As I, along with the rest of the sports universe, await the NCAA College Football Playoff selection committee’s decision on which twelve teams will get a shot at a national championship and who will be at home watching with all the rest of us, I got to watch the Indiana Hoosiers, surely to be anointed Number One in the next rankings, beat down the Ohio State Buckeyes and win the Big Ten title,
They didn’t just outscore them by three points.
They beat the defending national champions at their own game.
Power football.
Pound the rock with the rushing game and follow the big bully boys up front. Once the defense relaxes a bit, you go outside and long to your speedy receivers.
Sound familiar Ryan Day?
Except this time, the bully boys got bullied.
They gave up six sacks to a relentless pass rush and defense that stymied Ohio State offensive drives all game long.
So, I am stoked for the upcoming playoffs and the great matchups they produce, and I might be left hoping for next year already if my Fighting Irish are left out.
When I went to Notre Dame we used to make a joke like: “What is the enrollment at the University of Indiana? 20,000. (ND had about 7200.) We would smirk and say, “20,000 chumps that couldn’t get into Notre Dame.”
Nobody is laughing at the Hoosier football team and Head Coach Curt Cignetti now.
I think expanding to sixteen teams would be the answer, but what the hell do I know?
Well, the results are in.
God’s favorite team will be watching the playoffs, not participating in them.
That will teach them to stop losing early in the season and setting themselves up for failure.
Now I want a new team to win it all; not one of the favorites like Georgia, Ohio State, or Alabama.
Tulane?
James Madison?
Oh well.
Just wondering….
Do any true, American-born citizens commit crimes anymore?
All I see and read about are “illegal immigrants” being picked up and carted off to who-knows-where for yet another crime.
CNN’s Caitlin Collins has a weird relationship with the president.
On the one hand, she owes her rise to stardom in her field to her on-screen harsh treatment at the hands of Donald Trump, so she knows how to “get to him.” He can’t resist, responding by characterizing her as “stupid” and “nasty.”
But on the other hand, she remains a fierce adversary, fighting back with the same venom he spews.
Pretty fun dynamic, actually.
Pink dolphins.
Are they not the coolest things you ever saw?
Baby pink dolphins.
Fear not.
We’re Americans.
We’ll find a way to capture them, imprison them, wring every last drop of profit out of them, and either kill them ourselves or drive them to an early extinction.
Because that’s how we roll.
It’s no wonder why we are thought of so highly by all the nations of the world.
Right.
Stay well.
