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I don’t know the geographic whereabouts of Cuzoogle readers, but I can’t imagine anyone’s province or state being more of an embarrassment about the H1N1 flu than dear old Nova Scotia.

It started with mass advertising from both the feds and the provincial government, urging everyone to “be responsible” and get a shot. Not surprisingly, given the novelty of such suggestions in a first-world country, this created near-hysteria which swelled once folks realized how small the initial shipments were.

Then the province changed the rules mid-stream about who could receive shots and when. “Did we say ‘everyone’? My bad, we meant preggo women and natives and babies ‘n shit.”

Bad calls for sure, in terms of both the unnecessary hype and the colossal miscalculation of availability. But I can’t shit on either level of government too much when I watch the news and see how people are reacting.

For fuck’s sake, people, grow a stiff upper lip and deal with negative news with a little bit of civility. For the adult dudes out there, don’t get all Cal Hockley on us and butt in on the lifeboat action (yeah, I referenced Titanic…). Stop being such whiny bitches and acting like the world’s against you. Yeah, there’s been a fuck-up, but it’s not like either level of government (or the medical system as a whole) has it in for you and wants your family to suffer.

Heaven forbid Canada had to deal with a crisis on the level of massive food shortages or malaria or a brutal dictatorship. It’s fucking embarrassing, people. And that’s why I have no problem shutting off the news and gorging myself on college football this weekend. As usual, all odds are from Pinnaclesports.com as of Thursday evening.

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By Andy Charlies

Can we start the title talk yet? Well, there were certainly some scribes predicting big things after the Raptors opened the NBA season with a fantastic 101-91 win over the heavily-fancied Cleveland Cavaliers at the Air Canada Center.

Even LeBron James, he of the other-worldly stat-lines, couldn’t beat the Raptors on his own as his 23 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists failed to inspire the rest of the roster and meant they dropped to an 0-2 start after losing on opening night to the Boston Celtics.

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All apologies for the absence last week, it couldn’t be helped - overtime at the office, a family member in the hospital and an extended weekend in Montreal.

I did Montreal the proper way, from the early-morning bagels on Saint-Laurent through the cinq à sept on Saint-Denis through the late-night booze and boogie a la discotheque. I ignored sports beyond the pair of Habs wins I caught at the Bell Centre (Olé!) And thought I’d miss it.

Nope. I didn’t pine for the MLB playoffs, didn’t ache over missing the NFL and I sure as fuck didn’t care about missing Nebraska shitting the bed last Saturday.

But now I’m back home and I’m pumped to catch up on college football. Lots of it. That’s why I’m including a dirty dozen pixxx for Halloween.

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By Andy Charles

Toronto’s undoubted talent has not really come to the party yet in pre-season, but not to worry quite yet because there are still a couple of weeks until the season opener when LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers come to town.

But there has been a deal of disappointment so far for the Raptors, not least in the 124-112 home defeat by a Houston side lacking almost all of its star talent and starting a team that would more than likely not even have a chance of starting for the Raptors. Not many NBA Predictions, suggested they would lose – that is for sure.

Although the Raptors shot well, going .500 from the floor, their three-point shooting was well off the pace and the defense was, well shall we say, seriously lacking.

The only real bright spots were 11 points from Sonny Weems, who appears to be getting back to fitness, and 10 from Amir Johnson, who fantasy freaks out there might like to have on their radars in really deep leagues for his blocks potential.

Houston was allowed to hit 13 shots from beyond the arc, with Shane Battier hitting eight of those on probably the hottest shooting night he has had in his career – star performances at Duke included.

And just to rub salt into the wounds, there was a 17-point, seven rebound, five block night from the one and only Pops Mensah-Bonsu, deemed surplus to requirements by Raptors management at the end of last season, just when he looked to be showing the talent off that he undoubtedly has.

Toronto’s loss looks to be Houston’s gain, although they will need it with Yao Ming already out for the season, Tracy McGrady unlikely to play anytime soon and Luis Scola also sidelined.

But that has to be a worry for Toronto, even if this was a pre-season matchup, and even more concerning is that Chris Bosh feels like the Raptors have to go back to the drawing board just a matter of days before the season starts and NBA Picks are assessed.

He said after the game: “It wasn’t our best output and we’re going to have to play a lot better on defense if we want to win a lot of basketball games. There can’t be any slippage. Some nights your shots are going to be off but you can always move your feet and be in the right spot. We have to get back to the drawing board a little bit.”

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I know that talking about weather is normally the domain of older folks and untalented conversationalists, but Sweet Jesus, it’s not even mid-October and I’m already digging out the thermal fucking underwear. Fucking depressing.

I have friends in Edmonton who’ve already developed the winter blues ‘cause of all the snow. A buddy just played a soccer tournament in Saskatoon, where the wind chill pushed the temperature well below freezing the entire long weekend. And the shit finally hit the eastern part of the country - I woke up this morning to a forecast of freezing rain and/or snow.

I can only assume that this cold snap is temporary and there’ll be some warmer days ahead in which my fair city’s female population can bring out the sundresses again.

As it stands, it’s too fucking early for me to be wondering if chicks I see on the street are hot or not under their three layers of Goretex and fleece. I’m a dirty old man in training and I demand six more weeks of practice before I pack it in for the winter.

On to some of Saturday’s biggest games, with all odds are from Pinnaclesports.com as of Wednesday evening.

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