Wednesday, September 08, 2004

Something to shoot for...

Well, college football went off with a bang this week-end. My Bruins were, how to do you Americans say, crap-pay. The LA Times started their column with the line "All you need to know about the Bruins yesterday is that they held Oklahoma State to just 23 yards passing - and still lost by 2 touchdowns."

So there you go, once again we have no defense. But I am not ready to call for our coach's head, yet. The defense did some good things, and they are VERY young. No, instead I will offer an incentive. Yes Bruins, the spot of Mascot of the Month is the defense's for the asking in October. All you need to do is hold the rest of the teams in September to less points that you gifted Oklahoma State (31). We play Illinois, Washington and San Diego State, so that isn't impossible. The face of the defense, the captain. Let me look this up and see who it is. ...hmm... Spencer Havner.




So let's go defense.

As for other teams - yes the Badgers played very well (they played Central Florida High - they should have played well). But the amazing thing about the game was looking at the luxury suites at Camp Randall. They are way cool. You might not be able to see it from the picture below, but on the left side of the new luxury boxes is a suite with an outside porch. That is Barry's. Barry - by the by- is the athletic director and coach of the Wisconsin Badgers. He has brought them far - and has been rewarded. Nice....

As for other news, I am out of here on Friday night. I head off on another biz trip to Asia. This time to Bangkok, Hong Kong and Taipei. Back in 6 days.