Closed Circuit To Glen Mason:

Glen it doesn't matter if you run for 400 yards or rack up almost 600 yards of total offense if you cant stop anyone on defense! The Golden Gophers exposed the Ohio State defense today like no other team has all season including second ranked Texas. Unfortunately their woeful defense allowed the Buckeyes to put up 45 points. Sun Bowl here we come!

Crappy Play Call Of The Week

Yes this post is directed at Mason as well. With the Gophers trailing by just a touchdown in the second half, Mason decides to try a trick play on third down and two. After a miserable attempt to have the running back throw back to the quarterback, the Gophers then tried to run the ball on fourth and two. Needless to say, the Buckeyes stopped Laurence Maroney and took over on downs. Glen, Glen, Glen.

Guess Who's Back...Back Again

The Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team is once again the pre-season #1 in the ESPN/USA Today poll. The Dukies bring back a talented squad led by sharpshooter J.J. Redick and inside presence Shelden Williams. Redick shot over 40% from three point range last year despite having one or two opposing players draped on his jersey all game. He is one of those few players that is just fun to watch shoot the ball.

Sheryl Swoopes Is Gay

I wonder if I will ever live to see a day when an item like this is not news.

This Blog Has Learned

That the Minnesota Timberwolves will suck this year. If Kevin McHale's usual non-activity during the offseason wasn't enough to convince you, the team's horrendous play during the preseason should have.

I Am Shocked, Shocked!

A 27-year old roommate of Tonya Harding was arrested for beating the former figure skater up. She sure knows how to pick 'em doesn't she?

Ode to Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks died yesterday at the age of 92. While what she did for the civil rights movement is well documented, there is one aspect of her bus antics that I think gets overlooked. Parks did what she did for sincere reasons and beliefs that she held in her heart. She didn't do it to gain attention in the media. She didn't do it to obtain a book deal or a movie role like so many instant celebrities do today. She had no idea at the time that she was writing history - that her simple act would lead to such change in our country.

Tice Let Off The Hook

Vikings head coach Mike Tice owes kicker Paul Edinger a huge thank you. After refusing to call a timeout when the Packers were milking the clock to set up for a game-tying field goal, Culpepper and his receivers made the most of the 24 seconds Tice left them. But before everybody goes and puts the Vikings in the Super Bowl after one win, lets remember that their wins are against the Saints and the Packers. And the Packers only win is against those horrendous Saints.

Back In My Day...

While I'm only 27 years old, I am more frequently finding myself sounding like an old man with an occasional "kids these days rant". A week ago I left a soccer game at Wayzata High School to find a flyer under my windshield wipers. The flyer was put out by a group called "Concerned Parents of Wayzata". It was in informational flyer warning parents of activities teenagers are engaging in at alarming rates. The topics included hooking up, sex parties and binge drinking among other things. The one that I couldn't believe was choking parties. Apparently teenagers are gathering together to choke one another to achieve some sort of head rush that occurs when one passes out. Now admittedly I didn't exactly run with the popular crowd in high school, but choking parties? C'mon. If you can't find something better to do with your free time than choking your best friend then you don't really deserve to experience adulthood.

Time To Fire Tice

After another debacle on the field in Chicago today, I think Mike Tice has used up all nine of his lives. The Vikings just look like lost puppies out on the field and we know Tice has no control of his team off the field. I just don't see the upside right now of keeping Tice. Yes the NFC North is horrible and Vikings are still in the hunt to win the division, but so what? Let's say they somehow go 7-9 and make the playoffs, are they going to go anywhere after that? No. Daunte is out of sink, the team committed 14 penalties and it is a toss up riight now as to who is the worst team in football - Houston or the Vikings. Fire Mike Tice!

Painful Weekend

Minnesota sports fans will be glad when this weekend is finally over. The Vikings get trounced in Chicago. The Gopher football team pulls one of the all-time chokes and the Gopher hockey team lost once and tied once with the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks! If you can't beat the Nanooks, who can you beat?

Koren's Potty Mouth

After getting called for the Vikings 14th penalty of the game today, wide receiver Koren Robinson walked right past referee Bernie Kukar while his microphone was on and said, "bull shit." It might have been the high point of the game today for me.

A Loss For The Ages

What a wacky day in college football today and where else is there to start than those pitiful Golden Gophers. Ahead by ten points with just over two minutes remaining, the Gophers found a way to lose 38-34 to Wisconsin today. The best way to sum up the Gophers came from the mouth of a Wayzata soccer coach today. He simply said, "They are a nightmare. An absolute nightmare." Much discussion will take place this week about whether the loss is the fault of the punter who fumbled away the winning touchdown or the coaches. Personally I hope someone finds a way to blame the Vikings sex party.

In other college action, top ranked USC kept their winning streak alive - barely. In a tremendously entertaining game, the Trojans topped Notre Dame in the game's final seconds. Watching Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis go from elated to dissapointed in the matter of minutes was priceless.

In small college football today, perennial national championship contender St. John's remained undefeated with a last second victory over Concordia. The Johnnies trailed 16-14 when they connected on a 74-yard touchdown pass with 15 seconds remaining.

On a random note

My dad turned 53 the other day. Happy Birthday Dad!

State Lawmakes Decide Not To Work.....Again

Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty announced today that there would be no special session to address topics such as a new stadium for the Gophers, Twins or Vikings or a new hospital in Maple Grove. With this decision, state politicians have made it quite clear that while they didn't get any thing done during the regular legislative session, they didn't want to waste time getting nothing done during a special session. You gotta love this state and their hard working politicians.

A Small Market Town

For years Minnesota sports fans have heard that we are a small market city. This has never been more obvious than today when it was discovered that members of the Minnesota Vikings actually had strippers flown in from Atlanta and parts of Florida to attend their sex party on Lake Minnetonka. Apparently all of the strippers in town that night were already booked.

All That's Wrong With America

George Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers got me thinking today about how the nomination symbolizes all that is wrong with America. Bush continues to plug in friends to high powered positions instead of the most qualified candidate. The situation really mirrors what happens in day to day situations around the country. So much of getting a job today depends on who you know and not what you know. This eventually leads to upper class citizens remaining in the upper class, middle class citizens remaining middle class and lower class citizens remaining lower class.

Reason Number 234 Not To Go On MTV's Date My Mom

MTV is being sued by a mother-daughter tandem who claim that MTV humiliated them on national television. The mother in this case spoke Russian and MTV made an interesting mistake while translating her speech. The mother claims she said "My daughter has a big heart." and MTV translated it with a scroll on the bottom with "There is no better piece of ass than my princess Anastasia." And who says MTV has gone downhill with their programming?

Smoot Silenced

The normally chatty defensive back of the Minnesota Vikings - Fred Smoot - surprisingly missed his weekly appearance on Dan Barreiro's daily talk show on KFAN on Thursday. I can't decide if Smoot didn't want to talk about the Vikings putrid showing on the field or their classy behavior off the field. I'm going to guess the latter. Speaking of which, I'm still trying to decide what my favorite punchline is so far from Lake Minnetonka Gate. "Michael Bennett couldn't find the hole," "Kevin Williams takes on a double team" and Napolean Harris got good penetration up the middle" are a few of my favorites.