Upset Specials and Tommy Boy

Hi There. The weekend is here and that means its time for your upset specials. For the pros, normally I stay away from the Giants, but it's a pick em game on the road in Philadelphia against the Eagles across the parking lot from where the Yankees/Phillies game 4 will take place. Go with the Giants. Now for the college upset special. This should be a heck of a game at Autzen Stadium where the Oregon Ducks, who have the ugliest unis on the planet thanks to Nike founder and alum Pat Knight are playing the USC Trojans. Go with the Ducks ugly unis and all to win as a home underdog and squash the Trojans national title hopes.
On to some high school football. We are not doing a game this week on WWSC and here's the main reason. Logistics. We had 2 playoff games available. Greenwich/Spa Catholic or Hudson Falls/Lansingburgh. Neither of which are easy to reach or get good cell phone service from. Now if Hudson Falls wins, we will go to Schenectady for the Class B Final. We also had one crossover option that in a normal year would be good game to do, but not this year. I thought at the beginning of the year that I didn't think there would be a team like Hudson Falls from our listening area to make a run at the State Finals and its held true. Well basketball and hockey seasons are a month away.
Finally the PC police are at it again, and this time it revolves around the late Chris Farley and a Directv commercial with David Spade. If you've seen it, it features a memorable scene from the movie "Tommy Boy" where Farley is doing "Fat Guy in a Little Coat" and there's Spade watching and promoting Directv and at the end he says, "That never gets old." Its exploiting a dead guy, that's tasteless. Give me a break. The spot is hysterical and it was a great scene that showed off Farley's comic talent. His weight, combined with the addiction to drugs and booze led to his tragic, untimely death. Lighten up people and enjoy the humor.
So if you're at some Halloween party this weekend and some guy is dressed as Billy Mays carrying Oxy-Clean, that could be me. Now there's a real example of somebody making fun of and exploiting a persons' untimely death.
Don't forget to turn back the clocks, check those smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and enjoy that extra hour of sleep...Leccese out.