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It’s just after 6:00 pm EST and the day/night is still young. Non the less, there has been a lot going on so far in college football and in tennis action at the US Open.
First, the US Open. Novak Djokovic, the #1 seed escapes 9 Stan Wawrinka in a grueling five set match, lasting over four hours. Novak survived, 2 – 6, 7 – 6, 3 – 6, 6 – 2, 6 – 4. Kudos to Stan Wawrinka who played his heart out, and then some. Would love to have seen him pull off this upset, but alas, it was not to be and Djokovic moves on to face???? likely Nadal. Nadal is up one set on Gasquet, 6 – 4 and they are on serve in the second. Nadal was broken for the first time in the tournament in this set but I expect Nadal to advance. (And he does, 6 – 4, 7 – 6, 6 – 2) So we can expect a marathon slug fest on Monday night between #1 Djokovic and #2 Nadal. Still, would loved to have seen Stan the man pull out a win.
In college football, 12 Florida traveled to Coral Gables to take on Miami for the first time since 2008. I pull for the ACC (being a GT fan) but I really do struggle to pull for the U. That being said, Miami beat the turnover prone Gators, 21- 16 and thus, chalk up another win for the ACC over the SEC. Miami is projected by many to win the Coastal Division. Will see what the Jackets can do about that!!
One Heisman Trophy favorite, QB Braxton Miller of Ohio State has gone down in the first half with a sprained MCL but Ohio State is rolling over San Diego State, 42 – 7 in the 4th quarter. So much for that “stiff test” the Quack Attack was going to face when Oregon traveled to Charlottesville to take on UVA. Oregon currently leads 45 – 10 in the 3rd quarter. Update: final score, Oregon 59 – UVA 10. Too much DAT, DeAnthony Thomas and Marcus Mariota!! Wisconsin rolled over Tennessee Tech, 48 – 0, and Tennessee took care of Western Kentucky 52 – 20. Did some ESPN analysts predict Western Kentucky in this one? Really? Moving on, UGA and South Carolina are in a shoot out in Athens, GA, tied 24 – 24 at the half. The dawgs are looking to rebound from that tough loss last weekend at Clemson. (Clemson put up 52 points today on S. Carolina State Univ.) South Carolina has defeated UGA three times in a row and are looking to make it four. Stay tuned…this one is going to be really good! Gurley is a beast. Other RB Marshall is not too shabby either. Louisville rolled over Eastern Kentucky led by QB Teddy Bridgewater, 44 – 7. Many consider him to be the Heisman frontrunner (well, it is week two so take that with a grain of salt, but he is tremendous!) Virginia Tech rebounded from last week’s loss to 1 Alabama with a 45 – 3 win over Western Carolina. Later tonight, Michigan and Notre Dame will meet for the final time in the “Big House” (they will play next year in South Bend, and then the series will be suspended for who knows how long). Hate to see such a great rivalry bite the dust but there is going to be a lot of that with all these conference realignments. Anyhow, that is the featured game tonight on ESPN. College Gameday was live from Ann Arbor, Desmond Howard was of course a star receiver at Michigan and also a Heisman Trophy winner himself. He was in mourning. Also, Special Agent Gibbs was in the house! That is Mark Harmon of NCIS, son of former Michigan great Tom Harmon who was being honored. (#98 being retired and will be worn by current Michigan QB Devin Gardner tonight) Mark was the “guest” gameday picker (he played QB at UCLA before his acting days). He did well, very quick with his choices.
Tonight, late (so results will come in tomorrow), two Pac 12 games…Washington State at 25 USC and 5 Stanford makes their season debut at 11:00 pm EST against San Jose State. Lee Corso and me both predict Stanford as the favorite for the National Championship. Didn’t know Mr. Corso and I were on the same page but apparently we are!
OK, a whole lotta action to keep up with today…so until later…enjoy!
P.S. If you are not a sports fan, Hallmark Channel is running the Mystery Woman series marathon starring Kellie Martin, one of my favorite guilty pleasures! Unfortunately, I will not get to enjoy much this go round, well perhaps a few clicks of the DVR?
Final alert: Big win for the Dawgs as UGA takes care of South Carolina in Athens, GA, 41 – 30. Impressive bounce back by Georgia from last week (loss to Clemson). Four TD passes thrown by Aaron Murray and over 130 yards rushing by Todd Gurley. RB Marshall went out with an injury (they were already without WR Mitchell who is out for the season after being injured in the Clemson game) but #22 Douglas came in and their rushing game did not miss a beat. Gamecocks went for TD on fourth and less than a yard and failed to convert with 8 minutes left in the fourth. Disappointing loss for Coach Spurrier and the Gamecocks. Both still have many SEC games to be played and this year, UGA has the tougher schedule.
