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Tuesday’s 6-pack:
Oldest starting QB’s in college football this year:
25— Cameron Rising, Utah
24— Alan Bowman, Oklahoma State
24— Tyler Shough, Louisville
23— Dillon Gebriel, Oregon
23— KJ Jefferson, Central Florida
23— Graham Mertz, Florida
23— DJ Uiagalelei, Florida State
Quote of the Day
“It was the easiest thing I’ve ever done in show business. I walked in, said ‘Hello stars,’ I read questions and laughed. And it paid very well.”
The late Peter Marshall, talking about hosting the Hollywood Squares
Tuesday’s quiz
Who was coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, just before Andy Reid got there?
Monday’s quiz
Arizona Diamondbaacks made the playoffs in their second year of existence, in 1999; Buck Showalter was their manager back then.
Sunday’s quiz
Terry Gannon was the Raiders’ QB, the last time they played in a Super Bowl.
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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but……..
— When I was a kid, I freakin’ loved TV game shows, watched way too many of them and one of the best, if not the best game show, was Hollywood Squares, which won four Daytime Emmys as the best game show.
Nine stars would be arranged in a tic-tac-toe format and contestants would agree/disagree with the answers they gave, to earn an X or an O, with the winner being the person who got tic-tac-toe.
From 1966-81, Peter Marshall hosted Hollywood Squares; he was an actor and singer before he got this gig, but he was a great game show host. He would set up the celebrities for their jokes with his questions; he was smart and good-natured. It was an awesome TV show.
Sadly, Peter Marshall passed away last week, at age 98. RIP, sir
— Peter Marshall’s real name was Ralph Pierre LaCock; his son Pete LaCock played nine years in the major leagues, as a 1B/OF for the Cubs, Royals.
— There must be a boatload of $$$ involved with hosting fantasy football leagues; ESPN hosts a 27-hour fantasy football marathon every year, which in the middle of the night can be oddly entertaining.
— QB Colt McCoy has retired from the NFL, will work this fall as a studio analyst for college football games for NBC.
McCoy was in the NFL for 12 years, starting 36 games (11-25) for five teams. He played college ball at Texas, was a 3rd round draft pick by Cleveland.
— Washington Commanders announced that rookie QB Jayden Daniels will start the season opener at Tampa Bay. Kliff Kingsbury is the OC for Dan Quinn in Washington; it’ll be very interesting to see how he does, after playing in college at Arizona State/LSU.
— Atlanta Falcons shocked a lot of people when they drafted QB Michael Penix with the 8th picks in the draft in April, now they’ve raised more eyebrows, by not playing him in their last two exhibition games, after he was 9-16/104 passing in the first exhibition game.
Why not give the kid more game experience? They’re paying Kirk Cousins $45M a year to be the starting QB for this year (you would think) so why not let Penix get some experience? It makes very little sense.
— Oklahoma State’s quarterback is Alan Bowman, who someday can write an interesting book:
2018- He threw 218 passes for Texas Tech
2019- He threw 154 passes for Texas Tech
2020- He threw 232 passes for Texas Tech
2021- He threw four passes for Michigan
2022- He threw seven passes for Michigan
2023- He threw 501 passes for Oklahoma State
2024- He will start for Oklahoma State. Again.
He must have a doctorate by now; seven years in college is a long time.
— Famous birthdays, August 20th:
Peter Horton, 71
Quinn Buckner, 70
Mark Langston, 64
Tom Brunansky, 64
Todd Helton, 51
Amy Adams, 50
Cory Sullivan, 45
Demi Lovato, 32
Mitch Trubisky, 30
— Baseball injuries:
Dodgers P Tyler Glasnow
Reds P Hunter Greene
Braves 3B Austin Riley
Diamondbacks 2B Katel Marte……..all go on the IL.
— Miami Marlins are 46-79 this year, they’re a bad team, but they’re 19-16 in one-run games.
Last year, Marlins were 33-14 in one-run games; Skip Schumaker is a really good manager- 52-30 in one-run games is a telling stat. Marlins will miss Schumaker as a manager next year.
— Arizona 9, Marlins 6
Rookie C Adrian Del Castillo is from Miami; he homered, knocked in six runs— it seemed like most of the small crowd in Miami was made up of his friends/family.
— A’s 3, Rays 0
JJ Bleday homered, Joe Boyle tossed six shutout IP.
Not to jinx anything, but the A’s aren’t in last place; they’re a game ahead of the Angels!!!
— Mets 4, Orioles 3
Francisco Alvarez hit a walk-off homer for the Mets.
Trevor Rogers is 0-2, 7.11 in four starts since the Orioles traded for him.
— Astros 5, Red Sox 4
Yainer Diaz hit a walk-off home run for Houston.
Astros have won 11 of their last 12 games.
— Rangers 4, Pirates 3
Corey Seager homered in his first two at-bats.
Pirates are 2-12 in their last 14 games.
Tuesday’s 6-pack:
Oldest starting QB’s in college football this year:
25— Cameron Rising, Utah
24— Alan Bowman, Oklahoma State
24— Tyler Shough, Louisville
23— Dillon Gebriel, Oregon
23— KJ Jefferson, Central Florida
23— Graham Mertz, Florida
23— DJ Uiagalelei, Florida State
Quote of the Day
“It was the easiest thing I’ve ever done in show business. I walked in, said ‘Hello stars,’ I read questions and laughed. And it paid very well.”
The late Peter Marshall, talking about hosting the Hollywood Squares
Tuesday’s quiz
Who was coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, just before Andy Reid got there?
Monday’s quiz
Arizona Diamondbaacks made the playoffs in their second year of existence, in 1999; Buck Showalter was their manager back then.
Sunday’s quiz
Terry Gannon was the Raiders’ QB, the last time they played in a Super Bowl.
**************************************************
Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but……..
— When I was a kid, I freakin’ loved TV game shows, watched way too many of them and one of the best, if not the best game show, was Hollywood Squares, which won four Daytime Emmys as the best game show.
Nine stars would be arranged in a tic-tac-toe format and contestants would agree/disagree with the answers they gave, to earn an X or an O, with the winner being the person who got tic-tac-toe.
From 1966-81, Peter Marshall hosted Hollywood Squares; he was an actor and singer before he got this gig, but he was a great game show host. He would set up the celebrities for their jokes with his questions; he was smart and good-natured. It was an awesome TV show.
Sadly, Peter Marshall passed away last week, at age 98. RIP, sir
— Peter Marshall’s real name was Ralph Pierre LaCock; his son Pete LaCock played nine years in the major leagues, as a 1B/OF for the Cubs, Royals.
— There must be a boatload of $$$ involved with hosting fantasy football leagues; ESPN hosts a 27-hour fantasy football marathon every year, which in the middle of the night can be oddly entertaining.
— QB Colt McCoy has retired from the NFL, will work this fall as a studio analyst for college football games for NBC.
McCoy was in the NFL for 12 years, starting 36 games (11-25) for five teams. He played college ball at Texas, was a 3rd round draft pick by Cleveland.
— Washington Commanders announced that rookie QB Jayden Daniels will start the season opener at Tampa Bay. Kliff Kingsbury is the OC for Dan Quinn in Washington; it’ll be very interesting to see how he does, after playing in college at Arizona State/LSU.
— Atlanta Falcons shocked a lot of people when they drafted QB Michael Penix with the 8th picks in the draft in April, now they’ve raised more eyebrows, by not playing him in their last two exhibition games, after he was 9-16/104 passing in the first exhibition game.
Why not give the kid more game experience? They’re paying Kirk Cousins $45M a year to be the starting QB for this year (you would think) so why not let Penix get some experience? It makes very little sense.
— Oklahoma State’s quarterback is Alan Bowman, who someday can write an interesting book:
2018- He threw 218 passes for Texas Tech
2019- He threw 154 passes for Texas Tech
2020- He threw 232 passes for Texas Tech
2021- He threw four passes for Michigan
2022- He threw seven passes for Michigan
2023- He threw 501 passes for Oklahoma State
2024- He will start for Oklahoma State. Again.
He must have a doctorate by now; seven years in college is a long time.
— Famous birthdays, August 20th:
Peter Horton, 71
Quinn Buckner, 70
Mark Langston, 64
Tom Brunansky, 64
Todd Helton, 51
Amy Adams, 50
Cory Sullivan, 45
Demi Lovato, 32
Mitch Trubisky, 30
— Baseball injuries:
Dodgers P Tyler Glasnow
Reds P Hunter Greene
Braves 3B Austin Riley
Diamondbacks 2B Katel Marte……..all go on the IL.
— Miami Marlins are 46-79 this year, they’re a bad team, but they’re 19-16 in one-run games.
Last year, Marlins were 33-14 in one-run games; Skip Schumaker is a really good manager- 52-30 in one-run games is a telling stat. Marlins will miss Schumaker as a manager next year.
— Arizona 9, Marlins 6
Rookie C Adrian Del Castillo is from Miami; he homered, knocked in six runs— it seemed like most of the small crowd in Miami was made up of his friends/family.
— A’s 3, Rays 0
JJ Bleday homered, Joe Boyle tossed six shutout IP.
Not to jinx anything, but the A’s aren’t in last place; they’re a game ahead of the Angels!!!
— Mets 4, Orioles 3
Francisco Alvarez hit a walk-off homer for the Mets.
Trevor Rogers is 0-2, 7.11 in four starts since the Orioles traded for him.
— Astros 5, Red Sox 4
Yainer Diaz hit a walk-off home run for Houston.
Astros have won 11 of their last 12 games.
— Rangers 4, Pirates 3
Corey Seager homered in his first two at-bats.
Pirates are 2-12 in their last 14 games.
