Jackson Free Press

It's time again for our prophet crying out in the wilderness, our hope in a hopeless world, the voice of reason in an unreasonable universe ...

Fester's notes and quotes ...

36-7. Ding dong, The King (Gator) is Dead…..A doinked Syracuse extra point with 30 seconds left gave Temple coach and Mississippi State (and Callaway High) grad Bobby Wallace a 17-16 win, their first Div. I-A triumph, their first ever Big East win over Syracuse, and their first win overall against Syracuse since 1983. The Cuse has yet to beat a Div. I-A team. With their struggle over Syracuse and shellacking at the hands of the Pigs, Auburn and Tommy "The Human Resume`" have come into focus pretty quickly…..Florida's 209 consecutive weeks of being ranked in the AP poll - the nation's longest active streak - came to a deafening thud in The Swamp Saturday night. Zook is at #26, two AP votes behind Bowling Green. The Gators are 24 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll…..Hip new stat of the week: LSU is 23-1 under Nick Saban when scoring more than 20 points…..Shortly after being the beneficiary of a terrible officiating call, Penn State was again victimized by a terrible call during their overtime loss at Michigan. At press time, no assault charges had been filed against JoePa. Or LaVar Arrington, for that matter…..Pittsburgh outgained Notre Dame 402-185. Notre Dame had 40 rushing yards on 32 totes. Notre Dame outscored Pittsburgh 14-6. Notre Dame is 6-0 with a Saturday night ESPN date at the Air Force Academy. Pick The Flyboys early…..Mississippi State 11, Troy State 8. Enough said…..Way too much media: LSU's fake FG and an Air Force pass with a 38-3 lead and 12 minutes left were both mentioned as "running the score up." Puhhh-leeeeeze.