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Monday Reset: October 22

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Monday Reset is a weekly feature that obviously runs on mondays, but only if we have time to bother with it. It contains no references to Borat’s offspring, no commentary on Dumbledore’s sexual preferences, and no giveaways for World Series tickets.

THE CARNAGE OF YESTERWEEK - making sense of the last seven days

Last week we saw…

…the Rockies get hotter than the fiery furnace, sweeping the D-Backs and earning themselves an 8-day vacation before the World Series.

…the Red Sox win their 7th straight playoff game when facing elimination (going back to 2004) over the Indians to earn the ALCS ticket into the World Series.

…ALCS Studly Stud: Josh Beckett, for singelhandedly taking momentum back in his brilliant Game 5 start.

…ALCS Dudly Dud: Travis Hafner, who flat-out disappeared in the 3-hole for Cleveland in this series: he went 4 for 23, with 2 runs, 2 RBIs, 12 Ks and 15 LOB.

…The Patriots win and blah blah, Tom Brady blah blah, 7-0 blah blah blah, blah blah blah

…Joe Torre and the Yankees part ways after 12 good years together. Torre offers to manage the Yankees for free for every year that he missed the playoffs. (that would be zero).

…The Bears, Broncos, and Bills kept their seasons afloat with big wins as underdogs while things are slipping away for the Eagles,Vikings, and 49ers.

…More Poll shiftage in College Football as #2 South Florida, #6 South Carolina, #7 Kentucky, #12 Cal, #17 Auburn, #24 Texas Tech, and #25 Kansas State all lost.

THE BIG THREE - if you only watch three things this week, make it these:

1. Colts @ Jaguars, MON, 8:30pm (ESPN) - Who would have thought that the Super Bowl champs being 6-0 would be a non-story? I’m sorry, but with the way that the Patriots are dismantling teams, it is a non-story. Until November 4th, that is, when it becomes THE story.

2. Rockies @ Red Sox - Game 1, WED, 8pm (FOX) … If the Rockies can be cooled down, it will be Beckett, and not the layoff, that does the trick. (by the way, early forecast for the weekend games in Denver show no precipitation and moderate temperatures).

3. (2) Boston College at (8) Virginia Tech - THU, 730pm (ESPN) … Will the #2 team in the country fall on Thursday night for the second week in a row? Most New Englanders won’t even tune in to watch with World Series Game #2 on at the same time. Most pundits are predicting a Virginia Tech win, mostly because the thought of an Ohio State/B.C. Championship game makes them ill.

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