The NHL Regular Season kicks off this week – time to look at the teams that have looked good in the preseason and which teams have something to look forward to this upcoming year. The top teams in the Rankings come as no surprise. Simply put – the favorites are favorites for a reason.
Two undefeated teams square off in The Big Easy to determine who stays unbeaten and who takes their first loss of the season. The Dolphins have played well in all facets of the game while the Saints are the Saints…it’s always the Drew Brees show in Nola.
The fans in Tampa Bay are hoping that things have hit rock bottom and that the Buccaneers can get their first victory of the season with a new quarterback at the helm this week. That is putting an awful lot on a rookie third rounder but they seemed to have no other choice with the way things were going.
The consensus coming into the season that that there was no way the Indianapolis Colts wouldn’t take a step back after last season’s magical run to the playoffs.
The New York Giants will arrive at Arrowhead Stadium looking for their first win of the 2013 season against an unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs team on Sunday.
The New York Jets are coming off an exceptional Week 2 win behind a pair of franchise firsts, but will have their work cut out when they take on Tennessee team that will be riding high after a come-from-behind victory over San Diego last time out.
Two of the NFL’s worst teams will be represented in jolly ole England on Sunday as the winless Pittsburgh Steelers square off against the 0-3 Minnesota Vikings at Wembley Stadium.
After a big win at Pittsburgh on Sunday night, the Chicago Bears arrive in the Motor City this weekend to go head to head in a tough NFC North rivalry battle with the 2-1 Detroit Lions at Ford Field.
Fast will meet faster on Sunday when the Denver Broncos host the Philadelphia Eagles. Neither team likes to huddle up, as both like to play fast and run a lot of plays. That’s going to mean points on this night.
The San Diego Chargers have already employed a little gamesmanship in advance of their game with the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, electing to wear their whites at home, forcing the Cowboys to wear their “bad luck” blue jerseys.
The Washington Redskins entered this season with high hopes after a trip to the playoffs a year ago, but they’ve crashed back to Earth after an 0-3 start to the year.
With back to back wins it seems that the sky stopped falling for the Super Bowl champs even if Peyton Manning passes never did. The Ravens win over the Texans last week might have been impressive last week in terms of the final score but really neither team played all that well.
The battle of Ohio could be better than expected this season. The Cincinnati Bengals are expected to contend for the AFC North division lead and after last week’s resilient win over Green Bay may be a true contender in the conference as well.
Does anyone really give a hoot about this one? – sorry I just had to. and I am sure there are others making similar jokes.
A pair of teams that haven’t met since 1996 will square off in Nashville on Saturday when the Vanderbilt Commodores host the UAB Blazers. Both teams enter with a pair of losses, and neither side would like to leave Nashville with a third.
The Missouri Tigers have been mentioned as a hot team for bettors to get behind for the rest of this season, and they’ll get their first chance to validate those sentiments on Saturday against the Arkansas State Red Wolves, who enter off a very disappointing loss.
