Sat. & Sun., August 23 & 24, 2025
At last, college football, albeit in only a small and somewhat offbeat fashion, was back today.
My feeling exactly
ALL of the FBS was still undefeated
when we woke up on Saturday
By Saturday night, not so much.
Washington (6-7 in 2024) will not
start the season until next weekend
when they take on the Colorado State
Rams (8-5 in 2024) in Seattle
Note which team stopped the record
setting Miami Hurricanes Home Game
Winning Streak at 58 games in 1994
We almost went to this practice
Because of a predicted temperature of 96°F/35.5°C in Pasadena at that time we wisely made the decision to stay home and watch the limited amount of games on TV instead.
We do plan on being at the Rose Bowl
for the UW-UCLA game on Nov. 22nd
Michael and Jacob joined us at our home for a day of binge watching college football.
Watching the Fresno State at Kansas
game in the afternoon
The Jayhawks (1-0), about to score on this play, had their way with the Bulldogs (0-1), 31-7.
Before this game, we watched Iowa State (1-0) take the measure of Kansas State (0-1) in a rainy Big XII game played in Dublin, Ireland, 24-21.
Our evening game saw Stanford (0-1) lose on the road to Hawaii (1-0), 23-20.
We didn't watch it but the Rams
finished their pre-season at 2-1
Given the Rams' long standing policy of rarely playing any of their starters in these pre-season games, I once again did not watch a down of their three recent contests.
Up next for the Rams (11-8 in 2024) is the 2025 NFL season opener at home on Sunday, September 7th against the Houston Texans (11-8 in 2024).
The EFL's last hurrah?
The European League of Football's playoffs started today amid rumors of the league's imminent demise swirling all over the internet.
Regardless, the ELF's graphics department continues to shine.
This was the ELF's Wild Card Weekend, with the top two seeds, #1 Vienna Vikings (11-1) and #2 Munich Ravens (11-1), getting byes.
#6 seeded Madrid Bravos (8-4)
at #3 seeded Stuttgart Surge (10-2)
Nice statistical pre-game breakdown
The seeding stayed true in this
rout of a playoff game
Next Sunday, one IFL Semi-Final game
the #3 seeded Stuttgart Surge (11-2)
at the #2 seeded Munich Ravens (11-1)
#5 seeded Rhein Fire (8-4)
at #4 seeded Nordic Storm (10-2)
Another great ELF pre-game graphic
This was a close one
Next Saturday's ELF Semi-Final,
the #4 seeded Nordic Storm (11-2)
at the #1 seeded Vienna Vikings (11-1)
Only three more games in ELF history?
As of this writing, no score has been
posted anywhere on-line about today's
U16 game for our old Swiss club,
the Thun Tigers
If you happen to be in
Brussels, Belgium next Sunday
Team Norway will play against Team Belgium, the much feared and aptly named Barbarians, it should be a classic.
Finally . . .
A Celebration of Life
I attended this wonderful ceremony for one of Ventura County's best football referees on a warm Sunday evening.
The large crowd that gathered in Simi Valley to say farewell to Scott was a tribute to the many lives that he touched ever so positively in his much too short life.
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