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Sittin' and rememberin', young men from different sides
Dateline: Shannon, Ireland
“Well Gaga, that’s a bit reductive. And it must be said, a liitle lazy...”
He had time to think about the theme for his next blog, essentially the 2026 season opener.
She was not incorrect. Christopher Nolan‘s new movie, The Odyssey, seemed perhaps a too easy linkage as a starting point for the new football season. Notre Dame was on a journey, chasing an epic task -- a national championship -- presumably with more than a few perils in its path, just as Odysseus faced on his trek back home to Ithaca…
He also knew Sloane was a big Cormack McCarthy fan. She’d clearly be pushing for his book 'The Road" to serve as the season’s metaphor. A darker and frankly more frightening journey, the movie version had the benefit of featuring Viggo Mortensen, which would please Sloane’s grandmother. (One can forgive a 5 yr old’s pandering to the woman who makes her cookies.)
After all, it was a better, more interesting telling of Odysseus' tale than Mr Nolan‘s and it had the added plus of the movie's primary protagonists, The Soggy Bottom Boys, having an alarming similarity to his golfing brethren of that last week.
I am a man of constant sorrow...
Thank you, Sloane - you can edit me anytime.
Quote of the Month
"I've seen better swings on a condemned playground."
Johnny Lujack, evaluating a friend's golf swing
Or perhaps, looking down from Heaven (for he could be no other place), he was merely critiquing Jerrence's form in Ireland.
But I digress. Visiting my mother last month, I discovered she had kept the 2023 obituary of Mr. Lujack whom, in Davenport, was an especially revered man deserving of significant copy upon his passing. And serendipitous was his connection to Naples where so many of this blog's readership spend time.
Final thought: I thought my mowing the Lujack's lawn in high school was my family's closest link to ND greatness. But I believe Kay Corrigan has that award, being a longtime friend of Johnny's wife, Pat. Not to put too fine of a pint on it, but turns out that growing up, mom was a bit of a party girl -- a proclivity that farm life could not dampen.
So, as parents are want to do, Grandma and Grandpa Conway packed her off to the Villa de Chantal -- a girls boarding school in Rock Island... ostensibly to curb those rambunctious ways.
By all accounts, it didn't take. But mom did become friends with many of women who would end marrying into the families of Davenport's movers and shakers -- including the future Mrs. Lujack.
This is part of the story where mom might posit that 'God never closes a door that He doesn't open a window.'
Word of the Week
Used in a sentence paragraph
Sitting in the back seat of the van as the group traversed Ireland, it gave Jerrence plenty of time to ponder the company he was in -- men he'd known for ~50 years.
Good men.
Personable men.
Accomplished men.
Smart men? Undeniably so.
And yet... they all had these unique quirks, weirdly impressive if otherwise utterly useless in any practical societal application:
NEVER, EVER, let this man near a motorized trolley...
-- One of them knew (at least one time) the nickname of every D1 college team.
Q. Coastal Carolina?
Child, please -- The Chanticleers.
-- Aother one has an encyclopedic retention of seemingly every song lyric known to man, even, or especially songs that should never have been recorded (like, who even writes a song about cannibalism?!)
TImothy, Timothy, Joe was looking at you...Timothy, Timothy, God what did we do?
Note to self: DO NOT go camping with Joe.
-- One has a similarly freakish ability to recall virtually every arcane factoid about history -- anyone's it would seem -- especially when it came to warfare.
Q. What actually happened in the Ardennes forest in WWII? Well let me tell ya...
But saying all this, who was Jerrence to talk about such idiosyncracies, anyway? He who can't pass a dishwasher without wanting to optimize the chaos within...
Still, he felt he now fully understood the idea of the idiot savant. It was a real thing. So he had that going for him.
Used in a
Good men.
Personable men.
Accomplished men.
Smart men? Undeniably so.
And yet... they all had these unique quirks, weirdly impressive if otherwise utterly useless in any practical societal application:
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| NEVER, EVER, let this man near a motorized trolley... |
-- One of them knew (at least one time) the nickname of every D1 college team.
Q. Coastal Carolina?
Child, please -- The Chanticleers.
-- Aother one has an encyclopedic retention of seemingly every song lyric known to man, even, or especially songs that should never have been recorded (like, who even writes a song about cannibalism?!)
TImothy, Timothy, Joe was looking at you...
Timothy, Timothy, God what did we do?
Note to self: DO NOT go camping with Joe.
-- One has a similarly freakish ability to recall virtually every arcane factoid about history -- anyone's it would seem -- especially when it came to warfare.
Q. What actually happened in the Ardennes forest in WWII? Well let me tell ya...
But saying all this, who was Jerrence to talk about such idiosyncracies, anyway? He who can't pass a dishwasher without wanting to optimize the chaos within...
Still, he felt he now fully understood the idea of the idiot savant. It was a real thing. So he had that going for him.
September Thoughts
And it would seem we've got a long, long way to goI've heard all I want to hear today.
An undefeated September. Or what my brother might call the season's amuse bouche.
Something to get the taste buds activated before the appetizer (BYU) later this month and the main course (Miami) in early November.
So probably nothing to get too terribly excited about with a few even less consequential observations to follow...
– Peacock Announcers. Sign me up! One man’s opinion: the Peacock broadcast team of Paul Burmeister and Yogi Roth are the best ND twosome outside of whomever they stuck with Blackledge, Mayock, Tirico and of course, Alex Flanagan. 
– Running backs. Another 4-game opinion - and it might be just the painkillers talking but - Jonez Walton is, or soon will be, our best RB.
So why doesn’t he play more?
The aforementioned Yogi Roth had an interesting insight last week: because CJ Carr has such autonomy with changing the plays at the line (and often does)… putting a freshman RB, however talented, with only a cursory knowledge of the full playbook is high risk. That kid's head is likely spinning on the best of days.
So whereas most think his lack of playing time is due to things like poor pass protrction, it may be a little more complicated than that.
– Youth. Can’t help but loving the manifestation of the new 5-for-5 Rule...
...and seeing an increasing number of our stud freshmen play…
Joey O’Brien Rodney Dunham, Waltonfreshmen WR’s…
– Play calling. Read on the internet so it MUST be true: If you're underwhelmed by the offense's performance thus far -- CJ Carr's singular excellence notwithstanding, consider this possibility:
Denbrock is calling extremely vanilla games, keeping his powder dry as it were, saving the fun stuff for… BYU? Miami?
Hmmm. That’d be nice.
– Defense. They’re really good. Fun fact: the Defense has scored more TD's than they've given up. (That's pretty good, right?)
-- Schedule. ND is taking all sorts of grief for their biblically weak schedule. And yet, the facts don't entirely align with that perception -- certainly not compared to some of their respected (using the term loosely) peers:
And it would seem we've got a long, long way to go
I've heard all I want to hear today.
An undefeated September. Or what my brother might call the season's amuse bouche.
Something to get the taste buds activated before the appetizer (BYU) later this month and the main course (Miami) in early November.
So probably nothing to get too terribly excited about with a few even less consequential observations to follow...
– Peacock Announcers. Sign me up! One man’s opinion: the Peacock broadcast team of Paul Burmeister and Yogi Roth are the best ND twosome outside of whomever they stuck with Blackledge, Mayock, Tirico and of course, Alex Flanagan.
– Running backs. Another 4-game opinion - and it might be just the painkillers talking but - Jonez Walton is, or soon will be, our best RB.
So why doesn’t he play more?
The aforementioned Yogi Roth had an interesting insight last week: because CJ Carr has such autonomy with changing the plays at the line (and often does)… putting a freshman RB, however talented, with only a cursory knowledge of the full playbook is high risk. That kid's head is likely spinning on the best of days.
So whereas most think his lack of playing time is due to things like poor pass protrction, it may be a little more complicated than that.
...and seeing an increasing number of our stud freshmen play…
Joey O’Brien
Rodney Dunham,
Walton
freshmen WR’s…
– Play calling. Read on the internet so it MUST be true: If you're underwhelmed by the offense's performance thus far -- CJ Carr's singular excellence notwithstanding, consider this possibility:
Denbrock is calling extremely vanilla games, keeping his powder dry as it were, saving the fun stuff for… BYU? Miami?
Hmmm. That’d be nice.
– Defense. They’re really good. Fun fact: the Defense has scored more TD's than they've given up. (That's pretty good, right?)
-- Schedule. ND is taking all sorts of grief for their biblically weak schedule. And yet, the facts don't entirely align with that perception -- certainly not compared to some of their respected (using the term loosely) peers:
Buddy's Buddy
Let's re-visit the purpose of this section: to both honor and celebrate a beloved famliy companion who chose to live life on his own terms, however misguided counter-intuitive it often was to the rest of us...
...and in doing so, identify modern day, like-minded heroes who embody that same Buddy Spirit.
Often on, or around, the athletic field of play.
But not always.
And this would be one such occasion. (Sure, one could've nominated an ND Player of the month but when the team wins four games by an average of 34 points, 'heroic' doesn't really factor in... so, no.)
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They say heroes don't always wear capes. They also don't grow up with the justifiable appellation of 'miscreant,' a figure who if one accompanied them on any given Friday night, it was a coin flip as to whether you'd end up at the city jail or Taco Bell. And more likely, both.
But that was young Mark Ungashick -- well, at least younger Mark Ungashick. The man who created the mythical creature known as UNGIE is an entirely different animal now.
Smart, funny, incredibly intellectually curious, generous beyond words and dare I say, one helluva travel planner.
The epic 8-9 day Irish golf trip we've been celebrating throughout this blog... entirely set up and executed by Mark.
Every detail: every tee time, every hotel, the transportation, practically every dinner... all done by Mark.
...a trip which was, practically speaking, almost two years in its gestation.
And in hindsight, incredibly valuable for each of the fellows who benefited from his efforts:
-- one who is still processing the recent loss of a 50+ year life partner
-- one facing significant surgery and a last hurrah for his 2026 golf experience
-- one who not only surely needed to get pulled away from his business for a brief respite but also needed to clear the embarrassment of a 'what do you mean you've never played golf in Ireland?' stigma.
At any rate, thank you, Mark. Nothing will beat this as THE 2026 highlight.
Now if you can start working on your gas gauge-reading skills...
Let's re-visit the purpose of this section: to both honor and celebrate a beloved famliy companion who chose to live life on his own terms, however misguided counter-intuitive it often was to the rest of us...
...and in doing so, identify modern day, like-minded heroes who embody that same Buddy Spirit.
Often on, or around, the athletic field of play.
But not always.
And this would be one such occasion. (Sure, one could've nominated an ND Player of the month but when the team wins four games by an average of 34 points, 'heroic' doesn't really factor in... so, no.)
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They say heroes don't always wear capes. They also don't grow up with the justifiable appellation of 'miscreant,' a figure who if one accompanied them on any given Friday night, it was a coin flip as to whether you'd end up at the city jail or Taco Bell. And more likely, both.
But that was young Mark Ungashick -- well, at least younger Mark Ungashick. The man who created the mythical creature known as UNGIE is an entirely different animal now.
The epic 8-9 day Irish golf trip we've been celebrating throughout this blog... entirely set up and executed by Mark.
Every detail: every tee time, every hotel, the transportation, practically every dinner... all done by Mark.
...a trip which was, practically speaking, almost two years in its gestation.
And in hindsight, incredibly valuable for each of the fellows who benefited from his efforts:
-- one facing significant surgery and a last hurrah for his 2026 golf experience
-- one who not only surely needed to get pulled away from his business for a brief respite but also needed to clear the embarrassment of a 'what do you mean you've never played golf in Ireland?' stigma.
At any rate, thank you, Mark. Nothing will beat this as THE 2026 highlight.
Now if you can start working on your gas gauge-reading skills...
RE-PETE (A shameless, illegal lift of Pete Sampson's weekly mail-bag)
Probably the biggest surprise of the new football year has been how little surpises there's actually been.
4-0. Freeman's first undefeated September but it's not like anyone really expected otherwise.
Sure, the O-line and the associated running game has been directionally disappointing but really that surprising? Nah. With no J-Love or Jadarian Price back there and several guys at new positions, a ramp up time should've been expected.
So what surprised? Mr. Sampson has a candidate...
-----------------------------The other surprise is receiver Micah Gilbert’s effortless efficiency in the passing game. For all the attention on the lack of impact in the slot from Jaden Greathouse and Mylan Graham, Gilbert has more than made up for it as a legitimate No. 1 boundary receiver. He had two catches for 83 yards, including a 27-yard touchdown, on four targets against Purdue, which actually brought down Gilbert’s catch percentage.
For the season, Gilbert has 15 catches on 18 targets (83.3%), the kind of pitch-and-catch stat you’d expect from a running back leaking out of the backfield, not a player who’s pushing the field vertically.
Compare that to Notre Dame’s past two boundary receivers, Malachi Fields and Beaux Collins, both now on NFL rosters. Fields caught just 58.1% of his targets from CJ Carr last season. Collins was at 64.1% the year before, with Riley Leonard throwing to him.
Maybe Gilbert has a football future beyond Notre Dame. Maybe he doesn’t. That’s not really the point. His seemingly seamless integration into the offense may be Notre Dame’s most important September story.Source: The AthleticSeptember 28, 2026
The other surprise is receiver Micah Gilbert’s effortless efficiency in the passing game. For all the attention on the lack of impact in the slot from Jaden Greathouse and Mylan Graham, Gilbert has more than made up for it as a legitimate No. 1 boundary receiver. He had two catches for 83 yards, including a 27-yard touchdown, on four targets against Purdue, which actually brought down Gilbert’s catch percentage.
Compare that to Notre Dame’s past two boundary receivers, Malachi Fields and Beaux Collins, both now on NFL rosters. Fields caught just 58.1% of his targets from CJ Carr last season. Collins was at 64.1% the year before, with Riley Leonard throwing to him.
Maybe Gilbert has a football future beyond Notre Dame. Maybe he doesn’t. That’s not really the point. His seemingly seamless integration into the offense may be Notre Dame’s most important September story.
Cocktail of the Week
What does one say when the mandated opioid / painkiller protocol cuts into one's cocktail regimine?
Jerrence says, "Deliver me not into temptation..."
Oh well. That blissfully short period of abstinence harkened me back to recent times of Irish whiskey tastings with daughter Shea in Old World environs, albeit not remotely to the malevolent effect of said book below. (If we saw ghosts, they were decidely of the happy, do-these-Irishmen-ever-shut-up? kind.)
THE HAUNTING OF HIGHBALL HOUSEthe Haunting of Hill HouseBy Shirley Jackson
I say, barkeep, might we have a splash more of that Redbreast 12?
One of the most famous haunted house books in the genre, The Haunting of Hill House explores not only the unsettling interior of the titular Hill House but also the fragile psyche of protagonist Eleanor Vance.
After taking the terrifying trip through Hill House, you may need a drink and a comforting hand to hold.
But reader beware: sometimes the hand you're holding does not belong to the person you thought it did. In fact, it may not belong to a person at all. Lock your doors tight and try not to read the handwriting on the wall as you sip this spicy take on a classic highball.
-- 2 oz. Irish whiskey (or the base spirit of your choice)
-- ginger beer or ginger ale, depending on your preferred spice level
-- lemon or lime wedge, for garnish
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Fill a highball glass with ice cubes. Pour the whiskey or the base spirit of your choice over the ice. Top with the ginger beer or ginger ale, adjusting the amount to your desired level of spice. Stir gently to mix the ingredients. Garnish with the lemon or lime
Source: The Turn of the ScrewdriverBy Iphigenia Jones
One final English major footnote: You know you're a literary rock star when you've been dead almost 90 years and you still have your own branded water -- with extremely wide retail distribution, one might add.
Suck on that, James Joyce, and your pretentious Bloomsday.
THE HAUNTING OF HIGHBALL HOUSE
the Haunting of Hill House
By Shirley Jackson
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| I say, barkeep, might we have a splash more of that Redbreast 12? |
After taking the terrifying trip through Hill House, you may need a drink and a comforting hand to hold.
But reader beware: sometimes the hand you're holding does not belong to the person you thought it did. In fact, it may not belong to a person at all. Lock your doors tight and try not to read the handwriting on the wall as you sip this spicy take on a classic highball.
-- 2 oz. Irish whiskey (or the base spirit of your choice)
-- ginger beer or ginger ale, depending on your preferred spice level
-- lemon or lime wedge, for garnish
Fill a highball glass with ice cubes. Pour the whiskey or the base spirit of your choice over the ice. Top with the ginger beer or ginger ale, adjusting the amount to your desired level of spice. Stir gently to mix the ingredients. Garnish with the lemon or lime
One final English major footnote: You know you're a literary rock star when you've been dead almost 90 years and you still have your own branded water -- with extremely wide retail distribution, one might add.
Suck on that, James Joyce, and your pretentious Bloomsday.
Schedule 2026
September 6 Wisconsin W @Lambeau Field 12 Rice W 19 Michigan State W26 @Purdue W
October 3 @North Carolina 10 Stanford Alumni Hall reunion weekend 17 @BYU Martini's a-flowin' in Lakeville, CT24 BYE 31 @Navy
November
7 Miami There Will Be Blood14 Boston College 21 SMU 28 @Syracuse December
TBD (after 2025, making no great assumptions)
September
6 Wisconsin W @Lambeau Field
12 Rice W
19 Michigan State W
26 @Purdue W
October
3 @North Carolina
10 Stanford Alumni Hall reunion weekend
17 @BYU Martini's a-flowin' in Lakeville, CT
24 BYE
31 @Navy
November
7 Miami There Will Be Blood
14 Boston College
21 SMU
28 @Syracuse
December
TBD (after 2025, making no great assumptions)
Wager 2026
Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
Reminder: Please check below to see if I got your prediction correct --- or if i missed it entirely!
Wins
ND Equivalence
Domer
12
Peaky Blinders
Tommy fookin' Shelby.
The biggest badass in all of England -- a "take no fookin' prisoners" kind of guy.
And what I aspire for my 15-0 Notre Dame team this year.
JERRENCE
Kevin C.
The Dim One
John L.
Jim S.
John P.
Dave M.
Blair
Daryl
JP
Peter B.
Ted C.
Jim B.
Pat B.
Bob S.
Tim S.
KevinM.
Bryan G.
Bryan G
11
Oppenheimer
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
Not exactly 'Play Like A Champion' but I'd embrace it as a 2026 mantra.
Perhaps not a perfect movie but damn good - and Cillian was the ultimate winner.
Just how I'd see an 11-1 team (that still wins the natty) turning out.
Matt L.
Gutsch
Ungie
Jim T.
Kevin M.
Bill B.
Kyle W.
Jerry P.
Mike B.
Mike G.
Mike C.
Greg R.
Randy R.
Tim S.
Garrett
Alex S.
Tom F.
Alvin
10
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
An underrated, great film about The Troubles in Ireland -- unique in it's family-oriented frame of reference.
Hardly anyone (I know) has seen it, which is a small tragedy.
Has some of the most realistic British torture-of-the-Irish-rebels scenes... which would probably approximate how ND Nation would view a 10 win season.
Brian W.
Brian M.
9
28 Days Later
Danny Boyle redefines the zombie movie genre.
Clever and stomach turning -- and probably something you only want to see once.
Just like a 9 win ND team.
Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...
Reminder: Please check below to see if I got your prediction correct --- or if i missed it entirely!
Wins | ND Equivalence | Domer |
12  Peaky Blinders | Tommy fookin' Shelby. The biggest badass in all of England -- a "take no fookin' prisoners" kind of guy. And what I aspire for my 15-0 Notre Dame team this year. | JERRENCE Kevin C. The Dim One John L. Jim S. John P. Dave M. Blair Daryl JP Peter B. Ted C. Jim B. Pat B. Bob S. Tim S. KevinM. Bryan G. Bryan G |
11  Oppenheimer | "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." Not exactly 'Play Like A Champion' but I'd embrace it as a 2026 mantra. Perhaps not a perfect movie but damn good - and Cillian was the ultimate winner. Just how I'd see an 11-1 team (that still wins the natty) turning out. | Matt L. Gutsch Ungie Jim T. Kevin M. Bill B. Kyle W. Jerry P. Mike B. Mike G. Mike C. Greg R. Randy R. Tim S. Garrett Alex S. Tom F. Alvin |
10  The Wind That Shakes The Barley | An underrated, great film about The Troubles in Ireland -- unique in it's family-oriented frame of reference. Hardly anyone (I know) has seen it, which is a small tragedy. Has some of the most realistic British torture-of-the-Irish-rebels scenes... which would probably approximate how ND Nation would view a 10 win season. | Brian W. Brian M. |
9  28 Days Later | Danny Boyle redefines the zombie movie genre. Clever and stomach turning -- and probably something you only want to see once. Just like a 9 win ND team. | |
Sports Imitating Art
The Intimate Toilette (A Woman Urinating), by François Boucher, 1760s
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| The Intimate Toilette (A Woman Urinating), by François Boucher, 1760s |
Schadenfreude of the Week
If ever there was time to go Vegas as an ND fan, last weekend might've been it.
The Schadenfreude Force was strong -- and it was like hitting the trifecta!
Maybe even a four-leg parlay if you want to throw in Texas A&M into the mix.
1) USC. "Lincoln, We Hardly Knew Ye." Actually, everyone clearly knows you too well, insofar as your team has not changed one iota in 5 years,
2) Michigan. There is just something karmically wonderful about the way they lost. How many teams, if ever, can say two of their games' outcome were decided in a cumulative total of :03? In one month's time? And neither involving a field goal?
3) Penn State. This goes out to the blog's Pennsyltucky readership who have to still suffer through Paterno apologists and other yahoos who just can't accept their Nittany Lions are the tallest midget in the Big10's 2nd class tier.
One of my particular bugaboos is the self-serving way the conferences, both the Big 10 and the SEC, love to promulgate the idea that all their teams are quality -- when in fact, neither conference goes more than 3-4 deep...
And why I love these guys...
The Schadenfreude Force was strong -- and it was like hitting the trifecta!
Maybe even a four-leg parlay if you want to throw in Texas A&M into the mix.
2) Michigan. There is just something karmically wonderful about the way they lost. How many teams, if ever, can say two of their games' outcome were decided in a cumulative total of :03? In one month's time? And neither involving a field goal?
3) Penn State. This goes out to the blog's Pennsyltucky readership who have to still suffer through Paterno apologists and other yahoos who just can't accept their Nittany Lions are the tallest midget in the Big10's 2nd class tier.
One of my particular bugaboos is the self-serving way the conferences, both the Big 10 and the SEC, love to promulgate the idea that all their teams are quality -- when in fact, neither conference goes more than 3-4 deep...
And why I love these guys...
Terry's Tools
This week's exploration in bad behavior leads one to the question of character development, or lack thereof.
One can find several definitions of character and each one a relevant, applicable expression of the criteria, good or bad.
The one that springs to mind after this weekend is this:
"Character is that what one does when no one is looking."
But what about that behavior when EVERYONE is looking?!
To wit:
When an REM band member is calling you out...
1) Colin Simmons. The Texas junior LB recorded 5 sacks -- a school record -- in the Longhorn's win over Tennessee.
But that's not anyone is gonna remember.
Rather, his bizarre celebration mimicking pissing on... something. Or someone.
Crude? Yes. Vulgar, undeniably.
And just flat out... odd.
To paraphrase an observation made about Beavis of Beavis & Butthead fame, "That boy ain't right in the head."
2) Desmond Stephens. This might surprise you but his targeting on Dante Moore, potentially paralyzing the kid, was not his hanging offense for me. We've seen this play 100 times, QB takes off and late in run, knows he needs to get down, slides late -- but the defender has already committed to a shoulder tackle that ends up being a head shot.
The defender gets kicked out, rightly, but 90% of the time one knows the offending action happens so fast unintentionally. I'd like to think Mr. Stephens was a victim of that.
But... its what happened after that, his laughing, his celebrating, his complete lack of any remorse -- while Moore remained completely motionless -- that warrants full tool status.
So, I just have one question for him: what the f*ck is wrong with you?!
This week's exploration in bad behavior leads one to the question of character development, or lack thereof.
One can find several definitions of character and each one a relevant, applicable expression of the criteria, good or bad.
The one that springs to mind after this weekend is this:
"Character is that what one does when no one is looking."
But what about that behavior when EVERYONE is looking?!
To wit:
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| When an REM band member is calling you out... |
1) Colin Simmons. The Texas junior LB recorded 5 sacks -- a school record -- in the Longhorn's win over Tennessee.
But that's not anyone is gonna remember.
Rather, his bizarre celebration mimicking pissing on... something. Or someone.
Crude? Yes. Vulgar, undeniably.
And just flat out... odd.
To paraphrase an observation made about Beavis of Beavis & Butthead fame, "That boy ain't right in the head."
2) Desmond Stephens. This might surprise you but his targeting on Dante Moore, potentially paralyzing the kid, was not his hanging offense for me. We've seen this play 100 times, QB takes off and late in run, knows he needs to get down, slides late -- but the defender has already committed to a shoulder tackle that ends up being a head shot.
The defender gets kicked out, rightly, but 90% of the time one knows the offending action happens so fast unintentionally. I'd like to think Mr. Stephens was a victim of that.
But... its what happened after that, his laughing, his celebrating, his complete lack of any remorse -- while Moore remained completely motionless -- that warrants full tool status.
So, I just have one question for him: what the f*ck is wrong with you?!
Name of the Week
Ever see a name and think, that sounds like movie star's name! Or a super hero. Or a character out of a Dickens / Elmore Leonard / J.K. Rowling novel.
And then you start thinking, what actor would play them in a movie?
In that regard, this month's nominee 's name just screams Richard Roundtree! Or maybe Samuel L. Jackson.
Quentavious Fly
A class of 2028 athlete, the 6'3", 200-lb Thea Bowman Leadership Academy (Gary, IN) WR / DB does not yet have a Notre Dame offer, but does have offers from Penn State and Cincinnati.
One can only hope he gets one -- the announcers would have field day with that name. But with our luck, he probably goes by 'Q.'
And then you start thinking, what actor would play them in a movie?
In that regard, this month's nominee 's name just screams Richard Roundtree! Or maybe Samuel L. Jackson.
A class of 2028 athlete, the 6'3", 200-lb Thea Bowman Leadership Academy (Gary, IN) WR / DB does not yet have a Notre Dame offer, but does have offers from Penn State and Cincinnati.
One can only hope he gets one -- the announcers would have field day with that name. But with our luck, he probably goes by 'Q.'
Trivia
Q. The southern rock legends named themselves as a satirical nod to a strict high school gym teacher in Jacksonville, Florida, who hated long hair.
A) Creedence Clearwater RevivalB) Marshall TuckerC) Little Feat D) Lynyrd SkynyrdE) Ungie
Answer to last month's trivia question: Pearl Jam was originally named Mookie Blaylock,
And now I rub my eyes for he has returnedSeems my preconceptions are what should have been burned
And now I rub my eyes for he has returned
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned
Final Thought
Some people read the same book once a year. I watch this.
