THROWING KNIVES; SWEEP-END

by BD, Epic Carnival

Apparently yesterday was the day I was supposed to put my entire bank account on a 6-team parlay and subsequently take a leave of absence from work. Unfortunately, I didn't do that, but I still had a good day so all is well. Nothing terribly surprising yesterday, that is, unless your surprised the Bears knocked off the one-dimensional Packers. Or that the Panthers managed to keep the Saints winless. I'll be revisiting my weekend expectations this morning along with the usual stuff. Most of the College Football will be pushed to tomorrow as usual, and I actually seen a movie or two this weekend. Three of the four division series have come to a close with just the Yankees and Indians still playing. Am I the only one who thinks that Cleveland should start Sabathia on short rest and then send out Carmona on full rest if the series goes the full five games? A large part of my thought process is Paul Byrd, who will likely get smacked around tonight in the Bronx. Though if Wang is as limp as he was in Cleveland it'll still be close. Enjoy Laura Vandervoort, I know the Smallville viewers are.

Well, That Was Quick
That's right people, the MLB playoffs first round is almost over, already. Sure, we've got a great story in Colorado, but dammit it wasn't exciting at all. If I wanted to see a sweep I'd be the Yankees going down and that it. All other teams need to play it out, which I'd imagine they will in the championship series. But if the Yankees and Indians don't go the full five is this a shittay postseason so far? Sure, but it's bound to get at least somewhat better. Assuming Colorado doesn't steamroll 4-0 over Arizona and then sweep the World Series as well, because that would suck ass. The odds on the Rockies are already down, well down in fact, so it's Cleveland or bust for this guy. What can you do?

Anyhow, let's all root for a limp Wang (no one reads the intro, right?) tonight so Sabathia and Carmona can open the series against Boston.

I'm a Stanford Fan
In the spirit of hating over publicized teams, I am now a Stanford fan after they defecated on Booty's chest Saturday night. Really, really great stuff, and it continues what's been one hell of a f'd up season. This was the biggest against the spread upset in 41 years. Which shows you just how massive it was. The idiot on First Take are debating it against the App State upset, and sadly I agree with Bayless. This one was bigger than ASU over Michigan. For a number of reasons, UM was overrated and no where near USC's level, it's Stanford, and other stuff. That's right, other stuff, I never claimed to be a real journalist so support your not getting here and I hate UM so you can't go that route.

The real travesty is the way this one's being treated versus the Michigan upset. Thus I think it's official, Pete Carrol could give his AD a facial on National TV and everyone would still love him and his Trojans.

That Travis Jackson-Trent Green Thing
Look, if Trent Green gets up and this urinates all over himself in the face of Jackson, NO ONE thinks Jackson's such a dick. Green showed his mangina for the 7,512th time with that hit and I'm tired of people powdering his brown eye this morning.

Dammit Florida
I'm pretty unhappy about the Gators giving the game to LSU on Saturday, but theirs one thing thats worse. People still expect Florida to reach the SEC Title game and knock off the Tigers then. When I look at their schedule alongside Tennessee's, Georgia's and South Carolina's, I doubt it.

Florida still has to go to South Carolina, Georgia and Kentucky. All three can be lost.
UT will go to Kentucky, Alabama and South Carolina while they'll host Arkansas.
Georgia hosts Florida, Auburn and Kentucky while their toughest road game left is the end of season trip to Georgia Tech.
South Carolina goes to Tennessee and Arkansas before closing the season at home with Florida and Clemson.

Looking at that, I think it'll be South Carolina who gets that second shot at the Tigers in Atlanta.

Is Pittsburgh a Real Threat To Indy and New England?
I want to say yes, because the NFL is unpredictable, but I'm rolling with a definite no. Seattle is a solid, if not top-tier NFC team. Yes, NFC. Their's a big difference. If Marvin Harrision collides with Randy Moss (on the sideline) and they both break a leg a few weeks from now, then maybe. But, I still doubt it. Pitt's a solid team, but I still don't like Ben a whole lot if their playing from behind. Plus, they lost to the Cardinals. I mean, c'mon!

Somehow Joey Looked Good
Did anyone else see the humor in Byron Leftwich's attempt to play his position in relief yesterday? Unbelievable, just when you thought Harrington couldn't possibly hold the job, you can't bench him can you? Not for that, anyway. Their's no excuse for Leftwich to overthrow guys that bad, none. He's had plenty of time in practice to get the rust off.

Revisiting My Expectations
Here they are:
LSU handles Florida as the Gators D can't slow down the Tigers O at all. - Technically Wrong.
Wisconsin narrowly avoids defeat again. - CFB Predictions just aren't my thing.
Cincinnati knocks off Rutgers as the Big East turnover continues. - Or are they?
Boston completes the sweep of the Angels. - Too Easy.
Cleveland takes a 2-1 lead over the Yankees. - Gotta love baseball.
The Rockies and D'backs complete their sweeps. - Yup, still lovin' it.
The Broncos add to the Chargers woes as they pick Rivers multiple times. - Dammit.
Dallas, GB, Indy, and NE all stay unbeaten. - This should turn out to be true.
The Saints, Dolphins and Rams remain winless. - Close enough. No? Fine, that's a no then.

Not a bad weekend of predictions for me. We'll see how next week goes.

That's all for today, expect those movies I mentioned tomorrow (RE:Extinction, Mr. Woodcock), as well as a review of Heroes and plenty more football stuff among other thing.

Scoreboard - October 7th - 2007

NFL
Texans 22, Miami 19
Jaguars 17, Chiefs 7
New England 34, Cleveland 17
Panthers 16, Saints 13
Giants 35, Jets 24
Steelers 21, Seahawks 0
Cardinals 34, Rams 31
Titans 20, Falcons 13
Redskins 34, Lions 3
Colts 33, Bucs 14
Chargers 41, Broncos 3
Ravens 9, 49ers 7
Bears 27, Packers 20

MLB Playoffs
New York 8, Cleveland 4
Cleveland Leads 2-1
Boston 9, Los Angeles 1
Complete Sweep