So I just had a great posting written, and my computer lost it. Robbed.
--Eastview football has a solid running game, led by a very talented Jake Machacek. Last night I saw him run for 175 yards and 4 TDs in one half, and the Lightning rolled to a 49-9 win at Bloomington Kennedy. Very talented...I can't wait to see if Eden Prairie can contain him.
--The Vikes may just fall to 0-2 this weekend. They are playing a Cincinnati team that is an AFC sleeper this year. Plus the Bengals start a fellow Lakeville alumnus at safety.
--Speaking of Lakeville, how about South pulling the upset over North last night! In the first game in what will be a great rivalry, South went into North and won 24-19. All of the press leading up to the game was about how it would be an extension of the friendships that all of the players and coaches have, and it would be a celebration of football in a truly football-crazy suburb. Try telling that to the North players, who lost to a South team with no seniors and a lot of the players that filled out the depth chart at North last year. This, my friends, is how rivalries are born.
--This just in: Wayzata football is good. A very impressive 3-0 they are, but a big road game at Eden Prairie awaits. Can they pull that one too?
--T-minus 7 days until the Gophers season starts. For real. Of course, they'll be 3-0, but who cares? Can they beat Purdue?
All for now. I'm out like a football in Daunte Culpepper's hands.
Saturday, September 17, 2005
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Koren Robinson??
All right, Purple Nation. Can anyone explain to me why the Vikings signed Koren Robinson?
Did they really need another receiver at $1.5 million over two years? And did they need to take another guy with a history of drug use? I'm not sure. All I know is that Robinson was a stellar college wideout at NC State. He torched our Gophers in the Micron Bowl in Miami in 2000. But ever since then, he hasn't been able to catch a cold. Just ask Mike Holmgren...the man definitely did not help the Seahawks' chances last season. And the last thing Daunte needs is for the WRs to get a case of butterfingersitis.
Yeah, Koren's supposed to have cleaned himself up in the offseason, so the Vikes laced his contract with incentives. But right now, there's only one positive I see to this mess. Guess who got demoted to make room for Robinson? Kelly Campbell. And when you compare these two characters, the Vikings definitely upgraded.
Did they really need another receiver at $1.5 million over two years? And did they need to take another guy with a history of drug use? I'm not sure. All I know is that Robinson was a stellar college wideout at NC State. He torched our Gophers in the Micron Bowl in Miami in 2000. But ever since then, he hasn't been able to catch a cold. Just ask Mike Holmgren...the man definitely did not help the Seahawks' chances last season. And the last thing Daunte needs is for the WRs to get a case of butterfingersitis.
Yeah, Koren's supposed to have cleaned himself up in the offseason, so the Vikes laced his contract with incentives. But right now, there's only one positive I see to this mess. Guess who got demoted to make room for Robinson? Kelly Campbell. And when you compare these two characters, the Vikings definitely upgraded.
Monday, September 05, 2005
Labor Day
Happy Labor Day to all...
--So far so good for the Gophers. If you still don't believe that Maroney is one of the best backs in Gopher history, get out of here.
--High school football season is underway, and it's more of the same old, same old so far. Eden Prairie pounds another team into submission. Cretin-Derham Hall continues the domination. And Bloomington Kennedy, although much improved over last year in their opener, takes a loss. But my hat's off to my former hometown, Lakeville. It's a team that many experts predicted could win a state championship this year if there was still just one football team. But they split up, with both teams getting pounded in their openers. They may have lost the games, but they WILL win the war. The district, unlike Eden Prairie, built a second high school. They gave more kids a better chance to lead, to play, and most importantly, to succeed in the classroom. The on-field wins will just be that much sweeter when they do come.
--The Big Ten is 10-0 in football so far this year, thanks to Illinois' superb 4th-quarter comeback against Rutgers. Is there any doubt, with three top-ten teams and improved strength all over, that this is the best conference in college football?
--The WNBA playoffs are happening. Does anyone care?
Aw shucks, I can't think of anything else right now. I'm off to grill it up.
--So far so good for the Gophers. If you still don't believe that Maroney is one of the best backs in Gopher history, get out of here.
--High school football season is underway, and it's more of the same old, same old so far. Eden Prairie pounds another team into submission. Cretin-Derham Hall continues the domination. And Bloomington Kennedy, although much improved over last year in their opener, takes a loss. But my hat's off to my former hometown, Lakeville. It's a team that many experts predicted could win a state championship this year if there was still just one football team. But they split up, with both teams getting pounded in their openers. They may have lost the games, but they WILL win the war. The district, unlike Eden Prairie, built a second high school. They gave more kids a better chance to lead, to play, and most importantly, to succeed in the classroom. The on-field wins will just be that much sweeter when they do come.
--The Big Ten is 10-0 in football so far this year, thanks to Illinois' superb 4th-quarter comeback against Rutgers. Is there any doubt, with three top-ten teams and improved strength all over, that this is the best conference in college football?
--The WNBA playoffs are happening. Does anyone care?
Aw shucks, I can't think of anything else right now. I'm off to grill it up.
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