The Mid-Morning Dump: Bye Week Blues

MINATTA OUT. Coach Tony Minatta, skipper of Cyclone Soccer since 2013 is resigning following the Halloween matchup against Kansas.

BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP. The cross country teams are currently preparing for Saturday’s championship in Waco.

WEEK NINE BOWL PROJECTIONS:

CBS SPORTS: Cheez-It Bowl vs. Wyoming

ESPN: Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl vs. Texas A&M OR Miami

ORLANDO SENTINEL: Texas Bowl vs. Miami

WATCH STADIUM: Cheez-It Bowl vs. Stanford

THE DOLPHINS. . .Totally looked like the team to beat after a quarter, until of course the Steelers scored 27 unanswered.

GAME SIX PREVIEW. Will the ExpNationals be able to make it even it up for a Game Seven?

PANTHERS GOT CANUCKED UP. The Vancouver Canucks had goals come early and often in their 7-2 rout of Florida.

OTT TÄNAK WRC CHAMP. For the first time since, I believe, 2003 the WRC has a champion not named Sébastien.