Sunday, August 31, 2003
IN TODAY'S BREMERTON SUN...
Columns written regarding the Husky and Cougar games, and a column about the Mariner game, and hell, none of them are mail-it-in wire stories from the AP. Go figure.
I'd like to start by saying the Buckeyes won 28-9, and therefore covered the 9-point spread. Also, the Cougars won 25-0; IDAHO BEAT THE SPREAD (28 points) without even scoring a single point themselves. I was watching that Cougar game on Fox Sports Net and it had RICK RIZZS and Cleet Kasper on the call. Weird stuff. Anyway, the Cougars were nowhere near as dominant as the score indicates. Idaho had six points taken away from them because the Cougs have some tall leaping guy on field goal unit that blocked two kicks. I think the Vandals could have easily scored 21 points, but they either made a stupid penalty in or near the red zone, or the receivers dropped passes from Michael Harrington. Yes, Michael Harrington. So the score basically indicates how crappy and incomplete Idaho was; it definitely does not indicate how good Wazzu is -- they're not that good. But they'll rush for more yards than the Huskies this season, that's for damn sure. Reality will set in next week after the Notre Dame game.
The Huskies just plum got manhandled. Seven yards rushing?? Ouch. No real big-play catches out of Frederick and Williams. No big catches and no running game...I don't have to tell you how this game ended up.
ALSO, nice cover-up job by the Bremerton Sun today; this is seen in the "Quick Slants" section of the Husky notebook: "Jimmy Newell, junior free safety from South Kitsap, started and finished with seven tackles. Newell also recovered a fumble on a kickoff late in the fourth quarter." YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!!! No mention at all how Newell was absolutely posterized by Lydell Ross, something that made the highlight reels ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. So if for some reason the Sun is your only source of college football highlights, you would never know that Newell got cleat marks imprinted into his jersey by Ross on the way to a Buckeye touchdown. It's too much fun slamming South, and I'm not gonna stop anytime soon. I think the only guy from South that I won't slam is Benji Olson. He's just too good, and he's proven himself. Though he's from North, I won't ever hesitate to slam Aaron Sele, Mr. 0-for-life in the postseason. Easy target, and there's just too much ammunition and material to work with.
While I'm on college pigskin, Locke and Fain of KJR had an "oh, come on" moment earlier this week when they saw an ESPN headline earlier this week reading "Oregon's Fife in Nike Unitas campaign." They and I had the same reaction. Jason Fife isn't even the number one quarterback (thank you, Clarence Clemens) ON HIS OWN TEAM, so why the HELL is he in the Nike campaign for the Unitas award? Makes no sense at all.
Jason Johnson (10-5) and Jamie Moyer (16-6) this afternoon. If the Mariners just get a couple of breaks, they'll have this game. And they could really use the sweep. September call-ups coming tomorrow. Edgar's been playing on a broken toe since the Boston foul-off. More on all this later...
I'd like to start by saying the Buckeyes won 28-9, and therefore covered the 9-point spread. Also, the Cougars won 25-0; IDAHO BEAT THE SPREAD (28 points) without even scoring a single point themselves. I was watching that Cougar game on Fox Sports Net and it had RICK RIZZS and Cleet Kasper on the call. Weird stuff. Anyway, the Cougars were nowhere near as dominant as the score indicates. Idaho had six points taken away from them because the Cougs have some tall leaping guy on field goal unit that blocked two kicks. I think the Vandals could have easily scored 21 points, but they either made a stupid penalty in or near the red zone, or the receivers dropped passes from Michael Harrington. Yes, Michael Harrington. So the score basically indicates how crappy and incomplete Idaho was; it definitely does not indicate how good Wazzu is -- they're not that good. But they'll rush for more yards than the Huskies this season, that's for damn sure. Reality will set in next week after the Notre Dame game.
The Huskies just plum got manhandled. Seven yards rushing?? Ouch. No real big-play catches out of Frederick and Williams. No big catches and no running game...I don't have to tell you how this game ended up.
ALSO, nice cover-up job by the Bremerton Sun today; this is seen in the "Quick Slants" section of the Husky notebook: "Jimmy Newell, junior free safety from South Kitsap, started and finished with seven tackles. Newell also recovered a fumble on a kickoff late in the fourth quarter." YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!!! No mention at all how Newell was absolutely posterized by Lydell Ross, something that made the highlight reels ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. So if for some reason the Sun is your only source of college football highlights, you would never know that Newell got cleat marks imprinted into his jersey by Ross on the way to a Buckeye touchdown. It's too much fun slamming South, and I'm not gonna stop anytime soon. I think the only guy from South that I won't slam is Benji Olson. He's just too good, and he's proven himself. Though he's from North, I won't ever hesitate to slam Aaron Sele, Mr. 0-for-life in the postseason. Easy target, and there's just too much ammunition and material to work with.
While I'm on college pigskin, Locke and Fain of KJR had an "oh, come on" moment earlier this week when they saw an ESPN headline earlier this week reading "Oregon's Fife in Nike Unitas campaign." They and I had the same reaction. Jason Fife isn't even the number one quarterback (thank you, Clarence Clemens) ON HIS OWN TEAM, so why the HELL is he in the Nike campaign for the Unitas award? Makes no sense at all.
Jason Johnson (10-5) and Jamie Moyer (16-6) this afternoon. If the Mariners just get a couple of breaks, they'll have this game. And they could really use the sweep. September call-ups coming tomorrow. Edgar's been playing on a broken toe since the Boston foul-off. More on all this later...
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