Charles what now?

Yeah, kinda running out of stupid headlines to describe the season from Bizarro Land.

Penn State won in 3 strai-- wait, what? - Heavens to mergatroyd! Michigan took two games off Penn State? How'd the Nittany Lions react the next day? 11, 18, and 12 over Sparty.

Western Michigan hates this year - Just starting to get their legs under them when Akron and Buffalo go all Jeff Gillooly on said legs.

Cal State Fullerton, Spartans, have vague recollection of earlier this season - Remember when Fullerton beat UCLA and Sparta sacked Troy? Those were happier times, weren't they? It was like the 1950s and Zimmerman and George were driving T-Birds with the top down. Well, the '60s have reared their ugly head as Jeff and the Storks knock off the Titans in 4, and Sparta has dropped four straight.

Tobacco Road rivalry claims another victim - Duke has been good this year. Legitimately good. North Carolina has been decent. Legitimately decent. So of course UNC runs Duke off Tobacco Road in 4 games where they land gently in some underbrush.

Illinois interested in, you know, staying with the pack, if they're still having one - DeBruler -- DasBrutalizer! -- 15 kills and .314 in the sweepage of Mike and the Groovy Gophers, keeping things interested in case anyone at home was getting bored in the Big Ten hierarchy.

Oregon has no respect for polls - If you're a AVCA voter, you hate the Ducks, right? Where do you rank a team that loses to Beavers, beats Sun Devils, loses to Wildcats, then beats Golden Bears and Pine Trees? Good luck.

It's alive! IT'S ALIVE! - UW-Milwaukee, perennial Horizon League champs, won two straight league matches for the first time this year.

That's one way to do it - Dayton was down 2-1 and 20-15 in the fourth game, and 14-11 in the fifth, and managed to come away with a win over the Strange Little Charm Dolls of St. Louis, 17-15 in the fifth. Head Coach Kelly Sheffield's ulcerative colitis could not be reached for comment.