Last week, I was trying to buy Taylor Swift tickets using proceeds from my FTX Bitcoin account. It was a race to the bottom. Tay Tay shut down Ticketmaster faster than FTX went to zero. It was a cataclysm of cosmic proportions for both platforms. We bounced back to reality and decided on George Thorogood at the Pearl. Classic rock at a vintage price worked better for the budget.
The Yard World Affairs director had forecasted the war in Ukraine would be over by now. It appears we are now entering the obliteration phase. Destroying infrastructure and driving Ukrainians from their homes is not sustainable even if the Russians prevail. It is a Stalin-esque move by Vlade. Upping the ante going into winter. In 1932-33, it was food withheld from the Ukrainian people by Stalin. He brutally starved them into submission. Putin is using missiles and drones. Without gas and electricity, he is going to turn Kherson into a Siberian death camp. Russia has been exposed as a second world military enterprise on the battlefield. Putin has become the new Rocket man. Kim Jung is jealous and stepping up his air show. Whoever is running the dumpster fire that is Iran is cheering Putin on as well with Iranian drones. Lunacy is a bonding thread for dictators. Xi is keeping his arms folded with his own protests blowing up across his country. He is waiting for a winner to support. We hope they can still find a path to diplomacy. Putin needs a win to save that Botox infused mug. He lost his long fight after status as world leader last February. He should get shirtless back on the horse for his people when the weather warms up.
The NCAA transfer portal has changed the mechanics of building basketball and football programs for head coaches. USC recruited Lincoln Riley to resurrect Troy from the ashes. He brought his guy Caleb Williams with him, and they did rise from the ashes of the past decade. Oregon did a quick upgrade bringing in Bo Nix from Georgia. Michael Penix decided to play a fifth year and left Indiana for Washington. It was the best move of his career and he capped it with a big win against WSU in the Apple Cup. He beat another transfer portal refugee, Cam Ward. The Pac 12 had seven starting QB’s using the transfer portal in 2021 for the 2022 season. Dorian Thompson Robinson turned in another great year. Yard staff thinks it is his 6th year with Chip Kelly and the Bruins. There was some COVID truncation, but DTR and the fan base finally benefitted with a nine-win season.
The World Cup is finally here. It is usually in July, but it is 120 degrees in Qatar in July. November is a more fan friendly month even if the country is anything but fan friendly. Qatar has stressed to the world to respect their draconian, 12th century culture. FIFA has told the players to respect Qatar and not display symbols of LGBTQ. Instead look at all the shiny new things we built with our cadre of third world labor. Budweiser is a major sponsor of FIFA. They were quite surprised when Qatar announced just weeks before the World Cup that beer would not be sold at the venues. Alcohol in general is heard to come by in the country full of no fun. The fact the World Cup is In Qatar at all is blasphemous. Qatar is not a soccer power. The only way Qatar plays in their first World Cup is to buy it and they did. They bought the tournament from FIFA. The World Cup had always been for sale by FIFA. FIFA leadership has historically lined their own pockets with meal, college tuition and Benjamins while pimping out Cup rights.
Night Cap: West Coast college football is always more interesting when USC is in the national mix. USC is one of the OG’s in CFB. Chip Kelly has a good gig at UCLA. Nine-win seasons to keep employed, beat USC occasionally. The Rose Bowl or another New Year’s Bowl would be kind of nice. UCLA has not competed for a national title since the 1990’s. UCLA went down to wire with the Trojans a few weeks back. DTR had his first mistake prone game of the season at a bad time. The Bruins had a chance to win the last minute. We hope Caleb Williams wins the Heisman and makes a Mark Sanchez straight to the NFL.
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