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Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here. Is it all right if a CU quarterback throws a touchdown pass before we speculate about when the Buffs will win? In case you’ve misplaced your calculator, they’re up to 109 passes, one an intentional spike, sans TD. …
Not that Bernard Jackson and James Cox should feel too badly. Ben Roethlisberger hasn’t thrown a touchdown pass, either. …
Did you notice? All four Front Range teams are favored this week. That’s no easy feat when one (CU) is 0-5 and another (Wyoming) is 1-4. …
Ah, the life of a journeyman. Bradlee Van Pelt in the past month has been waived in the Mountain time zone and worked out for teams (Seattle, Kansas City and the N.Y. Giants) in three other time zones. And, for all he knows, his adventures are just beginning. His future could be in another country – Canada. …
Never thought I’d be typing this in October. Broncos tight end Tony Scheffler, one of the hot topics of training camp, had one fewer catch during the bye week than he had in his first three NFL games. …
Randy Moss, when asked by Fox Sports Radio if he wanted out of Raiderland: “The way it seems, I’m not the only one unhappy around here. If me moving elsewhere is what my future holds, then I’m ready to see it.” …
ESPN.com’s Jayson Stark after ordaining Brandon Webb his National League Cy Young Award winner: “Apologies to: (Chris) Carpenter, (Carlos) Zambrano, (Roy) Oswalt, (John) Smoltz and The Humidor.” …
Humidor or no humidor, Garrett Atkins put up some serious numbers in his breakout season. Since critics will point to Coors Field as the culprit, thought I’d march out Atkins’ road stats compared to David Wright, generally considered the best young third baseman in baseball. Wright away from Shea: .309, 13 homers, 55 ribbies. Atkins away from Coors: .313-14-47. …
Sure, the Rockies showed some improvement this season, but count Todd Helton among those discouraged by how the year turned out. Said Helton, when asked about the Rox’s prospects for 2007, “I don’t want to keep predicting what’s going to happen when it doesn’t happen.” …
Pete Rose tells David Letterman he doesn’t bet on baseball anymore. But if he did, he would bet on the Twins and Padres to play in the World Series. How did they do in their playoff openers anyway? …
You can exhale now, Larry Coker. The U of Miami’s next three opponents are North Carolina, Florida International and Duke. Combined record: 1-12. …
How much respect should the MVP voters show David Ortiz? Maybe they should check out how much respect he got from American League pitchers. Big Papi received 23 intentional walks to four for Derek Jeter. …
Kobe Bryant, when asked by reporters in L.A. about those 220 pounds of muscle he was carrying on the first day of training camp: “BALCO.” …
What do you say we all pitch in and buy Titans cornerback Pacman Jones a clue? Jones said after the Albert Haynesworth foot-facial incident that the Titans need “more thugs.” …
Not that the Ravens’ defense is something special, but they’re 4-0 with the NFL’s 28th-ranked offense. …
The greatest thing about October: playoff baseball. The worst thing about October: the Yankees’ payroll ($194.7 million) dwarfing the competition’s ($208.2 million combined for the Twins, Tigers and A’s). …
Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle, wondering why the 49ers’ new stadium will take six years to build: “After a quake and fire, it didn’t take San Francisco six years to build San Francisco.” …
So T.O. wasn’t attempting suicide after all. Don’t know about you, but one more ESPN report on the whole thing and I might have considered it. …
And finally, happy 62nd birthday to Cardinals skipper Tony La Russa. Well, not counting those 10 years he aged in the final week of the season.
Catch Jim Armstrong from 6-9 a.m. during “The Press Box” on ESPN 560 AM. He can be reached at 303-954-1269 or jmarmstrong@denverpost.com.
