Note: Posted Sunday pm before conclusion of Saints-Broncos and Game 4 of the Series. Hurricane Sandy still coming.
*I am adding a note about ten minutes after first posting this. I describe Marcus Lattimore’s condition down below as being career threatening. It appears it won’t be.
Green Bay Packers Quiz: 1) Name the three to rush for 5,000 yards in a Packers uniform. 2) Name the four to throw 100 TD passes in their Green Bay career. Answers below.
A Dreadful World Series
“The Detroit Tigers came home believing life would return to normal.
“They were out of California, the land of make-believe and sunshine, and back in Detroit with 40-degree temperatures, leaves turning brown and winter around the corner.
“The Tigers finished with the seventh-best record in the American League, and they are cruelly reminding us of that mediocrity in this dreadful World Series.
“On Saturday night, the San Francisco Giants slapped the Tigers around, winning 2-0, and this World Series is mercifully almost over.
“If the Tigers were a real animal, they’d be taken out and shot….
“The Tigers became the first World Series team to be shut out in consecutive games since the 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers, who were beaten by the Baltimore Orioles.
“The last National League team to record back-to-back World Series shutouts? Would you believe the 1919 Cincinnati Reds, and that World Series was fixed….
“Who can blame TV viewers for making this potentially the least-viewed World Series of all time?
“There’s more drama watching re-runs of ‘Gilligan’s Island’ than this affair.”
As for the handling of Tigers pitcher Doug Fister, who was hit in the head by a line drive off the bat of the Giants’ Gregor Blanco in the second inning of Game 2 and then allowed to stay in, that was nuts. It was just about a month earlier, Sept. 5, when Oakland A’s pitcher Brandon McCarthy sustained a skull fracture, an epidural hemorrhage and a brain contusion after being struck by a line drive. After seeing Fister get hit, McCarthy was incredulous the Tigers let Fister on the flight home instead of directing him to a hospital. The extent of McCarthy’s injuries were not known until he had a precautionary CT scan, and it required two hours of surgery to relieve pressure on his brain. ‘Why even risk it?’ McCarthy tweeted.
“When McCarthy’s tweet was posed to (Tigers head trainer Kevin) Rand on Friday, he paused. ‘I can assure you,’ he said, ‘we wouldn’t have let him pitch, we wouldn’t have let him continue, we wouldn’t have let him fly, if there was any concern whatsoever.’” [Pat Borzi / New York Times]
I was watching when Fister got hit and immediately thought, ‘Get him out of there. He could have bleeding on the brain.’
Meanwhile, a word on Pablo Sandoval. His stats the last four years:
2009…25 HR 90 RBI, .330
2010…13-63, .268
2011…23-70, .315…117 games
2012…12-63, .283…108
–Ball Bits: The New York Post’s Joel Sherman reports the Mets might be lining up a contract extension for third baseman David Wright in the area of 7 years, $127 million, plus he has an option for 2013 at $16 million…or 8 years, $143 million. The Mets have five days after the conclusion of the World Series to trigger the option. Oh, what the hell.
Dan Martin of the New York Post writes: “Joe Girardi had almost no choice but to pinch-hit for Alex Rodriguez during the postseason because of the third baseman’s awful performance, but the Yankees manager tried to soften the blow on at least one occasion by calling up to the press box to not have Rodriguez’s name announced when the move was made….
“The Post learned the incident occurred when Raul Ibanez pinch-hit for Rodriguez in Game 3 of the ALDS, the first time Rodriguez was pinch-hit for in the playoffs. Ibanez delivered a game-tying solo home run before homering again in the 12th to give the Yankees a 3-2 win.
“Typically, when a player is replaced by a pinch-hitter, Yankees public address announcer Paul Olden names both players involved…
“But with Rodriguez’s reputation in tatters because of his declining production and enormous contract, Girardi clearly thought the beleaguered third baseman needed a break.”
And since I didn’t have a chance to note this for the archives, how funny, and pathetic, was it that as fans were chatting “Barry! Barry! Barry!” for pitcher Barry Zito, and as Joe Buck said, “They used to say it for somebody else around here,” Tim McCarver replied, “When Barry Manilow was playing in a concert.”
“Or Barry Bonds,” Buck teased.
Later in the inning, Buck said to McCarver: “Come back to me over there.”
“Sorry, it’s one of those moments,” McCarver laughed.
Speaking of Zito, since joining the Giants he is just 58-69 in the first six years of a 7-year, $126 million fiasco. He didn’t even make the 2010 postseason roster.
But he came through in Game 1 and that is mostly what fans will remember when his Giants career is over. Or it will go something like this in the year 2025:
“Remember that awful contract we signed Barry Zito to? He sucked.”
Lastly, the New York Post’s Joel Sherman says the Mets could be interested in Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera if they get him cheap. No doubt he is intriguing, especially following the steroid revelations (and 50-game suspension).
But as baseball execs say, which Melky would you be getting? The “fat and terrible” player in Atlanta, the “very good” player for Kansas City, or the “unbelievable” player of this year? As Sherman writes, how many “of the improvements of the past two years are real”?
College Football Review
[Using BCS ranking]
No. 1 Alabama beat up on No. 11 Mississippi State 38-7.
No. 2 Florida and their pathetic offense fell to No. 10 Georgia 17-9 as the Gators fumbled near the goal line with 2:00 left in their attempt to tie it up. Florida committed 6 turnovers! They’ve been exposed as major pretenders. Now Georgia is lined up for a showdown with ‘Bama in the SEC title game.
No. 3 Kansas State dismantled No. 14 Texas Tech 55-24 as Wildcats quarterback Collin Klein further enhanced his Heisman Trophy resume with a 19/26, 233, 2-0 performance, plus he picked up 83 yards on the ground and two more scores.
No. 4 Oregon raced out to another outrageous halftime lead, this time 56-0 over hapless Colorado, 47-point underdogs, and the Ducks cruised 70-14. Kenjon Barner rushed for 104 yards and two TDs on just nine carries, while De’Anthony Thomas picked up 97 yards on only five carries, along with a TD. Thomas also had a 73-yard punt return for a score.
No. 5 Notre Dame went to Norman and outclassed No. 8 Oklahoma 30-13. Manti Te’o had another outstanding game at linebacker as he keeps himself in the Heisman conversation.
No. 6 LSU was idle. Next up for them, Alabama.
No. 7 Oregon State fell to Washington 20-17 as Beaver QB Sean Mannion threw four interceptions. Beaver Nation is despondent this morning, gnawing at anything made of wood. My own Beaverwear is being relegated to the No. 2 sports drawer for the time being.
No. 9 USC inexplicably lost to Arizona, 39-36, as the Trojans committed 5 turnovers, thus negating Matt Barkley’s 493 yards through the air (3 TDs, 2 INTs) and the absolutely spectacular performance of receiver Marqise Lee, who caught 16 passes for 345 yards! Lee’s effort was a Pac-12 record and the fifth best all-time in Division I-A (FBS) history. But for the Wildcats (5-3, 2-3), fifth-year senior Matt Scott outplayed the other Matt, throwing for 369 and rushing for 100.
No. 12 Florida State crushed Duke 48-7 to move to 8-1, the only loss being to North Carolina State.
Speaking of the Wolfpack, they then did FSU no favors in losing to North Carolina on a dramatic 74-yard punt return by Giovani Bernard with 13 seconds left. What a contest. Carolina led 25-7 in the first quarter, then NC State took a 35-25 lead, only to see the Tar Heels go off for 18 unanswered in the fourth. Final score, 43-35.
No. 13 South Carolina, following defeats at LSU and Florida, defeated a lousy Tennessee squad 38-35. But in this one, Gamecock star running back Marcus Lattimore, who had battled back from a devastating knee injury last year, suffered a gruesome injury to his other knee. If you saw it, your heart goes out to the guy. If he ever steps foot on a field again it will be a miracle.
On Friday night, No. 16 Louisville needed overtime to defeat Cincinnati 34-31, Cincy having lost to Toledo the week before.
So with the above in mind, No. 15 Rutgers proceeded to lose to Kent State at home, 35-23, as the Scarlet Knights’ Gary Nova threw a school-record six interceptions! Yikes. Another great win for the MAC (Toledo being a MAC member as well). But then…
No. 24 Ohio, yet another MAC entrant, lost to conference rival Miami of Ohio 23-20, Miami having gotten destroyed earlier this year by Ohio State, Boise State, Cincinnati and Bowling Green.
It’s not BCS eligible but No. 9 (AP) Ohio State defeated Penn State 35-23 as Buckeye quarterback Braxton Miller returned from a seemingly serious head injury last week (turns out he didn’t even have a concussion) and rushed for 134 yards.
And on Thursday night, No. 18 Clemson defeated my Wake Forest Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem, 42-13, in a truly embarrassing performance on national television. Clemson QB Tajh Boyd threw for a school-record 428 yards, while receiver Sammy Watkins picked up a Clemson-record 202 yards receiving. The Deaconwear is officially shelved until 2013…and some of it is on the verge of being sent to the island of Yap in Micronesia…which is like the Island of Misfit Toys for sportswear. [Not that the natives there don’t appreciate my parcels.]
Does Auburn coach Gene Chizik survive? After losing 63-21 to No. 20 Texas A&M at home? The 63 points were the most ever given up by Auburn in SEC play as they moved to 1-7 just two years after winning the national title. The Tigers gave up 671 yards, the most in program history. A&M had 38 first downs (9-of-11 on third down).
So…add all the above up and what conclusions can you draw?
Oregon has to be fuming USC choked because now if the Ducks defeat the Trojans, the win’s value is greatly diminished. Oregon State’s loss also hurts the Ducks should they defeat OSU in their annual Civil War affair down the road. This leaves Kansas State seemingly in the driver’s seat to face Alabama in the BCS title game.
If Oregon is left to play in the Rose Bowl, you don’t even want to start looking to see who they’ll face from the Big Ten, Ohio State being ineligible. I mean it’s a horror show.
Notre Dame, by the way, plays its next three against Pitt, Boston College and Wake Forest, then finishes with USC, so the Fighting Irish need the Trojans to upset the Ducks to make their contest more meaningful in the computer rankings.
Florida State, seriously, had a legitimate chance of moving up in a big way in the BCS hunt assuming they defeated No. 2 Florida in the final regular season game…only now Florida isn’t No. 2!
1. Alabama 8-0
2. Oregon 8-0
3. Kansas State 8-0
4. Notre Dame 8-0
5. LSU 7-1
6. Ohio State 9-0
7. Georgia 7-1
8. Florida 7-1
9. Florida State 8-1
10. Clemson 7-1
12. Louisville 12-0…so just the six undefeateds left
And the latest BCS Poll…
1. Alabama .9759
2. Kansas State .9400
3. Notre Dame .9147
4. Oregon .9136
5. LSU .8163
6. Georgia .7753
7. Florida .7604
8. South Carolina .5968…no way!
9. Florida State .5743
10. Louisville .5661…absurd
–Former LSU standout Tyrann Mathieu was arrested along with former teammate Jordan Jefferson on marijuana charges the other day. Mathieu, recall, was booted from the LSU team in August after failing a drug test. He then underwent rehab with John Lucas in Houston but clearly it didn’t take. From Heisman Trophy finalist in 2011 to failure. He did it all to himself.
Tim Tebow was selected as the league’s most overrated player in a poll of his peers by Sports Illustrated (teammate Mark Sanchez was tied for second with Dallas’ Tony Romo), but as Mike Lupica of the New York Daily News asks, how can he be overrated when he doesn’t get to play?
Well, us Jets fans got to watch both Tebow and Sanchez in action on Sunday. Tebow failed to pick up a rusher on the first punt of the game that Miami blocked for a touchdown, and Sanchez (despite what appear to be gaudy numbers) was awful. His offensive line was also, err, offensive. Some of our players are so incredibly overrated because of the amount of press coverage in the area. It’s like the Mets. At virtually every position, in their case, there are players far better on other, lesser known teams (at a fraction of the cost, too).
Anyway, the only good thing about the Jets these days is the Flight Crew, a rather hot bunch, if I may say so myself. I would much rather watch 60 minutes of them then the ballgame. [Just a hint to CBS going forward.]
Oh, the game…Jets lost to Miami in the most important contest of the season, at home, 30-9. Jets are 3-5. Miami is 4-3.
Hey, just checked my Powerball ticket for Saturday. I got the powerball right! I won $4! Then again, I spent $10 (five tickets) so I lost six…we now continue with football…
New England, 45-7 winners over the Rams in London, are 5-3. But for the Rams, their lone score came on a 50-yard scoring strike from Sam Bradford to Wake alum Chris Givens…his fifth consecutive game with a 50-yard reception, a rookie record. Go Deacs! [Deaconwear, however, remains in the losers’ drawer.]
To me there was zero buzz with the NFL this weekend, probably because I am more concerned about when I’m going to lose power here. I’m not stressed in the least, it’s just that I have lots to do beforehand.
The Falcons moved to 7-0 as they defeated the disappointing Eagles (3-4) 30-17. Quarterback Matt Ryan continues to pile up MVP stats, 22/29, 262, 3-0, 137.4 rating. Mike Vick was beyond ordinary.
The Steelers moved to 4-3 with a 27-12 win over the Redskins as RG3 sucked big time.
Hey, look who’s 4-3! The Colts! Their latest win a 19-13 overtime contest against the Titans (3-5).
The Lions (3-4) got a much-needed win, 28-24, over the Seahawks (4-4) as Matthew Stafford got his act together, 34/49, 352, 3 TDs.
The Packers moved to 5-3 as they continue to put the replacement refs / Seahawks debacle behind them. Green Bay defeated the pathetic Jaguars 24-15.
Da Bears moved to 6-1 on a last-second Robbie Gould field goal to edge the 1-6 Panthers, 23-22.
But the last game of the day, aside from the Sunday night contest, certainly provided some excitement. The Giants took a 23-0 lead on the Cowboys as Tony Romo was picked time and time again, but then Romo and Co. came roaring back scoring 24 unanswered to take a 24-23 lead. The Giants then managed two more Lawrence Tynes field goals (he had five on the day) to lead 29-24 and a late Dallas drive ended with Romo, having missed a score with Dez Bryant by inches (Bryant failing to stay in bounds on a shocking catch with ten seconds to play), incredibly throwing a final Hail Mary pass out of the end zone. [Romo can really play like an idiot.]
Romo also finished 36/62 for 437 yards, but thanks to four interceptions his rating was a putrid 58.3. Jason Witten set a franchise mark with 18 receptions for 167 yards, and Bryant and Miles Austin also had 100 yards receiving, but the Giants, who played like garbage, nonetheless took advantage of six Dallas turnovers to win their fourth straight and go to 6-2.
Well, the NBA season gets underway this week. Sports Illustrated picks the Heat over the Lakers…which on paper is certainly the matchup hoops fans would love to see. SI actually picks the Knicks to be No. 3 in the East, ahead of the Nets. I think the Knicks will suck, a .500 team. The Nets, on the other hand, will win 50+ and make some noise in the playoffs.
But you look around the league and there really are a lot of incredibly lousy teams. Like I’m guessing at least eight fail to win 30. [The last time we had a full season, 2010-2011, there were six.]
ESPN.com’s J.A. Adande on the announcement that Commissioner David Stern will retire in early 2014.
“David Stern successfully sold the ‘blackest’ sport to a white audience. He globalized basketball. He kept the NBA at the forefront of the technology wave. And yet, by the end of his 30-year tenure he had yielded the one thing he was best known for: control.
“Look at the past few years. The Seattle SuperSonics took off for Oklahoma City after Washington state legislators shot down Stern’s attempt to get them to pay for a new arena.
“LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh took their careers into their own hands, opting out of their contracts early, forcing teams to manipulate their payrolls just for the opportunity to sign them, then choosing where they wanted to go.
“Carmelo Anthony was still under contract when he made the Denver Nuggets bend to his whim and trade him to New York.
“And no sooner was the new collective bargaining agreement ratified last year when Chris Paul departed a small market for Los Angeles and Dwight Howard embarked on a six-month odyssey that brought him to L.A. as well….
“So I guess that’s how we should see Stern as well. He had a big lead for most of the game, then let the score get closer at the end.”
Of course Stern will be most remembered for being commish during the time of Larry and Magic, the Bad Boys, and Michael Jordan.
“It’s easy to lay the credit for the NBA’s emergence upon those hardwood idols, whose dazzling talents and rivalries seduced casual fans and gave basketball energy and pumped franchises with value. But it took vision to humanize and promote these superstars and use their talents to lift a sport. Basketball is a game of creative expression, and Stern packaged that individuality as a product, in the same way Coke sold soft drinks or Nike sold sneakers…The NBA became a thriving export, as Stern was ambitious about crossing oceans and pushing the game into emerging markets. The league today is a global enterprise, not only in terms of its fan base, but on its rosters, many of which include players from outside the U.S.
“Basketball is not our national pastime – football is – but the NBA was hugely influential in the way other sports leagues have tried to sell their product….Look at the way the NFL has been pushing into Europe and celebrating ready-made young stars like Robert Griffin III and Andrew Luck. That looks a lot like Stern’s NBA.”
Oh, there were the lockouts, like last year’s, but as Gay concludes, “the league is in a reasonably healthy place. Television rating were robust last season, despite the lockout, and there’s a rush of young talent and teams that are fun to watch, even in November, when you have to be reasonably insane to care about the NBA. LeBron James, the sport’s most riveting player, has put Cleveland in the rearview and captured a ring in Miami. There’s a franchise in Brooklyn, a young juggernaut in Oklahoma City, and Lakers fans feel better after landing Dwight Howard. The NBA is a league that will always drive you crazy, but it’s having a stable moment. And it’s comfortable enough for David Stern to start slowly packing up.”
–One last item. What a shocker that the Oklahoma City Thunder traded Sixth Man of the Year James Harden on Saturday, sending him to Houston in return for guards Kevin Martin and Jeremy Lamb, plus two first-round picks and a second-round pick. Oklahoma City also sent center Cole Aldrich, and forwards Daequan Cook and Lazar Hayward to Houston.
The deal came about because the Thunder simply felt they wouldn’t be able to re-sign Hardin when he becomes a free agent next summer.
Gotta hand it to ‘em. Seems like a smart move, but one that will be scrutinized all season.
College Basketball
Amazing uniformity in the preseason CBB polls. As in both the AP and USA TODAY Coaches Polls have the exact same top ten…and with the first three, it’s all about “Kentuckiana.”
1. Indiana
2. Louisville…Dec. 29…vs. Kentucky
3. Kentucky
4. Ohio State
5. Michigan
6. North Carolina State
7. Kansas
8. Duke
9. Syracuse
10. Florida
My San Diego State Aztecs are No. 20 in both.
And remember Murray State? The Racers are No. 26 and 29 if you extend the polls out. They’ll be intriguing thanks to having as good a backcourt as any in the country with Isaiah Canaan, back for his senior year, and Zay Jackson. Plus they return solid post performer Ed Daniel. For hoops junkies, though, the key may be 6-9 Brandon Garrett and whether he develops.
I’m also shocked that Ohio, which returns 97% of its minutes (from 12 players) that came within a whisker of an Elite Eight appearance last spring as a No. 13 seed isn’t in either top 25 and garners just a few votes. So if you want a real sleeper, that’s your pick. [They have one helluva returning backcourt as well.]
–What more can you say about the NHL lockout? The dirtbag owners have canceled the regular season through November and the old theory the season wouldn’t start until the New Year’s Winter Classic is looking increasingly likely. I don’t love the sport as much as I used to in my youth, but I really loath the owners in this one.
–We note the passing of famed boxing trainer Emanuel Steward, who owned Kronk Gym in Detroit and produced numerous world champions. Steward was 68. He was a great man, by all accounts. Extremely generous with his time and money, a real father figure to the fighters who often lived in his Detroit home.
In the ring he was known as a strategic genius, like in his work with Thomas Hearns, Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko.
Steward was born in West Virginia and moved to Detroit when he was 12. He began training at Brewster’s Gym and won a 1963 National Golden Gloves title as a bantamweight, compiling a 94-3 record, but his calling was to be a trainer. In 1977, he turned Thomas Hearns into a star.
–Olympian Lolo Jones qualified for the U.S. bobsledding team as one of six push athletes who will vie for spots on the squad selected for the 2014 Sochi Games. [I still say Sochi is going to be a nightmare…think terrorism.] Sprinter Tianna Madison also made the cut.
–So I love the Adidas / Derrick Rose commercials. But as they play up Rose’s recovery from his serious knee injury, did you know Adidas is paying him $185 million over 13 years vs. Nike’s deal with LeBron James of $93 million over seven years? Meanwhile, James has helped Nike capture a 44% share of the U.S. market, while Adidas has but 10 or 11, according to TIME.
–Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner, in an interview with TIME, was asked (via a reader): If there were only a 50% chance that you were going to survive, would you still jump?
“Never. If I do something, it’s always 90% obvious and 10% unknown. Fifty-fifty means you get the same chance to die as to survive. I’d never work that way. That would be stupid.”
By the way, I’ve read a lot on Baumgartner’s jump from 24 miles up in the atmosphere, and from what I’ve surmised, Chuck Yeager has been a real jerk about this.
–I get a kick out of those who don’t like broadcaster Joe Buck. I think he’s great. Love his sense of humor and professionalism. Sports Illustrated’s Michael Rosenberg has a piece on Buck in the current issue some of you may want to look up. For one thing, it provides an explanation for how Buck’s voice wasn’t as strong two years ago. Stress. For another, if you don’t like the guy, it may open up your mind.
“A panicking cow killed a Palestinian man who was trying to slaughter the beast on Saturday during the Muslim celebration of Eid al-Adha, a Gaza health official said.
“Muslims around the world slaughter sheep, cows and goats during the four-day holiday…to commemorate the sacrifice by their Prophet Ibrahim – known to Christians and Jews as Abraham.”
Oops, it was just brought to my attention that Dion was singing about Abraham Lincoln, not Abraham. But can’t wait for Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln”! Coming to a theater near you in about two weeks.
“In addition to the death, Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra said that 150 other people were hospitalized in the Gaza Strip with knife wounds or other injuries caused by animals trying to break away.”
–Brad K., Director of Southwest U.S. Animal Management for Bar Chat, passed along a piece from the Billings Gazette where a longhorn bull gored a Montana man to death. This is so gruesome I’m going to leave out the details.
“JAKARTA, Indonesia: An orangutan that was shot with an air rifle has been rescued in the Indonesian part of Borneo, and rescuers are working to remove 104 pellets from her body, a conservationist said Saturday.”
The orangutan is No. 4 on the All-Species List. ‘Man’ did not help his standing with this incident.
–I mentioned the following in one of my videos last week but need to repeat it here. Also from the AP:
“A bomb-sniffing army dog who died in Afghanistan on the day his handler was killed has been honored with Britain’s highest award for animal bravery.
“Springer spaniel mix Theo was posthumously awarded the Dickin Medal on Thursday at a London ceremony.
“Theo worked for five months in Afghanistan with Royal Army Veterinary Corps Lance Cpl. Liam Tasker, searching out roadside bombs.
“Tasker was killed in a firefight with insurgents in Helmand Province in March 2011. Theo suffered a fatal seizure later at a British army base, likely brought about by stress.
“The soldier and his dog were brought back to Britain on the same military flight.”
–There are 30 million white-tailed deer in the United States today, more than at any other time in our history. But while it’s easier to kill one than ever before, America’s hunters spend nearly $2,500 a year on the sport.
Now there is every reason to hate deer, but in reading a piece in The Atlantic by Tim Heffernan, I’m reminded that “Stripping forest understory of nearly everything green, whitetail herds destroy habitat vital to songbirds and other creatures.”
And since we love songbirds here at Bar Chat, the whitetail deer plummets another 30 notches to No. 432 on the All-Species List, behind the cane toad.
Hunters, by the way, took down more than 6 million deer last year. They need to up that to 29.5 mil.
Top 3 songs for the week 10/28/67: #1 “To Sir With Love” (Lulu…has held up far better than I thought it would…) #2 “The Letter” (The Box Tops…can’t stand this one…) #3 “Never My Love” (The Association…another good one from them…)…and…#4 “How Can I Be Sure” (The Young Rascals…super…will hold up for 650 years…) #5 “Expressway….To Your Heart” (Soul Survivors…eh…) #6 “It Must Be Him” (Vikki Carr…you rock, Vikki!…one of my first loves, frankly…) #7 “Soul Man” (Sam & Dave…can’t stand this one as well…yeah, I know I’m in the minority, but this is total crappola….) #8 “Your Precious Love” (Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell…best duo of all times, as Ali would say…brilliant tune…miss them both…) #9 “A Natural Woman (You Make Me Feel Like)” (Aretha Franklin…one of her 2 or 3 best…not that I’m singing this one in the shower, you understand…) #10 “Incense And Peppermints” (Strawberry Alarm Clock…AWESOME! Love it more and more each time I hear it….)
Green Bay Packers Quiz Answers: 1) 5,000 yards rushing – Ahman Green (2000-2009) 8,322; Jim Taylor (1958-1966) 8,207; John Brockington (1971-1977) 5,024. 2) 100 TD passes – Brett Favre (1992-2007) 442; Bart Starr (1956-1971) 152; Aaron Rodgers (2005-2012) 151; Lynn Dickey (1976-1985) 133.
