The Iowa Caucus was held last week. On the Republican side it was smooth sailing for President Trump. On the Democratic side? Well, that was a boondoggle. As of this writing a clear winner has yet to be determined. Pete Buttigieg currently holds the lead with Bernie Sanders a very close second. ...

Pardoning for those who have been running for the Democratic nomination since early this year, we are now 100 days from the Iowa caucus, which to me officially begins the 2020 presidential election. My plan is to track the Democratic nomination through the Democratic Convention and then to track the polling through Election Day. ...

For the second year in a row Ohio State went on the road as double digit favorites and managed to get blown out of the water. This year Purdue beat down Ohio State 49-20. For me this was the death knoll for Ohio State. Surely they cannot make the playoffs after losing to a weaker team by 29 points. It was a fairly ho-hum weekend for college football though Arkansas and Nebraska fans got the finally cheer on a win for their respective teams...

Two weeks in a row with huge upsets have shaken up the college football landscape again. Last week saw the first playoff team, Oklahoma, loose and this week saw another playoff team loose. In this case it was not even close as LSU blew out Georgia. This was a huge surprise to me as I honestly did not think Georgia would face any real challenges until the SEC Championship game. ...

The first wild weekend of the college season has passed and saw playoff team Oklahoma, #4 LSU, and #6 Kentucky lose (and fall out of the undefeated club). Auburn, Stanford, Michigan State, and Oklahoma State also lost. For Oklahoma it was another case of the defense losing the game (which was a common theme last year). ...

Playoff Teams Alabama (5-0) Defeated Louisiana 56-14...

Nothing changed in the Playoff teams this week. All four won, though Oklahoma did survive a major scare in Norman to Army. At this moment I honestly only see two real contenders for the championship this year and they are the same two teams from last year's championship game; Alabama and Georgia. Oklahoma and Clemson have both looked shaky in stretches and as we begin to entire conference play we should find out rather quickly if those two teams can overcome the shakiness...

I apologize for my absence last week. I am suffering from Labrynthitis which completely throws off my balance and vision. Some days are better than others and this past week has been particularly bad. However, I am feeling well enough to work on this today...

It is a brand new season yet, after the first week, it feels awfully similar to last season. Just like last year, for the first month I am only releasing the teams I believe will make the playoffs and they are not in any order. After the first week I really only see four teams that will make that run to the playoffs and they are the exact same teams that made the playoffs last year: Alabama, Oklahoma, Georgia, and Clemson...

The first week of Big Brother 20 had a lot of twists and surprises. The two biggest for me was that no veterans were introduced into the game for the first time in several years. The other big surprise for me was that no one was evicted on the first night which had become a normal thing for Big Brother in at least the last decade...

In the first night of the show all 16 houseguests entered the house. For now it appears that there will be no veterans this season and that is a great relief. Every one is still feeling each other out so it doesn't appear from the first night that any real alliances have been formed...

Another year has passed and it is about time for Season 20 of Big Brother to go live. Once again there are 16 guests, though there is no news on whether they will bring back yet another veteran it can almost be expected. As long as it isn't narcissist Cody, I wouldn't mind anyone else, but would rather have just newbies this season...

Rankings The Tampa Bay Bucs and Houston Texans became the most recent teams to be eliminated from playoff consideration and out of these rankings. The best game of the week (for me) was the snowstorm game between the Bills and Colts. It went to overtime. ...

There were not a lot of surprises this week outside of the Seahawks beating the Eagles. The result itself was not a giant surprise, as it is very difficult to get a win in Seattle. The Eagles, however, struggled greatly with the sounds. I only dropped them to #2 because none of the top 4 won convincingly enough to warrant any moves. The Bears, Broncos, and Colts all had to win this week to save themselves from elimination. They all lost. The Bucs and Texans are in the same situation this week...

Championship Week provided little in surprises. Most experts thought that TCU would either keep it close or beat Oklahoma. Oklahoma's D shut out the high power TCU offense in the second half to easily win their 11th Big 12 Championship and 3rd in a row. ...

The New York football Giants are the latest team to become ineligible for the post season and also fall from the rankings. Three teams are now one loss from being eliminated from the playoffs (Bears, Broncos, and Colts) and two of the bottom four teams play this week (Dolphins and Broncos)...

The final Rivalry Week of the season definitely did not disappoint as both Alabama and Miami lost. That made room in the playoff field for two teams (Auburn and Clemson). Anything can still happen at this point as all four playoff teams are playing in their respective conference championships this week. ...

This was an interesting week as we saw the Rams and Vikings go up against each other as two of the top teams in the league. Not much came of it as the Vikings easily dispatched the Rams. The way the Rams have been playing this season, I am more inclined to think this was an illusion than the better team winning. ...

I have come to the opinion that teams should not be allowed to schedule non-Division 1 opponents after Week 5. This was an awful week for football. The football was so bad that Baker Mayfield giving his opinion of Kansas' efforts to frustrate him had not worked...

A week after being eliminated from playoff contention the San Francisco 49ers picked up their first win of the season defeating the Giants. The Browns lost becoming the second team eliminated from the playoff contention, out of the rankings, and the only team without a win...