Weekly Sports Recap & Update – October 8th Edition

After a long work week, sports fans can’t wait to settle down on the couch and watch lots of great sports action all weekend. This weekend will be exceptional, as we have numerous events worth watching. In college football, we have numerous matchups between ranked teams, with one having huge playoff implications. The Major League Baseball playoffs are underway, and we’ll see some great divisional round playoff action. And last but not least, how can we forget that Sunday is NFL day. We could be seeing a preview of numerous playoff matchups. Check out all the great sports betting action taking place this weekend!

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Top Sports Events for This Weekend – October 2 – October 3

 

College Football

 

The big College Football matchup comes to us from the Big 10, as the #4 Penn State Nittany Lions head west to Iowa City to take on the #3 Iowa Hawkeyes. The loser of this game puts themselves in a bad position to earn a playoff berth.

Other matchups that pit two ranked teams against each other include The Red River Shootout, where the 21st-ranked Texas Longhorns will clash with the sixth-rated Oklahoma Sooners in Dallas. Lane Kiffin’s Ole Miss Rebels who are ranked 17th this week will host the #13 Arkansas Razorbacks. The #2 Georgia Bulldogs will head to Auburn to take on the 18th-ranked Tigers.

 

Major League Baseball

 

We’ve finally made it through the regular season, and it’s now playoff time. This weekend we’ll see the divisional series get into full swing. On Friday night, the National League divisional series will start, as the Milwaukee Brewers will host the Atlanta Braves, and the Los Angeles Dodgers will head to San Francisco to take on their division rivals, the Giants.

In American League action, on Friday night, Game 2 of the Boston Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays series will take place. We’ll also see Game 2 of the Chicago White Sox at the Houston Astros. Both the National League and the American League series will continue throughout the weekend.

 

NFL Action

 

We’ll see more great action in the National Football League, as Week 5 kicks off on Sunday. We’ll see our first London game of the season, as the Atlanta Falcons will host the New York Jets at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Another top matchup will feature NFC West rivals, as the San Francisco 49ers travel to Phoenix to take on the NFL’s last undefeated team, the Arizona Cardinals. We can’t forget two of the top AFC teams facing off, as the Cleveland Browns head west to take on the Los Angeles Chargers.

And on Sunday night, we’ll see the best game of the week, as we could be seeing a preview of the AFC Championship game, as the Buffalo Bills travel to Kansas City to take on the Chiefs. Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes are two of the best quarterbacks in the league, and they’re both at the helm of two of the top offenses in the NFL. This one should be a fun game to watch!