Not to brag, but I think the high school team my program’s attached to just eliminated the Jets from playoff contention.

NFL News:

• Hurricane Irma is playing havoc (HAVOC!) with the NFL’s attempts to determine whether the Dolphins – Bucs game will be played.
  • The League has four options – moving to a neutral location; moving the game up to beat the storm; waiting until Tuesday to play the game; or postponing it until later in the season.
    • Postponing seems the smoother option, since both teams have a Week-11 bye
  • Thanks to DFO’s resident meterologists Dr. Rikki & Professor Don_T, we have – from last night’s open thread – some weather models that project the likelihood of Irma making landfall in the southern Florida area:

• 4:30PM ET Update: the game has been cancelled, with no rescheduled date at present.

• Somehow, the Raiders have ended up in a contract / pissing contest with Sebastian Janikowski.
  • His bad back & $4 million salary means the Raiders want a reworked deal in case he doesn’t last the season.
  • FYI – Janikowski and Tom Brady are tied for the NFL’s longest tenure with their current teams, having both entered the league in 2000.

• Seemingly rationalizing Vegas’ 1000-1 Super Bowl odds, Christian Hackenberg has been listed as #3 on the Jets depth chart going into Week-1.
  • Vinny Testaverde sits at home, biding his time…

Finally, it appears the Ezekiel Elliott decision will come down Tuesday.

• As a precaution, the Cowboys are continuing to practice Elliott with the #1 players to keep him up to game speed should the entire suspension be voided.

So, it’s the first day back at school. Luckily, I told all the kids to come tomorrow, so my colleague & I could get set up in relative peace. There have just been a few enquiries so far today.

So, what did I do for my summer vacation?

Well, for starters I went to Europe for a couple of weeks.

Then I spent the majority of the summer looking after the dogs, making sure the puppy didn’t destroy the house. That involved lots of adventures and walks,

and doing what I could to get an Open Thread together before heading off to the stadium to sell beer. Until preseason started, it looked a lot like this:

But then once FOOTBAW!!! returned, even if just the preseason form, it was more like this:

Anyhoo, welcome back to school, and welcome back football.

Tonight’s sports:

• U.S. Open Tennis:
  • Quarterfinals – 7:00PM | ESPN / TSN
• CONCACAF World Cup 2018 Qualifier:
  • Costa Rica vs. México – 9:30PM | TELMUN
• WWE:
  • SmackDown – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360
• MLB:
  • Blue Jays at Red Sox – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
  • Diamondbacks at Dodgers – 10:00PM | Sportsnet1

Two more days until Opening Kickoff. Not that I want to tell the Chiefs what to do, but Bernard Pollard is still available…

JUST SAYIN’!