10 Things I Want to See This Weekend in Sports

With the weekend ahead of us, good time for me to list 10 things I want to see this weekend with the Ryder Cup in full swing, baseball races going right down to the end and football heating up.

10. More of Jordan Spieth at the Ryder Cup, please, Tom Watson. This kid is a stud already at his young age and while I am not the biggest golf expert, to me it was a mistake by U.S. Captain Watson to sit him out in the afternoon session...predictably the red white and blue only got half a point in the afternoon session.

Oh and even worse was having Phil and Keegan out there and Spieth sitting out...and while I respect what Phil has done, he and Keegan got smacked by Dubuisson and Graeme. We're going to need all the help we can to beat the Europeans so the guys who give us the best chance to win need to play.

9. Texas Tech football to stop committing silly penalties. What did they have, like five million penalties in that game last night? I'm a huge fan of Kliff, but they showed why they lead the Big 12 in penalties.

8. The Astros to win at least two more games at Citi Field this weekend. They've already avoided 100 losses, but I'd like to see them finish strong with two wins against the Mets.

7. For Seattle to grab the last AL Wild Card spot and the A's to miss entirely. Simply because the A's eschewed their moneyball strategy and tried to be something they are not to go after a championship. You can't be something you're not.

6. For Drew Brees to shut Jerry Jones' obnoxious mouth. The Cowboys are 2-1 and he is already popping off two days before New Orleans comes to town. Want proof? I've got your proof right here: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/jerry-jones-on-dallas-cowboys--2-1-start--don-t-discount-us-200525418.html

Hey Jerry, you may not be so cocky after Brees goes for 500 and the Saints win. Then again, as long as the Cowboys get headlines and we're all talking about you, I guess you still win so congrats on that.

5. For Nebraska's defense to have a solid game in their final test before going to Michigan State next weekend. I'd like to see some more turnovers forced, some pressures on the quarterback and if possible hold Illinois to less than 20.

4. For the real San Francisco 49ers to please stand up and decide whether you're still a contender or not. They are 1-2 but have talent out the wazoo...and they better start playing like it because Chip Kelly and the boys are going in there feeling real good about themselves. The Niners do not want to start 1-3. Might as well say the same thing about Green Bay. Big games for both teams.

3. The Arkansas/Texas A&M football game. Like I said earlier this week, I'm intrigued by who controls the tempo in this game...the Hogs ground attack or the Aggies run and gun, NASCAR paced offense. And can anyone keep the other guy under 30 points in this game by chance?

2. For Jameis Winston to take Ameer Abdullah's advice. If you haven't seen it, read this: http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11570167/ameer-abdullah-nebraska-cornhuskers-says-jameis-winston-florida-state-seminoles-grow-up

I agree with every word said and the best part about it is that Ameer didn't pop off. It seemed like friend to friend advice as Ameer and Jameis both know each other from their Birmingham days. Right now, it seems to me that Jameis is a young man that feels he can get away with everything, so I can only hope as a fan of the sport that he takes Ameer's advice.

1. For the Kansas City Royals to end 29 years of playoff-less frustration. If you're an Astros fan, or any other fan, reading this you are probably asking yourself why am I putting this at #1 instead of football? And why no mention of Jeter?

First of all, Jeter had a great moment. Walking off in your final game with a base hit is an amazing way to go out. But the Kansas City Royals chasing a playoff spot deserves, in my view, just as much respect. And I love football, but this could be history in the making.

Try and walk a day in a Kansas City fan's shoes. Think about an entire region that once saw good baseball (yes, it is hard to imagine but the Kansas City Royals have had championship caliber teams. Many reading this are probably too young to have seen them at their peak but they did have good teams) that is starved for anything to cheer about. And this is a region that has seen some horrendous baseball over this current drought.

This is a franchise that, for now, currently holds the longest playoff-less drought of anyone in the four major North American sports and it isn't even close. The next closest team is the Toronto Blue Jays who haven't been to the playoffs in 20 years (also the last time they won a World Series).

It's a franchise whose fans saw the team trade Carlos Beltran, Jermaine Dye and Johnny Damon (two of which won World Series later). It's a team that, in the 2000s, had four 100 loss seasons in five years. It's a team that lost 19 games in a row one season. They've even had a guy drop a pop fly to lose a game during one of those seasons.

Even during these good times, they have Ned Yost running the show. A guy who got fired during the Brewers pennant race in 2008....also, a guy who doesn't use his pitching staff that well and a guy who could quite frankly manage the Royals out of a critical win down the road.

Yet, the impossible dream may come true tonight. With a win over the White Sox at any time this weekend, Kansas City will see at least one game of playoff baseball next week, against either the A's or Seattle with a chance to go to Anaheim for the divisional round. That is something I would definitely like to see.

Until next time....