Tide and Irish and Seahawks...OH MY!

Some random thoughts while waiting for the acetamen...Tylenol to take effect.

-Didn't see the game, but the Alabama-Texas A&M game on Saturday sounded very entertaining.  Big plays were everywhere, and it cemented two things:. 1) Johnny Manziel is a big time player, maybe the best in college football this season. and 2) Alabama is again the team to beat.  Neither one of these observations are news, but they are the two most salient observations to an entertaining game.

-Notre Dame is not that relevant this season.  An improving, but undermanned Purdue team played just well enough to lose to superior talent.  If it weren't for one lapse of belief, and the three quick touchdowns during said lapse, we would be talking about Spoilermakers again.  If Wisconsin thumps the Boilers this weekend, Notre Dame's true character will be revealed.  Michigan State could remove all doubt, providing they play like they did last Saturday.

-Seattle proved they are for real last night.  Marshawn Lynch's three touchdowns, and the five turnovers forced by the Seahawk defense were part of a dominant performance.  Colin Kaepernick is probably still confused, three turnovers and a lost fumble cementing the final outcome.  Everything looks great in Seattle...for now.

-Weather delays in Chicago affected NASCAR and PGA Tour events. But delays in Tampa and Seattle for lightning.  WOAH!  Didn't see those coming.  Imagine that...rain in Seattle!

-A follow up to Friday night's post: we had some mixed results.  Heather ran two minutes faster than she did a year ago, but finished 153 out of 178 runners in the girl's varsity meet.  Girl's team was 14th of 24 teams.  Our top boys finisher was 16th, but the team was 19th of 25 teams.  However, we run against teams that have as many kids running Cross Country as we have kids to draw from in the entire middle school, even with an extra grade.  Shout out to Sydney Weaver, the daughter of my old friend: she finished 19th.  And we did get to talk briefly.  Look forward to seeing them again next Saturday.

So...am I off base?