Armadillo: Friday's six-pack
-- Oregon 83, Arizona 75-- Arizona's 49-game home winning streak is over.
-- Richmond 98, George Washington 90 2OT-- Spiders made 11-19 from arc.
-- Cincinnati 58, UConn 57-- Huskies scored two points in last 6:20 of game.
-- Western Kentucky 69, UAB 62-- First loss in C-USA for the Blazers.
-- Washington 86, UCLA 84-- Bruins are 3-5 in weird Pac-12 season.
-- Long Beach State 80, UCSB 70 OT-- Gauchos didn't score in overtime.
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Armadillo: Friday's List of 13: Clearing out a cluttered mind........
13) Seven New England Patriots were voted into the Pro Bowl; none will play. None of them were replaced by other Patriots. In probably unrelated news, the NFL named their all-time Super Bowl team and neither Brady/Belichick were on it.
12) Speaking of the Pro Bowl, that is the one football game I rarely watch-- can't remember the last time I've seen it. Having Michael Irvin/Jerry Rice draft the teams doesn't exactly make the game any more appealing for me.
11) Denver Broncos are taking all their employees to the Super Bowl; around 300 people. Apparently not every team does this-- it can't be cheap, but NFL teams make so much money, doubt that is a factor. Nice thing to do, isn't it?
10) Former Oregon State coach Craig Robinson was debating wisdom of putting a hand up while closing out a 3-point shooter last night, at the Richmond-GW game. Lot of basketball coaches are more in line with Mark Jackson's thinking-- he always said on ESPN if a defender didn't put his hand up, "Hand down, man down".
Robinson claimed putting a hand up helped the shooter line up his shot; I know he is the President's brother-in-law and all, but I'd have to disagree with him on this.
9) If you beg out of playing in the NHL All-Star Game because of injury/illness, you are not allowed to play in your team's first game after the All-Star break.
8) Clete Blakeman, who was a backup QB at Nebraska in his college days will be the ref at the Super Bowl- it is his first Super Bowl. Curious to me how they've never had Gene Steratore ref a Super Bowl-- it can't be that he refs college basketball, since Bill Vinovich reffed the Super Bowl LY and he does college basketball games, too,
7) Why can't the Raiders/49ers just share Levi's Stadium? 49ers seem open to it, but Mark Davis is in Las Vegas today, looking at sites for a potential new stadium. Unsure if the NFL would let a team relocate to Las Vegas. Interesting option, though.
6) Clemson Tigers are 8-0 against the spread in the ACC; Charlotte is 8-0 vs spread in C-USA games; neither team was a preseason contender in their league.
5) New York Mets' Class A farm team in South Carolina is the Columbia Fireflies; apparently their hats this season will glow in the dark. Seriously.
4) Golden State Warriors are moving from Oakland to San Francisco in four years, when their new arena is done; I'm wondering if they'll still have the great home court advantage they have now in Oakland? New arena means more expensive tickets which means wealthier fans who care less about the game than less wealthy people.
3) Wisconsin hired Justin Wilcox as defensive coordinator; he spent last two years at USC, had previously worked at Oregon, Boise State. ESPN needs to do a feature on how a lot of these assistant football coaches are total nomads, going from one job to another almost every year. Bears coach John Fox once worked in a different place for eight consecutive years and I think Iowa State was the best plaxe of the eight. .
2) Interesting time of year; in middle of night, there is live golf on TV from Qatar, Singapore, live tennis from Australia. I remember sitting in a bar in Vegas last March, and the next day's golf tournament had already started on TV. It is worse in July and the British Open is on-- that starts at about 11pm Las Vegas time every day.
1) This has been an unusual year; the NBA All-Star Game is in Toronto, the NHL's All-Star Game is in Tennessee. One of the leading contenders to be President of the United States insults over half the country and gets away with it-- go figure.
-- Oregon 83, Arizona 75-- Arizona's 49-game home winning streak is over.
-- Richmond 98, George Washington 90 2OT-- Spiders made 11-19 from arc.
-- Cincinnati 58, UConn 57-- Huskies scored two points in last 6:20 of game.
-- Western Kentucky 69, UAB 62-- First loss in C-USA for the Blazers.
-- Washington 86, UCLA 84-- Bruins are 3-5 in weird Pac-12 season.
-- Long Beach State 80, UCSB 70 OT-- Gauchos didn't score in overtime.
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Armadillo: Friday's List of 13: Clearing out a cluttered mind........
13) Seven New England Patriots were voted into the Pro Bowl; none will play. None of them were replaced by other Patriots. In probably unrelated news, the NFL named their all-time Super Bowl team and neither Brady/Belichick were on it.
12) Speaking of the Pro Bowl, that is the one football game I rarely watch-- can't remember the last time I've seen it. Having Michael Irvin/Jerry Rice draft the teams doesn't exactly make the game any more appealing for me.
11) Denver Broncos are taking all their employees to the Super Bowl; around 300 people. Apparently not every team does this-- it can't be cheap, but NFL teams make so much money, doubt that is a factor. Nice thing to do, isn't it?
10) Former Oregon State coach Craig Robinson was debating wisdom of putting a hand up while closing out a 3-point shooter last night, at the Richmond-GW game. Lot of basketball coaches are more in line with Mark Jackson's thinking-- he always said on ESPN if a defender didn't put his hand up, "Hand down, man down".
Robinson claimed putting a hand up helped the shooter line up his shot; I know he is the President's brother-in-law and all, but I'd have to disagree with him on this.
9) If you beg out of playing in the NHL All-Star Game because of injury/illness, you are not allowed to play in your team's first game after the All-Star break.
8) Clete Blakeman, who was a backup QB at Nebraska in his college days will be the ref at the Super Bowl- it is his first Super Bowl. Curious to me how they've never had Gene Steratore ref a Super Bowl-- it can't be that he refs college basketball, since Bill Vinovich reffed the Super Bowl LY and he does college basketball games, too,
7) Why can't the Raiders/49ers just share Levi's Stadium? 49ers seem open to it, but Mark Davis is in Las Vegas today, looking at sites for a potential new stadium. Unsure if the NFL would let a team relocate to Las Vegas. Interesting option, though.
6) Clemson Tigers are 8-0 against the spread in the ACC; Charlotte is 8-0 vs spread in C-USA games; neither team was a preseason contender in their league.
5) New York Mets' Class A farm team in South Carolina is the Columbia Fireflies; apparently their hats this season will glow in the dark. Seriously.
4) Golden State Warriors are moving from Oakland to San Francisco in four years, when their new arena is done; I'm wondering if they'll still have the great home court advantage they have now in Oakland? New arena means more expensive tickets which means wealthier fans who care less about the game than less wealthy people.
3) Wisconsin hired Justin Wilcox as defensive coordinator; he spent last two years at USC, had previously worked at Oregon, Boise State. ESPN needs to do a feature on how a lot of these assistant football coaches are total nomads, going from one job to another almost every year. Bears coach John Fox once worked in a different place for eight consecutive years and I think Iowa State was the best plaxe of the eight. .
2) Interesting time of year; in middle of night, there is live golf on TV from Qatar, Singapore, live tennis from Australia. I remember sitting in a bar in Vegas last March, and the next day's golf tournament had already started on TV. It is worse in July and the British Open is on-- that starts at about 11pm Las Vegas time every day.
1) This has been an unusual year; the NBA All-Star Game is in Toronto, the NHL's All-Star Game is in Tennessee. One of the leading contenders to be President of the United States insults over half the country and gets away with it-- go figure.
