I have to give a shout out to my boys from down on the Farm -- the Cardinal football team -- for pulling off one of the biggest upsets in college football history. Yes, the oddsmakers had the team from Palo Alto as 41-point underdogs to the mighty Trojans of USC, but somehow the good guys won. To top it off, all this went down in front of a partisan crowd at the Coliseum.

And, in case you haven't noticed, alum Trent Edwards isn't doing so badly either as a rookie for the Buffalo Bills...

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Anyway, on to MMA news. 

MMA Madness's Ryan McKinnell has an interview with TUF 6 episode three eliminated fighter Billy Miles here.  At one point, Miles is asked about coach Matt Hughes' assessment that he didn't gave it his all against John Kolosci.  Here is Miles' response:

Well, if you watched the fight, it looks like I didn’t, ya know? He knew what I could do and I didn’t do it. His opinion is very valuable to me and, you know, I think he was right. I didn’t perform the way I can perform and he knows that. You know, what can I do now? It is what it is.

Miles' response, while disarming in its honesty, also makes me wonder what some of these fighters are doing on the show.  It's the chance of a lifetime.  How can you not give it your all?

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In addition, MMA Madness has an interview with UFC's Din Thomas, who lost to Kenny Florian at the UFC Fight Night 11 main event.  In the interview, Thomas explains why he lost the bout the way he did:

...I tore my meniscus in two, among other structural damage to the inside of my knee during that first round and had to lay down and take a beating...

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And, finally we have Toe to Toe Radio's interview with Frank Shamrock.  In the interview, Shamrock discloses that he very well may not be back as a coach of an IFL team in 2008.  Of course, he has plenty of other good things to say -- it's classic Shamrock.