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Golf

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My son has joined us for the weekend (Leila, too) and we got out to play golf yesterday at Riverwalk...cough, cough, cough...I'm still not recovered and I coughed around the course...great to have them here! Enough of the Carrie Prejean crap already...she's a conservative joke and has so many flaws it's embarrassing to watch...speaking of Sarah Palin...the book is hitting the market next week and it's going to set the record straight...which always my goal with my R-9...did you watch the Blazers last night? I have the NBA package and watch all the PDX games...their schedule is real soft right now, even though it's on the road...wow...the Nuggets destroyed the Lakers last night as Carmelo continues as a top 3 player in the league...unique fete from somebody from Syracuse...not a fan of that program...USD knocked off Stanford last night in the opener in hoops...they're going to be greatly improved and watchable...Notre Dame...if Pitt beats them tomorrow, look for...

Gold Glove Shame

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What do you do when your glove goes into the Hall of Fame for representing the fewest errors in a season, yet you don't get the Gold Glove for the position in the National League? And the guy who beat you out committed 17 errors to your 3!!! There is an arbitrary voting scheme out there that is used...and Rawlings (the sponsor) doesn't release the votes...there are those who say that hitting is tied into the voting scheme...I can't find the actual system used...anyway, too bad for the Pad's Kooz as he had a wonderful defensive season... The Blazers beat up on Minnesota last night as Oden and Rudy were the big guns...the Wolves are awful... the Pix... OSU over the Huskies... UCLA over WSU... Dux over ASU... USC over the Cardinal SDS over Wyoming... for the season... 41-9 ...

What is going on here

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The salary of NCAA D-1 coaches are legendarily huge...throw in incentives for talk shows, running camps, speaking engagements, etc....there are those who make 10+ mill for one season...the assist. can make at least 100 grand up to , well, 500 grand...D-1 football is out of control...yet, it is without the only playoff in the biz...why? More money answers...the schools stand to lose big bucks by eliminating the present bowl system...that's why the school's Prezs reject the notion of the playoff...they see the need for the sharing of the wealth...even though many of the schools subsidize their team by upping the fees at games and upping the tuition at the schools...it's the price they pay and NOBODY wants to find a way to change it...NOBODY, that's involved in it now... Remember the DC snipers? Yup, the mastermind was executed last eve in Virginia for heinous crimes... Think that's going to be the outcome for the Ft. Hood assassin? More I hear of him, he was a terro...

The Stadium

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There are 2 sports in San Diego, football and football....sorry Pads, but it's true...and ever since I've been here the Bolts have been looking for a new stadium...rumors about a midnight move to LA, an Escondido site, a Chula Vista site, an Oceanside site...now comes the most exciting of all...a downtown site!...it's about 5 blocks east of Petco...and appears to be a reliable destination...a lot of excitement here for sure... Now back to the Pads...to get to the same echelon as the Bolts, they have to make the right moves...it's there, but it's up to this new management to figure it out...and deliver... The Steelers are a load...just ask the Broncos who thought they were on the same level...not, if you watched last night's undressing in Denver... There is a story here about a local SD high school player, Jeremy Tyler, who decided to forego his SENIOR YEAR in high school to go abroad and play in a pro league, make money, forget schooling, and go directly into t...

Rivers

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It's what you do...it's what separates you from the others...it's what people talk about for the next 4 days...it's what others have to prepare for...I'm talking the way Philip Rivers marched the Bolts down the field and beat the Giants with 20 seconds to go...he found Vincent Jackson in the corner of the end zone for the score...by the way, Jackson is an elite at his spot to boot...AND...the Bolts brainiacs did follow suit to put pressure on Eli...which he is getting better at handling it...he better, or it's all over for NY...regardless, huge win for the Chargers...not much rest, as the Eagles come to town next week...will be an awesome, fun charged weekend... Did you see the Blazers won last night and BRoy only had 2 points? Or the Lakers and OKYCity (Supersonics) won easily...LA without their 2 big guys and OC against the Magic, who must have just mailed it in...it's already begun... The Trib is referencing that AGonzo is probably going to be traded ver...

Zenyatta

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A mare wins the classic...1st time it's happened and it was a beaut of a race...Zenyatta proves itself as the horse of the year...the Breeder's Cup at Santa Anita (again) hosted 56 thou and most of them were tickled to see the lady win it...by the way, one person hit the pick six for a mere 1.8 mill... Speaking of the pix...I missed on the Dux/Beavs...and was 3-2 for an overall 41-9 ....I had great reservations about the Cardinal and did not see the collapse of the D by the ux...just a great performance by the Beavs at Cal and they are sure capable aren't they? I have the same type of fear as the Bolts go into NY and take on the Giants...a team that has been just short of awful lately, as Eli has been running scared...just don't think the Chargers can put that type of pressure on him and he will rebound...now, if we do blitz we will win, but I don't see us as a brainiac group and will not take the path that the other smarter teams have used... OK, let's just set...