Andy

I'm very disappointed that I couldn't find a Seth from Superbad "slapping God across the face" GIF to use here.

Welp, so much for that

I have a feeling a playoff opponent or two is going to rue the day they let Murphy slide to us on waivers.

Cishek is so damn good it's ridiculous.

That worm turned in a hurry. Rockets left and right this inning. Keep it up, Rizzo.

It was cool to be fixed on offense for 2 whole days

Brandon Dixon and you go with B Dix on your jersey? A-Rodism gone wild.

Why the horsefeathers did he do that on a 3-0 count

Someone got in Javy's ear after that first AB based on his strike zone judgment in the second one. And of course he tags and gets to second.

Williams lined one off one of the poles that hold up the basket and it somehow did not go over, staying in play. Was originally a HR, changed to a double.

The one in a million shot off the post of the basket. Might never see that again.

Copy/pasting previous titles bites me in the ass. If we keep winning you're gonna keep pretending we're on the road and that's just the way it is.

The pop-up Clark St. Sports store had an El Mago shirt and several jerseys when I was there 2 weeks ago. There may be more choices there or elsewhere by now.

I planned to have my friends and my annual trip coincide with the Angels for that reason but I can't do it in freezing-ass April.

Kirk Gibson just pointed out on the Tigers broadcast that Joe relinquished the DH by moving Zobrist to second and called it "such a Joe Maddon move" for some reason.

It would be super cool if this was the start of a nice long run.

Let's not have this be the game where we actually score some runs then blow it

Plus a Friday "just in case it rains" off day in freaking Texas, which makes no sense at all. Doubt we've ever had 2 scheduled Friday off days.

Not at all. He is a pitcher. Any day he is still breathing is pretty much a win, let alone providing value.

We've scored like negative 5 runs a game for the better part of 2 weeks, that would be horsefeathering annoying to watch whether it was dongs or 'productive outs' or wild pitches bringing in those negative 5

Narrator: He's a horsefeathering idiot

I almost grabbed Zimmermann in fantasy before thinking better of it. Don't make me regret that non move, Cobs.

If he's taking Russell's ABs, good. If he's taking anyone else's ABs, it's probably still ok but less good. Also, even though it makes perfect sense, it's kind of funny that the week Darvish probably becomes toast and Quintana continues to look like ass (granted, less bad in his last start) and we seem to desperately need a 4th playoff starter that we go trade for another bat.

He's quoting (or paraphrasing) Papa John. I think it's to discuss how ignorant I am being for asking if Fukudome faced additional difficulties beyond the stupid headbands and shirts (and man, would there have been a far different media climate surrounding that today, whereas 10 years ago it was mostly shrugged off, beyond Kosuke apparently publicly condemning the 'horry kow' shirt, which was hideous even at the time). FTR, it was an earnest question, I didn't know if I missed something else.

As always, all times are ET, and I'll be using AP rankings until the playoff committee rankings start. I only include games that don't cost more than a cable subscription to watch, so I'm omitting ESPN+ games from 'nationally available'. Suffice to say that if you're a MAC or Sun Belt fan, the game is probably on ESPN+ (though a few will still be on ESPN3, which does not cost the extra $5/month). "Week Zero" nationally available games (Aug. 25) Hawaii at Colorado State (7:30 pm, CBSSN) Wyoming at New Mexico State (10 pm, ESPN2) Week 1 Top 25 games ------------------------------ Louisville vs (1) Alabama - in Orlando (8 pm, ABC) Furman at (2) Clemson (12:20 pm, ACC Network/ESPN3) Austin Peay at (3) Georgia (3:30 pm, ESPN) Western Kentucky at (4) Wisconsin (9 pm Friday, ESPN) Oregon State at (5) Ohio State (12 pm, ABC) (6) Washington vs (9) Auburn - in Atlanta (3:30 pm, ABC) Florida Atlantic at (7) Oklahoma (12 pm, FOX) (8) Miami vs (25) LSU - in Arlington, TX (7:30 pm Sunday, ABC) Appalachian State at (10) Penn State (3:30 pm, BTN - Regional) Utah State at (11) Michigan State (8 pm Friday, BTN) (14) Michigan at (12) Notre Dame (7:30 pm, NBC) San Diego State at (13) Stanford (9 pm Friday, FS1) UNLV at (15) USC (4 pm, Pac-12 Network) Southern at (16) TCU (12 pm, FSN) (17) West Virginia vs Tennessee - in Charlotte (3:30 pm, CBS) Stephen F. Austin at (18) Mississippi State (7:30 pm, ESPNU) (20) Virginia Tech at (19) Florida State (8 pm Monday, ESPN) (21) UCF at UConn (7 pm Thursday, ESPNU) (22) Boise State at Troy (6 pm, ESPNEWS) (23) Texas vs Maryland - in Landover, MD (12 pm, FS1) Bowling Green at (24) Oregon (8 pm, Pac-12 Network) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- New Mexico State at Minnesota (7 pm Thursday, BTN) Northwestern at Purdue (8 pm Thursday, ESPN) Missouri State at Oklahoma State (8 pm Thursday, FS1) Wake Forest at Tulane (8 pm Thursday, CBSSN) Weber State at Utah (8 pm Thursday, Pac-12 Network) Northwestern State at Texas A&M (8:30 pm Thursday, SEC Network) Syracuse at Western Michigan (6 pm Friday, CBSSN) Army at Duke (7 pm Friday, ESPNU) Colorado vs Colorado State - in Denver (9:30 pm Friday, CBSSN) Ole Miss vs Texas Tech - in Houston (12 pm, ESPN) Kent State at Illinois (12 pm, BTN - Regional) Texas State at Rutgers (12 pm, BTN - Regional) James Madison at NC State (12 pm, ESPNU) Coastal Carolina at South Carolina (12 pm, SEC Network) Villanova at Temple (12 pm, ESPNEWS) Houston at Rice (12 pm, CBSSN) Alcorn State at Georgia Tech (12:30 pm, FSN/ESPN3) UMass at Boston College (1 pm, ESPN3) Stony Brook at Air Force (2 pm, Facebook) Northern Illinois at Iowa (3:30 pm, BTN - Regional) Central Michigan at Kentucky (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Washington State at Wyoming (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Albany at Pittsburgh (3:30 pm, ESPN3) North Carolina at California (4 pm, FOX) Eastern Illinois at Arkansas (4 pm, SEC Network) UT Martin at Missouri (4 pm, SEC Network - Alternate) Delaware State at Buffalo (6 pm, ESPN3) Elon at South Florida (6 pm, ESPN3) North Carolina A&T at East Carolina (6 pm, ESPN3) Richmond at Virginia (6 pm, ESPN3) Cincinnati at UCLA (7 pm, ESPN) Indiana at Florida International (7 pm, CBSSN) Central Arkansas at Tulsa (7 pm, ESPN3) Grambling at UL Lafayette (7 pm, ESPN3) Mercer at Memphis (7 pm, ESPN3) Nicholls at Kansas (7 pm, ESPN3) South Dakota at Kansas State (7 pm, ESPN3) VMI at Toledo (7 pm, ESPN3) Charleston Southern at Florida (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Middle Tennessee at Vanderbilt (7:30 pm, SEC Network - Alternate) Northern Arizona at UTEP (7:30 pm, ESPN3) SMU at North Texas (7:30 pm, Stadium) Akron at Nebraska (8 pm, FOX) Abilene Christian at Baylor (8 pm, FSN) Incarnate Word at New Mexico (8 pm, ESPN3) Idaho at Fresno State (10 pm, Facebook) UTSA at Arizona State (10:30 pm, FS1) BYU at Arizona (10:45 pm, ESPN) Navy at Hawaii (11 pm, CBSSN)