In the United States: few weekends are greeted with such intensity or joy as opening weekendof College Football Season in the USA.
Although play in "weekend one" was anticipated last weekend,the inaugural weekend of the season brings great joy to the hearts of truefans. Opening Weekend is hardly known asa time for crack competition, known and strong teams often play non conferenceopponents, sometimes even from lower divisions. Unlike previous years, however, there are a few exciting competitionstoday. Of the dozens of games beingplayed today, perhaps the most anticipated will take place this evening, whentwo very high ranking teams, the Florida State Seminoles and the Alabama CrimsonTide meet at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. It's the first time sincethe AP preseason poll began in 1950 that a No. 1 team is facing a top-threeopponent on opening weekend. Some have said that it's the best non-conferencegame for many years, and it will give one team or the other a chance tosolidify their top four ranking. Top-ranked Alabama's showdown with No. 3Florida State is just one game in a five-day opening weekend that started withOhio State traveling to Indiana on Thursday night, the number two Buckeyeswinning 49-21 over the Hoosiers. Othergames featuring strong competition include No. 11 Michigan vs. No. 17 Florida andNo. 22 West Virginia vs. No. 21 Virginia Tech, which will be played on LaborDay (Monday). In Cricket, in England: The West Indies team has been touring England since August 1st,competing against various county teams, playing England in three Test Matches,playing one T20, and at the end of September, concluding their tour with 5ODIs. (remember, T20 means that eachside pitches 20 overs (series of six pitches), while ODIs are One DayInternational matches). Today the WestIndians play against Leicestershire at their home grounds of Grace Road. Grace Road has been in continuing operationsince 1877, although the County Team took a hiatus, and played elsewhere for afew decades before the Second World War. In their last five matches, dating back to 1984, the Leics have neverbested West Indians, but have drawn with them 4 times. During this tour, the West Indies have playedto a draw in their first three County matches, and in their two tests againstEngland so far have won one and lost one. Today's match will be the first of a two day competition. Unlike anyother sport, possibly, Cricket's organization is legendary. Today's timetable lists an 11 am start, Lunchfrom 1 to 1:40 p.m., Tea from 3:40 to 4 p.m., and the Close of the match at 6 p.m. In Spain: The Vuelta aEspana has been heating up in the second week of competition. Riders have toured the southeastern regionsof the country in recent days, including an ascent to a mountaintop weatherstation dusted with snow. In Spain. InAugust. Chris Froome and the Sky team have been driving the train in recentdays, with Vicenzo Nibali, in second place but gaining ground in recent days,down by 59" and Alberto Contador,who is at the edge of retirement, is gaining ground at 3'13" back, and isin 9th place. -- Posted By Rex to SR at 9/02/2017 12:20:00 AM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
