Weekly Updates – Week of November 19, 2018
Basketball – College: 11. Michigan vs 17. UCLA game on Thanksgiving
Basketball – NBA: Warriors are strugglin’. LeBron scores 50+ points.
Football – College: #9 looses. Conference Championship games some are set and some are very up in the air.
Football – NFL: Condi squashes coach rumors. Alex Smith injury.
Golf: Tiger Woods vs Phil Mickelson PPV match on Friday. Howell III wins for the first time in 11 years. Jutanugarn wins CME title. Molinari wins Race to Dubai.
Olympic Sports: Calgary drops 2026 Olympic bid. Hirsher wins again.
Basketball – College:
- Brian Bowen II filed a lawsuit against Adidas for racketeering, claiming the company was into money laundering, fraud and bribery. Bowen II was not allowed to play while at Louisville and signed a contract in Aug to play professionally in Australia.
- Villanova, defending national champions, lost back to back games for the first time since the 2013 season. They first lost big time to #18 Michigan 73-46 and then again to Furman in OT on Saturday (score: 76-68) at home! This knocked Villanova out of the top 25 rankings.
- UConn men’s basketball coach Hurley got ejected from their game against Iowa in the final 1 min 44 seconds.
- Memphis forward Azab died of leukemia on Thursday. He discovered he had leukemia last year during the season and lost his battle this past week.
Basketball – NBA:
- The Warriors had some bad luck all across the lone star state losing to the Rockets, then the Mavs and the Spurs. After an electric 11-2 start, it seems the Warriors have found some growing pains, exacerbated by the injury to Curry.
- LeBron scored 51 points against his old team, the Heat, on Sunday helping the Lakers win 113-97. This was also his first win in Miami since leaving in 2014.
Football – College:
- 5 teams went down in the Top 25 including #9 West Virginia.
- GameDay will be live from Columbus for the Ohio St vs Michigan game. The winner will take on Northwestern in the Big 10 title game next week.
- Rumors are swirling, and for once are true, Kansas has signed a deal with Les Miles to become their new head coach. Kansas football has 3 wins this season (equal to the last 3 seasons combined) but put up 40 points against #6 Oklahoma on Saturday.
- Championship Games: some are set and some depend on this weekend. All we do know for sure is its going to be some great football!
- The SEC game is set: Alabama vs Georgia.
- The ACC game is set: Clemson vs Pitt.
- The winner of Ohio St/Michigan will play Northwestern for the Big 10 title.
- The winner of the Houston/Memphis game will play UCF for the American Championship title
- The winner of the East will play N. Illinois for the MAC title
- The winner of the East will play UAB for the Conference USA title.
- Pac 12 Championship is yet to be decided
- Big 12 Championship is yet to be decided
- If Oklahoma beats WV, Oklahoma will play WV in the championship game
- If WV beats Oklahoma, WV will play Texas in the championship game
- Other losses in the top 25:
Losses in the Top 25 Visitor Home Day Time (CT) TV Score 9. West Virginia Oklahoma St Sat 11/18 2:30 PM ABC 41-45 12. Syracuse 3. Notre Dame Sat 11/18 1:30 PM NBC 3-36 16. Iowa St 15. Texas Sat 11/18 7:00 PM LGHN 10-24 20. Boston College Florida St Sat 11/18 2:30 PM ESPN2 21-22 24. Cincinnati 11. UCF Sat 11/18 7:00 PM ABC 13-38
Football – NFL:
- Condi would like to put a stop to all the rumors, she is not going to coach the Browns… at least not yet anyway! No woman has ever been the head coach of a NFL team to date.
- Alex Smith, Redskins QB, broke his right leg in 2 places on Sunday during the game against the Texans. Former UT QB, Colt McCoy has been named the starter for now. The redskins also signed Mark Sanchez as backup.
- Cowboys WR Michael Gallup’s brother killed himself on Sunday. Gallup could be seen getting consoled after the game against the Falcons. Gallup was 1 of 8 kids (6 of whom were adopted). Our prayers are with his family.
- Division Leaders:
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- AFC
- East – Patriots (7-3)
- North – Steelers (7-2)
- South – Texans (7-3)
- West – Chiefs (9-1)
- NFC
- East – Redskins (6-4)
- North –Bears (7-3)
- South – Saints (9-1)
- West – Rams (9-1)
- AFC
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Golf:
- Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson play their big PPV winner take all $9MM match on Friday in Las Vegas. Its only $20 to watch at 2pm.
- Charles Howell III won the RSM Classic on Sunday in a playoff against Patrick Rodgers. This is his first victory in 11 years. This win also earns him a spot in the Masters, for the first time since 2012.
- Francesco Molinari won the Race to Dubai title after Fleetwood fell 4 shots shy of winning the final tournament of the year.
- Lexi Thompson won the final event of the LPGA season leaving the $1MM prize and the CME title to Ariya Jutanugarn.
Olympic Sports:
- Calgary withdrew its bid for the 2026 Olympics
- Stockholm and joint Italian bid (Milan and Cortina d’Amprezzo) are still in the running
- Even after getting married and becoming a father, Marcel Hirsher is unbeatable on the slopes. The Austrian won the World Cup slalom on Sunday with the fastest time in both runs.
Sports to watch this week:
Basketball – College:
- Mon 11/19
- 1. Duke at SDSU @ 3:30pm on ESPN2
- Francis (PA) at 7. UNC @ 7pm on ACC
- California Baptist at 6. Nevada @ 9pm
- 3. Gonzaga vs Illinois in Hawaii (neutral site) @ 10:30pm on ESPN2
- Wed 11/21
- Winthrop vs 10. Kentucky @ 12pm on SEC
- Louisville vs 5. Tennessee @ 4pm on ESPN2
- Marquette vs 2. Kansas @ 6pm on ESPN2
- Middle Tennessee vs 4. UVA @ 8:30pm
- Thurs 11/22
- 6. Nevada vs Tulsa @ 3pm on FS1
- Texas vs 7. UNC @ 6:30pm on FS1
- 11. Michigan St vs 17. UCLA @ 9pm on FS1
- Fri 11/23
- Tennessee St at 10. Kentucky @ 6pm on SEC
- Mon 11/26
- ND St at 3. Gonzaga @ 8pm
Basketball – NBA:
- Wed 11/21
- Lakers at Cavilers @ 7pm on ESPN
- Thunder at Warriors @ 9:30pm on ESPN
Football – College:
| Top 25 | ||||
| Week 13 | ||||
| Top Games of the Week | ||||
| Visitor | Home | Day | Time (CT) | TV |
| 6. Oklahoma | 12. West Virginia | Fri 11/23 | 7:00 PM | ESPN |
| 16. Washington | 7. Washington St | Fri 11/23 | 7:30 PM | FOX |
| 4. Michigan | 10. Ohio St | Sat 11/24 | 11:00 AM | FOX |
| 19. Syracuse | Boston College | Sat 11/24 | 11:00 AM | ESPN |
| 14. Utah St | 21. Boise St | Sat 11/24 | 9:15 PM | ESPN |
- If you are looking at this on Monday when it was originally posted, these are according to AP poll. CFP puts their rankings out on Tuesday, after which I will always update my posts.
Football – NFL:
- Mon 11/19 – Chiefs at Rams @ 7:15pm on ESPN
- Thurs 11/122
- Bears at Lions @ 1:30am on CBS
- Redskins at Cowboys @ 3:30pm on FOX
- Falcons at Saints @ 7:20pm on NBC
- Sun 11/25
- 7 games @ 12pm on CBS or FOX
- Depending on your geographical location
- Cardinals at Chargers @ 3:05pm on FOX
- 2 games @ 3:25pm on CBS
- Raiders at Cardinals
- Broncos at Chargers
- Packers at Vikings @ 7:20pm on NBC
- 7 games @ 12pm on CBS or FOX
- Mon 11/26 – Titans at Texans @ 7:15pm on ESPN
Golf:
- Fri 11/23: Tiger Woods vs Phil Mickelson on PPV for $20 @ 2pm
- For $9MM
