This week we take a deep dive into the major Minnesota sports teams. We try to figure out what the Minnesota Gophers, Minnesota Vikings, and Minnesota Timberwolves must do to become championship teams. We look at the Dalvin Cook situation and when is the right time to think about trading Karl Anthony Towns?

This week Pick em's:  #6 michigan vs Penn St            D:M    R:M  #8 Oklahoma vs #13 Baylor        D:O    R:O  #19 Purdue vs #4 Ohio St        D:O    R:O  #11 Texas A&M vs #15 Ole Miss        D:T    R:O #16 NC State vs #12 Wake Forest        D:W    R:NC  Minnesota VS #20 Iowa            D:I    R:G

NFL

Falcons Vs Cowboys            D:C    R:F  Saints Vs Titans            D:T    R:T  Browns vs Patriots            D:P    R:B  Panthers vs Cardinals            D:C    R:C  Seahawks vs Packers            D:S    R:P  Chiefs Vs Raiders            D:C    R:C  Vikings vs Chargers            D:V    R:V 

tie breaker Rams vs 49ers                     D:49ers                     R:Rams

Hypo 10 (Date of recording) MLB:      -World series finally wrapped up with the Atlanta Braves taking home a ring NHL:     -in the power rankings, Wild takes the top spot being 6-3     -They play next against the penguins on Sat, nov 6 NBA:     -The wolves are having a rough streak here due to some sputtering offensive play     -Their defense is solid but besides towns, the rest of the wolves are shooting under their      career percentages.      -Wolves recently lost to the magic, being outscored 43-19 in the fourth quarter. Yet we only lost      by 18     -the night before that, we had a heartbreaking loss to the nuggets due to essentially missed layups     -Wolves play the clippers tonight then will be playing the clippers againon friday. -- College:     -Gophers Volleyball team is on the road this week for two big conference matchups at ohio and illinois.         -they're 3-1 in the midst of a 12 game stretch in which they play eight top 25 ranked teams to end          their regular season     -Gophers Mens Basketball won their exhibition against Concordia St. Paul on the 1st         -Their season opener will be at home against [6:31 PM] Kansas City on the 9th     -Womens Basketball team also won their exhibition game this week again Minnesota Crookston         -Lindsay Whalen announced today that sophmore guard Katie Borowicz will miss the season          after undergoing surgery to repair a non athletic related injury         -Their Season opener is also on the 9th vs Jacksonville.      -Gophers Wrestling is also coming up soon as well, with the season starting on the 20th     -Gophers Football         -FLECK EXTENISON 7 YEARS 400K PAY RAISE 5.1MIL A YEAR         -Minnesota beat the breaks off of northwestern last week.         -The College Football Playoff announced its initial rankings for the 2021 season on Tuesday night         -Gophers were placed at No. 20 (ranked higher than then it is in either the associated press poll          31st or the AFCA coaches poll 30th)         -Gophers will be playing Illinois on Satuday NFL:     -Saints WR Micheal Thomas out for season     -Rodgers might miss game against Seattle this due to covid     -Odell Beckham Jr clearly isnt enjoying his job right now         -was excused from practice and team plans to talk with agent     -Former Raiders WR Henry Ruggs III, faces two felony charges in fatal DUI crash      -MINNESOTA VIKINGS DRAMA---     Speak your ish -

PICKEMS

LAST WEEK     DAD HAD 5 AND RANDY HAD 5 RIGHT     WENT DOWN TO TIE BREAKER, BOTH SCORES WERE OFF BUT RANDY HAD THE NUGGETS WINNING THE GAME.---

Liberty vs Ole Miss        D:O    R:O mich st vs purdue        D:ms    R:p mississippi st vs ark        D:ms    R:A Gophers vs Ill            D:G    R:g Aurburn vs Texas A&M        D:A    R:T

Nfl

Browns vs Bengals        D:Be    R:Be Broncos vs Cowboys        D:C    R:C Falcons vs Saints        D:f    R:f Patroits vs Panthers        D:pat    R:pat Packers Vs Chiefs        D:C    R:P Vikings vs Ravens        D:R    R:V

Tie Breaker

Clippers Vs Wolves(Friday)

D: clippers 112  Wolves 113       R: 101 - 95 MN

Hypo Sports Ep 8 "welcome back to episode 8 of hypothetically sports. Its Oct. 20th, 2021. I'm your host Alek and as always I'm joined by Randy and my Pops. Alright guys, lets take a look at what all went down this last week."

MLB: Update on how League Championship Series is going     Astros managed to tie their series 2-2 yesterday and will be playing again today (check when recording)     Atlanta leads their series with the dodgers 2-1 and play later today as well

WNBA: WNBA has found their champions this year and that honor goes to the Chicago Sky winning the series 3-1

NHL:      The Minnesota wild are have won all three of their games so far making them 3-0 (beating Ducks, Kings, and Jets in OT yesterday)     krilil took some hits and gave them right back, clear by watching this isn't the same wild team, play with  fearlessness     They play again on the 23rd against the Ducks again

NBA:      Recap:         Russ Struggles in opening game loss only getting 8 points while LBJ and AD drop 30,         Bucks look dominate with their 3 point shooting in 1st win and ring celebration,          Ben Simmons kick out of practice for not doing drills, Embild calls him a baby, is suspended for 1st game and apparently might have went to the strip club after.      Wolves:         Wolves Opener, are without pat bev 1st game as he is suspended from his cheap shot to Chris Paul in playoffs last yr         Wolves will be playing the Rockets tonight 

College:     Recap:         Ed Orgeron leaving LSU after 21 months and a national championship         Former Washington State Coach Nick Rolovich suing for wrongful firing         Purdue beat #2 Iowa and jumped to 25th in the polls         After winning every game since the embarrassing loss to bowling green Minnesota Gophers are predicted to play in the Music City Bowl     Gophers:         Gophers beat Nebraska 30-23         Play Maryland this weekend [3:29 PM] NFL:     Recap:         Lions are now the only winless team left in the NFL, fans fear they might go winless again         Ja'marr Chase is having an amazing year, leading rookies in the ROY race         Derrick Henry is far and away the best RB in the NFL, leading the titans to a win on Monday night         the Vikings gave up another 11 point lead for the 2nd week in a row, but won with a nice TD Catch in OT     Vikings:         Beat panthers 34-28         have a bye week and play next on the 31st

Pickems:     Last week:         Dad had 8 right, while randy 9 had right         No bonus points to be had this week

Wisconsin vs #25 Purdue        D:P    R:P #8 Ok St vs Iowa St        D:I    R:O #10 Oregon vs UCLA        D:U    R:O LSU vs #12 ole miss+        D:L    R:O #22 san Diego st vs air force    D:S    R:A Gophers vs Maryland        D:G    R:G

Washington vs Packers        D:P    R:P chiefs vs titans        D:T    R:T Bengals vs Ravens        D:R    R:R Lions vs Rams            D:R    R:R Bears Vs Bucs            D:TB    R:TB

TIMBERWOLVES V ROCKETS   D: 124-112 TIBER  R: 110-94 T

Hypo Sports Ep. 7 "Welcome to Hypothetically Sports. Its Oct. 13th, 2021. Im your host Alek and as always I'm joined by Randy and my Pops. So lets take a quick look into the sports world real quick here"

MLB:      +Division Series are wrapping up         -Astros, Red Sox, and Braves all clinched their spot for the League Championship Series         -Dodgers and Giants are tied 2-2             -Play tomorrow to see who goes of to face the Braves in the next bracket series.     +Fun Fact         -The #RedSox have won FORTY-ONE playoff games since the last time the #MNTwins have won a playoff game NHL:      +Regular Season Started on the 12th         -Ryan Donato scores first goal in Seattle Kraken History     +Wild         -Play first game of regular season Friday, Oct. 15th against the Anaheim Ducks NBA:     +Regular Season Starts Tuesday, Oct. 19th         -Wolves play their first game Oct 20th against the Rockets     +News Around League         -Nets GM came out with statement that Kyrie will not be allowed on the court until he is eligible to be a full participant         -Ben Simmons returns to Philly              -Trade talks dying down for now, but expected to pick up again once season starts.             -Still intends to not play for philly but Doc Rivers maintains hope [4:22 PM] College:     +Recap         -Alabama losing, dropping to Rank 5         -Iowa beats Penn to move to Rank 2         -Arkansas comes up short in their almost comeback against Mississippi         -Rest of the top teams in the nation dropped almost 40+ points     +Gophers         -Big news coming off Bye Week             -Trae Potts got hurt in 4th quarter and is out for season             -OL Carlos Dunlap transferring out         -Next game: Vs Nebraska on the 16th             -Team that almost upset Michigan     +Hypothecal Question:         -Something that has been going around on social media, the only major sport that isnt going on during this time right now is College Basketball.          So the question is: Should College Basketball move up its schedule  NFL:     +Recap         -John Grudens emails leaks, Resigns from raiders as a result         -IR bug going around in the NFL          -Colin Kaepernick talks about new show on Netflix and his desire to play in NFL again in interview     +Vikings         -After the Vikings made the game winning FG Zimmer and Kirk had a weird interaction         -Won against the Lions 19-17         -Plays the Panthers on Sunday  Pickems:     +Last Week         -Dad had 7 right         -Randy had 8         -No one had tie breaker points this week

Oklahoma State vs Texas        D:t    R:t Auburn vs Arkansas        D:ar    R:ar Purdue vs Iowa            D:i    R:i Baylor vs BYU            D:byu    R:bay ole miss vs Tennessee        D:m    R:m Nebraska vs Minnesota        D:n    R:m Georgia vs Kentucky        D:g    R:g

Bucs vs Eagles            D:b    R:e Bears vs Packers        D:p    R:b Bengals vs Lions        D:b    R:b Chiefs vs Washington        D:c    R:c cardinals vs browns        D:c    R:c raiders vs broncos        D:b    R:r Bills vs Titans            D:b    R:b Vikings vs Panthers        D:24-21 v    R:21-19

This weeks episode we look at the hype around the Timberwolves 1st preseason game. The Gophers headed into the bye week, and the Vikings stinking it up at home. As always we end the episode with our pick em. 

Hypo Sports Ep. 6 "Welcome Back to hypothetically Sports. It October 6th, 2021 and as always, My name is Alekzander and im joined here with Randy and of course my Pops. Lets start today off with talking about the NBA real quick"

NBA:     +Preseason started on Oct. 3rd         -Minnesota big 3 looked real good in 117-114 win

NHL:     +Wild record first preseason W, only giving up only 1 goal Monday night     +Regular season starts Oct. 15

College:     +Recap          -Upset happened with Oregon losing to Stanford in overtime          -Arkansas gets blown out by Georgia     +Gophers         -Came out with a W this week against Purdue         -Bye week but will be facing Nebraska on the 16th NFL:     +Recap         -Tom Brady joins Brees, Manning, Favre as fourth OB to beat all 32 NFL teams         -Urban Myer         -Minnesota now has two cornerbacks on the COVID-19 reserve list with Harrison Hand going on today.     +Vikings         -Lost to the browns 14-7             -Vikings only scored 1 second half touchdown all year         -Next week facing the Lions

Pickems:     +Last week         -Dad: Had 8 right         -Randy: Had 8 right         -Came down to tie breaker, and Randy had Chargers winning. so Randy wins pickems Oklahoma vs Texas        DAD:T    RJ:O ark vs Mississippi        DAD:M    RJ:M Georgia vs auburn        DAD:G    RJ:G San Diego st vs New Mexico    DAD:S    RJ:S Alabama vs Texas am        DAD:A    RJ:A peen st vs Iowa            DAD:P    RJ:I

rams vs Seahawks        DAD:R    RJ:R eagles vs panthers        DAD:P    RJ:P packers vs Bengal's        DAD:P    RJ:P bears vs raiders        DAD:R    RJ:R bills chiefs            DAD:B    RJ:C vikings vs lions        DAD:V    RJ:V

tie breaker

norte dame vs virgina tech    DAD:nd 38-24        RJ:nd 21-13

This week we look back at a bad Gophers loss and a great Vikings win. We hit on the 1 game playoffs of the WNBA, as well as giving our weekly picks!

Hypo Sports ep. 5 

WNBA:      + "For those who dont know"         -in the WNBA, the top two seeds get a bye all the way to the semifinals, while the third and forth          seeds receive a first round bye, but still have to play in a single elimination second-round game     +Sept 26th Lynx faced off against the Chicago sky in the second round         -unfortunately they lost to the sky 89-76 cutting playoff run short         -the sky moved on to the semi finals winning their first game of a best of five, they play again          the 30th

NHL:     +Wild had their first preseason game, losing to the Blues 6-2     +Their next preseason game will be on the 30th against the Avalanche

College:     +Recap         -Arkansas Beats Texas A&M to secure a spot in the AP Top 10         -A lot top 25 went down last week including Clemson who was rated top 3 at one point         -Ohio State player Kayvon Pope walks away from game, tweeting out "Good Luck" to team and "Fucc Ohio State" 

    +Gophers         -Lost to Bowling Green 14-10             -Thoughts on this             -How will it effect how the gophers are seen in future games         -Next week they face Purdue             -any faith after the bowling green performance NFL:     +Recap         -NFC             -Bears are embarrassing, Packers looking like they're back         -Texans have no quarterback         -New York doesn't have teams          -66 yrd game winning field goal RAVENS JUSTIN TUCKER         -Vikings record their first win     +Vikings         -Won 30-17         -Next week play against Browns [2:37 PM] Pick ems:     +Last Week         -Dad:5 right         -Randy:9 Right         -Randy tie breaker guess was 63-12 and the actual score was 63-14 iOWA VS mARYLAND        RJ:M        Dad:I MICH VS wi            RJ:M        Dad:M CINCINNATI VS NOTRE DAME    RJ:N        Dad:N OLE MISS VS BAMA        RJ:B        Dad:B BAYLOR VS OK ST            RJ:B        Dad:B gOPHERS VS PURDUE        RJ:G        Dad:G ARK VS GEORGIA            RJ:A        Dad:G

LIONS VS BEARS            RJ:B        Dad:L PANTHERS VS COWBOYS        RJ:C        Dad:C CHIEFS VS EAGLES        RJ:C        Dad:C CARDS VS RAMS            RJ:R        Dad:R RAVENS VS BRONCOS        RJ:R        Dad:B BUC VS PATS            RJ:B        Dad:B VIKINGS VS BROWNS        RJ:V        Dad:V

Tie Breaker: Raiders v Chargers Dad    42-38 Raiders Randy    28-21 chargers