Win or go home

The playoffs. Every team wants to be there. Every team thinks they deserve to be there. But in all actuality, every team should just give up now and make way for the uprising Chicago Cubs. After all, it was predicted in the movie "Back to the Future 2" in 1989 that the Cubs would win the world series this year, 2015. Ironically they were to beat Miami, who did not have a major league team at the time. Besides, they are also in the national league. Anyways, back to the action. I will be brief. The Blue Jays came back from a 2-0 deficit to beat the Rangers in game 5. With a dramatic 7th inning, the home run by Jose Bautista is reminiscent of the one Joe Carter hit in the 1993 world series that won it all over the Phillies. The Astros were two innings away from sealing the deal against the Royals. But after a costly error by Carlos Correa, the team completely unraveled, losing the series in 5 games. In the national league, the Mets beat the Dodgers in 5 games, overcoming the difficult task of taking down both Kershaw and Greinke. But they did it. As a reward, they will face the Cubs, who beat the Cardinals in 4 games. The Cubs certainly showed that they belong as well. We will see how things shake out as Jon Lester takes the hill against Matt Harvey to start the NLCS tomorrow.

College football!!! Each week becomes more and more intriguing as teams fall left and right. Last night, 15 Stanford Cardinal dismantled 18 UCLA 56-35 in Palo Alto. As UCLA piles up the injuries, it will be interesting to see what happens come PAC-12 championship time. Who will take the south? Here are the intriguing games of week 7:

-West Virginia at 2 Baylor, noon ET, FOX
-17 Iowa at 20 Northwestern, noon ET, ABC/ESPN2
-10 Alabama at 9 Texas A&M, 3:30 ET, CBS
-7 Michigan State at 12 Michigan, 3:30 ET, ESPN
-8 Florida at 6 LSU, 7 ET, ESPN

Of course there are some more great matchups this week involving non-ranked teams that I have not mentioned. Feel free to visit ESPN to view the complete FBS schedule. As I look at those mouth-watering games, it is going to be hard to do homework tomorrow.

If there is anything else you would like me to talk about, feel free to let me know by leaving a comment. Next week I will talk a little NFL and NBA mixed in with college football and MLB postseason stuff. The NBA preseason wraps up this week with the regular season kicking off on the 27th.