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Each week, The Reporters put their thumbs out to the good and the bad in the world of sports. Deion Sanders Falcons Jersey . This week, they discuss the possible playoff format in NCAA football, the honouring of Russ Jackson, goal line technology in soccer and the year-end NHL awards. Dave Naylor, TSN: My thumb is up to the NCAA for trying its best to establish a true champion in college football by proposing a four-team playoff format starting in 2014. The only problem is that a previously imperfect system is going to be replaced by one that is, well, imperfect. In college basketball, no one complains when Murray State is granted a 16th seed ahead of College of Charleston,  because neither one of them is going to win a title. But what about when Alabama gets the nod for one of four football playoff spots ahead of LSU? Its going to lead to bickering, whining and complaining … ah but in a sport where tradition means so much, what would college football be without that? Steve Simmons, Sun Media: My thumb is up to Canadas Walk of Fame for the honouring of Russ Jackson this year, however overdue as this may be. In this, the year of the 100th Grey Cup, it is ever important to look back at our history and theres no better place to start than with the greatest Canadian player in the history of the Canadian league. Russ Jackson played quarterback like few before him and no one since and for four decades weve searched for a Canadian, anyone, to replace him. There has been no replacement. Maybe there never will be. Now Canadians who dont know, never saw him play, maybe never heard of him, will have a chance to understand what once was. Michael Farber, Sports Illustrated: With some trepidation, my thumb is up to soccer goal line technology. Ukraines non-goal against England in Euro 2012 this week nudged me over the edge. I fret when technology overwhelms sport like in the NFL, where replay challenges initially designed to overturn serious errors are used to determine the spot of the ball. But goals in soccer are so relatively rare, it is incumbent on FIFA to get it right. The irony, of course, is officials blew an offside call on Ukraines non-goal. But soccer can live with that. A ball crossing the line and not counting, even this luddite knows its time for technology. Dave Hodge, TSN: I could get a lot more interested in the NHLs individual trophies if they were awarded while hockey was still being played, but a couple of results from Las Vegas caught my eye. A while back, I predicted my reaction to a Lady Byng win by Brian Campbell (good for him), but the first defenceman to win the award should have been, some time in his great career, Nick Lidstrom. And I cant say I was surprised when Gabriel Landeskog won the Calder Trophy, because voters saw a lot more of him than Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. A bit facetious there, because the Edmonton rookie had the same number of points as Landeskog while playing 20 fewer games. Injuries should not have cost RNH the Calder. Stephen Nicholas Jersey . Set to become a free agent, the 33-year-old third baseman hit .236 with 15 homers and 46 RBIs in 80 games for the White Sox after being acquired from Boston on June 25. Roddy White Youth Jersey . This week they discussed Cory Boyd in Edmonton, the effect of Khalif Mitchells suspension, and the sudden quarterback dilemma that is facing the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. http://www.atlantafalconsfansprostore.com/asante-samuel-jerseys .ca, as fans can determine the play that tops em all in the fourth-annual TSN Play of the Year Showdown: Canadian Football Edition. William Moore Jersey . The most surprising call-ups by Del Bosque include Real Betis midfielder Benat Etxebarria, little-used Real Madrid defender Raul Albiol, and Benfica midfielder Javi Garcia. "I have incorporated players that have had a good season ... Julio Jones Youth Jersey . The life-size bronze statue depicts Shannon Stone and his son, Cooper, wearing baseball caps. They are holding hands and looking at each other as if theyre talking. The inscription reads: In memory of Shannon Stone and dedicated to all fans who love the game.Just when it looked like the game had slipped away, the Winnipeg Goldeyes dusted themselves off and delivered the knockout blow. The Goldeyes scored four runs in the eighth inning to beat the Sioux Falls Pheasants 8-6 Thursday night in front of 2,703 fans at Sioux Falls Stadium. With the win, Winnipeg remains one-game back of the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks for first place in the American Associations North Division, as the RedHawks beat the Wichita Wingnuts 11-7. Winnipeg tallied three runs in the third inning to begin the scoring, as Yurendell de Caster singled in Ridge Carpenter and Luis Alen drove in Price Kendall and Chris Roberson with a single. Sioux Falls grabbed the momentum in the fourth inning by scoring four runs to take a 4-3 lead. The Pheasants added single runs in the sixth and seventh innings and the Goldeyes suddenly trailed a game they were leading by three runs. In the eighth, Alen drove in Roberson, while Josh Mazzola extended his hitting streak to 16-games with a double that scored de Caster and Alen to tie the game. John Abraham Jersey. . Winnipeg then took the lead when Jose Duran doubled in Mazzola for his first RBI as a member of the Goldeyes. De Caster, who finished the game three-for-three with two RBI, hit a towering home run in the ninth inning to give Winnipeg a two-run cushion. Ace Walker pitched six innings in his 100th career appearance for the Goldeyes. He allowed five runs on nine hits and takes a no decision. Billy Spottiswood picked up the win for the Goldeyes thanks to two-thirds of relief, while Brian Beuning got the last two outs for the save. The Goldeyes and Pheasants play Game 2 of the four-game series tomorrow night. Chris Salamida (2-3, 4.33) will take the ball for Winnipeg, while Sioux Falls is expected to start fellow lefty Pete Gehle (4-5, 4.82). The pre-game show with Paul Edmonds on TSN 1290 starts at 6:30 p.m. Game time is 7:05 p.m. ' ' '