NFL Scoreboard – Week 5
The Rams stayed undefeated. The Chiefs almost did, but finally succumbed to the powerful Pats.
Highlights:
Adam Thielen of the Vikings has amassed at least 100 receiving yards in each of his first six games. That has not happened since 1961, and has never happened in the Super Bowl era. In fact, Thielen already had the “Super Bowl Era” record last week, because nobody else in that time-frame has ever gone past four! Thielen needs one more to tie the all-time record set by Charley Hennigan, who began the 1961 season with seven consecutive 100-yard receiving games.
That’s a pretty cool thing because Thielen has played his entire football life in Minnesota. He played his high school ball in a small town near the North Dakota border, and played his college ball for a D-II team in the state university system.
Todd Gurley II of the Rams rushed for 208 yards.
2018 College Football Rankings – Week 8
UCF did not rise despite losses by four higher-ranked teams, but their American Conference now has three teams in the top 22, and a fourth (Houston) in the running. Of course that will change when they start playing each other. They’re all up there now because the big three are all undefeated, and Houston has but a single loss. (Houston is the only one that plays a tough non-conference opponent – Texas Tech – and that accounted for their loss.)
The Red Sox tied up the series
The game was won by the Red Sox middle relievers, who pitched 3 1/3 innings of no hit ball. The unlikely winning pitcher was Matt Barnes, who bailed David Price out of trouble in the fifth, the retired the Astros 1-2-3 in the sixth. He never allowed a ball out of the infield.
What a baseball world we live in, where the starter and closer are ineffective, but the middle guys pick them up.
Cheap beers loved by the locals
Some great local traditions that won’t cost you an arm and a leg.
First rule of Texas: you don’t watch Willie while drinking some wimpy thing like a Coors Light, unless you check you dick at the door.
A REAL Texan drinks Lone Star, and don’t let ’em catch you sipping it out of a glass or a freakin’ can. That shit is for chicks and foreign exchange students from places like Estonia and Michigan. It’s Lone Star in a long neck bottle for real men, bubba.
Big wins for the Dodgers and Astros
In fact, huge wins, since both teams won on the road.
The mighty Red Sox could fare no better than the Indians against Houston pitching. Remember I mentioned that the Indians went 3-for-30 in each of their first two games against the ‘Stros.
Well guess what the Red Sox did this time … 3-for-30.