Going, going, gone
James Franklin could never quite reach the penthouse at Penn State, so he went through the outhouse instead. As in out the door. Sayonara.Hit the road, James, don’t ya come back no more, no more, no more, no more.Don’t pass go, and don’t collect…um…
What lessons have we learned?
Ranking football teams in September is a fool’s errand. We truly don’t know much about the teams, especially those teams that load up on the Valdosta States of the world. The calendar has turned to October, and we have plenty of anecdotal evidence to…
Maybe the answer is never
When I picked Penn State to win it all this year I asked the question, “If not now, when?”Saturday night James Franklin may have given me my answer.Never.This Penn State team is senior laden with a five star senior quarterback. A quarterback who got…
The season starts Saturday
The sky is falling.Or maybe the sky is not falling.For fans of the Penn State Nittany Lions, the season starts Saturday. So the sky is falling crowd could turn out to be correct, but they just might be wrong.Playing Nevada, FIU, and Villanova doesn’t…
The Standard Appears to be Stench
Ya know, I am starting to think Mike Tomlin isn’t very good at his job. That is, if the standard isn’t supposed to be stench. If the standard is stench, then Tomlin is a hall of fame coach.Yes, I know it is only week two.Yes, I know most of these guys…
Game one for the Steelers was a real kick
When the ball was placed down with just over a minute to play in the game, there was 60 yards and 18 and a half feet of space between the goalposts separating the Steelers from an embarrassing opening day loss to the hapless Jets and a stirring come from…
Who will be super in Santa Clara?
The five month journey to Santa Clara begins Thursday night in the City of Brotherly Love with the Philadelphia Eagles attempting to duplicate the Chiefs feat of winning back to back Super Bowls. It would also be the Eagles third Super Bowl victory in…
Could it be an ayahuasca smoke show?
Mark Twain once said, “Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.” It has been 17 years since the Pittsburgh Steelers won a Super Bowl.It has been 15 years since the Pittsburgh Steelers appeared in a Super Bowl.It has been…
On the move to Miami
The college football season will end in Miami on January 19.Will it be a lion roar that night in Miami? Or perhaps a tiger growl? Could it be a bulldog bark or an elephant trumpeting? Dare I ask if it could be the quacking of ducks? What about a Matthew…
