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In the spirit of continued US soccer dominance over Mexico, I present this “dos a cero” tee shirt.

Link: USA 2 Mexico 0 (USA Today)

Related Posts: Kobe Shirt (12/6/2006)

This week’s CCC College Basketball Ranking is a little late but worth the wait. After a week filled with upsets there is movement all around. Kentucky was this week’s biggest mover as they moved up 6 spots. New to the rankings this week are Georgetown, Southern Illinois, and USC. We say bye to Virginia Tech, Texas, and Alabama. Here are this week’s rankings (2/5/07).

The rankings are comprised using the Coaches Poll, AP Poll, Sagarin Computer Rankings, Moore Computer Rankings, Pomeroy Computer Rankings, Colley Computer Rankings, and the RPI.

Did the Colts face the toughest opposition ever on their road to the Super Bowl?  Well if that question is referring to the defensive prowess of their opposition, then the answer is yes. A quick check of the team defensive statistics shows that the Colts defeated the #1, #2, and #3 ranked defense in succession.  Additionally, these three teams allowed an average of 14.43 points per game.  Examining the Super Bowls winner’s path each of the last 5 years this average is over a point and a half lower than what any other team faced. (Statistics via ESPN.com)

*Wild Card Rounds were excluded in these averages.

2006 Colts defeated Kansas City #11 (19.7), Baltimore #1 (12.6), New England #2 (14.8), and Chicago #3 (15.9)

2005 Steelers defeated Cincinnati 22(21.9) Indianapolis #2 (15.4), Denver #3 (16.1), and Seattle #7 (16.9)

2004 New England defeated Indianapolis #22(21.9), Pittsburgh  #1 (15.7), and Philadelphia #2 (16.3)

2003 New England defeated Tennessee #13 (20.3), Indianapolis #20 (21.0), and Carolina #10 (19.0)

2002 Tampa Bay defeated San Francisco #14 (21.9), Philadelphia #4 (15.1), and Oakland #6 (19.0)

No, this isn’t about how much cooler Jay-Z was before he started hanging out with Fallout Boy and making Budweiser commercials. (Of course, I heard on the radio the other day that Beyonce was named the world’s most desirable female, so he’s obviously still doing OK, despite the loss in Street Cred.)

It’s about the end of an era at A4H!’s beloved Liverpool Football Club. Today the club announced it has accepted the offer of Americans George Gillett — owner of the National Hockey League’s Montreal Canadiens — and Tom Hicks — owner of the NHL’s Dallas Stars and Major League Baseball’s Texas Rangers. [Link.]

The deal includes financing for the new stadium in Stanley Park and a promise to invest in new players.

I’ll have more to say on this later, but for now, work calls.

Onward and upward!

Related Posts: 
DIC ending negotiations (1/31/07)
West Ham Takeover (11/22/06)

A friend of mine pointed out that the look sported in the “Nike Second Coming” advertisements, is incredibly similar to the late 90’s Backstreet Boys.  I’m sure this was not done intentionally but it is funny.

Related Posts: Watch Advertisements (1/2/2007)

The accolades keep coming for former United States International Brian McBride.  Last weekend football365.com rated him Fulham’s player of the season thus far and this week Chris Coleman claims he is one of the top Premiership transfer ever.

“If you look at it pound for pound, you can’t buy anyone who attacks the ball like he does and score goals like he does. For the amount of money we spent and the service he has given us, it has got to be the best £700,000 that anyone has ever spent.”  (Link)

Earlier on LogeLevel: An appreciation for Brian McBride (12/4/2006)