VETERANS DAY

COLONIALS SEASON COMES TO END TONIGHT

The Colonial Heights Colonials football season will come to an end tonight on the road at Thomas Dale ans because I am still fighting a cold I will not be making the trip.  Also tonight is the final night of the regular season for all of the high school football teams in the area with playoffs starting next week.  College basketball season kicks off tonight for most tams in the country with over 100 games scheduled for tonight.  This weekend the Sprint Cup Series will be at the Phoenix International Raceway.  In college football last night Virginia Tech moved one step close winning the Coastal Division again with a 37-26 win over Georgia Tech.  I sure am gals today is Friday because it sure has been a long week.  MICKEY

A COUPLE OF COOL DAYS

Well it looks like we are going to have a couple of cool days with temps in the 50's before returning into the 60's by Saturday and there is a slight chance of rain this afternoon as well.  I am continuing to battle a cold/laryngitis, it fells like I am getting better but no where near 100%.  There is a big game in the ACC tonight when Virginia Tech travels down to Atlanta to face Georgia Tech, it is a must win game for Georgia Tech if it want to win the Coastal Division of the ACC.  I did get everybody's picks in on time this week but I did have to twist a few arms to get them all in.  MICKEY

STILL CONGESTED

Well my laryngitis is still about the same and I am still pretty congested.  I ma still doing allot of coughing and now my right ear seems to be clogged up again as well.  Hopefully it wont be long now until my voice completely returns.  MICKEY

LARYNGITIS GETTING BETTER

Well after not being able to talk for the better part of the last 2 days my laryngitis does appear to be getting a bit better.  It is not 100% by no means but it is better than it was for sure.  My biggest problem now is that I am very sore from coughing so much over the last few days.  Well it looks like it is going to make into the 70's the next 2 days before cooling off a little bit before the weekend, there is slight chance of rain on Thursday but besides that it should be a nice few days.  MICKEY

PACKERS 8-0, STEWART WINS AT TEXAS

The Green Bay Packers improved to 8-0 on the season with 45-38 win over the San Diego Chargers yesterday.  Even though the Packers scored 45 points it sure wasn't there best effort for sure, several times in the 2nd half the Packers had blown coverage where the Chargers had receivers running wide open in the end-zone.  Next week the Packers return home to face the Vikings.  The Washington Redskins offensive struggles continued yesterday as the Skins fell to the 49ers 19-11, the Skins defense played well but the offense was pretty inept all day besides scoring a late TD.  Tony Stewart won yesterday Nascar race at Texas and Carl Edwards finished 2nd and still leads the point standings but his lead is down to 3 points over Stewart.  Next week the Sprint Cup Series heads to Phoenix.  My laryngitis is about the same, it is better in the morning but gets much worst as the day goes on.  MICKEY

THE CHIEF HOLDS ON TO THE LEAD

The Chief holds on to a 1 game lead after 10 weeks of the contest but Murph has made a run to the top of the standings and is just 1 game back with Bobby just 2 games back.  Julianne & Guy are just 3 games back and Scott is within striking distance as well just 4 games back.  Guy & Biff had the best weeks going 17-7 while John had the toughest week going just 10-14, with Guy's weekly win he is now tied with Julianne in the tiebreaker standings with 3 wins.  The top 12 players are within 8 games of the top but time is running out for those 8 games back.  There are some very interesting games this week which shake up things again next week.  Here are the complete updated standings and next weeks games.  MICKEY


WEEK 11 GAMES
VIRGINIA TECH AT GEORGIA TECH
SOUTH FLORIDA AT SYRACUSE
MIAMI AT FLORIDA STATE
AUBURN AT GEORGIA
NEBRASKA AT PENN STATE
WAKE FOREST AT CLEMSON
MICHIGAN AT ILLINOIS
WEST VIRGINIA AT CINCINNATI
MICHIGAN STATE AT IOWA
TEXAS A&M AT KANSAS STATE
FLORIDA AT SOUTH CAROLINA
PITTSBURGH AT LOUISVILLE
TEXAS AT MISSOURI
KENTUCKY AT VANDERBILT
N.C. STATE AT BOSTON COLLEGE
DUKE AT VIRGINIA
WYOMING AT AIR FORCE
TCU AT BOISE STATE
UCLA AT UTAH
OKLAHOMA STATE AT TEXAS TECH
LOUISIANA TECH AT OLE MISS
WASHINGTON AT USC
OREGON AT STANFORD
EAST CAROLINA AT UTEP


STANDINGS AFTER WEEK 10
1. THE CHIEF 150-80---
2. MURPH 149-81 -1
3. BOBBY 148-82 -2
4. JULIANNE 147-83 -3
5. GUY 147-83 -3
6. SCOTT 146-84 -4
7. CHIZ 145-85 -5
8. DUSTY 144-86 -6
9. MICKEY 143-87 -7
10. TOM 142-88 -8
11. ERIK 142-88 -8
12. LEE 142-88 -8
13. BIFF 139-91 -11
14. GLEN 138-92 -12
15. JOHN 136-94 -14
16. ANDREW 136-94 -14
17. JONATHAN 134-96 -16
18. GEORGE 133-97 -17
19. RICK 133-97 -17
20. JOY 132-98 -18
21. KEITH 132-98 -18
22. AMANDA 127-103 -23
23. PHILLIPS 118-112 -32

TIE BREAKER STANDINGS
JULIANNE 3
GUY 3
MICKEY 2
THE CHIEF 2
BIFF 2
ERIK 1
CHIZ 1
JOHN 1
TOM 1
JONATHAN 1
GLEN 1
BOBBY 1
MURPH 1
SCOTT 1
LEE 1

VIRGINIA BEATS MARYLAND, GREEN BAY AT SAN DIEGO

The Virginia Cavaliers beat the Maryland Terrapins yesterday afternoon in College Park, Maryland 31-13.  The Cavaliers threw for over 300 yards and for another 200 in the win, the Cavs defense also played very well in the win.  The Cavs are now 6-3 and are now bowl eligible for the 1st time in 4 years, the Cavs will return home next Saturday to face the Duke Blue Devils.  Well I went down to Greenville, North Carolina to watch the East Carolina Pirates for the 2nd time this season and I have to say things started off pretty well for the Pirates but went down hill from there.  The Pirates scored on the 2nd play from scrimmage and that was the only lead the had in the game as the Golden Eagles took over the game and beat the Pirates 48-28.  The Green Bay Packers will be looking to stay undefeated on the road San Diego, this game will be tough road test for the Packers.  The Redskins will at home to face the 49ers's, it could be another long afternoon for the Redskins.  Kyle Busch will not be racing at Texas in today's Sprint Cup race because he has been parked by Nascar after Friday nights incident in the truck series when he took out Ron Hornaday under caution, he also had to miss yesterdays Nationwide race as well.  Maybe he will get the message after this incident but I doubt it.  Well I hope everybody set there clocks back an hour last night before you went to bed because if not you are up an hour earlier than you need to be.  Also I know have laryngitis so I will have to be quiet for the next few days.  MICKEY

DIDN'T SLEEP VERY WELL AGAIN LAST NIGHT, VIRGINIA AT MARYLAND

Well I have to say that I didn't sleep very well again last night, for the 2nd night in a row I have been extremely congested and I just cant sleep very well.  Also my throat is a bit sore and my temperature is a bit higher than it normally is as well but still below 100.  Well me & dad went up to watch the Colonials play there final home game of the year against Meadowbrook and it was a very tough night for the Colonials falling 47-3, the Colonials will finish out the season at Thomas Dale next Friday night.  The only highlight of the night occurred when AL was run over by an official while taking pictures, neither one saw each other.  Down at the beach last night Manteo opened with a win in the 1A NC Playoffs beating Mattumiskeet 61-0.  The Virginia Cavaliers football team looks to pick another win today on the road at Maryland, I think the Cavs should just run it down the Terrapins throat.  Despite being under the weather I am going to head down to East Carolina to watch the Pirates face the Golden Eagles of Southern Mississippi, the Pirates will need to play a pretty much perfect game today to have a shot at the win.  Greg Biffle captured the pole for this weeks Sprint Cup race at Texas edging his teamate David Ragan for the top spot.  Since I didn't sleep very well I went down to Wal-Mart at about 5:15am.  MICKEY

WHY CANT THEY GET MY SALAD TO ME ON TIME

I cannot understand why Cracker Barrel cannot get my salad to me on time.  The last three times that I have been out there my salad seems to arrive with my meal and each time I have told the waitress that I wanted by salad early but apparently that doesn't matter.  This has not been a problem in the past but lately it sure has been one and they can't get the problem straight I am not going to continue to go there.  I might as well not went to bed last night because I don't think I slept for more than hour at a time, I just tossed and turned all night long.  The Colonial Heights Colonials football team will play its final home game of the season tonight against Meadowbrook and I don't think that they are going to be in a good mood at all since Thomas Dale pretty much knocked them out of the playoffs last week.  This weeks Nascar race is at the Texas Motor Speedway.  MICKEY

THE PICKS ARE ALL IN

Well I did get all the picks in for this weeks contest just under the deadline last night, I did have to remind a few people during the day yesterday bu I got them all in.  It looks like there are 3 or 4 games where everybody picked the same team so it doesn't look like there is going to be as much movement in the standings this week as there was last week.  There is 1 game in the contest and that is the Tulsa at Central Florida game.  My sinuses are still bothering me this morning but they don't seem to be quite as bad this morning, yesterday I had sinus headache most of the day.  Well I am off to work.  MICKEY

PICKS VERY SLOW COMING IN

For some reason this week has been the slowest week of the year for people getting there picks in for Mickey College Football Pick-Em Contest.  I still need 10 peoples picks for this weeks games and usually I only need about 6 or 7 peoples and I have already received the picks of a couple peoples picks who are always late getting them in.  It sure makes it easier to run the contest when people can get there picks in a little quicker.  Don't forget in a few more days you will gain an hour of sleep.  MICKEY

Tomorrow is the only day in the year that appeals to a lazy man. ~  Jimmy Lyons

A RAINY HALLOWEEN

Well I have to say that I am glad that I wasn't out Trick-Or-Treating last night, it seemed the rain started picking up as soon as the little ones hit the streets.  I can remember a couple of years when I did go out when I was younger when it rained or was extremely cold which made is miserable out there.  Well today is November 1 and I am well behind in my Christmas shopping this year, for some reason I just lagging behind.  I guess all the stores are about to start there Christmas Blitz with adds and sales.  MICKEY

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, STEWART WINS AT MARTINSVILLE

First off I want to wish all you fellow bloggers HAPPY HALLOWEEN, it could get a little wet for all those Trick or Treaters out there tonight.  Well after a [promising start to the season the Washington Redskins may be the worst team in the NFL right now, they simply aren't doing anything right offensively or defensively.  Tony Stewart won yesterdays Nascar wreckfest at Martinsville holding off Jimmie Johnson for the win and with the win Stewart moves into 2nd place in the point standings just 8 points behind Carl Edwards.  It appears Brian Vickers wan in about half of the cautions yesterday have big run ins with Jamie McMaurray & Matt Kenseth with Kenseth run in with Vickers ending his chance for the championship this year.  My allergies are continuing to give me problems especially in the mornings.  MICKEY

THE CHIEF IS BACK IN THE LEAD

Well after 9 weeks of the contest The Chief is back in the lead after Julianne and Chiz had a bit of trouble this week.  The Chief, Bobby, Murph, Scott & Lee all went 18-7 this week while Phillips had the toughest week going 12-13.  The Chief has a 3 game lead on over Julianne, Chiz, Bobby and Murph with Dusty and Scott just 4 games back.  The top 9 players are within 7 games of 1st place.  There is a good battle going on for 10th place between John, Tom, Glen, Erik and Lee who are all 10 games back.  This week could big week in the contest with some tough games to pick, I think after this week the contenders and the pretenders will have been separated.  MICKEY


WEEK 10 GAMES
TULSA AT CENTRAL FLORIDA
KANSAS STATE AT OKLAHOMA STATE
TEXAS A&M AT OKLAHOMA
SYRACUSE AT UCONN
TEXAS TECH AT TEXAS
LOUISVILLE AT WEST VIRGINIA
MICHIGAN AT IOWA
VIRGINIA AT MARYLAND
NORTH CAROLINA AT N.C. STATE
DUKE AT MIAMI
TCU AY WYOMING
OLE MISS AT KENTUCKY
UTEP AT RICE
ARMY AT AIR FORCE
TROY AT NAVY
SOUTHERN MISS AT EAST CAROLINA
NOTRE DAME AT WAKE FOREST
SOUTH FLORIDA AT RUTGERS
CINCINNATI AT PITTSBURGH
MISSOURI AT BAYLOR
SOUTH CAROLINA AT ARKANSAS
LSU AT ALABAMA
ARIZONA STATE AT UCLA
LOUISIANA TECH AT FRESNO STATE

STANDINGS AFTER WEEK 9
1. THE CHIEF 136-70---
2. JULIANNE 133-73 -3
3. CHIZ 133-73 -3
4. BOBBY 133-73 -3
5. MURPH 133-73 -3
6. DUSTY 132-74 -4
7. SCOTT 132-74 -4
8. GUY 130-76 -6
9. MICKEY 129-77 -7
10. JOHN 126-80 -10
11. TOM 126-80 -10
12. GLEN 126-80 -10
13. ERIK 126-80 -10
14. LEE 126-80 -10
15. ANDREW 123-83 -13
16. JONATHAN 122-84 -14
17. BIFF 122-84 -14
18. JOY 121-85 85 -15
19. GEORGE 119-87 -17
20. KEITH 118-88 -18
21. RICK 117-89 -19
22. AMANDA 114-92 -22
23. PHILLIPS 107-99 -29

TIE BREAKER STANDINGS
JULIANNE 3
MICKEY 2
GUY 2
THE CHIEF 2
ERIK 1
CHIZ 1
JOHN 1
TOM 1
BIFF 1
JONATHAN 1
GLEN 1
BOBBY 1
MURPH 1
SCOTT 1
LEE 1

QUALIFYING RAINED OUT, REDSKINS AT BUFFALO

Qualifying for today's Sprint Cup race at Martinsville was rained out yesterday so they will line up by the point standings for today, Carl Edwards will start form the pole with Matt Kenseth joining him on the front row.  In the NFL today the Washington Redskins will be on the road at Buffalo, the Bills are 4-2 so I think it is very winnable game for the Skins but they are going have to play better than they did last week.  The East Carolina Pirates beat Tulane 34-13 setting up a big game at East Carolina against Southern Miss, both teams are 3-1 in the East Division of CUSA.  Well it looks like we will have a new leader in the Mickey College Football Pick-Em Contest, I will have the updated standings out a little later this morning.  Well after starting the season winning 7 straight games the Capitals have now dropped 2 straight.  MICKEY

CARDINALS WIN THE WORLD SERIES

The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Texas Rangers last night 6-2 in game 7 last night to win the World Series.  The Cardinals were the team that would just never go away, they just found away to win and get the job done. It was another tough night on the football filed for the Colonials falling to Prince George 55-14, down at the beach Manteo beat Camden 69-7 and Currituck beat First Flight 60-0.  The East Carolina Prates will face the Tulane Green Wave today trying to keep there hopes of playing in CUSA's championship game again this year, a win today would set up a show down with Southern Miss next week.  They are suppose to qualify today at Martinsville for this weeks Sprint Cup race but it appears that they might have to lineup on points because of some very inclement weather.  Well it is a very cold rainy day here in Colonial Heights, if feels like winter has arrived.  MICKEY

VIRGINIA UPSETS MIAMI 28-21, CARDS FORCE A GAME 7

The Virginia Cavaliers football team upset the Miami Hurricanes last night in Miami 28-21.  The Cavs jumped on the Hurricanes early and lead at the half 17-7 and then lead in the 2nd half 28-14 before coming away with the win.  The offense stayed very balanced last night throwing and running the ball well & the defense played outstanding all night coming up with several big defensive stops.  Next week the Cavs will travel to Maryland.  In high school football action tonight the Colonial Heights Colonials will be at home against Prince George, hopefully the rain will hold off for tonight's game.  The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Texas Rangers last night 10-9 in extra innings last night forcing a game 7 tonight in St. Louis.  The Cards rallied form 2 runs down in both the 9th & 10th innings and won it in the 11th, in fact they were down to there last strike in the 9th.  In the NHL the Caps lost there 1st game of the season on the road at Edmonton falling to the Oilers 2-1.  This week the Nascar Sprint Cup Series returns to the Martinsville Speedway.  MICKEY

VIRGINIA AT MIAMI, WORLD SERIES RAINED OUT

The Virginia Cavaliers football team will be looking to rebound from last weeks embarrassing lost to N.C. State tonight at Miami.  It will be a very tough task for the very young Cavaliers because Miami seem to be playing its best football of the season the last few weeks.  All the picks are now in for this weeks contest and everybody had them in by 9pm last night which was good, I did have to push a few people to speed them up though.  Well game 6 of the World Series was rained out last night in St. Louis, they will try again tonight with the Rangers leading the series 3-2.  The Washington Capitals will be looking to stay undefeated on the young season tonight in Edmonton when they face the Oilers, the Caps are the only undefeated left in the NHL.  The warm weather end today here in the Heights with a high 77 expected before the cold air comes in later tonight and tomorrows high is only going to be 52 with the lows dropping into the 30's tomorrow night.  Well they are going to lay fellow blogger Scott's dad to rest this afternoon in Matoaca, Scott and the rest of the family arrived in town lat night.  MICKEY

I HAVE A BRUISED HEAL

While playing with Mozart last night I injured my left heal when I backed into a coffee table and hit square on my left heal bone and yes it did leave a mark.  Also my sinuses where bothering me all night and I didn't sleep to well either.  I am missing allot of peoples picks as well this week so I am hoping those people will get on the ball today and sen there picks in.  The Texas Rangers will look to win the World Series tonight.  MICKEY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEITH, TEXAS 1 WIN AWAY FROM WINNING WINNING THE WORLD SERIES

Well today is fellow blogger Keith Goulder's birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEITH.  The Texas Rangers are just 1 win away from winning this years World Series after beating the St. Louis Cardinals last night 4-2 and now lead the series 3-2 with game 6 set for tomorrow night in St. Louis.  It looks like it is going to be in the 70's the next 3 days before dropping back into the 50's this weekend with a chance of rain on Friday.  MICKEY

GREEN BAY 7-0, RANGERS EVEN UP WORLD SERIES

The Green Bay Packers improved to 7-0 yesterday beating the Minnesota Vikings 33-27, Green Bay didn't play very well but just good enough to win and are off next week before heading out to San Diego the following week.  The Washington Redskins appear to be in some serious trouble after starting the season out well the Skins lost to Carolina 33-20.  The Skins just looked bad all day and the injuries are continuing to mount and they appear to be like Virginia they don't have a QB.  The Texas Rangers beat the St. Louis Cardinals last night 4-0 to even up the World Series at 2 games a piece with game 5 set for tonight in Texas, GO RANGERS.  Clint Bowyer won yesterdays Sprint Cup race at Talladega passing Jeff Burton on the last lap to pick up the win, Carl Edwards had another pretty good run and now has a 14 point lead over Matt Kenseth in the battle for the Sprint Cup.  MICKEY

CHIZ JOINS JULIANNE AT THE TOP OF THE STANDINGS

Well we have tie at the top of the standings after week 8 of the contest between Julianne & Chiz with The Chief just 1 game back and Guy just 2 games back and 3 more people just 4 games back.  Glen had the best week going 15-8 while Biff had the roughest week going 10-13.  This upcoming week there appears to be some tough games so there could be allot changes in the standings next week, I don't know whether there can be as many upsets next week as there where this week though.  Also on a very sad note fellow player Scott's father & Joy's father in law and Dusty's grandfather in law passed away last night in Georgia after a brief illness.  MICKEY


WEEK 9 GAMES
VIRGINIA AT MIAMI
BYU AT TCU
MICHIGAN STATE AT NEBRASKA
ILLINOIS AT PENN STATE
N.C. STATE AT FLORIDA STATE
SYRACUSE AT LOUISVILLE
MISSOURI AT TEXAS A&M
ARKANSAS AT VANDERBILT
BOSTON COLLEGE AT MARYLAND
GEORGIA VS FLORIDA IN JACKSONVILLE
NAVY AT NOTRE DAME
TULANE AT EAST CAROLINA
WAKE FOREST AT NORTH CAROLINA
WEST VIRGINIA AT RUTGERS
SMU AT TULSA
OKLAHOMA AT KANSAS STATE
OLE MISS AT AUBURN
MISSISSIPPI STATE AT KENTUCKY
SOUTH CAROLINA AT TENNESSEE
STANFORD AT USC
CLEMSON AT GEORGIA TECH
WISCONSIN AT OHIO STATE
SOUTHERN MISS AT UTEP
WYOMING AT SAN DIEGO STATE
JAMES MADISON AT OLD DOMINION

STANDINGS AFTER WEEK 8

1. JULIANNE 119-62---

2. CHIZ 119-62---

3. THE CHIEF 118-63 -1

4. GUY 117-64 -2

5. BOBBY 115-66 -4

6. MURPH 115-66 -4

7. DUSTY 115-66 -4

8. SCOTT 114-67 -5

9. MICKEY 113-68 -6

10. JOHN 112-69 -7

11. TOM 112-69 -7

12. GLEN 111-70 -8

13. JONATHAN 110-71 -9

14. ANDREW 109-72 -10

15. ERIK 109-72 -10

16. LEE 108-72 -11

17. BIFF 107-74 -12

18. JOY 107-74 -12

19. RICK 104-77 -15

20. KEITH 103-78 -16

21. GEORGE 102-79 -17

22. AMANDA 98-83 -21

23. PHILLIPS 95-86 -24

TIE BREAKER STANDINGS

JULIANNE 3

MICKEY 2

GUY 2

THE CHIEF 1

ERIK 1

CHIZ 1

JOHN 1

TOM 1

BIFF 1

JONATHAN 1

GLEN 1

IT'S TOUGH TO BE A VIRGINIA FAN, GREEN BAY AT MINNESOTA

One week after upsetting Georgia Tech the Virginia Cavaliers lost to a note so good N.C. State team 28-14 at home sending all Cavaliers fans home in a not so good mood.  The Virginia offense struggled terribly against a defense that was suppose to be pretty banged and not so good but the Cavs offense made them look like the Monsters of the Midway.  There was some pretty questionably play calling by the offensive coordinator and the fact that he can't decide who the QB should be isn't helping the situation at all.  Well it doesn't get any easier for the Cavs this week since they have a Thursday night game on the road at Miami.  The East Carolina Pirates beat Navy 38-35 yesterday and will return home next week against Tulane.  Today in the NFL the Green Bay Packers will look to go to 7-0 on the road at Minnesota, the Vikings come into the game with a 1-5 record.  The Washington Redskins will be on the road at Carolina today, I think the Skins are going to have a tough time stopping Cam Newton today.  Mark Martin captured the pole for today's Nascar race at Talladega, today's could go a long way in determining this years champion.  The St. Louis Cardinals pounded the Texas Rangers last night 16-7 to take a 2-1 lead in the World Series, Albert Pujols lead the way hitting 3 HR'S in the game.  The Washington Capitals are the only undefeated team left in the NHL after pounding the Detroit Red Wings 7-1 in Washington last night, the Caps will go for win #8 on the season at Edmonton on Thursday night. I will release the updated standings and next weeks games later this morning.  MICKEY

HEADING TO UVA TODAY

Well I am going to be heading to UVA today to watch the Virginia Cavaliers face the N.C. State Wolfpack this afternoon looking to build on last weeks win over Georgia Tech.  The game will be televised on ESPNU at 3:30pm if anybody wants to watch it.  The East Carolina Pirates are on the road today at Navy, this will be a very tough task for the Pirates who were crushed by Navy last year.  The Colonial Heights Colonials lost last night on the road at Dinwiddie 45-7, the Colonials will return home next Friday night to face Prince George.  Down at the beach last night Manteo beat Plymouth 46-40 while Bertie beat First Flight 36-27.  They will play game 3 of the World Series tonight in Texas with the series tied up at 1-1, GO RANGERS.  The only 2 undefeated teams in the NHL will face off tonight in Washington when the Capitals face the Detroit Red Wings, the Caps are 6-0 and the Red Wings are 5-0.  It looks like allot of people got off to some rough starts in this weeks pick-em contest last night when Louisville upset Rutgers and Syracuse stunned West Virginia.  MICKEY