Bill Bob Thrash
Bill Bob Thrash produces Jack Dale's Sportsline for 1340 The Fan and you can also hear Bill Bob on the play-by-play of high school sports on KFYO & 1340 The Fan
It's all but assured we'll have a 1 vs. 2 college football matchup on Nov. 5 in Tuscaloosa. After protecting unbeaten records with wins on Saturday, LSU remains No. 1 in the weekly AP poll and Alabama still sits second. Both the Tigers and Crimson Tide have a bye week to prepare for their showdown.
Jon Miller, an executive with NBC Sports, called into Jack Dale's Sportsline this morning to talk about some of NBC's new sports programming. Miller, who lives in New York, has roots in Washington, D.C. As a child Miller was a Washington Senators fan which is now the Texas Rangers franchise.
Orlando Scandrick spent part of his bye weekend getting to know Wes Welker. On the flights to and from Los Angeles, the Cowboys cornerback studied Welker's game film. Even while visiting friends and family, Scandrick carved out time to try understanding how New England's little receiver keeps making such big plays — and trying to figure out how he can prevent them when Dallas plays Welker and the Patriots on Sunday.
Oakland Raiders quarterback Terrelle Pryor returned to practice for the first time since serving a five-game suspension. Pryor practiced with his teammates on Wednesday, two days after his suspension was officially lifted.
The Detroit Tigers were able to avoid a three-games-to-none deficit in the American League Championship Series Tuesday night. Doug Fister pitched into the eighth inning as he and the Tigers tied a team postseason record by belting three homers in a 5-2 triumph over the Texas Rangers.
Matthew Stafford threw for 219 yards and two touchdowns, including an 18-yard scoring strike to Brandon Pettigrew that put the Lions ahead to stay in the third quarter. The Detroit Lions beat the Chicago Bears 24-13 last night to improve to 5-0 for the first time in 55 years.