Wondering this morning AGAIN why we have so many post season bowl games with the vast majority of them meaning absolutely nothing. No disrespect for bowls like the Independence, but Shreveport in late December is hardly a prime destination. It is cold up there. Before the Visitor's Bureau writes I am aware of the casinos and entertainment that has been added in the last twenty years. That, however, hardly ties into college football.
Texas A&M again showed how far the football program is from real respectability in losing 44-20 to an under achieving Georgia Bulldog team. Oh for the glory years of R.C. Slocum!...
Is Mike Leach's "benching" as coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders in their upcoming bowl game an over-reaction? Was the whole situation a result of complaints from a player who felt under-used and supported by a family with major football and media ties? Is the whole thing a way to make Leach uncomfortable enough that he will actually take one of the coaching offers that may have come his way in recent years? Do school administrators think Leach has become too BIG? OR, was what Leach did simply a very bad move in possibly pressuring a player to practice who should have been held out while his concussion totally cleared up? The answer is likely somewhere in the middle. What Leach may have done is simply "old school". Unfortunately the old school has been closed for years and in this age it will always bring criticism. Next will be to see what the fallout actually is...
That boob move by the Indianapolis Colts and staff to pull the vets before they had clinched a win over the New York Jets on Sunday has direct effect on the Texan's playoff chances. Two of the three scenarios for the Texans to make the field involve the Jets losing. Had Indy kept its unbeaten season alive and used the regulars on Sunday the Jets would have been eliminated already...still steamed on this because the Colts could have justified resting their guys in the final game this week against a team NOT contending for anything--the Buffalo Bills. They jumped the gun and have affected the NFL standings...
The ONE NHL game of the season I never miss is coming up. Its the Jan 1 game (sorry Bowl games) that is played outside. I got hooked when they played in Buffalo in the snow two years ago. Last year they were at Wrigley Field. This year they play hockey at Fenway Park. I love it. Word is, Yankee Stadium is going to be the site next year.... Now that Minnesota is getting an outdoor park for the Twins I can't wait till they play in -15 degrees with snow up there some day...I'll be happy to watch on TV...
Surely no one is surprised that Tracy McGrady and the word "trade" are now linked. This is addition by subtraction... The Rockets simply need to move him and his salary. They don't need any players (draft picks would be OK) for the good of the team. The chemistry on this team is so important and losing any of the key guys even to get players of better talent, but with less of that same hustle and hard nosed play of the current group might be a mistake....
Looking forward to Friday when we can start saying, "Twenty-ten" as the year instead of "Two-thousand one...or Two thousand nine." Just nice and shorter and clean...more like "Nineteen ninety nine', what we have all lived our lives with until the 2000s started.
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