But Grant rebuts that football players need classes to graduate as well... so why NOT a class on football? Lastly, they argue about if anyone will care if there's an NFL lockout. Grant says no, since the commissioner turns ice hockey into a "niche sport". Brian argues that the expansion brought hockey to places that didn't even have ICE (like Florida and Southern California)... but he stumbles near the end.

Now, the judging. Woody thinks Anish was worst - calling him a "hanging judge" concerning the chair-throwing incident - and Valerie was best - thanks to forceful opinions. Kit says Brian was the worst due to the stumbling, and Grant was the best with persuasion. Stephen A.'s worst is Brian due to stuttering and sweating and his best was Valerie... which makes him wonder how a woman "took out" five males. Big Al agrees with Stephen A. that Brian was worst and Valerie was best.

OK, back to "My SportsCenter" and Joe Voyticky, who says sports saved his life. His first game is the Washington Redskins and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (specifically Joe Gibbs' return to coaching for Washington). He tossed in a few phrases like "The Bucs' defense parted like the Red Sea" but was fairly accurate. His baseball game is the Giants and the Arizona Diamondbacks. Upon Barry Bonds hitting his 41st homer of the season, Joe asks, "Is it surf or is it turf?" Too cliched, too much stumbling, and FAR too slow. Woody talks about the cliches and includes his own: "Say it ain't so, Joe!" Kit says her voice was monotone on the prompter read and the transition was way to long. Stephen A. says he was slow on the prompter and that he was boring. And Big Al agrees with the lack of energy and the lack of specificity in stats.

Next in the electric chair is Valerie Hawrylko, who had a crush on Thurman Munson of the Yankees as a girl. Her football game was the Philly Eagles and the NY Giants... but not before she starts by saying the Eagles' wide receivers were "as suspect as a mushroom cloud over North Korea" (you don't see politics and sports merged like THIS, people). She stutters a bit on a TD pass, but recovers with a nice "Schoolhouse Rock" reference. She was slow to look up once the highlight ended, but she tried again with the Anaheim Angels playing baseball against the Chicago White Sox. She stumbled a little more, but tossed in "kicking it around like Mia Hamm" when an outfield bobbled the ball. This didn't help her, though, as the judges let her have it. Woody says, though she recovered near the end, she still needs a lot of work on that. Kit says she started off well but was "too cutesy" and needs more stats. Stephen A. says it was a decent performance... but TERRIBLE on the prompter work. And Big Al says she mispronounced Terrell Owens' name, which was a BIG faux pas in his book, and she needs to be less shaky.

Our last torture victim is Brian Startare, and he impressed his math teacher as a kid by rambling off Philly Flyers' jersey numbers. He starts with food references leading to the Dallas Cowboys/Minnesota Vikings highlight. He's a little slow... and says "same play" for a whole DIFFERENT play, even though the same QB and receiver were involved. He also overran the highlight by a WIDE margin. He does school references before the Boston Red Sox/Oakland A's highlight and cliches and stumbles his way through it (complete with "The Gap" for a shot into a gap in the outfield). He has decent stats... but Woody says it was "brutal" and couldn't "get into it". Kit disagrees, since he has good energy, though the references went over her head a bit. Stephen A. says he made mistakes but it wasn't THAT horrible; he was fluid and saved himself. Big Al agrees that he sounds like a sportscaster (I agree this time), but mistakes in facts are unforgivable in later rounds. Oh, yeah, and NEVER use "The Gap" reference again!

The first impressions out of the way, it's time to kick someone out. Each of the four judges have one vote, the majority of America (who voted on line and on their Verizon(TM) phones) have another. The one with the most votes packs up and splits. It there's a tie, the producers get the final word.

America cuts... Brian.

Woody Paige cuts... Joe. Brian represents "every man", according to him, and Joe needs to work on his transition from written words to spoken words... but Joe had no energy and no enthusiasm.

Kit Hoover cuts... K.C. Joe & K.C. were her final two, but K.C.'s information in his writing was too old.

Stephen A. Smith cuts... Joe, after once again narrowing it down between him and K.C. K.C.'s enthusiasm saved him. Joe has two votes. One more for him, Valerie, Anish or Grant and he's gone.

It's down to Al Jaffe. Valerie was disappointing with the highlights, but the debate was fine. Again, Joe & K.C. are his final two. But the bottom line is... K.C. was SLIGHTLY better. Therefore, he cuts... Joe!

That's three votes, and that's all she wrote for Joe Voyticky. Head back to the locker room and pack up your briefs.

11 remain... who will be cut NEXT?