The 2007 College Football Season died in Los Angeles around 6:30 PM Saturday afternoon. All that is left is some meaningful games against conference opponents and USC repaying the past eleven months from that 13-9 aberration. I loved every moment but payback is the ultimate biatch and we look prime for the spit.
Pete Carroll is still the best coach in the Pac-10 and probably the country. He works harder, recruits better, takes his lumps and deals with demanding alumni with candor and purpose. I can only hope that he has a Birkenstock moment and decides to work for UCLA for half of what he is now getting, actually maybe 35%. Pedro, we are a little closer to your home and you could go 8-3 every year and be a hero in Westwood.
Karl Dorrell has reached the pinnacle of his coaching career and I am glad we were all here to see an alumni come back and lead his alma mater back from the abyss to comfortable mediocrity. Karl needs to be a receiver’s coach somewhere, not the head coach at UCLA. Dan Guerrero had no choice, he fired Toledo and Lavin, and our debt ridden, fire ravaged state could only afford so much state budget for head football coaches. I hope everyone feels sorry for us. We did hire Ben Howland and now he is the highest paid state employee.
College football is all about the quarterback. There are not any great teams with a bad quarterback. Kids are better trained, coached and developed than twenty years ago. More great QB’s are playing at more schools. The guy that used to be 4th string at USC is now helping Appalachian State beat Michigan. The guy that used to be 2nd string at UCLA is now helping Utah State beat UCLA.
There is a correlation on why USC has played for National Championships and won a few. They have two Heisman trophy winning quarterbacks among the elite in the NFL. The only QB the Bruins have in the NFL, is playing wide receiver for the 0-8 St. Louis Rams. BTW: Is Georgia Frontiere negotiating with Anaheim to bring the Rams back now that they suck and no one goes to the games? She married well seven times and she taught Carroll Rosenbloom how to swim in the Carolina surf. She is worth $400 million and she goes by the name of the derelict dancer, ticket scalper that she married after Carroll drowned in the ocean while she slapped on SPF 30 a hundred feet away…You go, girl!
There is parity in college and it is messing with the BCS. This could be the year where it does not all fall into place on December 2. I can not remember a season where so many higher ranked teams were underdogs to their opponents. 85 scholarships helps with parity but it is also about 18-22 year olds making tough decisions while throwing into Cover 2 on the road while rushed by a 275 pound Biology major who has 4.3 speed. And it is all documented on ESPN, ESPN2, Fox, and the Ocho. I made some bad decisions in college and I do not recall any of them costing the Bruins a bowl bid. My parents did get to meet some rather hostile Glendale Police officers but I think we expunged ….ah..er.. we worked that out.
Do we really care about the steroid controversy in baseball? It is not my body and lord knows…well that is another story about College in the 70’s but I want to see 450 ft. home runs when I go to the game. I appreciate a 2-1 game but nothing says HGH, like a bomb into the parking lot.
The masses went to see Mark McGuire hit 70 home runs, Sammy hit 66 and Barry hit 75. If their liver is going to explode and their balls fall off, that would be terrible, but do that in the privacy of your doctor’s office. I want you to bang it out of the yard.
We all knew something was in the flax seed oil but WTF, it was fun. Bud Selig knew, every owner did Bud while you owned the Milwaukee Brewers, you made an absolute ton of money through revenue sharing, the Fox TV contract, and that surreal Sausage Race. I am sure that you crafted at least the Sausage Race, Bud? You seem so fun and creative. I digress, Budster, you did the wave all along with the hoopla and excitement in baseball with circus freaks hitting 625 foot homeruns bringing the fans back to the park after a horrific strike. And then you leveraged that into becoming the commissioner of baseball. And then Pope Bud, you quietly sold the team for a fortune and now you are morally outraged about what went on while you were an owner?
I am not sure any of us wanted to see Barry hit more home runs than Hank but we were happy to watch. You would invite Hank Aaron to speak to your children. You would encourage your children not to behave like Barry Bonds.
I think the penalty for steroid use in baseball should be that your ex-girlfriend strips in Playboy and tells the world that you suck in bed and your testicles have shrunk because you took steroids. Oh wait, Kim Bell just did that to Barry. He will be found guilty of perjury and tax evasion not illegal steroid use. Regardless, his ex-mistress says he has small balls. Keep your $17 million but I walk tall in the locker room, Barroid!
Monday, October 29, 2007
Sunday, October 28, 2007
From the yard
Sunday, October 28, 2007
I was sitting in front of my 437 inch, 13,058 DPI Plasma LCD HD Surround sound home theater sports pig viewing system last Sunday afternoon wondering why I am watching the Raiders and the Chargers while the game of the season is on in Dallas. Dick Enberg constantly reminded me that once this dog of a game is over we will cut you immediately to the Dallas-New England game. They should have cut to that game at 1:15 PM. Both games ended up being dogs. But then I reminded myself that earlier that morning Meg Ryan and then Gwenyth Paltrow, took off their tops within fifteen minutes before 7:00 AM during some no-name movie called Flesh and Bones. So what are you going to do, some days are like that.
When are we going to have the family Buss on a reality TV show? I mean is there any more dysfunctional and entertaining family in all of sports ownership? The good Dr. Jerry dresses like he is a lounge act in Laughlin and gets DUI’s with girls 50 years younger than him. Jeanne dates the team’s head coach and has stripped for Playboy. And if you took Jim Buss, put him in Lancaster, you would think he would know where to get Crystal Meth for sure! Nice job Jer, when the Kobe situation starts to quiet down, you lob a grenade into the mess on the first day of practice. Doc, you think anyone is going to care about you, your wacky family or the Lakers if you trade Kobe?
Trojan Nation, forget the wheels, where is the cart? All is not well in Troy. You should have hoped Cal would be unbeaten when you play them. UofA is awful and you played at home. Trojans will lose another. Release your hotel reservations in New Orleans, get your deposit back. San Diego is nice that time of year and that is where you are probably headed. The Rose Bowl will not want you either. Cal or Oregon will be in Pasadena.
With all the fall out on Joe Torre getting whacked, I was shocked to find out that Karl Dorrell actually makes more money than Grady Little. I am not a big fan of either but did anyone know that?
Why aren’t the Irish up in arms about Notre Dame being called the Fighting Irish? I can tell you if there were the Fighting Mexicans or the Fighting Pakastani’s, people would be upset. Once the pubs close, the Irish will get up in arms about this I am sure.
Rockies, hop on the band wagon, you did not go during the regular season with the stadium rarely over half full but you will all be there Wednesday night. They have beat Cy Young winners, righties, lefties, at home, on the road, hell the Snakes made them change their lucky road jerseys for the first game of the series, because they could, and they still thumped them! Game 5 of the World Series is on Monday October 29 and the Bronco’s will be hosting the Packers for MNF about 1 mile away. I think waiting eight days to play the first World Series game will be their death knell.
The Indians are going to lose to the Sox in Boston. Any team that would have Josh Beckett’s ex-girlfriend sing the National Anthem right before he gets set to pitch a critical game 5 at the Jake, deserves to lose. That is just wrong, right guys.
Bobby Knight, Dean Smith and Billy Donovan are the only coaches who also played in the Final Four as players. Knight and Smith won as players, so there Billy. My Bruins will be back there this year and hopefully you are in Gainesville watching on your big screen and mine is probably bigger so double there!
Before we all cry for Joe Torre, he was the highest paid manager in baseball by double the next closest guy. Even if accepted the paltry $5 million that the Yankees so disingenuously offered him this year, he would make $1.5 million more than the next highest paid, the always, affable Lou Pinella.
To anyone I offended about the winning the breastage lottery last Sunday morning, I was a surprised by the event as you might have been by my comments. For the five guys I know area headed to Blockbuster, Flesh and Bones.
Tony from the yard……
I was sitting in front of my 437 inch, 13,058 DPI Plasma LCD HD Surround sound home theater sports pig viewing system last Sunday afternoon wondering why I am watching the Raiders and the Chargers while the game of the season is on in Dallas. Dick Enberg constantly reminded me that once this dog of a game is over we will cut you immediately to the Dallas-New England game. They should have cut to that game at 1:15 PM. Both games ended up being dogs. But then I reminded myself that earlier that morning Meg Ryan and then Gwenyth Paltrow, took off their tops within fifteen minutes before 7:00 AM during some no-name movie called Flesh and Bones. So what are you going to do, some days are like that.
When are we going to have the family Buss on a reality TV show? I mean is there any more dysfunctional and entertaining family in all of sports ownership? The good Dr. Jerry dresses like he is a lounge act in Laughlin and gets DUI’s with girls 50 years younger than him. Jeanne dates the team’s head coach and has stripped for Playboy. And if you took Jim Buss, put him in Lancaster, you would think he would know where to get Crystal Meth for sure! Nice job Jer, when the Kobe situation starts to quiet down, you lob a grenade into the mess on the first day of practice. Doc, you think anyone is going to care about you, your wacky family or the Lakers if you trade Kobe?
Trojan Nation, forget the wheels, where is the cart? All is not well in Troy. You should have hoped Cal would be unbeaten when you play them. UofA is awful and you played at home. Trojans will lose another. Release your hotel reservations in New Orleans, get your deposit back. San Diego is nice that time of year and that is where you are probably headed. The Rose Bowl will not want you either. Cal or Oregon will be in Pasadena.
With all the fall out on Joe Torre getting whacked, I was shocked to find out that Karl Dorrell actually makes more money than Grady Little. I am not a big fan of either but did anyone know that?
Why aren’t the Irish up in arms about Notre Dame being called the Fighting Irish? I can tell you if there were the Fighting Mexicans or the Fighting Pakastani’s, people would be upset. Once the pubs close, the Irish will get up in arms about this I am sure.
Rockies, hop on the band wagon, you did not go during the regular season with the stadium rarely over half full but you will all be there Wednesday night. They have beat Cy Young winners, righties, lefties, at home, on the road, hell the Snakes made them change their lucky road jerseys for the first game of the series, because they could, and they still thumped them! Game 5 of the World Series is on Monday October 29 and the Bronco’s will be hosting the Packers for MNF about 1 mile away. I think waiting eight days to play the first World Series game will be their death knell.
The Indians are going to lose to the Sox in Boston. Any team that would have Josh Beckett’s ex-girlfriend sing the National Anthem right before he gets set to pitch a critical game 5 at the Jake, deserves to lose. That is just wrong, right guys.
Bobby Knight, Dean Smith and Billy Donovan are the only coaches who also played in the Final Four as players. Knight and Smith won as players, so there Billy. My Bruins will be back there this year and hopefully you are in Gainesville watching on your big screen and mine is probably bigger so double there!
Before we all cry for Joe Torre, he was the highest paid manager in baseball by double the next closest guy. Even if accepted the paltry $5 million that the Yankees so disingenuously offered him this year, he would make $1.5 million more than the next highest paid, the always, affable Lou Pinella.
To anyone I offended about the winning the breastage lottery last Sunday morning, I was a surprised by the event as you might have been by my comments. For the five guys I know area headed to Blockbuster, Flesh and Bones.
Tony from the yard……
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