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Show 10 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2001 Bowling in Montreal With Spike for a Hundred Gs shorter than Michael Jackson's jatest face. greater proportion of wealth than the guy who ERIC WALDEN ' Chronicle Sports Editor I spent 101 Gs and change. Of course, Yahoo! is not interested in proportions, and when the cause is charity, I guess that's understandable. Given that all the proceeds will go to the Uniformed Firefighters Association Widows' and Children's Fund, I'm a little less perturbed about the starting bid price of $10,000, and knowing that my offer was never officially among the 138 bids placed on the ticket the whole situation just seems kind of silly Still, I me. to mean, think about it: Some guy out there just spent $101,300 to sit next to Spike Lee at a basketball game that Michael Jordan will play in. Yes, I realize that as the cause is charity all but the $t,6oo face value of the ticket is tax deductible, and this dude probably won't wind up losing much. And yes, I know, it will be quite an opportunity to see His Aching Hamstring-ncs- s play in his first game back. But $101,300? Seems to me if you're spending 100 grand on anything to do with Spike Lee, it ought to be a payoff to get him to shut the hell up. Then again, I suppose there arc worse investments to make with your money. Like, say...buying stock in the Montreal Expos or Florida Marlins. Here arc a pair of Major League Baseball teams that, once the World Scries ends, have a shelf life con-sidcr- put in a bid earlier this week at the Yahoo! auction Web site for a chance to win Spike I.ee's I extra ticket for a courtsidc seat to MJ's regular season debut against the Knicks at Madison Square Garden Oct. 30. Sadly, my generous offer of $6.13 was rejected. I take a little consolation, though, in knowing just how close I came to actually submitting the winning bid. The dude who eventually won nipped me just a tad when he put up $101,300. I just couldn't compete with that. I mean, $6.13 is not exac tly going to make me competition for Hill Gates (maybe for a member of the Walton family, however), but let's think proportionally... After I made a visit to Wendy's, popped 'em a for my combo meal and got the change, that $6.13 pretty much represented all my material possessions (unless you count the pile of dirty laundry in my bedroom). So, I offered a far 10-sp- ot r COLUMBIAN J PICTURES ;lxj REVOLUTION studios For the first time, MLB commish Selig is admitting that contraction is a viable option within the league. That is to say, pretty soon the Expos and Marlins might get the luxury of having zero fans in the stadium without the bother of actually having to play the games. It's pretty sad to me when a city so thoroughly ignores its sports team that the league it plays in eventually just tells all involved to pack it in, then throws in the cardboard boxes and duct tape gratis just to drive the point home. I'm not necessarily saying it's a bad movc.I avermean, consider that the this year. The aged a whole 7,648 fans per game porn shop near my house gets that many visitors in a half-hospan. There clearly is less support for baseball in Montreal than there is for increasing the amount of prison time for cocaine possession in Robert Downey Jr.'s neighborhood. You might also think about the practical implications of sending a few baseball teams the way of Al Gore's political career, such as eliminating just a smidgeon of the talent dilution that has infiltrated the MLB ever since the Marlins joined the league along with fellow expansion teams in Sheboygan and Kitty Hawk. And while there will surely be rigorous debate ThisBud's-forYo- tZ3T DaiMTAH CHRONICLE INVITE yOU RND R GUEST TO R SPECIRL SCREENING ON THURSORy, NOVEMBER 1st ed soon-to-be-Ex-p- ur u about contraction among the 17 people who actuabout those two ally give a I the doubt teams, highly controversy will reach the fevered pitch that inevitably accompanies the Bowl Championship Scries poll. For those of you who have been busy personally checking every cave in Afghanistan for Osama, let me just inform you that the BCS has nothing to do with drilling three holes in a lead ball and knocking down 10 pins (as a side note, can I just say that bowling, frankly, is little more than a after all?). euphemism for chugging a No, the BCS determines which college football teams get a shot to play for the national championship. Last year, Miami (Fla.) got screwed like even a Bob Vila creation wouldn't believe, and this year despite their No. ranking in both the Associated Press and ESPNCoaches polls the Hurricanes are but fourth in the BCS. 'Canes fans say it's cuz of bias. My imaginary cat says it's 'cuz playin" the Expos and Marlins does nothin' for the strength of schedule. could I dunno...I guess I figure all this hoo-ha- h be avoided if some Miami booster would just pony up a $100,000 "donation" to the BCS and write it off on next year's taxes. Eric welcomes feedback at: whoop-de-damn-- six-pac- k, 1 . Football Anticipates Big Tes TT ERIC WALDEN Chronicle Sports Editor vnmm.m.m9mir Utah football coach Ron McBride says it's fine and well for his team to be proud of its 1 record, its e winning streak and its last Saturday against shutout Wyoming which came into the game with one of the conference's more potent offenses and left looking about as formidable as the Velveteen Rabbit. He's certainly happy, after all, that the Utes have made such drastic strides from last year's miserable flop. However, ' what he's" trying to impress upon his players is that every accomplishment they've had thus far this year carries with it a sizeable asterisk. Four of Utah's six games have Stadium come to where in spite of drawing a mea(and conger 34,065 ticket-buyer- s actual fewer attendees) siderably per game the team has some semblance of a home-fiel- d advantage; and of the U's six opponents to this point, only Oregon (which was ranked No. 7 in the nation at the team. time) qualified as a Now, however, things start to get tough. "" mum muwuVv 5-- four-gam- fS i Mi 4lI I 1 i ","r II !! Rice-Eccl- Da you believe you have an alter ego"? Fifty tuords or less tell us about your alter ego. Stop by the offices of The Oaily Utah Chronicle located in the In Union Ouitding, Room beginning TDOny at ieoq pm with your story and you'll receive a complimentary pass for two. THIS FILM IS RATED ! rjood and SOME MATERIAL MAY BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 13. INTENSE ACTION VIOLENCE AND SOME LANGUAGE A ImI. On pan par paraon par houaahoM. ParUctpatmf) spawn ara not atigrbla. No purchaaa naeaaaary. No phona oaHa pUm. XipplM Nt aganctaa """"1 k"" 1 20 Years'. football, page 11 t1 3 The Mountain West Conference heating up. All seven conference teams are within reach of both the regular season title and the No. in the MWC Championship. League leaders clash in a very important week. The Utes got back to their winning ways, shutting out New Mexico 0 last Sunday at Ute Field. That win gives them their first conference win of the season. Utah is 0 at home and has 1 outscorcd opponents at Ute 2-- 5-- 17-- Field. Shauna with her two goals Sunday, is tied for Utah's goal lead with Amy Kofoed, at five goals. Lynnsey Asay recorded her fourth shutout of the season at Gurr-Bingha- V " OC I U if N ;l J ) Junior linebacker Brooks Bahr says the Utes will ' prove themselves this weekend. Air Force Utah V; t O The Falcons have come on strong in conference play. Last week, they defeated UNLV and San Diego Soccer Standings 3-- 2, State 2-- 0. laiairaaifi Falcon freshman Jennifer Rowland was named the MWC Player of the Week for the second time this season. She scored two goals to help propel Air Force past UNLV and SDSU. 1 .. All Teams Still Have Shot at Soccer Title is Vu I ch LANCE GAMERO Chronicle Sports Writer Utah Tradition For oyer see i cs top-not- O-13." n v The Falcons have a big matchup this week at BYU, before heading to Salt Lake City for another big game against Utah. BYU The Cougars' loss to New Mexico was the first BYU loss to a conference opponent in 13 games. It is also the first time in three years the Cougars have been beaten at home by a conference opponent. 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