After 6 of the worst quarters of football San Diego jumped out of their funk in beating the Kansas City Chiefs last week. Now they are off to Tampa for the first of two on the road and a three game stint against teams with .500 records or better.
The Dnever Broncos are looking to use this week to build some breathing space in the AFC West. At 5-3 they are well positioned as the rest of their schedule is pretty soft except for a visit to Baltimore.
The Kentucky Wildcats have become the epitome of a one-and-done culture for talented freshmen, but head coach John Calipari has become the master of utilizing his talent one year at a time. Talent doesn’t always win championships, but when it’s placed into the right system year after year, it’s tough to beat.
The Louisville Cardinals are set to enter the 2012-13 season as the No. 2 team in the country in both the AP and USA Today preseason polls. The team is stacked with talent, which is why they’re going to be expected to do great things come late in the year.
The Giants (6-3) are coming off a loss and they have not looked good in their last games with a struggling Eli Manning and not much of a rushing offense.
The Titans (3-5) are coming off an embarrassing home loss where they gave up 51 points and afterwards the team was called out by their owner. They have lost 3 straight games in Miami to the Dolphins, who are at 4-4 and are still in the heart of the AFC East race.
A couple of weeks back it looked as if the Vikings (5-3) would be a surprise playoff contender while the Lions (4-4) were down and out, but Detroit has won 2 straight while Minnesota has lost 2 straight.
Headline: Jets In Seattle to Face the Home Demons Seattle in Week 10
The New York Jets fresh off a much needed bye make the cross country flight this week to face the Seattle Seahawks in one of the toughest buildings to visit in the NFL. The Seahawks are a perfect 4-0 at CenturyLink Field so far this year and look unstoppable at times in their own building. .
The Denver Nuggets began their season with three straight losses, but they’ve begun to turn it around with back-to-back wins against the Detroit Pistons and Houston Rockets. The Utah Jazz started 2012 with a win over the Dallas Mavericks, but they quickly dropped three of their next four contests. Both teams are 2-3 on the year, and both teams face off on ESPN Friday night.
The Wildcats just keep on rolling in this dream season with only a few obstacles left. Last week when other undefeated teams looked like their rides might come to an end Kansas State just kept rolling, unphased by the fact that All-Everything QB Collin Klein was knocked from the game.
Both West Virginia and Oklahoma State are 5-3 and the winner of this game will become bowl eligible. While the Mountaineers have lost 3 straight OSU recently had their 3-game winning streak snapped in their last game.
The Cardinals are undefeated and the 9th ranked team in the nation and they have a good shot to play in a BCS bowl game, but since they have not faced ranked opponent this season it is unlikely they will get a title shot.
With 3 losses Texas Tech is out of the BCS picture, but with every win they can improve the bowl they play in. Kansas (1-8) has not won a Big 12 game (0-6) and they are just waiting fir this season to be over.
The Gamecocks close out their SEC season hosting Arkansas and if they can win out there is still a chance they could get an at large BCS bowl berth.
The Los Angeles Clippers are one of the teams out West vying for conference supremacy this year, but they’ve had an inconsistent start to begin the 2012-13 season. The Portland Trail Blazers are a young group looking to win off of energy and excitement, and they’ll play host to the Clippers Thursday night on TNT.
The Oklahoma City Thunder have a healthy roster to start the season, but their results have been up and down following the trade that sent James Harden to the Houston Rockets. The Chicago Bulls are without NBA megastar Derrick Rose—and will be for quite some time—yet they’ve started off the year on the right foot.
