Tranquility Base

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/I'd/43546696/south-carolina-extends-football-coach-shane-beamer-2030 Thru 2030. He really only has one key job right now and that is to keep LaNorris Sellers in the building. Job 1a is to find his replacement for when he does leave the program to enter the NFL (assuming he's done his job of keeping him in the building)

Splashy hire, but they'll be doing this again in a handful of years...even if they are wildly successful. He's already 74.

Probably the sensible hire...which is why no one understands it. LOL. The least Jerry like decision in 40 years.

It was long and the first round games weren't overly competitive or entertaining. They probably only needed an 8 team playoff. No byes and just seed them based on whatever the criteria. Do that and do away with the Cash Grab Conference championship games and you've lopped to weeks out and don't fatigue your audience.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/I'd/43525435/cfp-title-game-most-watched-season-viewership-down Most watched game of this season, but 12% less viewership than last seasons championship game. I guess a lot of people, like me, skipped it because they can't stand either team. But to be transparent, I didn't watch last year either.

Too bad they have a week off. I'm sure the rest will be nice for them, but I'd hate to see them cool off.

WOW!! What a performance.

That person voted for Mariano Rivera though.

As they sit now, they are 4-5 in the Horizon and 9-11 overall. They have 11 conference games remaining to kind of work back into relevance for March. If they do not, and make an early exit from the Horizon tourney, is Coach Darren Horn on borrowed time? If you are NKU, you want your coach being plucked away every 3 or 4 years. Doesn't seem like anyone will be beating down Horn's door in the near future. They got off to such a fast start in D1, after their initial transition period from DII but they seem to have leveled off into mediocrity. Is a change needed to get things fired up again?

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Bill Wagner are joining Dave Parker and Dick Allen as the newest members of the Professional Baseball Hall of Fame. Ichiro was almost a unanimous selection, missing just one vote. He is also the first Japanese-born player to make the Hall. Congrats to all 3 men. Guessing Suzuki goes in as a Mariner, Sabathia as a Yankee and Wagner as an Astro. Just in the outside looking in (75% of the ballots is required to be selected): Carlos Beltran (70.3%) Andruw Jones (66.2%) Next closest was Chase Utley (39.8%)

What is it with Hollywood and the need to make everything into a franchise. That was not a story that needed 2 movies to wrap up.

Lions OC. He's got a decent QB in Williams, but nothing else in the cupboard that makes me think the bears are going to turn it around before he's under fire.

Cracked back into the top 25 in the latest polls at #25. I'd say slightly ahead of schedule.

Saw the play in the theater 2 times. Once with SNL Alumn Tim Kazerinski as the wizard. The plays were entertaining, but I didn't find them as big as all the hype. No real desire to see the movie since I will always see Ariana Grande as Kat on Victorious.

Why isn't meteor an option?