Andy

Holy hell you never would've convinced me Rizzo and Soto were teammates. It really does seem like a different eon.

where are you in western Michigan? my parents moved by st. joseph and there's a cub's themed bar and grill in that area. I'm not going there for a watch party, but in theory that should be a fun place to watch the game North of Muskegon, so well north of St. Joe. I actually almost interviewed for a job there before I found out which company owned the paper.

i've flown them once and it was [expletive] awesome they need to add direct ORD to LAS service damnit Flew them to SF for a wedding last year on my wife's recommendation from a previous trip she'd made. Lived up to every expectation.

I'm going to have to DVR Game 1 if the Cubs win Wednesday and somehow avoid hearing anything while tweeting updates from the HS football game I'm covering.

Long shot you're flying Virgin America, but they have free TV that has TBS.

The fact that there's a Cubs game watch in the Busch Stadium ballpark village is terrific.

I lived in Granger from ages 10-25 and I really need him to not live there.

Appetizer for Florida/LSU, Bama/A&M, MSU/UM, USC/ND and a whole bunch of other good stuff next week.

Last year they had streaming if you authenticated with a cable login. Just finished reading a Techgraphs article that said TBS hasn't formally announced anything for this year, but my guess is it'll be the same. OK, cool thanks. I googled but was worried the blackout restrictions or whatever would apply. I mooch off my parent's login (so I'm still in some quasi-adulthood, I guess). TBS has a "Watch TBS" app, I'm assuming it would work with a provider login.

#winisfun is right up there with #WeAreGood

I'd be missing the end of game 1 regardless of when it starts because work, but if it starts at 4 I'd see most of it. I suppose that's not the worst thing

I imagine if we were making a run I'd calmly enjoy AL games.

The chances of it being in prime time, especially if we're in it, are probably somewhere between 99.5 and 100 percent. But nothing is official.

They could still catch us.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ Maryland at (1) Ohio State (12 pm, BTN) (2) TCU at Kansas State (7:30 pm, FOX) (3) Baylor at Kansas (12 pm, FS1) (4) Michigan State at Rutgers (8 pm, BTN) (23) California at (5) Utah (10 pm, ESPN) Georgia Tech at (6) Clemson (3:30 pm, ABC/ESPN2) (7) LSU vs South Carolina - moved to Baton Rouge, LA [flooding] (3:30 pm, ESPN) Arkansas at (8) Alabama (7 pm, ESPN) (10) Oklahoma vs Texas – in Dallas (12 pm, ABC) (11) Florida at Missouri (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Miami at (12) Florida State (8 pm, ABC) (13) Northwestern at (18) Michigan (3:30 pm, BTN) New Mexico State at (14) Ole Miss (12 pm, SEC Network) Navy at (15) Notre Dame (3:30 pm, NBC) Washington at (17) USC (9 pm Thursday, ESPN) (19) Georgia at Tennessee (3:30 pm, CBS) (21) Oklahoma State at West Virginia (7 pm, ESPN2) Illinois at (22) Iowa (12 pm, ESPN2) Kent State at (24) Toledo (3 pm, ESPN3) (25) Boise State at Colorado State (7 pm, CBSSN) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- SMU at Houston (8 pm Thursday, ESPN2) Southern Miss at Marshall (7 pm Friday, CBSSN) NC State at Virginia Tech (8 pm Friday, ESPN) Indiana at Penn State (12 pm, ESPN) Tulane at Temple (12 pm, ESPNU) Duke at Army (12 pm, CBSSN) Middle Tennessee at Western Kentucky (12 pm, FSN) Central Michigan at Western Michigan (12 pm, ESPN3) Virginia at Pittsburgh (12:30 pm, ACC Network/ESPN3) UMass at Bowling Green (2 pm, ESPN3) Wake Forest at Boston College (3 pm, FSN/ESPN3) Akron at Eastern Michigan (3 pm, ESPN3) Wisconsin at Nebraska (3:30 pm, ABC/ESPN2) Minnesota at Purdue (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Syracuse at South Florida (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Iowa State at Texas Tech (3:30 pm, FSN) Appalachian State at Georgia State (3:30 pm, ESPN3) Ball State at Northern Illinois (3:30 pm, ESPN3) UConn at UCF (3:45 pm, ESPNEWS) Oregon State at Arizona (4 pm, FS1) Troy at Mississippi State (4 pm, SEC Network) UL Monroe at Tulsa (6 pm, ESPN3) Washington State at Oregon (7 pm, Pac-12 Network) Texas State at UL Lafayette (7 pm, ESPN3) East Carolina at BYU (7:30 pm, ESPNU) Colorado at Arizona State (10 pm, Pac-12 Network) Wyoming at Air Force (10:15 pm, ESPN2) Utah State at Fresno State (10:30 pm, CBSSN)

No top 4 of substance can exclude Utah. They should be #1 on merit right now.

TCU looked impressive yesterday but they also needed a miracle to beat Texas Tech. ND kicked Texas' ass too, but I don't think they're all that great either.

I'm not convinced anyone is good, except probably Alabama again. There might be a 2 loss team in there, maybe more.

Dabo Swinney is a clown. Coaches not to lose the entire 4th quarter, gutless play-calling, then yaps in the postgame interview about "bring your own guts". Merry [expletive] Christmas, Dabo, but shut up. 3 lost fumbles and 5 drops to Clemson's 0 lost fumbles and 1 drop. Ridiculous.

Clemson obviously used their 16 days off well. Sigh.

And the whole weekend.

I had a similar situation in high school. I had to be out taking video for our broadcast class at games that took place during an NLDS game one week and an NLCS game the next. I brought a portable radio at the time (pre-smartphones and all that).

Fall is my favorite season, so I get it, but I wouldn't have gotten married in the fall in a billion years.

I don't know how many huge situations Rodney will face, as he's behind a few faces on the totem pole.

That's a depressing question. I still think I'd lean CJ for volume reasons (one would think Denver will run a good amount in that game), but if I were a CJ owner - blessedly, I'm not - I'd find it hard to blame anyone that went another way.