Weekly Updates – Week of October 1, 2018

Weekly Updates – Week of October 1, 2018

College Football: Wins and Loses

NFL: OT games

MLB: Post Season has arrived!

Basketball: Team USA is FIBA Champs. LeBron is a Laker.

Golf: Europe wins the Ryder Cup.

Soccer: Ronaldo accused of rape.

Motor Sports: First female wins World Supersport title

College Football:

• 6 teams in the Top 25 lost this weekend with a crazy game between Ohio St and Penn St with the Buckeyes winning by 1 point for the 2^nd year in a row!
• College GameDay is in Dallas, TX at the Cotton Bowl for Oklahoma vs Texas rivalry game.
• Clemson barely squeaked out a win against Syracuse after their starting QB Lawrence went out of the game in the 2^nd quarter. Injury details have not been released yet. 
• UMass suspends coach Whipple after he used ‘rape’ to describe a non-penalty call
• Other losses in the top 25:
  

  Losses in the Top 25
  Visitor	Home	Day	Time (CT)	TV	Score
  7. Stanford	8. Notre Dame	Sat 9/29	6:30 PM	NBC	17-38
  4. Ohio St	9. Penn St	Sat 9/29	6:30 PM	ABC	27-26
  20. BYU	11. Washington	Sat 9/29	6:30 PM	FOX	7-35
  Florida	23. Mississippi St	Sat 9/29	5:00 PM	ESPN	13-6
  19. Oregon	24. Cal	Sat 9/29	9:30 PM	FS1	42-24
  12. West Virginia	25. Texas Tech	Sat 9/29	11:00 AM	ESPN2	42-34

NFL:

• 3 games went into OT this weekend
  • Browns at Raiders ended in OT with a Raiders win 45-42
    • Rookie Baker Mayfield from Oklahoma started for the Browns
  • Eagles (last year’s Super Bowl champs) at Titans ended in OT with a Titans win 23-26
  • Texans at Colts ended in OT with a Texans win 37-34
    • Seahawks barely escaped OT against the Cardinals with a 52 yrd FG as time expired
      • Rookie Josh Rosen from UCLA started for the Cardinals

MLB:

• Today, there are 2 double header games to decide whose postseason dreams still continue.
  • Brewers vs Cubs at 12:05pm @ ESPN
    • Pitching matchup: TBD vs Quintana
  • Rockies vs Dodgers at 3:09pm @ ESPN – Winner wins NL West
    • Pitching matchup: Marquez vs Buehler
      • The losers of both games go on to play each other tomorrow in a wild-card game at 7pm on ESPN
• The World Series begins 10/23 – 10/31 (if needed)
  • Reigning champions: Houston Astros

Basketball:

• Team USA won the FIBA World Cup for the 3^rd straight time. USA defeated Australia in the gold medal match with a final score of 73-56.
• LeBron made his debut with Lakers, scoring 9 points. Lakers lost to the Nuggets 124-107

Golf:

• Europe won the Ryder Cup in convincing fashion. 17 ½ points to 10 ½ points. After a strong start by the USA, going up 3-1, Europe swept Friday afternoon 4-0 and then proceeded to keep rolling. Francesco Molinari became the first European to go 5-0 at a Ryder Cup, helping Europe to their win.
  • There is a lot of speculation why the Americans did not play well but all the talk today has been around why Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth (who were on fire together in the 2016 Ryder Cup) did not play together. Reed has one story, Spieth has another and the Ryder Cup Captain, Jim Furyk has another. Who knows but it’s too little too late boys.
  • Most of the Americans had never played that course but they better get used to it. Le Golf Nationale is the site for golf at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
• The 2018/19 golf season starts this weekend at the Safeway Open. On Thurs 10/4 – Sun 10/7 at 4:30pm. No time for breaks!

Soccer

• Cristiano Ronaldo is being accused of rape in a Las Vegas hotel in 2009. The woman claims that she reported it to the LVPD and that she signed a NDA in 2009. If so that is incriminating evidence against one of the world’s highest paid athletes. More to come.

Motor Sports

• Ana Carrasco is the first female to win the Motorbike World Championship. She won by 1 point and dedicated her win to the recently deceased Luis Salom who died after a crash in Moto2 practice in Catalunya.

Sports to watch this week:

• College Football:
  

  Top 25
  Week 6
  Top Games of the Week
  Visitor	Home	Day	Time (CT)	TV
  19. Texas	7. Oklahoma	Sat 10/6	11:00 AM	FOX
  5. LSU	22. Florida	Sat 10/6	2:30 PM	CBS
  13. Kentucky	Texas A&M	Sat 10/6	6:00 PM	ESPN
  6. Notre Dame	24. VTech	Sat 10/6	7:00 PM	ABC

• Golf: Safeway Open
  • Thurs 10/4 – 4:30pm Golf Channel
  • Fri: 10/5 – 4:30pm Golf Channel
  • Sat: 10/6 – 4:30pm Golf Channel
  • Sun: 10/7 – 4:30pm Golf Channel
• NFL:
  • Mon 10/1 – Colts at Patriots at 7:20pm @ FOX
  • Sun 10/7
    • 8 games at 12pm on CBS or FOX
    • Raiders at Chargers at 3:05pm @ CBS
    • 3 games at 3:25pm on FOX
    • Cowboys at Texans at 7:20pm on NBC
• MLB:
  • Mon 10/1
    • Brewers vs Cubs at 12:05pm @ ESPN
    • Rockies vs Dodgers at 3:09pm @ ESPN – Winner wins NL West
  • Tues 10/2
    • A’s vs Yankees at TBD @ TBS
    • Losers of the Monday games
  • NL Division Series games are on Thurs, Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed
  • AL Division Series games are on Fri, Sat, Mon, Tues, Thurs