10 Awesome Things That Happened This Weekend (9/27-9/29)

10. San Francisco Giants Give Hunter Pence $90 Million Extension
            Because when you can grossly overpay for a guy who put up a .283-27-99 line, you have to do it. I guess.

9. Henderson Alvarez Throws MLB’s Third No-Hitter in 2013

            Reason number 63,239,120,134 why baseball needs steroids. At least this no hitter was quirky.

8. Jimmie Johnson Wins Record Eighth Race at Dover

            No Credentials isn’t right very often (check our Week 4 NFL picks for proof), but we feel pretty good about nominating the Kenseth-Johnson-Busch trio as the cars to beat for the 2013 title. Johnson has put all memories of his late-summer swoon to bed.

7. Georgia Outguns LSU
            In a rare shoot-out in the SEC, Georgia’s Aaron Murray proved to be too much for LSU in the fourth quarter. After a season opening loss at Clemson, Georgia has put itself back into the national championship picture with two impressive conference victories.

6. Andy Pettitte Tosses a Complete Game in His Final Start

            Sunday was a nice moment for Pettitte, who during the Yankees dominant run in the late-90s was one of the key home grown cornerstones along with Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera.

5. Broncos Drop 52 on Philadelphia
            Peyton Manning and company simply ran the Eagles defense out of the building. Manning is on pace for 64 touchdowns through the first quarter of the season, which is a Madden-like pace.

4. Patriots Notch First Impressive Win of the Season, Beat Falcons

            Like most of this weekend’s NFL results, No Credentials didn’t see this one coming. Roddy White’s high ankle sprain has really put a damper on the Falcons offense. Unfortunately, the win came at the cost of Vince Wilfork, who is done for the season.

3. Seahawks Pull Off 17-Point Comeback in Houston

            Even Tony Romo said, “Man, that was a shitty throw”, when Matt Schaub made an awful across the body pass off his back foot that ended up in Richard Sherman’s hands. Denver has been flashier, but Seattle is the most impressive team in the first month of the season.

2. USC Cans Lane Kiffin

            As far as slime-ball college football coachs go, Lane Kiffin is at the top of the list. He’s never done anything that warranted any head coaching position he’s held. Glad to see him get the boot.

1. Walter White Takes Care of Business

            It was a fitting finale for one of the greatest television characters of all time.