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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