What is the #1 Playing Field in Sports circa 2013? Yankee Stadium?? Cameron Indoor?? Fenway?? TheRoseBowl?? TheSuperDome?? AugustaNational?? Nope to all the above and any bricks, mortar, turf and/or hardwood you might suggest. The #1 Playing Field in Sports today is right in front of you.
Character is one of those buzzwords thrown around a lot. It’s a favorite of preachers, coaches, politicians and self-help gurus. One better “have it” if one wants to amount to anything “they” say. I prefer Character as a Who rather than a What. …. I lost one this weekend.
My “can I do it” goal is within sight. Can I navigate an entire bowl season without watching more than “a half” of any one game? By golly I think I can. A tougher challenge would be reciting the names of every fired NFL coach while standing on one foot and holding a lighted match……
Add another bizarro chapter to Butcher & Carolina Go Round & Round. As we noted several weeks The Coach Formally Known As The Pale Rider seemed all squared away to be the new HFC of Florida International University aka FIU. Yet another of the seemingly endless “former associates of Butch Davis” is the AD at FIU.
What do Pippa Middleton, Serge Zwikker and Tami Hansbrough have in common? They were about the only high profile celebrities NOT in attendance at the formal presentation of The Martin Report earlier today. ‘Twas a “isn’t that so&so?” buzz throughout the room as the clock moved closer to 10:00 AM…..
Rimshots…. In no particular order – The Catholic 7 excommunicate themselves…. No more kickoffs…. Coaches shows vs The Loonies…. More Race Hustling from Bristol…. Return of The Hux…. OH, and BobLee chooses a wingman – uh oh! …….
It’s December boys & girls and you know what THAT means! It’s “Suspend a bunch of bad boys Month” in BCS World. ….. What socio-cultural “problem” will the NFL adopt as it’s very own next week? ….. and BobLee discusses the Whose Ox Rule for websites.
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Of the bevy of incredibly insightful comments I’ve made here in 12+ years perhaps none has proven more “dead solid perfect” than – “a (college) football team is only as strong as its 3rd string offensive line”. I knew that was insightful. The incredible part has come over time.
In 1897, when little Virginia O’Hanlon wanted to know “is there a Santa Claus?” her daddy told her “If you see it in The (New York) Sun it’s so.” Darn good thing the O’Hanlons didn’t read The News & Observer circa 2012. Fedora never considered going to Tennessee.
Frau Yow went ahunting up in DeKalb, Illinois and bagged herself a Dave Dornan…. Dan Dorane…. Doug Doherty…. Dick Dohicky…. It’s Dave Doeren. And he’s from Western Iowa…. Middle Indiana….. Central Southern Ohio – It’s Northern Illinois…… A good solid choice with plenty of upside to please real adult Wuffs
Hellzapoppin’ in ACCWorld….. Frau Yow is flitting about with untold wads of cash….. Little Johnny is welcoming Papa John’s Folks….. ECU finds a home, sort of…..
Friday was “black” for shoppers and Sunday was “black” for a lotta college football coaches – at least five were axed for inabilities to “fulfill expectations”. Maryland changed UNC-alum commissioners – leaving Little Johnny for Jimmy D…… and, amid the pines, The Last Barth was bid adieu….
A Week later and….. It’s been almost a week since Gio’s punt return, et al. My life is pretty much just like it was pre-punt return. I’ve checked with my adult State friends with “real lives” and they all report their status still quoing.
It was a day of, not so much “color & pageantry” as it was “the thrills of victories & the agonies of defeats”. As Stanford’s OT FG passed thru the Autzen uprights around 11:45 EST my remote was smoking. Bless its heart, it had done yeoman’s duty for the past ten hours…..
There a saying relative to being in a sled-dog team: “Unless you’re the lead dog…. the view is pretty much the same for all the rest.” In today’s chapter of “BobLee way overthinks sports” we examine that point-of-view relative to the college football fan experience….