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Wow, I am not sure that the sports world has ever seen a day like it did on Thursday. A-Rod resigns, #2 Oregon losses, and Barry Bonds is indicted on federal perjury charges. Where does one start on a day like this?

-Oregon became the fifth team this year to be #2 in the College Football polls, and they are the fifth team to lose. USC, California, South Florida, Boston College are the other teams that climbed to #2, and USC is the only one that is still ranked in the top 10. I would say that their ranking, like all the #2 rankings this year, comes by default. With so much parity amongst programs this has been the toughest year to pick who is worthy of a top 10 spot. Oregon was a team that finally seemed worthy of the spot, but when Heisman hopeful Dennis Dixon was lost for the season, so went Oregon's hopes. Dixon had become the front runner for the Heisman Trophy, which like #2 is up in the air. I guess Kansas becomes #2, but with the toughest part of their schedule coming up, I predict we will see another #2 before the season ends.

-Alex Rodriguez agrees in principle to a 10 year 275 million dollar contract. This contract was negotiated without A-Rod's agent Scott Boras being involved. The Yankees saw Boras as a hindrance in making the deal, due to his history of long holdouts and playing teams against each other. The Yanks did not want to hear Boras try to over inflate Rodriguez's value, which seems to never hit the point that they had imagined it would be. While teams loved his production, there just are not many teams who have enough money to pay him. Therefore at the end of the day, the Yankees were the only true suitor.

-Barry Bonds was indicted on federal perjury charges, for lying about taking steroids. I think the biggest surprise is that it took them this long to make the case. Bonds is now the Home Run King, so baseball will have to figure out how to handle the situation come Hall of Fame time. I find it interesting that the Home Run King and the All Time Hits Leader, Pete Rose, both would be kept out of the Hall of Fame.