The World Series starts tonight and Bud Selig must be rubbing his hands gleefully…This might be a little far to go for tix… More dance documentary than movie, Michael Jackson’s This Is It apparently rocks…In honor of the season, Wes Craven’s 10 best horror flicks…

Cincy fans: root and root hard for Pitt and West Virginia. (AOL Fanhouse)

Comparing one-loss USC to no-loss UC. (Bleacher Report)

Is there really uncertainty around Tony Pike’s health or is it all just gamesmanship? (Rivals.com)

Or, is he just not going to play? (Cincinnati Enquirer)

UConn missed two FGs last year at Rutgers. That’s how Dave Teggert became UConn’s kicking game. Now Teggert’s coming into this weekend’s Rutgers game off a… two-missed-FG game. More here. (Connecticut Post, Republican American)

Finally, officially, UConn has a downfield passing game. (Dr. Saturday)

Closure was a hot – and welcome – word up at the athletic complex in Storrs yesterday. (Hartford Courant)

UConn’s relaxing it’s no-sign policy for Saturday’s game. (New Haven Register)

That weatherman in Memphis either seems intent on not working, or driving home how good he really is. This week it was Hasheem Thabeet’s turn. (Sox and Dawgs)

Paul Zeise’s as usual super-informative Q&A on Pitt. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

David Rowe gets a receiver closer to his size this week. Rutgers tackles, meanwhile, get their version of a 6-10 receiver challenge in sack specialist Lindsey Witten. (Star-Ledger)

Seven games into the season, Rutgers still isn’t playing its brand of football. So says said defense. (Home News Tribune)

There’ll be some trash talking down in Tampa this weekend. Then again, it’s hard to talk trash with stats like these: the Bulls defense has given up 75 points and 887 yards in its last two games. (Tampa Tribune)

Four games after breaking his arm, safety Jerrell Young could be back starting Friday. (St. Petersburg Times)

South Florida seems to be reeling. Or maybe, the Bulls could be poised to pounce. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Bill Stewart’s really wishing George Selvie had left for the NFL already. (Charleston Daily Mail)

West Virginia’s scoring average has been halved in four games against South Florida. (Charleston Gazette)

Remember when Mountaineer fans were moaning about Bill Stewart’s coaching chops? (Times West Virginian)

Ed. The Syracuse Post-Standard web site was experiencing some technical difficulties when I put this together. Hopefully it’s back up later.