Wednesday, July 26, 2006

The Coal Bowl!

Well it is a little over a month away. The renewal of the state clash. Not played that many times but to hear West Virginians talk it is on the same level as Ohio State - Michigan. Not me, I think its a bunch of over covered hype.

Marshall is in now way in WVU's league. The Mountianeers should pummel the Thundering Herd. With the game in Morgantown, there is no chance.

We can't even get the game on TV. They just set the start time yesterday and no national TV coverage exists. Maybe on some small local station....whoo hoo..

Was there any doubt over what to call the game. The Friends of Coal and the Coal Association jumped all over that one. Paying $100,000 for the sponsor rights.

I look for Steve Slaton and Pat White to light it up against a subpar Marshall defense that can't stop the lower C-USA teams. Slaton might score 6 td's in the opener. Both may easily go over 100 yards rushing and White might not even attempt 15 passes the entire game.

Nothing like coming out of the gates and getting blasted huh, Marshall.

Dusty's Time to Go!

Guys come on, what in the world is going on in Chicago? The Cubs front office must have a special off-field relationship with manager Dusty Baker. His time is long past. It's time for him to get the boot and get the crap out of Chicago!

I have been watching the Cubs for a very long time now and I have seen a very short straw when it comes to managers. I have seen some good ones come through the clubhouse and not get a chance to show what they could do when left alone to manage. But this guy, I mean good Lord, he could mess up a Chicago deep dish in a take-n-bake pie.

Dusty has already, as you've heard before, ran Sammy out of Chicago. He has distroyed two great pitching arms in Kerry Wood and Mark Prior. He has no sense of how to handle his lineup now and his time is past. Just fire the man already.

The Cubs are in a down spiral and need some energy injected into the lineup and rotation. Greg Maddux is just wasting his last years of a Hall of Fame career toiling in the rotation for a team that if it could score runs still can't keep the other team off the board.

And what the crap was this trade that the GM pulled off. Boy Phil Nevin has really helped out, not! Yeah that's what we needed a .259 batting average and 9 home runs really makes up for D-Lee's absence.

Maybe there will be change on the horizon if a new owner comes in or if the front office gets some visine and gets the red out of it's eyes. From a fans side you still have to say Go Cubs!