On the latest Sports Retort, the thorniest question of the early college football season: Is it wrong for a quarterback to wear No. 98, like Michigan’s Devin Gardner? This tribute to a Wolverine great leads directly to a debate over how big a star Mark Harmon is, and how much of that is due to “The Presidio.”
Plus, we rubberneck at the Texas Longhorns’ defense. Darren wonders how, even in New York, a Mets-Indians game at this point in the season could be on the TV of a local grocery store instead of South Carolina football. We celebrate a girls’ tennis player named Tornado and question the idea that only marathon tennis matches can be classics. Jim argues that he could bring as much to “Wheel of Fortune” as Vanna White. And Geoff reveals why he’s happy with the Jets, but not with their in-game promotions.