Wednesday morning the nation awoke to the story of Grinnell's Jack Taylor, the 5-foot-10 guard who scored an NCAA record 138 points in a college basketball game, which undoubtedly has evoked a collective, coast-to-coast, "Whaaaaaaaaat?"

How could anyone score 138 points in a 40-minute game, even if Taylor – and his teammates – were trying to run up the total?

The answer comes from the mind of David Arseneault, who 22 years ago launched an all-out assault of 3-pointers and full-court presses that's now known as the Grinnell System.

[Related: Grinnell isn't the only team running the Grinnell System]

Here's how the system works:

Jack Taylor takes one of the 108 shots attempted during his 138-point game. (AP)• The first shot is the best shot, no matter if it's from 5 feet or 25 feet, preferably 25 feet.

• Take as many 3-pointers as possible.

• Defensively, giving up an uncontested layup is better than forcing a shot-clock violation.

• The ball-handler is double-teamed at all times.

The result is a frenetic, full-court attack that leaves the

LOS ANGELES – LaMichael James, who left Oregon as the best running back the school has ever seen, stood underneath the tunnel at the L.A. Coliseum and talked about the greatest offense he's ever seen.

Kenjon Barner celebrates with teammates after scoring in the first half. (AP)

And really, what else could he say? His former team, the second-ranked Oregon Ducks, had just dropped 62 points on USC (which scored 51 in a losing effort) in a game that should have Nick Saban's head spinning.

Yeah, we'll get to Saban in a moment.

But back to the Ducks, who showed Tinseltown why they're college football's version of George Clooney. On Saturday, they scored early – touchdown No. 1 came one minute, five seconds into the game – they scored often – five TDs by halftime – and they scored with ease – nine TDs total on 12 (not counting two that ended the halves) offensive possessions.

Five of those came from Kenjon Barner, who racked up 321 yards rushing (a school record) and still wasn't the Ducks’ offensive leader on the night. That award went to freshman

Officially, Jose "Pepe" Marti was listed as trainer for the Postal Service cycling team. But those on the team knew him as "The Courier."

Lance Armstrong carries the U.S. flag during a victory parade after winning his seventh Tour de France. (AP)One day while chatting with Tyler Hamilton, Pepe told the Postal Service surrogate that he had to drive to Nice, France, to make a delivery. That night, at the Villa d'Este Restaurant in Nice, Pepe arrived to a late dinner that included Lance Armstrong and his then-wife, Kristin, as well as Betsy Andreu, wife of Postal rider Frankie Andreu. According to Betsy, the reason given for the late dinner was because Pepe was there to deliver EPO (erythropoietin, a banned hormone that controls red blood cell production) to Lance and it was safer for him to cross the border with illegal drugs at night.

After dinner was over, the Armstrongs drove Betsy home. At some point, she saw Pepe hand Lance a brown paper bag. As Armstrong opened the car door for Andreu, he smiled, held up the bag and said, "Liquid gold."

On another occasion, as the Armstrongs and

MEDINAH, Ill. – By 4:30 Sunday afternoon, most of the 40,000 or so fans who'd descended upon Medinah Country Club to see a surefire American rout had made their way to the 191-yard, par-3 17th hole. They lined the trees, the bridge crossing the water, the grandstand behind the green. They even waded into the weeds to get a closer look at the putting surface just across Lake Kadijah.

This is where the 2012 Ryder Cup would be decided.

It's where Luke Donald closed out Bubba Watson to get the European steamroller going; where Ian Poulter grabbed the lead for the first time in his match against Webb Simpson; where Rory McIlroy closed out Keegan Bradley; where Justin Rose poured in an impossible putt to square his match with Phil Mickelson; where Sergio Garcia started his comeback win over Jim Furyk; and it's where Steve Stricker's nerves failed him to essentially seal the Americans' fate.

Not that it should have ever come down to one hole.

The Americans entered the final day

MEDINAH, Ill. – Celebration of a Ryder Cup victory will almost certainly be in full swing Sunday night for the Americans. Show up for the 12 singles matches Sunday morning, win just 4½ of them and it's Champagne time.

The only question is if Tiger Woods will feel deserving of an invitation to the party.

Benched Saturday morning for the first time in his seven Ryder Cup appearances, Woods and partner Steve Stricker emerged in the p.m. only to lose to Luke Donald and Sergio Garcia, making the American duo 0-for-3 in the tournament.

Tiger Woods hugs Steve Stricker after Stricker missed a potential tying putt on No. 18. (Reuters)No matter, though. With Keegan Bradley and Phil Mickelson turning the weekend into their own little bromance and the rookie duo of Jason Dufner and Webb Simpson acting like they've been here before, the U.S. has bolted out to a 10-6 advantage over Europe. Barring a Europe '99 meltdown, the Samuel Ryder Cup will return to this side of the pond for just the second time since the turn of the century.

"It is hard to believe that Tiger hasn't won a point

MEDINAH, Ill. – Topping the list of reasons why the Europeans are looking up at the Americans after the first day of the Ryder Cup is a 26-year-old spark plug named Keegan Bradley, who once slept on the kitchen table in a camper his dad nicknamed Tin Cup II.

Bradley stared down the world's No. 3-ranked player in Friday's morning alternate shot session, the world's No. 1 in the afternoon and, in one day, managed to turn Phil Mickelson's biological clock back 10 years. On a day in which Tiger Woods went winless, Bradley and Mickelson earned two points for the United States, helping the Americans to a 5-3 first-day lead of the biennial tournament they've won just once since 1999.

"His energy is so positive; it's so good," Mickeslon said. "I would say to him a couple of times I need a little pep talk, and he would give me something, get me boosted right up, and I would end up hitting a good shot."

Like at No. 13, when clinging to a tenuous one-hole lead in their match against

MEDINAH, Ill. – Michael Phelps introducing Justin Timberlake.

Even the fans at this year's Ryder Cup came dressed for the craziness. (Y! Sports)Welcome, folks, to the Ryder Cup.

This is a tournament where a man walks around in a kilt, a pair of golf shoes and a Ralph Lauren bag draped over his shoulder, and no one does a double take.

Where Brandt Snedeker tossing lapel pins into the air sends a screaming crowd of 40-somethings in collared golf shirts scrambling to grab one as if it's Eddie Van Halen's guitar pick.

Where Tiger Woods is average.

Where chants of USA! USA! spontaneously break out, only to be silenced the moment anyone steps up to their golf ball.

Where Bubba Watson pulling out a pink driver causes a near riot.

Where the player who lives the closest to the course is part of the away team.

And it's where, as Europe's Ian Poulter put it, "you can be great mates with somebody, but, boy, do you want to kill them."

So is the essence of an event that every two years pits a team of United States golfers against one from Europe in what amounts

MEDINAH, Ill. – Perhaps the fiercest competition during this weekend's Ryder Cup will not take place on the golf course, but rather in the United States' team room.

Phil Mickelson has had a tough time measuring up to Matt Kuchar in pingpong. (Getty Images)That's where three pingpong tables have been set up in what's become a Ryder Cup tradition amongst U.S. players. The original intent was to build camaraderie, and to that end it worked – if you are to believe Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods ironed out some of their differences over a game of table tennis.

Lately, though, the games have taken on a more serious tone, with Mickelson and Matt Kuchar bringing their own paddles packed away in special cases.

"The Ryder Cup is all about pingpong, everybody," Bubba Watson declared Thursday. "When you bring your own paddles in cases, a briefcase with a paddle in it, then obviously it's about pingpong. … It's nuts."

While tongue in cheek, there is some truth to Watson's claim that the Ryder Cup is all about pingpong. When asked about how his relationship with Woods has evolved