Saturday, October 25, 2025
After last night's long hours at the East L.A. Classic, I was resigned to the fact that all my potential co-conspirators in American football mania were too tuckered to go to the Redlands (4-2/2-2 SCIAC) at Cal Lutheran (5-1/3-1 SCIAC) NCAA DIII game in the evening.
Truth be told, I was feeling fairly lethargic, too.
We would have to suffice on watching God only knows how many college games on TV.
One game in particular did bring us all back together at midday.
#25 Illinois Fighting Illini (5-2)
at
Washington Huskies (5-2)
GREAT idea!
In Big-10 Conference play,
both teams were a modest 2-2
Mary getting Game Ready
Would any of the preparation and strict dietary discipline have an influence on the outcome of the game?
ABSOLUTELY!
The big win improved the Huskies record to 6-2/3-2 in Big-10 games.
This sixth win of the season now makes the Huskies Bowl eligible. Next up for the Huskies is a Saturday, November 8th game at struggling Wisconsin (2-6/0-5 Big-10).
The Fighting Illini (5-3/2-3 Big-10) will host Rutgers (4-4/1-4 Big-10) on Saturday, November 1st.
I found this of interest as, other
than West Florida, I had no clue
who these seven logos represented
So I did some research on who these teams were that were still unblemished after today's NCAA DII contests. Here is what I found out. Logos from left to right, top to bottom:
Ferris State (Michigan) Bulldogs 8-0
Harding (Arkansas) Bisons 8-0
Kutztown (Pennsylvania) Golden Bears 8-0
West Florida Argonauts 8-0
Western Colorado Mountaineers 8-0
Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings 8-0
Findlay (Ohio) Oilers 8-0
On the EuroBall front, we had some big doings in the IFAF European Championship Tournament today.
DAMN, our Team Italy friends were
nipped in their semi-final by Team Finland
In the other semi-final, Team Austria
hammered Team Germany
Both of those games were played in Düsseldorf, Germany.
On Tuesday, still in Düsseldorf, Team Italy will confront Team Germany in the Third Place game followed by the Team Finland vs. Team Austria European Championship Game.
Team Sweden beat Team Hungary
for Seventh Place in the European
Championship Tournament today
NFL nostalgia time . . .
My all-time favorite Los Angeles Ram
#40 Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch
We had been asked this week
to vote for our favorite Rams helmet
I have to go with the #2 choice, the closest to the one that "Crazylegs" was wearing in that photo above.
By the way, face masks are for wusses.
In the evening, it was time to watch the World Series.
A CRITICAL game for the Dodgers
who lost Game 1 to the Blue Jays, 11-4
Yoshinobu Yamamoto's complete game
was absolutely DOMINANT!
And extremely necessary too!
The World Series is now tied,
Los Angeles Dodgers - 1 Win
Toronto Blue Jays - 1 Win
After playing the first two game in Toronto, the World Series moves to Los Angeles for the next three games on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
If Games Six and Seven are needed, they would be played in Toronto next Friday and Saturday.
Finally, about that Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) game between Redlands at Cal Lutheran that we opted not to attend, we missed a barn burner!
FINAL SCORE
Redlands Bulldogs (5-2/3-2 SCIAC) - 30
Cal Lutheran Kingsmen (5-2/3-2 SCIAC) - 24
IN TWO OVERTIMES!
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