Tag: Week 1

  • College Football – No Upsets in Opening Week

    College Football – No Upsets in Opening Week

    The 2014 College Football season opening week did give us some wild finishes and almost-upsets, but the top two ranked teams in the nation, Florida State (playing Oklahoma State) and Alabama (facing West Virginia) managed to pull through in games that turned out to be a lot more difficult than expected.

  • College Football – Week 1 Predictions

    College Football – Week 1 Predictions

    The road to the College Football playoff begins for Florida State in the Cowboys Classic against Oklahoma State, while Alabama also play a neutral venue against West Virginia. Other national title hopefuls like Oregon (playing South Dakota) and Oklahoma (against Louisiana Tech) have set themselves up with easier starts to the 2014 season.

  • La Liga – Week 1 Results & Table

    La Liga – Week 1 Results & Table

    Nothing new on the first week of the Spanish La Liga, as Barcelona and Lionel Messi comfortably beat Elche, Real Madrid struggled but won with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring against Cordoba and Atletico Madrid found life difficult without Diego Simeone, drawing without any goals against Rayo Vallecano.

  • Premier League – Week 1 Results & Table

    Premier League – Week 1 Results & Table

    Not too many goals, but plenty of interesting results, led by Swansea upsetting Manchester United at the Old Trafford to open the Premier League season, while Arsenal enjoyed a 90th minute goal from Aaron Ramsey to come away with a opening weekend win. The same scenario was at place for their bitter rivals Tottenham, also winning in injury time with Eric Dier being the hero.

  • Premier League – Week 1 Predictions

    Premier League – Week 1 Predictions

    The English Premier League beings with seven matches on its first day of the season, as Manchester United begin their campaign of erasing the memory of the previous one by playing against Swansea, while other big matches happen to both be London derbies: West Ham hosting Tottenham and Arsenal, with their lofty ambitions, playing at home against the messed up Crystal Palace.

  • NBA – Week 1 Best Teams & Leaders

    NBA – Week 1 Best Teams & Leaders

    The first week of the NBA season has passed, with Chris Paul and Kevin Love starting off the season stronger than anyone else, while the Los Angeles Clippers on offense and the Indiana Pacers on defense are setting the tones in terms of excellence and efficiency.

  • Champions League – Week 1 Results & Tables (Groups E – H)

    Champions League – Week 1 Results & Tables (Groups E – H)

    There’s no doubt that the result of the first week in the Champions League belongs to FC Basel shocking Chelsea and Europe with a 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge, making it quite complicated in Group E, while Barcelona had no problem dispatching of Ajax with a 4-0 win, getting three goals from Lionel Messi.

  • Champions League – Week 1 Results & Tables (Groups A-D)

    Champions League – Week 1 Results & Tables (Groups A-D)

    The first night of Champions League football didn’t bring shocking results except for the Juventus draw at Copenhagen, while all of the favorites came up with rather comfortable wins, none more impressive than Real Madrid winning 6-1 in Istanbul against Galatasaray, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring a hat-trick.

  • Champions League – Week 1 Predictions (Groups A-D)

    Champions League – Week 1 Predictions (Groups A-D)

    The return of the Champions League brings with it matches in Groups A to D, with most of the focus going to the Old Trafford meeting between Manchester United and Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich beginning their title defense at home against CSKA Moscow and Real Madrid paying a visit to Galatasaray. Other matches that should […]

  • The AFC North Got Swept in Week 1

    The AFC North Got Swept in Week 1

    The worst division in the NFL so far this season? The AFC North, with all four of its teams losing in their season opener: The Baltimore Ravens in the game that opened the season, the Pittsburgh Steelers in a somewhat embarrassing manner, the Cleveland Browns ruining their new head coach’s debut and the Cincinnati Bengals in one of the best games of the opening weekend.