If you’ve ever responded to an obnoxious Red Sox fan at Oriole Park, “Yeah? Well our crabs could kick your lobster’s butt any night off the week!” then this is the bet for you.

The university presidents of Towson and New Hampshire have a friendly little wager going for the Oct. 3 football game between the UNH Wildcats and the TU Tigers: one bushel of Maryland blue crabs against one dozen New England lobsters (or, “lob-stahs”), winner takes all.

And much like when the Boston Red Sox play the O’s here, you can expect a strong New England presence for this one. The UNH D.C. Alumni Chapter and UNH Athletics are partnering to ensure the university has a strong presence at the game and are hosting a tailgating reception for Wildcat fans before the 3 p.m. kickoff at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson.

I like this idea; it’s clever. But they could bump it up a notch. Like say, next year, instead of a bet they should have a crab and a lobster “race” across a fish tank in lieu of a coin toss to decide the receiving team. Of course that would probably cause a PR storm…but it could be pretty entertaining.

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The NFL schedule is out and the Ravens finally get to host a national game after a year’s hiatus. We have to wait until week 12 for a Sunday Night Football face off between Baltimore and Pittsburgh — the first time the teams will have met since the AFC Championship game in January — and I’m sure NFL execs are hoping the drama and playoff runs will be sufficiently built up by then and Ravens starting QB Joe Flacco won’t be going through a sophomore slump.

The Ravens will also make national appearances as the road team in Monday Night Football games against the Browns in week 10 and the Packers in week 13.

Last year, the Ravens only had two nationally televised games — both away — against Pittsburgh on ESPN and Dallas on the NFL Network.

Philadelphia, the Ravens’ counterpart in last year’s playoffs after losing to Arizona in the NFC Championship game, has four national appearances including one game at home on NBC.  Arizona also has three national appearances with one at home on NBC. Reigning champ Pittsburgh has a whopping five national games including two at home on NBC.

It’s nice to see Baltimore getting the love more this year after an 11-5 record and playoff run and story that caught the eye of the national media. Do they have it in them to impress the country again this year?

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