I’m looking at the Memphis 10-day forecast on Weatherbug. Every high is between 75 and 82. Every low is between 64 and 68. PERFECT. We get to have a fall this year. It seems like, in recent years, the highs have stayed around 88 until the middle of October, then dropped like a rock into the 50s.
Cordelia’s Market has announced that beginning today, they will no longer offer their made-to-order sandwich and pizza menus after 4 PM. The reason why is that they’re expanding their line of ready-to-eat dinners, desserts, and sandwiches in their hot box, as well as grab & go offerings in their cooler.
The Daily Memphian has a recap of the Grizzlies’ open practice yesterday, including videos from the rookie dance contest. The first pre-season game is Tuesday at 7 PM, when the Grizzlies will host the 2021 NBA champions, the Milwaukee Bucks, at FedExForum. You can catch the game on TNT.
If you agree with me that the Grizzlies Grannies & Grandpas dance team performances are the best part of attending a game, you’ll want to mark Saturday, October 9 on your calendar. The Grannies and Grandpas will have their first show of the year as the Grizzlies host Atlanta. Come cheer my sweet friend Luanne who is new to the dance team this season!
CBS Sports has updated its bowl projections following week 4 of college football. With Alabama and Georgia both projected for the college football playoff, that clears the way for the number-three team in the SEC, currently Arkansas, to take the spot in the Sugar Bowl. CBS projects a rematch with Texas for the Hogs.
Memphis’ projection is a December 29 appearance at the Fenway Bowl in Boston, playing Louisville. Current projection for Memphis’ Liberty Bowl is Iowa State vs. Mississippi State. Of course, there’s still a lot of football to be played.
Oh, one more… Clemson, a fixture in the playoff since its inception, is now projected to play in the Cheez-it Bowl. Oh how the mighty have fallen. If anyone cares, Kansas State is their projected opponent.
From the CA: City leaders hoped a $30M grant would transform Foote Park at South City. Why it hasn’t worked.
If you’re still on the fence about getting vaccinated, here’s a piece of info that may sway you: If you are identified by the health department as a close contact of someone who has COVID-19, you are required to quarantine – UNLESS you’re fully vaccinated or have had the virus yourself in the last 3 months. Getting those shots is insurance against an unwanted interruption to your routine.
Redbirds fans: Your parent team the St. Louis Cardinals have made it to the National League Wild Card Game. The Cards play the Los Angeles Dodgers at 7:10 PM Wednesday. The game will be televised on TNT, and Wainwright vs. Scherzer is the starting pitcher matchup.
Fun link I found in today’s Morning Brew newsletter: The most counterintuitive facts in all of math, computer science, and physics. Here’s one customers of Aldo’s Pizza Pies should keep in mind: If you order two 12-inch pizzas, you get less pizza than if you order one 18-inch pizza.
It’s National Taco Day, so of course Maciel’s is my lunch recommendation Downtown.
All the times and TV channels have been announced for next Saturday’s college football games, so let’s go ahead and look at games of interest to Memphians:
- 15 Coastal Carolina at Arkansas State, Thursday, October 7, 6:30 PM, ESPNU
- Temple at 5 Cincinnati, Friday, October 8, 6:00 PM, ESPN
- 6 Oklahoma at 21 Texas, 11:00 AM, ABC
- 13 Arkansas at 17 Ole Miss, 11:00 AM, ESPN
- South Carolina at Tennessee, 11:00 AM, ESPN2
- 2 Georgia at 18 Auburn, 2:30 PM, CBS
- 4 Penn State at 3 Iowa, 3:00 PM, FOX
- LSU at 16 Kentucky, 6:30 PM, SEC Network
- 1 Alabama at Texas A&M, 7:00 PM, CBS
- Memphis at Tulsa, 8:00 PM, ESPN2
With that 11 AM lineup, I’m going to have to give some consideration to Max’s Sports Bar as a potential lead-off spot Saturday. Also, the PBR draft at Max’s is $1.25 cheaper than the place I usually go on Saturday.
A 4th-ranked vs. 3rd-ranked showdown? Sounds like that could be Cincy’s ticket into a playoff slot.
The Texas-Oklahoma game might very well determine who takes the Big 12’s spot in the Sugar Bowl.
All right, if you’re not a WWE fan, you’re dismissed. See you tomorrow.
Fantasy booking the second night of the WWE draft: The Usos get drafted to Monday Night Raw, which makes Paul Heyman blow a gasket because Jey and Jimmy have orders to beat the life out of Paul if he can’t get the Usos drafted to Smackdown.
So Paul Heyman proposes a match: The Usos vs. Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods. Winner gets to pick their brand; loser has to accept their draft assignment.
Kingston and Woods win the match and choose to stay on Raw with their New Day stablemate, WWE Champion Big E. The Usos put a beatdown on Paul Heyman as directed by their Tribal Chief, Universal Champion Roman Reigns. Brock Lesnar comes out to save his former adviser from the Usos, and the two reunite against the Bloodline in advance of the Reigns-Lesnar match in Saudi Arabia later this month.
Just an idea. Back tomorrow with more news, if there’s enough news to report.