Weekly Updates – Week of September 3rd, 2018

Weekly Updates – Week of September 3rd, 2018

Football: NFL season begins.

Golf: Ryder Cup captain picks.

BMW Championship.

F1: Hamilton wins.

Baseball: Puig suspension. MiLB playoffs.

Football

• NFL season officially starts on Sept 6th with the Falcons @ Eagles! That means your bf will be stressing about his fantasy football draft between now and then.
• Nick Saban, the Alabama coach, finally names a starting QB as Tua Tagovailoa for their second game.
• Braylon Edwards, former Michigan WR and now Big 10 Network analyst, was suspended for calling out certain players on Twitter. Yes he used names. Harsh!
• Lee Morris, redshirted Jr, from Oklahoma received full scholarship after this TD in the season opener.

Golf

• Captains picks for the Ryder Cup are in: Bryson DeChambeau, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods!
• Bryson DeChambeau wins at the Dell Technologies Championship for the 2nd week in a row during the FedEx playoffs. This moves him from #99 in the world to #7.
• The BMW Championship, the 3rd FedEx Cup playoff tournament, begins Thursday, 9/6. $1.575MM and a lot of FedEx Cup points are up for grabs (2,000 to be exact). Only 70 of the top players will get to compete.
  • Defending Champion: Marc Leishman with a record 23 under par

Formula 1

• The Italian Gran Prix was this past weekend and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton won again. Ferrari has not won since 2010 but they were the favorites going into the race.

Baseball

• LA Dodgers Yasiel Puig lost his appeal and will serve a 2 game suspension after he took a swing at SF Giants catcher. He will not play Tues and Wed against the NY Mets.
• MiLB playoffs start 9/5

Sports to watch this week:

• BMW Championship (Golf): Starting Thursday – Sunday on Golf Channel and CBS
  • Thurs @ 1-5pm on Golf Channel
  • Fri @ 1-5pm on Golf Channel
  • Sat @ 11-2:30pm on NBC and @ 2:30-5pm on Golf Channel
  • Sun @ 11-1pm on Golf Channel and @ 1-5pm on NBC
• College Football:
  

  Week 2
  Top Games of the Week
  Visitor	Home	Day	Time (CT)	TV
  UCLA	6. Oklahoma	Sat 9/8	12:00 PM	FOX
  3. Georgia	24. South Carolina	Sat 9/8	2:30 PM	CBS
  2. Clemson	Texas A&M	Sat 9/8	6:00 PM	ESPN
  13. Penn St	Pitt	Sat 9/8	7:00 PM	ABC
  17. USC	10. Stanford	Sat 9/8	7:30 PM	FOX

• NFL:
  • Season opens Thursday with Atlanta at Eagles @ 7:20pm on NBC
  • Sunday:
    • 9 games are on at noon on CBS and Fox
    • Chiefs at Chargers @ 3:05pm on CBS
      • 3 other games at 3:25pm on Fox depending on your geographical location
    • Bears at Green Bay @ 7:20pm on NBC
  • Monday:
    • Jets at Loins @ 6:10pm on ESPN
    • Rams at Raiders @ 9:15pm on ESPN
• MLB:
  • Saturday 9/8
    • Astros at Red Sox @ 3:05pm on FS1
  • Sunday 9/9
    • Cubs at Nationals @ 12:35pm on TBS
    • Astros at Red Sox @ 7pm on ESPN