PCP Sports

by John Ryan

Well, another summer in the books and on to bigger and better things like MLB playoffs, NFL weekend kicking off, Enticing College Football match-ups, and of course the return of 90210 and Melrose Place to “The CW.” I always love Labor day weekend. It signifies the end of summer and opens up aforementioned new adventures in sports and pop culture. Anyway, It was a great weekend, let’s recap it all and get ready for this coming weekend.

1.) Old Powerhouses Michigan and Notre Dame looked good. And I thought Rich Rodriguez would fold under pressure like “Chunk” getting the third degree from the “Fratelli’s.” Michigan faded in the second half, but was very impressive none the less. Ditto Notre Dame. They shut out a Nevada squad who looked to be a big time offense in 2009. I thought BYU showed some great moxie against Oklahoma, but as I’ve discussed in this space before, BYU players have the built in advantage of not being smokers/drinkers/gamblers/fornicators that virtually every other college kid has working against him while competing. Just the way of the world for the Mormons. Has there ever been a greater advantage than that? Why haven’t they won more national titles?

2.) Brad Lidge is scaring me now, for real. And Brett Myers is back. Does that not make perfect sense. Look, I get it, Manuel is loyal to his guys and Lidge has looked much better of late. But here’s two reasons why Manuel will eventually replace Lidge

"I wasn't drunk in public, I was drunk in a bar. They threw me into public!"

with Myers or someone else: 1.) Manuel, despite being loyal to a fault to his guys, knows he needs a eliable option at the end of games. He can and will replace ANYONE on his roster. 2.) Lidge’s confidence is his own worst enemy. As soon as he misses on a few pitches or can’t get the slider over early he falls apart like a mid-week Fox comedy. It’s just over before it starts. Speaking of which, what are the odds before FOX throws out a new buddy comedy or life-crisis comedy involving any of the following actors: David Alan Grier, Jay Mohr, James Belushi, any of the Wayans brothers, or any one of the “Blue Collar Tour” comedians who are as overrated as the Jets this year as a sleeper pick (editor’s note – Gary Unmarried wasn’t half bad and it’s unfair to lump Ron White with those other pathetic slapdicks). Read the rest of this entry »