Category: Sports
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College Football Thoughts – Week 2
Last weekend was wild. From start to finish we had bowl quality games. It was a great weekend for college football. Last weekends highlight? Jackson (5) and I got to go on the field at halftime of the Aztecs game. Very cool, thanks again Aztec Club! https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ6uZ4qB6QB/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ6tIs0B7BQ/ And this weekend? Not so much. Pretty…
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College Football Thoughts – Week 1
Here we go again. Minus a bit of a novelty game last weekend between Cal and Hawaii in Australia this weekend should be an amazing beginning to the college football season. Sure, there are some powder puff games but there are tons of heavy hitters that should make for some good television viewing. Storylines I’m watching Conference…
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The Simple Life
Who throws 96 mile per hour fastballs and lives in a camper van for $10,000 per year? The Toronto Blue Jays Daniel Norris. ht to Tim Mauer
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College Football Thoughts – Week 6
Let’s start by offering a tip of the cap to Charlie Weis. Charlie is still getting paid by Notre Dame about $5 million per year through 2015 and after getting fired; on Sunday he got fired from Kansas with 2 years left on his $2 million per year deal. In other words, he’s getting paid…
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College Football Thoughts – Week 5
Last weekend was the “big upset that wasn’t” weekend. Auburn, Alabama, Florida State, and Oregon all had near misses. In fairness, the Alabama game wasn’t that close at the end but Florida sure had them nervous in parts of that game. And let’s all admit that every non-Alabama fan wants to see them drop 4…
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College Football Thoughts – Week 4
It’s hard to believe that the first quarter of the college football season is already in the books! It’s a reminder that the senior league (aka NFL) drags on ad nausaem whereas every game counts in college. San Diego State Last week was their bye. This Saturday they play their toughest opponent of the year,…
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College Football Thoughts – Week 1
A new season has dawned in college football. Off-season storylines fade into the past as new storylines emerge on the field. All of the hype about who is the best without playing a game gets set aside now that we’re at full-contact and full-speed. Some questions going into the season: Will Florida State maintain? Will…
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Unsolicited Advice for New MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred
Any reader of this blog knows I’m a sports nut. I love football, basketball, soccer, golf, and just about any other sport. I like the idea of Major League Baseball… I’ve been to lots of MLB games, a couple years ago we even dipped our toes into buying a package of tickets at Petco. But I’ve…
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Sweet 16
It kind of sucks that we lost last night. There’s no hiding that. I’m bummed for our players and our team. We’re a program climbing the mountain, struggling to get to a new pinnacle. So to be so close to advancing to the Elite 8 but not getting it done was hard. The flip side…
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Quick Round 3 Picks
What a crazy two days of basketball! My back is sore from watching 12 hours of basketball in the San Diego regional after waking up at 5:30 AM and flying to San Diego from Chicago. Here’s what I’m seeing the round of 32.