Bowl Season Set

You might like the holidays for presents and food. I do too. But one other reason is because of the many bowl games that come this time of year. With the top-four set last Sunday, New Years eve should be more than a blast. It should be exciting joy. The bowl schedule is posted here. Of course I am looking forward to watching the playoff games on New Years eve, as everyone should be. But my top three games outside of the playoff are listed below.
- Notre Dame vs. Ohio State in the Fiesta bowl. New Years day, 1 ET, ESPN
- Rose bowl: Iowa vs. Stanford, New Years day 5 ET, ESPN
- Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl: BYU vs. Utah, 3:30 ET, ABC

In the realm of MLB baseball, lots has happened since last week. The winter meetings certainly helped with that. Let's start in the usual place: the Padres. The swinging friars didn't make many moves, but they did make moves nonetheless. We traded Jedd Gyorko to the Cardinals along with $7.5 million in cash for outfielder Jon Jay. I am excited to see what Jay can bring to the team. Hopefully he can bring some heart to combine with James Shields and the other veterans. We also traded a minor-league catcher and pitcher Casey Kelley to the Braves for catcher Christian Bethancourt. Bethancourt is out of minor league options, meaning he can only be in the big leagues or has to be released. In other big news, Zack Greinke signed with the D-Backs if you haven't realized that yet. 6 years and $206 million. Talk about crazy, huh? Not really. The D-Backs have been preparing for this moment for years, shedding payroll. Then later in the week during winter meetings, the D-Backs were at it again getting P Shelby Miller for number one overall pick Dansby Swanson and top pitching prospect Aaron Blair along with SS Ender Inciarte. Experts are raving about the moves made and so am I. Watch out for the D-Backs in the NL West this year. They could be a team to reckon with.

I don't have much to say about the NFL, so I'll just save that until next week.

In the NBA, however, the Warriors continue to be on a roll going 24-0 and on a 28-game winning streak dating back to last season. Nobody seems to be able to stop them now. I don't see them losing until after Christmas. They play the Cavaliers on Christmas day but that is in Golden State. Tell me what you think in the comments below.

Sorry this had to be such a short post. I am busy today and am preparing for finals next week. But I will have a full post next week!