UFR: Ryder Cup, Pats Fail, and Goodbye
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10 Questions coming off this loaded sports weekend…pick a few and share your thoughts:
1. How much Ryder Cup did you watch this weekend? I caught some of Friday, more of Saturday, and almost none of it on Sunday. Kinda wish I had tuned in for more of it, but the NFL has quite a grip on my Sunday afternoon viewing.
2. Cowboys, Giants, Broncos, Titans, Ravens (2-0), and Bills. Those are your undefeated NFL Teams after Week 3. The Giants eeked out their win over the Bungles…ditto for the Bills, who scored 10 points in the final 4 minutes against a porous Oakland defense. My instant reaction is that the Cowboys and Eagles are the cream of the NFC and the Broncos and Titans might be the best of the AFC. Have you seen Tennesee’s Defense? Pretty impressive.
3. If Ronnie Brown was on your fantasy football bench this weekend, raise your hand (and then punch yourself in the face with it. If he was on your opponent’s bench, pump your fist with reckless glee!
4. The SEC owns 3 of the top 5 spots in the new AP rankings, but USC and Oklahoma remain at the top as they were idle this week. How did your college football team do this weekend?
5. In a related story, is Chad Gibbs alive after Auburn’s tough loss to LSU, or did he hang himself with toilet paper at Toomer’s Corner?
6. Moving to baseball…of this group, which two teams should be getting the golf clubs ready for next monday? The Phillies, Mets, Brewers, White Sox, and Twins? Anyone want to go out on a limb and predict a collapse for the Mets, Phils, or ChiSox?
7. Sticking with baseball, anyone got a shot to win their fantasy baseball league with 1 week of games left? I can’t even talk about how I did in the PFB Fantasy Baseball league at this point, but in my Roto Keeper League I’m in first place by a couple points over Geof with just 7 days to go. I’ll keep you posted.
8. Lance Berkman and the Houston Astros lashed out at the MLB for scheduling their home games at “Wrigley North” in the wake of Ike. “Major League Baseball has always valued the dollar more than they do the individual, the players and their families,” Berkman said.
9. What will happen first this week? Boo Weekley will sober up, Brian Westbrook will have the MRI on his ankle, or Lane Kiffin will get fired?
10. Have you ever been to Yankee Stadium? I’ve never been there myself, but I always heard it was a great place to catch a game…not to mention the history of the place.
Any other thoughts on the spots weekend, Upon Further Review?
I’m alive, but food doesn’t taste good anymore.
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:40 amI watched almost all of Sunday’s RC coverage. I am one of the “If Tiger isn’t in a position to win a major on Sunday then I am not interested” golf watchers and I ultimately tuned in only because we had a chance to win the Cup for the first time in a decade. Pretty compelling… Did they dress like Tiger on purpose?
I’ll take the collapse of both the Phils and Mets puh-lease… it’s only fair since the Brew Crew’s collapse put them both in the position to smell the play-offs.
Gotta agree with the ‘Stros on the Miller Park game. When I heard that was where it was going to be played I wondered if there would be even one Houston fan present. It’s 50/50 now when it’s Brewers v. Cubs. Talk about a bad weekend! Your town blown apart then a crucial home game gets switched to a virtual home game for the other guy… then Z throws a no-no on our field! Good grief…
Looking forward to a miracle finish from the Crew and Bucky’s first win in Ann Arbor in a LONG time…GO BIG RED!
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:30 amAs a huge Broncos fan, I am beyond ecstatic for my team to be 3-0 at this point. Gotta take issue with you saying they are among the AFC elite though - the offense can put points on the board with the best of ‘em but their defense can’t stop anyone, unfortunately. There’s going to be a lot of sweating out the ends of games as has been the case the past couple of weeks. Fortunately, I don’t see anyone in the AFC that’s unbeatable on any given night, so I’m still remaining optimistic.
Also: didn’t watch the Ryder Cup (happy for the US though I continue to remain fairly apathetic towards golf in general), UNC had a bad football weekend losing to Va Tech in a game they definitely should have won and lost our starting QB in the process, and though I hate the Yankees I reluctantly admit that watching a day game there was a blast.
September 22nd, 2008 at 1:14 pmWho is the AFC Elite though?
Look, here are the 8 best teams in the AFC right now: Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Indy, Ten, Jax, Denver, San Diego. Everyone has a flaw. Big Ben is banged up, SD, Jax, and Indy have 2 losses, and Baltimore is going to struggle offensively. It’s definitely anyone’s game, but the way Denver is playing right now, they have to be considered one of the favorites.
I guess if I had to bunch them, I would stick TEN, DEN, and PIT as my top 3 based on their hot starts and talent. Then I’d rank SD, IND, and JAX as very talented teams with 2 losses against them. BUF has to be the favorite to win the East right now, and Baltimore, well, I need to see more of them.
September 22nd, 2008 at 2:14 pmI AM AIMING FOR YOU, ALLAIN. I WILL SNIPE YOU GOOD!
September 23rd, 2008 at 1:07 amRyder Cup? Does it get delivered in a yellow truck?
Somehow individual golf gets me at least moderately interested… team golf: not so much.
September 23rd, 2008 at 10:07 am