The Dose: Bucs week? Recruit this!
It's rainy, cloudy and 36 degrees right now. I heard a news guy say that Winter is coming, why not just say Spring and Summer are coming too and while we're at it so is Fall . . .
Anyway -
1. Vikes (5-4) travel to the Bucs (6-3) to face a former NFC Central foe - growing up didn't it always feel like the Bucs derailed us? While we are 31-19 all-time against the Bucs (18-7 at the HumpDome and 13-12 at Ray Jay Stay) there were some bad Bucs teams, we should have won more than 62% of those games but they were the quintessential 'let's play to the level of our competition' opponent for us. While this is a total trap game for us, I think the Bucs are bigger frauds than we are.
2. Speaking of the Bucs, Cadillac Williams is back from IR. Who did they drop to make room for him? Give you a hint - he was a sprinter at University of Wisconsin.
3. Tubby lands four man recruiting class that is top 20 nationwide. We got that kid Royce White from Hopkins which would normally be props out to BG but considering that Royce had some "academic honesty" issues at De La Salle he is only a transfer to Hopkins since last year, sorry BG. He also has some "attitude problems" on the court (this summer he was kicked out of a game after throwing a ball at future teammate and current Gophers forward Damian Johnson); he blames it on being ultra-competitive which might be true or might be because he is a ball-hog jerk-wad.
4. Did you know that Minnesota has a professional basketball team? It's true. After KG was traded we apparently kept the rest of the team. However, we still suck.
5. Franken/Coleman race is in the midst of a recount that will stretch to December. A little over 200 votes separates the two out of 2.9 million votes cast. Too bad Franken became so douchey or it would have been 199 votes that separate the two.
6. I was emailing with friend of this blog and Cubs fan Lucas Erickson and casually mentioned that I thought of him during the Cubs recent demise etc. I empathized with Mr. Erickson and said I thought the Lord was a Cubs fan when he replied: "God can't like sports teams . . . I think he only chooses a few to hate." Puts 1998 into a bit more perspective.
1 Comments:
Jan - excellent work. I was very glad to log in today and see that there was a 2nd installment of the Dose. Good stuff.
1) Yeah, for some reason, I feel like we haven't beaten Tampa since Dilfer was QBing them back in '98 and he tried to fight John Randle. Like you, I remember several games at the old sombrero, orange jerseys and all, where the bucs gave us an ill-timed run for our money. The name James Wilder ring a bell?
2) Michael Bennett?? Ding-ding-ding! Winner winner chicken dinner! Didn't realize he was still in the league? And still can't believe Denny made him a 1st round draft pick.
3) Tubby is a recruiting machine. I saw this class ranked as high as #11 on one list. I hope "Rolls" Royce isn't a jagoff, though his track record is not good...and yes, I take no pride in his playing for Hopkins this year. We have become somewhat of a recruiting machine for hoops (a la Cretin Durham for football), to the extent that half the guys on the team aren't even from the neighborhood.
4) Wait, what? All I know is that they blew a late lead against the Warriors the other night. Only because they were discussing it on my AM sports radio station on the drive to work.
5) 200 votes? That is crazy...Jan, I would bet there are many others like yourself that voted for neither of these guys.
6) Honestly...Lucas nailed it. Cubs, SF Giants, Bills, Browns and Vikes come to mind.
November 13, 2008 at 4:05 PM
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