Left Coast Sports Babe

Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo has announced he will skip the NHL All-Star game to spend  time with his pregnant wife, Gina

This is another example of  why the NHL is different from the NBA.  In the NHL
they get their WIVES pregnant….

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USC Coach Pete Carroll is talking to the Atlanta Falcons about their head coaching job.   He figures within a few years he could have the Falcons on a level where they might actually be able to beat the Trojans.

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And after New Hampshire, pundits are also referring to Fred Thompson as the “Comeback Kid.”  As in, “Come back to earth, the ride’s over.”

June Jones said of his move to SMU from Hawaii that “you’re talking about the NFL and a Pop Warner team.”  Yeah, well he may have left a strong Pop Warner team, but wait until he realizes he’s jumped to the NCAA equivalent of the Miami Dolphins.

For most of Texas, it’s Friday night lights, for the 1-11 Mustangs last year it was usually Saturday night lights out.

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And can someone explain to me how a candidate can have over a 20 point lead in New Hampshire, still have about a 15 point lead on January 1, win by 3 percent, and call herself the “Comeback Girl?”

This is like the New England Patriots referring to themselves as the “Comeback Kids” after they trailed in one game to the Ravens.

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And this year’s BCS game between LSU and Ohio State drew one of the lowest championship game ratings ever.  Hard to imagine, with America’s rich tradition of bowl games almost a week after New Years Day. 

Last year LSU said they would graduate 49% of its
football players and 37% of its black players – compared
to a 68% overall graduation rate.

After the Tigers’ victory over OSU in the BCS title
game Monday night, coach Les Miles said of his school
“It’s a great football program and a great place to
get an education.”

Yeah, just not at the same time.

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 For the second year in a row in a BCS game, Ohio State did jump out to a lead.  Maybe we should call them the chewing gum team.  Good for a few minutes.

(yes, I am aware there are all kinds of R-rated ways to rewrite that line.)

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If Hillary Clinton loses in New Hampshire Tuesday will they refer to her as the “Don’t comeback kid?”

Or refer to her and fellow New Yorker Rudy Giuliani as the “Go back” kids?
 

Finally.  There are contests during March Madness for fans to try to pick the winner of each and every NCAA tournament game.   For college football, it would be hard enough to find fans who could NAME every NCAA bowl game.

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And bad news for the New England Patriots.   Apparently ESPN just referred to them as “inevitable.”

So Hillary Clinton started out with the top reputation, most money and biggest lineup of Democratic stars behind her.   Yet she may well end up in second place.

All of a sudden it doesn’t seem so odd that she became a Yankees fan.

There was a silver lining to Notre Dame’s terrible 2007.  At least Fighting Irish fans didn’t have to watch their team lose in a bowl game.

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 Isiah Thomas said the Knicks would win a title.  This  could be true – The Biggest Losers.

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Colt Brennan, the star quarterback for Hawaii, is actually a convicted felon from his days at  the University of Colorado, when he was involved in a sexual assault scandal.   
So while his Sugar Bowl performance may have damaged his chances with most NFL teams, he  still has an excellent chance of being drafted by the Bengals.

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And back to politics. 

John Edwards has  largely abandoned his positive campaign strategy.  Today he said “I am not the candidate of glitz. I am not the candidate of glamor; nor do I claim to be.”

If he were the candidate of glitz and glamor, heaven only knows what he would spend on a haircut…

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And okay,  so Obama has won Iowa.  But now he has to campaign in California.  Where we say we are open minded but actually have deep-rooted prejudices.  Is it possible that the Golden State might actually vote for a recent ex-SMOKER?  (worse yet, of cigarettes.)

So many people say that Barack Obama is the rock star of the Democratic party, but he isn’t old enough to be President.  Well, looking around at the recent concert success of Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton, I think he’s plenty old enough to be president.  He’s just not old enough to be a rock star.

So Rudy Giuliani was asked how he expected to do in the Iowa caucuses.  His reply – somewhere in the neighborhood of 9  – 11 percent.

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And in an effort to be more humane, China is changing their preferred execution method from a gunshot to lethal injection.  Apparently they have discovered there is an unhealthy level of lead in bullets.

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The  San Francisco 49ers today fired their offensive coordinator.   This comes as a shock to many 49ers fans, who were unaware the Niners had an offensive coordinator.

So while USC fans whine after their Rose Bowl win that they really should have been in the title game, it’s pretty clear they forgot a BCS Cardinal rule – Better Crush Stanford.

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And as to the excuse that USC had some injuries during the Stanford game…didn’t Florida State just come within seven points of Kentucky while missing 36 players?

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Dennis Kucinich just asked his supporters to choose Barack Obama as their second choice in the Iowa caucuses.  Which is great news for Obama – it probably means at least six or seven more votes.

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Mike Huckabee continues in his quest to appeal to the most conservative Christian voters.  First the Christmas commercial talking about religion,  now he is using the Christian fish symbol as a backdrop   And apparently his next ad will show people co-existing with dinosaurs.  In fact, that ad may run as soon as his staff locates some good pictures from early Rolling Stone concerts.