Wow, what a weekend
Wow, as Fox pointed out 20 times on Sunday, what a great weekend to be a Philadelphia sports fan. And I’m a Nittany Lion alum, which just made it so much sweeter.
So this is how my weekend went:
Saturday 11:01pm: Lydell Sargeant intercepts Buckeyes super-quarterback Terrelle Pryor’s pass to seal Penn State’s 13-6 win, their first in Columbus since 1978, to preserve the Nittany Lions‘ undefeated record.
Sunday 1:47am: Carlos Ruiz hits an infield single to bring in the winning run in the bottom of the 9th to give the Phillies a 5-4 win and a 2-1 World Series lead.
Sunday 4:11pm: After a blown call, Brian Westbrook breaks open for a 39-yard touchdown to put the Eagles up by two scores en route to a 27-14 over the Atlanta Falcons.
Sunday 9:49pm: Ryan Howard hits the first of two home runs, scoring Jayson Werth and Jimmy Rollins to put the Phillies up 5-1, which would end up being enough to beat the Rays 10-2 and take a 3-1 lead in the World Series.
So now I just need the Phils to win one more, and for Texas Tech to beat Texas or LSU to upset Bama this weekend, and it’ll be golden. And then maybe I’ll start sleeping again.
Oh yeah, back to the pool: So just about everyone made it through this week again, we only lost three more players. We’re just about at the halfway point of the season, and we are now down to 37 players out of the 152 that started the season.
Otherwise, same spiel as before. All other picks due to me by Sunday at 10am ET. Thanks to everyone for getting their picks to me this time, noone forgot.
Just a reminder that starting in week 10, the NFL will start playing Thursday night games, so keep that in mind if you plan on making any of those picks. Any of those picks will have to get to me by Thursday at 5pm ET.