Taken from ESPN.com's Pat forde:

Fightin' Words
College football is the undisputed epicenter of trash-talking fans -- no other group of sports enthusiasts loves tearing down the opposition as much. (Well, maybe soccer hooligans, but violent death takes things a bit far. Even by SEC standards.) With that in mind, The Dash offers some recommended tailgate talking points when visiting the following schools:

California (3): "BCS bowl games are so much fun. You really should try it sometime."

LSU (4): "Sure is great having Nick Saban back in the SEC, isn't it?"

Oklahoma (5): "Pac-10 refs are the best."

Alabama (6): "What's Albert Means up to these days?"

Michigan (7): "Don't feel bad. It's been a while since Indiana has beaten Ohio State, too."

Tennessee (8): "How are y'all planning to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Charles Woodson Heisman?"

Louisville (9): "Offsides on a field goal? Nobody does that."

Auburn (10): "Anybody have a DVD of Oklahoma versus USC in the 2005 Orange Bowl?"

Penn State (11): "Did you hear that Joe Paterno requested the marching band add a harpsichord section?"

Florida State (12): "My dad says your teams were really something back in the day."

With 120 schools in the Division Formerly Known As I-A, the list could go on for weeks. Which is precisely what The Dash might do, serializing this throughout the season. Smart-mouthed readers are invited to take their best shots at the schools they like least. Check back next week to see if anyone is mean enough to make the cut.

Brutal Beatdowns (17):

Clemson 122, Guilford 0, Oct. 5, 1901. Only 100 points behind Georgia Tech's infamous annihilation of Cumberland 15 years later.

Oklahoma 104, Kingfisher College 0, Oct. 7, 1911. The road kill from Kingfisher played the Sooners 22 times between 1897 and 1919 -- losing 19 times, tying three and scoring a total of 25 points. That included non-opener crushings of 179-0 and 157-0. Oklahoma coach/sadist Bennie Owen clearly was not familiar with the concept of mercy.

USC 76, UCLA 0, Sept. 28, 1929. First meeting in the series did not accurately foreshadow the great rivalry to come. Bruins lost the first two in the series by a combined 128-0, then wisely waited six years before trying the Trojans again and earning a 7-7 tie.

Clemson versus Presbyterian, 1930-57. No school has ever served as a more faithful punching bag than Presbyterian did for the Tigers. This was Clemson's opening opponent from the Depression through WWII to Korea and beyond, compliantly playing all but one of those 28 games in Clemson. Presbyterian managed one win and two ties to go along with its 25 losses.

Georgia Tech versus everyone, 1912-21. The Yellow Jackets went a solid decade of season openers against the likes of the 11th Cavalry, Fort McPherson and Mercer without surrendering a point. Combined score of those games: 338-0.

 If you can think of any good ones.... Pat's email is espn4d@aol.com

He used to be the wife and I's fave act back in the day. We haven't seen him in a while though

Rangers 30, Orioles 3

BALTIMORE (ESPN.com news services) --

Five runs in the fourth inning.

Nine runs in the sixth.

Ten in the eighth.

Six more in the ninth.

The Texas Rangers rounded the bases at a dizzying pace and became the first team in 110 years to score 30 runs in a game, setting an American League record Wednesday in a 30-3 rout of the Baltimore Orioles.

"This is something freaky. You won't see anything like this again for a long, long time. I am glad I was on this end of it," said Marlon Byrd, who hit one of two Texas grand slams.

Ramon Vazquez celebrates his three-run home run with Jarrod Saltalamacchia (25), Frank Catalanotto (27) and David Murphy. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Trailing 3-0 in the opener of a doubleheader, Texas couldn't be stopped. At last, the last-place Rangers did something right.

"We set a record for something on the good side of baseball," manager Ron Washington said.

It was the ninth time a major league team scored 30 runs, the first since the Chicago Colts set the major league mark in a 36-7 rout of Louisville in a National League game on June 29, 1897, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

"It was AMAZING in capital letters," said Travis Metcalf, who hit a grand slam after being called up from Triple-A Oklahoma earlier in the day.

Travis Metcalf kept up the Rangers' hot hitting in the second game. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

In the second game of the doubleheader, Metcalf drove in four runs and the Rangers scored three runs in the eighth inning for a 9-7 win.

Hours after announcing manager Dave Trembley would return for the 2008 season, the Orioles absorbed the most lopsided loss in franchise history and set a team record for hits allowed in a game (29).

The Rangers had totaled 28 runs in their previous nine games, including two runs on seven hits in their last two.

"I knew we'd get the bats going, but I never expected anything like this," Washington said. "When the faucet is on, you want it to stay on. You never want to cut it off."

The Rangers set a team record for runs scored in a doubleheader -- before the second game even started.

"You don't want to be the one to make the out. You feel like you have to get a hit every time up," Byrd said.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Ramon Vazquez, the bottom two batters in Texas' lineup, each homered twice and finished with seven RBIs.

"That was ridiculous. I have never been in anything like that in my life," said Saltalamacchia, who went 4-for-6 with a walk and scored five runs. He came in batting .179 and finished at .262.

David Murphy had five of the Rangers' 29 hits, the most by a major league team since Milwaukee had 31 in a 22-2 victory over Toronto on Aug. 28, 1992, according to Elias.

Texas had 57 at-bats, tying the AL record for a nine-inning game set by Milwaukee in its 1992 rout of Toronto.

Tony Award
The Rangers' 30-3 win over the Orioles on Wednesday night set a modern MLB record for runs in a game. Here's a look at which teams hold the highest scoring records in the "big four" sports.

Sport Total points Team (vs. opponent, date)
MLB 30 Rangers (at Orioles, 8/22/07)
NFL 72 Redskins (vs. Giants, 11/27/1966)
NBA 186 Pistons (at Nuggets, 12/13/1983)
NHL 16 Canadiens (at Quebec, 3/30/1920)

The Rangers added five points to their team batting average, raising it to .258. They finished with more runs than outs made (27).

Baltimore went from seventh in the AL with a 4.39 ERA to 11th at 4.60.

Asked how to handle such a devastating defeat, Trembley replied, "You have a real short memory and you let it go."

Kason Gabbard (6-1) allowed three runs and seven hits over six innings. He is 2-1 in six starts since Texas acquired him from Boston on July 31.

Even with the one-sided score, there was a save. Wes Littleton earned his second career save and first this season by pitching three scoreless innings.

Texas erased a 3-0 deficit by batting around in a five-run fourth. A walk to Byrd and an infield hit by Jason Botts preceded a two-run single by Saltalamacchia. After a visit from pitching coach Leo Mazzone, Daniel Cabrera (9-13) gave up a go-ahead, three-run homer to Vazquez.

Texas made it 14-3 by scoring nine runs on 10 hits in the sixth. The 10 hits matched a club record for one inning and were three more than the Rangers totaled in their previous two games.

Cabrera left after serving up a home run to Saltalamacchia. Brian Burres yielded two singles and a walk before Byrd hit his third career slam. Saltalamacchia, Vazquez, Frank Catalanotto and Ian Kinsler added RBI singles.

Texas got seven hits in the eighth. Metcalf hit his first career slam and Saltalamacchia added a three-run shot.

Vazquez's second homer highlighted a six-run ninth.

Game notes Baltimore's Kevin Millar went 1-for-4, extending his run of reaching via hit, walk or hit by pitch to 48 games -- one short of Ken Singleton's club record set in 1977. ... Melvin Mora ended an 0-for-16 skid with a fourth-inning bunt single.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

After a half drunken political debate with friends this weekend, the Willie concert, and a bumper sticker I read this morning.....

In times of political debate, football, and the energy crisis, I implore all to use the word "need" with caution as it is frequently used in a powerful manner. Whether the topic is energy, politics, healthcare, your team or a sales pitch you are making at work, try to refrain from using the word need unless you are prepared to take the weight of the problem on your shoulders. Try and count how many times it is used. People use the word to gain followers, ratings, buy ins, whatever and most times the word is meant to give people a sense of hope of what is coming regardless if the individual that originally declared that something was needed ever follows through.

People really need very few things as you should have learned in the 1st grade so if you think someone needs something outside of what we would call basic needs (food, water, shelter, etc) that bad, all you have to do is pull out your check book and satisfy the need yourself. If you don't have the skill, power, or means to satisfy this need then you really don't need it. Don't confuse "nice to have" with "must have".

Now I am not that political of a person as I try not swing too far left or right but what brought this on is a bumper sticker that I saw on the back of a Ford this morning that said "America NEEDS America's energy." This guy works in the oil industry and most people in the industry are soooo pro oil because they are desperatley trying to validate their paycheck while the getting is good. Makes sense, don't blame the guy. So  since we really don't need to use our reserves yet, why would someone make the bumper sticker? They try and state like you are not patriotic if you don't believe this way and now it is a marketing tool. Besides, I thought hardcore liberals were the only ones that market their ideas on the back of their cars. it was a sweet truck and no truck like that should be littered with a bumper sticker. Furthermore, the most bush league thing that one can do use our flag and an eagle to market something for personal gain. The only time I think you should use these things is when we really need it because if it is used too often in a marketing sense, the true meaning of our symbols lose appeal, focus, and respect from the rest of the world.

I drive a big truck and get 14 miles to the gallon but all I need outside of basic needs, family, and friends is a sat. afternoon college football game and maybe a duck blind. The truck, my PC, and my phone are nice to have but I am sure I would somehow manage to survive and provide for my family without them.

 I am gonna shut up now as you probably haven't learned anything you didn't already know by reading this and you definitely aren't getting that 30 seconds of your life back but my Talledega Nights avatar is pretty sweet huh?