Andy

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.

It made me feel a tiny bit better knowing there were some among the players who didn't approve the plan. And I do remember it being on the table that they would approve a playoff expansion in '21, too, and that didn't happen. I just don't want them to horsefeathers it up.

North Carolina vs Charlotte canceled. Charlotte had one positive case and contact tracing resulted in needing to quarantine basically their entire offensive line.

If the rapid testing is real and works, it shouldn't be a big issue. Hopefully. I saw a report that Pac-12 presidents are meeting on Friday. I'm sure they'll try their best to hustle back too, but it might be tougher sledding on the West Coast with the more stringent restrictions in place.

Of course this is about depressing salaries. Why would it be about anything else? Now no owner will have to bother trying to make their team better than 85 wins. There's no reason to. Bigger playoff checks, no reason to spend in free agency - it's the owners' dream. This whole thing is horsefeathering [expletive] and should be blocked at every turn by the PA, but it won't be.

Like all other owners, if MLB has assurances from Cohen that he wants to make buckets of money off the team more than he wants to win (i.e. he won't go crazy into the luxury tax), he'll be approved, and if not, he won't.

The bracket says which series will be where. Since we're not going to be the 1 seed, we'd be in Houston for the LDS if we're still playing.

Nebraska continues to shine throughout this whole mess.

That is Oct. 3. I had to double check that because 2020.

This is where things get really weird, because the AP poll has removed teams whose conferences announced a postponement to spring. But the B1G appears well on course to resume play in mid October according to several reports. Should be super fun to see how the poll handles just dropping a whole league back in at that point. Top 25 games ------------------------------ The Citadel at (1) Clemson (4 pm, ACC Network) South Florida at (7) Notre Dame (2:30 pm, USA) Tulsa at (11) Oklahoma State (12 pm, ESPN) Austin Peay at (13) Cincinnati (12 pm, ESPN+) (14) UCF at Georgia Tech (3:30 pm, ABC) (17) Miami at (18) Louisville (7:30 pm, ABC) (19) UL Lafayette at Georgia State (12 pm, ESPN2) (24) Appalachian State at Marshall (3:30 pm, CBS) Syracuse at (25) Pittsburgh (12 pm, ACC Network) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Campbell at Coastal Carolina (7:30 pm Friday, ESPN) Navy at Tulane (12 pm, ABC) Boston College at Duke (12 pm, FSN) Liberty at Western Kentucky (12 pm, ESPNU) Troy at Middle Tennessee (3:30 pm, ESPN) Stephen F. Austin at UTSA (3:30 pm, ESPN2) SMU at North Texas (6 pm, CBSSN) Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Texas State at UL Monroe (7:30 pm, ESPNU) Wake Forest at NC State (8 pm, ACC Network) Abilene Christian at UTEP (9 pm, ESPN3)

I've spent the last 8 months slobbering all over the Matt Rhule hire and he gives the ball to Alex Armah on 4th and inches with the game on the line. WTF. This year doesn't really matter because the team sucks, and from that perspective there was a decent amount to like, but man, letting it get away like that is a bummer

The ump called 2 or 3 strikes as balls for Mills in the 9th. I mean I'm not asking for a vintage Maddux zone but why the hell are you squeezing a dude with a no hitter going in a 12 run game? Pretty amazing thing for Mills. I wouldn't have had him in the top 5 starting pitchers likely to toss a no-no this year, good for him.

Also saw tonight was the first time Hader had ever given up 2 homers in a 9th inning. This win doesn't make any sense, but it's awesome.