— Prayers go out to all the people in Los Angeles, with the fires destroying a lot of homes. They said it was the worst wild fires Los Angeles has ever seen.
Rams-Vikings playoff game Monday night was moved to Arizona.
LA Kings’ hockey game, Lakers’ NBA game were both postponed.
As many as 10,000 structures have been destroyed. Very sad.
— CBS decided to postpone the debut of Hollywood Squares for a week, saying it wouldn’t be appropriate to air a lighthearted program with a lot of jokes, while the Los Angeles area is in such an emergency situation.
— Notre Dame 27, Penn State 24
Notre Dame kicked a 41-yard FG with 0:09 left for the win.
Penn State led 10-0 in the first quarter.
Notre Dame was 11-17 on third down, Penn State 3-11
Notre Dame advances to the national title game January 20.
— Random trivia:
Only one NHL player was a teammate of both Wayne Gretzky and Alex Ovechkin; that would be Mike Knuble, a winger who played for 16 years in the NHL, for five different teams.
— Pittsburgh Steelers enter the NFL playoffs on a four-game losing streak. Other teams who have entered the playoffs on a 4+ game skid:
1986 Jets, W35-15 vs Chiefs, L23-20 vs Browns
1999 Lions, L27-13 vs Washington
— Speaking of the Steelers; they became great in the early 70’s, when Terry Bradshaw became their QB; he was the first pick in the 1970 draft, out of Louisiana Tech.
The fifth player taken in the 1970 draft also became famous, but for a different reason. Buffalo drafted Al Cowlings, a defensive end from USC who played nine years in the NFL, for five different teams; he became famous in 1994, after driving OJ Simpson all over Los Angeles during a police chase, after Simpson’s wife was murdered.
— This season, the NFL had the fewest pass plays of 40+ yards in any year since 1991.
— Two days after they fired coach Antonio Pierce, the Las Vegas Raiders also fired general manager Tom Telesco, after only one year on the job. It is becoming apparent that Raiders owner Mark Davis runs a dysfunctional franchise.
— Famous birthdays, January 10th:
Richard Dotson, 66
Janet Jones, 64
Steve Jordan, 64
Glenn Robinson, 52
Jake Delhomme, 50
Sarah Shahi, 45
DeShaun Foster, 45
Ryon Healy, 33
— Baseball stuff:
San Francisco Giants signed P Justin Verlander for one year, $15M. Verlander will be 42 next month; the future Hall of Famer was 5-6, ,5.48 in 17 starts for Houston last year.
Chicago White Sox signed P Martin Perez for one year, $5M; last year, Perez 5-6 with a 4.53 ERA in 26 starts, for the Pirates/Padres.
Washington Nationals signed IF Amed Rosario for one year, $2M. Last year, Rosario hit .280, with a .686 OPS while playing for three different teams.
— Santa Clara 82, Oregon State 81 OT
Broncos put in a rebound with 0:02 left for the win.
Santa Clara survived going 13-27 on foul line.
Michael Rataj scored 16 points, had 17 rebounds for the Beavers.
— Oregon 73, Ohio State 71
Buckeyes led by 8 with 6:17 left in the game.
Oregon is off to 14-2 start, vs schedule #16.
— Pacific 95, Washington State 94 OT
Tigers break an 0-9 skid; they were a 17-point underdog.
Lamar Washington scored 40 points, with 6 assists, 5 steals.
— NC-Greensboro 78, Chattanooga 75
Moccasins tied game on a 3 with 0:03 left.
Greensboro’s Ronald Polite drained a 3 at the buzzer for the walk-off win.
Spartans are 3-0 in SoCon; they were 11-23 on the arc.
— Texas State 74, Troy 73
Texas State hit the winning foul shot with 0:01.1 left.
Pope had 27 points, 10 rebounds (8 offensive boards)
Trojans led by 11 early on, 41-32 at halftime.
— I was reminded of this story the other day…….
First time I went to a public school was in 9th grade; everything was a lot different. I had never ridden a school bus, we didn’t wear uniforms, we changed classes, just a lot different.
The first day, I’m sitting in a shop class, metal shop. No idea why I was signed up for it— I am inept with tools, I’m lucky I never lost a finger.
The teacher was Mr Brunn, a stern guy with a beard; he is taking attendance, and a kid sitting a few seats to my right keeps talking. Mr Brunn wasn’t happy.
“Son, you need to stop talking, You have diarrrhea of the mouth!!!”
Most of the kids laughed; my eyes bugged out of my head, never heard a teacher talk like that, never heard anyone talk like that.
51 years ago…….damn I’m old…….lolol
