10.26.08

The Sports Report
10/26/08

My Sports Piccz
Baseball – 0-1 (2-1-67%)
Football – NONE
Basketball – NONE (24-9-73%)
College Football – 9-9 (10-9-53%)
Parlay – NONE
Guaranteed – NONE

Major League Baseball
· The WORLD SERIES game 3
· Philadelphia (2-1) def. Tampa Bay (1-2) 5-4. Chase Utley (Phi) hit his 2nd homer of the World Series.

· The playoff picture looks like this…
· 1st Round
· Tampa Bay def. MY WHITE SOX (TAMPA BAY 3-1)
· Boston def. The Angels (BOSTON 3-1)
· Philadelphia def. Milwaukee (PHILADELPHIA 3-1)
· The Dodgers SWEPT The Cubs (DODGERS 3-0)

· League Championships
· ALCS – Tampa Bay def. Boston (Tampa Bay 4-3)
· NLCS – Philadelphia def. The Dodgers (Philadelphia 4-1)

· World Series
· Philadelphia lead Tampa Bay (2-1)

· The Post Season Awards are as follows…
· AL Comebacc Player of Year – Cliff Lee (Cle)
· NL Comebacc Player of Year – Brad Lidge (Phi)
· Roberto Clemente Award – Albert Pujols (Stl)

National Football League
· The Browns have went back on their suspension of TE Kellen Winslow, He will get paid, but be fined $25,000.

· The League Leaders look like this…
· Passing – Philip Rivers (SD) 108.5 rating
· Rushing – Clinton Portis (Was) 818 yards
· Receiving Yards – Greg Jennings (GB) 685 yards
· Receptions - T.J. Houshmandzadeh (Cin) 46 receptions
· Sacks – DeMarcus Ware (Dal) 9 sacks
· Tackles – Dhani Jones (Cin) 65 tackles
· Interceptions – 4 tied with 4 interceptions

· The Playoff picture looks like this…
· The AFC East is led by Buffalo by 1 game over New England
· The AFC North is led by Pittsburgh by 2 games over Baltimore
· The AFC South is led by Tennessee by 3 games over Indianapolis
· The AFC West is led by Denver by 1 game over San Diego
· The AFC Wild Cards are held by New England and 4 others tied for 2nd wild card!
· The NFC East is led by MY GIANTS by ½ game over Washington
· The NFC North is tied by Chicago and Green Bay
· The NFC South is tied by Carolina and Tampa Bay
· The NFC West is led by Arizona by 2 games over St. Louis
· The NFC Wild Cards are held by Carolina and Atlanta

National Basketball Association
· no news today…

Nascar
· The next race this Sunday is at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.

· Here are the updated Sprint Cup Standings…
1. Jimmie Johnson 6073 pts. $6,358,206
2. Greg Biffle –149 $4,988,589
3. Jeff Burton –152 $4,897,916
4. Carl Edwards –198 $6,671,550
5. Clint Bowyer –242 $3,900,095

NCAA College Football – Top 25
· WEEK 9
· #1 Texas (8-0) def. #6 Oklahoma State (7-1) 28-24. C. McCoy (Tex) threw for 391 yards. K. Hunter (OklSt) ran for 161 yards. J. Shipley (Tex) had 15 rec for 168 yards.
· #2 Alabama (8-0) def. Tennessee (3-5) 29-9.
· #3 Penn State (9-0) def. #9 Ohio State (7-2) 13-6.
· #4 Oklahoma (7-1) def. Kansas St. (4-4) 58-35. J. Freeman (KSU) threw for 478 yards. E. Pierce (KSU) had 11 rec for 176 yards.
· #5 USC (6-1) def. Arizona (5-3) 17-10.
· #7 Georgia (7-1) def. #13 LSU (5-2) 52-38. K. Moreno (GA) ran for 163 yards.
· #8 Texas Tech (8-0) def. #23 Kansas (5-3) 63-21. G. Harrell (TTU) threw for 386 yards.
· #10 Florida (6-1) def. Kentucky (5-3) 63-5.
· #14 TCU (8-1) def. Wyoming (2-6) 54-7. J. Young (TCU) had 226 yards receiving.
· #15 Missouri (6-2) def. Colorado (4-4) 58-0.
· Louisville (5-2) def. #16 South Florida (6-2) 24-20.
· Rutgers (3-5) def. #17 Pittsburgh (5-2) 54-34. M. Teel (Rut) threw for 361 yards.
· Virginia (5-3) def. #18 Georgia Tech (6-2) 24-17.
· #20 Ball State (8-0) def. Eastern Michigan (2-7) 38-16.
· #21 BYU (7-1) def. UNLV (3-5) 42-35.
· Indiana (3-5) def. #22 Northwestern (6-2) 21-19.
· #24 Minnesota (7-1) def. Purdue (2-6) 17-6.
· #25 Florida State (6-1) def. Virginia Tech (5-3) 30-20.

· The League Leaders look like this…
· Passing – David Johnson (Tulsa) 212.82 rating
· Rushing – Javon Ringer (MichSt) 1,373 yards
· Receiving Yards – Aldrick Robinson (SMU) 1,003 yards
· Receptions – Casey Fitzgerald (N.Texas) 78 receptions
· Interceptions – Morgan Burnett (G-Tech) 6 interceptions
· Best Offense – Tulsa - 629.1 yards per game.

National Hockey League
· Philadelphia (2-3-3) def. New Jersey (5-2-1) 3-2 in OT.
· Boston (3-2-3) def. Atlanta (2-4-2) 5-4. M. Lucic (Bos) had 3 goals (2,3,4).
· Anaheim (4-5-0) def. Montreal (5-1-1) 6-4. A. Tanguay (Mon) had two goals (4,5).
· Carolina (4-2-1) def. The Islanders (2-5-0) 4-3. C. LaRose (Car) had two goals (1,2).
· The Rangers (8-2-1) def. Pittsburgh (5-2-2) 3-2.
· Toronto (3-2-3) def. Ottawa (2-5-1) 3-2.
· San Jose (7-2-0) def. Tampa Bay (1-3-3) 3-0.
· Washington (4-3-1) def. Dallas (3-4-2) 6-5. S. Federov (Was) had 2 goals (2,3). T. Fleischmann (Was) had 2 goals (2,3).
· Nashville (4-4-0) def. MY KINGS (3-4-0) 5-4. J. Stoll (LA) had 2 goals (3,4).
· Minnesota (5-0-1) def. Columbus (3-5-0) 2-1.
· Detroit (6-1-1) def. Chicago (3-2-3) 6-5.
· St. Louis (5-3-0) def. Florida (4-4-0) 4-0. B. Boyes (SL) had 2 goals (6,7).
· Colorado (5-3-0) def. Buffalo (6-0-2) 2-1.
· Vancouver (4-4-0) def. Edmonton (4-3-0) 6-3. J. Hansen (Van) had 2 goals (2,3). M. Raymond (Van) had 2 goals (2,3).
· Calgary (4-3-1) def. Phoenix (3-4-0) 4-1.

· The League Leaders look like this…
· Goals – Thomas Vanek (Buf) / Keith Tkachuk (SL) 8 goals.
· Assists – Evgeni Malkin (Pit) / Filip Kuba (OTT) 10 assists.
· Points – Evgeni Malkin (Pit) / Alexander Semin (Was) 14 pts.
· Save % - Mike Smith (TB) .941

NCAA College Basketball - Top 25
· No news or Games today…(November 10, 2008)

Pro Boxing
· I only like the Heavyweight’s, so that is all I will be updating except for maybe the occasional headliner.
· Here are the current World Champions…
· WBA – Nikolai Valuev
· WBC – Vitali Klitschko
· IBF – Wladimir Klitschko
· WBO – Wladimir Klitschko

· The next IBF/WBO World Title match will be December 13 (HBO) vs Alexander Povetkin
· That same night Nikolai Valuev will defend the WBA Title vs TBA!

MMA
· UFC 90 was last night…
UFC 90
1. Pete Sell def. Josh Burkman via decision.
2. Hermes Franca def. Marcus Aurelio via decision.
3. Dan Miller def. Matt Horwich via decision.
4. Spencer Fisher def. Shannon Gugerty via submission in Round 3.
5. Thales Leites def. Drew McFedries via submission in Round 1.
6. Sean Sherk def. Tyson Griffin via decision.
7. Junior Dos Santos def. Fabricio Werdum via TKO in Round 1.
8. Gray Maynard def. Rich Clementi via decision
9. Thiago Alves def. Josh Koscheck via decision
10. UFC Middleweight Championship: Anderson Silva def. Patrick Cote via TKO (injured knee) in Round 3 to retain title!

Pro Wrestling
· I got some ROH results…
10/24
Here are the results from Ring of Honor in Danbury, CT last night:
1. Ruckus defeated Jason Blade.
2. Sara Del Ray defeated Portuguese Princess Ariel.
3. Rhett Titus defeated Grizzly Redwood. Daizee Haze attacked Titus before and after the match.
4. Brent Albright defeated Jay Briscoe in a hard-fought match.
5. Necro Butcher defeated Delirious (pinned) and Mark Briscoe in a No DQ match that went all over the entire arena and destroyed my section. An excellent match with lots of nice high spots.
6. Jerry Lynn defeated Claudio Castagnoli. Before the match Prince Nana appeared unannounced and pleaded for his job in ROH back.
7. Go Shiozaki retained the FIP Heavyweight title defeating Austin Aries in a great back-and-forth match.
8. LAX (2 falls by Homicide) defeated Sweet and Sour's Chris Hero and Davey Richards (one fall by Richards over Steen) and The Age of the Fall's Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black (one fall by Black over Homicide) and ROH Tag Team Champions El Generico and Kevin Steen (no falls) in a 30 minute Iron Man Tag Team match. Best match of the night, and well worth the price of admission!

· My Picc’z for TONIGHT’s Games
BASEBALL
· Philadelphia

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
* Tulsa –23 ½

FOOTBALL
· Baltimore –8
· New Orleans +3
· The Jets –14
· The Bills –1
· Dallas –1 ½
· Atlanta +9
· The Rams +8
· Carolina –4 ½
· Washington –7 ½
· Jacksonville –7
· MY GIANTS +3
· Seattle +5 ½
· Cincinnati +9