Preview Washington State at San Diego State

This Saturday afternoon the Cougars take

on the Aztecs in San Diego. The Aztecs 

are favored by 2.5 points at home so

anything will  go. 

This is another game that the Cougars 

will play at the same time as the Huskies

at 4pm Pacific time.  A good way to spend

some time  before going out on Halloween.

You can even flip between both games

as I will.

Last week the Aztecs lost to Colorado 

State in a high scoring affair  56-49.

They have an overall record of 3-5.

Neither team may not make a bowl

game though the home team wins

they have a chance to get in one.

Want to see offense the one to watch.

You can always flip to see the Huskies

or any other game on. This also a good

game for Cougars to see in person.

Jayden Denegal is the Aztecs quarterback 

who is second season after transfered from

Michigan where he played in seven games

in two seasons. This year he is down to

55 percent completions of passes. Also last

year he averaged just over 150 yards a

game to 128 yards.Last year  he had 8 

interceptions and this year  5 which is the

same rate. If the Cougars defense causes 

an interception at that right time that will

help them.  Unlike Owen Eshleman the

Cougars quarterback he doesn't carry the 

ball often and only averages one yard per

carry. 

Javion Kennard is the Aztecs running 

 back who is averaging 5.8 yards per 

carry this season. The  Cougars are 

averaging giving up 171.9 yards a

game and 5 yards per carry. The Aztecs 

not being a great passing team they will

try to run the Cougars who must defend 

better to win. Both teams whoever does

best in turnovers should win.The Cougars

are best against short yardage so the.

Aztecs need will need to run on enough 

long carries. 

Lucky Sutton is the Aztecs other  running 

back and he missed three games and

this will be his third game back. He has

hsd more carries than Kennard. His first

game back in a win over Fresno State was 

his best game having 110 yards on the 

ground averaging 6.1 yards. Last week 

he followed up running for 98 yards. 

Both runnings could find great success 

 against the Cougars who should find

a way to stop them both.

Although the Aztecs will run the ball

most of the time and quarterback 

Denegal isn't great in completions 

their top three receivers are explosive

so the Cougars defensive backs will

have to be sure to contain them. 

The Cougars win could come down 

to their defense and on offense QB 

Owen Eshleman has had success 

running the ball but they did lose 

both games he started although 

against Boise State they were in it 

until the 4th quarter.  Again this 

should be an exciting game with

both teams playing better in the last

couple weeks. Go Cougs. 

Preview Washington Huskies At Nebraska

The Washington Huskies after a week off and

the win against Purdue we are hoping for another 

good game.  

Elijah Brown is expected to start for the second

week in a row. Desmond Williams Jr right now

is listed as questionable to play. The Huskies 

have a record of 4-3 while 1-3 in the Big Ten.

The Huskies have to win two out of their 

final five games to qualify for a bowl game.

It won't be easy to do so however beating 

the Cornhuskers would help.

Nebraska has an overall record at 5-2 and a 

home record of 4-1 so it won't be easy for 

them to win but we will see. Nebraska is

averaging 35.6 points a game and they are

favored by 7.5 points. They are averaging 

235.9 through the air and 194.4 yards on the

ground which is  very impressive..The Huskies 

defense hasn't been as good as expected 

but against Purdue they did a good job.

They will need not give up big yards to the

Cornhuskers. Passing game the Huskies 

are giving up 205 yards in the air. The 

Huskies are number 6 in the country in

interceptions so coming up with some on

the road will certainly help to win.

Anthony Colandrea is the Cornhuskers 

quarterback with 14 touchdowns and 4

interceptions. He has thrown for 1570

yards while completing 62.6 percent.

Jamal Rule a freshman is averaging just 

over 55.85  yards a game with five td's.

His understudy is Mekhi Nelson who is

averaging  44.18 yards a game with 4

touchdowns. So a worthy combination.

Kwazi Gilmer is the Cornhuskers number

one receiver is averaging just over  70

yards a game and 1 touchdown per game

as well. 

We hope for an exciting game and an

upset by the Huskies. Go Dawgs.

Baseball Season Officially Over

The Milwaukee Brewers are now officially the

World Series champions it is see how things

go over the next the next six months. 

We hope both owners and the players take

the fans into consideration in their negotiation 

for a new collective agreement. What they

think without fans they would be something 

else going on.

I don't know the commissioner that well so

I hope he doesn't  play a lot  of hard play 

with the owners.  There is a large difference 

of salaries between the Rays and the Brewers

for instance.  They are not at very bottom but

close to it.  The Seattle Mariners are 16th in

the majors so basically the middle. 

The floor is expected to be about what the

Mariners payroll is.  My opinion the minimum 

salary floor should depend a lot about the 

average age of a team. The White Sox have

a young team and whether right or not they

would have a lot of players under the minimum.

In that case the minimum would have to be

raised to fit the floor they are projecting. I

I believe the minimum should go up every 

year a player is on the team until the player 

goes into arbitration.  Teams like the Mariners 

are signing their top pick who is doing well

before arbitration like Colt Emerson. I expect

Cole Young will be next.

Logan Gilbert has one more season before

becoming a free agent. The Mariners should

do like the Seahawks do by signing the top

one in the same way right away. They did

so in a way when they signed Cal Raleigh into

extension. 

Free agency right now is six years so I would

lower it to five years which is the average years

a major leaguer plays. 

The teams like the Dodgers have a high salary 

payroll. I am not sure the owners of the Dodgers 

want to change that except the what they pay

in luxury tax. The Dodgers are more veteran too.

I am up for the floor however a salary cap 

which the majors have never had and the 

descrepancy of payrolls is their doing so

why add a cap.  

The Mariners are expected to be hiring their

new major in a few days so we will see how 

that goes. I know some fans don't want the

former manager of the Astros.  I don't have

a problem with it as the manager of the Astros 

back then has been the manager of the Detroit 

Tigers for several seasons.  

Last season the Astros had multiple injuries 

to frontine players and still won the division 

though we all know the Mariners should have

won it. That is the past. Go M's.

Former Mariner Extends World Series

The Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday were about to be eliminatednand the Brewers sweeping the World Series on Tuesday. 

The game had to go extra innings to give the

Rays a shot to win the game and continue the 

series. After nine innings the score was 2-2.

The game came to the 12th inning for scoring

any runs. Cooper Pratt hits s home run in the top 

of the 12th to put the Brewers up by one. Question 

is that enough  to have the Brewers to win the 

game and sweep the series making them champions. Apparently not yet. 

In the bottom of the 12th the Rays got two 

runners on base. Jonny DeLuca hits a single

scoring Cedric Mullins. Former Marin

third base Ben Williamson who pitch hits singles

to right to short right field  scoring Nick Fortes

who had pinch run for catcher Liam Hicks. 

The teams play again on Wednesday night. Let's

see what happens Wensday night. 

 

Seattle Seahawks Acquire All Pro Offensive Lineman

Word came out Tuesday morning that

Seahawks general manager John 

Schneider is not standing still though

they don't play again until next Monday 

night football.

The Seahawks news through media they

acquired left guard Quenton Nelson from

the Indianapolis Colts for 2027 third round 

pick and 5th round pick. Quenton will be

a free agent after this season. The Seahawks 

haven't backed down by acquiring a player

in that position before. Last season they

acquired Rashid Shaheed wide receiver 

from the New Orleans Saints and signed

a new contract with the Seahawks though

he could have signed elsewhere.

Speaking of Shaheed he was  hurt in the first

half of the Sunday night game against the

Chiefs. Not sure how long he will be out. 

Anthony Bradford returned on Sunday against 

the  Chiefs and played very well at right guard. 

On Sunday night left tackle Charles Cross 

was injured with a high ankle sprain and

not sure how long he will be out. Josh Jones

his backup will start in his place. The Seahawks 

will have to depend on others on the offensive 

line to help out if necessary.  

Bringing in an experience left guard will help

Jones on the left side.  Greg Zebel who has 

been starting  at left guard played some right

guard in college is expected to move over to

right guard  which makes sense he has played 

well and was last year's number one pick.

He will still be the backup at left guard.

This year's trouble offensively has come

down to some degree how the offensive line

has played. Stay tuned and go Hawks. 

 

Seattle Kraken Last week

The Seattle Kraken won the first two 

games of this past week. They ended the

week big losing to the Minnesota Wild 

5-1 the number one team in the Central

division.  

They began last week beating the Detroit

Redwings in a shootout after going an

extra period 4-3 on Tuesday.

On Thursday they beat Utah Mammoth 5-3

who are second to the Wild in the central 

division.  Unlike the other major sports 

each division has eight teams for a total 

of 32 teams.  The Kraken is still third place

in the Pacific with 7-4-1 record.

Wednesday the Kraken face the Toronto 

Maple Leafs  who are 7-5-3. They are third

place in the Atlantic division.  On Friday 

they play the Flames in Calgary to end

the month of October. They begin November

on the 4th playing the Flames in Seattle.

Go Kraken. 

Seahawks Offensive and Defense Players of the Game

It really wasn't hard to figure who the 

offensive and defensive players were 

in the win against the Kansas City Chiefs 

on Sunday. 

Although Sam Darnold played a good 

game better than any since came back

after missing with injury Jaxon Smith-Njigba 

was the easy winner.  Jaxon had nine catches 

for 150 yards and a touchdown. Another

catch near the end of the first half was setup

to make another touchdown if it hadn't been 

an interception by Darnold that wasn't all his 

fault. 

Jaxon has 58 catches in seven games for

867 yards and eight touchdowns. So he 

continues to marvel us.

On the defensive side although the Seahawks 

had fantastic play the defensive player of the

game was Nick Emmanwori. Though listed

as a safety he plays all over the field. He has

played linebacker as well as defensive end.

He had four tackles however more to his game.

He made a crucial play against KC quarterback 

Patrick Mahomes. 

Someone else to be mentioned is edge rusher

Derick Hall who had the Seahawks only sack

with a forced fumble. The only player in the

game for that. 

Next Monday night against the Bears we

hope to see more of Smith-Njigba, Emmanwori 

and Hall as well as everyone else. Go Hawks