The Finals of The insideSTL.com Tournament of The Hottest Women In The World

It's a Cinderella story for the ages in the insideSTL.com Tournament of The Hottest Women In The World.

13th seeded Stacy Keibler shocked top-seeded Megan Fox to advance to the finals against Marisa Miller, who was able to hold off Emanuelle Chriqui (better known as Sloane from Entourage).

Can Keibler keep up her George Mason-like run...or will the tournament's overall top seed go wire-to-wire and win the prestigious title of insideSTL.com Tournament of The Hottest Woman In The World?

You control the destiny of these two ladies. We'll keep the polls open until 5 p.m. Wednesday. You can vote for your favorite by CLICKING HERE.


Next Up: The insideSTL.com Tournament of The Best Burger In St. Louis

We'll debut our bracket next Monday for the best burger the city has to offer. So far, here are the top 10 in popularity when it comes to mentions via email and the insideSTL.com message board (in no particular order):

- Joey B's

- The Fatted Calf

- Logan's

- Tin Can

- White Castle

- Steak 'N Shake

- Fuddrucker's

- O'Connell's

- Carl's

- Michael's

Want to enter your top 5 for the insideSTL.com Best Burger In St. Louis Tournament of 64 next week? Email

contest@insideSTL.com

with your top 5 in order from best to worst.

The Burger Tournament begins next Monday with first round competition.


Leeches, Vacuum Cleaners, Nina Hartley, And The Big 12 North

The Missouri Tigers beat up on Colorado Saturday as Blaine Gabbert looked pretty damn healthy, which was a pretty damn nice surprise.

The win gave the Tigers a record of 1-3 in the Big 12, and with Kansas State's loss to Oklahoma, it put Missouri 1.5 games back of the Wildcats in the North.

Considering the Tigers play at home vs. Baylor, at K-State, vs. Iowa State, and at Arrowhead against KU, it's really not too much of a stretch to think that---with Gabbert healthy---Missouri can run the table. And, if they were to do that, they'd finish 5-3 in the Big 12...and as ridiculous as it might seem...they would likely win the Big 12 North at that point.

Here's how:

Next weekend, Nebraska (2-2) most likely drops to 2-3 with a loss against Oklahoma in Lincoln. Iowa State (2-3) most likely drops to 2-4 with a loss against Oklahoma State in Ames. And, KU is either going to drop to 1-4 in the Big 12...or K-State will drop to

3-3...when the Wildcats take on the Jayhawks in Manhattan. Either way, by beating Baylor, something the Tigers damn well should do, Missouri is picking up ground on likely all but one of the teams in front of them in the North.

Essentially, it's going to come down to two questions:

1. Can Missouri run the table? I'd say there's a damn good chance the Tigers are favorites in all of their final four games...and so it isn't asking too much considering how crappy the opposition is.

2. Can Nebraska lose twice? The answer is maybe. They should lose this Saturday against the Sooners. And, they still have to go to Lawrence, host Kansas State, and go to Boulder. But, if the Huskers win just one of their next two, the chances of the Tigers winning the North are greatly diminished...because you've got to like Nebraska's chances against K-State at home and Colorado. Of course, who could've seen the Huskers losing at home against Texas Tech and Iowa State?

If Gabbert is healthy, Missouri is the third best team in the Big 12. That's not necessarily a compliment to the Tigers so much as it is a criticism of the rest of the conference. Nonetheless, the defense is drastically improved, the running game is a three-headed monster, and the wide receivers, while not as good as last year, are still pretty damn good.

A 9-3 record followed by a sacrificial offering to the Texas gods at Cowboys Stadium in the Big 12 Championship is not a ridiculous scenario. If anything, it's an illustration of how ridiculously bad the Big 12 North is.


Vote for your favorite inisdeSTL.com Girl Next Door for October

Voting for the insideSTL.com October Girl Next Door contest opens today and you can vote all this week by CLICKING HERE. You will vote them up and we will crown a winner this Friday night at Mandarin at the October Girl Next Door party. Here is a look at the girls from October featuring the Ladies of Lumiere:

Crystal Angel


Renee G.


La Donna Watkins


Brittni Rehg

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