6. Jonathan Wiener, Trinity (Texas) University sophomore: It's not every day that a 20-year-old web-only football announcer get profiled by the New York Times. Then again, most college football games don't normally end like this. "I was in the library and a guy from New York Times called," says Wiener. "I was like The New York who?" Since his call of Trinity's miraculous win over Millsaps, Wiener has gotten interview requests from radio stations from Indianapolis to San Antonio. Given the magnitude of the moment and that he's a student, his poise on the broadcast was impressive. "After something like this, you get those thoughts in your head about how you are going to advance from here," Wiener says. "But right now I'm just trying to get through my mythology test."

7. David Williford, Oregon sports information director: When you read this and this on the tense press box encounter between The Oregonian columnist John Canzano and Colleen Bellotti, the wife of Oregon football coach Mike Bellotti, we'd ask you to take particular note of how professional Williford acted in a surreal situation. "David Williford acted swiftly and with professionalism," says Canzano. "That media area is rife with boosters at Oregon. It's as dicey as I've ever encountered at six newspapers in my career. Phil Knight and the cronies are all in the post game media room, taking up seats for the working press...It's a bizarre spectacle. I don't blame the high-dollar boosters for wanting access. I suppose it's what they are paying for in the first place. But their donations put the university in an awkward and at times unprofessional position at times. Williford is the last line of defense and his professionalism is appreciated by everyone there to do a job."

8. Eric Wynalda, ESPN soccer analyst: Earlier this year Wynalda offered to club Jim Rome's rump (among other things) in an interview with the Fullham USA.com blog. (Wynalda later apologized for those comments.) Now comes another headache following the analysts comments on a recent ESPN2 broadcast. (Wynalda said "Looks like California" when cameras panned to fans at Toyota Park lighting flares in the stand.) In an interview this week with the blog "Soccer by Ives" Wynalda told soccer journalist Ives Galarcep that he was he not joking about the wildfires and wanted to further clarify his comments when his mic was cut off by an overzealous producer. Not true, says an ESPN spokesman. "He had a producer in his ear saying don't go there," says spokesman Mike Soltys. "The mic was not cut off." The network conceded Wynalda could have been mixed up by the producer being in his air. Worth noting Wynalda is scheduled to work the rest of the MLS playoffs.

9. Chip Caray, TBS baseball play-by-play announcer: Caray's poor performance overshadowed the network's robust ratings in the divisional series. His mistake-laden broadcasts were panned by yours truly as well as people whose opinion really matter.TBS says it is committed to Caray as the No. 1 announcer for the long-term.

10. Emmitt Smith, ESPN NFL analyst: The Bills and the Giants could not stop him. Nor could Mario Lopez on Dancing With the Stars. But Smith is facing an opponent that might finally do him in: Pro Football Talk.com. The plucky Web site offers a live blog of ESPN's Monday Night coverage where they skewer every Smith mistake (and there are many) with bloodthirsty delight. Not sure Emmitt is going to outrun the sports blogsphere here.