Tag: Week 2

  • College Football – 2014 Week 2 Rankings

    College Football – 2014 Week 2 Rankings

    The number one team in the nation remains Florida State according to the rankings, but Oregon leap over Alabama to the number two spot thanks to their win over Michigan State as the Big Ten took some major hits from the voters and on the field. BYU, destroying Texas, and Virginia Tech, stunning Ohio State, are newcomers to the top 25 this season.

  • College Football – Big Ten Takes Huge Rankings & Playoffs Hit

    College Football – Big Ten Takes Huge Rankings & Playoffs Hit

    It’s not wise to make assumptions about what happens at the end of the season based on week 2 results, but it’s safe to say the Big Ten won’t be having a team in the College Football playoffs after a terrible run of results in one day, with Michigan State (losing to Oregon), Ohio State (defeated by Virginia Tech) and Michigan (crushed by Notre Dame) getting beaten quite harshly to show how far their conference seems to be right now from the rest.

  • La Liga – Week 2 Results & Table

    La Liga – Week 2 Results & Table

    It didn’t take long for Barcelona to grab control of the lead in Spain, winning a tough match at Villarreal, while Real Madrid lose for the first time this season, dropping a two goal lead against Real Sociedad, a day after Atletico Madrid won their first league match of the season against Eibar.

  • Premier League – Week 2 Results & Table

    Premier League – Week 2 Results & Table

    Six matches were played to open the second weekend of Premier League football, highlighted by Chelsea beating Leicester to remain on top of the table, joined by Swansea, winning against Burnley, to be perfect after two matches. Arsenal managed to climb out of a two-goal hole at Goodison Park, drawing with Everton in a fantastic match.

  • Europa League – Week 2 Results & Tables

    Europa League – Week 2 Results & Tables

    A busy day as always in the Europa League saw Swansea, Ludogorets, Red Bull Salzburg, Rubin Kazan, Fiorentina, Genk, Frankfurt, Sevilla and Tottenham do the expected thing and win their second match, making it quite clear that their qualification from the group stage is close to being guaranteed. Group A Valencia rebounded from their embarrassing […]

  • Champions League – Week 2 Predictions (Groups A – D)

    Champions League – Week 2 Predictions (Groups A – D)

    At the center of the second night in week 2 of the Champions League group stage is the match between Manchester City and Bayern Munich for Group D supremacy, while Manchester United and Real Madrid both try to find their groove again, with the Red Devils visiting Shakhtar Donetsk and Real Madrid hosting FC Copenhagen.

  • Champions League – Week 2 Results & Tables (Groups E – H)

    The “group of death” in the Champions League didn’t look very close, as Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund had no problem manhandling Napoli and Marseille, while Chelsea got their mojo back in Bucharest, Barcelona managed to find one moment of brilliance in order to beat Celtic while Milan needed a late penalty to avoid defeat against Ajax.

  • Champions League – Week 2 Predictions (Groups E-H)

    Champions League – Week 2 Predictions (Groups E-H)

    Week 2 of the Champions League begins with matches in group E to H; Barcelona visiting Glasgow to play Celtic takes center stage considering the drama of last season in the same encounter, although the highest quality match should be Napoli travelling to London to play Arsenal.

  • 2013 NFL Season – Week 2 Power Rankings

    2013 NFL Season – Week 2 Power Rankings

    Week 2 usually provides a stepping stone and a time for 2-0 teams to decide whether or not they’re really that good, and for 0-2 teams to start panicking or staying the course. In our first edition of power rankings for this season, the biggest debate was who to put as the best team in the NFL: The Denver Broncos or the Seattle Seahawks.

  • 2013 NFL Season, Week 2 – Steelers vs Bengals Predictions

    2013 NFL Season, Week 2 – Steelers vs Bengals Predictions

    While the Cincinnati Bengals were very close to coming away with the win in their season debut, the Pittsburgh Steelers looked terrible in about every possibly way, bringing the two AFC North rivals with big aspirations to a matchup that has the feeling of a ‘must-win’ to it.