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Thursday, October 19, 2017
| Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians | ||||||||||||
| Sep 28, 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota (82-77) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Cleveland (103-56) | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| W: Mike Clevinger (7-2) L: Hector Santiago (8-13) | ||||||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| SCORING DETAILS | MIN | CLE | ||
| CLE | 2 | Diaz singled to center. Lindor scored. | 0 | 1 |
| CLE | 2 | Gomes homered to left. Diaz and Ramirez scored. | 0 | 4 |
| CLE | 3 | C. Santana singled down the left field line. Almonte and Guyer scored. Encarnacion to third. | 0 | 6 |
| CLE | 3 | Lindor singled to left. Encarnacion scored. C. Santana to second. | 0 | 7 |
| MIN | 9 | Buxton singled to center. D. Santana scored. | 1 | 7 |
| Minnesota Twins | ||||||||
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR | AVG |
| BATTING: 2B: D. Santana (32) RBI: Buxton (44) GIDP: Kepler | ||||||||
| Cleveland Indians | ||||||||
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR | AVG |
| BATTING: 2B: Lindor (29) HR: Gomes (11) RBI: C. Santana 2 (85), Lindor (42), Diaz (56), Gomes 3 (42) HBP: Encarnacion (by Santiago), Urshela (by Pressly) GIDP: Diaz | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING: SB: Lindor (4) | ||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | ||||||||
| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Santiago (L, 8-13) | 2.0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5.12 |
| Haley | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.43 |
| Pressly | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.96 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 8.0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| PITCHING: HBP: Santiago, Pressly | ||||||||
| Cleveland Indians | ||||||||
| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Clevinger (W, 7-2) | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3.26 |
| Goody | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
#16 Temple to Face Tulane
Temple travels to Tulane this weekend to face the Green Wave. Temple will need to stop an aerial attack and establish the ground game to become bowl eligible.
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Top Stories
#1 Alabama upset by Arkansas 28-37
#3 Cal falls to Oregon State 31-34
BCS Rankings come out and Miami is out on top, followed by Oregon
BCS Rankings
| NCAA Football Rankings - BCS Rankings - Updated: Oct 14, 2018 | |||||
| RK | TEAM (VOTES) | W | L | POINTS | |
| 1 | Miami | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 2 | Oregon | 7 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 3 | Ohio State | 6 | 0 | 0.989 | |
| 4 | TCU | 5 | 0 | 0.981 | |
| 5 | South Carolina | 7 | 0 | 0.981 | |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 5 | 1 | 0.974 | |
| 7 | Alabama | 5 | 1 | 0.968 | |
| 8 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 1 | 0.957 | |
| 9 | Notre Dame | 6 | 1 | 0.950 | |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 5 | 1 | 0.945 | |
| 11 | Arkansas | 5 | 2 | 0.944 | |
| 12 | Florida | 5 | 2 | 0.934 | |
| 13 | California | 6 | 1 | 0.928 | |
| 14 | Clemson | 4 | 2 | 0.927 | |
| 15 | Michigan State | 5 | 1 | 0.921 | |
| 16 | Temple | 5 | 1 | 0.910 | |
| 17 | Ole Miss | 6 | 2 | 0.898 | |
| 18 | Mississippi State | 5 | 2 | 0.876 | |
| 19 | Texas | 5 | 1 | 0.862 | |
| 20 | Oregon State | 5 | 2 | 0.861 | |
| 21 | Auburn | 5 | 2 | 0.858 | |
| 22 | Kentucky | 4 | 3 | 0.837 | |
| 23 | Utah | 4 | 2 | 0.834 | |
| 24 | Boston College | 5 | 1 | 0.834 | |
| 25 | Iowa | 3 | 2 | 0.828 | |
Heisman Watch
| Heisman Watch - Updated: Oct 14, 2018 | ||||
| NAME | POS | SCHOOL | SEASON STATS | |
| Darius Jonson | HB | Florida |  | |
| Tyson Timmons | HB | South Carolina |  | |
| Antone Watson | HB | Miami | | |
| Victor Williams | HB | Wisconsin | | |
| Jimmy Green | HB | Oregon |  | |
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
#15 Temple Survives Memphis
Junior Marcus Charles had ice in his veins, as he kicked the game winning field goal as time expired to win the game for Temple. After being iced 3 times, Charles put the ball through the uprights and was carried off the field (Disclaimer: I had to actually control the kicking, as there was no other way. It was my first time seeing the kicking meter actually all iced up, so that was pretty cool.)
The game went back and forth many times, as Temple once again saw a hurry up, read option offense that they struggled with. Temple's defense struggled to stop the attack, giving up many long runs. On Memphis' last drive, the defense held their ground and forced a punt. With a little over 1 minute left and armed with 3 timeouts, Temple drove down the field, with Baker running twice up the middle in the red zone to line up the kick for Charles to kick the winning field goal.
| Temple Owls at Memphis Tigers | |||||
| Oct 13, 2018 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| #15 Temple Owls (4-1 (1-1)) | 0 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
| Memphis Tigers (2-3 (2-0)) | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Team Stats Comparison | ||
| TEM | MEM | |
| Total Offense | 483 | 401 |
| Rushing Yards | 198 | 153 |
| Passing Yards | 285 | 248 |
| First Downs | 25 | 17 |
| Punt Return Yards | 32 | 36 |
| Kick Return Yards | 0 | 54 |
| Total Yards | 515 | 491 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| 3rd Down Conversion | 7-15 | 7-14 |
| 4th Down Conversion | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 3/2 | 2/1 |
| Penalties | 1-15 | 2-18 |
| Possession Time | 22:07 | 13:53 |
| Scoring Summary | |||
| SECOND QUARTER SCORING | TEM | MEM | |
| 7:52 | (TEM) TD Tem: C. McCutcheon, 11 Yd pass from L. O'Donnell (M. Charles kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 6:23 | (MEM) FG Mem: B. Williamson, 39 Yd FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2:11 | (TEM) FG Tem: M. Charles, 23 Yd FG | 10 | 3 |
| 1:04 | (MEM) TD Mem: K. Perez, 14 Yd pass from J. Coleman (B. Williamson kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 0:00 | (TEM) TD Tem: J. Young, 8 Yd pass from L. O'Donnell (M. Charles kick) | 17 | 10 |
| THIRD QUARTER SCORING | TEM | MEM | |
| 5:05 | (MEM) TD Mem: S. Jackson, 43 Yd pass from J. Bush (B. Williamson kick) | 17 | 17 |
| FOURTH QUARTER SCORING | TEM | MEM | |
| 8:55 | (MEM) TD Mem: J. Bush, 14 Yd run, (B. Williamson kick) | 17 | 24 |
| 6:27 | (TEM) TD Tem: J. Young, 8 Yd pas from L. O'Donnell (M. Charles kick) | 24 | 24 |
| 0:00 | (TEM) FG Tem: M. Charles 33 Yd FG | 27 | 24 |
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#15 Temple Looking to Bounce Back Against Memphis
Temple is looking to get back to their winning ways against Memphis. With a weak rushing defense, Darius Baker is hoping to exploit that weakness and have a big day.
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Head Coaches in Jeopardy of Losing Their Jobs
Todd Monken, Old Dominion
Tony Peterson, Troy
David Gibbs, Kansas
Larry Fedora, North Carolina
Kurt Roper, Utah State
Todd Graham, Arizona State
Rod Carey, Nevada
Kliff Kingsbury, South Alabama
Bill Clark, UAB
Curtis Irvin, UMass
Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati
Jimbo Fisher, Florida State
Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M
Joe Wickline, NC State
Realignment Talks Heating Up
The Big 12 is hoping to be the big mover in the next realignment. They are looking to expand to 14 and be on level footing with the Big 10, SEC, and ACC. Rumors have it BYU and Cincinnati could be the first 2 selected, with 2 others still being considered. Possible candidates are USF, UCF, Memphis, Tulsa, Southern Miss, New Mexico, or Utah State.
The ACC hasn't stayed quiet, though. They are considering the possibility of being the first conference to go to 16 teams, and thus forming a "super conference". It is rumored they are looking at UConn, ECU, USF, UCF, and possibly Memphis.
The SEC has stated they are content with 14 members, along with the Big Ten, are neither are looking to respond.
The Pac 12 has stated they may look into expanding to 14 at some point, but they are not looking for candidates at the moment.
If realignment does occur, changes wouldn't take affect until the 2020 season.
Mid Year Heisman Watch
| Heisman Watch - Updated: Oct 7, 2018 | ||||
| NAME | POS | SCHOOL | SEASON STATS | |
| Tyson Timmons | HB | South Carolina | | 126 Rush 825 Yds, 14 TDs |
| Victor Williams | HB | Wisconsin | | 129 Rush 863 Yds, 10 TDs |
| Clayton Weddle | QB | Wyoming | | 109-169, 1350 Yds, 16 TDs |
| Kennan Benson | WR | Cal | | 8 Catches, 72 Yds, 0 TD |
| Jimmy Green | HB | Oregon | | 151 Rush, 926 Yds, 6 TDs |
Stats Leaders
| NCAA Football Leaders - Updated: Jan 1, | |||||
| Passing | Yds | Rushing | Yds | ||
| 1. B. Parker BYU | 2144 | 1. T. Carter Vandy | 1017 | ||
| 2. J. Wilcox Tulane | 1590 | 2. C. Waters Hawai'i | 975 | ||
| 3. R. Miller CMU | 1563 | 3. J. Green Oregon | 926 | ||
| 4. Z. Britt SDSU | 1554 | 4. G. Sutton Miss. St. | 889 | ||
| 5. L. Marshall Cal | 1535 | 5. V. Langford Nevada | 885 | ||
| Receiving | Yds | Tackles | SOLO | ||
| 1. J. Wright UTEP | 774 | 1. M. Brown Vandy | 30 | ||
| 2. D. Avery Texas | 769 | 2. M. Sanders Temple | 29 | ||
| 3. E. Hill CMU | 750 | 3. B. Sanders Syracuse | 27 | ||
| 4. S. Clarke BYU | 733 | 4. R. Daily Louisville | 27 | ||
| 5. B. Kirby Rice | 727 | 5. M. Shaw Kentucky | 27 | ||
| Sacks | Interceptions | INT | |||
| 1. J. Brown North Carolina | 6.5 | 1. J. Manning Vandy | 9 | ||
| 2. B. Watkins Louisville | 6.5 | 2. P. Randall Buffalo | 5 | ||
| 3. R. Daily Louisville | 6.5 | 3. Z. Pitts Louisville | 5 | ||
| 4. L. Ferguson West Virginia | 6.0 | 4. A. Carter Georgia St. | 5 | ||
| 5. D. Williams Clemson | 6.0 | 5. J. Williams Northern Illinois | 5 | ||
| Kicking | LONG | ||||
| 1. R. O'Donnell ALabama | 56 | 1. | |||
| 2. A. Jefferson Georgia | 55 | 2. | |||
| 3. K. Jackson Iowa St. | 54 | 3. | |||
| 4. M. Lloyd San Jose State | 54 | 4. | |||
| 5. K. Gore Texas A&M | 54 | 5. | |||
Top Stories
#2 Notre Dame falls to Michigan State in the Battle for the Megaphone, 38-14
#9 Temple falls to Houston, 24-28
Top 25 Scoreboard
| Results |
| #2 Notre Dame 14 - Michigan State 38 |
| #3 Miami 34 - Florida State 28 (OT) |
| #4 TCU 39 - Iowa State 34 |
| #5 California 48 - FIU 41 |
| #6 Oregon 28 - Stanford 21 |
| #7 Ohio State 34 - Purdue 13 |
| #8 Wisconsin 45 - Maryland 28 |
| #9 Temple 24 - Houston 28 |
| #11 Pittsburgh 51 - North Carolina 45 (OT) |
| #12 Ole Miss 24 - #20 Auburn 27 |
| #13 Georgia 12 - Mississippi State 28 |
| #14 Arkansas 14 - #16 South Carolina 42 |
| #15 Utah 33 - Washington State 35 |
| #17 Clemson 31 - #21 Louisville 28 (OT) |
| #18 Nebraska 16 - Penn State 42 |
| #19 Florida 24 - Vanderbilt 7 |
| #22 Michigan 14 - #23 Rutgers 17 |
| #24 Texas 31 - Fresno State 17 |
| #25 UCF 23 - SMU 35 |
AP Top 25
| NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 - Updated: Oct 7, 2018 | |||||
| RK | LW | TEAM (VOTES) | W | L | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Alabama (33) | 5 | 0 | 1497 |
| 2 | 3 | Miami (21) | 6 | 0 | 1425 |
| 3 | 5 | California (5) | 6 | 0 | 1324 |
| 4 | 6 | Oregon (1) | 6 | 0 | 1288 |
| 5 | 4 | TCU (1) | 4 | 0 | 1279 |
| 6 | 7 | Ohio State | 5 | 0 | 1253 |
| 7 | 8 | Wisconsin | 5 | 1 | 1015 |
| 8 | 16 | South Carolina | 6 | 0 | 1000 |
| 9 | 10 | Oklahoma | 4 | 1 | 937 |
| 10 | 11 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 1 | 899 |
| 11 | 2 | Notre Dame | 5 | 1 | 892 |
| 12 | 17 | Clemson | 4 | 2 | 675 |
| 13 | 20 | Auburn | 5 | 1 | 661 |
| 14 | 19 | Florida | 4 | 2 | 586 |
| 15 | 9 | Temple | 4 | 1 | 585 |
| 16 | 12 | Ole Miss | 5 | 2 | 579 |
| 17 | 13 | Georgia | 4 | 2 | 484 |
| 18 | 14 | Arkansas | 4 | 2 | 482 |
| 19 | 23 | Rutgers | 4 | 1 | 445 |
| 20 | -- | Michigan State | 4 | 1 | 438 |
| 21 | -- | Mississippi State | 5 | 2 | 438 |
| 22 | 24 | Texas | 5 | 1 | 383 |
| 23 | 21 | Louisville | 4 | 2 | 262 |
| 24 | -- | Iowa | 3 | 1 | 250 |
| 25 | 15 | Utah | 4 | 1 | 185 |
Dropped Out
Nebraska (18), Michigan (22), UCF (25)
Monday, October 16, 2017
| Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians | ||||||||||||
| Sep 27, 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota (82-76) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Cleveland (102-56) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| W: Danny Salazar (12-5) L: Kyle Gibson (14-8) S: Cody Allen (45) | ||||||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| SCORING DETAILS | MIN | CLE | ||
| CLE | 4 | Lindor singled to right. Kipnis scored. Encarnacion to second. | 0 | 1 |
| CLE | 4 | Ramirez singled to first. Encarnacion scored. Lindor to third. Chisenhall to second. | 0 | 2 |
| CLE | 4 | Zimmer singled to short. Lindor scored. Chisenhall to third. Ramirez to second. | 0 | 3 |
| MIN | 6 | Sano hit a sacrifice fly to left center. D. Santana scored. | 1 | 3 |
| CLE | 8 | Lindor singled to center. C. Santana scored. Encarnacion to second. | 1 | 4 |
| Minnesota Twins | ||||||||
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR | AVG |
| BATTING: RBI: Sano (79) HBP: Dozier (by Salazar) SF: Sano | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING: CS: Rosario (9) | ||||||||
| Cleveland Indians | ||||||||
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR | AVG |
| BATTING: 2B: C. Santana (26) RBI: Zimmer (5), Lindor 2 (41), Ramirez (46) GIDP: Chisenhall, Ramirez | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING: SB: Kipnis (12) CS: Lindor (7) Picked Off: Brantley (by Mejia) | ||||||||
| Minnesota Twins | ||||||||
| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Gibson (L, 14-8) | 3.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.13 |
| Mejia | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.04 |
| Pressly | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.09 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
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| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Salazar (W, 12-5) | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2.46 |
| Miller (H, 25) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.89 |
| Allen (S, 45) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.84 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | |
| PITCHING: HBP: Salazar | ||||||||
Bleed Red Radio
Dan Scott: Welcome to Bleed Red Radio's first show. I'm your host, Dan Scott, here with me is my co-host, Paul Richards. For our first show, we will just be discussing our expectation and predictions for the Bulls this season as well as other NBA teams.
Paul Richards: Why don't we get underway then, shall we? Let's go ahead and discuss the situation in Chicago. We are obviously in rebuilding mode, expecting to get a top pick in this year's draft. I think the two issues that will be addressed is what to do with both Robin Lopez and Nikola Mirotic. Lopez could be used as trade bait for a mid-level team for some young players, as well as to dump off his 2-year $28.15 million deal. Mirotic, on the other hand, needs to be dealt with in order to give more playing time for Bobby Portis and rookie Lauri Markkanen. He would be excellent for a contending team in need of a stretch 4.
Dan: Right, I can't wait to see Lauri on the floor this year,
he is my sleeper pick for rookie of the year actually.
Paul: Really?
Dan: Oh yes, Markkanen is a well-developed rookie. He was absolutely fantastic at Arizona as a freshman. I'd actually compare him to Dirk Nowitzki.
Paul: Hm, I think Lonzo Ball for the Lakers will be this year's rookie of the year. But let's go ahead and look at the schedule for the Bulls for the first week of October. We will be playing at Toronto and vs. San Antonio for our first two games. What do you think about the two matchups, Dan?
Dan: Definitely a touch opening week for us, we do not have the backcourt to handle both DeRozen and Lowry, nor do we have the frontcourt to deal with LaMarcus Aldridge and Pau Gasol, not to mention Kawhi Leonard. We will most likely begin 0-2 to start the season. We will be having a tough first month since we do not have Zach LaVine, as he is expected to miss the first 2-4 weeks with a broken kneecap, nor will we have Cameron Payne for 4-6 weeks with a broken foot.
Paul: Oh that's right. We will be running with Kris Dunn as our starting point guard, unfortunately. Finally, we will end with the Bulls' depth chart and we will return after the first week of the NBA season, thank you, and don't forget, we all bleed red. This is Paul and Dan signing off.
Paul Richards: Why don't we get underway then, shall we? Let's go ahead and discuss the situation in Chicago. We are obviously in rebuilding mode, expecting to get a top pick in this year's draft. I think the two issues that will be addressed is what to do with both Robin Lopez and Nikola Mirotic. Lopez could be used as trade bait for a mid-level team for some young players, as well as to dump off his 2-year $28.15 million deal. Mirotic, on the other hand, needs to be dealt with in order to give more playing time for Bobby Portis and rookie Lauri Markkanen. He would be excellent for a contending team in need of a stretch 4.
Dan: Right, I can't wait to see Lauri on the floor this year,
he is my sleeper pick for rookie of the year actually.
Paul: Really?
Dan: Oh yes, Markkanen is a well-developed rookie. He was absolutely fantastic at Arizona as a freshman. I'd actually compare him to Dirk Nowitzki.
Paul: Hm, I think Lonzo Ball for the Lakers will be this year's rookie of the year. But let's go ahead and look at the schedule for the Bulls for the first week of October. We will be playing at Toronto and vs. San Antonio for our first two games. What do you think about the two matchups, Dan?
Dan: Definitely a touch opening week for us, we do not have the backcourt to handle both DeRozen and Lowry, nor do we have the frontcourt to deal with LaMarcus Aldridge and Pau Gasol, not to mention Kawhi Leonard. We will most likely begin 0-2 to start the season. We will be having a tough first month since we do not have Zach LaVine, as he is expected to miss the first 2-4 weeks with a broken kneecap, nor will we have Cameron Payne for 4-6 weeks with a broken foot.
Paul: Oh that's right. We will be running with Kris Dunn as our starting point guard, unfortunately. Finally, we will end with the Bulls' depth chart and we will return after the first week of the NBA season, thank you, and don't forget, we all bleed red. This is Paul and Dan signing off.
| Chicago Bulls Depth Chart - 2017-2018 | ||||
| STARTER | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | |
| PG | Zach LaVine | Kris Dunn | Jerian Grant | Cameron Payne |
| SG | Justin Holiday | Denzel Valentine | David Nwaba | |
| SF | Paul Zipser | Quincy Pondexter | ||
| PF | Nikola Mirotic | Bobby Portis | Lauri Markannen | |
| C | Robin Lopez | Cristiano Felicio | Diamond Stone | |
On day 2 it was the Wide Receivers who were flying off the board. With a deep and skillful class, many NFL teams were looking for an upgrade and the landslide of receiver talent started with the 49ers grabbing Luke Sullivan (Auburn) who slipped out of 1st round and down to #37. The two New York teams immediately followed, the Giants grabbing Trey Garza (USC) at #38 and the Jets picking Gabriel Rolle (Penn State) at #39. A total of 9 WRs were picked in the 2nd round, Miami getting the last after trading places with Atlanta who had moved up to get TE Carlos Rubio ( TCU). The Dolphins selected their second rookie out of Miami University, WR Dawson Staley.
The 2nd round started off as many expected with the Express selecting a QB, but they passed on James Cave and got the their 2nd pick from Texas A&M with Jackson Mix. James Cave instead went to San Diego whos planning for a future without Philip Rivers.
The lack of talent at MLB had Jacksonville use their first pick of the day to select Antjuan Heyward-Bey (Massachusetts) before Cleveland went with CB Cory Clayton (Miami) at #36.
The first HB was finally taken by Minnesota Vikings at #62 and it was Shariff Cromartie who was first off the board as expected. As mentioned, this HB class looks rather weak and it allowed HB Denard Dyikes (Stanford), projected to go in the 2nd round, and Malik Silvers (Oklahoma) and Lynn Reece (William & Mary), projected to go in the 3rd, to go undrafted. All three could be good options for the Express who open round 4 tomorrow.
Round 3 started the same as round 2 ended, with the Express picking CB Ladarris Braxton (Mississippi St.) on top of the 3rd right after the Steelers grabbed CB Derek Aikens (Tennessee). This was also where the Broncos had their 2nd and final pick of the 2017 draft (unless they trade back in) and they elected to go with WR Sylvester Goodwell (Buffalo). The Broncos have done a good job in free agency although a lot of fans have been critical of the Elways willingness to trade away draft picks for players and dont have many needs on their roster so adding another weapon to develop behind D.Thomas and E.Sanders looks like a decent solution.
A few teams decided to dip into the 4th round projections as well to find their guy, the most interesting one being the Kansas City Chiefs drafting OLB Kevin Griffen from TCU. Griffen was suspended for not showing up for team activities at TCU and his draft stock might have taken a hit because of it. If the Chiefs dont experience any disciplinary problems with Griffen, he might have been a steal in the 3rd round rather than a reach.
If they gambled on getting a QB on top of the 2nd round, the gamble seems to have paid off for the Express with James Cave slipping out of 1st round last night and Jackson Mix from Texas A&M sitting on top of the 2nd. They created lots of excitement in San Antonio by selecting a kid from Texas A&M with the 1st overall pick in the draft and the question is whether they think Mix is a better QB than James Cave or the better marketing strategy.
Either way, at least one QB could fall to the Jets at #7 as both Jacksonville (#3) and Cleveland (#4) already got their QBs last night and we dont expect the Chargers (#2) or the Giants (#6) to be in the QB market at this time. Someone should at least pick up these two QBs before they disappear off the board as we might not get another QB pick until the 4th round.
The start of the 2nd round should also see the next tier of CBs go off the board as well with the top ranked HB, Shariff Cromartie (Ohio State) going first in a deep HB class that lacks that 1st round/top 10 guy. Might be a good option for the Jets, who lost both Matt Forte and Bilal Powel this offseason.
We should also see the first MLB go off the board with Antjuan Heyward-Bey (Massachusetts) projected to go first of 3 possible 2nd round picks at the position.
4 WR's were drafted on day 1 and day 2 could see many more fly off the board. The WR class is deep and our experts predict we could see as many as 10-15 WR's finding their next club on day 2.
San Antonio: Maybe the Express are happy with RGIII or maybe they have a different QB on top of their wish list but either way, the Express secured themselves a pass rusher they hope can have an immediate impact and be a guy they can build their defense around. Rashad Herndon certainly has the skills to get to the QB; he's deceptively fast and can beat a blocker with every pass rushing move in the book. He needs to develop an NFL understanding of reading an offense, but Herndon is a safe pick who we expect will have an immediate impact.
As we predicted, the Chargers couldnt pass on the opportunity to draft one of the top 2 OT prospects in this years draft and got a good one in Julius Kendall out of USC. The Jaguars pulled of the surprise of the evening when they went for QB Dillon Reece at #3, bringing in competition for Blake Bortles who threw for 4,050 yards last season but also threw as many picks as touchdowns and only lead the Jags to 4 wins.
At #4, the Cleveland Browns also chose to go QB. Thats the 5th time the Browns pick a QB in the first round since Tim Couch was selected in 1999. Cody Kessler had a decent rookie year but the Browns felt they couldnt pass up on the opportunity to get a guy like Eric Stanford out of Oklahoma.
The projected 1st overall pick, WR Kareem Bowie (Oregon), fell to the New York Giants at #6 after the 49ers picked up OLB Joseph Hill (Florida State). The Jets added a DT with their 7th overall pick by selecting Cecil Reinhart (Tennessee). Many had Angelo al-Jabbar (Oklahoma) as the top DT prospect in the draft, while others didnt feel comfortable with him because of his pro day. Al-Jabbar instead fell to the Buccaneers at #10 after back-to-back OT picks with Oakland picking Dwight Curran (Texas A&M) at #8 and Detroit selecting Norman Posey (Penn State) at #9.
Clevelands 2nd pick of the day came at #16 and they elected to go pass rusher with OLB Tavarius Clement (UCLA). He should fit their defense and could be an immediate upgrade. Miami decided to go local at #19, selecting OG Sherwin Vance out of Miami University before the Bengals rounded out the top 20 by selecting DE Brandon Bridgewater out of Pittsburgh with DE Bram Milner, projected to go 9th overall, still on the board.
The third QB went to Houston at #23 when they selected Chase Youngblood out of USC before we finally hit on our 2nd mock draft pick when Baltimore, looking for a replacement for Steve Smith Sr. who retired, went with WR Gabriel Dantzler from Nebraska.
We also had Denver selecting a QB in the first round for the 2nd year in a row, but picked the wrong QB. Last years 1st rounder Paxton Lynch out of Michigan couldnt beat Trevor Siemian in training camp and the former 7th round pick got the start. He looked decent last year and lead the Broncos to the playoffs, but without too many positions in need of upgrade for the Broncos, they felt they could get a possible franchise QB with Nick Koutouvides from USC.
In our mock draft, we had Buffalo reaching into the 2nd round to get the top C of the draft, Gary Sulak (Wisconsin) and they did.
Then we had the Vikings doing the same, reaching into the 2nd round to get the top C left in the draft, DeMarco Elliott from Stanford. And they did.
DE Bram Milner, projected to go in the top 10, had been sitting patiently in the green room all day without being picked but finally him and his family could breathe a sigh of relief when Atlanta selected him with the #31 pick. Thats great value for the Falcons.
To close out the evening, the Super Bowl champions Pittsburgh Steelers, in need of a replacement for James Harrison, clearly read our mock draft, thought we had the right guy and followed our advice by selecting OLB Kevin George (Texas).
Three players projected to go in the first were not selected but are expected to go early in the 2nd round. WR Luke Sullivan (Auburn) was projected to go 18th, while QB James Cave (Ole Miss) and WR Gabriel Rolle (Penn State) were ranked #31 and #32 but seeing as neither the Steelers nor the Falcons were in need of a WR or QB it was always likely they would slip out of the 1st round.
Mock Draft Result: 5.5/32*
*We're gonna give ourselves half a point for predicting a QB to Denver even though we got the wrong guy!
| 2017 NFL Draft Round 1 | ||||||
| Pick | Team | Player | College | Pos | Ht | Wt |
| 1 | SAT | Rashad Herndon | Texas A&M | OLB | 6'3'' | 257 |
| 2 | SD | Julius Kendall | USC | OT | 66 | 306 |
| 3 | JAX | Dillon Reece | Michigan St. | QB | 66 | 228 |
| 4 | CLE | Eric Stanford | Oklahoma | QB | 65 | 232 |
| 5 | SF | Joseph Hill | Penn State | OLB | 61 | 235 |
| 6 | NYG | Kareem Bowie | Oregon | WR | 511 | 202 |
| 7 | NYJ | Cecil Reinhart | Tennessee | DT | 61 | 305 |
| 8 | OAK | Dwight Curran | Texas A&M | OT | 66 | 326 |
| 9 | DET | Norman Posey | Penn State | OT | 65 | 306 |
| 10 | TB | Angelo al-Jabbar | Oklahoma | DT | 6'3'' | 302 |
| 11 | NO | Demontray Parmele | Florida | CB | 510 | 194 |
| 12 | CHI | DeMarcus Forbes | UCLA | CB | 64 | 212 |
| 13 | IND | Curtis Tant | Texas A&M | OG | 64 | 341 |
| 14 | ARI | Malcolm Luzar | Wisconsin | OT | 65 | 308 |
| 15 | WAS | Prennis Seward | UCLA | DT | 6'3'' | 313 |
| 16 | CLE(1) | Tavarius Clement | UCLA | OLB | 65 | 252 |
| 17 | TEN | Malcolm Edmonds | Oklahoma | OLB | 61 | 241 |
| 18 | GB | Jacob Staat | Alabama | OG | 6'3'' | 314 |
| 19 | MIA | Sherwin Vance Herndon | Miami | OG | 64 | 308 |
| 20 | CIN | Brandon Bridgewater | Pittsburgh | DE | 67 | 310 |
| 21 | DAL | Montrey Sowell | Wisconsin | WR | 511 | 190 |
| 22 | KC | Tavarus Sayers | LSU | DE | 67 | 296 |
| 23 | HOU | Chase Youngblood | USC | QB | 6'3'' | 235 |
| 24 | SEA | Cory Roan | Penn State | OT | 66 | 308 |
| 25 | TEN(2) | Rashaun Blackwell | Nebraska | FS | 60 | 195 |
| 26 | BAL | Gabriel Dantzler | Nebraska | WR | 64 | 221 |
| 27 | CAR | Jeffrey Gruder | Texas A&M | WR | 510 | 198 |
| 28 | DEN | Nick Koutouvides | USC | QB | 66 | 235 |
| 29 | BUF | Gary Sulak | Wisconsin | OC | 64 | 292 |
| 30 | MIN | DeMarco Elliott | Stanford | OC | 62 | 309 |
| 31 | ATL | Bram Milner | Florida State | DE | 65 | 266 |
| 32 | PIT | Kevin George | Texas | OLB | 64 | 241 |
(1)From Philadelphia
(2) From Los Angeles
Sunday, October 15, 2017
| Cleveland Indians at Seattle Mariners | ||||||||||||
| Sep 24, 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cleveland (100-56) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 1 |
| Seattle (79-77) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| W: Corey Kluber (13-13) L: Felix Hernandez (8-15) | ||||||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| SCORING DETAILS | CLE | SEA | ||
| CLE | 1 | Kipnis homered to right. Brantley scored. | 2 | 0 |
| CLE | 3 | Lindor grounded into fielder's choice. Almonte scored. Kipnis to third. | 3 | 0 |
| CLE | 5 | Encarnacion singled to left. Brantley scored. Almonte to third. | 4 | 0 |
| CLE | 6 | Gomes reached on a fielder's choice. Santana scored. Chisenhall to third. | 5 | 0 |
| CLE | 6 | Brantley doubled to left center. Chisenhall scored. Gomes to third. | 6 | 0 |
| CLE | 6 | Almonte singled to center. Gomes and Brantley scored. | 8 | 0 |
| SEA | 7 | Freeman singled to right. Beckham scored. | 8 | 1 |
| SEA | 8 | Cano hit a sacrifice fly to left. Ruiz scored. | 8 | 2 |
| Cleveland Indians | ||||||||
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR | AVG |
| BATTING: 2B: Brantley (25) HR: Kipnis (14) RBI: Encarnacion (109), Lindor (39), Gomes (39), Kipnis 2 (45), Almonte 2 (50), Brantley (42) HBP: Encarnacion (by Hernandez) GIDP: Lindor | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING: SB: Brantley (18) CS: Ramirez (11) Picked Off: Almonte (by Overton) | ||||||||
| FIELDING: E: Jackson (1) | ||||||||
| Seattle Mariners | ||||||||
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR | AVG |
| BATTING: 2B: Seager (34) RBI: Cano (86), Freeman (38) SF: Cano GIDP: Motter | ||||||||
| Cleveland Indians | ||||||||
| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Kluber (W, 13-13) | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2.18 |
| Goody | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 |
| Crockett | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Armstrong | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 9.0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Seattle Mariners | ||||||||
| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| Hernandez (L, 8-15) | 4.1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3.95 |
| Overton | 3.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.47 |
| Finn | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.97 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 9.0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |
| PITCHING: WP: Hernandez (3), Overton 2 (5) HBP: Hernandez | ||||||||
#9 Temple Upset by Houston
Temple once again struggled with a hurry up, read option option, as Houston ran the ball effectively. After taking the lead with 30 seconds left, Houston returned the ball out to their 45 yard line, and with 3 timeouts left, moved the ball down the field. A 3 yard scamper scored the go ahead touchdown with 3 seconds left, which sealed the game for Houston
| Houston Cougars at Temple Owls | |||||
| Oct 6, 2018 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Houston Cougars (4-1 (1-1)) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| #9 Temple Owls (4-0 (1-0)) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| Team Stats Comparison | ||
| HOU | TEM | |
| Total Offense | 390 | 353 |
| Rushing Yards | 134 | 165 |
| Passing Yards | 256 | 188 |
| First Downs | 20 | 24 |
| Punt Return Yards | 9 | 8 |
| Kick Return Yards | 145 | 67 |
| Total Yards | 544 | 428 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| 3rd Down Conversion | 3-7 | 9-16 |
| 4th Down Conversion | 0-1 | 1-3 |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 4/0 | 2/1 |
| Penalties | 6-50 | 3-33 |
| Possession Time | 11:23 | 24:37 |
| Scoring Summary | |||
| SECOND QUARTER SCORING | HOU | TEM | |
| 7:28 | (HOU) TD Hou: B. Watson, 8 Yd pass from J. Bean (M. McKenzie kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 0:09 | (TEM) FG Tem: M. Charles, 35 Yd FG | 7 | 3 |
| THIRD QUARTER SCORING | HOU | TEM | |
| 2:34 | (HOU) TD Hou: B.Walker, 9 Yd pass from J. Bean (M. McKenzie kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 0:00 | (TEM) TD Tem: L. O'Donnell 9 Yd run (M. Charles kick) | 14 | 10 |
| FOURTH QUARTER SCORING | HOU | TEM | |
| 7:56 | (TEM) TD Tem: M. Warren, INT return 64 Yds (M. Charles kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 4:06 | (HOU) TD Hou: J. Henry, 15 Yd pass from J. Bean (M. McKenzie kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 0:30 | (TEM) TD Tem: W. Brooks 1 Yd run (M. Charles kick) | 21 | 24 |
| 0:03 | (HOU) TD Hou: J. Foster 3 Yd run (M. McKenzie kick) | 28 | 24 |
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