It’s been a great week for Joe Paterno. Not only did he become the first Division 1 NCAA college football coach to win 400 games, he got to see that “nice young man” become governor of California again.
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During a press conference after his 400th coaching victory, Penn State’s Joe Paterno, 83, said “People ask me why I stuck around so long.” and gestured to the fans. Well, the fans plus the fact Paterno doesn’t remember his way home anyway.
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This morning America turned the clock back one hour. Big deal, in California’s gubernatorial election, we turned the clock back thirty years
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So after the most recent elections, California’s senators will be Barbara Boxer, who turns 70 on November 11, and Dianne Feinstein, age 77. And governor-elect Jerry Brown is age 72.
Or as John McCain says, “Nice young people, but in these tough times, do they have enough maturity and experience?
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Michigan 67 – Illinois 65. Somewhere Bo Schembechler is rolling over in his grave. (for anyone who doesn’t remember Bo, he was a major practitioner of the “three-yards and a cloud of dust” offense. 20 points would have been a offensive explosion.)
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During that Michigan-Illinois game, it was 59-59 before the third overtime. And the the ESPN announcer said that fatigue was becoming a factor, especially for the defenses. How could the defenses be tired? They hadn’t done anything.
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Silly World Series commemorative of the night. Bradford Exchange is selling a $199.00 carousel music box featuring A T and Park, the World Series trophy, and the Giants logo. The box plays “Take me out of the ballgame.”
You’d think they would at least have the option of “Don’t Stop Believing.”
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It’s five days after the last game of the World Series, so we have reached the period of time in which free agents are able to negotiate with any club. Or as the Yankees call it – “shopping season.”
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Go figure this one. After Arizona had an impressive no-huddle one minute drive to get back in the game against Stanford late in the third, the Wildcats got the ball back with about 12 minutes in the fourth quarter.
Arizona then not only then ran a slow drive with a lot of running plays to get to within 18 points, the Wildcats didn’t go for an onside kick with nine minutes left in the game.
Maybe they thought the game had five quarters?
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From Bill Littlejohn, after a collision during a Wisconsin high school cross-country meet between a deer and a sophomore named Sarah Glidden: “The deer was listed as a Jane Doe.’’ . .
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For anyone who still cares about one-time ‘Bachelor’ fiancee Vienna Girardi, she hosted the Chippendales’ Ultimate Girls Night Out in Las Vegas Friday night.
And this is the woman who broke up with Jake because he was a “publicity whore?
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