Time to celebrate because Joe Buck is back in the booth with Troy Aikman!  Will the feel-good nature of his World Series call last beyond a week, or will he make a late run at the Straight Outta Stockton crowd?  Pats-Giants, Jets-Bills, Chargers-Packers, and Bucs-Saints dot a pretty good afternoon of Sunday action ahead of Ravens-Steelers tonight.  Dickies leader Phil Simms is with Jim Nantz in Buffalo while Dick himself will be calling the Saints game... that means an afternoon of fun for yours truly!

We'll try and update the thread as best as we can on Sundays, but you can check the comments below and our Twitter timeline for all submissions.  You can also tweet us by using the hashtag #SOSAA to send in quotes.  Then, we'll be back on Tuesdays with 15-20 nominees and you'll vote on our Top 10 for the week.  SOS winners will be announced Thursdays with updated standings.  Below you can find the links to last week's Top 10 and this week's NFL announcing schedule with broadcast maps.

Week 8 Dickies Winners & Standings

Week 9 NFL Announcing Schedule 

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Let's start us off with one crossover quote putting the pregame hype for LSU-Alabama into perspective... "No matter what you hear or see, the Bama/LSU game will be decided on the field." - Eddie George (via bumper2322)

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After LSU out Finkle'd Alabama 9-6, Herbstreit was interviewed by Chris Fowler immediately after he had announced the NBA Jam inspired OK State win over Kansas State. It already was a peculiar interview as the two games were happening simultaneously and Herbstreit and Musberger were in Stillwater and obviously were not able to closely follow the SEC game. What made the interview exponentially stranger was the fact that Stillwater was being shook by an earthquake as he was live on the air. Check out the video below. At about 5 seconds in you can tell something wild/hilarious is going on.

I've never personally been in an earthquake, but I can imagine it is an especially harrowing experience. What I am absolutely floored by is the fact that Herbstreit doesn't even interrupt Fowler while this is going on. He has those couple of seconds of absolute pure terror but then remarkably refocuses and regains his calm as if everything is fine. After briefly explaining the situation to Fowler, he then has him ask his question again about a game he never actually watched.

[Picture via SB Nation]

They just so happen to be playing a game of football Saturday night in Alabama this week that you may have heard a little something about.  There are actually other games this week too, and another full week of the Pammies!

Week 10 Announcing Schedule 

"it's caught!!!!!!!!!!!! incomplete." - Dave Lamont (via bjo109) 

Rece Davis: "What would you tell kids to do in that situation?"
Craig James: "Don't watch SportsCenter" (via sctvman) 

"Miami next up on their dance card, a week from Saturday." - Rece Davis (via sctvman) 

"And Jack Nicklaus' grandson is on the green in one! Or at least in the red zone." - Rece Davis (via Rob Laser)

"Jimbo Fisher knows how to get QBs ready for the NFL; when he was at LSU, he had JaMarcus Russell 1st Overall" - Jesse Palmer (via AlexFromBuffalo)

"We've had 3 touchdowns in 6 minutes" - Rod Gilmore (via BoBips2188) with the score 7-7.

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Friday was the 9th anniversary of 'Around The Horn,' so show host Tony Reali celebrated by stepping inside Henry Hill's character and paying tribute to Goodfellas' Copacabana scene to enter the set of the 'Horn':

 "This has been inside me since I started working on television 10 years ago," Reali, who started working on 'Pardon the Interruption' in 2001, told Moviefone over email. "The most perfect scene from the most perfect movie; I had no shot at being happy until I did it. The result was emotional, spiritual and transformative. A necessary evacuation. Like the food poisoning I got from the sushi at the Pittsburgh airport."

Atta boy, Reali. I got respect for this kid:

Saturday night the world will stop spinning on its axis for about three and a half hours and Gary Danielson will be the most listened-to man in the Western hemisphere when Alabama hosts LSU in Tuscaloosa.  Maybe that's not the best way to begin talking about the media hype surrounding the game.  Oh well...

The country will be fixated on the #1 vs #2 SECmageddon game between the Tigers and the Tide Saturday night on CBS.  This game is already being labeled as the next "Game of the Century" (hey, it's only been five years since our last one in 2006 - OSU vs Michigan).  The 1 vs 2 storyline combined with the domination of the SEC* and the 24/7 media cycle has made this the most hyped regular season college football game in recent memory.  With the sheer volume of sports venues, this is without doubt the most talked about regular season college football game of all-time.  

*Will Alabama fans chant S-E-C even if LSU wins on Saturday?  Something worth pondering...

Anticipating the importance of the game, CBS made a hugely complicated network television trade to put the game in primetime.  ESPN has also taken the rare step of taking their flagship show, College Gameday, to Tuscaloosa for a non-ESPN game.  The mothership is also pouring a surprising amount of hours into promoting the game considering LSU-Alabama isn't on the "family of networks."  Jimmy Traina of SI humorously noticed this as well...

But alas, the other side of the coin with the 24/7 attention given to LSU-Bama is that some people are already getting weary before Saturday even arrives as things get ridiculous - Gameday is evidently doing an entire segment on Les Miles' hat.  Is the Alabama-LSU hype justified or is it too much?  Can the game possibly live up to the hype?  I got a chance to talk to Bruce Feldman of CBS yesterday for Bloguin's national college football site, Crystal Ball Run about the game as a whole and the hype surrounding Bama/LSU specifically.  I asked Bruce if this was the biggest college game of the BCS era.  His response made a great point...

"I want to tell you that it's the biggest regular-season game of the BCS era. Is it really? Maybe. I can justify it and say, since we have Twitter and more social media and more, well, media, it'll be the most hyped regular-season college football game. What's added to that is the fact that the SEC has won the previous five BCS titles. That last part means the SEC has by far the most cache of any of the power conferences has ever had setting up one of these. The only reason why I hedged a little bit is because we live in a world of hyperbole where everything is the best this or worst that, and the latest thing, which is so fresh in our minds, always is the biggest or best and we're in a rush to anoint things as such."

Even five years ago, the hyperbole in the 24/7 sports media cycle was nowhere near what it is today.  So what separates hyperbole from true intrigue and excitement surrounding a game?  All the tweets, debates, and live hours of SportsCenter weren't there to endlessly discuss one topic just a few years ago.  Networks, websites, media companies, and blogs weren't all fighting for the same space the way they are today.  Is it too much for LSU-Alabama or is it just a product of the enormity of the game and the present situation in sports?  It's a careful balance to consider as we look forward to a highly anticipated game.  As a college football fan it will be an incredible night, but there's also a hesitant hope that the game actually lives up to half of its monumental billing.

Thank God though for LSU and Alabama, because at least it's pushed Tebow to the second most talked about story in sports this week.

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Floyd Mayweather continued his tradition of wanting to fight everyone except the one person we all really want to see him fight. This time PBF wanted some of Sirius Radio host Rude Jude and called into his show. What follows is nearly 7 minutes of yelling that dabbles into multiple unexpected topics including race, google, and insecurity that culminates in Floyd threatening to have 50 Cent call in and yell at the radio host as well. It's fantastic radio if you are into the whole nonsensical radio where two compete to out volume each other.

I don't even know what I think about Floyd at this stage. I've never really been a fan of his, but I absolutely think I'm falling for his "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase persona he has adopted. His entire, "WHO ARE YOU? ARE YOU AS RICH AS ME? NO? THEN, SHUT UP!" is straight out of the bad guy playbook of the WWF. His outrageous delusion, paranoia and flaunting of what he has is either one of the most spectacular evil characters ever or just plain sad.

All of those stunts pulled by the diabolical "Million Dollar Man" really seem like the next logical step that this Mayweather character is going to take and i'm very excited about it. I mean, I've watched a lot of Mayweather fights, and they rarely live up to the hype. No doubt he is fantastic, but from a strictly entertainment point of view it almost always is a letdown. At this point, almost everyone is against him and it seems he has completely embraced the villain persona.

My hope is that if Mayweather and Pacquiao ever do fight, the match takes place in Scrooge McDuck's money pit.

[Barstool Sports Boston]

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The Chargers just lost a tough one last Monday to the Chiefs, but something in my loins tells me they overcome it to hand the Packers their first loss of the season. Something weird. 

Broadcast maps courtesty of The 506 can be found here.

Sunday, November 6 

San Francisco 49ers @ Washington Redskins (FOX 1PM) Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston, Tony Siragusa
Seattle Seahawks @ Dallas Cowboys (FOX 1PM) Chris Myers, Tim Ryan
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ New Orleans Saints (FOX 1PM) Dick Stockton, John Lynch
Atlanta Falcons @ Indianapolis Colts (FOX 1PM) Ron Pitts, Jim Mora
New York Jets @ Buffalo Bills (CBS 1PM) Jim Nantz, Phil Simms
Cleveland Browns @ Houston Texans (CBS 1PM) Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts
Miami Dolphins @ Kansas City Chiefs (CBS 1PM) Kevin Harlan, Solomon Wilcots

Denver Broncos @ Oakland Raiders (CBS 4PM) Greg Gumbel, Dan Dierdorf
Cincinnati Bengals @ Tennessee Titans (CBS 4PM) Marv Albert, Rich Gannon
New York Giants @ New England Patriots (FOX 4:15PM) Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Pam Oliver
Green Bay Packers @ San Diego Chargers (FOX 4:15PM) Thom Brennaman, Brian Billick, Laura Okmin
St. Louis Rams @ Arizona Cardinals (FOX 4:15PM) Sam Rosen, Chad Pennington

Baltimore Baltimore @ Pittsburgh Steelers (NBC 8:20PM) Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Michele Tafoya

Monday, November 7

Chicago Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles (ESPN 8:30PM) Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden, Ron Jaworski

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It's hard to tell whether or not Cowherd is actually digging for gold here on The Herd from this replay angle.  Where's Mike Pereira when you need him?  Oh, well... you can judge for yourself whether or not this is the most intelligent thing Colin Cowherd has ever done...

H/T toddjonesatl for the screengrab!

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Craig James is way too excited to be seeing Jesse Palmer.  Awkward bromance or horrible Shining-esque slasher film in the making, you be the judge...

Elsewhere in the snafus this week, Ndamukong Suh was in the news for going into the principal's office to meet with NFL grand and supreme ruler commish Roger Goodell.  According to Fox, a position change was also in order.  How'd you like to be a receiver coming over the middle against safety Ndamukong Suh...

From our friend Willy Yoder comes Yahoo finally getting their act together in terms of his local Wizards updates.  Looks like they've finally come to grips with the lockout...

Back to college football and two snafus from our friend Tim Burke from this week's Midweek MAC Madness.  First, in the pandemonium of NIU 63, Toledo 60, it may have been easy for ESPN to have a graphical gaffe or two with the scoreboard ticking over so much.  What makes this snafu great is ESPN happening to christen analyst Tim Brown "Tin."  Here I thought that was Joe Buck's nickname...

The next night's game was a much lower scoring game.  Ohio only managed one behind in their game with Temple midway through the 3rd Quarter (bonus points if you recognize which sport's scoring I just referenced).

And finally, Andrew Luck and Trent Richardson may be getting all the Heisman hype, but Firstname Lastname may have something to say before this season is all said and done...

That was your week in Screengrab Snafus, next time be careful out there!

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Let's get one thing straight, LSU/Alabama can't be called the "game of the century" before kickoff, but it won't FAIL to entertain, I'm sure.

Tuesday, November 1

Northern Illinois @ Toledo (7PM ESPN2) Dave Lamont, Tim Brown

Wednesday, November 2

Temple @ Ohio (8PM ESPN) Mark Neely, Ray Bentley

Thursday, November 3

Akron @ Miami-OH (7:30 ESPNU) Anish Shroff, Jay Walker
Florida State @ Boston College (8PM ESPN) Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, Craig James, Jenn Brown
Tulsa @ Central Florida (8PM CBS Sports Net) Todd Harris, Doug Chapman

Friday, November 4

Central Michigan @ Kent State (8PM ESPN2) Mike Morgan, Tom Luginbill
USC @ Colorado (9PM ESPN) Dave Lamont, Rod Gilmore

Saturday, November 5

15 Michigan @ Iowa (Noon ESPN) Dave Pasch, Chris Spielman, Urban Meyer, Quint Kessenich
Syracuse @ Connecticut (Noon ESPNU) Pam Ward, Dan Hawkins
Texas Tech @ 21 Texas (Noon FX) Gus Johnson, Charles Davis, Tim Brewster
Minnesota @ 17 Michigan State (Noon BTN) Matt Devlin, Glen Mason, Jon Jansen
Indiana @ Ohio State (Noon BTN) Tom Hart, Derek Rackley, Lisa Byington
Vanderbilt @ Florida (Noon SEC Network) Dave Neal, Andre Ware, Cara Capuano
Louisville @ 24 West Virginia (Noon Big East Network) Mike Gleason, John Congemi, Eamon McAnaney
Ball State @ Eastern Michigan (Noon ESPN+) Michael Reghi, Doug Graber
New Mexico State @ 18 Georgia (12:30 CSS) Matt Stewart, Chris Doering, Maria Taylor
Kansas @ Iowa State (12:30 FOX College Sports) Steve Physioc, Yogi Roth, Desmond Purnell
Virginia @ Maryland (12:30 ACC Network) Tim Brant, Riley Skinner, Mike Hogewood
North Carolina @ North Carolina State (12:30 ACC Network) Steve Martin, Dave Archer, Scott Pryzwansky
Texas Christian @ Wyoming (2PM mtn) Todd Harris, Todd Christensen, Andrea Lloyd
Duke @ Miami-OH (3PM ACC Network) Rich Waltz, Keith Jones, Jenn Hildreth
Army @ Air Force (3:30 CBS) Spero Dedes, Steve Beuerlein, Lewis Johnson
Purdue @ 20 Wisconsin (3:30 ABC/ESPN2) Mike Patrick, Craig James
Texas A&M @ 6 Oklahoma (3:30 ABC/ESPN2) Sean McDonough, Matt Millen, Heather Cox
4 Stanford @ Oregon State (3:30 ABC) Carter Blackburn, Brock Huard
UTEP @ Rice (3:30 FSN) Ron Thulin, JC Pearson, Jeremy Bloom
Mississippi @ Kentucky (3:30 ESPNU) Clay Matvick, Brian Griese, Allison Williams
Troy @ Navy (3:30 CBS Sports Network) Josh Lewin, Randy Cross, Kaylee Hartung
Northwestern @ 10 Nebraska (3:30 BTN) Eric Collins, Chris Martin, Dionne Miller
UL-Monroe @ UL-Lafayette (3:30 Sun Belt Network) Joe Davis, Cole Cubelic Erin Cofiell
25 Southern Mississippi @ East Carolina (4PM CSS) Mike Morgan, Chuck Oliver, Craig Ackerman
Idaho @ San Jose State (4PM WAC Network) Barry Tompkins, Joe Glenn
Utah @ Arizona (6PM Wildcat Sports) Dave Sitton, John Fina, Glenn Howell
Washington State @ California (6:30 CSN California) Roxy Bernstein, Mike Pawlawski, Kate Longworth
Missouri @ Baylor (7PM FSN) Joel Meyers, Brian Baldinger, Jim Knox
Cincinnati @ Pittsburgh (7PM ESPNU) Rob Stone, Danny Kanell
13 Houston @ UAB (7PM CBS Sports Network) Dave Ryan, Rich Rodriguez
Middle Tennessee @ Tennessee (7PM SEC Network) Bob Rathbun, Tim Couch, Kristina Akra
USF @ Rutgers (7PM ESPN3.com) Dave Popkin, Rob Harley
9 South Carolina @ 7 Arkansas (7:15 ESPN) Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe
19 Arizona State @ UCLA (7:30 VS) Ted Robinson, Glenn Parker, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila
1 Louisiana State @ 2 Alabama (8PM CBS) Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson, Tracy Wolfson
14 Kansas State @ 3 Oklahoma State (8PM ABC/ESPN2) Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit, Lisa Salters
Notre Dame @ Wake Forest (8PM ABC/ESPN2) Mark Jones, Ed Cunningham
New Mexico @ San Diego State (8PM mtn) Ari Wolfe, Blaine Fowler, Jenny Cavnar
8 Oregon @ Washington (10PM FSN) Craig Bolerjack, Joel Klatt, Petros Papadakis
Louisiana Tech @ Fresno State (10PM ESPNU) Adam Amin, David Diaz-Infante
5 Boise State @ UNLV (10PM CBS Sports Network) James Bates, Aaron Taylor, Brooke Collins
Utah State @ Hawaii (11:59 Oceanic PPV) Robert Kekaula, Darren Hernandez, Lori Santi, Rob DeMello
Southern University @ Texas Southern University (6pm TSU Sports Network) Nick Strong, Lemont Williams, Ken Burrough

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