Clearly, I am slave to routine and would feel dirty without having a weekly review. Also, I’m enormously exhausted, almost to the point that I would use phrases like “enormously exhausted.” I will compromise. A weekly review, but a VERY short weekly review. Three items! No more!
ITEM ONE: Those Wild, I tell you what. I would love to say something nobody else has, but in truth, it’s all been said. At home, the team is wonderful, and on the road, not so much.By a fluke in scheduling, however, the Wild are playing Detroit 3 our of 4 games (two last week, one this coming week). Detroit, on the other hand, gets three in a row against Minnesota. As an added bonus, each plays Columbus in their next game. P.S. I think realligning the NHL is a dumb idea. Maybe if they had their games on a real network ratings would be better.
ITEM TWO: Remember that “Simming all the Bowls” thing? Well, EA Sports has done an awful job with their prognostications thus far. The only game they got was Utah over Tulsa. Since then, the following games have been simmed.
In the Emerald Bowl, Chris Markey and Lorenzo Booker ran over their respective opponents as Florida State beat UCLA 24-15.
In the Independence Bowl, Alabama wiped the floor with Oklahoma State, 45-10 as Kenneth Darby ran wild for the Tide.
Nate Longshore got injured early in the Holiday Bowl, so Cal brought in Steve Levy (really?) to throw 5 interceptions. Stephen McGee was less awful for the Aggies, and Husani Sallah ran back a fumble as Texas A&M beat Cal 17-10.
In a change of pace, Rutgers turned on the offense, with Mike Teel burning Kansas State with his crisp passing. Rutgers wins 43-10.
In the Music City Bowl, the Kentucky Wildcats put up a good fight against James Davis and Clemson, but fell 38-28.
In the Sun Bowl, Chase Daniel had 4 passing TDs for Missouri and Yvenson Bernard was named Yvenson for Oregon State as the Tigers nipped the Beavers 34-24.
South Carolina won the Liberty Bowl over Houston, with wide receiver Kenny McKinley snagging 133 yards receiving, and Houston’s Quinte Williams running back an interception. The score was 34-24.
ITEM THREE: As a Christmas gift to the Twin Cities, the new home of Twins baseball, KSTP AM 1500 has been playing the Twins two World Series Championships of 87 and 91. It’s been a great, nostalgix listen, and it’s been really fun listening to Dan Gladden hit his Grand Slam against St. Louis, or hear about the young Mike Stanton for Atlanta. It’s amazing how those names and that period still resonate with me today, and I was 4 and 8 when those victories happened, respectively. It’s hard to believe Minnesota hasn’t had a championship in 15 years.
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