...we're back. Whether we're better having had some rest on vacation, well...let's not get ahead of ourselves. First order of business is some housekeeping. Listed below are the scores from last week's pool. They are not good, which is to be expected in a week where Detroit, Tampa Bay and Tennessee all finally managed to get victories. Oakland did the 0-fer crowd proud, though, by continuing their unbroken streak of pathetic play. When the spread on the game is more than the average points the other team scores (Denver 12.7, spread was 15), it might be time to find a new team to root for. Anyway, on to the carnage:
SpragueND: 31 points
CU Lions: 26 points
QC: 25 points
Festering in Dallas: 15
Clown hater: 1
Geaux Irish: 0
First time anyone has achieved the coveted "zero" point total while still submitting picks. Reminds me of a story, actually. Back in high school in bucolic Evansville, Indiana (don't ask), I was invited to join a four member bowling team for the summer of my sophomore year. Since my other options were (i) working or (ii) working, I went with the bowling option. We had a team of two girls and two guys, and all of us could rightly be described as "very bad." But so was everyone else in this league.
The league decided that, due to occasional no-shows, it needed to institute a "blind score," which is a replacement score for any member of your team that did not show for the match (80 pins, in this case). By the end of the season, our other guy member was so bad that the girls on the team were openly rooting for him not to make the match because 80 pins was about 30 higher than he could possible achieve. I was rooting for him not to show for other, more devious reasons.
On to the world at large and some random musings.
The first BCS rankings were released Sunday and ND is eighth. I don't really have a problem with eighth since most of the teams ahead of ND are probably better. We'll see if we get to USC 10-1.
Articles today about Weis being approached by various NFL teams during the bye week. The best quote of the article was Weis saying "I'm here until they fire me, or I die." I don't think anyone's firing you anytime soon, coach.
Cardinals and Mets in a Game 7 tonight. Can either of these teams beat the Tigers? Mets probably have a better shot, if only because it would be strength against strength (Tiger's pitching versus met's hitting). The Cardinals don't hit or pitch as well as the Tigers, which means they'll probably win.
Miami football, despite Stewart Mandel's vigorous defense yesterday, is a thuggish program. What Stewart fails to understand is that you do not get a free pass on everything that has happened in the past. He wonders why the special prejudice for Miami. I would argue that it is because Miami, almost singularly during the past twenty-five years, has not only disgraced itself repeatedly in on- and off-field incidents, but has publicly reveled in doing so. For example, see Miami's former-player-turned-announcer. If you want to have a program that relies on "living on the edge," don't cry when the edge cuts you. And Donna Shalala as a university president is obscene. Please.
Hockey is apparently in-season. Who knew?
Currently reading Flags of Our Fathers. Only about 50 pages in, but absolutely terrific so far. it is the story of the six soldiers who raised the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima. If you're looking for an easy read that is also pretty powerful, pick it up. Also just finished Malcolm Gladwell's Blink, a book about harnassing the power of split-second impressions. Very interesting, although I liked his Tipping Point more.
Joe Theisman is atrocious. My ears literally bleed when I am forced to listen to his ramblings. Is there no one else who could do that job competently?
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At least I can balance out my zero from Week 6 with a 55 from Week 5. When are the rankings going up? Next week?
As for Miami, what a joke. Shalala, joke. Lamar, joke (see previous post on Oct 15th thread). Coker, he's a goner. If Miami does indeed go after Butch Davis, Butchie better command some huge dollars since he has the upper hand.
Hockey did indeed start, and the Chicago Blackhawks are supposedly in 2nd place. Quick, someone call Hell and see if their thermostat is broken. Seriously, hockey has no interest to me. I find watching Egyptian Squash matches at 3:45am on ESPN2 more entertaining than US hockey.
Baseball: the 2006 World Series looks to be a repeat of 2004 and 2005. Namely, the AL will probably sweep the NL regardless of the NL rep. Tigers pitching is good, and lucky for them they are now well-rested. Also, for the record my opinion is in no way affected by the fact my wife is a native from the land of Eminem & 8 Mile. She doesn't follow baseball, so she could care less.
Finally, any chance that Milwaukee guy with the NFL bomb threat can make it come true around the Raiders only???
If the Mets make the series, when they do the obligatory pre-game baseline introduction of the former 1986 World Champion Mets, what will that line look like? Will Straw be there with a huge ankle tracking device? Will Doc and Straw try and snort the foul line? Will Keith Hernandez still be rocking the 'stache, colorically enhanced by Just for Men, mouthing to the camera 'I'm Keith Hernandez'? Is HoJo still alive? Will they have Buckner there with them, since he was truly a part of their win? I mean, the veritable bevy of questions are endless. But the only questions veiwers will here will be the asinine rambling of Joe Buck and Tim McCarver, probably commenting on how that team defined team, how they are all class acts, and other such retarded ramblings.
I just felt the need to say something.
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