Florida."  Well, a lot of the players have started to do their high school, or an odd take on their university.  Last night, Nate noticed one and had a good laugh.

They were introducing the Minnesota Vikings offense and rolling across the offensive line they got to Jared Allen, who said "Jared Allen, Culinary Academy."  We don't know why, but it made us laugh.  Very original, Mr. Allen.  One point for you.







Collectively we were very disappointed in the weekend's football games.  It started off with a bad schedule on Thanksgiving Day, which was not a big surprise.  However, the rest of the weekend didn't get any better and that was a reall bummer.  Nate's Oregon State team played terrible.  The Oklahoma versus Oklahoma State game was decent for a half, but that was it.  Florida and Florida State was bad and the college list goes on.  Okay, Arkansas beating LSU late was nice, but that was it.  And Jason enjoyed the Missouri and Kansas game.

On the NFL side, the Saints and Bucs game wasn't bad and the Panthers and Packers was decent.  But, other than that it wasn't much of a weekend for exciting football.

Did we miss anything?  Let us know in the comments below.

• The Gillette Champions of Gaming Tournament
  

We're now a month into the tournament.  Have you qualified for the January Knockout Rounds yet?  We hope so.  If not, click on the link and check out how you could wind up in a one-on-one EA SPORTS match-up with Tiger Woods!

• Rob Thompson's NCAA Football Wrap Up
  

Well, most of the games weren't pretty, but how accurate was Mike this week?  Find out here.

• New NCAA Top 10 Videos of the Week
  

Another edition of our soon-to-be-award-winning video highlight package.  Green bean casserole not included.

• The B.(C).S Standings

Our good friend here at EA SPORTS, Kirk Herbstreit, breaks down how Oklahoma made the jump in the BCS standings over Texas.  Too bad the Longhorns don't know how to tackle.  If they stop Michael Crabtree on the sideline, all of this Big 12 South mess could have been avoided.








Today's Question:

Q: Who completed 45 of 70 passes against the Vikings in 1994 to set NFL records in total passes and completions?

Yesterday's Answer:

Q: In what city did the NHL's Calgary Flames originally start?
A: Atlanta








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