- Oklahoma State receiver Justin Blackmon, that's my new favorite player. To find out why, click here.
- My one word review of the Potawatomi Casino in Milwaukee : "dank".
- Q. What's across the street from Marquette University?
- A. The dank.
- I'm getting over Ozzie Guillen pretty fast. My rate of recovery is directly related to his revelation that it's all about the money.
- If you have any pangs of conscience about our wagering hobby, reference Ozzie Guillen.
- The second episode of Two and a Half Men in its new incarnation was about half as good as the first.
- The first episode of Two and a Half Men in its new incarnation wasn't that good.
- Let us play. Two strong match ups and two battles of the inept. The pageantry of autumn!
Saturday 7:00 p.m. MTN Network
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| This is Sweet Sue, pictured here in honor of the Northwestern vs Illinois game, the winner of which was formerly awarded custody of the Sweet Sioux trophy. The Sweet Sioux was a tomahawk on a plaque, an exquisite old relic that was among the finest of all the rivalry game prizes It was replaced by the Land of Lincoln trophy, a rather uninspired bit of hardware that features a stovepipe hat on a wooden base. There is really no reason for presenting this photo here other than that I really liked it when I stumbled across it. The play on words that I used as justification for posting the photo is a transparent ploy to legitimize my choice. Ha! |
*** #16 USF -2 1/2 @ Pitt
Thursday 7:00 p.m. ESPN
The high flying Bulls of the University of South Florida share the spotlight on Thursday evening with the Pitt Panthers. USF is 4-0, its most notorious victory of the season coming on opening weekend @ USB (then Ball State,Florida A&M and UTEP). Pitt is 2-2 with wins over the Buffalo Bulls (ack, foreshadowing?) and the Maine Bears in the first two weeks of the season followed by losses to Iowa and USB. Pitt's been looking much better, and the Panthers have a schizzy history for us. USF is ripe for a letdown. All that considered, I'm still picking the Bulls.
** Akron @ Eastern Michigan -9
Saturday Noon TV TBA
The Zips are hapless. They're 1-3, getting pasted by their first three opponents before beating up VMI last week. Eastern Michigan is also not so good. They beat a couple insubstantial opponents to open the season, then got slapped around pretty well when they met Michigan and Penn State. The play here is that "not so good" trumps "hapless".
* #14 Texas A&M -3 @ #18 Arkansas
Saturday 11:00 a.m. ESPN
Such a tough one to pick. A&M is 2-1, Arkansas is 3-1. Arkansas just got beat by Alabama while A&M is coming off a one point loss to Oklahoma State. This should be a great game.
Lots of fun match ups to see this weekend: Northwestern @ Illinois (11:00 a.m. ESPN2), Alabama @ Florida (7:00 p.m. CBS), Nebraska @ Wisconsin (7:00 p.m. ABC).
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I've been driving past the new baseball stadium being built for the Marlins. Wikipedia sites the cost and financing as: * Florida Marlins - $155 million
Miami-Dade County - $347 million, City of Miami - $13 million, Total Cost: $515 million. Not included were the extra $10 million that went toward the demolition of the Orange Bowl stadium, the site preparation outside of the construction budget, as well as the parking garage.
Meanwhile, on my way into the hospital I pass no less than 30 homeless people, and a good majority of the patients are uneducated Miami youths who have been killed or injured in a shooting.
Nice use of taxes Miami,- for a team ranked 28/30 in MLB attendance.
Maybe Guillen is perfectly suited for Miami?
I think Oz Year 1 will be an absolute gigglefest.
Year 2 will be the beginning of disillusionment.
Year 3 will be disinterest, as Oz blathers on while people pay less attention.
Year 4 everyone will be focused on the U's recovery from the sanctions, as the Marlins will have returned to irrelevance.
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