class reunion

Every 5 years, without fail, the Class of '74 from Ocean Springs High School gets together. (The older I get, the rarer I hear this is.) It's been somewhat of a tradition for the commish to write up a little something and share it with classmates. You can read this year's dispatch here.

Best exchange of the whole weekend, Friday night between the commish and a good ol' boy (we hung around together a lot in elementary school and junior high):

  Commish: You coming tomorrow night?

  Friend: Nah.

  Commish: Why not? It'll be fun.

  Friend: It's too deep.

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now that's just a crime

So two guys from western North Carolina were sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to charges of trying to buy, sell or transport a bear. Best line of the story: "Broom is also forbidden from owning a dog of any kind."

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about the Patriots going for it on 4th down ...

... The commish loved the call. NFL coaches are too conservative way too often (punting from the oppponent's 35-yard line, for instance). Yeah, it cost the Pats the game, but it sure made it that much more exciting, didn't it?

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quote of the weekend

"Sorry to my fantasy owners."

-- RB Maurice Jones-Drew of the Jaguars, after he intentionallly took a knee at the 1-year-line late in the Jags-Jets game. He could have waltzed into the end zone, but the Jags were trying to run the clock down to kick a game-winning field goal. (It worked.)

The non-score did not affect the outcome of the Cat Success-Shiners game; Shiners won by 11.

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standings through 10 weeks

The Wily Veterans division is turning into a real horse race -- Cat Success at 7-3, followed by 4 teams at 6-4. Over in the Brash Upstarts division, Winehausfrau is one game up on the fast-charging Shiners. 

Reminder: There's a Thursday game this week (Panthers-Dolphins).

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everybody sing along!

So the Cavalry bugler (aka the commish's daughter, aka the soon-to-be-15-year-old Evangeline Mae Roberts) had a band concert Monday night, during which they played "Colonel Bogey March." You might remember the tune from this:

No, the band didn't whistle. Neither did they sing, though it turns out that during the war, Allied troops added their own words:

Hitler has only got one ball,

Goring has two but very small,

Himmler is somewhat sim'lar,

But poor Goebbels has no balls at all.

Click here for more Nazi-mocking lyrics.

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no comment

ESPN college football TV analyst Bob Griese has been suspended for one game for using a racially insensitive comment toward NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya. 

During the broadcast of Saturday's Minnesota-Ohio State football game and after ESPN ran a promo for last Sunday's race, pictures were displayed of the top five drivers in the Chase for the Sprint Cup standings.

"Where's Juan Pablo Montoya?" announcer Chris Spielman asked of the Colombian-born driver who fell out of the top five last weekend.

"He's out having a taco," Griese replied.

Right before the broadcast went off the air Griese offered an apology. "Juan Pablo Montoya, he's one of the best drivers in NASCAR. Just want to apologize for the comment I made earlier in the ballgame," he said.

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hurtin' all over

Redskins TE Chris Cooley (Winehausfrau) has a broken ankle. Out.
Jets RB Leon Washington (Winehausfrau) has a broken leg. Out.
Eagles RB Brian Westbrook (Shiners) suffered a concussion Monday night. Day to day.
Texans WR Andre Johnson (Cavalry) has a bruised lung. Day to day.

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on the plus side, their owners' teams all won

QB Mark Sanchez (Winehausfrau): -3 points
Giants D (Winehausfrau): -2
Titans D (Montana): -2
RB Lendale White (Taxmen): -1
WR Nate Washington (Steel Curtain): 1 catch, -22 yards, 0 points

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one (more) for the record books

Tom Brady's 6 touchdown passes were one shy of the record, shared by:

* Sid Luckman, Chi. Bears vs. N.Y. Giants, Nov. 14, 1943
* Adrian Burk, Philadelphia vs. Washington, Oct. 17, 1954
* George Blanda, Houston vs. N.Y. Titans, Nov. 19, 1961
* Y.A. Tittle, N.Y. Giants vs. Washington, Oct. 28, 1962
* Joe Kapp, Minnesota vs. Baltimore, Sept. 28, 1969

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