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LSU-Auburn Recap: Don’t Fire Ed Orgeron Just Yet!
Posted on October 15, 2017, by Travis Pulver When LSU was spanked by Mississippi State earlier this season, many fans began to wonder if Ed Orgeron was the right choice to take over for Les Miles. But the season was only three games old, so the rumblings were not too...
Dodgers vs. Cubs: NLCS Game 2 Preview
Posted on October 15, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine A controversial play at the plate and the sequential ejection of Cubs manager Joe Maddon were the highlights of an intense Game 1 of the NLCS, a game the Dodgers took 5-2. In part because of that play at the plate, the...
Red River Rivalry Recap: Oklahoma Makes It Look Easy And Ugly Before Pulling Out Win Over Texas
Posted on October 15, 2017, by Travis Pulver The Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners have one of the longest ongoing rivalries in the country. Saturday’s game between the two was the 112th edition of the infamous Red River Rivalry. Like other rivalry games, it didn’t...
Washington State-Cal Recap: Friday The 13th Indeed
Posted on October 14, 2017, by Travis Pulver For most people, Friday the 13th is just another day. But for superstitious people, it is not a good day. Superstitious people tend to think that bad things happen on Friday the 13th. An incredibly successful movie...
Syracuse-Clemson Recap: Orange Upset Tigers; Knock Kelly Bryant Out Of The Game
Posted on October 14, 2017, by Travis Pulver Heading into Friday night’s game against the Syracuse Orange, fans of the Clemson Tigers were not worried. Syracuse was a decent time, but they were not in the same class as the defending national champs. This should have...
Dodgers vs. Cubs: NLCS Game 1 Preview
Posted on October 14, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine Well, this looks familiar. In a repeat of last year’s NLCS, the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers will battle it out for the right to represent the National League in the World Series. The only difference will be that...
Astros vs. Yankees: ALCS Game 2 Preview
Posted on October 14, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine The ALCS between the New York Yankees and Houston Astros got off to a great start in Game 1. Both Dallas Keuchel and Masahiro Tanaka pitched gems, perhaps forecasting a true heavy-weight fight over the next six games. In...
Thursday Night Football Recap: Carson Wentz Is On His Game, Cam Newton—Not So Much
Posted on October 13, 2017, by Travis Pulver When it comes to primetime games, NFL fans want to see good teams play. They want to see stars play like stars and for role players to emerge and play like stars. Basically—they want to be entertained. Those that tuned in...
World Series Betting Odds for Four Remaining Teams
Posted on October 13, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine Well, the baseball postseason is down to the final four teams. The division round of the playoffs included a lot more offense than any of us expected, but there was no shortage of drama, at least in three of the four...
Astros vs. Yankees: ALCS Game 1 Preview
Posted on October 13, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine The showdown between the Houston Astros and the Cleveland Indians in the ALCS we all expected is not going to happen. The New York Yankees played spoiler with three outstanding wins in a row to come back and beat the...
Packers-Vikings Preview: It’s A Tale Of Two Quarterbacks With Suspect Running Games For Control Of The Division
Posted on October 12, 2017, by Travis Pulver It is too soon to start making judgment calls on who will win any of the division titles across the NFL. But it is not too early for one team to gain the upper hand on the other. The Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings...
Nationals vs. Cubs: NLDS Game 5 Preview
Posted on October 12, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine As it turns out, Stephen Strasburg wasn’t all that sick. All he needed was an extra day off afforded by Tuesday’s rainout to come up big for the Washington Nationals in Game 4 of the NLDS. Strasburg threw seven scoreless...
Rams-Jaguars Preview: This Could Actually Be A Great Game (really, it could)
Posted on October 12, 2017, by Travis Pulver When the season began, the only people looking forward to the Week Six Jacksonville Jaguars-Los Angeles Rams game were diehard fans of those teams. Who else could care about a game between two of the worst teams in the NFL...
Boston Red Sox Part Ways with John Farrell
Posted on October 11, 2017, by Bryan Zarpentine When John Farrell got ejected from Game 4 of the ALDS, it turned out to be his last official act as manager of the Boston Red Sox. Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski announced Wednesday that Farrell...
Red River Rivalry Preview—Texas Longhorns at Oklahoma Sooners: Can Longhorns Do The Rest Of The Big 12 A Huge Favor?
Posted on October 10, 2017, by Travis Pulver The Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners had something in common coming into the 2017 season. Expectations were high for both. New head coach Tom Herman was expected to do wonders with the Texas offense. ‘Big Game’ Bob was...