This week has not been nearly as interesting as last week. Of course they all can’t be as interesting as last week. If they were we would all be exhausted. Even though it was not as exciting there was still a lot going on. The teams that will play in the world series were decided. USC crashed and burned. Golf may or may not still be going on. Who knows for sure with so much other stuff going on. The same can be said of NASCAR. I think it is still going on but not sure. The NFL season is almost half way over already. The NBA and NHL are in full swing. Most of the fall television seasons have started. So I guess it is still an exciting week.
Baseball has been pulling some really impressive numbers
The numbers for the Baseball playoffs have been way up compared to last year. A lot of this is being contributed to the unlikely run by the Yankees. Now that the Yankee run is over will this continue.
The odds are in Baseballs favor. There is still a big team left in the Dodgers. There is also a feel good team in the Astros. It has been since 1988 that the Dodgers have made it to the World Series. This is only the second trip for the Astros. The first time the Astros were in the World series was 2005. The were swept in 4 games by the Chicago White Sox.
I think that this series will draw quite a bit of interest. The Dodgers just with all the history they have. The Astros for a few other reasons. After the events of Hurricane Harvey this summer. It would be a great story if the team was able to bring a championship home. This series will also have some interest in Detroit. With the Tigers having a down season. They traded Justin Verlander to the Astros. It would have been nice if Verlander could have won a World Series in Detroit. Since that is not going to happen. It would be nice to see him get one in Houston.
MLS Fails again
This is not really an MLS fail so much as an Owner fail. Anthony Precourt embodies all that is wrong in sport. Specifically with certain owners. The Crew have been successful in Columbus since the teams started out in 1996 as one of the original MLS franchises. The Crew have had their ups and downs. Winning the MLS cup in 2008. The teams has averaged over 15,000 fans in attendance over their 21 year history. Even in the down years attendance has held up.
The bigger problem for the Crew is their lack of a strong television deal. They are on but the games are difficult to find. When you do find the game the production almost seems like something that was done in someones basement.
The Crew new regime
Anthony Precourt has said since the beginning that he wanted a new stadium. The Crew stadium is not a bad stadium but it is not in the most desirable area. Could they use a new stadium? Yes they could. Should the public put up money to build it? No they should not. Anthony Precourt has means he should build it or find other investors to help with the financing.
He has said now that he is going to move the team from Columbus to Austin Texas. The Hunt family sold him the team with the stipulation that he keep the team in Columbus for at least 10 years. He was able to get a clause in that said if certain conditions were met he could move the team to Austin before the 10 year period was up. It looks like is he going to take that option.
Is NASCAR and Golf Still Going
We mentioned this a few weeks ago in the update. And we have still not figured this one out.
College Playoff Prospects
The possible teams that have a chance to make the 4 team playoff are coming down to what looks like 9 teams. Alabama or Georgia look to be locks to make the playoff. Which ever of those two teams wins the SEC championship game will be in. In the Big 10 it looks like it is coming down to three teams that have a chance to make it.
With Penn State looking very good and probably have the best chance to make it. For the Big 10 East it will more than likely come down to this weekend when Penn State Plays Ohio State. Michigan State could still mix this up since they have to play Penn State and Ohio State yet. In the Big 10 West. I see Wisconsin running away with this. By running away I mean that they are going to ride Jonathan Taylor to the Big 10 Championship game. Which ever of those three teams win the Big 10 Championship game will also make the playoff.
The Irish could blow up two Conferences
Of the other teams out there Notre Dame looks like a spot is theirs to take. They have the one point loss to Georgia. At the time it looked like it was a bad loss that would keep them out of the playoff. Georgia has shown that they are a really good team and a one point loss to them is not the worst loss in the world. With three more ranked teams on their schedule if the win out they will be one of the four.
The last spot comes down to a mixing bowl of teams. There is no way to tell how the committee will go with its choice there. Still a lot of games to be played. Either the PAC 12 the Big 12 or the ACC is going to be on the outside looking in. Unless you count Notre Dame as an ACC teams even though they don’t want to admit they are part of the conference.
It will be very interesting to see how the second half of the College Football season plays out.
The Middle of the NFL Season
It is hard to believe that we are already to the middle point of the NFL season. The surprise of the year is that the Rams are a real team. I think what this really shows is that Jeff Fischer is not that good of a coach. They basically have the same core they had last year. Fischer is gone now and they are one of the top teams in the league.
All the people that were down on New England. Should have waited a few games before calling their reign of terror over. The Patriots destroyed the Falcons in the Sunday night game. The teams that looks to be in huge trouble is the Falcons. With the Saints winning the last two weeks and looking pretty good. It looks like the Saints will have a better chance at winning the NFC South than the Falcons will.
In the North the biggest question will be if Mike McCarthy will allow Brett Hundley to show has ability. The play calling was strange and really did not give the Packers offense a chance to try to win. Trying to be safe is not the way to go here. If the Packers can manage to win half of the games they play with out Rodgers they could still be in this. When Rodgers gets healthy and they are close then they will play him. If they are out of it he will not come back this year. It will all depend on if Mike McCarthy actually lets the Packers try to win with Hundley. Why he won’t or did not the last game is very strange. This is where he could show that he is the great coach that he thinks he is.
The Walking Dead
Season 8 of The Walking Dead kicked off with is 100th episode. If you are a fan of this show you were happy then to see that Rick was back. No longer being the subordinate to Negan. Leading his team to kick off the All Out War. There were some pretty interesting things that happened in this episode. Carl meeting a strange (almost always bad) in a scene that was almost a flash back to the opening sequence of season one episode one. Not a surprise that this was done since it was episode 100.
Other than that. Trump Tweeted a lot. Jerry Jones said that the protests are hurting NFL viewer ship. The Elliott saga is still going on. Goodell will get his extension. The NHL is in full swing but way to early to tell how things are going to go. The Warriors and the Cavaliers do not look great but like the NHL still way too early to tell.
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