Friday Night Sports Express, 10/19

This week’s news in sports around the country

Kansas falls late to NIU

By Pat Strathman

All The Bacon and Eggs: MLB Playoffs Heating Up

By Joe Fuentes   MLB Playoffs With only 16 games left in the regular season for baseball, the American League divisional race and National League wild card race is heating up. In each American League division there are at least two teams vying for each division title. In the American League, I think that the Yankees will hold out to win the East, the White Sox will hold on to the Central title, and the Rangers will win the West. The Wild Cards in the American League will be Oakland and the Orioles. I was thinking that the LA Angels would have a shot at the last wild card spot, but they have to play…

All The Bacon and Eggs: It’s Finally Back!

By Joe Fuentes It was a great weekend in sports: college football returned, Manchester United avoided embarrassment, Dwight Howard said thank you to Orlando and the NFL begins Wednesday. So let’s get started:   College Football Is it bad that I left the KU game early? I walked out after the 99 yard touchdown run (which I called by the way) by South Dakota State in the first quarter to put the Jackrabbits up 7-0. I’m sorry, but it was 100 degrees in the stands, there was no shade and our offense couldn’t score on its first two possessions. I had already seen enough. Although, the Jayhawks ended up winning the game, I think it…

Phog Nation 8-30-12 Show Archive

This week on Phog Nation, the crew previewed the upcoming matchup between South Dakota State and Kansas, Firestarters and talked with college sports analyst and co-host of “Petros and Money Show” of Fox Sports radio, Petros Papadakis. Due to technical difficulties, there are only two segments. Firestarters Interview with Petros Papadakis