Cause, you know, we need more people talking ’bout sports.
Remember how all the naysayers during ACC expansion said “It’s all about football” and there was grousing about letting in the damn yankees from a school that would never be able to compete; and a Globe writer sarcastically referred to ‘that great rivalry between Clemson and Boston College’?
Clemson just announced that it has three sell-outs of Littlejohn for the upcoming basketball season: Boston College (Jan. 9) North Carolina (Jan. 13) and Duke (Jan. 23)
From booing Santa, to throwing batteries, or cheering at players laid out on stretchers, here’s just another in a long line of horrid stories about how awful Philly fans continue to be. If for no other reason, I hope am so glad that the Yanks stomp their (fan’s) f-bombing little hearts in. Heh.
For a real, and real scary, account of one Nats’ fan’s experience in the City of Brotherly “Love,” go to the Nats 320 blog, and search for his post on the subject. If I can find it later, I will post it.
Man, it’s too bad that most of the Phillies players seem rather likable. ‘Cause I really hate their fans. ERGH.
#25 Syracuse upset, at home, by D-II LeMoyne. Good thing it was an exhibition, and doesn’t count in the standings!
This actually LED the 11pm SportsCenter last night!
If you’re going to the Skins-Denver game on November 15, you have a job to do:
http://fire-snyder-sign.blogspot.com/
Ever wonder from where the “mud” comes from that they use to rub-up baseballs in the Majors? Or why they do it in the first place? Well, here you go! A fun little story.
…i think even the most diehard fans are about to revolt. EXCELLENT!
Even for a Giants fan, some of this stuff is kinda shocking. And it /almost/ makes me feel bad for the Skins fans.
Almost. 
I wonder if this story, posted on the Redskins Insider blog, is true:
“At half time, I went down to the concessions area to get a beer and a dog. Of course, the crowd was once again getting restless at the lack of productivity we were seeing on the field. Standing two rows away from me in line, were two middle aged men. One wore a T-shirt that read “Fire Snyder”, the other’s said “Fire Vinny”. It wasn’t long after standing there that the men were surrounded by close to a dozen people wearing yellow security jackets. The conversation between them and the two men escalated quickly as security asked the men to remove their shirts. Of course the men refused, and one stated that he had been a season ticket holder for 26 years. The conversation continued to get heated and before you knew it 6 or 7 armed security officers formed a circle around the layer of yellowed jacketed security officers. “Sir, you’re about to lose those season tickets if you don’t take off that shirt” is what he was told. I don’t know what got into me but I had seen enough and had to speak up. This was beyond absurd! I cut across a crowd of people, entering the circle of security…. I said ” these guys should be able to wear whatever they want! What the hell is going on? What the hell is this? Communist Russia??? “. I was quickly greeted with a stern warning to not interfere and a shove in the chest that sent me back a few feet. A few minutes later, the men were escorted out of the area and a security woman approached me with an explanation about their actions. “Look, I know what you’re saying, and I can’t say that I don’t agree with you, but I’m a part-time teacher and this job is my Holiday money”….”upper management told us to come up here and ask these men to remove their shirts and I can’t lose my job, so I’m doing it.”
I decided then and there that I would NEVER again set foot in Fed Ex Stadium as long as Dan Snyder was the owner. The way I saw people being treated for voicing their opinions on this night embarrassed me as a Redskin fan, a Washingtonian, and as an American. These sort of totalitarian strong arm tactics are downright shameful and I needed to let others know about it. I hope you share this story with your audience.
A deeply embarrassed Redskins fan
Looks like the Indians think what wasn’t good enough for the Nationals is good enough for them: Manny Acta hired as Indians manager. Glad to see him get another shot – he had no chance to be successful in DC with the talent Bowden assembled. Hope he’s a success in Cleveland.
Notre Dame beat Boston College 20-16 yesterday at Notre Dame Stadium. In so doing, the Irish released 8 years of frustration at the hands of the upstart Eagles, and rebounded from a disappointing defeat a week earlier at the hands of 5th-ranked USC. With 5 games left, the Irish appear poised for a BCS-bowl run. BC, meanwhile, falls to 5-3 with little hope for a significant bowl game.
The Irish offense sputtered at times, especially early, due as much to a disgracefully-biased ACC officiating crew as the game BC defense. But Heisman-trophy candidate Jimmy Clausen still threw 2 TD passes to give the Irish the lead, and the Irish defense had its first decent game of the season, forcing 5 BC turnovers and bottling up the BC running game. The Eagles were still able to throw, especially on 3rd down, which shows the problem the ND defense needs to correct, but in the end it was the Irish defense who won this game.
Up next . . . Washington State in prime time next Saturday night!
P.S. The lowlight of this otherwise great and clean game came after the contest when Clausen walked over to congratulate BC WR Rich Gunnell for a great game, and Gunnell took umbrudge to Clausen’s sportsmanship for some reason and pointed a finger at his face and yelled at him. Clausen pushed Gunnell away and walked back to his teammates. It appears that some BC players really do take the “chip on their shoulder” a bit too seriously, and it stands in stark contrast to Notre Dame honoring BC LB Mark Herzlich, a cancer survivor, before the game.
To add some insult to the injury of the Red Sox having just flamed out of the AL playoffs (not that the two are in any way related, of course), the Nationals have apparently stolen away Boston’s Latin America scouting director to direct Washington’s international scouting and development operations. By this account, a GREAT hire for the Nats. Huzzah! This move comes on top of the Nats’ hiring a new AGM, and promoting a new scouting director from within. After the Bowden-induced meltdown, things are finally starting to solidify in the Nationals’ front office. ‘Bout time.
This from Miami Dolphins LB Joey Porter in anticipation of the Jets-’Phins Monday night showdown: “So you know, we feel like the AFC East still runs through Miami and they feel a different way. So you’re going to have two bullies in the parking lot that are going to get down Monday.”
That’s Joey Porter of the 1-3 Dolphins. Given their defense, perhaps he means the AFC East passes through Miami?