Pretty anti-climactic weekend in College Football
Washington blew out Colorado, Alabama smashed Florida, Clemson held off Virginia Tech (the only real suspense of this conference championship weekend) and Penn State mounted a huge comeback against Wisconsin, although that game would turn out to have no bearing on the CFP. The Top 4 was what you would expect it to be (Ohio State and Clemson may be flipped, but because Alabama with the #1 seed chose to play in Atlanta, that relegated OSU/Clemson to the Fiesta Bowl which makes the 2 seed/3 seed debate irrelevant). I will preview the Fiesta Bowl for our Buckeyes later in the month. The only thing I took away from the committee is that they are resistant to putting two loss teams in the playoff, and the number of losses may take precedence over head to head/conference championships.
Blue Jackets-Coyotes on Saturday night: what a game it was!!
Even on championship Saturday in College Football, last night I drew most of my attention to the boys in Union Blue. The CBJ had a franchise record 58 shots-FIFTY EIGHT SHOTS!!!-during the game Saturday night in Glendale, Arizona. The CBJ won 3-2 in a shootout. The Jackets dominated most of the game, but somehow found themselves down 2-1 in the third. Phoenix goalie Mike Smith stood on his head last night, and we didn't tie the game until Wennberg scored just ahead of the 2 minute mark in the 3rd period. Don't sell CBJ backup goalie Curtis McElhinney short as well, he made a save on a 2 on 0 in overtime, and then another save on a one timer 5 seconds later off of a turnover by Sam Gagner. CMac is a great backup goalie, but the Jackets will ride and die with Sergei Bobrovsky as they should. Bob will no doubt start Monday night's game at home vs these same Arizona Coyotes.
Ohio State Hoops: we may have some fun this year
Sure, the way OSUBB lost to #6 ranked Virginia was disappointing, as JaQuan Lyle had eight turnovers, and OSU once lead by 16. Jae'Sean Tate and the Buckeyes dominated UVA in the paint, and OSU scored 36 1st half points against one of the best defensive teams in the country. This Buckeye team won't be in the company of elite teams of OSU history, but we will have more fun this year than we thought we would.
Browns bye week
The Browns have a bye this week, and I will take a bye week from the Berea Circus myself. I'll have a recap of the game next week vs the 4-7-1 Cincinnati Bengals (the game is in Cleveland).
The stupidest rule in sports is no more!!!
As part of the new collective bargaining agreement, starting in 2018, home-field advantage in the World Series will no longer be decided by which league wins the All Star Game. This rule is in my opinion, the single dumbest rule in sports. OK, it did give the Indians home field advantage vs the Chicago...Oh no. This just made me think of Game 7 again (I cannot and will not bring myself to watch the highlights of that game).
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