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The Sports Noter …

Posted on 07 February 2008 by Robert E Hunt Jr

Spurious thoughts and idle musings from the world of sports …

Good night, Bobby Knight. One of the most polarizing sports figures of all time called it quits at Texas Tech after 902 career wins and 3 national champeenships. It’s a shame he’ll be remembered mostly for tossing chairs, kicking shins and grabbing throats but I doubt he and his fishing rod are gonna care all that much anyway. From a hoops sense, Knight will be remembered for suffocating man-to-man D, the motion offense with disciplined shot selection and horrible taste in sideline sweater fashion. Enjoy your retirement, Coach, and please be nice to your waitress down at the Bob Evans.

Hey, Peyton, don’t we have an age limit for our Manning Passing Academy summer camp for kids ??? Yeah, we do, Eli, why, what’s the matter ??? Oh, nothing, it’s just that I’m getting some really strange applications for this year’s camp. Here’s one from a “D McNabb”, age 31 from Philadelphia. Says he likes Campbell’s Chunky Soup and hates Rush Limbaugh. Here’s another from an “R Grossman”, age 27 from Chicago. And here’s another from a “C Pennington”, age 31 from New York. Who are these guys ???

And so National Signing Day is upon us. That magical day when college football determines that the exact same programs that have ruled for the last 50 years are gonna somehow manage to flourish and conquer for four more. Oh, the waiting. Oh, the suspense. Can we get a drum roll, please ??? Gators, Canes, Dawgs, Nuts, Sooners, Cajuns, Irish, SoCal, Bama, Tejas, Noles and Meeshigan. Toss in some Aggies, a few Nitts and some extra helpings of Tiggers, Ducks and Hogs here and there and it’s the same old soup all over again. Heat and stir. Ladle into Bowls. Serve.

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The Sports Noter …

Posted on 15 January 2008 by Robert E Hunt Jr

Spurious thoughts and idle musings from the world of sports …

Romo to TO is a no go no mo’ … Not after the Pokes laid a Giant-sized cow chip on the field and became the first NFC No. 1 seed to honk a Division Round game since the Enn Eff Ell expanded to 12 playoff teams. Now Tony Romo and Yoko … I mean, Jessica Simpson can take all the Cabo vacation trips they want. And Terrell “It’s My Quarterback” Owens now has all the time he needs to snag an endorsement deal with Orville Redenbacher. Just don’t get any tears in the popcorn, TO. But best of all was seeing Double-J on the sideline near the end screaming at the zebras with his best bitter beer face. Sorry, Jerry, but Week 1 is just 34 weeks away.

Please say it ain’t so … Apparently, the NCAA is investigating the storied UCLA hoops program over an alleged illegal recruiting contact. Looks like current freshman Kevin Love met with a school representative during a recruiting trip last year … Which would indeed be illegal if that representative was not officially affiliated with UCLA. Fortunately, the rep is a paid consultant to the school so he can meet with recruits. Which is a good thing considering it’s 97-year-old John Wooden, the legendary Wizard of Westwood, who won 10 titles and pretty much sired March Madness, the massive cash cow which pays just about every bill at the NCAA. Listen, suits, let the man talk to the kids. Women’s soccer and men’s golf are not paying your salaries.

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