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Weekend sports wrap up and where do I begin? Let’s start with America’s past time..Baseball. The World Series! Game four last night from the beautiful city by the Bay saw San Francisco come from behind to even the series against the Kansas City Royals at two games a piece, San Fran winning last night 11-4!! No Bumgarner but wait and see for tonight as game five will air at 8:00 pm EST. After this game, it is back to Kansas City!
Next up tennis and that means, of course, Roger Federer! Federer won the Swiss Indoors Tournament (Masters 500 event) in Basel (the town of his birth) for the 6th time playing in his 11th final there, 6-2, 6-2 over the comeback kid D. Goffin. Great tournament for Goffin but it was a Master Class by the maestro! Federer has had an incredible year in 2014, no Grand Slam trophy (oh, if only that five set match at Wimbledon against Djokovic could have gone the other way!) but he has won more tournaments than anyone on tour and now has pulled to within 500 points of Djokovic for the world number one ranking! Next up, Paris Masters 1000 event and then onto London for the Year End Finals. Let’s not forget, after London, Switzerland will play at France for the Davis Cup final!! Quite a year for Mr. Federer, not to mention expanding the #FedFamily to six, twin boys added in March to join twin daughters (now five years old). Quite a year for the thirty three year GOAT!
Not to forget about the Ladies, Serena Williams will finish the year at #1 yet again after winning the WTA Year End title in Singapore, defeating S. Halep, 6-3, 6-0. Serena suffered a humiliating defeat earlier in the week at the hand of Halep but turned the tables in the one the really mattered. Also want to congratulate Caroline Wozniacki who really finished strong this year after suffering some difficult times personally! You go Caro!
Now the news that most everyone was watching this weekend, CFB results! Miss State, the new #1 in the rankings returned to action after a week off and defeated Kentucky, 45-31. The other team from Mississippi, the 3 Ole Miss Rebels were not so lucky…falling in Death Valley to LSU, 10-7. Great defensive performance by the Tigers. Many a dream has fallen short on the field in Baton Rouge. So much for an undefeated season for Ole Miss. But to be fair, not sure any SEC team, especially any SEC West team will go undefeated! Alabama took care of Tennessee, 34-20 and Auburn prevailed in a close one over South Carolina on the plains, 42-35 (was there a controversial no penalty?). Kansas State continued their impressive season with a 23-0 victory over Texas in Austin. A big weekend for the teams from the west coast, Pac 12 and yes, they do play some really great college football on the west coast!
Oregon took care of business on Friday night, traveling to take on the California Bears and winning 59-41. Marcus Mariota had seven TD passes and broke the career passing yard record at Oregon. I love the Ducks! UCLA won in a thriller, double OT over Colorado, 40-37. The Bruins are a conundrum. USC fell on the road at Utah, 24-21. The Trojans are a team that perplexes as well. Or, perhaps, the Pac 12 is very competitive like the SEC and they just beat up on each other also? Arizona State won at Washington, 24-10 and Arizona defeated Washington State (0n the road) 59-37. West Virginia continues to show they are team to be reckoned with, winning at OK State, 34-10. Michigan State (remember, they lost to Oregon) took care of instate rival Michigan, 35-11 and the ACC Coastal Division continued to show why it is a mystery…UNC coming from behind to defeat UVA 28-27 and Georgia Tech recovering from a two week malaise to trounce Pitt on the road, 56-28. Pitt managed five fumbles in the first quarter alone! GO JACKETS! And then that team from Texas, TCU scored 82 (yes, 82 points) in defeating Texas Tech, 82-27.
One significant injury, Miss State QB Dak Prescott left the field in a walking boot but it was called a “precautionary measure”…we shall see!
Latest AP and Coaches Polls are out! AP Poll: 1 Miss State (46), 2 FSU (14), 3 Alabama, 4 Auburn, 5 Oregon (yes), 6 Notre Dame (glad to see the Irish still up there after defeating FSU, no wait that was a loss?), 7 Ole Miss, 8 Michigan State, 9 UGA and 10 TCU. Kansas State and Baylor are lurking at #11 and #12.
Coaches Poll: 1 Miss State (41), 2 FSU (21), 3 Alabama, 4 Auburn, 5 Michigan State, 6 Oregon (again, Oregon defeated Michigan State), 7 Notre Dame, 8 UGA, 9 Ole Miss, and 10 TCU. Again, Kansas State and Baylor at #11 and #12 respectively.
The first (ever) College Football Playoff top twenty five will be announced this Tuesday, 10/28/14. There will be an entire show on ESPN devoted to the announcement. This should be good!
TV tonight…new episode of The Good Wife on CBS at 9:00 pm EST and then The Affair on Showtime at 10:00 pm EST. I am still bummed ABC cancelled Betrayal (10:00 pm time slot) but this new show airing on Showtime is pretty enticing. Kind of has a bit of that True Detective intrigue to it. OK, I am tired of writing, you guys are tired of reading..so enjoy the rest of your Sunday!
