Andy

Top 25 games ------------------------------ Wofford at (4) Clemson (4 pm, ACC Network) (6) Florida vs (8) Georgia - in Jacksonville (3:30 pm, CBS) (7) Oregon at USC (8 pm, FOX) (9) Utah at Washington (4 pm, FOX) Ole Miss at (11) Auburn (7 pm, ESPN) West Virginia at (12) Baylor (8 pm Thursday, ESPN) (14) Michigan at Maryland (12 pm, ABC) (15) SMU at (24) Memphis (7:30 pm, ABC) Virginia Tech at (16) Notre Dame (2:30 pm, NBC) (17) Cincinnati at East Carolina (7 pm, CBSSN) Georgia Southern at (20) Appalachian State (8 pm Thursday, ESPNU) (21) Boise State at San Jose State (10:30 pm, CBSSN) (22) Kansas State at Kansas (3:30 pm, FS1) NC State at (23) Wake Forest (12 pm, ESPN) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Navy at UConn (8 pm Friday, ESPN2) Nebraska at Purdue (12 pm, FOX) Houston at UCF (12 pm, ESPN2) Buffalo at Eastern Michigan (12 pm, ESPNU) UTSA at Texas A&M (12 pm, SEC Network) Boston College at Syracuse (12 pm, ACC Network) Northern Illinois at Central Michigan (12 pm, CBSSN) Troy at Coastal Carolina (3 pm, ESPN App) Miami at Florida State (3:30 pm, ABC) TCU at Oklahoma State (3:30 pm, ESPN) Rutgers at Illinois (3:30 pm, BTN) Arkansas State at UL Monroe (3:30 pm, ESPNU) UTEP at North Texas (3:30 pm, NFL Network) Army at Air Force (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Middle Tennessee at Charlotte (3:30 pm, ESPN App) Marshall at Rice (3:30 pm, Facebook) Tulsa at Tulane (4 pm, ESPN2) Mississippi State at Arkansas (4 pm, SEC Network) Pittsburgh at Georgia Tech (4 pm, FSN/ESPN App) Oregon State at Arizona (4:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) Northwestern at Indiana (7 pm, FS1) UAB at Tennessee (7 pm, ESPNU) Vanderbilt at South Carolina (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Virginia at North Carolina (7:30 pm, ACC Network) Colorado at UCLA (9 pm, Pac-12 Network) BYU at Utah State (10 pm, ESPN2) New Mexico at Nevada (10:30 pm, ESPNU) Fresno State at Hawaii (12 am, Facebook)

Would've been a great hedge for anyone who bet the Nationals before the series.

B1G refs made sure to even that out with a bad (not as bad as the one on you) PI on Crawford on 3rd down that led to a TD. Obviously it did not remotely matter. Tonight was the symbolic end of Brian Kelly at ND. He's not going anywhere and he might even have another couple of good seasons, but he's never living this down, getting horsefeathering destroyed by a Michigan team that isn't even that great when an easy 11-1 season was sitting right in front of him. Absolute travesty, this 'performance'. I'm glad Herbstreit called them on the carpet for the no-show.

If we know one thing about this front office, it's that they know how to make good #7 draft picks

Javy had about 67% more defensive WAR than Nick Ahmed, guess which one was a Gold Glove finalist

It was always clear that KB was being held down for service time but I agree, I think they planned to make it slightly less obvious and Olt being hurt (which, while not an excuse, never seems to come up when people mention this) forced the timeline up.

Feeling ahead of the curve on my "I can't stand the Astros" take now.

ND doesn't have anyone like KJ Hamler on their team (with experience, anyway - Braden Lenzy could be that guy but he's barely done anything yet), so that should help. I'd like to believe this will be an easy ND win - ND had an open date before the game while Michigan was on the road, Shea Patterson sucks against pressure and ND has a really good defensive line - but who am I kidding? The Irish have lost 7 of 8 in Ann Arbor, and this is going to be a dogfight.

Enjoy the hell out of this week, because next week's slate is a big 'woof'.

I do, for one. At least I did that series. Because of driving home late from work I listened to the Game 4 NLDS rally on the radio. Got home in time to see the clinching outs.

Umm...yes there are? Nope. Not since like 2010 or something when they doubled everything. It's $200-$1,000 in round 1 and $400-$2,000 in round 2 now. It was around the time of the Ken Jennings run when they made that double. Probably due to do it again soon.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ Arkansas at (1) Alabama (7 pm, ESPN) (9) Auburn at (2) LSU (3:30 pm, CBS) (13) Wisconsin at (3) Ohio State (12 pm, FOX) Boston College at (4) Clemson (7:30 pm, ACC Network) (5) Oklahoma at Kansas State (12 pm, ABC) (6) Penn State at Michigan State (3:30 pm, ABC) (8) Notre Dame at (19) Michigan (7:30 pm, ABC) Washington State at (11) Oregon (10:30 pm, ESPN) California at (12) Utah (10 pm, FS1) (15) Texas at TCU (3:30 pm, FOX) (16) SMU at Houston (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) Maryland at (17) Minnesota (3:30 pm, ESPN) (20) Iowa at Northwestern (12 pm, ESPN2) (21) Appalachian State at South Alabama (12 pm, ESPNU) Oklahoma State at (23) Iowa State (3:30 pm, FS1) (24) Arizona State at UCLA (7:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- USC at Colorado (9 pm Friday, ESPN2) Miami at Pittsburgh (12 pm, ESPN) Illinois at Purdue (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Liberty at Rutgers (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Mississippi State at Texas A&M (12 pm, SEC Network) San Jose State at Army (12 pm, CBSSN) Bowling Green at Western Michigan (12 pm, ESPN App) Western Kentucky at Marshall (2:30 pm, Facebook) New Mexico State at Georgia Southern (3 pm, ESPN App) Syracuse at Florida State (3:30 pm, ESPN2) Indiana at Nebraska (3:30 pm, BTN) Florida International at Middle Tennessee (3:30 pm, NFL Network) Virginia at Louisville (3:30 pm, ACC Network) Tulane at Navy (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Arizona at Stanford (3:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) Akron at Northern Illinois (3:30 pm, ESPN App) South Florida at East Carolina (3:45 pm, ESPNU) South Carolina at Tennessee (4 pm, SEC Network) Duke at North Carolina (4 pm, FSN/ESPN App) UCF at Temple (7 pm, ESPN2) Texas Tech at Kansas (7 pm, FS1) Memphis at Tulsa (7 pm, CBSSN) Colorado State at Fresno State (7:30 pm, ESPNU) Missouri at Kentucky (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Louisiana Tech at UTEP (8 pm, ESPN App) Utah State at Air Force (10:15 pm, ESPN2) San Diego State at UNLV (10:30 pm, CBSSN)

"I wish you could all be here right now" is an incredible Hughes line from that night.

Not bad. Besides when I was actually watching the game, I don't think I could have told you the sequence of events that led to Michale McDonald or whatever his name is in the last AB. I think the whole Javy bunt strikeout rage probably blocked it from my memory, but good for JHey to contribute to the actual game, not just the locker room. I always remember that part but only because Fangraphs (I think it was them) wrote a great article about it a day or two after the game.

You probably wouldn't get it unless you upped to a full Sports Pack. It wouldn't be on any standard package. I’m not sure how Marquee will work but I have U-Verse and NBC Sports Chicago and the Fox regional networks are all part of a pretty basic package. There are four levels of packages, and these channels are for sure in the second cheapest package. Sorry, I meant out of market. If you're in-market, they'll likely be on a more basic package, but if you're not in the market then they wouldn't be on any package you didn't specifically add.

When I bought my house and moved out of my apartment, our landlord (not the one we originally rented from, as he had sold the place) felt the need to sarcastically text me about we must not want our security deposit back. I hadn't left the place in mint condition or anything, but I'd done my best to clean it up and certainly hadn't left anything in egregious shape. I just ignored him and a month or so later he sent me part of my deposit back anyway.

It would presumably be available out of market like any other RSN is, just would black out the games. Well then I may be accidentally paying for it if it’s bundled with the above mentioned networks. I will not up my package to get it. You probably wouldn't get it unless you upped to a full Sports Pack. It wouldn't be on any standard package.

It would presumably be available out of market like any other RSN is, just would black out the games.

Just a pleasant sense of relief that at least one half of the nightmare World Series was averted. Washington is pretty fun, too, so that's nice for their fan base.

Also reportedly interviewing Gabe Kapler.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ Tennessee at (1) Alabama (9 pm, ESPN) (2) LSU at Mississippi State (3:30 pm, CBS) (3) Clemson at Louisville (12 pm, ABC) (4) Ohio State at Northwestern (8:30 pm Friday, BTN) West Virginia at (5) Oklahoma (12 pm, FOX) (6) Wisconsin at Illinois (12 pm, BTN) (16) Michigan at (7) Penn State (7:30 pm, ABC) (9) Florida at South Carolina (12 pm, ESPN) Kentucky at (10) Georgia (6 pm, ESPN) (11) Auburn at Arkansas (12 pm, SEC Network) (12) Oregon at (25) Washington (3:30 pm, ABC) Arizona State at (13) Utah (6 pm, Pac-12 Network) (14) Boise State at BYU (10:15 pm, ESPN2) Kansas at (15) Texas (7 pm, LHN) (18) Baylor at Oklahoma State (4 pm, FOX) Temple at (19) SMU (3:30 pm, ESPN2) (20) Minnesota at Rutgers (3:30 pm, BTN - Regional) Tulsa at (21) Cincinnati (3:30 pm, ESPNU) (22) Missouri at Vanderbilt (4 pm, SEC Network) Purdue at (23) Iowa (12 pm, ESPN2) UL Monroe at (24) Appalachian State (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- South Alabama at Troy (8 pm Wednesday, ESPN2) UL Lafayette at Arkansas State (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPNU) UCLA at Stanford (9 pm Thursday, ESPN) Marshall at Florida Atlantic (6:30 pm Friday, CBSSN) Pittsburgh at Syracuse (7 pm Friday, ESPN) UNLV at Fresno State (10 pm Friday, CBSSN) Iowa State at Texas Tech (12 pm, FS1) Houston at UConn (12 pm, ESPNU) NC State at Boston College (12 pm, FSN/ESPN App) Georgia Tech at Miami (12 pm, ACC Network) Kent State at Ohio (12 pm, CBSSN) Central Michigan at Bowling Green (2 pm, ESPN App) TCU at Kansas State (2:30 pm, FSN) Oregon State at California (2:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) Coastal Carolina at Georgia Southern (3 pm, ESPN App) Indiana at Maryland (3:30 pm, BTN - Regional) Duke at Virginia (3:30 pm, ACC Network) North Carolina at Virginia Tech (3:30 pm, FSN/ESPN App) Southern Miss at Louisiana Tech (3:30 pm, NFL Network) South Florida at Navy (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Buffalo at Akron (3:30 pm, ESPN App) Middle Tennessee at North Texas (4 pm, Stadium) Rice at UTSA (6 pm, ESPN App) Tulane at Memphis (7 pm, ESPN2) Colorado at Washington State (7 pm, ESPNU) East Carolina at UCF (7 pm, CBSSN) Texas A&M at Ole Miss (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Florida State at Wake Forest (7:30 pm, ACC Network) Arizona at USC (9:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) Nevada at Utah State (10:15 pm, ESPNU) Air Force at Hawaii (11 pm, CBSSN)

But would you trade Yadi for Mike Trout? Yadi will finish his career as a Cardinal, and that has been the plan since Pujols left. He's this generation's franchise player for St. Louis. And yes, I absolutely understand why fans from other teams hate him. I was trying to come up with a comparable player in recent (2 decades) of a Cubs player and how fans regarded them. I'm having trouble finding a 15 year player with multiple all-star appearances and arguably a HOF career. I think Rizzo is probably the closest as far as fans adoring a player. Am I missing somebody? Do we have to go back to the 60s/70s teams to do that? Sammy probably would've been that guy before the steroid stuff - and certainly before his ignominious exit - blew up that possibility. Rizzo and Javy are probably the 2 guys with closest to a 100% approval rating on the current team, but obviously don't have anything close to Molina's longevity.

This most recent wave with Boone, Cora, etc. has been really strong in the early going. That being said, the first wave of these guys, Robin Ventura, Mike Matheny, Brad Ausmus, was kind of a disaster. I'm mostly with you on whoever we get probably being fine, but there is some risk. Feels like the quality of the front office is a pretty clear dividing line there. I was going to say, Matheny is a weird addition there, not because he wasn't a terrible manager (he was), but because even with a terrible manager, his team went to the playoffs 4 straight times and the World Series once.

STL is winning anyway, them beating LA would've just made it more infuriating. But maybe Scherzer and Strasburg can Schilling/Johnson their way past somehow.

It's funny, Joe Maddon said that same thing when STL sucked us into a beanball war in 2015 and their fans still haven't gotten over it.