What the heck is wrong with Pryor? Do you blame Tressel for the conservative play calling? Do you blame the coaching staff for the poor throwing mechanics? Or just think he’s not a good quarterback just a good athlete. His overall development hasn’t been much. He doesn’t seem to be able to read defenses, holds the ball too long and can’t throw short passes. Teams will and should stuff 9 in the box and make Pryor throw to beat them.

Question will be at what point does he go on the bench if this continues? Clearly he was promised the starting job when recruited but if this keeps going the Columbus faithful will be calling for heads.

Small Ball and a Big Lefty Lift Yankees (NYT)

Meanwhile, playing in the great weather of LA, the Dodgers even things up in the NLCS with a 2-1 win over the Phillies. Pedro pitched very well. The win was huge for the Dodgers avoiding going 0-2. Game 3 will be in Philly on Sunday.

Dodgers’ Andre Ethier takes one for the team. (LAT)

Iowa @ Wisconsin – Should be a great game. Like to see the Badgers knock off the Hawkeyes. This should a good old fashion Big 10 game. We’ll take the Hawkeyes to win by a field goal.

Northwestern @ Michigan State – State is on a 2 game winning streak. We expect them to keep going. They are still in the race to win the Big 10 title after their rough start. State wins big.

The Ohio State @ Purdue – OSU’s offense looked bad last week but the D and Special Teams played well. We expect Pryor and the offense to bounce back. Buckeyes will win big.

Delaware State @ Michigan – Another one of those jokes of a game by the Big 10 conference. Should be a good rebound game for Tate Forcier and Rich Rod, couldn’t of asked for a better opponent. No upset here, even though we’ll hope for one.

Minnesota @ Penn State – Probably the Big 10 game of the week. PSU won last year in overtime. PSU needs to make sure they don’t sleep over the Gophers. We’ll take the Lions, but it’ll be close.

Illinois @ Indiana – A battle of two oh-fer teams in the Big 10. Nothing exciting here. We’ll the Hoosiers to win at home.

Kershaw’s last start was against the Rockies going 6 innings without giving a run and striking out 10. We won’t second guess Torre, but it is a gamble for him and the Dodgers. We maintain our Dodger Blue pick to take the NL.

Torre Picks 21-Year-Old to Start Game 1 (New York Times)

She’s in the latest GQ. See more here.

Source: Yahoo! Sports via Cleveland Plain Dealer

[Eric Mangini says Brady isn't going anywhere soon. Still gotta believe the Browns would move him for the right deal. (CPD)]

We will continue to assess the oh-fer teams until none remain.  We’ll give you our thoughts and then rate them by color with Green = highly unlikely the team will go 0-16, Yellow = possibility the team will go 0-16 and Red = mark them down for 0-16.

Tennessee Titans (0-5) – Lost to Peyton Manning and team 31-9.  Vince Young saw some action in the 4th quarter as Kerry Collins was pulled.  Never seen a team drop so many passes before.  At some point Jeff Fisher needs to think for the future and let Vince Young take the reins (maybe not the next game but very soon).  In terms of their oh-fer possibility, we still think the schedule bodes well for potential win(s) against the Jags, Bills, and Rams.  TYP Assessment…GREEN = unlikely for 0-16 record

Kansas City Chiefs (0-5) – The other oh-fer in the AFC.  Thought they were going to pull off an upset against the Cowboys after sending the game into overtime.  Unfortunately, they gave up the big play to Miles Austin (who?), who had a 60-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown downing the Chiefs 26-20.  Matt Cassel is improving.  Larry Johnson’s stats…21 carries, 37 yards (1.8 yds per carry).  Would it be possible to return back some (or all) of that salary and bonus LJ?  Talk about taking the money and running or in his case not running.  TYP Assessment…YELLOW = possibility for 0-16 record

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-5) – The Bucs started Josh Johnson and he responded with 2 touchdowns…but 3 interceptions.  They lost 33-14 to the Eagles.  Both of Johnson’s touchdowns went to Kellen “I’m a soldier!” Winslow.  At some point, Winslow has to be thinking why is he getting punished for going from one lousy organization (Cleveland Browns) to another.  Schedule doesn’t look favorable, although they get to face turnover machine (but not oh-fer) Jake Delhomme and the Panthers.  TYP Assessment…YELLOW= possibility for 0-16 record

St. Louis Rams (0-5) – The other NFC oh-fer team on our list which got blown out today, 38-10 against Brett Favre and the Vikings.  Their point differential this season is an amazing 112 points!  We’re not even sure the Rams could beat a college team.  Of all of the oh-fer teams, this is one is by far the worst.  We believe the Rams will be this year’s Detroit Lions.  The only somewhat bright spot is still Steven Jackson (our fantasy guy) with 451 rushing this season.  TYP Assessment…RED = high possibilty for 0-16 record

No longer on the oh-fer list…Cleveland Browns (win over Buffalo Bills) and Carolina Panthers (win over Washington Redskins)…