Andy

Apparently Heyward has opted in, to our shock.

I love that costume plan, and it was very shrewd of Beltran to go Puerto Rico rather than pick any of his employers.

Those are pretty nice, but the regular uniforms are better. That's a Nike complaint, not a Bulls one, though.

I'm a little leery of what it might mean if ND loses a game (which I still think they're going to do at some point in November), but otherwise it's whatever. LSU will either be out of the race or be very deserving of their spot this time next week.

Updated with the new playoff rankings, including the 'well, we have to show how different we are from the polls' move of putting unbeaten ND with a win over #5 behind 1-loss LSU with a win over #6.

Will update Tuesday night this week and every week with committee rankings. Top 25 games ------------------------------ (1) Alabama at (3) LSU (8 pm, CBS) Louisville at (2) Clemson (12 pm, ABC) (4) Notre Dame at Northwestern (7:15 pm, ESPN) (14) Penn State at (5) Michigan (3:45 pm, ESPN) (6) Georgia at (9) Kentucky (3:30 pm, CBS) (7) Oklahoma at Texas Tech (8 pm, ABC) California at (8) Washington State (10:45 pm, ESPN) Nebraska at (10) Ohio State (12 pm, FOX) Missouri at (11) Florida (4 pm, SEC Network) Temple at (12) UCF (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) (13) West Virginia at (17) Texas (3:30 pm, FOX) (15) Utah at Arizona State (4 pm, Pac-12 Network) (16) Iowa at Purdue (3:30 pm, ESPN2) Louisiana Tech at (18) Mississippi State (7:30 pm, SEC Network) (19) Syracuse at Wake Forest (12 pm, FSN/ESPN3) (20) Texas A&M at Auburn (12 pm, ESPN) Florida State at (21) NC State (3:30 pm, ABC) (22) Boston College at Virginia Tech (3:45 pm, ACC Network/ESPN3) (23) Fresno State at UNLV (10:30 pm, CBSSN) (24) Iowa State at Kansas (12 pm, FSN) Pittsburgh at (25) Virginia (7:30 pm Friday, ESPN2) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Miami (OH) at Buffalo (8 pm Tuesday, ESPN2) Kent State at Bowling Green (8 pm Tuesday, ESPNU) Ball State at Toledo (7:30 pm Wednesday, ESPN2) Ohio at Western Michigan (7 pm Thursday, ESPNU) Northern Illinois at Akron (7 pm Thursday, CBSSN) Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee (8 pm Friday, CBSSN) Colorado at Arizona (10:30 pm Friday, FS1) Michigan State at Maryland (12 pm, ESPN2) Oklahoma State at Baylor (12 pm, FS1) Rutgers at Wisconsin (12 pm, BTN) Memphis at East Carolina (12 pm, ESPNU) South Carolina at Ole Miss (12 pm, SEC Network) Air Force at Army (12 pm, CBSSN) Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan (12 pm, ESPN3) Georgia Tech at North Carolina (12:15 pm, ACC Network/ESPN3) Georgia Southern at UL Monroe (3 pm, ESPN3) Marshall at Southern Miss (3 pm, Facebook) Kansas State at TCU (3:30 pm, FS1) Minnesota at Illinois (3:30 pm, BTN) Navy at Cincinnati (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Tulane at South Florida (3:30 pm, CBSSN) UTEP at Rice (3:30 pm, ESPN3) Charlotte at Tennessee (4 pm, SEC Network) Alcorn State at New Mexico State (4 pm, ESPN3) Duke at Miami (7 pm, ESPN2) Houston at SMU (7 pm, ESPNU) UConn at Tulsa (7 pm, CBSSN) UCLA at Oregon (7:30 pm, FOX) Florida Atlantic at Florida International (7:30 pm, Stadium) Stanford at Washington (9 pm, Pac-12 Network) USC at Oregon State (10 pm, FS1) BYU at Boise State (10:15 pm, ESPN2) San Diego State at New Mexico (10:15 pm, ESPNU) Utah State at Hawaii (12 am, Stadium)

All this may be true, but it's worth noting Wisconsin sucks. They've beaten nobody and lost at home to BYU.

Not trying to defend the Bulls medical staff, but it's very possible to continue playing with a strained MCL/ACL and not notice it or have it affect you. Some players continue playing with a torn MCL/ACL if the inflammation and pain isn't too bad. It sucks that he's out now because Cam Payne is horsefeathering terrible, but I want the Bulls to lose. We need to emulate "The Process" and tank -- at least for one more year. Yeah, it sucks that it happened to a supposed 'core' player as opposed to someone less important to the future, but the Bulls losing another year is probably for the best. Signing Parker might have been a nice stealth tanking move in that regard even if it wasn't intended that way.

I don't know for sure, but I think a structure like that, actually is possible. At any rate, the general structure is exactly what we need to be going for...... Wasn't it just reported that Wainwright's STL contract is a no-go because a guy can't make less than 75 percent of what he made the prior year if he stays on the same team without going to free agency or something like that?

I'm cool with either team winning. I'd probably narrowly prefer Boston because they're young and pretty fun, but for whatever longtime fans LA has, getting their first title in 30 years would be kinda cool too.

Too bad ESPN got their claws in Amin first, but hopefully he'll be happy doing the fill-in stuff for Funk when available. He's just great at everything.

I imagine it'd been a while since a team played the first 3 quarters as badly as Carolina did today, then won the game.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ (2) Clemson at Florida State (12 pm, ABC) (3) Notre Dame vs Navy - in San Diego (8 pm, CBS) (6) Texas at Oklahoma State (8 pm, ABC) (9) Florida vs (7) Georgia - in Jacksonville (3:30 pm, CBS) Kansas State at (8) Oklahoma (3:30 pm, FOX) (12) Kentucky at Missouri (4 pm, SEC Network) Baylor at (13) West Virginia (7 pm Thursday, FS1) (14) Washington State at (24) Stanford (7 pm, Pac-12 Network) (15) Washington at California (6:30 pm, FS1) (16) Texas A&M at Mississippi State (7 pm, ESPN) (18) Iowa at (17) Penn State (3:30 pm, ESPN) (19) Oregon at Arizona (10:30 pm, ESPN) (20) Wisconsin at Northwestern (12 pm, FOX) (21) South Florida at Houston (3:30 pm, ABC/ESPN2) (22) NC State at Syracuse (7 pm, ESPN2) (23) Utah at UCLA (10:30 pm Friday, ESPN) (25) Appalachian State at Georgia Southern (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPNU) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Troy at South Alabama (8 pm Tuesday, ESPN2) Toledo at Western Michigan (7 pm Thursday, ESPN2) Ball State at Ohio (7 pm Thursday, CBSSN) Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPN) Louisiana Tech at Florida Atlantic (6:30 pm Friday, CBSSN) Miami at Boston College (7 pm Friday, ESPN) Indiana at Minnesota (8 pm Friday, FS1) Wyoming at Colorado State (10 pm Friday, CBSSN) Purdue at Michigan State (12 pm, ESPN) Texas Tech at Iowa State (12 pm, ESPN2) Bethune-Cookman at Nebraska (12 pm, BTN) Wake Forest at Louisville (12 pm, FSN/ESPN3) UMass at UConn (12 pm, ESPNU) Vanderbilt at Arkansas (12 pm, SEC Network) Central Michigan at Akron (12 pm, ESPN3) Army at Eastern Michigan (12 pm, CBSSN) North Carolina at Virginia (12:20 pm, ACC Network/ESPN3) Southern Miss at Charlotte (2 pm, ESPN3) TCU at Kansas (3 pm, FS1) Oregon State at Colorado (3 pm, Pac-12 Network) Arizona State at USC (3:30 pm, ABC/ESPN2) Illinois at Maryland (3:30 pm, BTN) Duke at Pittsburgh (3:30 pm, FSN/ESPN3) Northern Illinois at BYU (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Cincinnati at SMU (3:30 pm, CBSSN) New Mexico at Utah State (4 pm, Facebook) Tulane at Tulsa (7 pm, ESPNU) Boise State at Air Force (7 pm, CBSSN) New Mexico State at Texas State (7 pm, ESPN3) Tennessee at South Carolina (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Hawaii at Fresno State (10:30 pm, ESPN2) San Diego State at Nevada (10:30 pm, ESPNU)

In 2 weeks we've gone from 'what if 5 teams win out' to wondering if this is the year a 2 loss team gets in.

Someday Alabama will be in a close game again. Probably. Maybe.

Kris Dunn was out tonight for personal reasons His gf had a kid Should've known better than to let her near Addison Russell

The hangover proof Astros won precisely zero more postseason games than the team they were so much better than. Oh, darn.

Kris Dunn was out tonight for personal reasons

I find it amusing they think they have any remote chance for either one.

That's kind of what he did say at first. But then someone asked him if he'd read the blog post, and...

I saw this too, at this point outside of general hatred of Boston everything (which I completely respect) I can't imagine why anyone wants the Astros to win.

Bulls calling a 1 pm presser tomorrow for a 'business, not basketball' announcement per KC Johnson. Guessing they've sold the jersey ad.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ (1) Alabama at Tennessee (3:30 pm, CBS) (2) Ohio State at Purdue (7:30 pm, ABC) (16) NC State at (3) Clemson (3:30 pm, ESPN) (22) Mississippi State at (5) LSU (7 pm, ESPN) (6) Michigan at (24) Michigan State (12 pm, FOX) (9) Oklahoma at TCU (12 pm, ABC) (10) UCF at East Carolina (7 pm, ESPN2) (12) Oregon at (25) Washington State (7:30 pm, FOX) Vanderbilt at (14) Kentucky (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Colorado at (15) Washington (3:30 pm, FOX) (18) Penn State at Indiana (3:30 pm, ABC) Maryland at (19) Iowa (12 pm, ESPN2) (20) Cincinnati at Temple (12 pm, ESPNU) UConn at (21) South Florida (7 pm, CBSSN) Illinois at (23) Wisconsin (12 pm, FS1) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Georgia State at Arkansas State (7:30 pm Thursday, ESPNU) Stanford at Arizona State (9 pm Thursday, ESPN) Colorado State at Boise State (9 pm Friday, ESPN2) Air Force at UNLV (10 pm Friday, CBSSN) Auburn at Ole Miss (12 pm, ESPN) Northwestern at Rutgers (12 pm, BTN) Tulsa at Arkansas (12 pm, SEC Network) Miami (OH) at Army (12 pm, CBSSN) North Carolina at Syracuse (12:20 pm, ACC Network/ESPN3) Virginia at Duke (12:30 pm, FSN/ESPN3) Bowling Green at Ohio (2 pm, ESPN3) Idaho State at Liberty (2 pm, ESPN3) Florida Atlantic at Marshall (2:30 pm, Facebook) Charlotte at Middle Tennessee (3 pm, ESPN3) Wake Forest at Florida State (3:30 pm, ESPN2) Kansas at Texas Tech (3:30 pm, FS1) Minnesota at Nebraska (3:30 pm, BTN) SMU at Tulane (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Houston at Navy (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Memphis at Missouri (4 pm, SEC Network) California at Oregon State (4 pm, Pac-12 Network) Georgia Southern at New Mexico State (4 pm, ESPN3) Texas State at UL Monroe (7 pm, ESPN3) Fresno State at New Mexico (7:30 pm, ESPNU) USC at Utah (8 pm, Pac-12 Network) Arizona at UCLA (10:30 pm, ESPN2) San Jose State at San Diego State (10:30 pm, CBSSN) Nevada at Hawaii (12 am, Stadium)

Michigan might be really good. They'd better be because it might be ND's only ranked win when it's all over. Granted if they keep playing like today (what the hell is it with Pitt against unbeaten ND teams) it won't matter.

That was weird. I would've waited a couple more innings to see if it turned into a blowout. But I guess they won by 1 so it worked.