Sports weekend

Penn State righted the ship with a comfortable win against Iowa and Illinois showed they're for real by knocking off Wisconsin. We get the Badgers at home next week for a game that should indicate if the Lions will get a good bowl game or another appearance in the Alamo Bowl.

The Phillies raised our hopes then broke our hearts yet again. Good pitching beat good hitting, we'll get'em next year. The Phils pitchers seemed to get squeezed by the umps but that's baseball. Unlike some people, I'm not calling for a Congressional investigation. Now I'm focused on the Red Sox winning it all. The Phils and the Sox have provided a lot of pain in my baseball life. At least the Eagles won't lose this week.