The Wide World of Sports* (09/04/18)

*Well, only the ones I care about.

It's Tua Time!

MLB

It's been awhile since I did this, but wait...I can mention the Braves again? Unexpected season from them for sure.

NL East: Braves lead the Phillies by 4 games
NL Central: Cubs lead the Cardinals Brewers by 4 games
NL West: Dodgers and Rockies are tied, with Arizona 1 game back
NL Wildcard "Leaders": Cards, Brewers, Rockies, Dodgers, Phillies

AL East: Boston leads the universe by a bazillion games
AL Central: Cleveland leads the Twins by a touchdown
AL West: Astros lead the A's by 2.5 games
AL Wildcard "Leaders": basically just the Yankees and the A's

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NFL + Fantasy

Season hasn't quite started yet. I'll post my Fantasy Team (The Vortex of Suck) and maybe ask for recommendations. Here's my roster:

QB's Roethlisberger, Ryan
RB's Elliot, McCaffrey, Yeldon
WR's Green, Thomas, Fitzgerald, Ginn, Ridley
TE's Howard, Engram, Hooper
Defense: Jacksonville
Kicker: Forbath

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NCAA Football

Ohhhh it's finally here! Yeah you know I'm a big Bama boy (I'm from there so it's not bandwagon). Well, this is what the Top 25 looked like before Saturday:

1 Alabama(42) 0-0 1505 (SEC1)

2 Clemson(18) 0-0 1476 (ACC1)

3 Georgia 0-0 1350 (SEC2)

4 Wisconsin(1) 0-0 1271 (BIG10-1)

5 Ohio State 0-0 1256 (BIG10-2)

6 Washington 0-0 1215 (PAC12-1)

7 Oklahoma 0-0 1173 (BIG12-1)

8 Miami 0-0 1027 (ACC2)

9 Auburn 0-0 1013 (SEC3)

10 Penn State 0-0 1012 (BIG10-3)

11 Michigan State 0-0 877 (BIG10-4)

12 Notre Dame 0-0 804 (IND1)

13 Stanford 0-0 778 (PAC12-2)

14 Michigan 0-0 773 (BIG10-5)

15 USC 0-0 543 (PAC12-3)

16 TCU 0-0 533 (BIG12-2)

17 West Virginia 0-0 511 (BIG12-3)

18 Mississippi State 0-0 450 (SEC4)

19 Florida State 0-0 384 (ACC3)

20 Virginia Tech 0-0 351 (ACC4)

21 UCF 0-0 312 (AAC1)

22 Boise State 0-0 292 (MWC1)

23 Texas 0-0 216 (BIG12-4)

24 Oregon 0-0 148 (PAC12-4)

25 LSU 0-0 106 (SEC5)

Bama 51, Louisville 14. Next. #WeWantBama #NoYouDont 

Games of Note: #9 Auburn 21, #6 Washington 16 - I'm not sure if either defense was great, or both offenses were inept.
#25 LSU 33, #Miami 17 - Good thing Miami doesn't have a "touchdown chain"...it would have sat there unused for quite awhile
#20 Va Tech 24, #19 FSU 3 - Wow.

#10 Penn St escaped Appalachian St in overtime. It almost happened again to an overrated Big 10 team. Speaking of overrated...

#12 Notre Dame 24, #14 Michigan 17. Meh.

...and Texas is gonna Texas y'all

Interesting games this week:

UCLA @ #7 Oklahoma
#3 Georgia @ South Carolina
#2 Clemson @ Texas A&M
#10 Penn St @ Pitt
#15 USC @ #13 Stanford
#11 Michigan State @ Arizona St

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