I will leave all the NCAAFB predictions to Thew. I simply do not follow college football enough to opine. (I can hear it now..."that has not stopped you from blabbering about everything else")
UConn: Ouch. Nothing you can say about that. Time will tell if it was indicative of the talent or a character building fluke. What does not seem to be a fluke is Rudy Gay's performance. If that guy does not want to stay in college for another year, he better start stepping up. If he goes 3 for 12 with 5 turnovers with regularity he can kiss the first round (and the first round $$$) good bye.
Clarett: Stupid is as stupid does. It just shows that the guy was born for prison, it just took him a while to figure it out.
Lesbian Cheerleaders: Whatever happen to the girls? A quick Google search does not turn up anything new. Dang.
Herm Edwards: Seems to be the choice for the Chiefs. Herm make be a very good coach, but it not obvious to me that he is. Sure, the Jets had a wasted year with injuries and whatnot, but injuries are part of the game, and isn't a great coach someone who can overcome those obstacles? We'll see and good luck to him.
NFL Playoffs: I am a big believer in experience and coaching in the playoffs. That would make Washington, New England, Carolina and Pittsburgh winners this weekend.
Super Bowl: Current feeling is New England v. Seattle.
Taking Week 17 Off: What the hell was this trend of the top teams rolling over in the final week? Okay, okay, I hear you: why risk injuries in a meaningless game. But come on. Bunch of pussies.
Local News Goes National: A local story has hit it big: the Murphy sisters were two popular local girls who were killed when the older sister wrapped her folks Landrover 10 feet up a telephone pole in town. Read the story for why, in trying to keep the details private, it has blown up into national news.
There, of course, is a backstory here. One that noone seems to want to discuss and is frankly causing passions to flare in town. (Technically in two towns as we share a "regional" high school.) These sweet, young girls were part of a "group" of high school students were drinking was a major part of their lives. Okay. Fine. Now for the "no one shall discuss it" part: this culture was (and is) encouraged by a group of parents. (I am NOT saying the Murphys were part of this...I have no first hand knowledge of their attitudes or knowledge towards their daughters' drinking. But I am saying that it is "common knowledge" around town that certain parents are involved.)
It is unclear why the parents are not being responsible here: maybe because they do not want to seem "uncool" (Which is a big problem, because most of the parents I know around here WERE uncool in HS and seem to be over compensating with their kids.) But the fact is, these parents are playing roulette with their kid's lives. Further, I would like to say this is an isolated incident, but it is not either in the region or even at our HS. Unfortunately, it will not be the last time this happens.
When I was in high school, the legal age was 18. We did not lose any students to drunk driving. I have asked a number of early 40s adults and drunk driving fatalities were very rare in HS. A fluke? A sign of today's greater access to cars? Maybe, but I would posit that our parties had a lot more adult supervision. Nowadays, kids hide and sneak alcohol. Frankly, they are simple not responsible or mature enough to conduct this "clandestine" activity.
Now the drinking age is 21. I do not agree with this, but it is the law and I expect my kids (who are not yet 18) to live by it. Further, I expect the parents of my kids' friends to live by it. Unfortunately, there is a fair amount who don't.
Early indications are that no adult will held responsible. I only hope that this changes in the future. If not, this tragic story will be repeated.
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