By Diane M. Grassi
When we think of Miami, Florida, it immediately brings to mind sunshine. Yet even sun seekers might be surprised that it has taken federal Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) subpoenas to shed any type of daylight upon Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins and their financing deal for their soon-to-open brand new stadium, on April 4, 2012, and presently called Marlins Park.
And so it is upon us once again. College Football Season. Christmas come early for so many of us. What any one of us would do or give up — 2 weeks worth of vacation time / Christmas or birthday presents/ that new car we hoped to buy / the Vegas trip with the boys that our wives and girlfriends “promised” we could go on this year– for the chance for our Laundry Liaisons of the Gridiron to hoist that prestigious Crystal (foot) ball up in the air. And the great thing about this year is that there are no one or two teams that everybody loves.
There seems to be a hope and glitter in most every college football fan’s eyes for this season. We could easily have our first back-to-back national champs since USC did it in 2003-2004. (Or did they really since this whole scandal approached them — thanks Reggie! –and USC did not even really play for the championship in 2003. But I digress.) Or could we have the first Non-BCS conference team hoist that trophy? I’m sure some angry hillbilly from Norman is waiting for that with his hunting rifle so he can blow it to smithereens. “Damn you Statue of Liberty! I mean fake Statue of Liberty!”
This is good news. Well, it’s bad news, but for me it’s good news.
I’ve never believed in second chances, at least not when you do something this unethical. Now I have a second story to back me up.
Another 3-3 week for me as I still remain one game below the .500 mark. Only a few complaints from the excuses department this week. USC blew it! How in the world do you let Stanford score a touchdown on the final play from scrimmage? This cost them the spread as they only won by 22 (instead of 23). On top of that, I will never pick a UNC football game ever again. I feel like Butch Davis reads this column every week and tells his team to go out and make (amsteffe) cringe. Due to time constraints this week I am going to be a little brief, so bare with me. I owe RJ Warner a pick between the Oklahoma/Texas Tech game this week, and will hold true to my promise.
Come with me on my quest to get above .500…
And now, the regular season over. Kansas and LSU’s gooses (or should I say turkeys?) are cooked, and we’ve only got one week to go before a month of non-stop controversy.