Gary Wants a “Taste of a National Championship”
In addition to wanting to have
the “Best Defensive Line In the Country”, Gary also came out and said he wanted
a taste of a National Title.
HEADS
UP: I think we’d ALL LIKE THAT, Rashan…
“I’m focused on going to the Big Ten, winning it,
going to the national championship and winning it,” Gary said. “I’m just
focused on the season. I ain’t even thinking about the NFL, to be honest. I’m
focused on the season, focused on my brothers and what we’ve got right ahead of
us. It’s right there, we’ve just got to go get it.
“I need a national championship. I need that.
That’s something that me and (linebacker Devin) Bush and our whole 2016 class
was talking about is winning that national championship. That’s something I
need a taste of. I’m not thinking about (the NFL). I’m focused on the season
and my brothers.
Two Way Mason?
This one boggles my mind a
little. Fullback and Linebacker are two
of the more “punishing positions to play at any level of football, much less at
the D1 Collegiate level. For Ben
Mason to come off an injury and be ready to go on both sides of the ball sounds
like too much to this old timer. But
he’s thinking he can do it.
Good Luck and Go Blue!
Michigan Gets Jeff George Jr. From Illinois
Michigan now has a “plethora”
of QB’s in the stable and the competition will likely be fierce. Not sure I understand this transfer, however,
as I don’t believe Illinois had many other options at QB. But the Illini offense (and defense) has been
“Rutger-esque” under head coach Lovie Smith and this might be another
dagger in his coffin, even though the Illini started more freshmen last season (10
starters – more than anyone else in all of D1 College Football). So maybe Jr. saw the writing on the wall and
realized that it wasn’t going to be much better for him this season. Take 2 years of eligibility to a place where
you might get a shot to compete.
The “Idiots In Indy” Make a Smart Decision! AMAZING!
So, the “Idiots In Indy” FINALLY DO
SOMETHING POSITIVE for the Student Athlete.
On Wednesday, literally out of the blue, the “I-I-I” announced that all
redshirt freshmen could play up to 4 games in their freshman season and not
burn their redshirt. The change
is that it used to be if you played in 1 game, you burnt it. This will give coaches a chance to get more
guys playing time (especially in garbage minutes) and hopefully develop players
a little quicker than they otherwise would have.
This is almost taking a step
backwards in time to when all freshman were redshirts. Hopefully, everyone understands that dropping
from 120 to 105 and then finally down to the 85-scholarship limit was
an unintended consequence of Title IX and the effort of trying to
balance out the male-female student athlete problem without going broke by
adding more female athletics.
Of course, a lot of athletic departments
welcomed that with open arms as it greatly reduced costs (fewer scholarships, less
equipment, etc.) but the Football Dynasties of the era would come to an end as
the field leveled quite a bit between “Big Money” programs and small
timers.
The other rule – transfer
option – is a good idea as well. A
student athlete doesn’t need to seek permission to request a transfer any
more. Some will argue this will create a
free agency atmosphere. Maybe. It will again give the student athlete more
options and greater freedom to earn a shot at doing something at the
next level. If it’s good for the Student
Athlete, I’m all for it.
Winningest Team EVER In The NBA
In the NBA Finals of 2015-16, the
0-2 Golden State Warriors, who had won 67 games in the regular season, made
this guy a bunch of money. Yes,
I do follow sports more when I have a little “scratch” on the line.
The beauty of the bet was, I was
betting against what many (younger) people think is the GOAT in LeBron and I’m
a little older and wiser. I was
able to get very nice odds as a result and in the process sort of became a
pseudo GSW fan. Especially when the
Pistons have been as bad as they are….I knew that Curry and company were a solid
team that played great defense. I also
gleaned the fact that they are a 2nd half (3rd period) team. And that the Cavs weren’t nearly as good as
advertised.
This season was a little more of
the same, although GSW lost 24 games this season without Curry in the line-up
every night.
But here’s what’s really
interesting: During the regular season
over the last 4 years, the GSW have won 265 games (and lost 63)
when looking at an 82-game schedule.
There has never been another NBA team that has accomplished that
feat. Not even the Chicago Bulls in
their prime (the 90’s). Could this “Super Team” be the one that were
talking about for generations to come?
And before you start with, “But
whenever there’s a dynasty, it ruins it for everyone except for the fans that
root for the dynasty.” Yeah, well….
“It’s Good
To Be The King!!!”
Eventually, a dynasty will make
everyone better. Has to. As more coaches try to emulate and copy-cat
the good guys, teams will eventually get better. Granted, it helps to have Curry, Durant, et
al on the team. But they will make
everyone better.
LNU Football Players Sentenced to
Probation & Sexual Re-Hab
The three LNU Football Players that were
accused and charge with sexual misconduct got 36 months probation, 100 hours
community service and cannot log on to Tinder and other sex related
apps.
But they get to go to sex re-hab and
meet new contacts there!!!
Reminds me of the time Sam Malone had to go to Sex Addiction Re-Hab….
Three former Michigan State University football players
who accepted plea deals to a charge of seduction in a sexual assault case were sentenced
Wednesday to 36 months probation and ordered to undergo sex offender
treatment.
Ingham County Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina also
ordered Josh King, Donnie Corley and Demetric Vance to complete 100
hours of community service and stay off dating apps and websites such as
Tinder. And she issued a 365-day suspended jail sentence, which the
three men won’t serve unless they violate probation.
I’m old fashioned, but the way
the details of the event were described, well, it doesn’t SOUND like seduction to me….
Michigan State University Police previously said
the victim reported that King invited her to "speak somewhere
quiet," then "pulled" her into a bathroom and forced her to
perform oral and vaginal sex. Corley and Vance were each accused of later
forcing her to perform oral sex.
Police also alleged that
King recorded himself having sex with the woman.
And I haven’t met a lot of chicks
that like being filmed during the act…
Seduction. Nice.
The Pot Is Calling the Kettle
Black at LNU
Uh, excuse me, I’m just a casual
observer here, but didn’t you clowns UNANIMOUSLY APPOINT THIS GUY???
In what can only be described as the
most ironic thing ever, LNU Regent Masallam is calling for Engler’s head on a
platter.
"It
has become abundantly clear to me that this crisis will not truly settle until
John Engler steps down as interim president," he said in a statement
emailed to the media. "Unfortunately, and with great regret, John Engler’s
tenure as interim president has continued the bleeding rather than stem
it.
"I no longer believe that John Engler’s presence on this campus
will allow Michigan State University to move forward. We need leadership that
sets a tone of empathy and compassion towards our courageous survivors, and
reembraces them as important members of our Spartan community. John Engler
simply can no longer do that. And for these reasons, John Engler should step
down immediately as this university's interim president."
Classic…After everyone approved
the guy.
When are the Regents going to get
shit-canned? Where’s Snyder? He could really be a hero now…
What a complete and utter
disaster in East Lansing.
Three New Bowl Games? THREE NEW BOWL GAMES????
Whiskey – Tango – Foxtrot…In what
is already a “saturated” bowl market of undeserving teams with at times 0.500
records (or worse), the unregulated bowl world is deciding to
add three new games into the post-season format. You know.
So no one “feels” bad about being left out…
Chicago and Myrtle Beach are
locks for a bowl with a third still undetermined site to be named later. There’s a lot of other stuff in the article
including conference bowl game limits, etc.
What was missing was the fact that now that you have 65% of D1 schools
that will be playing in bowl games, some of those teams are going to have
losing records.
Pure money grab(s). Put the unpaid talent on display for another
game no one will watch that will cost schools money (rarely
do schools that play in anything above the Top 15 bowls make money). When I say cost the schools money: Transportation, housing, food, etc. all comes
out of the Athletic Department Budget. But we’ve ALL been bitchin’ about this for a
long time….
What SHOULD be done to the Bowl
System?
Frankly, now that there’s a
play-off, I’d shit-can the whole damn thing and start over with something –
ANYTHING that made sense and would maintain competitive MEANINGFUL games.
Meaning teams with 4 or fewer
losses “Qualify” for the bowls. The
bowls could have their pick from those eligible teams and if they need to dip
lower for whatever reason, they can.
That’s probably right around what I referred to above, or about 15 bowls total
(Top 30 teams go to Bowls). Sort of a
less is more analogy. You could charge more for advertising, fans might
actually attend nice, WARM locations, etc.
And 15 bowls works out to an 8-4-2-1 style play-off if the time ever
came for a 16 team play-off…
And please – let’s get creative
on the names of these new flea-bag bowls!!
ETC
Minnesota Gophers Accused of Sexual
Misconduct Fight Back
Due to the fact that I
followed this one pretty closely, I find it interesting that the student athletes
in this case are fighting back. The details are a little fuzzy for me right
now, but I recall reading the arrest reports and witness’ statements and it
sounded pretty perverse and it was gang bang type sex, but at the time it was
going down, it was mutual. Until
of course, it wasn’t when said female woke with “Gang Bang Regret”. Charges were never filed, and then the Uofm
Title IX Moral Police got involved after the female involved changed her mind
several times and Title IX enforcers ran the football players off campus. Now, they’re back suing. (9-10 players suing for $45M is thought to be
the damages…)
It’ll be fun to see where this
goes. No one has “challenged” Title IX
yet, or they at least haven’t challenged a Title IX Sexual Misconduct case that
may or may not have been handled “properly”.
I want to see how it plays out in court in a case of, “ He Said – She Said” and when does consensual
become non-consensual and what moral high ground does a University have
over two or more human beings bumping their uglies in any manner they choose??? If someone wants to have group sex, whose
business is it anyway?
Cabrera Rips Biceps Tendon
I didn’t see it live, but here’s
a link to an article that shows the swing (If you haven’t seen it)…
You can see when he extends at the end of the swing when it
happened. Ouch. Miggy is definitely in the final stages of
his career and this isn’t going to help him or the Tigers…and they
still owe him $145M. Wojo sums it up
here pretty well….
Tiger Brings “Privacy” to the US Open
Seeing as how Shinnecock Hills is only 15 minutes away
from the Yacht Club in New York, Tiger decided to bring his Yacht Privacy and
dock it there instead of staying in a hotel. Apparently the commute from the golfer/player/media
hotel can take up to an hour and a half…
Must be nice…I’m in the wrong business.
And I can’t golf…so good.
“Freeze Racoon!” - Golden Gopher State Makes Racoons Loveable
I wasn’t going to post on this, but I sent an e-mail out earlier
in the week and it seemed like an ETC item, also. I probably “eliminate” several of these
little fellows a year due to the fact that they can destroy property
really fast. I got grief before this and
now the world loves these things…sheesh…
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