BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Break time is over.With four races left in the Sprint Cup regular season, the push for NASCARs playoffs revs up at Bristol Motor Speedway with the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race on Saturday night.Sprint Cup drivers got a final week off last weekend and now race uninterrupted through the season-ender in Florida on Nov. 20. The immediate concern for most of those in the garage is making the 16-team Chase field -- either insiders shoring up a dicey spot on the end of the grid or outsiders making a last-ditch charge to get in.During the off weekend, I spent a lot of much-needed time with my family, six-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson said. I feel like the battery is charged and ready to go for the final stretch of the regular season and then the most important part of the year for us.Johnson, with two victories this season, is among 10 drivers locked into the Chase. Many others are less certain about their chances.I think we have to be aggressive, said Austin Dillon, who would make his first playoff appearance at No. 13 right now. Any time you start playing defense and start playing that game, it seems to hurt you.Dillon and his Richard Childress Racing team cant afford to sit back. He is only 47 points in front of Trevor Bayne, the first driver out at No. 17. And there are the issues of race winners Tony Stewart and Chris Buescher.Three-time series champion Stewart missed the first eight races this season recovering from back surgery and received a playoff waiver from NASCAR if he qualified. He won at Sonoma in June and, at 26th in the standings (race winners must also be among the top 30 in points), has a provisional, and likely, playoff spot.Buescher, last years Xfinity Series champion, won a rain-shortened race at Pocono last month, but is currently three points short of the cutoff.Its time to go out there and get every point we can get every time were out on the track, Buescher said. And from there, well just let it play out.If Buescher succeeds, thats one fewer spot for more familiar contenders -- something all of them are painfully aware of.I know Im in the Chase right now, but I havent viewed that way since (Buescher) won, said Kyle Larson, currently 16th in points and the first left out if Buescher gets in.The other drivers in on points alone right now are Ryan Newman in 11th, then Chase Elliott, Dillon, Jamie McMurray and Larson. The regular season concludes after Bristol with races at Michigan on Aug. 28, Darlington on Sept. 4 and Richmond on Sept. 10.Expect some hard-charging, risk-taking racing the next few weeks, starting at the always tricky half-mile Bristol layout. Following the Food City 500 in April, track officials coated part of the racing surface with a compound designed to entice racers to use the traditional, bottom-groove line as the quickest way to get around.Carl Edwards, who won Bristols spring race, said practice sessions for the summer event did not answer many questions about the best place to run.I dont know if anyone knows where the fast groove is going to be, he said.Edwards is among the fortunate 10 whove combined wins with consistent performances and wont bite their nails worrying about Saturday night.Edwards said his fourth career Bristol victory gave his team the opportunity to try different setups and techniques that might be useful when the Chase starts at Chicagoland Speedway on Sept. 18. It also allows Edwards to get creative, knowing a mistake or two wont end his season on the outside.For us guys that have wins, we just get to go try everything, Edwards said. And thats a fun way to race. Nike Zoom Sortie . Ryan Garbutt had a goal and two assists as Dallas snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. Nike Zoom Pas Cher Chine .C. at the helm of the top team in the Eastern Conference. His tenure as the GM in Vancouver was all too brief. Though he led the Canucks to what was then a franchise record-shattering campaign in just his second season, Nonis was gone and replaced one year later. http://www.nikezoompascher.fr/ . Thousands of Southern California fans enveloped the Trojans to celebrate an improbable win secured by an interim coach, an inconsistent kicker and a thin defence that wouldnt break. Nike Zoom Soldes .7 million, one-year contract, a raise of $2.2 million. Wieters had asked for $8.75 million and the Orioles had offered $6. Nike Zoom Pas Cher . "I was fortunate to play many years at this level with a great organization and unbelievable teammates," said Hejduk in a statement. USCs Clay Helton is 1-5 since being named the Trojans head coach in November.Helton told reporters last week that he meets with new USC athletic director Lynn Swann following every game, including after last weeks 31-27 defeat at Utah.He was extremely supportive, Helton told reporters on a teleconference this week.Its a good thing Helton and Swann havent met at an airport tarmac yet.After falling to the Utes in a game in which the Trojans blew a 14-point lead, USC is 1-3 for the first time since 2001. The Trojans have already switched quarterbacks, although it seems Helton made the right move in replacing Max Browne with backup Sam Darnold.The Trojans were among 11 teams axed by The Eliminator this week. Through four weeks, 77 of the 128 FBS teams have been eliminated for the four spots in the College Football Playoff, leaving 51 teams under consideration for the playoff.Heres where the FBS stands after Week 4:Jump to sections: Whos in??| Still in contention | On the fence | Better luck next season | Previously eliminatedWhos in?The top four seeds in the College Football Playoff stay the same after Week 4. Alabama rolled Kent State 48-0 and remains the No. 1 seed. No. 2 Ohio State was off this past week, and No. 3 Louisville won 59-28 at Marshall last week. No. 4 Michigan scored 40 points or more again, routing Penn State 49-10 in the Big House. Well start to see some clarity this coming weekend, as Louisville plays at Clemson, which might go a long way in deciding which team wins the ACC Atlantic Division.Still in contentionAlabama Crimson TideTrending: UPAdmit it, Coach Saban: its not going to be as much fun beating LSU without the Mad Hatter on the sideline.Baylor BearsTrending: UPDont look now, but the Bears are playing pretty good defense under interim coach Jim Grobe. Baylor held Oklahoma State to only 3.9 rushing yards per attempt and forced four turnovers in a 35-24 win.Clemson TigersTrending: UPESPN Stats & Info says Clemsons Deshaun Watson added about nine points per game in 2015, which was more than any FBS quarterback. Through four games this year, Louisvilles Lamar Jackson is adding 12.8 points, which is more than any FBS player in the past 10 seasons.Florida State SeminolesTrending: UPCharles Kelly is still turning Jimbo Fisher into Brian Kelly every Saturday.Houston CougarsTrending: EVENYeah, Tom Herman might want to get used to answering those LSU questions.Louisville CardinalsTrending: UPCardinals quarterback Lamar Jackson has accounted for 25 touchdowns this season. Michigan is the only other FBS team that has scored more.Miami HurricanesTrending: EVENNo, nobody noticed Miami passing Georgia in the AP Top 25 rankings this week.Michigan WolverinesTrending: UPMichigan cornerback Jourdan Lewis is a potential All-American and possible high-round choice in next springs NFL draft. The good news: NFL kickers arent as big as Penn States Joey Julius.Nebraska CornhuskersTrending: UPEarly leader for best coaching job of the year: Nebraskas Mike Riley convincing quarterback Tommy Armstrong that hes Tommy Frazier. Armstrong had a 93.6 QBR and rushed for a career-high 132 yards (and didnt have a turnover) in last weeks 24-13 win at Northwestern.Ohio State BuckeyesTrending: EVENThe Buckeyes didnt play last week and host Rutgers on Saturday. Man, Urban Meyer is really catching up on his honey-do list.Stanford CardinalTrending: UPCardinal defensive lineman Solomon Thomas was either the most popular or hated man in Las Vegas on Saturday night. On the final play at UCLA, Thomas picked up Josh Rosens fumble and rumbled 42 yards for a touchdown, sealing a 22-13 win.Tennessee VolunteersTrending: UPSeriously, put the cocktails down, Volunteers fans. Youve celebrated long enough.Texas A&M AggiesTrending: UPTexas A&Ms Kevin Sumlin is one of four SEC coaches who won eight or more games in each of the past four seasons. Georgia fired Mark Richt, LSU fired Les Miles and Alabama isnt going to fire Nick Saban.Washington HuskiesTrending: EVENThe Huskies might want to keep an eye on Stanfords Christian McCaffrey on Friday night. He had 300 all-purpose yards in a 31-14 win over the Huskies last season. He had 109 yards on 23 rushes, 112 yards on five receptions and 79 yards on kickoff returns.Wisconsin BadgersTrending: UPYeah, maybe Helton should have kept Justin Wilcox as his defensive coordinator. Under Wilcox, the Badgers rank in the top 15 in FBS in scoring defense (11.8 points per game), rushing defense (80.5 yards) and total defense (277 yards).On the fenceAir Force FalconsTrending: UPAfter opening Mountain West Conference play with a 27-20 win at Utah State, the Falcons play the first leg in the race for the Commander-in-Chiefs Trophy at home against Navy on Saturday.Arizona WildcatsTrending: UPThe Wildcats might have lost 35-28 in overtime to Washington, but coach Rich Rodriguez has to be encouraged by his teams dramatic improvement. The bad news: Freshman tailback J.J. Taylor, who was playing in place of injured Nick Wilson, broke his left ankle and is out for the rest of the season.Arizona State Sun DevilsTrending: UPThe Sun Devils rallied to score 31 points in the fourth quarter of a 51-41 victory over Cal. It was only the second time in the past five seasons that an FBS team scored at least 30 points in the fourth quarter to come from behind to win. The Bears lost both times.Arkansas RazorbacksTrending: DOWNHogs coach Bret Bielema is our only hope for any sort of comedy at SEC media days.Auburn TigersTrending: UPNice job, Tigers. You cost a damn fine man his job. By the way, field goals probably arent going to beat Alabama.Boise State BroncosTrending: UPThe Broncos moved to 3-0 for the first time since 2011 with a 38-24 win at Oregon State, which was their fourth consecutive victory over a Pac-12 opponent. The Broncos open Mountain West play against Utah State at home.Cincinnati BearcatsTrending: DOWNHas anyone seen Gunner Kiel in Cincinnati?Colorado BuffaloesTrending: UPThere are some athletic directors out there who could learn a lot from Colorado AD Rick Georges patience. Buffaloes coach Mike MacIntyre went 2-25 in Pac-12 play during his first three seasons, but now hes beating Oregon.Florida GatorsTrending: DOWNIt has been 368 days since Florida beat Tennessee.Georgia BulldogsTrending: DOWNAt least Kirby Smarts first loss as Georgias coach was memorable.Georgia Tech Yellow JacketsTrending: DOWNMark Richt lost to the Yellow Jackets about once every five or six years as Georgias coach. The Hurricanes should be OK in Atlanta on Saturday.Indiana HoosiersTrending: DOWNWhen you havent won four Big Ten games since 2001, losing to Wake Forest in nonconference play isnt going to help your postseason chances. Now, those Hoosiers are going to have to go at least 5-4 against Big Ten foes to go back to a bowl.Iowa HawkeyesTrending: DOWNIm pretty sure theres a clause in Kirk Ferentzs new contract that would have voided his extension if the Hawkeyes had lost to North Dakota State and Rutgers in consecutive games.Kansas State WildcatsTrending: EVENThe Wildcats beat FCS foe Missouri State 35-0 in a game that was called at halftime because of lightning. If only it had stormed for the Gators in Knoxville, Tennessee.LSU TigersTrending: DOWNTigers interim coach Ed Orgeron said he would have someone in the press box devoted solely to clock management and late-game strategy. They didnt have someone doing that before?Maryland TerrapinsTrending: DOWNThe Terps had last week off and will have a great chance at starting 4-0 when they host Purdue on Saturday.Memphis TigersTrending: UPTwo years ago, Memphis quarterback Riley Ferguson was working for a fence company in South Carolina, after he walked away from a scholarship at Tennessee. Last week, he threw six touchdown passes and ran for a seventh in a 77-3 rout of Bowling Green.Michigan Staate SpartansTrending: DOWNBoy, I bet practice is fun in East Lansing, Michigan, this week.ddddddddddddMinnesota Golden GophersTrending: UPMinnesota freshman Taiyon Devers has three tackles this season -- all of them were sacks and all of them led to fumbles. Colorado State quarterback Collin Hill will probably never forget one of them.Navy MidshipmenTrending: EVENAir Force and Navy have played 48 previous times, but Saturdays game in Colorado Springs is the first time theyve played when they were both undefeated. The winner went on to claim the Commander-in-Chiefs Trophy in each of the past 19 seasons.North Carolina Tar HeelsTrending: UPTar Heels quarterback Mitch Trubisky probably wouldnt mind if his receivers played in bathrobes against Florida State. After wearing bathrobes in warm-ups to suggest that people were sleeping on UNC receivers, Bug Howard, Mack Hollins and Ryan Switzer combined for 23 catches for 313 yards with four touchdowns in a 37-36 win over Pitt.Oklahoma SoonersTrending: EVENThe Sooners didnt play last week, but theyre still sitting at the bottom of the Big 12 standings. Theyll have a chance to rebound at No. 21 TCU on Saturday.Ole Miss RebelsTrending: UPRebels coach Hugh Freeze probably wont have to remind his players that they lost to Memphis 37-24 last season.Oregon DucksTrending: DOWNSo a Duck can pull a truck -- and it can lose to Colorado.Pittsburgh PanthersTrending: DOWNWe nearly pulled the trigger on the Panthers after they lost back-to-back games at Oklahoma State and North Carolina, but were still not convinced theyre not as good as anyone else in the ACC Coastal Division.San Diego State AztecsTrending: EVENThe Aztecs didnt play last week, but star tailback Donnel Pumphrey still has 33 more rushing yards than any other FBS player.TCU Horned FrogsTrending: UPGraduate transfer John Diarse has 16 catches for 290 yards with one touchdown in four games with TCU, which is more than he had in each of the past two seasons at LSU. Maybe that LSU offense did need some tweaking.Texas LonghornsTrending: EVENAfter spending the off week evaluating his program, Texas coach Charlie Strong said he doesnt think his coaching staff needs any changes. Defensive coordinator Vance Bedford is still running the defense.Texas Tech Red RaidersTrending: EVENKansas coach David Beaty said earlier this week that there arent five humans on this Earth better than Texas Techs Kliff Kingsbury. He might not be saying the same thing after facing Kingsburys offense on Thursday night.Toledo RocketsTrending: EVENRockets first-year coach Jason Candle is picking up where Matt Campbell left off. The Rockets have piled up at least 516 yards of offense in each of their first three games and had 619 in a 52-17 rout of Fresno State two weeks ago. Toledo will get its first big test at BYU on Friday night.UCLA BruinsTrending: DOWNThe Bruins fell to Stanford 22-13 for the ninth straight time last week. Losing streaks dont last forever. Ask Tennessee.Utah UtesTrending: UPUtes coach Kyle Whittingham might want to buy a lottery ticket. The Utes are 5-for-5 on fourth down this season, and they converted four in last weeks 31-27 win over USC, including two on their winning drive.Virginia Tech HokiesTrending: UPGreat stat from ESPN colleague David Hale: Virginia Techs Jerod Evans is the only quarterback in FBS with more than 13 touchdowns and one or fewer interceptions. Only 12 other quarterbacks have done that in the past decade, including two Heisman Trophy winners, three NFL first-round draft picks and seven players who started in the pros.Wake Forest Demon DeaconsTrending: UPWho else had Wake Forest having more victories than Notre Dame, Oklahoma and USC combined heading into October?Western Michigan BroncosTrending: UPSaturdays game at Central Michigan might be the Directional U. Game of the Century. The Broncos are 4-0 for the first time since they went 5-0 in 1995 and already have wins over Northwestern and Illinois.West Virginia MountaineersTrending: UPThe Mountaineers have allowed one sack in three games. Dana Holgorsen isnt even sure that one was legitimate. He scrambled out and got back to the line.Better luck next seasonArmy Black KnightsTrending: DOWNAfter a difficult week, the Black Knights fell 23-20 in overtime to Buffalo on Saturday night. After shutting out each of its first three opponents in the fourth quarter, Army allowed two touchdowns in the final nine minutes of regulation to blow a 20-6 lead.Central Michigan ChippewasTrending: EVENThe Chippewas showed a lot of grit in rallying from a four-touchdown deficit at Virginia, but they gave up too many big plays down the stretch in a 49-35 loss. It wont get any easier in the MAC opener against Western Michigan.East Carolina PiratesTrending: DOWNYeah, NC State must not be very good. Since beating the Wolfpack 33-30, the Pirates have lost 20-15 at South Carolina and 54-17 at Virginia Tech.Georgia Southern EaglesTrending: DOWNIts OK to admit that last weeks 49-31 loss at Western Michigan didnt hurt as much after former Eagles coach Brian VanGorder was fired as Notre Dames defensive coordinator the next day.Oklahoma State CowboysTrending: DOWNFour of the Pokes final five possessions in their 35-24 loss at Baylor ended at the Bears 11, 3, 1 and 24. The Cowboys came away with three points. Thats how you lose.Oregon State BeaversTrending: DOWNIt was fun while it lasted. Look on the bright side: Oregon State lost to Minnesota by one touchdown and Boise State by two. Baby steps. Baby steps. I promise Gary Andersen will get you there.Penn State Nittany LionsTrending: DOWNWhy hasnt anyone asked James Franklin whether hes interested in the LSU job?Rutgers Scarlet KnightsTrending: DOWNThe Scarlet Knights showed a lot of fight under first-year coach Chris Ash in last weeks 14-7 loss to Iowa. The bad news: They lost star receiver/kick returner Janarion Grant to a season-ending ankle injury.South Carolina GamecocksTrending: DOWNWelcome back to reality, Gamecocks. Will Muschamp isnt going to work miracles.South Florida BullsTrending: DOWNThere goes Dalvin Cook again.USC TrojansTrending: DOWNWhat will former USC athletic director Pat Hadens legacy be 20 years (or four months) from now?Previously eliminatedEliminated in Week 3: Boston College Eagles, Duke Blue Devils, Illinois Fighting Illini, Marshall Thundering Herd, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles, Syracuse Orange, Texas State Bobcats, Vanderbilt CommodoresEliminated in Week 2: Akron Zips, Ball State Cardinals, BYU Cougars, California Bears, Connecticut Huskies, Eastern Michigan Eagles, Florida Atlantic Owls, Idaho Vandals, Kansas Jayhawks, Louisiana Monroe Warhawks, Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders, Nevada Wolf Pack, New Mexico Lobos, NC State Wolfpack, Old Dominion Monarchs, Purdue Boilermakers, SMU Mustangs, South Alabama Jaguars, Texas San Antonio Roadrunners, Troy Trojans, Tulsa Golden Hurricane, UCF Knights, UNLV Rebels, Utah State Aggies, UTEP Miners, Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, Wyoming CowboysEliminated in Week 1: Appalachian State Mountaineers, Arkansas State Red Wolves, Bowling Green Falcons, Buffalo Bulls, Charlotte 49ers, Colorado State Rams, Florida International Golden Panthers, Fresno State Bulldogs, Georgia State Panthers, Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, Iowa State Cyclones, Kent State Golden Flashes, Kentucky Wildcats, Louisiana Lafayette Ragin Cajuns, Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, Massachusetts Minutemen, Miami(Ohio)RedHawks, Mississippi State Bulldogs, New Mexico State Aggies, North Texas Mean Green, Northern Illinois Huskies, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio Bobcats, Rice Owls, San Jose State Spartans, Temple Owls, Tulane Green Wave, Virginia Cavaliers, Washington State Cougars China NFL Jerseys Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys NFL Jerseys Cheap Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap Basketball Jerseys Online Stitched Hockey Jerseys Wholesale Baseball Jerseys Football Jerseys Outlet College Jerseys For Sale Cheap MLB Jerseys Wholesale Soccer Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys For Sale Wholesale NFL Jerseys ' ' '