Some sportswriters are describing the stunning ending of Saturday night's Alabama-Auburn football game as not only the greatest finale of any college contest ever, but the greatest ending of any sporting event (Specifically Mike Vaccaro with the New York Post).
The two previous greatest endings that immediately come to this reporter's mind in college football happened within each other in the early 1980's - the classic wild ending of the Cal-Stanford game that ended John Elway's amateur career in 1982, and Doug Flutie's magical Hail Mary pass to Gerald Phelan in Boston College's last-second victory over Miami in 1984 (that game also took place during Thanksgiving weekend).
The upshot is that Florida State is number one for the first time since 2000, and could play for the national championship if they hold on and beat Duke next Saturday. But if they win next week, who will they play for in January? Will it be Ohio State, Auburn or Alabama? Or Missouri? Lots of folks have blasted (with some justification) the BCS (Bowl Championship Series) that began in 1998 and which will be phased out next year, but there are those of who like the current system, making each Saturday a de facto playoff game for the schools competing to be number one.
So what else did you do this weekend? If you went to any Walmarts on Black Friday you undoubtedly saw protesters, as there were over 1,000 scheduled such events across the country. CL attended a rally in Tampa where activists protested the retail giant's tendency to pay wages that people say are simply too low in 2013.
It is the holiday season and the Tampa Police Department wants to show that they really don't want to criminalize the homeless. That's why they announced a partnership with the Downtown Partnership and the Salvation Army last Wednesday that will provide funding for those without a home to get lodging.
And yesterday was the 25th annual World AIDS Day. Rock star Bono from U2 took to ABC's This Week yesterday to give praise to Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill for funding AIDS programs on both a domestic and international front.
