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The semifinals took place in Shanghai this am and we have an upset! 1Rafael Nadal (seeded #2) fell to 6 J. Martin Del Potro, 6-2, 6- 4. Surprisingly poor performance for Rafa who has looked unbeatable and a tremendous effort by Del Potro. He will face #1 seeded Novak Djokovic who ousted 7 Tsonga, 7 – 2, 7 – 5. Nice to see Del Potro in the final of another Masters 1000 event (his third final appearance). Roger Federer has fallen to #8 in the points standing for the year end final in London, surpassed by countryman Stan Wawrinka. But remember, everyone moves up one on the ladder due to Andy Murray’s announced withdrawal. Top eight get in. Federer will play in Paris and Basel. He should make it in and then next year, given the horrible year he has had, he will have virtually no points to defend. Thus, if he can regroup and pull it together, he can make a rise next year and hopefully give us some more magic!
Great college football games on tap for today. Some SEC upsets could be in the making and two great Pac 12 games are in store for us. 6 Georgia and 25 Missouri are already underway, Missouri leads 14 – 7 in the first quarter. UGA is missing two top running backs and three top receivers. Missouri is looking to legitimize their ranking in the top twenty five and beat a top tier SEC team. Elsewhere, 17 Florida traves to Death Valley to take on 10 LSU (pick ’em? No, I am going with LSU); Ole Miss plays host to 9 Texas A&M and Johnny Manziel; 1 Alabama takes on Kentucky (Bama should roll). In the ACC, Pitt visits 24 Virginia Tech and Boston College takes on 3 Clemson in the “other” Death Valley. Clemson has a huge date next weekend at home with FSU coming to town!
Red River rivalry takes place today in Austin, as 12 Oklahoma comes a calling on the Longhorns and beleaguered head coach Mack Brown.
Pac 12 games feature 5 Stanford at Utah and 2 Oregon at 16 Washington. Gameday was in rainy Seattle this morning and we got to see tailgating Washington style, known as “sail gating”! Pretty awesome…DeAnthony Thomas is expected to start for the Ducks and will be interesting to see how his injured ankle holds up. This game is likely to be a high scoring affair and Washington with QB Keith Price is for real. That was evident in their game last weekend against Stanford (narrow victory for the Cardinals at home). I am picking the Quack Attack but stay tuned…4:00 pm EST kickoff and it should be a great one.
Georgia Tech looks to regroup and reestablish both the running game and heal it’s passing game tonight at BYU. This game airs at 7:00 pm EST on ESPNU. Always a tough place to play for the visiting team but hope the Jackets can get a victory!
Footnote: Horrible news regarding the death of Adrian Peterson’s two year old son after being assaulted by the boyfriend of the child’s mother. Thoughts and prayers with him and his family, friends, etc. Scary world we live in folks!
