Thursday, August 29, 2019

College Football Week 1 Predictions

Today is usually a special day in the College Football world. This year, for whatever reason feels a bit different. Over the last few years, I have became increasingly busy on the weekends and I expect my College Football watching will be down this year.

I will be able to watch the main games on FOX, CBS and ABC but outside of that its anyone's guess.

If I had my choice of an ideal playoff of teams that I want to see in the CFP it would go as follows:

1. Oregon
4. Iowa

2. Wake Forest
3. Baylor

 It won't happen but I would love to see those fanbases take part in a CFP.. It will likely be one of 10 teams winning the National Title .

Here are the Week 1 games:
Week 0 Record: 2-0
fbs Schedule - Week 1
Thursday, August 29
Matchup Time (ET) TV/Mobile Tickets
Morgan State at Bowling Green 7:00pm ESPN3 Buy Tickets
Robert Morris at Buffalo 7:00pm ESPN+ Buy Tickets
UAlbany at Central Michigan 7:00pm ESPN3 Buy Tickets
UCLA at Cincinnati 7:00pm ESPN Buy Tickets
Wagner at UConn 7:00pm ESPN3 Buy Tickets
Central Arkansas at WKU 7:30pm ESPN+ Buy Tickets
Gardner-Webb at Charlotte 7:30pm ESPN+ Buy Tickets
Florida A&M at 17 UCF 7:30pm CBSSN Buy Tickets
Alabama State at UAB 8:00pm ESPN+ Buy Tickets
FIU at Tulane 8:00pm ESPN3 Buy Tickets
Georgia Tech at 1 Clemson 8:00pm ACCN Buy Tickets
Texas State at 12 Texas A&M 8:30pm SECN Buy Tickets
South Dakota State at Minnesota 9:00pm FS1 Buy Tickets
Kent State at Arizona State 10:00pm Pac-12N Buy Tickets
Northern Colorado at San Jose State 10:00pm No TV Buy Tickets
14 Utah at BYU 10:15pm ESPN Buy Tickets
Friday, August 30
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Rice at Army 6:00pm CBSSN Buy Tickets
Tulsa at 18 Michigan State 7:00pm FS1 Buy Tickets
19 Wisconsin at USF 7:00pm ESPN Buy Tickets
UMass at Rutgers 7:15pm BTN Buy Tickets
Utah State at Wake Forest 8:00pm ACCN Buy Tickets
Purdue at Nevada 9:30pm CBSSN Buy Tickets
Colorado State vs. Colorado (in Denver, CO) 10:00pm ESPN Buy Tickets
Oklahoma State at Oregon State 10:30pm FS1 Buy Tickets
Saturday, August 31
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South Alabama at 24 Nebraska 12:00pm ESPN Buy Tickets
Indiana vs. Ball State (in Indianapolis, IN) 12:00pm CBSSN Buy Tickets
Toledo at Kentucky 12:00pm SECN Buy Tickets
Ole Miss at Memphis 12:00pm ABC Buy Tickets
Northern Iowa at 21 Iowa State 12:00pm FS1 Buy Tickets
Indiana State at Kansas 12:00pm FSN Buy Tickets
Mississippi State vs. Louisiana (in New Orleans, LA) 12:00pm ESPNU Buy Tickets
Howard at Maryland 12:00pm BTN Buy Tickets
Florida Atlantic at 5 Ohio State 12:00pm FOX Buy Tickets
East Carolina at NC State 12:00pm ACCN Buy Tickets
Boise State at Florida State 12:00pm TV TBA Buy Tickets
Akron at Illinois 12:00pm BTN Buy Tickets
James Madison at West Virginia 2:00pm ATTSN Buy Tickets
Rhode Island at Ohio 2:00pm ESPN+ Buy Tickets
Bucknell at Temple 3:00pm ESPN3 Buy Tickets
Eastern Washington at 13 Washington 3:00pm Pac-12N Buy Tickets
Eastern Michigan at Coastal Carolina 3:30pm ESPN+ Buy Tickets
Georgia State at Tennessee 3:30pm ESPNU Buy Tickets
Holy Cross at Navy 3:30pm CBSSN Buy Tickets
ETSU at Appalachian State 3:30pm ESPN+ Buy Tickets
South Carolina vs. North Carolina (in Charlotte, NC) 3:30pm ESPN Buy Tickets
Duke vs. 2 Alabama (in Atlanta, GA) 3:30pm ABC Buy Tickets
Colgate at Air Force 3:30pm ESPN3 Buy Tickets
Idaho at 15 Penn State 3:30pm BTN Buy Tickets
Portland State at Arkansas 4:00pm SECN Buy Tickets
Virginia Tech at Boston College 4:00pm ACCN Buy Tickets
Northwestern at 25 Stanford 4:00pm FOX Buy Tickets
Montana State at Texas Tech 4:00pm FSN Buy Tickets
Campbell at Troy 6:00pm ESPN+ Buy Tickets
Incarnate Word at UTSA 6:00pm ESPN3 Buy Tickets
Sam Houston State at New Mexico 6:00pm MWN Buy Tickets
22 Syracuse at Liberty 6:00pm ESPN+ Buy Tickets
UC Davis at California 6:30pm Pac-12N Buy Tickets
VMI at Marshall 6:30pm Stadium Buy Tickets
Monmouth at Western Michigan 7:00pm ESPN3 Buy Tickets
Stephen F. Austin at Baylor 7:00pm ESPN+ Buy Tickets
SMU at Arkansas State 7:00pm ESPN+ Buy Tickets
Norfolk State at Old Dominion 7:00pm ESPN3 Buy Tickets
Nicholls at Kansas State 7:00pm ESPN+ Buy Tickets
Illinois State at NIU 7:00pm ESPN+ Buy Tickets
Alcorn State at Southern Miss 7:00pm ESPN+ Buy Tickets
Abilene Christian at North Texas 7:30pm ESPN+ Buy Tickets
16 Auburn vs. 11 Oregon (in Arlington, TX) 7:30pm ABC Buy Tickets
3 Georgia at Vanderbilt 7:30pm SECN Buy Tickets
Georgia Southern at 6 LSU 7:30pm ESPNU Buy Tickets
Miami (Ohio) at 20 Iowa 7:30pm FS1 Buy Tickets
Middle Tennessee at 7 Michigan 7:30pm BTN Buy Tickets
Missouri at Wyoming 7:30pm CBSSN Buy Tickets
Virginia at Pitt 7:30pm ACCN Buy Tickets
Louisiana Tech at 10 Texas 8:00pm LHN Buy Tickets
Grambling State at ULM 8:00pm ESPN3 Buy Tickets
Houston Baptist at UTEP 8:00pm ESPN+ Buy Tickets
UAPB at TCU 8:00pm FSN Buy Tickets
Weber State at San Diego State 9:00pm Facebook Buy Tickets
Southern Utah at UNLV 10:00pm MWN Buy Tickets
New Mexico State at 23 Washington State 10:00pm Pac-12N Buy Tickets
Fresno State at USC 10:30pm ESPN Buy Tickets
Sunday, September 1
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Houston at 4 Oklahoma 7:30pm ABC Buy Tickets
Monday, September 2
Matchup Time (ET) TV/Mobile Tickets
9 Notre Dame at Louisville 8:00pm ESPN Buy Tickets

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Canada Basketball Should Be Ashamed of Themselves

To say that I'm extremely disappointed in the Canadian basketball players that decided to decline an invitation to play in the World Cup would be a understatement. This means that Canada has it's work cut out for them next week when they will try and qualify for the 2020 Olympics.

I hated the new format that FIBA created when it was revamped three years ago. I was actually fearful that Canada wouldn't qualify for the World Cup. My concerns dug deeper when the groups were made up earlier this year.

How Canada got in the pot they did for the draw almost makes me feel that this is rigged. They were 25th in the FIBA rankings in 2015 when they went 8-2 at the FIBA Americans, than they go 10-2 in
World Cup Qualifying and they go up two spots?? I completely don't understand.

Canada's hopes of qualifying for 2020 Olympics is next to nil right now and I am not optimistic of them qualifying for 2024 either.

Canada produces the second most NBA players in the world. Even at the European level we are building top players. The number of players Canada has playing in the NCAA is amazing and it doesn't look like things are slowing down.

That being said we need commitment but not just from NBA players from European players as well.  A few of European players are no shows which means Canada has a few college kids on their roster which is good for our development but not when an Olympic berth is on the line. There will be no Golden Generation for Canadian basketball and if Rowan Barrett and company can't turn this thing around, Canada may not even qualify for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angels which would be the National disaster.

Fans won't hold anyone accountable cause no one cares if the Olympic drought ends. Yes, FIBA ruined this by revamping the whole thing but Canada Basketball needs to take responsibility for failure every year.

This team is long shots to get out of the Group of Death. Why is it that when we don't qualify for the FIFA World Cup we demand change and yet when our basketball team fails no one seems to care. I'm about to lose it if the commitment for 2023 is the same.

Thursday, August 22, 2019

College Football Predictions 2019

I don't understand why College Football starts their year one week earlier but it will be good for two games to be on the docket for this Saturday. This is my hopefully weekly prediction post of what I think will happen in the College Football games this year.



For this week, I'll be predicting the two games on Saturday, the conference champions of the year and the CFP Final 4.

Conference Champions
American: UCF
ACC: Clemson
BigTen: Michigan
Big 12: Oklahoma
CUSA: FIU
MAC: Ohio
MWC: Boise State
Pac 12: Washington
SEC: Georgia
Sun Belt: App State
Independent: Notre Dame

CFP:
#1 Georgia
#4 Michigan

#2 Clemson
#3 Alabama 



FBS Schedule - Week 0
Saturday, August 24
Winner in Bold 
Matchup Time (ET) TV/Mobile Tickets
8 Florida vs. Miami (FL) (in Orlando, FL) 7:00pm ESPN Buy Tickets
Arizona at Hawaii 10:30pm CBSSN Buy Tickets