October 7th update

Look for a special update Sunday morning wrapping up the MLB's Divisional Series round.


Week 5 of the NFL Season produces playoff rematches

• Two rematches of playoff games from last year headline Week 5 of the NFL regular season. The New York Jets travel to play the New England Patriots, and the Green Bay Packers travel south to play the Atlanta Falcons
• The Jets defeated the Patriots 28-21 on January 16th of this year in what was considered a major upset to go to their second straight conference championship game. Since then the two team’s have gone in different directions. The Patriots have come out firing this season achieving a perfect, 4-0 record, while the Jets have been slow out of the blocks starting the season 2-2 (and they would be 3-1 if not for a major collapse by Dallas in Week 1). Criticism has rained down on Jets QB Mark Sanchez and Coach Rex Ryan, but they are shrugging it off looking to right the ship going forward.
• The Atlanta Falcons are looking to avenge an embarrassing loss from last year’s playoffs. The Packers beat down the Falcons 48-21 on January 15th and kept right on winning. They have won all 6 games they have played since then (including the Super Bowl). While the Packers are 4-0 the Falcons have struggled off to a 2-2 start. The Falcons upgraded their team during the offseason and were amongst the favorites coming into this season. So far they have no lived up to expectations.
• On Monday night, the undefeated Lions host the defending divisional champion Bears in a game which (sadly) will mark the beginning of the post-Hank Williams Jr. era as the singer's famous "Are you ready for some football?" intro will be permanently canned due to politically incorrect comments he made during the week.


Big NCAA rivalries renew in Week 6

• One of the best and most historic rivalries in college football takes place Saturday as #3 Oklahoma takes on #11 Texas in the Red River Rivalry. While Oklahoma has been hyped as a national title contender all season, Texas started off less hyped due to a terrible season last year but have gotten off to a fast start thanks to the great play of new starting QB Case Mccoy (the younger brother of Colt). The winner will have the fast track to the Big 12 championship and possibly the NCAA Title game.
• A week after getting shellacked by Alabama, Florida plays their second straight brutal game, this time against SEC superpower, #1 ranked LSU. Last year Florida suffered its first 3 game losing streak since 1988 and if they don't find a way to beat LSU, they'll have the dubious chance to do it again against defending national champion Auburn, who will go against #10 Arkansas in the other big SEC game of the day.
• In the other conferences, ACC unbeatens #13 Georgia Tech and #8 Clemson will likely remain that way against Maryland and Boston College and in the Big Ten, #12 Michigan plays Northwestern while Colorado plays against #7 Stanford for the first time as a Pac-12 conference member.