No coverage of the Steelers shutout of the Seahawks on Sunday.
I have no desire to sit through a 24-0 shutout on tape.
Had the game been closer,it may have been a different story.
The Browns and Seahawks have two more games that are played at the same time-back to back weeks on October 30 and November 6,so those games will be either not covered or on tape,if the game is decent enough to worry with.
Those of you that often times find that their enjoyment of the game can be affected by the people calling the action (like say...ME) should take a look at this article on SI.com that covers all the networks,their announcing and studio teams along with other interesting nuggets on the people that talk the game for a living.
My take on the ACC expansion of Pittsburgh and Syracuse (Raspberry Blown Here).
The ACC continues to toss tradition down the toilet,but I can fix it to a certain degree and maintain history,rivalries and make the best of the situation for long time fans like me,who date back to a SEVEN team ACC!
Assume that 16 teams in two eight team divisions is the eventual goal.
What about an "Heritage" Division consisting of the seven remaining original members-Clemson,Duke,Maryland,North Carolina,N.C. State,Virginia and Wake Forest along with the eighth team to join 1979's Georgia Tech to go with a "newcomers" division with Florida State,Boston College,Virginia Tech and Miami joined by Pittsburgh,Syracuse and the two teams to be named later?
Makes as much sense as the current setup and keeps the original seven schools together.
The new schools looks stronger as far as football goes,but anytime that decisions like these are made for current balance issues,things usually screw up for the long run.
Basketball looks pretty balanced with a small edge for now to the Heritage pending the ID of the eventual two additions.
To this day,I believe that all things considered with the Cleveland/Art Modell/Baltimore fiasco could have been best solved by putting Baltimore in the East with New England,New York and Miami (All rivals of the Baltimore Colts) and sending Buffalo to the North (is there a farther North team that doesn't play in the North?) creating a close geographic league and the AFC's true black and blue division.
Consider this plan,ACC-It would go a long way to making your original fan base happy.
Connecticut and (as Always) Rutgers are rumored to be teams 15 and 16.
Rutgers always comes up in these rumors and I always wonder what they bring to the table in these expansions-Survey Says-Little.
Want a sleeper? Penn State.
It is a longshot,but Grandpa Paterno has always wanted the Big Ten to expand east and when the league instead moved west (Nebraska),the Nittanys could not have been happy.
It is not likely,but Penn State loses just one real rival in the swap(Ohio State) and would refresh three instant rivalries that went dormant with their move to the Big Ten in Syracuse,Pittsburgh and Maryland.
The new website Grantland talks to former NHL enforcer Stu Grimson (Ryan's favorite enforcer,want to make friends and have a conversation with Ryan? Get him talking about Stu Grimson) and the three deaths of hockey enforcers over the summer.
Chris Jones talks to Grimson about his career,fighting and the culture of the game.
Grantland has been uneven thus far with articles ranging from excellent to cringe worthy.
This one is well worth the time.
ESPN's Outside the lines hits a homer here with this article on Marlins outfielder Logan Morrison.
A very detailed and intimate look at this young player that has suddenly fallen out favor in Florida.
When I met Logan here at the Muni,he was very nice and took time to talk.
I would love to see Morrison at either PNC Park or Jacobs Field as a Pirate or Indian,if the Marlins are so dead set on giving him away!
Wendy's is going to remake its hamburger?
Well,it takes effect on Monday,so those of you that want one last run at the old Wendy's burger had better get one over the next few days.
Wendy's lost 1.2 percent of its market share since 2002 (now 12.8 %) and gambled on shaking things up.
I always liked Wendy's burgers WHEN they were done well,which seemed to be 1 out of 3 trips.
Wendy's was the most vulnerable of the Big Three of burgers to poor employees screwing up their food ,at least when I ate there anyway.
Most of you know that I always look through the new network shows of the season and pick a few to give a chance to.
Sometimes this is a homer like the much missed Life and more often than not,it is a swing and a miss.
This season we will be giving a chance to the following shows.
Each show usually gets a four episode run and if I am not interested by then-Adios.
This year,our three choices are
Ringer-Tuesday 9:00 CW
Revenge-Wednesday 10:00 ABC
Person of Interest- Thursday 9:00 CBS
Let's see if any click with me and more importantly with the networks.
What usually happens is anything I like is most of the time over the head of the average viewer and the show gets the boot....
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