Hi there. Well its two weeks til Christmas and excitement of the "Hometown Classic" has died down a few decibels. More on the game later. Upset specials first and it was another 0 fer last weekend. Nebraska...loser. Florida State...loser. Last but not least Panthers...loser, but at least it was close. Now for this weeks. 2 pro for you loyal readers since the college season is over except for the bowl games. First pick, Da Raiders over Jacksonville. Last time I picked Oakland in an upset special, it was reluctantly, well they "reluctantly" put up 59 on the Broncos in that game. This time its a lock. Second upset special. The Dolphins over the Jets.
As much as I enjoyed seeing Rex Ryan humbled Monday night, as a Giants fan who has seen his team get humbled not once, but twice at home by the Titans and Cowboys the true test of how good the Jets are will be how they get off the mat against Miami. Games like that happen. Its happened to the all the so-called "good teams" this year. Your team is 9-3 Jets fans and look who you've lost to. Ravens, Packers and Patriots. All play-off caliber teams!
Honestly Yankee fans, did you really think that Derek Jeter wasn't going to re-sign? You know they were gonna get the deal done. Didn't you?
Sorry Colin Cowherd, I disagree with you that Yankee/RedSox hot stove news and signings are good for baseball.
Sylvester Stallone will be inducted into the boxing hall of fame for his contributions to the sport with the "Rocky" movies. People are in an uproar. Why? They should also induct Robert DeNiro and "Raging Bull." Even baseball's stuff shirts lighten up and allow contributions to the sport in their hall. John Fogarty's song "Centerfield" was given that accolade this year. I stopped being interested in boxing when Mike Tyson hooked up with Don King and his downward spiral began.
If the Islanders played the Phantoms, who do you think would win? Think about it.
Now for thoughts on Jimmer Fredette. He's a great kid who's got his head on straight. Covering and broadcasting Glens Falls basketball games his senior year was like covering a bunch of rock stars. If Glens Falls was playing, the gym would always be packed. Home or away. I even criticized him for one dumb play. It was in the state championship game against Peekskill. Jimmer had the ball with 17 seconds left in the 3rd quarter. He didn't milk the clock down to 10 seconds before making his move and shot. Threw up a 3 with time left and missed. Peekskill would get the rebound and make a shot before the buzzer went off. 4 point swing right there. I remember talking to him after one game and the amount of "Player of the Game" plaques he got over the 4 years from us could probably fill up all of the wall space of a small apartment. We were joking around and I said to take one with him to BYU so he wouldn't forget us. I also said it should be a football plaque because he was one heck of a tight end and linebacker. He was that good of an athlete. I didn't go Wednesday night. I watched at home. Dave Strader was calling the game and the chance to hear him do play by play was worth driving home for. I thought the game was good. I think it would have been nice for the Glens Falls band to be wearing BYU t-shirts and playing all of their stuff they do if the game was being played in Provo. One more note. With the charity auction taking place, I'm gonna miss the 2 by 4 that Jim Duggan signed for us. It's been in the office that I share with Dan and Mikey since last March when I did the appearance. I think Clay even put it on the payroll and signed it up for the 401K program. Its been around that long...Leccese out.
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