Happy Monday folks! Another great weekend is in the books, so there is a good amount to catch up on from a few different corners of the sports world. I’ve got college football, NFL, and even some hockey to get to in today’s Weekend Recap.

Hello Lamar Jackson!

Talk about a coming out party. The Louisville quarterback is on an absolute roll to start the season. His latest performance may not have been the biggest statistically, but he led an absolute shellacking of Florida State on Saturday, 63-20. Jackson now has 18 total touchdowns (more than 114 schools this season in the FBS) and put himself as the early frontrunner for the Heisman trophy. Louisville now sits at #3 in the polls and will face #5 Clemson in two weeks, and what a game that could potentially be down in Death Valley.

Tide Rolls in Mississippi

Alabama found itself down 24-3 late in the second quarter against Ole Miss. It was looking like Hugh Freeze was going to do the unthinkable, win a third consecutive game against Nick Saban. Then the Tide score 14 points in the span of about two minutes to close out the first half, showing once again why this is the top team in the land until further notice. Bama then put foot to throat in the second half, jumping out to an 18 point lead in the fourth quarter before holding off a furious rally from the Rebels. Tough games still loom for the Tide, but I’m penciling this team in for a spot in a New Year’s Eve national semi-final.

The NFL War of Attrition has Begun

While there is still one game left tonight, but if your team got through the weekend with a win and no injuries consider yourself lucky. Every year there is always one or two weeks where it seems like players drop like flies. This was one of those weeks. While there is no official word on the severity of most of the injuries, here are just some of guys that went down during Week 2. Adrian Peterson, Danny Woodhead, Doug Martin, Ameer Abdullah, Arian Foster, Jonathan Stewart, Thomas Rawls, Jimmy Garrapolo, Donte Moncrief, and DeMarcus Ware. We’ll know by later today how long most of these guys will be out. The long list of injuries overshadowed a pretty sloppy day of football.

The Puck Dropped in the World Cup of Hockey, No One Told Team USA

Playoff hockey is pretty good, but international/Olympic hockey is about as good as it gets. The world’s best have assembled in Toronto for the first World Cup of Hockey since 2004. Team USA was stunned by Team Europe 3-0 in its Group A opener, and generally just didn’t seem to have any spark. The spark they were missing may have made its way over to Team North America. The US/Canadian under-23 team is basically the future All-Stars of the NHL. My goodness does this team have speed and are just relentless on the ice. Team North America is my dark horse pick to win it all, and opened up Group B play with a 4-1 win over Finland. The real test for the young guns is tonight’s game against the Alexander Ovechkin-led Russian team. Team USA plays Canada tomorrow night and desperately needs a win to avoid getting knocked out of contention.

Monday Night Football Preview

The Bears host the Eagles tonight on Monday Night Football and for ESPN’s sake I hope it’s a better game than the Niners-Rams game from last week. I’m not really sure what to make of the Bears, who lost last week on the road against Houston. It’s a talented team on offense but they’re quarterback is Jay Cutler. John Fox and Vic Fangio are two great defensive minds but the defense was missing Kyle Fuller and Pernell McPhee last week. Fuller is listed as questionable for tonight while McPhee won’t be back til midseason. Philadelphia also brings a bit of uncertainty into tonight’s game. The Eagles looked great last week…against the Browns. It is Carson Wentz’s first road game against a good defensive coaching staff that will try and throw out any trick in the book against the rookie QB. Defensively, the Eagles could be in trouble trying to defend Alshon Jeffery and Kevin White, who both have a significant height advantage over the Eagles secondary. The pass rush will have to get to Cutler because if he’s able to heave it up to either of his 6’3” targets, it could be a long night for Philadelphia. All that being said I’m going to take the Eagles +3 tonight, and I think they can win this game outright.

I’ll be back tomorrow to recap Monday Night Football, go over Week 2 of the NFL, update my top 5 power rankings, and talk fantasy football. Follow me on Twitter @thereal_jmooney and go like the Shooting the Moon page on Facebook.