Category: Sports
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I read the news today, oh boy!
about an unlucky team that did not make the grade! But there were signs …. Blaska’s Bottom Line: We thought Jimmy Johnson was going to have a heart attack! Didn’t we say the last time the Packers won a Super Bowl they did it as a wild card? How far will the Pack go?
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Could we be so lucky?
Maybe a shovel pass? Packers head coach Matt LaFleur praised the young man’s parents for bringing him up the right way. Starting quarterback Jordan Love led the Green Bay Packers as the youngest team to qualify for the NFL playoffs. Proving he has the right stuff, Mr. Love even helped a fan dig out her…
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You can’t hurry Love
Basking in some vicarious victory today! Like Clark Griswold, Blaska could not be more surprised if he woke up with his face sewn to the carpet. Going into this season we were certain Jordan Love would make Packer fans yearn for the glory days of John Hadl. Seemed wobbly when he filled in for A-Rod.…
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College football opts out in prime time
Georgia v. Florida State is the death knellof college football bowl games! A marquee New Years weekend football game, no? (NO!) The defending national college football champion Georgia Bulldogs versus the only undefeated team not invited to the final four college football playoffs, Florida State. A ballyhooed match-up. (Bally WHO?) Number 4 Seminoles v. #6…
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Coach potato flagged for intentional grounding
Are college football bowl games passé? Our beloved University of Wisconsin Badgers are going to something called the ReliaQuest Bowl. At least it’s in Tampa and on January 1. What even is a ReliaQuest? (Apparently, a local cyber-security start-up.) Used to be the Hall of Fame Bowl. From 1996 to 2022 it was the Outback…
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Nothing like a good poke in the kidneys to prove your point
“Well, stand your butt up then.””No, YOU stand your butt up!” Democratic Socialists of America and its publicist, John Nichols, are calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. How about a ceasefire in Congress? At least no one is beating each other with canes. Or shooting stone cold dead (as Ron DeSantis might say) a…