Monday, January 17, 2011

1/17: NFL Wrap, MLK Day Basketball, etc.

Greetings...
  • Jets 28, Patriots 21 - The biggest shocker of the weekend IMO... Mark Sanchez played mostly error-free (3 TD, 0 INT), and the Jets D managed to keep Brady in check with the help of some huge drops... the Santonio Holmes catch was (another) one for the ages, and everything seemed to go their way... Gotta kill the Pats a bit for that late drive that ate up 8 minutes of clock time and came away with 0 points... some questionable play-calling there down 2 scores... but the Jets made plays, and they get to go to Pittsburgh...
  • Chicago 35, Seattle 24 - This wasn't that close... it was 28-0 Bears at one point, and Chicago did the one thing they needed to do to win... and that was have Cutler play mistake-free... 4 total TDs for Cutler with 0 INT, and that was enough in itself... Seattle couldn't run the ball at all (34 total yards, only 4 for Lynch), and while Hasselbeck had nice numbers, they were mostly garbage-time catchup after Seattle punted on their first EIGHT drives... Better team won here....
Elsewhere....
  • Denard Robinson will officially not be transferring... I can hear the exhales from Ann Arbor...
  • NBA Check - The Clippers take the battle of LA 99-92... Griffin and Gordon combined for 48 points, and Blake had another 15 boards... marred by the late scrum between Odom and Griffin, but a helluva win for LAC.... San Antonio rolls on... 30 points for Tony Parker, 16 boards for Duncan, and another double-digit win over Denver....
  • 2 top 10 upsets in NCAA Hoops... West Virginia takes down Purdue 68-64 behind led by Kevin Jones 17... the Mountaineers are a battle-tested team that is always dangerous... and St. John's mauls #9 Notre Dame by 18... domination from the jump...
  • And this just in... Brett Favre files retirement papers... let's just hope that's true....
What to watch for on MLK Day...
  • Magic @ Celtics - TNT 8:00 - Fantastic game as usual...
  • Thunder @ Lakers - TNT 10:30 - Rematch of the great series from last year's playoffs... LAL is off a back to back but it's at home, so should be entertaining...
  • #7 Villanova @ #9 UConn - ESPN 3:30 - top-10 Big East battles are must-watch...
  • #4 Syracuse @ #5 Pitt - ESPN 7:30 - See above...
  • #20 K-State @ #12 Missou - ESPN 5:30 - I'm not sure how good Missouri is, but this is a nice test against Pullen and the Wildcats...
  • #3 Kansas @ Baylor - ESPN 9:30 - Baylor has been one of the more disappointing teams in the country this year after being top 10 preseason, but they are fully capable of beating KU at home...
  • Bulls @ Grizzlies - ESPN 1:00 - National TV on Monday at 1:00... I love it... the Derrick Rose traveling road show rolls on...
  • Kings @ Hawks - SportSouth 4:00 - I'll be in the building... the MLK tradition continues even against the league's worst team...
Tons of action on Monday... take advantage of the holiday and follow the action...

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