September 16, 2024

Very tough game and tough start for the Rams.  They got throttled by the Cardinals yesterday.  I completely understand the Rams are injury depleted, especially on the offensive line, but the  Rams run defense looked pretty awful.  We’ve been used to seeing Sean McVay coach circles around Cliff Kingsbury and the Cardinals for a few years, but yesterday was a different story.  It’s imperative the Rams figure out how to solve their offensive line  and run defense issues immediately.  Yesterday also makes the Cardinals Week 1 win against the Bills even better for them.  Things might not get much better in the next week with the 49ers looming.  Although with Brandon Staley on their coaching staff they will probably have just “concepts of a plan” against the Rams.

Meanwhile the Chargers are 2-0 after crushing the Panthers on the road.  I know the Bolts have played two crummy teams but keep this in mind.  These are easily games they have lost in the past decade, but they handled their business this time.  That’s called coaching.  They haven’t been 2-0 since 2012, so of course the coaching has been rough.  It’s also really good to see JK Dobbins continue to kill it on the ground and racking up tons of rushing yards.  I’m sure Jim Harbaugh is going to give his brother a hard time for losing to the Raiders this week, while the Bolts mopped the floor with Vegas in Week 1.  They could easily get to 3-0 against the Steelers next week before the Chiefs come to town.  Or I guess I should say the Chiefs and their referees as everyone likes to put it.

Elsewhere around Week 2 in the NFL, the Bills crushed the Dolphins, and Miami is ready to call Dan Marino to play quarterback for them after Tua went down.  Someone told the Cowboys yesterday was a playoff game, because they got smoked by the Saints like it was January.  The Bears lost to the Texans on Sunday Night Football, and Chicago ruining a great QB with a terrible offensive line is becoming a strong tradition.  The Ravens might find  a way to bench their whole coaching staff after losing to the Raiders.  The Browns beat the Jags, but they are trying to figure out a way to send DeShaun Watson to the moon after another sexual assault charge surfaced.  Credit to all the Chiefs fans for staying until the end of the game against the Bengals when they trailed by 5 points for a couple of minutes.  Hard times for that fan base!

To College Football, where UCLA got completely dismantled against  Indiana on Saturday, in their Big 10 debut.  Everyone wants to suddenly point to DeShaun Foster not being a capable coach but it’s been two games.  He’s been left a complete mess by Chip Kelly, who was like George Kostanza starting a kitchen fire and running out of the building to save himself before anyone else.  There is simply not enough talent on this roster, and it’s even more glaring now that they are in the Big 10.  They lost their highest rated recruit in school history at the most important position on the field because Kelly was a fool in how he handled him.  It’s going to be rough for a while, but that’s ok.  Stop resorting to “it’s a basketball school”.  It takes time to rebuild so give them the chance to do that.

Elsewhere around College Football, Notre Dame destroyed Purdue, but the win might just be more aggravating for Irish fans.  They really couldn’t have run the same game plan against Northern Illinois?  Riley Leonard has already been exposed as a useless passer, so long-term, it’s hard to like the outlook with him.  There were no upsets this week, but you gotta love Jesse Palmer during garbage time of the A&M win over Florida giving analysis of a fan standing with two attractive young  women.  He completely cooked the guy saying he was likely in the friend zone!

In baseball, the Dodgers had a tough weekend against the Braves.  They found the win column yesterday, but the big blow is discovering Tyler Glasnow has a sprained elbow and is probably out for the playoffs.  Now everybody is doom and gloom, and thinks the Dodgers are screwed. However, I don’t really think it’s as doom and gloom as most of you people think.  They got Yoshinobu Yamamoto back, and they still have Jack Flaherty who could play well in the postseason as a big strikeout guy.  If they hit and their bullpen does the job, they could easily make it to the World Series.  The Texas Rangers won it last year with that model.  They might need Walker Buehler and Bobby Miller to step up, and as of now, Buehler looked much better last night.    It unfortunately doesn’t look like Clayton Kershaw will be back before the regular season is over though.  By the way, Anthony Banda is an idiot for breaking his hand punching a wall.  Way to control your emotions bro.

In news that won’t surprise you, Anthony Rendon was shut down again  by the Angels last week with an oblique injury.  He claims he has been trying everything to stay healthy, and will continue to try, but you can’t fool us! He simply doesn’t care enough and it has showed.  By the time this season ends he will have played fewer than 250 games and made a total of $168 million over 5 years.  Dude still has two more seasons to go on his deal and $77 million.  The shocking thing though is how even when he has been in the lineup, his effectiveness has totally deteriorated.  .224 average??? Not a single home run?? He can’t even luck into one??   Arte may have had more luck giving his money to Bernie Madoff than Rendon.

In the NBA, the Lakers signed young promising big man Christian Koloko to a two-way contract.   Of course Laker fans are are so desperate to sign anybody, they are already hyping the guy up like he’s the 2nd coming of  Bill Russell.  Relax people.  He’s got some promise but he doesn’t have that much experience.   I can’t wait for the season to start so people can stop bitching, which will happen when they start winning games.

Finally, I would like to request 90 minutes of my life back after that stupid debate between Kamala and Trump last week.  What a bunch of buffoons we have running for President.  I might as well have been watching Stephen A Smith yell at Skip Bayless.  Hey Kamala, why don’t you answer the damn question about  whether or not people are better off today than 4 years ago, and don’t tell me you grew up middle class and mowed lawns.  Hey Trump, if we have an immigration issue, tell me that’s the issue, not that one guy is eating a dog or a cat.  We can say Kamala won the debate, but I’m not sure what exactly she won, when everybody knows she had the home field advantage.  She had the questions, only Trump was fact checked, and the moderators were debating on her behalf.  Given that she just jumped in the race a month ago, her campaign has probably gone as good as it could possibly go, but I have no idea how real her support is.  The last three elections have turned out to be super close, and I expect this one to be the same.  With that being said, I also can’t believe there was another assassination attempt on Donald Trump on Sunday.  People have truly lost their minds when it comes to politics.  Glad he’s ok once again as everyone should be no matter what your political stance is, and have some sense of human decency.  But it doesn’t change the fact this election is between two complete idiots and this country’s politics are a total embarrassment.