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THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS HEAD TO CHICAGO TO PLAY THE BEARS SUNDAY. CHIEFS ARE CURRENTLY RANKED #5 IN THE NFL POWER RANKINGS, THE SECOND HIGHEST RANKED AFC TEAM WITH BALTIMORE SITTING AT #1 OVERALL. THE CHEFS RIDE A 4 GAME WIN STREAK AND HOLD DOWN THE #3 PLAYOFF SEED IN THE AFC WITH TWO GAMES TO GO.
– KC HAS ALREADY SECURED A PLAYOFF SPOT WINNING THE AFC WEST DIVISION TITLE FOR THE 4TH STRAIGHT YEAR
– CHIEFS ARE 10-4 WITH 2 GAMES LEFT IN THE REGULAR SEASON
– KC ARE LISTED AS A 6 POINT FAVORITE TO BEAT CHICAGO
– CHIEFS ARE 6-1 ON THE ROAD, 4-3 AT HOME, AND 5-0 IN THE DIVISION
– CHIEFS HAVE OUTSCORED THEIR OPPONENTS BY 110 POINTS, SCORING 394
– REMAINING GAMES ON THE CHIEFS SCHEDULE INCLUDE: BEARS, CHARGERS AND THEN THE PLAYOFFS
SIX CHIEFS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO GO TO THE PRO BOWL. PATRICK MAHOMES, TRAVIS KELCE, TYREEK HILL, FRANK CLARK, CHRIS JONES AND MECOLE HARDMAN.
– THIS IS MAHOMES 2ND STRAIGHT PRO BOWL, KELCE’S 5TH, HILL’S 4TH, CLARK’S 1ST, JONES 1ST, HARDMAN’S 1ST
– KELCE, JONES, CLARK AND HARDMAN WILL BE STARTERS ON THE AFC TEAM
– SEVERAL OTHER CHIEFS WERE SELECTED AS PRO BOWL ALTERNATES, TYRANN MATHIEU, MITCHELL SCHWARTZ, HARRISON BUTKER, ANTHONY SHERMAN AND DUSTIN COLQUITT
– THE PRO BOWL GAME WILL BE PLAYED JAN. 26TH IN ORLANDO
THE CHIEFS BOLSTER THEIR DEFENSE BY CLAIMING TERRELL SUGGS OFF WAIVERS AFTER HIS RELEASE FROM ARIZONA. SUGGS WAS A FIRST ROUND PICK IN 2003 BY BALTIMORE. HE AND JASON WITTEN ARE THE ONLY PLAYERS FROM THE ‘03 DRAFT CLASS STILL PLAYING.
– SUGGS HAS 138 CAREER SACKS, RANKING 9TH ALL TIME IN NFL HISTORY
– 39 FORCED FUMBLES RANK 7TH ALL TIME
– SUGGS HAS BEEN TO 7 PRO BOWLS AND WON THE NFL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN 2011
STANLEY CUP CHAMPION BLUES OPENED A THRE GAME ROAD TRIP WITH A 5-2WIN IN SAN JOSE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT, WITH 2 LATE EMPTY NET GOALS TO PULL AWAY. THE BLUES 14TH COMEBACK WIN OF THE SEASON RUNS THEIR WIN STREAK TO 5 GAMES. THEY PLAY GAME 2 OF THE 3 GAME TRIP IN L.A. MONDAY AND THEN GO TO EDMONTON FRIDAY. THE NEXT HOME GAME WILL BE AGAINST THE JETS ON SUNDAY THE 29TH.
– BLUES ARE 23-8-6 ON THE SEASON
– BLUES ARE 12-4-3 AT HOME, 11-4-3 ON THE ROAD
– BLUES HAVE SCORED 112 GOALS, OUTSCORING OPPONENTS BY 14 GOALS
COLLEGE BASKETBALL SATURDAY SAW THE MIZZOU TIGERS BEAT ILLINOIS 63-56 FOR BRAGGIN’ RIGHTS. THE TIGERS IMPROVE TO 7-4 WITH THE BIG RIVALRY WIN. MIZZOU WILL BE OFF UNTIL SATURDAY DECEMBER 30TH WHEN THEY HOST CHICAGO ST.
-THE MSU MEN FELL AT ORAL ROBERTS SATURDAY 82-72. THE BEARS ARE 6-7 ON THE SEASON. THEY’RE OFF UNTIL THE 31ST WHEN THEY HOST EVANSVILLE.
-THE MSU LADIES ARE OFF UNTIL THE 31ST WHEN THEY HOST WILLIAM JEWELL. THE 20TH RANKED LADY BEARS ARE 9-2 ON THE SEASON.
-THE MIZZOU LADIES ARE OFF UNTIL JANUARY 2ND WHEN THEY TRAVEL TO TENNESSEE. THE LADY TIGERS HAVE STRUGGLED TO A 3-10 RECORD.
IT IS THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SEASON. SO WHAT WERE THE BEST CONFERENCES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL THIS SEASON? CBS SPORTS RANKES THE SEC AS THE #1 CONFERENCE, FOLLOWED BY THE BIG 10, BIG 12, PAC-12 AND THEN THE AAC. THE ACC, MOUNTAIN WEST, SUN BELT, CONFERENCE USA AND MAC ROUND OUT THE TOP 10. THE 4 CF PLAYOFF SEASON COME FROM THE SEC (LSU), BIG 10 (OHIO ST.) ACC (CLEMSON), AND BIG 12 (OKLAHOMA).
IT’S THE EARLY SIGNING PERIOD FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL RECRUITTING. 24/7 SPORTS RANKES THE TOP RECRUITTING CLASSES LIKE THIS, #1 CLEMSON, FOLLOWED BY ALABAMA, OHIO ST., GEORGIA AND LSU. MIZZOU COMES IN AT #81, MO.ST. AT #144
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS ARE SET AFTER THE FINAL RANKINGS.
#1 LSU vs #4 OKLAHOMA -12/28 – LSU 14 PT FAVORITE
#2 OHIO ST. vs #3 CLEMSON -12/28 – CLEMSON 2 PT FAVORITE
– FAVORED TEAM HAS WON 9 OF THE 15 CFP GAMES
– LSU OPENED WITH THE BEST ODDS TO WIN IT ALL AT 5-2, CLEMSON IS 2-1, OHIO ST. 5-2, OKLAHOMA 12-1