Coming up on this edition: are your NFC-North-leading 5-and-1 Bears a legit playoff caliber team, and are the Packers soft and frontrunners? Also, NFL week 6 results and week 7 previews. Plus, the Dodgers and Rays are in a battle of the payrolls in the World Series; some NBA notes; the Badgers open against Illinois on Friday with some questions; and the high school landscape takes another hit for the upcoming winter season. All that and more coming up on this episode of the Intentional Foul! As always, please tell your friends.
NFL
- Bears (5-1) Beat Carolina 23-16
- Best/most complete game of the year
- Defense was very good
- Ran the ball better
- Foles not great but good enough
- Nagy playcalling in the 4 th qtr
- GB (4-1) lose to Tampa Bay 38-10
- Rodgers was awful
- Defense has questions
- Last 4 road games vs good teams all blow out losses
- Is GB soft/frontrunners=
- Rodgers vs Favre in the leader/tough guy category
- End of the day its just a loss in October…..or is it?
Week 6 Results
Tenn 42 Hou 36
Indy 31 Cinn 27
Atlanta 40 Minn 23
Denver 18 NE 12
NYG 20 Wash 19
Balt 30 Philly 28
Pitt 38 Clev 7
Det 34 Jax 16
Miami 24 NYJ 0
SF 24 Rams 16
KC 26 Buffalo 17
Ari 38 Dallas 10
- Frontrunning Browns
- Vikings are done
- Philly/Dallas is a mess
- SF not dead yet
- Buffalo is good but a tier 2 team
Week 7 Matchups
NYG @ Philly TNF
Det @ Atlanta
Clev @ Cincy
Pitt @ Tenn
Carolina @ NO
Buffalo @ NYJ
Dallas @ Wash
GB @ Hou
Seattle @ Arizona
KC @ Denver
SF @ NE
Jax @ Chargers
TB @ Las Vegas SNF
Chi @ Rams MNF
Byes: Indy, Miami, Minnesota, Baltimore
MLB
- World Series starts tonight
- TB vs LA
- 2 game 7’s were fun
- Sabermetrics are just killing baseball though
- Kershaw in the playoffs 11-12, 35 starts, 4.31 ERA—over 2 pts higher than career ave
- Maddox in the playoffs 11-14, 35 starts, 3.27 ERA
NBA
- Clippers hire Ty Lue
- Rockets/Morey part ways
- Bucks FA rumors--Bogdanovic
Badgers play Illinois Friday
HS Athletics
