Cool Weather, Hot Highlights, and... An Alligator? 🍂🔥🐊
The air’s getting cooler… but the sports action? Still sizzling.
Ready to catch up on a great weekend of football, baseball, and basketball?
Let’s start with…
NFL Week 5 👔🏈
Best game: So many to choose from! Let’s think about this.
We could pick the Vikings, who scored with 25 seconds left to beat the Browns in London.
Or the Jaguars, who upset the Chiefs on a fall-down-get-up-and-score run by quarterback Trevor Lawrence.
🎥 But we’ll just show you those game-winning touchdowns.
Or we could go Panthers. They trailed the Dolphins 17–0 in the 2nd quarter before coming back to win 27–24. It was exciting… but those are not good teams.
Or maybe the Titans? They got their first win after scoring 19 straight points to beat the Cardinals by one. Nope, we’ll save this for wildest plays.
Or the Buccaneers! They won on a game-winning field goal against the Seahawks. But I know a few Smallballers watched it live…
So, let’s go 4–0 Eagles against the 2–2 Broncos.
Make that 4–1 for the Eagles. That’s a good transition to…
Biggest news: There are no more undefeated teams this season! The Bills were also 4–0, but they lost Sunday night to the Patriots.
Don’t worry! We’ve still got the 0–5 Jets going for whatever the opposite of a perfect season is. Ouch!
Wildest play: Let’s take a look at that Cardinals–Titans game.
Up 21–6 in the fourth quarter, Arizona running back Emari Demercado broke free on a 72-yard touchdown run. It probably would have sealed the win.
The only problem…
🎥 Well, see for yourself.
Yikes! Good reminder: celebrate big plays, but only after the whistle blows!
Speaking of plays not being over…
Have you ever seen an interception that turned into a fumble that turned into a touchdown… for the team that threw the interception?
🎥 You have now!
That’s how you lose with a 21–3 lead.
Let’s move on to…
College Football Week 6 🎓🏈
Best game: This was an easier choice. Only two matchups between top-25 teams. And neither game was very close.
#3 Miami beat #18 Florida State 28–22. But it was a two-score game until the final seconds when FSU kicked a field goal to bring the lead to six.
And #10 Alabama easily beat #16 Vanderbilt 30–14.
But #7 Penn State? Nothing came easy against 0–4 UCLA.
🎥 Hit play and see if the Bruins pulled off the upset!
Biggest news: So how far did Penn State fall in the top 25 rankings? You’re not going to find them at all this week.
Texas is completely out, too, after falling to Florida.
That means the preseason #1 and #2 are both unranked heading into Week 7.
It’s time for spot the difference!
👀 How many teams didn’t move at all?
🕵️ Did you and your grown-up get the same answer?
🏅 Want extra credit? Are there more top 25 teams this week that start with the letter “O” or “T”?
💬 Drop your answer in the comments!
Wildest play: It’s got to be Kansas State at Baylor.
🎥 Watch this ending!
In the last five minutes:
Baylor scored on a pick six.
Lost the lead on a Kansas State field goal.
Grabbed it back on their own kick.
Blocked Kansas State’s potential game-winning field goal.
While all of that was happening, we can’t forget about the…
MLB and WNBA Playoffs ⚾️🏀
Sam and Jake are rooting for the Mariners to beat the Tigers and Dodgers to beat the Phillies. Kat wants anyone but the Yankees.
What does the scoreboard say?
Tigers vs. Mariners is tied 1–1 after a pair of close games.
The Blue Jays lead the Yankees 2–0 and crushed them 23–8 in those two games.
The Brewers are also up 2–0 on the Cubs.
The Dodgers stole Game 1 against the Phillies with a late home run. And they led Game 2 in the bottom of the 9th inning….
🎥 Let’s see if they held on!
Make it 2–0 Dodgers.
Remember: these are best-of-five series. So the first team to win three games moves on.
By Saturday, we’ll know which four teams are one step closer to the World Series.
Oh, and the World Series of basketball? That’s called the Finals.
And in the WNBA Finals, A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces are up 2–0.
Just like most of you predicted.
Game 3 is Wednesday. Just two more wins and A’ja will have her third championship in four years!
That’s it for today!
Now, let’s finish like we do every post. With a golfer trying to win a tournament in Mississippi and not get attacked by an alligator!
Kind of makes me want to play this…
See you Friday!
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