9/07/2003

What a day for sports. And NFL Sunday hasn't even begun yet.

Andy Roddick was about to be eliminated from the rain-delayed U.S. Open, having lost the first two sets and facing match point in the third set. But you know, he won that tiebreak in the third set and easily cruised over Argentine David Nalbanian in a short 3 and a half hours with his 140 mph serve. It's too bad it won't be an all-American final as Andre Agassi couldn't win his semifinal match, leaving Roddick to face Juan Carlos Ferrero in the finals tomorrow.

In college football, Cal lost. Colorado State totally dominated the game with its quarterback Van Pelt leading the way. It was amazing to see the score as close as it was (23-21). The way the Rams moved the ball and the Bears couldn't, it should have been a blowout. But lucky bounces for the Bears' defense allowed them to contain the Rams offense late and keep the game close. SJSU lost. After scoring the first 10 points, Stanfurd scored the next 31 and may have found its new quarterback in local product Trent Edwards replacing senior Chris Lewis midway through the game.

But all eyes were on the Miami/Florida game. Brock Berlin used to be Florida's quarterback but transferred to Miami. Now both teams were highly ranked and eagerly awaiting a battle. It looked as though a blowout would occur. After jumping to a 10-3 lead, Florida scored the next 30 points. Miami's double-digit regular season and home winning streaks were in jeopardy. This was when it hit the Canes to do something. And with that, they scored 4 touchdowns to win the game, keeping Florida and its true freshman quarterback from scoring at any future point in the game. And so the streaks are still intact with its 38-33 win.

With the ugliness of the Manny Ramirez situation out of the way, the Red Sox seems to have gotten it together at such an opportune time. They crushed the Yankees again for a second day, leaving them only 1.5 games out of first place. Heck, even the O's won. How crazy is that?

And does anyone realize come October, Sharks season will begin?

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