Another Good Sports Weekend

My beloved Missouri Tigers picked up win number ten this weekend as they defeated the Ole Miss Rebels 24-17.  Up next for Mizzou is "Johnny Football" and his Texas A&M Aggies.  The Tigers are now ranked #5 in the latest Associated Press poll.

The St. Louis Rams continued on their winning ways too.  They clobbered the Chicago Bears yesterday afternoon 42-21.  The Rams are now 5-6 and will fly to San Francisco this weekend to play the 49ers.

And if the football wins weren't enough, the Blues continued their winning ways with an easy 6-1 win over Dallas on Saturday night and Mizzou's basketball team improved to 5-0 Saturday afternoon with a 72-63 win over Gardner-Webb.

Mizzou Up to #8 in the Latest BCS Poll

I went through some football withdrawal this weekend.  My Missouri Tigers were on their second bye of the season and the St. Louis Rams were also on their NFL bye.

Even though my teams weren’t playing this weekend my Tigers are up to number eight in the latest BCS rankings, which if I understand correctly, would put them into a BCS game if it was played today.  Obviously they won’t be played until the first week of January.

In the interim, the Tigers have Ole Miss this weekend in Oxford and then end the season at home against Texas A&M in Columbia two days after Thanksgiving.  Go Tigers!  M-I-Z!!!

Did I Sleep for a Month?

I'm driving to work this morning and using the seek button on my car radio looking for something besides commercials.  Guess, what I hear as the radio settles on 102.5?  I hear Christmas music, yes Christmas music.  I think gee is this November 18th or December 18th?  And to top it off this station's announcer declares it is the "official" Christmas station.  I thought yeah, and you are the only Christmas station here.

Not wanting to listen to Christmas Carols in mid-November, I hit the see button again and what happens you ask?  The radio stops on 103.3 and this station is also playing CHRISTMAS MUSIC.  Seriously I think to myself...two radio stations right next to each other on the dial playing Christmas music two weeks before Thanksgiving.  Not to be outdone, the second radio station calls itself "Your Christmas Station".  

I love Christmas and everything that goes with it.  But, let's wait until December before we start broadcasting 24/7 Christmas Music.

Congratulations to the Bearded Bunch from Boston

Congratulations to the Boston Red Sox! You were the better team in this World Series. Here's hoping you and your fans enjoy your championship!  You certainly have worked for it and outplayed the rest of the American League in the regular season, the ALDS, the ALCS and the Cardinals in the Series.

Congratulations to my beloved Saint Louis Cardinals. I am proud of the way you played this year and proud to be a Cards fan. You may have come up two games short of being "Baseball Kings" for the 12th time, but you are champs in my book and many other Cardinal fans.

Go Cards!

Here it is the middle of October and the St. Louis Cardinals are again in the National League Championship series.  This is the third year in a row where the Cardinals have made the League Championship series.  Only one other team in baseball can say this.   As I write, the Cards lead Los Angeles three games to two.  The Birds have been a lot of fun in this season where they have overcome way too many injuries of which to write.

At the same time the Cardinals are making a run for the World Series, my beloved Missouri Tigers are off to a 6-0 start coming off of a huge win last Saturday in Athens, Georgia.  Mizzou went down to Georgia and beat up on the then seventh ranked Bulldogs 41-26.  The Tigers defense came up with four turnovers in the game.  The Tigers are playing the Florida Gators this Saturday at the "ZOU".  A sellout is expected for Mizzou's first home SEC game this year.  Go Tigers!  M-I-Z!!!

And finally the St. Louis Rams are at 3-3 having beaten the Houston Texans last week in Texas.  The Rams are again on the road this weekend against Carolina.  Go Rams!!!

I love October!