Washington QB Jake Locker dove into the endzone with no time left in the 4th quarter to bring the Huskies within 1 point of BYU at 28-27.

As he gets up, he tosses the ball into the air.

By rule this is "excessive celebration" and he's flagged for a 15 yard unsportsmanlike penalty.

The Huskies are pushed back for the PAT and the kick's blocked--game over.

I understand a "rule's a rule" but at this point in the game I can't believe you make that call.

The best part of college fooball is it's intensity and you put a damper on that with this rule.

Unless the player is taunting the other team or doing something else crazy in the end zone, I think you should let it go.

The Twins relief corps continued to hemorrhage runs today.

The Twins were ahead 4-2 in the 8th inning today, which in recent seasons has meant the game was over.

Not anymore.

Dennys Reyes and Matt Guerrier both gave up 2-run homers in the 8th and the Twins lost  6-4.

The Twins loaded the bases in the 9th but Joe Mauer struck out and Justin Morneau lined out to 2nd to end the game.

Going into this season, the relief corps appeared to be the strongest part of this team.

Pat Neshek's injury has taken its toll on the bullpen.

Outside of Joe Nathan, almost everyone's role changed in the bullpen when Neshek went down.

The biggest change has been for Guerrier and he hasn't handled it well.

He pitched great as a middle reliever but has not done well as the 8th inning set-up man..

Dennys Reyes' role hasn't changed but he needs to be replaced by Craig Breslow and Eddie Guardado as the guy to come in and get a left-handed hitter out.

Today's loss combined with Chicago's win over the Angels in 15 innings puts the Twins 2 1/2 games back.

 

2005 was the last time we could say that about a Gopher football team.

The Gophers crushed Bowling Green tonight 42-17 in a game played at Bowling Green.

Adam Weber continued to make good decisions with the football and had no turnovers.

Eric Decker once again showed that he's one of the best players in the Big Ten, scoring 2 TDs -- one rushing and one receiving.

Duane Bennett has given them a threat at running back that they didn't have last year.

The Gophers defense played well against the run but once again struggled against the pass.

The defense forced 5 turnovers which the offense turned into 28 points.

The Gophers are clearly a better team than they were last year.

They're not ready to challenge the big boys in the Big Ten just yet but Coach Brewster has them headed in the right direction.

Discussion about a Vikings stadium has begun again, this time centering around Minneapolis.

I believe the Vikings will eventually either end up remodeling the Metrodome or tearing it down and building a new stadium on the same site -- similar to what happened in St. Paul when the Xcel Center was built at the site of the St. Paul Civic Center.

Currently the problem with remodeling the Metrodome or building a new stadium on that site is that the Vikings would not have anywhere to play while construction is underway.

That problem will be solved when the University of Minnesota opens its new stadium in 2009 which is 2 years before the Vikings lease runs out.

The Vikings could play at the Gophers stadium until their new stadium was finished, much like the Bears did when they played at the University of Illinois while Soldier Field was renovated.

The biggest advantage that Minneapolis has over the other sites such as Blaine is that the necessary infrastructure is already in place.

Adequate highway access along with the light rail system, which will most likely expand, are already available.

The other sites would need millions of dollars to improve roads and other infrastructure in addition to the money already needed to build the stadium.

I doubt that the legislature would approve building a new stadium in the suburbs once building in downtown Minneapolis becomes a viable option.

It'll be interesting how this story unfolds over the next year or two.