Why should the Bedlam be restricted to Baltic Avenue? It's all over the place. In this entry, I shall prove it.
On a weekend which saw a bus driver overreact in the name of a hairbrained vendetta against me, Long Beach Poly actually lose a game, the Los Angeles Galaxy actually win a game, and my Lakewood Lancers ignore my warning regarding their lead heading into the second half, some of the more craziest action happened in the college football world. More on the latter mentioned later.
First, Michigan. Oh dear. Those Oregon Ducks were riding on the coattails of Appalachian State’s victory. And they just humiliated an already smashed Big House, 39-7. Mike Hart said with his eyes bulging, “We will win next week, I will promise you.” On a weekend that saw Osama Bin Laden make an uncompelling argument about his organization’s motives (on the grounds that he and his Al-Qaeda brothers kill people of his own religion while promoting it to the brainwashed American youth of tomorrow in the name of shortening their already wretched lives), Mike Hart lost the game, lost the Heisman, and now he has lost his mind like Lola at the Copacabana. Barry Manilow, send help!
Meanwhile, the Mountaineers (no, not the guys who have the duo of Slaton and White, I’m talking about Armanti Edwards and the Boone boys) continue on their merry way, dismissing any cover jinx by Sports Illustrated, stomping Lenoir-Rhyne 48-7. Out in Happy Valley, Penn State polished off Notre Dame, setting up a pillow fight of questionable proportions (are there even any?).
Washington defeated Boise State today. We're gonna have to scout them. They will be tough when the end of the season comes.
Out in the prep football world, the Birmingham Patriots (no, they are not from Alabama, they are from Lake Balboa, in Los Angeles) defeat the Poly Jackrabbits, 20-7. So, Birmingham, can you please provide my Lancers (who choked in the 2nd half against Tesoro, 24-21) some game film so we can study a way to actually beat Poly? Please?
The bedlam all over the southern United States continued. South Carolina is coached by Steve Spurrier, also known as the Ol’ Ball Coach. Which brings up the question: did Georgia even think that they had a chance against the Gamecocks? If they thought “Yes,” then someone out in Columbia deceptively lied to them. South Carolina won Between the Hedges, 16-12.
In Ruston, fans watched a shootout between Hawaii and Louisiana Tech. Colt Brennan, Davone Bess (who had a highlight on SportsCenter) and the guys called for a dogfight from Derek Dooley’s Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, and they got it. While Colt Brennan continued making big plays, it was Gerard Lewis that was clutch when it mattered. His stop of Louisiana Tech’s 2-point conversion that could have won the game increased his stock. I think he will play on Sundays. Hawaii won, 45-44. Lewis should have gotten that pick and sent it back, though, instead of batting it down. He’ll remember to do that next time when the opportunity comes against UNLV.
And South Florida defeated Auburn, 23-20. This was a team that started playing football a few decades ago, and they just beat Auburn, plain and simple. The Beasts from the Big East Conference are coming back.
Someone ring a dinner bell: the Galaxy actually won a game…without David Beckham. They defeated the Colorado Rapids, 3-1. Their season already wrecked, the Galaxy still know how to win. Yo. And at the Walter Pyramid, Long Beach State scalped the Florida State Seminoles in a sweep. It was fun being there. Those of you who saw it unfold, I don't need to explain it. It's all surreal, man.
I think the only thing that went wrong was the attitude of that bus driver. I have seen many annoying people come and go and comeback again, but this bus driver was the worst of them. I put this on the flame wars section of the forum on a club that I am active in, and man, it just became a riot. Although my friends’ colorful rebuttals to my posts lacked any logic, and were just lame attempts to hamfist them, it was in this section, so I had no choice but to take it with a grain of salt.
When I get desensitized to these types of bedlam, and get used to seeing this, I know that I am in America.
