[Posted Wednesday a.m.]
NFL Quiz: Only eight passers have thrown 7 touchdowns in a single game (no one has done it twice). 1) Who was the first to do so in 1943 ((Hall of Famer with Chicago). 2) Who was the second to throw seven TD passes, 1954, with Philadelphia (this isn’t fair…initials A.B.) 3) Who is the only Minnesota Vikings QB to throw 7? 4) Who is the other Philadelphia quarterback to do this? Answers below.
MLB
Wild Card Races (thru Tuesday…17/18 games to go)
A.L. East
Toronto 79-65… —
Baltimore 79-65… —
Detroit 77-67… 2
Yankees 77-67… 2
Seattle 77-68… 2.5
N.L. East
San Francisco 77-67… +0.5
Mets 77-68… —
Cardinals 76-68… 0.5
–The Yankees had a poor 8-2 loss to the Dodgers in the Bronx on Monday, as Dodgers fans descended on The Stadium, an odd site in New York. According to some of the Yankees players, even the Red Sox don’t turn out as many fans as the Dodgers did (a large travel club reportedly took advantage of the rare opportunity to see their team at Yankee Stadium). Dodgers-Yankees just sounds cool, too.
Tuesday, however, the Yanks rode the pitching of CC Sabathia and Co. to a clutch 3-0 victory that kept New York in the thick of the chase.
–The Mets are down in Washington for a critical 3-game set, the last time they play a winning team the rest of the way, a huge advantage, but the Metropolitans were blown out 8-1 on Monday.
Last night, though, was one of the more dramatic regular season games of import that I can remember going back years, as the Mets got 7 sterling innings from Noah Syndergaard (one run, 10 strikeouts), only to have closer Jeurys Familia blew his fourth save of the season as the Nats scratched out two in the bottom of the ninth to tie the score at 3-3.
Then in the top of the 10th, rookie call-up T.J. Rivera, the pride of The Bronx and an undrafted 27-year-old, strode to the plate and whacked a home run off one of the better closers in the game, Mark Melancon. The Mets’ pen then dramatically held on in the bottom of the frame for a wild 4-3 win.
–Meanwhile, the Mets parted ways with longtime Triple-A manager Wally Backman, a fan favorite going back to his days as an infielder with the 1986 World Series Champion Mets.
General Manager Sandy Alderson, who has never liked the feisty, controversial Backman, announced Wally “has decided to move on,” presumably to seek an opportunity with another organization.
A certain segment of the Mets fan base always saw Backman as the heir apparent to current manager Terry Collins, and every time Collins’ job seemed to be in jeopardy, Backman’s name was front and center.
But it was never realistic because we also all knew he didn’t get along with Alderson, the guy who calls the shots.
The thing is Backman has done a great job with all the current top prospects, including Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom and Michael Conforto (as well as Rivera).
But the Mets apparently leaked reports the organization wasn’t happy with the way he was playing Conforto when he was sent down midseason to find his hitting stroke, specifically in not playing the lefty Conforto against lefties, which Alderson wanted Backman to do because Conforto needs to learn how to hit them. Backman, apparently, professed his job was to win games, which isn’t really the number one job of any minor league manager. You are there to develop the talent.
But, in this case with Conforto, Backman, and Conforto himself, said he did play against lefties.
One thing us Mets fans know. Backman would have been a much better bench coach than the current denizen, Dick “Clueless” Scott, who the other day didn’t remind Collins to pinch-run for Wilmer Flores in a critical spot against the Braves last weekend. Ah, like the role of the bench coach is to, ahhh, act like a freakin’ adviser and step in when he sees the manager missing something because the manager, legitimately in this case, was focusing on the pitching staff.
But as John Harper of the New York Daily News wrote, any good baseball fan understands it’s the GM that runs the show these days and the manager is just largely doing his bidding, especially when it comes to who should be playing, what position in the batting order and that kind of thing.
“If you want to say that other organizations haven’t knocked down his door to hire Backman, that’s fair, but it’s also become the nature of the business these days, as young, highly-educated GMs all seem to want managers without big personalities who will work in concert with them.
“Backman, meanwhile, has a little Billy Martin, a little Lou Piniella, maybe a little Earl Weaver in him. I’m not sure any of those guys would get hired these days, either.
“Too bad. I think Backman would be a very good major league manager if somebody would give him a chance. Unfortunately, it was never going to be Alderson.”
–The other day I noted the controversy over the decision by Dodgers manager Dave Roberts to remove Rich Hill after seven perfect innings, the oft-injured Hill having thrown just 89 pitches.
Well I had no idea until reading Buster Olney that over the past year, when Hill has made it to the mound he’s been phenomenal.
21 starts, a 1.74 ERA with just 75 hits and 146 strikeouts in 124 innings. That hit total is amazing.
Of the “482 batters he has faced the past two seasons, Hill has surrendered only nine doubles, two triples and four homers.”
–With his 25th stolen base the other day, Mike Trout became just the second player to have three seasons of 25 home runs, 25 stolen bases and 100 runs at age 25 or younger, the other being Barry Bonds (1969-71). [Elias Sports Bureau]
–I have to admit I have totally ignored Brian Dozier’s phenomenal power year with the Minnesota Twins because, err, Dozier is on the Twins!
But the 29-year-old has 40 home runs, which is just three shy of Davey Johnson’s record 43 in 1973, primarily as a second baseman.
Two of Dozier’s 40 were as a DH. Rogers Hornsby and Johnson hold the record, 42, actually playing second.
Since his debut in 2012, Dozier’s power numbers have risen each season, from six to 18 to 23 to 28 last year.
—Vin Scully will not call any of the Dodgers’ playoff games, so his career will end Oct. 2 in San Francisco.
“Otherwise, I’d be saying goodbye like in grand opera, where you say goodbye 12 different times,” Scully told the L.A. Times.
While national broadcasters have exclusive television rights to playoff games, Scully has called the Dodgers’ postseason games on radio in recent years. Scully said two farewells will be enough: Sept. 25, when the Dodgers play the Colorado Rockies in the final regular season home game, and the game Oct. 2.
College Football
New AP Poll…I’ll start adding W/L records in two weeks.
1. Alabama (56 first-place votes)
2. Florida State (4)
3. Ohio State
4. Michigan (1)
5. Clemson…down from 2 after lousy win over Troy
6. Houston
7. Stanford
8. Washington
9. Wisconsin
10. Louisville
16. Georgia…plummeted 7 spots after equally lousy win over Nichols…as your editor said would be the case…
As for this weekend’s games, Thursday night you have 6 Houston at Cincinnati, a dangerous contest for the Cougars, i.e., we’ll learn a lot.
But the big game is Saturday at noon, ET…2 Florida State at 10 Louisville.
1 Alabama at 19 Ole Miss could be entertaining; Pitt at Oklahoma State is another, ditto Michigan State at Notre Dame.
—Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson said on Monday that his lackluster play thus far was due to him being overwhelmed by his media obligations and expectations.
“This past weekend, you could feel the energy starting with me being the leader of the team, not really enjoying it,” Watson said. “You can tell my body language has been bad, and it spreads throughout the team and then it spreads throughout the fans. You can feel the energy in the stadium, that people weren’t really excited about the game.
“Just got to live in the moment, embrace the moment and enjoy. It took a long time for me to put a smile on my face over the course of my lifetime, and my experience of what I’ve been through on and off the field. It’s a blessing to have this opportunity to be here.
“It’s a privilege to be in this position, to have people want to talk to me, to have people want to hear my story and hear what’s going on, because it can easily be on the flip side and no one wants to talk to me, no one respects me one-on-one, no one in the stands wearing my jersey. It’s a blessing. It just kind of got away from me a little bit with all the attention I’ve gotten. Just got to find myself, and be the Deshaun Watson I always will be.” [ESPN.com]
—Army suffered an awful tragedy following their win over Rice on Saturday, as cornerback Brandon Jackson was killed in a single-car crash in Croton, New York, about 19 miles from West Point. Police received word of a motor vehicle accident and Jackson’s car had crashed into a guardrail. He was still in the car and pronounced dead on the scene.
Jackson, a sophomore, started Saturday’s game, and had appeared in every game as a freshman in 2015, leading the Black Knights with three interceptions to go along with 62 tackles. He had six tackles in the first two games this season.
Coach Jeff Monken said in a statement: “Words cannot describe the grief that our team is feeling over the loss of our brother and friend, Brandon. He was a beloved teammate and our hearts are with his family at this time of tragedy.”
Lt. Gen. Robert L. Caslen Jr., superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy, wrote in a letter to the West Point community: “We will honor his life as we mourn the untimely death of a young man who had a promising future as a leader in service to our Nation. Brandon internalized our watch words, Duty, Honor, Country.”
Army plays at UTEP this Saturday. We wish them the best the rest of the season, and our sympathies to Jackson’s friends and family.
–Chris K. updated me on the status of Michael Campanaro, the former Wake receiver who is on IR with the Ravens. We care because as I noted the other day, us Wake alum have no one to root for in the NFL when it comes to the offensive side.
According to CBSSports.com, Wake has just seven guys in the NFL, including practice squad, which is about as few as I can ever remember.
By contrast, Rutgers has 21…both of our programs sucking wind for years. Rutgers is a strange school. They obviously recruit some NFL-caliber players, and they generally get an opportunity to shine, get drafted, etc., but the overall team product blows.
And that’s a memo….Charles Krauthammer is here….
[Meant to add, Chris K. said the word on Tuesday was that the Wake quarterback job is Kendall Hinton’s to lose from here.]
–The eight-man officiating crew that botched the end of the Oklahoma State-Central Michigan game on Saturday has been suspended for two games by the Mid-American Conference.
The Big 12 conference announced that the two-person video-replay crew that worked the game had also been suspended for two games. The replay crew could have advised the MAC officiating crew of the misapplication of the penalty giving C.M.U. an untimed down that they then turned into a touchdown.
NFL
–Boy, Jets at Buffalo on Thursday is as big a second game of the season as us Jets fans have faced in a long, long time. I’ve been writing since the 2016 schedule was released that the first six games were killers (five of six being 2015 playoff teams, plus the away game at Buffalo), and while coaches and players gave us all the ‘one game at a time’ garbage, the fact is you know they all were thinking, ‘Gee, if we can just go 3-3, or maybe 4-2,’ the rest of the season is set.
At the same time they’re thinking, ‘If we start out 2-4, we’ve dug a big hole.’
This is a Jets team with a lot of talent, much of it on display last Sunday against the Bengals, but they have to make the plays! I am in the camp that if they lose Thursday, the season could essentially be over. The following week they are at Kansas City.
As the New York sportswriters noted, on Monday there was a lot of tension already in Jets camp, and coach Todd Bowles, normally low key and calm, was very testy with the media, doing his best Bill Belichick imitation in refusing to talk about the Bengals’ loss.
Coaches are obligated to talk to the media the day after a game and Bowles threatened to walk out of the press conference.
“Unless you’ve got Buffalo questions, I ain’t going to be here long,” he said.
By the way, since 1990, only 26 out of 214 teams have made the playoffs (12 percent) after starting 0-2.
Thursday night is either going to be totally inspiring for us Jets fans, and the players, or an unmitigated disaster. I’ll predict Jets either win handily, or get rolled. No in between.
–Here in New York, it really was great to see receiver Victor Cruz back on the field for a regular season game, and score that deciding touchdown for the Giants against the Cowboys on Sunday. He’s always been immensely popular, and seemingly a genuinely good guy (you have to preface everything these days with ‘seemingly’).
But I forgot that the Paterson, New Jersey native’s father was a fireman at Ground Zero in the immediate days after the 9/11 attacks; a father who committed suicide nine years ago.
Cruz said the other day of 9/11:
“It’s one of those days that you remember forever and one of those days now that you want to honor those first responders and those firemen and those police officers that were there and just cherish the moment because you know that at the drop of a dime, something like that could happen that could change the perspective of the world.”
And this is why, while I’m a Jets fan, I’ll root for Victor CRUUUZ!!!
–Speaking of Giants-Cowboys, the fallout from Dallas receiver Terrance Williams not going out of bounds, which allowed the clock to run out, continues.
What was the lad thinking?! Dallas should have had about a 58-yard field goal attempt, which their kicker Dan Bailey could have nailed for a 22-20 win. After all, he had hit FGs from 56 and 54 in the contest.
And so I have just placed Terrance Williams’ name in the December file for “Idiot of the Year” consideration. You’re a professional, Mr. Williams. You can’t screw up like this.
—Gotta hand it to New England coach Bill Belichick. No Tom Brady. No Rob Gronkowski.
Lorenzo Reyes / USA TODAY
“The New England Patriots proved one thing Sunday night.
“The system is as strong as ever.
“It’s play calling. It’s scheming against the opposition’s weakness. It’s plugging in unheralded players and transforming them into weapons. Guys like receiver Chris Hogan, a restricted free agent the Buffalo Bills let walk, now a key cog. It’s a commitment to consistency. It’s a hyper-focus on detail. And it’s so much more….
“…(All) on display Sunday night, as the Patriots outlasted the Arizona Cardinals, 23-21….
“The Brady-less Patriots, after the rest of the AFC East lost their openers, already have a one-game cushion in the division.”
Three more games without Brady, all at home…Dolphins, Texans, and Bills. They’ll be 3-1 at worst.
—Oakland Raiders coach Jack Del Rio is the talk of football after his decision to go for two points and the win at New Orleans, though with the game being on the road, and Drew Brees lighting it up for over 400 yards passing, it wasn’t that tough a call to make. Del Rio is just very fortunate it worked, as the Raiders pulled off the 35-34 victory.
“We’re here to win,” Del Rio said afterward. “Let’s win it right now.”
Adam Kilgore / Washington Post
“After one week, we cannot know whether the Raiders’ victory marked a turning point for a moribund franchise. That’s the convenient narrative, and given the talent across their roster, it’s possible. But who can say? What we can do is analyze the call (quarterback Derek) Carr convinced Del Rio to make and praise them both for making a logical choice that, owing to the convention it defied, required guts.”
Adam Kilgore goes on to note that last year, NFL teams converted 47.9 percent of their two-point conversion attempts.
–As for Monday night’s two games, Ben Roethlisberger fulfilled his Fantasy Football obligations, ditto Antonio Brown, as Big Ben threw for an even 300 yards, with three touchdowns and one pick. Brown had 8 receptions for 126 yards and two scores, while DeAngelo Williams had a super game…26 carries for 143 yards and two TDs, plus 28 yards on six receptions. Final score: Pittsburgh 38, Washington 16.
Then you had the Rams at San Francisco. Blaine Gabbert started for the 49ers, going 22 of 35 for 170 yards and a score, but the real story was how pathetic the Rams were in their debut in an L.A. uniform.
As San Francisco whipped the Rams 28-0, understand that L.A. had 14 possessions…of which 10 ended in punts and two on turnovers.
Quarterback Case Keenum was 17 of 35 for 130 yards and two interceptions, a 34.2 quarterback rating. This is the same team that selected quarterback Jared Goff with the first overall selection in the draft. Just play him!
Or as all the Rams fans were saying after, we waited all these years for the return of this?!
–Sorry, breaking a promise…I said I hoped I had written my last on the Colin Kaepernick situation but, for the archives, just need to note that once again, Kaepernick and Eric Reid of the 49ers knelt during the playing of the national anthem on Monday night.
For the Rams, on the other sideline, wide receiver Kenny Britt and teammate Robert Quinn held up their right fists.
Britt has had at least five run-ins with the law, including theft-by-deception and a felony charge (later reduced) for an alleged car chase with police.
Back to Kaepernick, ESPN analyst Trent Dilfer attacked the quarterback on Sunday pregame show, saying he “is a backup QB whose job is to be quiet and sit in the shadows,” while claiming that the controversy has “torn at the fabric of the team.” Yet several 49ers players have said that Kaepernick’s stance has actually helped team unity.
Kaepernick responded, following San Fran’s 28-0 victory over L.A., “I think that’s one of the most ridiculous comments I’ve heard. That fact (Dilfer) says, ‘You are a backup QB, stay in your place.’ That’s an issue.
“To me, you are telling me that my position as a backup QB and being quiet is more important than people’s lives. I would ask him to really have a conversation with the families of people that have been murdered and see if he still feels that way. Because I bet that he doesn’t, just because he hasn’t experienced that type of oppression.”
Kaepernick was roundly booed when he entered the game with 2:21 remaining before the crowd began chanting “USA! USA! USA!” [Kaepernick just handed the ball off three times as the 49ers ran out the clock.]
—Poor Robert Griffin III. He had a new start on his football career in Cleveland, but on Monday, the Browns placed him on injured reserve after he fractured a bone in his left shoulder in the team’s season opener Sunday against the Eagles.
Griffin’s season isn’t necessarily over but he must miss a minimum of eight games.
Once again, however, Griffin probably has himself to blame as on an 11-yard scramble on third and long late in the game, he opted not to slide and took a big hit from cornerback Jalen Mills as he ran out of bounds.
Josh McCown will start this week against the Ravens.
Ryder Cup
U.S. Captain Davis Love III filled out the rest of his squad, save for one, by selecting Rickie Fowler, Matt Kuchar and J.B. Holmes.
Fowler is 0-3-5 in two career Ryder Cup appearances, but he was deemed a lock for the team based on his No. 9 Official World Golf Ranking and his popularity among his peers.
Kuchar has a 4-5-2 Cup record. This will be his fourth consecutive appearance.
Holmes is 2-0-1 from his lone effort with the U.S. team in 2008, the last time the Americans won.
Love has one more pick, which he will make following next week’s Tour Championship. Among names being bandied about are Ryan Moore, Daniel Berger, Bill Haas and Kevin Na.
One name not being mentioned is Bubba Watson, who is No. 7 in the World Golf Ranking but hasn’t had a top 10 since March and is only 3-8 in Ryder Cup play.
The eight automatic qualifiers on points were Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Jimmy Walker, Zach Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Brandt Snedeker and Patrick Reed.
Stuff
–In Champions League play on Tuesday, Arsenal was totally outplayed by Paris St-Germain but managed to pull out a 1-1 tie.
Tottenham plays Monaco tonight.
–The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said Tuesday that a Russian government hacking group had gained access to the drug-test results and confidential medical data from last month’s Rio Olympics. On Monday, the group began posting information on the likes of Serena and Venus Williams, Simone Biles and others.
WADA said in a statement that the hacking group was able to access passwords to its Olympic database via spear-phishing….where computers are infected after a user opens an e-mail that is thought to be from a trusted source.
This really sucks. The International Olympic Committee said none of the athletes mentioned in the hack had done anything wrong.
The hacking group, which is known as Fancy Bear or APT28, works for the military intelligence service GRU; one of the outfits that hacked the Democratic National Committee.
Personally, I will not discuss any of the athletes’ medical details that may come out because it’s none of my business…until there is a story they did something wrong and these poor girls are clean.
The Kremlin, by the way, said it “completely excluded” the involvement of Russian secret services in the hack.
But there seems little doubt revenge was a motive, after the New York Times reported the account of Russia’s longtime antidoping lab chief, who said the country had run an extensive doping program at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
—NCAA Men’s Division I Soccer (Coaches Poll…Sept. 13)
1. Notre Dame
2. North Carolina
3. Indiana
4. Maryland
5. Syracuse
12. Wake Forest (up from 21)…at Notre Dame Oct. 8
15. Boston College
–The NCAA announced on Monday the relocation of seven previously awarded championship events – including NCAA tournament games in Greensboro – from the state of North Carolina during the 2016-17 academic year as a result of the state’s controversial House Bill 2.
The law prevents cities and counties from passing protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski called the law “embarrassing” a few months ago.
In all seriousness, Greensboro was to be a first/second round site and it is always a huge advantage for a North Carolina or Duke to be seeded there. I haven’t seen which city has been selected to replace G’boro, but the other sites are Orlando, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, Buffalo, Tulsa, Indianapolis and Sacramento.
But what will the ACC do? It has 11 conference championships slated for N.C. Headquartered in Greensboro, and with four founding members in the state, the ACC is North Carolina.
The past 23 ACC women’s basketball tournaments have been played there. The past six ACC football championship games have taken place in Charlotte, and the next four are scheduled there as well. Cary, North Carolina is the hub for collegiate soccer.
ACC Commissioner John Swofford indicated a decision could be made after this week’s ACC Council of Presidents meeting.
—Ryan Lochte can’t seem to stay out of the news. Two men were arrested after one stormed the stage and threw something at Lochte during Monday’s live premiere of Dancing with the Stars. ABC didn’t broadcast what took place on stage, live, but released a video of the takedown by security. Host Tom Bergeron took the show to commercial.
Lochte was clearly disturbed and afterwards, in a DWTS interview, said, “I’m a little hurt. I came out here and wanted to do something I am completely not comfortable with. I came out there with a big smile and have the best fan support here.”
I don’t like what the guy did in Rio, even as what ‘facts’ we’ve gleaned since semi-support his description of events.
But these dirtballs who stormed the stage, and the others in the audience that were part of this group, deserve to be….well, I’ll stop here.
–From Jason Meisner / Chicago Tribune:
“An Arkansas collector has been charged in Chicago in an alleged $10 million scheme to defraud and mislead investors involving sports memorabilia, including using a phony Heisman Trophy as collateral on a loan.
“The charge comes more than two years after FBI agents raided John Rogers’ home and offices in Little Rock as part of an ongoing investigation out of Chicago targeting fraud in the lucrative but often shady world of sports memorabilia.”
According to the one count of wire fraud filed the other day, “Rogers routinely altered sports memorabilia items to make them appear authentic and used proceeds from the fraud to repay customers who had figured out the items were fakes.”
As for the 1978 Heisman Trophy awarded to Oklahoma running back Billy Sims, “Rogers fixed a fraudulent nameplate on a ceremonial trophy that had been given to the emcee of the Heisman award ceremony, making it appear as if it were the actual Heisman awarded to Sims.
“Rogers also created a phony letter, purportedly from Sims, confirming the authenticity of the trophy, the charges allege. He then allegedly used the fake trophy as collateral to secure a $100,000 loan from an investor.”
While the investor was not identified in the charges, previously a man had been identified, whose name I’ll omit. This individual, though, had sued Rogers in Arkansas, “alleging he had lent him more than $5 million to bankroll the purchases of sports collectibles, including a loan for a 50 percent interest in the Sims trophy, records show.”
Yikes.
This same investigation first targeted Mastro Auctions and its key executives, including owner William Mastro, the “King of Memorabilia,” who was sentenced last year to 20 months in prison after pleading guilty to rigging auctions, and “even using a paper slicer to improve the value of a rare T206 Honus Wagner baseball card,” something I wrote of at the time.
–From the Moscow Times:
“Meteorologists on Russia’s remote Izvesti Tsik Islands have been trapped in their base for almost two weeks after being besieged by polar bears, TASS news agency reported Tuesday.
“A dozen polar bears began to stake out the weather station on Aug. 31 after eating one of the scientists’ dogs, station chief Vadim Plotnikov told TASS. The five staff members are unable to leave the building, he said.
“ ‘The bears have actually been spending the night under our window since Saturday,’ said Plotnikov. ‘It’s dangerous to go outside, and we’ve had to stop some of our work.’
Good lord!
“The team have used up all of their supplies for scaring away the bears, and only received supplies from the mainland once a month, Plotnikov said. He said that the scientists needed squibs – devices which cause small but harmless explosions – to convince the bears to leave….
“Between 5,000 and 7,000 polar bears live in Russia…. Three people are attacked by polar bears every year, according to the charity Polar Bears International.”
I’m guessing it is more than 6,000…a massive cover-up by the ITC…International Travel Cartel, as well as the Kremlin.
‘Polar Bear’ is No. 14 on the All-Species List, behind the Mallard….the noblest of ducks who not only cares for its young, but also makes for attractive wood carvings.
‘Man’ remains mired in the 329 slot, behind the sea robin. [Don’t believe the stories you see about the sea robin being an attractive epicurean delight….it’s crab bait.]
[Folks, I promise…the real ASL link is coming…just gotta get my tech support focused.]
–Tuesday night at U.S. Cellular Field, home of the Chicago White Sox, a record was set for most dogs at a sporting event… 1,122. Officials from Guinness were on hand to certify it, 1,000 being required for the record. Dogs were invited to parade around the field before the game and were required to remain in their seats for at least 10 minutes, starting in the top of the third inning.
‘Dog’ remains No. 1 on the ASL.
Top 3 songs for week of 9/16/78: #1 “Boogie Oogie Oogie” (A Taste Of Honey) #2 “Three Times A Lady” (Commodores…slow dance staple for college dances during this time…cough cough…) #3 “Hot Blooded” (Foreigner…ya know, this song really sucked…)…and…#4 “Hopelessly Devoted To You” (Olivia Newton-John) #5 “Kiss You All Over” (Exile…at a certain point it gets kind of gross…) #6 “An Everlasting Love” (Andy Gibb…an O.K. tune that is aging, err, O.K. …) #7 “Summer Nights” (John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John & Cast) #8 “Don’t Look Back” (Boston) #9 “Got To Get You Into My Life” (Earth, Wind & Fire) #10 “Shame” (Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King…another acceptable tune…alcohol always helps…)
NFL Quiz Answers: 7 TD passes in a game. 1) Sid Luckman was first with Chicago in 1943. 2) Adrian Burke threw 7 for Philly in 1954. 3) Joe Kapp, of all people, threw 7 in 1969 for the Vikings. [I totally forgot what a short career he had, just 1967-70. I guess he made such an impression because of his playoff experience in 1968 and ’69.] 4) Nick Foles threw 7 TD passes for Philadelphia in 2013.
Between Kapp in ’69 and Foles and Peyton Manning in 2013, no one had accomplished the feat. Drew Brees did it in 2015. The other two were Y.A. Tittle in 1962 with the Giants and George Blanda in ’61 with Houston.
Next Bar Chat, Monday.
