Odds and Ends

A few random thoughts while stuck in a hotel in Scranton PA (home of The Office!).

- I have been battling a brutal head cold for the past two weeks. This has been awful. Yesterday, my cold turned into an ear infection. Seriously, when is the last time anyone on this space had an ear infection?!? I feel like I am 7 years old. Next up, Flinstone Vitamins!

- How bout them Terps beating Clemson? Pretty nice turnaround by Fridge's boys. Can you believe I still can't sell my Miami tickets at face value on stubhub. WTF??

- I am with the Sports Guy in thinking the C's will be better than people think (maybe the 7 or 8 spot in the East), but then they go out and stink the joint out in their two openers, choking away leads in both games. Yuck.

- Zahn should enjoy this... nice

- Republicans are officially grasping when they are trotting out criticism about FICTIONAL novels. Scrape, scrape, scrape... yup I think we are at the bottom of the barrel.

- Pats 24 Cols 18. Manning will get 260+ yards passing, but will be settling for FGs instead of TDs. If the Pats could shut down the 49TD, 4500+ yard record setting Colts offense a few years ago with the 5th string DBs, then they can slow down the current Offense with a D that is playing much better. The D is back to doing Belicheckian things like stuffing the run, being very stingy in the red zone, and creating TOs. Meanwhile the Pats O is starting to get in gear, and the Colts and the 29th rank run D comes to Foxboro with them. We'll see a lot of 2 TE and a lot of Dillon and Maroney. This is like the Cinci matchup earlier, a hyped offensive team with a fatal flaw of soft run D. The Pats manhandled them by running right up the gut. Can't wait for tomorrow nights game.

That is all for now.