Andy

If these guys have collectively decided to stop sucking they picked a pretty great time to do it

Unless I'm missing something, this will leave the MAC as the only conference not officially returning to play.

Looks like it'll be a 7-game season. They'll follow the same format as the B1G where the #2 North team will play the #2 South team and so on the same weekend of the conference title game.

Home field in the first round matters a bit. I think most of us would probably agree it's more about not wanting STL to have any nice things, though. And to be clear, that's always an acceptable reason to root for something.

I feel like we're discussing how unlucky the Cubs' offense is every year in some form or fashion. I'm not saying you're wrong, the numbers suggest you aren't, but I feel like there's got to be a different explanation for this.

Well, we'll have to score twice - twice! - to win now. Fold up the tents.

I actually long for Chiliball at this point. It's that bad. Related, remember when we were sure he was the reason we couldn't score a damn run?

If it's going to take time, Manfred won't wait for it.

2 easy TD throws dropped on Sunday. Only reason Carolina was even in that game.

Now South Florida vs FAU is off too. Not announced, but it sure looks like ND had some guys who played in that game and tested positive 2 days later, forcing a USF quarantine. Tulsa vs Arkansas State was also postponed. Depressing.

Houston's game against North Texas has been canceled because UNT couldn't field a team due to 4 positives and contact tracing. Houston has now had 5 games postponed or canceled without playing one, and all 5 were because of the opponent.

I couldn't hate the idea of banning the shift more. If offenses continue to be as bad as they are this year, teams will have no choice but to tweak their strategies, and the issue should take care of itself. However, the utter nosedive across MLB leads me to believe the drop has more to do with the shutdown benefiting pitchers more than hitters, rather than some cliff we've gone over with respect to the shift.

I'm wondering how amused I should be that all 3 deadline acquisitions this year are going to be completely useless.

NM not paying attention

I was excited about the possibility of Wes Unseld Jr. but it's hard to argue with this choice. He's been nothing but rock-solid in OKC.

Welp.

Maybe not-so-hot take: Unless you're confident in Bryant coming out of whatever this season has been, not having him at 3B in this year's playoffs might be an upgrade.

And Brady would have been there if Brees hadn't decided to come back. I know they love him there, (and Brady had some issues week 1) but man they have to be pissed if he really is done and could have had TB12 ready to takeover. Brady isn't any better than Brees at this point. They have different weaknesses, but they're around the same caliber. The goodwill of letting Brees stay on another year is worth more than a hypothetical increase in QB play with Brady that might not have even happened.

Stop horsefeathering acquiring players who have only ever been good for STL

I hadn't noticed in real time but Schwarber did lollygag a bit on that triple to left field. I guess that could be it.

The AP announced a couple days ago that the B1G will be eligible for the AP poll again next Sunday now that they have a schedule. So things will change pretty significantly. Top 25 games ------------------------------ (2) Alabama at Missouri (7 pm, ESPN) Kansas State at (3) Oklahoma (12 pm, FOX) (4) Georgia at Arkansas (4 pm, SEC Network) (5) Florida at Ole Miss (12 pm, ESPN) Mississippi State at (6) LSU (3:30 pm, CBS) (8) Texas at Texas Tech (3:30 pm, FOX) (23) Kentucky at (8) Auburn (12 pm, SEC Network) Vanderbilt at (10) Texas A&M (7:30 pm, SEC Network - Alternate) Florida State at (12) Miami (7:30 pm, ABC) (13) UCF at East Carolina (12 pm, ABC) (22) Army at (14) Cincinnati (3:30 pm, ESPN) West Virginia at (15) Oklahoma State (3:30 pm, ABC) (16) Tennessee at South Carolina (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Troy at (18) BYU (10:15 pm, ESPN) Georgia Southern at (19) UL Lafayette (12 pm, ESPN2) NC State at (20) Virginia Tech (8 pm, ACC Network) (24) Louisville at (21) Pittsburgh (12 pm, ACC Network) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- UAB at South Alabama (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) Middle Tennessee at UTSA (8 pm Friday, CBSSN) Georgia Tech at Syracuse (12 pm, FSN) Florida International at Liberty (1 pm, ESPNU) Iowa State at TCU (1:30 pm, FS1) UTEP at UL Monroe (3:30 pm, ESPN2) Duke at Virginia (4 pm, ACC Network) Texas State at Boston College (6 pm, FSN) Houston Baptist at Louisiana Tech (7 pm, ESPN3) Tulane at Southern Miss (7 pm, Stadium) Kansas at Baylor (7:30 pm, ESPNU)

Both Happ and Ross just said he's fine and didn't go into why he was pulled. Double-secret suspension?

Wait, you have Lamar and Kyler? (I'm assuming this is a 2-QB league.) That's pretty ridiculous. I got Kyler at $12 in a keeper auction league when I traded AJ Green, Will Fuller and Sterling Shepard for him - my team was 0-3 and I had the lowest point total in the league so I tore it down. I ended up almost making the playoffs that year and kept Kyler, and I'm going to have a lot of fun with that decision.

Kyler Murray needs to continue being awesome because having him as my fantasy QB is the only salve for what is going to be a really really long Carolina season. #TankForTrevor

Baylor vs Houston, a matchup that was announced last Saturday, was postponed. No one tested positive yet, but several members of one position group at Baylor were exposed to someone who did. Houston has now had 4 different games postponed and hasn't played yet, and none of them were their fault. Rice postponed because they got COVID, Washington State was wiped out by the Pac-12, Memphis postponed because of COVID, and now Baylor. From a TV perspective, Fox gave NBC the U.S. Open this year because it was moved to the fall, which is why (along with NBCSN's hockey coverage) Notre Dame is playing on USA, the network's first college football game since 1986. And now despite all of that, Fox has no football game this Saturday.