Mon.-Tue., January 11-12, 2021
Despite our country's reaping of the political whirlwind that President Trump continues sow in the wind, we'll start today with some positive notes about American football.
The NFL playoffs are set for
this coming weekend
Our #6 seeded Los Angeles Rams (11-6) will travel to Wisconsin to play the #1 seeded Green Bay Packers (13-3) who are rested as they are coming off of a playoff bye.
The Barcelona Gladiators are born
The Gladiators, headed by good friend Bart Iaccarino, will be part of the new, eight team European League of Football this coming Summer.
This initial EFL season features six clubs in Germany (Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hildesheim/Hannover, Ingolstadt and Stuttgart) and one in Poland (Wroclaw) in addition to our favorite Spanish team.
Good luck, Coach Bart, in this promising new project!
Apparently there was a game of
some importance played on Monday night
Oh right, that's it, the
College National Championship Game
Speaking of History . . .
Seven seasons ago, college football evolved into its current four team playoff configuration. From the get-go, people have been arguing for the need to expand the playoffs to at least eight teams.
What has history taught us?
In the 14 semi-final games blowouts are the norm.
Here are the winning margins in those 14 semi-final games:
39, 38, 35, 31, 27, 21, 20, 18, 17, 17, 11, 7, 6 and 6 points.
That's 11 double digit wins and only three one possession games.
The championship game's winning margins are dicey as well.
The winning margins in the seven championship games are:
28, 28, 22, 17, 5, 4 and 3 points.
Four double digit thrashing and three one possession games.
Maybe four teams is enough in one respect, but on the other hand, in a normal non-pandemic year, having all five Power Five Conference Champions at least having a shot at the title plus three other deserving clubs would be of interest.
It shaped up to be a competitive game
It wasn't
Alabama won its 18th overall National Championship in the game of college American football.
For Crimson Tide Head Coach Nick Saban it was his seventh National Championship team making him the all-time leader in this prestigious coaching category.
Coach Saban won his first National Championship as Head Coach of the LSU Tigers in 2003. His six Alabama titles have come in the 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2020.
Quite a run for the Crimson Tide with no end in sight.
Now for some news of the day commentaries . . .
Nice Venn diagram
I want a copy
Silence of the Donald
The quiet the last few days
has been nice
Brain Trust
To be clear, if you are in a crowded
room with people wearing pro Nazi,
neo-Nazi, 6MWE, Confederate or
Camp Auschwitz t-shirts . . .
LEAVE NOW!
If you do not, you are in no way a "patriot."
We fought wars to defeat those causes.
The current state of the
Republican Party
Unfortunately, this is our current
state of affairs
It is good to end this post with a smile
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