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The No Respect card not working
October 24, 2006Charlie Weis is whining about Notre Dame lacking favor with the national polls and the BCS standings.
This after needing a miracle to beat a poor UCLA team at home on Saturday.
There are a lot of schools that might have a legitimate gripe from time to time about their national respect. The NBC Irish aren't one of them.
It usually takes several losses to eliminate the Irish from a New Year's Day Bowl. And they get three automatic wins each year over the service academies.
Take your whining elsewhere, Charlie, or go back to the NFL where you have to earn every win and are judged solely by wins and losses, not style points.
Posted by Andy Newberry at 10:47 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wake me when the NLCS is over
October 18, 2006I've probably been too busy lately to park in front of the TV much anyhow, but I can't remember watching less of the baseball playoffs. It was the first sport I ever followed as a kid.
But this National League Championship Series, which could go 7 games, hasn't got my attention at all.
Except for one fact -- if it does go the limit the Mets will rely on Darren Oliver to get them to the World Series.
Yes, that Darren Oliver, Rangers' fans. He's still in baseball. I don't think he could crack the current Ranger rotation and they missed the playoffs.
The way baseball is the Cardinals or Mets might win the World Series. Strange things happen as they did when the Dodgers beat the A's in 1988.
But the Tigers can't help but get overconfident when looking at the National League's best. It looks like the consolation bracket.
Posted by Andy Newberry at 12:38 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
The old times (from a young guy)
October 6, 2006I know things can't stay the same. But once in a while something reminds me of fun times as a kid.
I drove by the downtown Sears building the other day. Empty as can be for all I could tell. Signs up advertising warehouse space.
It just doesn't seem right. Sears now is within a couple minutes of my house. But I rarely even enter their store, let alone buy anything.
But Sears used to be a fun adventure. Ride downtown with dad. Park on the roof. That was big-city stuff I thought.
Talk him into buying some popcorn or a snack. And walk around the store seeing all the things we wished we could take home.
It was a great perch from which to watch the downtown parades, too.
It seemed like Sears had everything a person could want back then. Shoot, they may have more stuff now at the mall, it was probably just three boys wanting a chance to park on the roof, ride an escalator and spend some of dad's money.
Downtown Sears had a catch. The mall Sears is just another big store on the west side of town.
Posted by Andy Newberry at 12:10 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
