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Capitals 3, Predators 2: The Caps won in a dramatic shootout -- we'll have a full recap tomorrow.

by DCist contributor Brett Gellman The Coastal Division of the ACC is representing the conference well, as two teams are currently ranked in the Top 25. It's going to be a real battle between Virginia Tech, Miami (FL), and Georgia Tech to see who will ultimately reach the conference championship game in Tampa Bay. As for the Atlantic Division? Well, it's just an utter mess.

Red Wings 3, Capitals 2: There is no denying the the Washington Capitals might be the most talented team in the NHL. But all that talent means little if it isn't deployed with a little bit of discipline. Because of a couple of sloppy penalties, the Caps dropped their third straight game after a promising start to the season. With defenseman Mike Green in the box on a hooking call late in the third period, Detroit's Thomas Holmstrom took a pass from Pavel Datsyuk and fired a wrister over Jose Theodore's pad side to put the Red Wings into the lead for good. The Wings were typically snippy defensively, working hard to back-check against the Caps big guns; as a result, Washington's big Ovechkin-Backstrom-Semin combination was held to but one assist -- in comparison, the trio had produced an incredible 29 points in the first four games of the year. Matt Bradley and Brendan Morrison lit the lamp for Washington's tallies.

Capitals 6, Maple Leafs 4: We'll have a complete wrap-up of the Caps home opening goalfest against the Leafs tomorrow morning.

While most fans in the area, if not the country, will be watching the marquee ACC matchup of Virginia Tech vs. Miami, two struggling programs will take the field in College Park when Maryland (1-2, 0-0 ACC) faces Rutgers (2-1, 0-1 Big East) in the Terps' final non-conference game of the season.

Virginia vs Southern Miss: I gather that the U. of Virginia took note when Southern Miss adopted the rugby-style punt last year. The Golden Eagles soared on that tricksy-looking punt, turning the season around after an awful start marked by dreadful special-teams performances and eventually nabbing a ticket to a bowl game. When the 0-3 Cavs deploy the rugby punt, though, it doesn't feel like Southern Miss's quick-fix for a special-teams problem. Of course, nothing against UVa sophomore kicker Jimmy Howell; hell, the rugby punt's the best play that offense has.

• Middle Tennessee State 32, Maryland 31
  Southern Mississippi 37, Virginia 34
  
  These are not typos, I swear. Sorry, Cavs and Terps fans -- it might be time to pack it in until hoops season kicks off. In other scores, #13 Virginia Tech dramatically beat #19 Nebraska after going 91 yards on two plays in the final minute of the game and Georgetown (yes, they have a football team) lost.
• Fever 81, Mystics 74 (OT): The Mystics' season came to an end after losing a decisive Game 2 to Indiana on the road. The Fever sank Washington thanks to a 17 point advantage from the free-throw line and Tamika Catchings' 24 points and 16 rebounds. While the loss ended the Mystics season, they can at least say they went out with a good fight against a team that was almost unbeatable at home during the regular season. Crystal Langhorne highlighted for Washington with 15 points and 10 boards.
• Mets 3, Nationals 2: Man, this one was a snoozer which had some fans questioning the sanity of the manager; appropo for two teams whose fans have endured two of the more star-crossed seasons in recent memory. On the positive end: Adam Dunn earned his 100th RBI of the year, a pretty good number for a guy that seemingly nobody else wanted to sign in the offseason.

Sounders 2, United 1: Same two teams, same result, same player with a big goal. United dropped another fixture to Seattle at RFK Stadium last night 2-1, after doing the exact same a week and a half ago. It's certainly arguable which defeat is more damaging to the club -- the loss 10 days ago with the Open Cup on the line, or this one, which really puts D.C. in a bind as far as the race for the MLS playoffs are concerned. Seattle went ahead early on a fifth-minute strike from Steve Zakuani, who got on the end of a nice pass from Peter Vagenas and megged Josh Wicks for the lead. Rodney Wallace equalized for the Black-and-Red about ten minutes into the second half, but it was Sounders striker Freddy Montero who really stuck the dagger into United. (I mean, again.) After the home side had chances to take the lead, Montero hit an upper 90 blast to lead Seattle to the victory. United still find themselves with playoff possibilities, but they hold several games in hand over most of the teams competing for those final positions and will find themselves at the mercy of the fates if they can't hit a hot streak soon.

by DCist contributor Brett Gellman

Since it's Saturday night, let's keep it light and have some fun, eh? Here's your nightly sports recap, comprised entirely of easily digestible haikus.

by DCist contributor Brett Gellman

It's painfully clear that modern-day major collegiate sports is little more than a mask for a select few entities to make boatloads of cash from a system which in essence encourages cheating and illogical decisions, under the guise of athletic competition and fairness. That said, our thoughts after reading this headline went something like this:

City Paper's Dave McKenna reminds us that college football's bowl season will return to the District with a reprise of last year's EagleBank Bowl, despite the main sponsor's TARPtastic financial position. Tickets for the December 29th game (moved back from last season's pre-Christmas date) at RFK Stadium went on sale yesterday. The bowl, which would pit Army (under the very generous assumption that they will be bowl eligible), and the eighth-place team from the ACC -- obviously, organizers would kill to draw Maryland, for obvious reasons -- got mostly positive reviews from fans and teams last season, when Wake Forest defeated Navy, 29-19. But in-person attendance did not meet expectations. In light of that, it strikes us as odd that just like last year, tickets are somewhat ridiculously expensive -- the lowest priced seat is $30 -- for a game possibly featuring a service academy which hasn't been to a bowl since 1996 and a team that will likely be 6-6 and in the bottom half of the ACC.

The EagleBank Bowl, the first college football bowl game ever scheduled to be played inside the District, was a virtual lock to feature Navy, who finished the season at 8-4 after a 34-0 thrashing of Army on Saturday. What wasn't so clear was who the Midshipmen would play. Well, consider the mystery solved: Wake Forest accepted an invitation to play in the game, which will kick off, quite literally, the annual glut of football which straddles New Year's. RFK Stadium will host the game on December 20 at 11 a.m. — the bowl game's (rather expensive) tickets are definitely still available.

LSU vs Arkansas: Sure, Arkansas won this nailbiter. And in the leadup to the game, all eyes might have been on Arkansas's dueling quarterbacks, brothers Casey and Nathan Dick. But the true star to emerge today was LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson. No, his numbers weren't electric -- 9 of 21 for 143 yards and 2 touchdown passes -- but they're downright remarkable for a true freshman. Jefferson ran for a respectable 50 yards and, moreover, showed versatility in the pocket, running tall for one long gain of 15. He looked good out there. If I'm Les Miles, I'm not feeling so sorry about my prospects after a tough year for Tiger quarterbacks.

the Fiesta Bowl and the BCS Championship.

Written by DCist contributor Brett Gellman.

There were a lot of games this week that really, uhh, sucked. In terms of competitiveness, at least.

Written by DCist Contributor Brett Gellman

All the Hits: Viewers at home are still recovering from Virginia Tech linebacker Brett Warren's assassination attempt on Darrius Heyward-Bey, a hit that had the Maryland wideout reeling as he left the field on Thursday night. (Speed ahead to 6:45 or watch it here close up about a third of the way in.) Then there was Hokie running back Darren Evans's arguably NSFW assault on Terps free safety Terrell Skinner, just one of a lineup of Terps defenders whose jerseys wound up stamped with #32 in maroon and gold as the red-shirt freshman rusher set the one-game rushing yards record for his school. Highlight hits: Hokies have them.

Written by DCist contributor Brett Gellman.

DCist's (hardly) comprehensive recap of the Saturday that was in college football, across the country and in our own backyard.

The Washington Business Journal filed a brief report on Friday updating the status of the Congressional Bowl, the first college football bowl game ever to be held in the District of Columbia, scheduled for Dec. 20. Within the story about how EagleBank may become the game's sponsor is a piece of unexplained news: the game will now apparently be held at RFK, even though back in July, the ACC said the game would be played at Nationals Park. What happened? Can Nationals Park not easily be configured for a football game? We imagine we'll hear more about this after a press conference planned for Sept. 10. The game should feature Navy playing whichever team ends up in 9th place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The mid-November start to the NCAA basketball season tends to get lost in the universe of sports coverage. This is probably due to the staggered opening nights around the country, but can also be attributed to competition with other sports -- college football entering its stretch run, the NFL in midseason, even the NBA's opening weeks garner more attention than college hoops. We're not about to let this exciting time slip through the cracks. With...

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