The Heftyinfo College Football Top Ten
(Week ending November 13)
1. Georgia (10-0)
2. Ohio State (10-0)
3. Michigan (10-0)
4. TCU (10-0)
5. Tennessee (9-1)
6. LSU (8-2)
7. USC (9-1)
8. Alabama (8-2)
9. Clemson (9-1)
10. Utah (8-2)
10. (tie) Penn State (8-2)
This week there are fourteen games scheduled and the top game looks to be the Minnesota Vikings (7-1) at the Buffalo Bulls (6-2) on Sunday. The Bills got ambushed last week against the New York Jets and lost that road game while the Vikings were able top overcome a ten-point deficit in the fourth quarter and get the road win at Washington.
The Bills could be without quarterback Josh Allen in this one as he has a sore elbow on his throwing arm that could require surgery. The team is taking it up to a game time decision as to whether Allen will start and if he cannot go, then Case Keenum (who played with the Vikings a few years ago) will get the nod. Meanwhile, the Vikings are rolling hot with six straight wins and QB Kirk Cousins is feeling good about where he and the team is at.
Over in Munich, Germany, Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-5) will play the surging Seattle Seahawks (6-3), who have won four consecutive games and lead the NFC West division. A big reason why is the play of QB Geno Smith and a resurgent defense that has been very stingy the last four games, allowing just 16.5 points per game in that span. The Bucs have been struggling on offense all season long, but did manage to put together a game winning drive last week against the Los Angeles Rams.
The Dallas Cowboys (6-2) travel to play the Green Bay Packers in what could be a rather easy one for them. The Packers (3-6) have dropped five straight games and Aaron Rodgers has looked like a shell of himself this season. The Cowboys have been rolling and coming off their bye week, they are looking strong on both sides of the football. The defense could give Rodgers and company fits in this one, but it seems whenever these two teams play each other, anything is possible.
The Sunday night game features the San Francisco 49ers (4-4) hosting the Los Angeles Chargers (5-3), who continue to win despite the plethora of injuries they have this season. Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert has adjusted his passing game this year to accommodate not having his usual weapons at wide receiver as Keenan Allen (hamstring) and Mike Williams (ankle) have been out in recent weeks. The 'Niners have so many weapons on offense for QB Jimmy Garoppolo to pick from, including all purpose running back Christian McCaffrey, who had a huge game against the Rams two weeks ago. They should get the win against the injury depleted Chargers.
The rest of the NFL action for Week Ten follows in the capsule style format and the Heftyinfo picks as well.
Detroit Lions (2-6) at Chicago Bears (3-6) - Bears QB Justin Fields should have a field day against a poor Lions defense.
Jacksonville Jaguars (3-6) at Kansas City Chiefs (6-2) - The Chiefs stormed back last week to get the win in OT while the Jaguars also had a big comeback win. Take the Chiefs at home in this one.
Cleveland Browns (3-5) at Miami Dolphins (6-3) - Will it be Tua time once again for the Dolphins? The Browns can run the ball though and if they have success, they could pull this one out.
Houston Texans (1-6-1) at New York Giants (6-2) - The Giants should get back on track in this home game against perhaps the worst team in pro football.
New Orleans Saints (3-6) at Pittsburgh Steelers (2-6) - Yawn.
Denver Broncos (3-5) at Tennessee Titans (5-3) - Can the Broncos defense will this team to victory in this game? Toss up here.
Indianapolis Colts (3-5-1) at Las Vegas Raiders (2-6) - Both of these teams are reeling right now, so something has to give. Colts interim head coach Jeff Saturday making his debut here.
Arizona Cardinals (3-6) at Los Angeles Rams (3-5) - The loser of this game could very well be out of any post-season talk the rest of the way.
Washington Commanders (4-5) at Philadelphia Eagles (8-0) - Eagles soar once again on Monday Night Football.
The Heftyinfo picks for Week Ten . . . . . . . . . . . . (Home teams are listed in bold; Lock of the Week is listed in BOLD CAPS)
Carolina over Atlanta
Tampa Bay over Seattle (Game being played in Munich, Germany)
Buffalo over Minnesota (* if Josh Allen plays)
Chicago over Detroit
KANSAS CITY over Jacksonville
Miami over Cleveland
N.Y. Giants over Houston
Pittsburgh over New Orleans
Tennessee over Denver
Las Vegas over Indianapolis
Dallas over Green Bay
Arizona over L.A. Rams
San Francisco over L.A. Chargers
Philadelphia over Washington
Last Week's Record - 9-4
SEASON RECORD - 80-55-1
Lock of the Week Record - 7-2
 |
| Jets rookie Sauce Gardner and the defense helped beat the Buffalo Bills. |
Minnesota (7-1) won for the sixth straight time with a fourth quarter rally to erase a 17-7 deficit to beat the host Washington Commanders, 20-17. Vikings kicker Greg Joseph nailed the game winning 28-yard field goal with twelve seconds left. The Commanders (4-5) took a ten-point lead on the second TD pass from QB Taylor Heinicke early in the fourth quarter. But the Vikes stormed back on a 12-yard TD pass from Kirk Cousins to RB Dalvin Cook and the two field goals to get the victory.
The Cincinnati Bengals (5-4) blasted the visiting Carolina Panthers, 42-21 as RB Joe Mixon scored FIVE touchdowns (four rushing and one receiving) to lead the way. Mixon ran for 153 yards and also caught four passes for 58 yards. The Bengals defense overwhelmed the Panthers (2-7) by forcing three turnovers (including two interceptions) and holding them to just 228 total yards in offense.
The Miami Dolphins (6-3) won on the road, 35-32 against the Chicago Bears for their third consecutive win as QB Tua Tagovailoa had three TD passes and a 25-yard scoop and score by Andrew Van Ginkel off a blocked punt helped determine the final score. The Bears (3-6) kept things close throughout thanks in big part to QB Justin Fields, who set an NFL single game record for rushing yards by a quarterback as he went for 178 yards (on 15 carries) which included a 61-yard TD romp to get the Bears to within 28-25 in the third quarter.
Tampa Bay (4-5) snapped a three-game losing streak as QB Tom Brady threw a one-yard scoring pass to tight end Cade Otton with just nine seconds remaining to get a 16-13 win against the visiting Los Angeles Rams. Buccaneers kicker Ryan Succop made three field goals to help the effort while Rams QB Matthew Stafford connected with wide receiver Cooper Kupp on a 69-yard TD pass for an early lead, but it wasn't enough as the Rams dropped to 3-5 this season.
Last Thursday night, the Philadelphia Eagles ran their record to a league best 8-0 as they won 29-17 on the road against the Houston Texans (1-6-1). Eagles QB Jalen Hurts had a pair of TD passes along with two rushing scores (by Miles Sanders and Kenneth Gainwell) in the win. The Texans got two scoring passes from QB Davis Mills (along with two INT) and were tied with Philly 14-14 at the half, but could only get a field goal in the second half.
The Seattle Seahawks got a road win, 31-21 in Arizona as QB Geno Smith threw two scoring passes and RB Kenneth Walker scored twice on the ground to help them improve to 6-3 this year. The Seattle defense registered five sacks on Cardinals QB Kyler Murray, who also had two TD passes in the loss, which put the Cards at 3-6 this season.
The Detroit Lions (2-6) snapped a five game losing streak with a 15-9 home win against the Green Bay Packers (3-6), who dropped their fifth straight game as QB Aaron Rodgers was intercepted three times, including twice in the red zone. Lions QB Jared Goff had two TD passes in the victory.
The Los Angeles Chargers improved to 5-3 with a 20-17 road win against the Atlanta Falcons (4-5) when kicker Cameron Dicker made a 37-yard field goal as time expired. The Chargers were without their top two wide receivers and a tight end, but RB Austin Ekeler scored twice with a rushing touchdown and a one-yard scoring pass from QB Justin Herbert. The Falcons raced out to a 10-0 first quarter lead as RB Cordarrelle Patterson (two TD in game) scored on a one-yard run and Younghoe Koo drilled a 29-yard field goal, but the 'Bolts led 14-10 at the half with Ekeler scoring twice.
The New England Patriots (5-4) won for the second straight time as they leveled the visiting Indianapolis Colts, 26-3 with the defense scoring on a 17-yard "pick six" by Jonathan Jones and also getting a scoring pass from QB Mac Jones to go with four field goals by Nick Folk. The Colts (3-5-1) gained a paltry 121 yards in total offense in the game and allowed NINE QB sacks. Earlier today, they fired Head Coach Frank Reich and replaced him with interim coach Jeff Saturday, who played with the team for 14 seasons.
Jacksonville (3-6) beat the visiting Las Vegas Raiders, 27-20 to end a five-game losing streak as RB Travis Etienne scored twice on the ground and rushed for 109 yards along with a TD pass from QB Trevor Lawrence to lead the way. The Raiders (2-6) led 17-0 in the second quarter when QB Derek Carr threw his second TD pass of the game, but after that it was all Jaguars as the defense shut down Las Vegas in the second half and they also used a balanced offense (403 total yards with 168 rushing and 235 passing) to get the win.
On Monday Night Football, the Baltimore Ravens (6-3) won 27-13 against the host New Orleans Saints (3-6) as RB Kenyan Drake scored two touchdowns and rushed for 93 yards while QB Lamar Jackson had a TD pass.
WEEK NINE RESULTS
Philadelphia 29, Houston 17
Miami 35, Chicago 32
Cincinnati 42, Carolina 21
L.A. Chargers 20, Atlanta 17
Detroit 15, Green Bay 9
Minnesota 20, Washington 17
Jacksonville 27, Las Vegas 20
New England 26, Indianapolis 3
N. Y. Jets 20, Buffalo 17
Seattle 31, Arizona 21
Tampa Bay 16, L.A. Rams 13
Kansas City 20, Tennessee 17 (OT)
Baltimore 27, New Orleans 13
(Week ending November 6)
1. Georgia (9-0)
2. Ohio State (9-0)
3. Michigan (9-0)
4. TCU (9-0)
5. Tennessee (8-1)
6. Oregon (8-1)
7. LSU (7-2)
8. USC (8-1)
9. UCLA (8-1)
10. Clemson (8-1)
%20%E2%80%94%20Scaled%20(96%25).png){kind=tracking}
The Astros won game six in Houston, 4-1 over the Philadelphia Phillies to win their second title in the last six years. And it is the first ever World Series title for Dusty Baker as a manager after coming so close 20 years ago with the San Francisco Giants.
Astros outfielder Yordan Alvarez hit a go ahead three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to erase a 1-0 deficit and put his team ahead by a 3-1 count.
From there, the Astros bullpen did the rest in relief of starter Framber Valdez, who went six innings, allowing just one run (Phillies OF Kyle Schwarber home run) to keep it close until Alavrez' bomb. The Most Valuable Player for the World Series went to Astros rookie infielder Jeremy Pena.
Congratulations to the HOUSTON ASTROS - 2022 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS !
The republican party claims they are going to dominate this election cycle and anoint Trump as the "king" of America . . . fat chance!
When people turn out in large numbers to vote (as they did in 2018 and 2020) it always favors the Democratic party.
Always.
The numbers have been large again this year in early voting and people also mailing in their ballots, which is much to the chagrin of the republicans. One more thing regarding the "threats" of republicans and their thugs about getting rid of social security and medicare . . . if that were to actually happen, it will be the death of that political party because they are screwing over their very own as well as everyone else if that were to come true. We all pay into those programs and they are not entitlements. They are EARNED BENEFITS paid for by our own money.
People supporting republicans and their extreme agenda better be careful what they wish for. They will not like it because they will be getting screwed over big time.
So, just get out there and vote the republican bums out of office.
It isn't difficult at all. And it is our civic duty to do so.
VOTE!
As for the Eagles and Texans game, the obvious choice is the Eagles should roll in that game. However, in this very strange NFL season, anything is possible. But the pick here is for the Eagles to win and win big tonight against the lowly Texans. Other obvious choices to win this weekend would be the Bills (vs. Jets), Bengals (vs. Panthers) and perhaps the Baltimore Ravens (vs. the beat up New Orleans Saints) on Monday Night Football.
The Sunday night game in Kansas City should be a good one as the Chiefs (5-2) face the Tennessee Titans (5-2) with quarterback Patrick Mahomes and company coming off the bye after they blasted the San Francisco 49ers two weeks ago. The Titans have been rolling (five straight wins) and have a huge lead in the AFC South division, but whether they can beat Kansas City is another question. Take the Chiefs in this one in what could be a high scoring affair.
The rest of the action is hit or miss depending on your team allegiance. The L.A. Rams (3-4) are struggling and face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-5) in a road game. Both of these teams are shells of the way they were last season, especially Tampa Bay. Their offense downright sucks these days while the Rams attack has been pretty anemic as well. But look for Tom Brady and the Bucs to find a way to get the win.
The Miami Dolphins, fresh off their big trade deadline day deals, are feeling pretty confident as they head to Chicago to face the Bears (3-5), who were crushed in Dallas last week. Miami is 5-3 and have won two in a row following the return of QB Tua Tagovailoa from the concussion protocol. The Dolphins should win this one, especially with the Bears trading away two of their best defensive players in recent weeks. However, do not expect a blowout as the Bears have been scoring more in recent games and QB Justin Fields is playing well, perhaps his best football since taking over as the starter last year.
The rest of the games (only 13 in all this week) are featured in the capsule style format and the Heftyinfo picks follow up.
L.A. Chargers (4-3) at Atlanta Falcons (4-4) - The Falcons are a first place team in perhaps the NFL's weakest division while the Chargers are completely banged up with injuries coming off their bye week. Toss up here.
Carolina (2-6) at Cincinnati (4-4) - The Bengals should roll at home, but Carolina has been playing well recently and Cincy was embarrassed on Monday night in Cleveland.
Green Bay (3-5) at Detroit (1-6) - The Packers and Lions both suck this season. Toss up here.
Las Vegas (2-5) at Jacksonville (2-6) - Two lousy teams doing battle in this one. Another toss up choice here.
Indianapolis (3-4-1) at New England (4-4) - Patriots have been very erratic this year while the Colts seem to be without any real leadership. Take the Patriots.
Buffalo (6-1) at N.Y. Jets (5-3) - Bills are by far the better team, but that Jets defense could keep this one close.
Minnesota (6-1) at Washington (4-4) - Upset Alert . . . Commanders playing well and the Vikings could be due for a letdown type of game.
Seattle (5-3) at Arizona (3-5) - Cardinals always play the Seahawks tough. So expect anything and everything is this game.
Baltimore (5-3) at New Orleans (3-5) - The Ravens added to their defense via trade while the Saints defense is coming off a shut out win. Expect a tight game with the Ravens winning it late.
The Heftyinfo picks for Week Nine . . . . . . . . . (Home teams are listed in bold; Lock of the Week is listed in BOLD CAPS)
PHILADELPHIA over Houston
L.A. Chargers over Atlanta
Miami over Chicago
Cincinnati over Carolina
Green Bay over Detroit
Jacksonville over Las Vegas
New England over Indianapolis
Buffalo over N. Y. Jets
Washington over Minnesota
Arizona over Seattle
Tampa Bay over L.A. Rams
Kansas City over Tennessee
Baltimore over New Orleans
Last Week's Record - 12-3
SEASON RECORD - 71-51-1
Lock of the Week Record - 6-2
