Andy

Panthers fire Matt Rhule. Inevitable. I loved the hire and have no problem with the guy but he just sucks at this level.

It's been illegal to touch Tom Brady for like a decade now, but that took it to an absurd level. Literally nothing else the Falcons guy could've done.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ Vanderbilt at (1) Georgia (3:30 pm, SEC Network) (3) Alabama at (6) Tennessee (3:30 pm, CBS) (4) Clemson at Florida State (7:30 pm, ABC) (10) Penn State at (5) Michigan (12 pm, FOX) (7) USC at (20) Utah (8 pm, FOX) (8) Oklahoma State at (13) TCU (3:30 pm, ABC) Auburn at (9) Ole Miss (12 pm, ESPN) (15) NC State at (18) Syracuse (3:30 pm, ACC Network) (16) Mississippi State at (23) Kentucky (7:30 pm, SEC Network) (19) Kansas at Oklahoma (12 pm, ESPN2) Iowa State at (22) Texas (12 pm, ABC) Minnesota at (24) Illinois (12 pm, BTN) (25) James Madison at Georgia Southern (4 pm, ESPN+) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Wednesday UL Lafayette at Marshall (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Thursday Temple at UCF (7 pm, ESPN) Baylor at West Virginia (7 pm, FS1) Friday Navy at SMU (7:30 pm, ESPN) UTSA at Florida International (8 pm, CBSSN) Saturday TV Old Dominion at Coastal Carolina (12 pm, ESPNU) Colgate at Army (12 pm, CBSSN) Miami at Virginia Tech (12:30 pm, RSN/ESPN3) California at Colorado (2 pm, Pac-12 Network) Arkansas at BYU (3:30 pm, ESPN) Maryland at Indiana (3:30 pm, ESPN2) Ohio at Western Michigan (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Wisconsin at Michigan State (4 pm, FOX) Tulane at South Florida (4 pm, ESPNU) Arizona at Washington (5:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) LSU at Florida (7 pm, ESPN) UL Monroe at South Alabama (7 pm, NFL Network) Utah State at Colorado State (7 pm, CBSSN) Stanford at Notre Dame (7:30 pm, NBC) Nebraska at Purdue (7:30 pm, BTN) Memphis at East Carolina (7:30 pm, ESPNU) North Carolina at Duke (8 pm, ACC Network) Washington State at Oregon State (9 pm, Pac-12 Network) Air Force at UNLV (10:30 pm, CBSSN) San Jose State at Fresno State (10:45 pm, FS1) Saturday Streaming Central Michigan at Akron (12 pm, ESPN+) Miami (OH) at Bowling Green (12 pm, ESPN+) Buffalo at UMass (1 pm, ESPN3) UConn at Ball State (2 pm, ESPN3) Texas State at Troy (3:30 pm, ESPN3) Charlotte at UAB (3:30 pm, Stadium) Kent State at Toledo (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Gardner-Webb at Liberty (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Rice at Florida Atlantic (6 pm, ESPN+) Arkansas State at Southern Miss (7 pm, ESPN+)

St. Louis parlayed completely ludicrous pixie dust seasons (even by their standards) from Goldschmidt, Arenado, Wainwright and Pujols into zero playoff wins. There is some good in the world.

Regardless, what the horsefeathers was that play call and pass? Just awful with the game on the line Jimbo Fisher is a befuddling coach, even inside the same game. Great job pushing Bama all the way to the end, and then pretty much all he has to offer on the final drive is the QB tossing up prayers into double coverage. Failing to throw the ball into the end zone with 3 seconds on the clock is just ridiculous.

Only with St. Louis though. His ERA was 3.50 with Pittsburgh and 2.01 with St. Louis. FIP was 3.23/2.60.

I know I won't get what I want but Guardians vs Mets would be fun. But I'm bracing for St. Louis vs Houston.

I wasn't editorializing, but that's obviously why it's getting so much attention and that's how a lot of voters will view it. I haven’t really gotten that vibe at all. It’s been much more AL/Yankee record being brought up from what I have heard (and I agree with). It’s cool and historic in that right but only meatballs are saying “TRUE HR KING”. I have been pleasantly surprised to have not heard much on that front. It's been quiet, I agree, but I think/suspect that if any of the guys ahead of Judge on the single-season charts were judged to be clean that we wouldn't have seen the level of coverage we did about the feat.

I would be incredibly surprised if they sign him. Between what he's likely to get paid, the Arrenado and Goldschmidt contracts and the fiery personality, just doesn't seem like a great fit. And much like the McGwire replacement was always going to have enormous pressure to perform, just not being Molina will be enough of a knock against the next guy that it's probably not a great investment overall for them next year. On the other hand, Contreras has been more valuable this season than Molina has been in the last four seasons combined, so any sort of competency back there might be received well in a pleasantly surprised way. The only reason Contreras being there might be tolerable is seeing a certain segment of STL fans have to grapple with seeing how much better he is (and has been for a long time) than future Hall of Longevity inductee Molina. But yeah, no.

I don't think the home thing is figurative, I'm pretty sure he said in his presser that he will keep his home in Chicago. Domestic abusers aside, I'll never take a shot at someone who was on the 2016 team. It's not his fault the Cubs paid him all that money and (probably) broke his batting form trying to unlock more power.

Immediately thought of this tweet. [tweet] [/tweet]My favorite thing today was looking at the week after this one's games and seeing ranked Kansas at unranked Oklahoma.

Not just the Triple Crown, but the non-steroid (as far as we know) home run record too. theres no such thingI wasn't editorializing, but that's obviously why it's getting so much attention and that's how a lot of voters will view it.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ Texas A&M at (1) Alabama (8 pm, CBS) Auburn at (2) Georgia (3:30 pm, CBS) (3) Ohio State at Michigan State (4 pm, ABC) (4) Michigan at Indiana (12 pm, FOX) (5) Clemson at Boston College (7:30 pm, ABC) Washington State at (6) USC (7:30 pm, FOX) Texas Tech at (7) Oklahoma State (3:30 pm, FS1) (8) Tennessee at (25) LSU (12 pm, ESPN) (9) Ole Miss at Vanderbilt (4 pm, SEC Network) (11) Utah at (18) UCLA (3:30 pm, FOX) (12) Oregon at Arizona (9 pm, Pac-12 Network) South Carolina at (13) Kentucky (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Florida State at (14) NC State (8 pm, ACC Network) Army at (15) Wake Forest (7:30 pm, RSN/ESPN3) (16) BYU vs Notre Dame - in Las Vegas (7:30 pm, NBC) (17) TCU at (19) Kansas (12 pm, FS1) (20) Kansas State at Iowa State (7:30 pm, ESPNU) (21) Washington at Arizona State (4 pm, Pac-12 Network) Arkansas at (23) Mississippi State (12 pm, SEC Network) South Florida at (24) Cincinnati (2:30 pm, ESPN+) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Friday Nebraska at Rutgers (7 pm, FS1) Houston at Memphis (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Colorado State at Nevada (10:30 pm, FS1) UNLV at San Jose State (10:30 pm, CBSSN) Oregon State at Stanford (11 pm, ESPN) Saturday TV Oklahoma vs Texas - in Dallas (12 pm, ABC) Purdue at Maryland (12 pm, BTN) Missouri at Florida (12 pm, ESPNU) Louisville at Virginia (12 pm, ACC Network) Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan (12 pm, CBSSN) Wisconsin at Northwestern (3:30 pm, BTN) East Carolina at Tulane (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh (3:30 pm, ACC Network) Tulsa at Navy (3:30 pm, CBSSN) North Carolina at Miami (4 pm, ESPN2) Duke at Georgia Tech (4 pm, RSN/ESPN3) Air Force at Utah State (7 pm, FS1) James Madison at Arkansas State (7 pm, NFL Network) Wyoming at New Mexico (7 pm, CBSSN) Iowa at Illinois (7:30 pm, BTN) Hawaii at San Diego State (10:30 pm, CBSSN) Fresno State at Boise State (10:45 pm, FS1) Saturday Streaming Buffalo at Bowling Green (12 pm, ESPN+) Georgia Southern at Georgia State (2 pm, ESPN3) Akron at Ohio (2 pm, ESPN+) Middle Tennessee at UAB (3:30 pm, Stadium) Ball State at Central Michigan (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Kent State at Miami (OH) (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Liberty at UMass (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Toledo at Northern Illinois (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Western Kentucky at UTSA (6 pm, ESPN+) UConn at Florida International (7 pm, ESPN3) Appalachian State at Texas State (7 pm, ESPN+) Southern Miss at Troy (7 pm, ESPN+) UTEP at Louisiana Tech (8 pm, ESPN+) Coastal Carolina at UL Monroe (8 pm, ESPN+)

The only reason I knew that was because he played in the two Cubs/Marlins games I went to. It will not surprise you to learn he was completely hopeless at the plate each time he batted.

Rough year to put up those numbers when someone else is chasing the Triple Crown Not just the Triple Crown, but the non-steroid (as far as we know) home run record too.

A few games bounced around because of Hurricane Ian. SC State @ S Carolina now Thursday night, E Washington @ Florida now Sunday afternoon and E Carolina @ S Florida now at Florida Atlantic's field and kicking off at 2:30 instead of 7.

I won a league last year and this year I've already dropped David Njoku after 2 weeks of essentially being ignored only to see him make 9 catches this week and benched Devonta Smith for the same reason only to see him go berserk today. Guess I used up my good fortune.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ (1) Georgia at Missouri (7:30 pm, SEC Network) (2) Alabama at (20) Arkansas (3:30 pm, CBS) Rutgers at (3) Ohio State (3:30 pm, BTN) (4) Michigan at Iowa (12 pm, FOX) (10) NC State at (5) Clemson (7:30 pm, ABC) Arizona State at (6) USC (10:30 pm, ESPN) (7) Kentucky at (14) Ole Miss (12 pm, ESPN) (9) Oklahoma State at (16) Baylor (3:30 pm, FOX) Northwestern at (11) Penn State (3:30 pm, ESPN) Oregon State at (12) Utah (2 pm, Pac-12 Network) Stanford at (13) Oregon (11 pm, FS1) (15) Washington at UCLA (10:30 pm Friday, ESPN) (17) Texas A&M at Mississippi State (4 pm, SEC Network) (18) Oklahoma at TCU (12 pm, ABC) Utah State at (19) BYU (8 pm Thursday, ESPN) Purdue at (21) Minnesota (12 pm, ESPN2) (22) Wake Forest at (23) Florida State (3:30 pm, ABC) Georgia Tech at (24) Pittsburgh (8 pm, ACC Network) Texas Tech at (25) Kansas State (12 pm, ESPN+) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Thursday South Carolina State at South Carolina (7 pm, SEC Network) Friday Tulane at Houston (7 pm, ESPN) UTSA at Middle Tennessee (7:30 pm, CBSSN) San Diego State at Boise State (8 pm, FS1) New Mexico at UNLV (11 pm, CBSSN) Saturday TV Navy at Air Force (12 pm, CBS) Illinois at Wisconsin (12 pm, BTN) Temple at Memphis (12 pm, ESPNU) Louisville at Boston College (12 pm, ACC Network) Georgia State at Army (12 pm, CBSSN) Iowa State at Kansas (3:30 pm, ESPN2) Michigan State at Maryland (3:30 pm, FS1) Central Michigan at Toledo (3:30 pm, NFL Network) Miami (OH) at Buffalo (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Virginia Tech at North Carolina (3:30 pm, ACC Network) Fresno State at UConn (3:30 pm, CBSSN) California at Washington State (5:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) LSU at Auburn (7 pm, ESPN) Cincinnati at Tulsa (7 pm, ESPNU) West Virginia at Texas (7:30 pm, FS1) Indiana at Nebraska (7:30 pm, BTN) Virginia at Duke (7:30 pm, RSN/ESPN3) San Jose State at Wyoming (7:30 pm, CBSSN) Colorado at Arizona (9:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) Saturday Streaming Texas State at James Madison (1:30 pm, ESPN+) Northern Illinois at Ball State (2 pm, ESPN+) UMass at Eastern Michigan (2 pm, ESPN+) East Carolina vs South Florida - in Boca Raton, FL (2:30 pm, ESPN+) Bowling Green at Akron (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Ohio at Kent State (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Gardner-Webb at Marshall (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Florida Atlantic at North Texas (4 pm, ESPN+) Wagner at Syracuse (5 pm, ESPN+) South Alabama at UL Lafayette (5 pm, ESPN+) New Hampshire at Western Michigan (6 pm, ESPN3) UTEP at Charlotte (6 pm, ESPN+) Liberty at Old Dominion (6 pm, ESPN+) Troy at Western Kentucky (7 pm, ESPN+) UL Monroe at Arkansas State (7 pm, ESPN+) Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina (7 pm, ESPN+) UAB at Rice (7:30 pm, ESPN+) Sunday Eastern Washington at Florida (12 pm, ESPN+) SMU at UCF (1 pm, ESPN network TBA)

Yeah, that was absolutely a killer. I’m seriously not trying to take anything away from the Aggies, but Arkansas should have won that game. Then there were those miraculous 3rd down conversions in the 4th quarter with Max Johnson throwing passes up for grabs off his back foot. I hate this game, every year, even when the Hogs win. ATM postgame win expectancy was 32 percent, FWIW, so you're not wrong. Basically any time a team wins a close game in which they had a 99-yard fumble return TD, that's an escape job.

Good for him. He'd have passed Bonds by now if he'd never left St. Louis and no one will ever be able to tell me different.

Meanwhile Carolina finds a way to lose another game. I was so fired up about Matt Rhule when he was hired but he is a bad NFL coach. Carolina is now an incomprehensible 1-25 under him when they allow 17 or more points. The owner ordering panic trades for any scrap-heap QB that comes available every year isn't helping.

With full acknowledgment that Tom Brady is the undisputed laughable-if-you-even-argue-it GOAT, it's very frustrating that when he does suck, either his team's elite defense or ridiculous penalties on the opposing defense or both bail him out more often than not.

Top 25 games ------------------------------ Kent State at (1) Georgia (12 pm, ESPN+) Vanderbilt at (2) Alabama (7:30 pm, SEC Network) Wisconsin at (3) Ohio State (7:30 pm, ABC) Maryland at (4) Michigan (12 pm, FOX) (5) Clemson at (21) Wake Forest (12 pm, ABC) Kansas State at (6) Oklahoma (8 pm, FOX) (7) USC at Oregon State (9:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) Northern Illinois at (8) Kentucky (7 pm, ESPN2) (10) Arkansas vs (23) Texas A&M - in Arlington, TX (7 pm, ESPN) (20) Florida at (11) Tennessee (3:30 pm, CBS) UConn at (12) NC State (7:30 pm, RSN/ESPN3) (13) Utah at Arizona State (10:30 pm, ESPN) Central Michigan at (14) Penn State (12 pm, BTN) (15) Oregon at Washington State (4 pm, FOX) Tulsa at (16) Ole Miss (4 pm, SEC Network) (17) Baylor at Iowa State (12 pm, ESPN2) Stanford at (18) Washington (10:30 pm, FS1) Wyoming at (19) BYU (10:15 pm, ESPN2) (22) Texas at Texas Tech (3:30 pm, ESPN) Rhode Island at (24) Pittsburgh (12 pm, ACC Network) Middle Tennessee at (25) Miami (3:30 pm, ACC Network) Other nationally available games --------------------------------------------------- Thursday West Virginia at Virginia Tech (7:30 pm, ESPN) Coastal Carolina at Georgia State (7:30 pm, ESPN2) Chattanooga at Illinois (8:30 pm, BTN) Friday Virginia at Syracuse (7 pm, ESPN) Nevada at Air Force (8 pm, FS1) Boise State at UTEP (9 pm, CBSSN) Saturday TV Missouri at Auburn (12 pm, ESPN) Duke at Kansas (12 pm, FS1) TCU at SMU (12 pm, ESPNU) Bowling Green at Mississippi State (12 pm, SEC Network) South Florida at Louisville (12 pm, RSN/ESPN3) Buffalo at Eastern Michigan (12 pm, CBSSN) UCLA at Colorado (2 pm, Pac-12 Network) Notre Dame at North Carolina (3:30 pm, ABC) Indiana at Cincinnati (3:30 pm, ESPN2) Toledo at San Diego State (3:30 pm, FS1) Minnesota at Michigan State (3:30 pm, BTN) Florida International at Western Kentucky (3:30 pm, CBSSN) Georgia Tech at UCF (4 pm, ESPNU) Arizona at California (5:30 pm, Pac-12 Network) Iowa at Rutgers (7 pm, FS1) Marshall at Troy (7 pm, NFL Network) UNLV at Utah State (7 pm, CBSSN) Florida Atlantic at Purdue (7:30 pm, BTN - Regional) Miami (OH) at Northwestern (7:30 pm, BTN - Regional) Charlotte at South Carolina (7:30 pm, ESPNU) Boston College at Florida State (8 pm, ACC Network) Western Michigan at San Jose State (10:30 pm, CBSSN) Saturday Streaming UMass at Temple (2 pm, ESPN+) Fordham at Ohio (2 pm, ESPN+) Texas Southern at UTSA (3:30 pm, Stadium) James Madison at Appalachian State (3:30 pm, ESPN+) North Texas at Memphis (3:30 pm, ESPN+) Rice at Houston (6 pm, ESPN+) Navy at East Carolina (6 pm, ESPN+) Ball State at Georgia Southern (6 pm, ESPN+) Akron at Liberty (6 pm, ESPN+) Arkansas State at Old Dominion (6 pm, ESPN+) Houston Baptist at Texas State (7 pm, ESPN3) Southern Miss at Tulane (7 pm, ESPN+) Louisiana Tech at South Alabama (7 pm, ESPN+) New Mexico at LSU (7:30 pm, ESPN+) UL Lafayette at UL Monroe (8 pm, ESPN+)

In Snood-approved news, Kansas is smacking around Houston, which went 12-2 last season, on the road. They might seriously be good.

The ND one nearly had a crazy finish. Two different Cal players had a chance to come down with their Hail Mary. I definitely did not need to be reminded. Bat it backwards, fellas!