Eye Opener – Friday the 13th

Stay out of the bars tonight, kids

Quick Friday the 13th tip for you fine folks – stop watching the cool birds while you’re driving.  You’ll end up in a lake.  Although the lake would clean off your car, so, kind of a winning scenario.  Well, perhaps not.

Moving on, it’s FRIDAY.  My gosh, the time is just moving forward so quickly.  The NFL started their Thursday night football schedule last night, causing consternation to fantasy football owners everywhere.  Thanksgiving is two weeks away, Christmas is six weeks away.  It’s Week 10 in the NFL and Week 11 in College Football.  It does keep on slippin’ in to the future, doesn’t it?  Right, so, let’s cover what happened last night.  Follow me below, won’t you?

Overnight oversights and a quick weekend preview, you say?  Why certainly.

• Jay Cutler just might be awful.  His FIFTH interception of last night’s contest came with just seconds remaining AND was in the end zone, causing the Bears to lose yet another dreadful game, 10-6, to the equally inept 49ers.
• NHL winners from last night were Florida, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Tampa Bay, Detroit, Nashville, Les Habitants, and Dallas.  So every team south of the Mason-Dixon line were victorious?  THE SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN
• Only two NBA contests last night, but it was Cleveland over Miami and the Lakers defeating the Suns.  LeBron James claimed after the game that he’s changing his number to 6 next year to honor Michael Jordan (by not wearing 23 any longer).  No chance he’d do that for a new team, though, right?  Right.
• Rutgers hammered South Florida 31-0, Northern Illinois hung on to defeat a stubborn Ball State 26-20, and Bowling Green hammered a hapless Miami (OH) 35-14 in Thursday night college football results.  I have to admit, I miss the Thursday night MAC contests on ESPN.
• That dreamboat Joe Mauer was among the newest Silver Slugger award winners announced yesterday by MLB.  Not winning a Silver Slugger?  Jose Molina.
• TiWoo is dominating Down Under.  He’s also winning a golf tournament in Australia.
• NASCAR moves to Phoenix this weekend for it’s next-to-last race in the Chase.  Jimmie Johnson still holds a 73 point lead overall in his attempt to win four straight titles.  My prediction?  SHAKE AND BAKE BABAY
• US Soccer has a friendly against Slovakia on Saturday.  You know, I’m not sure there are enough sports I want to watch on television right now.  What a dearth.
• Kind of a big football weekend in the Steel City.  Notre Dame comes to town Saturday night to battle the Panthers, and the Bengals come marching in on Sunday to take on the Steelers.  Primanti’s for EVERYONE!
• There’s a free UFC event on telly tomorrow night in Manchester, England.  Randy Couture is going to hand Brandon Vera his arse, or so I’m told.  I’m sure our pal Monchichi will have a breakdown of this momentous event at some point.
• Manny Pacquiao fights Miguel Cotto Saturday night in Las Vegas.  Remember when boxing was a big deal?
• Elizabeth Lambert’s coach pulls what we in the footy world call the “Arsene Wenger defense” by saying that she “didn’t see” Lambert’s antics against BYU.  Really, coach?  Smells a bit, really.

As I send you off to your daily grind and then ultimately, your weekend, I hope it’s a good one for you.  We’re getting towards what can be a very stressful time for folks, so take some time this weekend and seek out something fun, okay?  Good.

Now let’s rock.

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