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yes that is me and yes that is the Heisman Trophy, the one that they will give to the most outstanding college player. If a Kentucky or Louisville player gets it (Perish the thought!) I hope I put Bandit cooties on it and they have a so-so bowl game. The trophy was on tour at selected venues and was on campus at the University of Cincinnati this past Saturday. I just wanted to be able to see it up close, I jumped at the chance to actually touch it and get a pic taken with it. If you think it looks big on TV, its even bigger up close. I was in awe. I have seen (and touched) The Stanley Cup, The World Series Trophy and the Lombardi Trophy, just a bit miffed that I never got pics taken. Getting a pic with the Heisman is something I will treasure.
Anyhoo, it had been duly noted that your humble scribe was in a sour mood after the my beloved Bearcats lost Saturday to Louisville. I went to my favorite sports bar not named Morrisey's Tavern and watched what I expected (and predicted here) would be Bears rout of the Vikes. I didn't expect Adrian Peterson (The Vikes running back) to have a monster day. A Vikings record 224 yards, 359 all purpose yards and three scores. Feats that helped two of my fantasy teams. Ryan Longwell's personal best 55 yard field goal at the gun propelled the Vikes to a 34-31 stunner. Needless to say your humble scribe was feeling good, and getting a host of dirty looks from the sullen Bengals fans who were watching their team drop a puzzling 27-20 decision to Kansas City. The mood in this city is not good and it may get worse before it gets any better.
Also the Reds are set to announce the hiring of Dusty Baker as their new manager, he would replace interim manager Pete McKannin who did a decent job replacing Jerry Narron who got axed after starting a horrible 31-51. The locals are whining, however saying McKannin should have gotten a chance to manage a full year. I ask why? When you have a big name like a Dusty Baker who has won in both stop he was at in San Francisco and in Chicago. I think that he is a good hire and can take the Reds to contention. Many of the locals wanted to get Joe Girardi, Tony LaRussa or Joe Torre, but all those would have been pipe dreams. I think that Giradi is overrated, so he won 77 games with a barebones payroll, he clashed with ownership and got himself fired. Tony LaRussa's is too much of an egotist for this town and I think is eyeing the Yankees job that may be vacated by Torre who I think should retire if he is run from the Bronx. Torre wouldn't come back to the NL where he had managed the Mets, Braves and Cards.
One quick thought on football, the Patriots made it look easy against the Pokes, one of the few picks I called right. I told the noisy Cowboy fans that the Pokes were overrated in spite of their 5-0 record. I drew some ire when I stated that their steady diet of cupcakes and ho-hos made them a slow fat easy target for a real team like the Pats. I even said that if the Pokes weren't real careful that the Pats would hang 50 on them. I about got hooted out of the area of the bar I was sitting at. When Kyle Eckel blasted in from a yard out to make it 48-27, the Poke fans that were left gave me some hateful glares. I simply shrugged, quaffed the last of my soda and as I got up to leave said "The Bandit only speaks the truth, it may hurt but its only the truth."
yes that is me and yes that is the Heisman Trophy, the one that they will give to the most outstanding college player. If a Kentucky or Louisville player gets it (Perish the thought!) I hope I put Bandit cooties on it and they have a so-so bowl game. The trophy was on tour at selected venues and was on campus at the University of Cincinnati this past Saturday. I just wanted to be able to see it up close, I jumped at the chance to actually touch it and get a pic taken with it. If you think it looks big on TV, its even bigger up close. I was in awe. I have seen (and touched) The Stanley Cup, The World Series Trophy and the Lombardi Trophy, just a bit miffed that I never got pics taken. Getting a pic with the Heisman is something I will treasure.
Anyhoo, it had been duly noted that your humble scribe was in a sour mood after the my beloved Bearcats lost Saturday to Louisville. I went to my favorite sports bar not named Morrisey's Tavern and watched what I expected (and predicted here) would be Bears rout of the Vikes. I didn't expect Adrian Peterson (The Vikes running back) to have a monster day. A Vikings record 224 yards, 359 all purpose yards and three scores. Feats that helped two of my fantasy teams. Ryan Longwell's personal best 55 yard field goal at the gun propelled the Vikes to a 34-31 stunner. Needless to say your humble scribe was feeling good, and getting a host of dirty looks from the sullen Bengals fans who were watching their team drop a puzzling 27-20 decision to Kansas City. The mood in this city is not good and it may get worse before it gets any better.
Also the Reds are set to announce the hiring of Dusty Baker as their new manager, he would replace interim manager Pete McKannin who did a decent job replacing Jerry Narron who got axed after starting a horrible 31-51. The locals are whining, however saying McKannin should have gotten a chance to manage a full year. I ask why? When you have a big name like a Dusty Baker who has won in both stop he was at in San Francisco and in Chicago. I think that he is a good hire and can take the Reds to contention. Many of the locals wanted to get Joe Girardi, Tony LaRussa or Joe Torre, but all those would have been pipe dreams. I think that Giradi is overrated, so he won 77 games with a barebones payroll, he clashed with ownership and got himself fired. Tony LaRussa's is too much of an egotist for this town and I think is eyeing the Yankees job that may be vacated by Torre who I think should retire if he is run from the Bronx. Torre wouldn't come back to the NL where he had managed the Mets, Braves and Cards.
One quick thought on football, the Patriots made it look easy against the Pokes, one of the few picks I called right. I told the noisy Cowboy fans that the Pokes were overrated in spite of their 5-0 record. I drew some ire when I stated that their steady diet of cupcakes and ho-hos made them a slow fat easy target for a real team like the Pats. I even said that if the Pokes weren't real careful that the Pats would hang 50 on them. I about got hooted out of the area of the bar I was sitting at. When Kyle Eckel blasted in from a yard out to make it 48-27, the Poke fans that were left gave me some hateful glares. I simply shrugged, quaffed the last of my soda and as I got up to leave said "The Bandit only speaks the truth, it may hurt but its only the truth."
The BCS is its usually messy self. Buckeye Nation is feeling smug as they are perched on top of the first posting of BCS standings. I got a message for you, don't get comfortable. Only one time in the history of the BCS has a team started at the #1 slot and gotten to the BCS title game Ohio States steady diet of cupcakes will comeback to haunt them as there are a host of no-joke teams that are still on the docket. Michigan State being their first real test and they still have trips to Penn State and a roadie at the end of the season to a rival that needs no introduction. Ohio State will be well deserved of the #1 BCS ranking IF they run the table. The BCS standings are about as jumbled as one could ever expect. Cincinnati aheasd of Michigan??? Kansas ahead of Tennessee, Texas, Florida AND USC??? Yup. Now keep in mind that this is the first BCS standings ledger of the year and there will be some shakeups but this is why college football is so great. Gone are the days of a small band of schools controlling the football world. Gone are the days where a Notre Dame could stockpile players just to keep them away from other schools. Gone are the days where you were sure of the pecking order of conferences. (Well you know Northwestern will be at the bottom of the Big Ten every year) But this new order in college football is exciting and fun to watch and debate about. Changing gears, the Colorado Rockies are beyond nuclear hot, we're starting to approach sun surface hot now. The Rockies are but one win away from their first World Series berth in franchise history. They have been doing it with timely hitting impeccable fielding and lights out pitching... Hold up, wait a minute. Did the Bandito say the Rockies have lights out pitching? Has he been sipping on that stuff?? Yes I said the Rockies and lights out pitching. But I already hear the historians yowling. Isn't this the same venue that saw a 24-12 loss? Isn't this the same place where pitchers dreaded going for a series and Rockies pitchers expected to have an inflated ERA? The Rockies did at one time, but their ERA for the postseason is an obsecnely microscopic 1.77 I saw that figure and couldn't believe it. I'm glad there were no children in the room, as that figure was truly obscene. The only teams in history with a postseason ERA lower than that have all made the World Series. It could really be a Rocktober to remember in Colorado. Also Id be greatly remiss if I did not extend my humble apologies to Vinny Testaverde. Yes, folks he still is in this league and the wily ageless vet, 30 days from his 44th birthday led the Carolina Panthers to an improbable win over Arizona. Testaverde may not have a a bunch of great games, but he has shown that he still can play and make scribes like me and William C. Rhoden from the ESPN show the Sports Reporters look foolish. Until Next Post Fellow Sports Fans!
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