JUST CATCHING UP

WOW. most super bowl champs are so full of themselves that they struggle the next season and seldom make the playoffs but NOT THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS. their 36-16 dismantling of the green bay packers in the thursday night opener reminded me of davy crockett at the alamo. absolutely no chance to win.

COACH PETE CARROLL had them ready to play and defend both their title and their home field, at which they are 16-1 over the last 2+ seasons. if opening night was any indication. back to back titles might happen for the first time in ten years when the NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS won in 2004 & 2005.

CLAY MATHEWS, if you're looking for the license plate of the truck that REPEATEDLY ran you over .....meet #40, DERRICK COLEMAN, who  opened huge holes for seahawk running backs by 'blowing you up' as you tried to fill the hole.  they say hybrid full contact linebackers get old overnight.  maybe that happened to mathews. we'll see.

here's a quick bar bet for you to win a beer. the cubs record over the last hundred games? most will give you a negative number but it's 51-49. yes, a winning record.

another beer for you: best record in the national league since august 1st? yep, cubs again. 

as i wrote earlier, i don't know if they're ever going to win a world series but if they do, it's going to be more than one in a very short amount of time, similiar to the BOSTON RED SOX who won two titles in four years and three in ten. and the playoffs will become an almost yearly event. just a creepy feeling i'm getting.

largest posterior in baseball? JOSH PHEGLEY of the WHITE SOX. you could set a tray of drinks on it with no worry of it spilling.

THE CHICAGO SKY begin their quest for the world championship tonight in arizona against the PHOENIX MERCURY in a best of five series. 
following two games in phoenix, the sky is scheduled to play at home next friday & sunday at the UIC center. four games under .500 during the regular season and they're playing for the title. go figure.

GO BEARS!     adios for now.