Weekend (Plus Monday) In Review

So last weekend was the first without college football, minus Army-Navy, and it was still interesting, or interesting enough, I didn't really get around to posting anything mainly due to crying all Saturday because Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Golden State all lost.  (Knicks won though so I was 1-3 on the day)  Sunday I went to the Packers-Cowboys game which was great, kept trying to get people to call Eddie Lacy "feast mode" which is my clever nickname I came up with for him.  It's like beast mode, but Lacy is a beefer.  So here are a few highlights from the weekend.

Milwaukee Bucks End Warriors 24 Game Win Streak

This one was tough, watching the Warriors struggle after winning in double-OT the night before in Boston, and never really get in the game.  Then see everyone on Twitter overreact to the one good thing the Bucks will do all year.  The streak had to end sometime, and now maybe the Warriors can start a new streak and get to 34 and break the Lakers record.  Probably not, but if they can avoid injuries when the get Barnes back they'll still be nearly impossible to beat.  Also Bucks travel to Oakland to play the Warriors in the Roaracle Friday, I am predicting Warriors by 18+.

Badgers Lose (Again)

This is just a minor one, but as a Wisconsin native, and diehard Badger fan, it was bad enough the football team was slightly better than mediocre this year, but now the hoops squad is just struggling.  Losing to Marquette after making a nice comeback, but the last minute was brutal, Nigel Hayes with a couple bad shots then throwing a long pass out of bounds.  Wisconsin was expected to fall off, but I did not see a 6-5 start coming, including two losses at home (where they never lose) to Western Illinois and UW Milwaukee, just brutal.

North Carolina Falls at Buzzer to Unranked Texas

This one only sucked because the buzzer beater, it was a great game, I think Texas may be underrated, not a lot of love for the Longhorns, but they have great size, rebound extremely well, and Shaka Smart is a great coach.  The game was played in Texas and the arena was LOUD, if they can keep it up they could make noise in the Big 12 this year.  Now UNC played well offensively, though they were kept off the offensive glass all day, and they allowed Texas to shoot a very high percentage, though some of that was just Texas being unable to miss.  So that was Carolina's second loss, the first one being in Northern Iowa after UNI made a huge comeback and Carolina didn't have Marcus Paige yet.  All in all I can live with it, I still think they'll win the Championship this year, and I give Roy Williams credit for actually scheduling road non-conference games (Looking at you Duke).

Here's the shot.

NFC East: Still A Mess

Washington, Philly, and New York all won this week, so there is still a 3-way tie for first, all at 6-7.  So not great, but still interesting.  I honestly don't know who'll win but whoever does has to play Seattle and unfortunately I don't think any of those teams will beat them.

One of multiple OBJ moments from last night, guy is simply electric.

Green Bay Looking Not As Bad As In Weeks Past

Like I said, I was at Lambeau for this game, and it was great because beating Dallas always is.  The defense played well, and the offense made strides, still room for improvement, though.  The third quarter was rough, they didn't move the ball at all and the Cowboys scored and it was 14-7, but then the Packers scored two late touchdowns via a great James Starks run, and Eddie Lacy being a monster and we won 28-7 to move to 9-4, and I think securing the 3 seed in the NFC.  I don't think they'll catch Arizona for the 2 seed, they could, but I doubt it.

Manziel Looking Solid

Another brief one here, but Johnny Football was solid against San Fran.  Going 21-31 for 270 yards a touchdown, and a bad pick.  Cleveland was able to move the ball this week though as they won 24-10.  Johnny is now 2-2 as a starter this year, though expect a rough game next week when they play Seattle.  #pray4Johnny