Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Mid-week musings??
13) In 2004, there were 31 unbeaten college basketball teams on December 10; 12 of them were at least 10-0. This year, there were only seven unbeaten teams on December 10, five of whom were 10-0 or better.
College basketball season starts earlier now than it did in ?04, but still, there don?t seem to be any great teams this year.
12) Aaron Rodgers was medically cleared to play in the Packers? game in Carolina this week. Rodgers broke his collarbone in a game against the Vikings October 15- he has 13 screws in his collarbone. It hasn?t been announced if he?ll play, but you figure if they cleared him, he will.
11) Philadelphia Eagles were 6-1 to win the Super Bowl before last Sunday?s game; had Carson Wentz not gotten hurt, they would?ve been 4-1 after the game. Instead, they?re going to wind up around 14-1 to win the Super Bowl with Nick Foles playing QB.
10) ESPN?s Fran Fraschilla tweeted Tuesday that the Lithuanian coach the Ball brothers will soon be playing for:
1) Doesn?t speak any English
2) Sells meat to his players out of the trunk of his car after practice.
This should go really well.
9) Rams LT Andrew Whitworth celebrated his birthday Tuesday by giving bicycles to 550 elementary students in the Watts section of Los Angeles. Thats a lot of bikes to give away.
8) Wyoming QB Josh Allen is probably the #3 QB prospect in next April?s NFL Draft, but he hurt his shoulder against Air Force and missed Wyoming?s last two games. Allen says his shoulder is now 90% healed and he expects to play in Wyoming?s bowl game. Playing well in that game will quiet lot of questions about his health heading into the draft.
7) OF Marcell Ozuna can be a free agent in two years; his agent is Scott Boras, so you know the Miami Marlins are trading him, too. Christian Yelich is owed $43M over the next four years, so he is affordable and Miami might keep him.
6) Texas Longhorns loses their top scorer Andrew Jones for a while with a broken wrist; he is averaging 15.3 ppg. Longhorns? first Big X game is December 29 at home vs Kansas.
5) SMU hired former Cal coach Sonny Dykes to replace Chad Morris, who is the new football coach at Arkansas. Dykes went 22-15 as coach at Louisiana Tech, 19-30 at Cal.
4) Patriots signed WR Kenny Britt to a 2-year contract, which will be interesting; Rams, Browns were both starved for talent when they had Britt, but they both let him walk, and New England gobbles him up. Want to see Belichick?s reaction the first time Britt gets a taunting penalty after one of his teammates scores a touchdown.
3) Set-up guy Bryan Shaw gets $9M for three years from Colorado; Shaw appeared in 79 games for Cleveland last year, the most games pitched in the big leagues. Colorado must?ve outbid the other teams by a lot; why else would a pitcher sign to pitch in the Mile High City?
2) Knicks 113, Lakers 109 OT? Kristaps Porzingis had 37 points, 11 rebounds, 5 blocked shots and 5 made 3-pointers as Knicks beat LA in overtime.
1) Angels just signed P/DH Shohei Ohtani; now there are reports the Ohtani has a sprained UCL in his elbow, and got one of those platelet-rich injections in his arm to help fix the injury. Oy.
13) In 2004, there were 31 unbeaten college basketball teams on December 10; 12 of them were at least 10-0. This year, there were only seven unbeaten teams on December 10, five of whom were 10-0 or better.
College basketball season starts earlier now than it did in ?04, but still, there don?t seem to be any great teams this year.
12) Aaron Rodgers was medically cleared to play in the Packers? game in Carolina this week. Rodgers broke his collarbone in a game against the Vikings October 15- he has 13 screws in his collarbone. It hasn?t been announced if he?ll play, but you figure if they cleared him, he will.
11) Philadelphia Eagles were 6-1 to win the Super Bowl before last Sunday?s game; had Carson Wentz not gotten hurt, they would?ve been 4-1 after the game. Instead, they?re going to wind up around 14-1 to win the Super Bowl with Nick Foles playing QB.
10) ESPN?s Fran Fraschilla tweeted Tuesday that the Lithuanian coach the Ball brothers will soon be playing for:
1) Doesn?t speak any English
2) Sells meat to his players out of the trunk of his car after practice.
This should go really well.
9) Rams LT Andrew Whitworth celebrated his birthday Tuesday by giving bicycles to 550 elementary students in the Watts section of Los Angeles. Thats a lot of bikes to give away.
8) Wyoming QB Josh Allen is probably the #3 QB prospect in next April?s NFL Draft, but he hurt his shoulder against Air Force and missed Wyoming?s last two games. Allen says his shoulder is now 90% healed and he expects to play in Wyoming?s bowl game. Playing well in that game will quiet lot of questions about his health heading into the draft.
7) OF Marcell Ozuna can be a free agent in two years; his agent is Scott Boras, so you know the Miami Marlins are trading him, too. Christian Yelich is owed $43M over the next four years, so he is affordable and Miami might keep him.
6) Texas Longhorns loses their top scorer Andrew Jones for a while with a broken wrist; he is averaging 15.3 ppg. Longhorns? first Big X game is December 29 at home vs Kansas.
5) SMU hired former Cal coach Sonny Dykes to replace Chad Morris, who is the new football coach at Arkansas. Dykes went 22-15 as coach at Louisiana Tech, 19-30 at Cal.
4) Patriots signed WR Kenny Britt to a 2-year contract, which will be interesting; Rams, Browns were both starved for talent when they had Britt, but they both let him walk, and New England gobbles him up. Want to see Belichick?s reaction the first time Britt gets a taunting penalty after one of his teammates scores a touchdown.
3) Set-up guy Bryan Shaw gets $9M for three years from Colorado; Shaw appeared in 79 games for Cleveland last year, the most games pitched in the big leagues. Colorado must?ve outbid the other teams by a lot; why else would a pitcher sign to pitch in the Mile High City?
2) Knicks 113, Lakers 109 OT? Kristaps Porzingis had 37 points, 11 rebounds, 5 blocked shots and 5 made 3-pointers as Knicks beat LA in overtime.
1) Angels just signed P/DH Shohei Ohtani; now there are reports the Ohtani has a sprained UCL in his elbow, and got one of those platelet-rich injections in his arm to help fix the injury. Oy.
