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It’s not every week that ALL of your sports teams win in the same week.
Coastal Carolina University continues to be America’s favorite team (that’s what I read on twitter and I obviously agree so in 2020, that is called a fact)! Saturday’s game against Troy was way too close for my blood pressure, but a win is a WIN! The Chanticleers are the only 11-0 team in college football. They are the only 11-0 team in Sunbelt history. They are 2-0 against top 25 ranked teams. Clemson is 1-1 against ranked teams this year, just saying… Cincinnati, CCU’s real competitor for a New Year’s Six Bowl game, only has one win over a ranked team and they have only played eight games.
Coastal is now ranked #12 in the Coaches poll, ranked #9 in the AP poll and ranked #9 in the college football playoff poll. I’ll say that again for the people in the back, Coastal is ranked in the TOP TEN! A NY6 game is so close! Here is what the college football ranking committee had to say about CCU after this week. Coastal Carolina is now definitively ahead of Cincinnati in the resume rankings and that is in large part due to Cincinnati’s cancellations. Cincinnati lost a valuable regular season game against Tulsa and would have benefitted from picking up two strong wins over what the committee thinks is a top 25 team. Coastal does not rate as a stronger team but their raw resume is strong enough to have them ahead for now. The Chanticleer mentality “anyone, anytime, anywhere” proved they are not scared of a pandemic, a bunch of grown Mormons, or rocking a horrible mullet on national TV.
The Sun Belt East Champs will play the Ragin Cajuns on Saturday at 3:30 on ESPN for the Sunbelt Championship on the teal surf turf! Dear Santa, besides a Tiffany box- that’s tradition, I would like to ask for Coastal to play in the Peach Bowl. But I’ll be happy with the Cotton Bowl or Fiesta Bowl too. America wants to see their favorite team in a NY6 Bowl Game!
I know this will come as a shocker, but I really do think about the phrase “if you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything at all” when it comes to the University of Tennessee. Coach Pruitt finally, FINALLY, grew a pair and benched the 5th year QB, Jarrett Guarantano! How do you have a starting job in the SEC with a 12-20 starting record? How has he been given 41 chances to play in games? Losing to Kentucky in Neyland Stadium for the first time since 1984 should have sent him back to New Jersey (where he’s from) but no, he still got a chance at Auburn and added another pick-six to his interception resume.
Pruitt has finally ended the most toxic relationship between the fans and the QB. And let me be the first to say “it’s not you, it’s me” does not apply. It was 100% all of your fault and we are never ever getting back together. Harrison Bailey, we are so glad you didn’t let UT get beat by Vanderbilt. Instead, you whooped them 42-17 and ended a seven-game losing streak. And when 2020 couldn’t get any crazier, the Vols *may* get to play in a bowl game. Just send JG to the toilet bowl.
The Washington Redskins Football team has now won four games in a row. Seriously, the team with no-name is making a name for itself as the NFC East division leader. The difference Alex Smith has made by just being in the game was absolutely the season changer. The week started by beating an undefeated Pittsburgh team who hadn’t lost to the Redskins since 1991 on a Monday 5:00 game. Sunday the team traveled to Arizona to play the San Francisco 49er’s because something about you can get Covid19 in San Fran, but not in Glendale, AZ. You know, it’s science! Chase Young was a mad scientist on the field and that dude had himself a day!
I hope he got more than one game ball for his sack, a forced fumble, a batted pass, and his first NFL touchdown. Alex Smith went out of the game right before halftime with a leg injury (he was walking, but we were still worried). Haskins was forced to played the rest of the game. The offense never scored. All 23 points came from defensive touchdowns and kicker Dustin Hopkins to win 23-15. Haskins is so bleeping dumb he had to call a timeout for a victory formation. Five-year-old kids playing Madden can’t even mess that up. Social distancing does not apply to fundamentals?
Washington fans are all praying for Alex Smith’s health. Alex Smith deserves every bleeping award for his comeback. The one thing everyone in Washington can agree on is that we’ll take a 50% Smith over an 100% Haskins any day!
I now understand why they call this the most wonderful time of the year.