Here’s what I know about who deserves to be in the BCS Championship Game.
It’s that nobody knows who deserves to be in the BCS Championship Game.
It’s a season with more top-ranked losers than “American Idol,” and the Pollsters know as much about these teams as Simon Cowell does about tact. They may as well use a Ouija board or guess how many jelly beans are in the jar.
They had the BCS Selection Show on ABC Sunday night. It should’ve been on Comedy Central. The concept of a 2007 national champion is funny, just like everything else in college football this season.
After all, this is the year that first introduced you to Appalachian State, then to second-ranked South Florida, and finally to 3-9 Notre Dame.
So now it brings us LSU vs. Ohio State? OK. Maybe it’s an interesting game. Maybe one team even dominates. But the winner has a mandate as the nation’s best team like I’ve got a mandate to date Cameron Diaz.
(For the record, my wife says no.)
So Ohio State wins? Great. It beat a team that lost twice – to an unranked team and to basketball-playing Kentucky.
So LSU wins? Great. It beat the Buckeyes, who beat nobody ranked better than 23rd. And yeah, OSU lost to an unranked team, too.
And how do you know that Oklahoma wouldn’t have waxed either Ohio State or LSU in the “national title” game? And you could argue the same thing about USC? Or Virginia Tech or Kansas or Georgia? Or maybe, though it’s blasphemy to the BCS bluebloods, even that undefeated team in Hawaii?
There’s a reason Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops campaigned like a Karl Rove disciple on Saturday. He knew what everybody else knew – namely, that nobody knew.
And the voters still told him no.
Those know-it-alls.
Knicker-Buckers.
Remember when Web sites like ESPN.com and Yahoo! Sports and The Sports Nut were bragging about how good the Milwaukee Bucks were.
Umm… never mind.These guys have more personalities than Frank Caliendo, and their latest one
isn’t pretty.Milwaukee has lost four in a row,and one of those defeats should count triple, because it was against the New York Knicks. Yes, the same Knicks who, one night earlier, lost by a score of 104-59.
So for about three hours, the Bucks did what no PR firm on earth could do.
They made Isiah Thomas look good.
Quote of Note
“The first career touchdown pass of Aaron Rodgers.”
– Dick Enberg, during the radio broadcast of Thursday’s Green Bay vs. Dallas game, uttering words that Packer fans could’ve done without, at least for a couple more years.
Surprise surpise!
Didn’t see this coming? Then get your eyes checked.
Brett Favre gets more national love than those cute baby seals. So it’s hardly shocking that his renaissance season garnered Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year award.
Let’s just hope he doesn’t reinjure his elbow while picking it up.
And finally…
Because Milwaukee remains the Center of the Bowling Universe, we bring you word of the latest look at that universe’s history.
Author Doug Schmidt knows enough bowling stuff to start a newspaper about it. No, seriously. He publishes Ten Pin Journal, a monthly journal that’s distributed to bowlers throughout the state.
So the lifelong Milwaukeean and 40-year bowling veteran is more than qualified to write a book about this city’s love affair with the lanes. The result is They Came to Bowl: How Milwaukee Became America’s Tenpin Capital.
The short version: Germans loved bowling as much as beer and schnitzel, and they brought it with them to Milwaukee. But Schmidt, having worked on the 272-page book for some five years, goes into a bit more detail.
“I interviewed a lot of old-timers. It’s very anecdotal, not a dry history,” says the 59-year-old Schmidt.
Anecdotes like the time New York officials outlawed gambling on a game called nine pins.
So the gamblers, of course, added a 10th pin.
I'll be a guest on WUWM's Lake Effect Friday. And don't forget to check out Bar Time.
16 Comments
I'd like to contact Doug Schmidt of bowling fame to invite him to speak at my senior center in 2009. Can you tell me how to reach him? But I haven't read the Terms of Use.
Marjorie Reed, Program Planner
Open Doors Center, 728 E. Juneau Ave.
www.summerfieldchurch.org
baby seals r cute
i like cheese
hello every body
i like ice cream
hello liso and abis and cuddles and everybody
HI
xdhfklzsdyraweuiryiupwryuioerytoukfyg4oiuthioeuyoeuiytow3uiyodis7tyseorutysotypseiutyeiutyoweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuieuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuiweuirsydroawuiterofygtrsyocbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtrcbtreyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccbbbbccccccccccccccccccbcbbcasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasiasitasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfassdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdf
gfgfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhkadhk
gfgsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfgggggggggggggggsgsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfsfssfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyusfyu
hi do you know anything about hockey? My dads cousin is Neal Broton. Mabye you've heard of him? He was a hockey player for the 1980 miracle on ice olympic Hockey team.
Liza S.
my brother smells
my dad is smelly
wewdrftgyhujnkmsxcdfvghbjnetrfgvyhbjnkm
esrtji
hello all my peeps
can i get a whoda-whatda
WHODA-WHATDA