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College Football Power Ratings Week 7

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Here are this week’s NCAA football power ratings. The IAW rating is how many points different between the two teams, on a neutral field, or how many points underdog they would be against Alabama. Rank Team IAW RTG 1 Alabama 0.0 2 Ohio State 1.8 3 Clemson 5.1 4 LSU 5.3 5 Georgia 5.8 6 Oklahoma 6.2 7 Wisconsin 10.2 8 Penn State 11.2 9 Auburn 12.0 10 Oregon 13.0 11 Notre Dame 13.2 12 Florida 13.7 13 Michigan 16.1 14 Missouri 16.2 15 Utah 17.3 16 Texas A&M 17.6 17 Washington 17.6 18 Iowa 17.7 19 Texas 17.7 20 … Continue reading College Football Power Ratings Week 7

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Week 7 Betting Log

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College Football Appalachian State +3 vs. UL-Lafayette WinSouth Carolina +24.5 vs. Georgia WinLSU -13 vs. Florida WinMoneyline Parlay: Alabama/Clemson/Georgia/Oklahoma/LSU/Wisconsin +123 LossMiss St. -6 at Tennessee LossMaryland -3.5 at Purdue LossUSC +11 at Notre Dame WinTexas +10.5 vs. Oklahoma WinMissouri -450 Win NFL Panthers -1 vs. BuccaneersPatriots -17 vs. Giants WinPatriots -1250 WinPackers -3.5Vikings -3.5Cardinals +3 Continue reading Week 7 Betting Log

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Joker Is No Joke: A Disturbing Look At Mental Illness

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The Joker character works extremely well as a comic book character. He works pretty well as a side piece to a larger story as the villain, but because he was such a bizarre character, it worked best in doses, without examination of the back story. Well, Joker, out now in theaters, is that intense, dark look at the back story. Joaquin Phoenix plays Arthur Fleck, the man behind the drawn-on smile. Fleck is a mentally ill man lost in a broken system who routinely gets kicked when he is down, literally on occasion, figuratively always. Going in, I expected there … Continue reading Joker Is No Joke: A Disturbing Look At Mental Illness

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Lady Mules Win Three On The Road, Move To 22-1

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With three straight road wins this week, Chet Snyder’s Fairfield Lady Mules have already eclipsed the 20-win mark, and have run their win streak to 13 straight. Aces Fairfield traveled to Mt. Carmel Monday for nonconference action against the former NEC rival Aces. Mt. Carmel caught them sleeping in the first set and sprung a 25-20 win on them. Fairfield rallied to take the next two sets, however, 25-16, 25-21, to keep the streak alive. Fairfield let an 8-4 lead slip away in the first set. In the second, they jumped out to a 16-6 lead and did not let … Continue reading Lady Mules Win Three On The Road, Move To 22-1

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Lady Mules Tennis Hosts Triangular

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The Fairfield Lady Mules hosted a tennis triangular Saturday at Lakeside Park, with Richland County and Marion both visiting town. The Lady Tigers edged Fairfield, 3-2, while Marion blanked them, 3-0. They did not play doubles matches against Marion. Against Richland County, Alexis Worthey won in singles play, beating Kira Daniel, 6-3, 6-4, in the number threes match. In doubles play, Lainie Kunce and Cassidy Webb teamed for a  6-4, 1-6, 10-7 win over Abigail Atwood and Paige Steber. Richland Co. 3, Fairfield 2 Singles 1—Kiersen Brach, RC, def. Lainie Milner, F, 7-2 (2), 6-2. 2—Jocelyn Vanmatre, RC, def. Adriana … Continue reading Lady Mules Tennis Hosts Triangular

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Another Week, Another Running Clock Shutout For 6-0 Mules

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For the fifth time in six weeks, Fairfield football shut out their opponent, and in their most dominant fashion yet, as Justin Townsend’s Mules rolled to a 40-0 win at Hamilton County Friday. Dominant D The Mules have allowed just eight points total in six games, but they took it to another level Friday. Donnie Lyons’ defense held Hamilton County to 42 total yards, 38 of which came on back-to-back pass completions in the third quarter, after the Mules had already staked out a 40-0 lead and started the running clock. The Foxes had just one more yard than plays … Continue reading Another Week, Another Running Clock Shutout For 6-0 Mules

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Lady Mules Tennis Nipped By Herrin; Fall To Flora

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The Fairfield Lady Mules split singles play with the Herrin Lady Tigers Monday, but dropped two of three in doubles play to suffer a 5-4 loss. Lainie Milner, Brittany Titzer and Tegan Ruhl all picked up singles wins. Milner, playing in the top spot, won 10-3. In the number threes match, Titzer doubled up Jaylan Blake, 10-5. Ruhl cruised to a 10-2 win in the sixes match. Herrin took the top two doubles matches to clinch the victory, with Titzer and Ella Thomas teaming to win the number threes matches for Fairfield, 10-5. Herrin 5, Fairfield 4 Singles 1—Lainie Milner, … Continue reading Lady Mules Tennis Nipped By Herrin; Fall To Flora