Thank you, Florida State.
Thank you for bringing one Boston team back down to earth. In the face of a raging Nor’ Easter,
Matt “Ice” Ryan was following the script for yet another comeback when something entirely unexpected happened: he threw an interception that was returned for a game-clinching TD.
OOPS.
But Ryan’s small boo-boo aside, Boston is clearly ruling the sports world. Red Sox nation has replaced the Yankees as the world baseball brand in the face of their second World Series
championship in 3 years. Tom Brady and the Patriots, despite being caught cheating earlier this year, are simply unbeatable, even by the defending Super Bowl champs (cost me a pick, darn it!). And now the NBA preview mags are picking the Celtics with their new trinity of stars (Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce) as a favorite in the Eastern Conference.
The Celtics are back? Heaven help us.
I grew up in Los Angeles in the heady NBA-revival days of the early 1980’s, when Larry Bird
and the Celtics battled it out with Magic Johnson and the Lakers. When Kareem and Magic and Worthy finally defeated their nemesis in green in 1985, it was a turning point for the Lakers and for LA sports. The 80’s are now remembered as the decade of Showtime and raising banners at the Forum in Inglewood.
Growing up in LA, I was also fortunate to have outfield seats at Game 5 of the 1986 ALCS between the California Angels and the Boston Red Sox, the only baseball playoff game I have ever attended. My beloved Angels were a mere one strike away from their first World Series, when Angel reliever Donnie Moore served up a 2-2 meatball to Dave Henderson, sending the ball over my head in right field. Boston went on to win the game and the series, and a bitter taste has accompanied the Red Sox name ever since.
My boss at Iowa is an unabashed Patriots fan, even slipping Tom Brady references into
department motivational talks. Enduring their Super Bowl dynasty has been uncomfortable, but I accepted it with the understanding that they were fading and the reign was finally over. Then came this undefeated season and a triumph over Peyton Manning and the Colts. Now New England is being labeled as the best offense in history. Crap.
So you can only imagine my glee when Boston College became the latest number 2 to fall in the BCS standings. I was not looking forward to a Boston College- Kansas BCS final. Can you imagine the ratings for that stinker?
Keep winning LSU. Keep winning Oregon. We can still get the SEC-Pac-10 battle we all want to see.
Fight On and Go Blue (on Nov 17th),
Hans
PS: Nebraska has the greatest fans in College Football. They deserve a better team than the one that gave up 76 to Kansas. Bye-bye, Callahan.
Thank you for bringing one Boston team back down to earth. In the face of a raging Nor’ Easter,
Matt “Ice” Ryan was following the script for yet another comeback when something entirely unexpected happened: he threw an interception that was returned for a game-clinching TD.OOPS.
But Ryan’s small boo-boo aside, Boston is clearly ruling the sports world. Red Sox nation has replaced the Yankees as the world baseball brand in the face of their second World Series
championship in 3 years. Tom Brady and the Patriots, despite being caught cheating earlier this year, are simply unbeatable, even by the defending Super Bowl champs (cost me a pick, darn it!). And now the NBA preview mags are picking the Celtics with their new trinity of stars (Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce) as a favorite in the Eastern Conference.The Celtics are back? Heaven help us.
I grew up in Los Angeles in the heady NBA-revival days of the early 1980’s, when Larry Bird
and the Celtics battled it out with Magic Johnson and the Lakers. When Kareem and Magic and Worthy finally defeated their nemesis in green in 1985, it was a turning point for the Lakers and for LA sports. The 80’s are now remembered as the decade of Showtime and raising banners at the Forum in Inglewood.Growing up in LA, I was also fortunate to have outfield seats at Game 5 of the 1986 ALCS between the California Angels and the Boston Red Sox, the only baseball playoff game I have ever attended. My beloved Angels were a mere one strike away from their first World Series, when Angel reliever Donnie Moore served up a 2-2 meatball to Dave Henderson, sending the ball over my head in right field. Boston went on to win the game and the series, and a bitter taste has accompanied the Red Sox name ever since.
My boss at Iowa is an unabashed Patriots fan, even slipping Tom Brady references into
department motivational talks. Enduring their Super Bowl dynasty has been uncomfortable, but I accepted it with the understanding that they were fading and the reign was finally over. Then came this undefeated season and a triumph over Peyton Manning and the Colts. Now New England is being labeled as the best offense in history. Crap.So you can only imagine my glee when Boston College became the latest number 2 to fall in the BCS standings. I was not looking forward to a Boston College- Kansas BCS final. Can you imagine the ratings for that stinker?
Keep winning LSU. Keep winning Oregon. We can still get the SEC-Pac-10 battle we all want to see.
Fight On and Go Blue (on Nov 17th),
Hans
PS: Nebraska has the greatest fans in College Football. They deserve a better team than the one that gave up 76 to Kansas. Bye-bye, Callahan.
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That's right baby...its all about Beantown.
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