Armadillo: Wednesday's List of 13: Mid-week musings??.
13) Carolina Panthers are on their bye week; injured TE Greg Olsen is going to Minnesota on Sunday to work the Rams-Vikings game on FOX TV. The Vikings aren?t happy about it.
Carolina plays Minnesota in three weeks; Olsen is likely to be playing by then. FOX has said Olsen won?t be in production meetings or meet with the coaches during the week, but he will be in the booth with Kevin Burkhardt-Charles Davis Sunday.
I?m not sure what to think of this; I?d have a bigger problem about a production meeting with Jon Gruden if my team had a Monday night game with Washington, seeing how his brother coaches the Redskins, but no one seems to have an issue with that.
12) The three nitwits from UCLA?s basketball team who got caught stealing from stores in China were sent home Tuesday. Next step is up to UCLA?s administration; how long do these geniuses get suspended for? They embarrassed their families, the school, our country; they?re lucky they aren?t stuck in a Chinese jail for a year to two- it could?ve happened.
11) Duke-Michigan State game Tuesday; five freshman starters, four sophomore starters. Part of why November games are a handicapping minefield- so many players/teams you just don?t know a lot about.
10) Duke?s freshman Marvin Bagley got poked in his eye by a teammate in the first half Tuesday and sat out the rest of the game. I?m thinking the next time we see Bagley play, he?ll be wearing goggles.
9) Kid named Geno Crandall from North Dakota scored 41 points in a game vs Troy over the weekend; he only had four points at halftime? he scored 37 in the second half!!!
8) Bad news for Central Florida?s hoop team; BJ Taylor is out 4-6 weeks with a stress fracture in his foot. He is UCF?s best player.
7) Common sense scored a rare win Tuesday when NC State?s Braxton Beverly was declared eligible by the NCAA. Beverly was taking summer classes at Ohio State when Thad Matta was fired by the Buckeyes- young Beverly then bolted to NC State.
6) So much money goes into scouting in pro sports; then you remember that Jimmer Fredette was taken one spot before Klay Thompson and you realize it is still an inexact science, and always will be.
5) New Mexico is favored over UNLV in football Saturday, the first time they?ve been favored over the Rebels since 2008. Hard to believe UNLV?s football team has been favored over anyone six times in a row.
4) Washington Nationals hired Chip Hale as their bench coach, bad news for my A?s, who now have to find a new third base coach. I?m not sure why the Nationals didn?t just hire Hale as their manager; they hired Dave Martinez, who has never managed in the big leagues.
3) Milwaukee 74, Iowa State 56? Stunning score from earlier this week; Cyclones are in a total rebuild, but losing by 18 at home to Milwaukee? Oy.
2) How did Joe Girardi get fired as manager in New York, wth no replacement immediately hired? They still haven?t hired anyone? managing a team in New York isn?t an entry-level job.
1) If you think Roger Goodell is overpaid as NFL commish, here are four CEO?s who are also breaking the bank? why do these people make so much money?
a) Thomas Rutledge. Charter Communications $98M in 2016
b) Les Moonves, CBS $68.6M
c) David O?Connor, Madison Square Garden $54M
d) Fabrizio Freda, Estee Lauder $47.7M
13) Carolina Panthers are on their bye week; injured TE Greg Olsen is going to Minnesota on Sunday to work the Rams-Vikings game on FOX TV. The Vikings aren?t happy about it.
Carolina plays Minnesota in three weeks; Olsen is likely to be playing by then. FOX has said Olsen won?t be in production meetings or meet with the coaches during the week, but he will be in the booth with Kevin Burkhardt-Charles Davis Sunday.
I?m not sure what to think of this; I?d have a bigger problem about a production meeting with Jon Gruden if my team had a Monday night game with Washington, seeing how his brother coaches the Redskins, but no one seems to have an issue with that.
12) The three nitwits from UCLA?s basketball team who got caught stealing from stores in China were sent home Tuesday. Next step is up to UCLA?s administration; how long do these geniuses get suspended for? They embarrassed their families, the school, our country; they?re lucky they aren?t stuck in a Chinese jail for a year to two- it could?ve happened.
11) Duke-Michigan State game Tuesday; five freshman starters, four sophomore starters. Part of why November games are a handicapping minefield- so many players/teams you just don?t know a lot about.
10) Duke?s freshman Marvin Bagley got poked in his eye by a teammate in the first half Tuesday and sat out the rest of the game. I?m thinking the next time we see Bagley play, he?ll be wearing goggles.
9) Kid named Geno Crandall from North Dakota scored 41 points in a game vs Troy over the weekend; he only had four points at halftime? he scored 37 in the second half!!!
8) Bad news for Central Florida?s hoop team; BJ Taylor is out 4-6 weeks with a stress fracture in his foot. He is UCF?s best player.
7) Common sense scored a rare win Tuesday when NC State?s Braxton Beverly was declared eligible by the NCAA. Beverly was taking summer classes at Ohio State when Thad Matta was fired by the Buckeyes- young Beverly then bolted to NC State.
6) So much money goes into scouting in pro sports; then you remember that Jimmer Fredette was taken one spot before Klay Thompson and you realize it is still an inexact science, and always will be.
5) New Mexico is favored over UNLV in football Saturday, the first time they?ve been favored over the Rebels since 2008. Hard to believe UNLV?s football team has been favored over anyone six times in a row.
4) Washington Nationals hired Chip Hale as their bench coach, bad news for my A?s, who now have to find a new third base coach. I?m not sure why the Nationals didn?t just hire Hale as their manager; they hired Dave Martinez, who has never managed in the big leagues.
3) Milwaukee 74, Iowa State 56? Stunning score from earlier this week; Cyclones are in a total rebuild, but losing by 18 at home to Milwaukee? Oy.
2) How did Joe Girardi get fired as manager in New York, wth no replacement immediately hired? They still haven?t hired anyone? managing a team in New York isn?t an entry-level job.
1) If you think Roger Goodell is overpaid as NFL commish, here are four CEO?s who are also breaking the bank? why do these people make so much money?
a) Thomas Rutledge. Charter Communications $98M in 2016
b) Les Moonves, CBS $68.6M
c) David O?Connor, Madison Square Garden $54M
d) Fabrizio Freda, Estee Lauder $47.7M
