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The Bill Pollock Show–Billy Joel still a go at Busch, My top 5 songs, plus #Mizzou – Auburn preview (PODCAST)

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I’m excited…seeing Billy Joel at Busch Stadium on Thursday…it was a bucket list item.  I’ll play my top 5 Billy Joel songs.  See if you agree with my list.

Zack Blackerby works for a sports radio station in Auburn.  I called him up to preview the Tigers-Tigers game.

Also, nobody had to guts to ask Barry Odom if he needed this win to keep the fans on his side.  I did…I asked him.  You’ll hear his answer.

Alex Gordon of the Royals helped break a major league record for home runs.  What happened to Moose?

Dexter Fowler coming up big for the Cardinals down the stretch.

#STLCards and Brewers close in on second NL Wild Card spot

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Dexter Fowler hit a tying homer in the eighth inning and a go-ahead double in the 10th, helping the Cardinals rally past the Cincinnati Reds 8-7 on Tuesday night.  This all followed after a five-run fourth inning put St. Louis on top after the Cardinals fell behind 4-0 early.  The Cardinals took the lead early on a Yadier Molina three-run homer and Paul DeJong followed with his 23rd of the season.

Cardinals rookie Jack Flaherty lasted just two innings in his fourth major league start.

The Cubs ran their winning streak to seven games with a 2-1 victory over the Rays at Tropicana Field.  Wade Davis struck out the side for his 32nd save.  Kyle Schwarber homered for Chicago, which allowed only one hit.  The Cubs lead the Brewers by three-and-a-half games in the NL Central and still six over the Cardinals with 12 games left.

Domingo Santana’s solo homer in the fourth was all the offense the Brewers needed in their 1-0 win over the Pirates in Pittsburgh.  Chase Anderson struck out eight over six five-hit innings to improve to 11-and-3.  Corey Knebel nailed down his 37th save.

Hunter Pence’s sac-fly RBI in the bottom of the ninth gave the Giants a 4-3 win over the Rockies in San Francisco.  Charlie Blackmon clubbed a two-run double for Colorado, which has lost its last two.  Colorado is now only a game ahead of Milwaukee for the second NL wild card spot, while the Cardinals are 3.5 out.

#Royals drop opener in Toronto

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Darwin Barney drove in three runs as the Blue Jays topped the Royals 5-2 in Toronto.  Alex Gordon’s home run in the eighth was the 5,694th long ball of the season, breaking a single-season record set in 2000.  Ian Kennedy surrendered two runs over five innings to take the loss for the Royals.

The Royals take on the Blue Jays again tonight in Toronto.  It’s the second of their three-game series at Rogers Centre.  Jake Junis will start for KC, while the Blue Jays hand the ball to Brett Anderson.  The Royals are 73-and-77, 4 1/2 games out of the second AL wild card.  KC has 12 games remaining.

#Mizzou releases 2018 football schedule

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Some Mizzou fans may have given up on the 2017 football after Saturday’s game vs Purdue, and the release of the 2018 football schedule by Mizzou athletics is purely coincidental.

The Southeastern Conference finalized the 2018 football schedules for all 14 schools.

The 2018 season will begin with two home non-conference games against UT-Martin on Sept. 1 and Sept. 8 against Wyoming.  The Tigers go on the road to face Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind. on Sept. 15.  The SEC opener is on Sept. 22 in Columbia against Georgia.  After an open date on Sept. 29, the Tigers will take to the road for consecutive games at South Carolina (Oct. 6) and at Alabama (Oct. 13). The Tigers will return home for two weeks, beginning with an Oct. 20 game against Memphis, followed by Kentucky on Oct. 27.  The Memphis game will mark Homecoming.  Mizzou will alternate away home games each week, beginning with a Nov. 3 game in The Swamp at Florida, followed by a Nov. 10 home game with Vanderbilt.  The regular-season schedule closes with a Nov. 17 game at Tennessee, and wraps up with the with Arkansas.

SAT SEP 1, 2018
VS UT MARTIN

SAT SEP 8, 2018
VS WYOMING

SAT SEP 15, 2018
AT PURDUE

SAT SEP 22, 2018
VS GEORGIA

SAT OCT 6, 2018
AT SOUTH CAROLINA

SAT OCT 13, 2018
AT ALABAMA

SAT OCT 20, 2018
VS MEMPHIS

SAT OCT 27, 2018
VS KENTUCKY

SAT NOV 3, 2018
AT FLORIDA

SAT NOV 10, 2018
VS VANDERBILT

SAT NOV 17, 2018
AT TENNESSEE

SAT NOV 24, 2018
VS ARKANSAS

The Bill Pollock Show–One quick fix could help the #Mizzou offense. Don’t be fast, just be right (PODCAST)

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The new cliche for college football head coaches is making sure their team plays well in all three phases of the game — offense, defense, special teams.  In my mind there is a fourth phase.  Coaching.

Barry Odom and his staff at Missouri have failed in the fourth phase.  They have not put their players in a position to be successful and I pinpoint one play in the first half of the Tigers 35-3 loss to Purdue to illustrate my point.  My one tip for the offense is simplistic, and could produce positive results.

I’ll explain the common sense fix on today’s podcast.

The Bill Pollock Show–Odom may be in over his head at #Mizzou – The one call that stuck out (PODCAST)

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It came at halftime.  That was the moment it hit me that Barry Odom may be in over his head.  Odom went into the locker room with a timeout in his pocket and they ran one play from scrimmage in 12 seconds after a first and goal.  What happened to playing fast on offense?

Everyone can slump a couple of weeks…even me when it comes to my college football predictions.  How did I do?  Not very well.

Even my baseball expert told us the Cardinals would take two out of three from the Cubs!  That didn’t happen and with that weekend sweep you can kiss the playoffs goodbye.

Hunt scores twice as Chiefs hold off Eagles

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Rookie running back Kareem Hunt had 109 total yards and two touchdowns to help the Chiefs edge the Eagles 27-20 in Kansas City.

Hunt collected 81 rushing yards and both of his scores on the ground and added 28 yards on three receptions in the winning effort.  Travis Kelce caught eight balls for 103 yards including the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter.

Alex Smith finished 21-of-28 for 251 yards and a score as the Chiefs improved to 2-0.

Philadelphia quarterback Carson Wentz threw for 333 yards, two touchdowns and a costly interception in defeat.  He was also sacked six times as the Eagles dropped to 1-and-1 on the year.

Elimination number in single digits for #Royals and #STLCards

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Indians 3, Royals 2

CLEVELAND — Corey Kluber pitched seven scoreless innings and Edwin Encarnacion belted his 36th home run as Cleveland defeated Kansas
City.

Kluber (17-4), who struck out nine and did not walk a batter, has
pitched 22 consecutive scoreless innings over his last three
starts. Cody Allen pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings to pick up his
28th save.

Cubs 4, Cardinals 3

CHICAGO — Jason Heyward hit a go-ahead RBI single with two outs in the seventh to help Chicago complete a sweep of St. Louis.

Heyward finished with three hits for the Cubs, who have won six
straight and climbed 17 games above .500. They also moved to six
games ahead of third-place St. Louis in the National League Central.

Dexter Fowler hit a three-run homer to tie the game off Cubs starter Jose Quintana.

Pedro Stop (5-4) earned the victory after throwing a scoreless
inning and Wade Davis secured his 31st save in as many chances.  Fowler flew out to the warning track in the ninth with a runner on to end the game.

Andy Reid looks to continue his success against former assistants as Chiefs host Eagles

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The Kansas City Chiefs look to build off their season opening win in New England when they entertain the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium.  The Chiefs opened the year with a stunning 42-27 win against the defending champion Patriots last Thursday in Foxboro.  It was the most points ever given up by the Patriots in head coach Bill Belichick’s 17-plus seasons.  Pro Bowl safety Eric Berry suffered a season-ending Achilles’ injury in the victory.

Alex Smith threw for 368 yards and four touchdowns, including two to rookie Kareem Hunt, who had 246 yards from scrimmage and three touchdowns in all.  His 246 yards are the most by any player making his NFL debut since the 1970 merger.  Smith was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week.

Carson Wentz threw for 307 yards, two TD’s and an interception as Philadelphia opened with a 30-17 win at NFC East-rival Washington.  The Chiefs won the most recent matchup in Philadelphia in 2013.

The game will feature Andy Reid facing his former team and a former player and assistant.  Doug Pederson left as the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator position to accept the head coaching job prior to last season.  Reid is 8-3 all-time against former assistants.

Odom searching for answers after blowout loss to Purdue (VIDEO)

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Breakdowns in all-three aspects of the Missouri Tigers game plan led to a blowout 35-3 loss to the Purdue Boilermakers at Faurot Field on Saturday afternoon. Missouri (1-2) has scored a combined 16 points since its 72-43 season-opening win over Missouri State. The Tigers managed just 203 total yards.

In the second quarter, Missouri’s offense was flagged on four consecutive plays.  Drew Lock struggled for the second straight game, completing 12 of 28 passes for 133 yards with two interceptions.

Mizzou was held to just 203 total yards of offense and the only points came on a a 29-yard Tucker McCann field goal as time expired in the half.  Even that was mishandled by Odom.

The Tigers gained a first down and the clock stopped with 12 seconds to reset the ball.  The Tigers had two timeouts remaining, but elected to run a play.  By the time they got the snap off and threw a pass to the endzone, eight second ticked away.  Missouri took one of their timeouts with the clock stopped at four seconds to bring out the field goal unit.

Mizzou could have stopped the clock by snapping the ball and Lock throwing the ball in the ground, which would have given them a second down with ten seconds.  Or immediately called timeout and had 12 seconds to potentially run two plays for a touchdown.

The Tigers defense allowed Purdue to score touchdowns on its first three drives of the game and led 28-3 at halftime.  David Blough completed 22 of 28 passes for 187 yards and one touchdown. Elijah Sindelar completed 4 of 6 passes for 85 yards and one touchdown as Purdue continued with a two-QB system.

After the game, Barry Odom didn’t have the answer after saying his team had a great week of practice.  That hard work is not carrying over to the field.

“Shouldn’t be,” when I asked coach Odom if there was a confidence issue with this team. “We’ve got a lot of really good players.  We’ve got to get it figured out.”

Watch Odom’s press conference.