This is a new blog format I want to try. I don’t know if I like it yet because I haven’t tried it. But I think it’s worth a pilot blog.
Basic premise is simple. I have 3 smaller sports things I want to share that I find interesting. But I don’t think they’re blogworthy individually.
So I’m combining the 3 topics together into 1 singular sports blog and calling it 3 shots for a quarter. That’s what my hillbilly college pitching coach would say if you threw 2 really bad pitches in a row.
Well shiiiiiiiiiiiiit
He was a mean motherfucker and a great dude.
One time I asked for help with my breaking ball grip after practice.
Shit I didn’t know you had a breaking ball
I had been on the team for over two years at this point with about 30 appearances to my name, a lot of those on Friday nights in conference.
YOU DONT HAVE A BREAKING BALL
That guy was awesome. His name is Lefty and I’ll tell more stories about him later.
For now I just want to share a couple things I find awesome:
Rich Rodriguez Bans Tik Tok
First off I didn’t know he was still coaching and that’s awesome. Rich Rodriguez is a sweet college football coach and the game is much better with him on a sideline running jet sweep triple option with a quarterback that can’t throw it 15 yards down field. That’s what makes college football so special and I’d argue Rich Rodriguez represents that as well as anyone in the sport.
Did he suck at Michigan?
Measurably worse than Brady Hoke and that’s really a special accomplishment.
But he was also a pioneer at West Virginia that forever changed college football for my generation.
Just get a load of the grainy highlights.
The grainier the better. I’ve always said that.
And I’ve also always said that Rich Rodriguez’s backfield with Steve Slaton, Pat White and Owen Schmitt was the best in college football 2000’s. Then add in Noel Devine in 2007 and you’re really talking about some of the most iconic branding from an era loaded with iconic branding.
So if Rich Rodriguez wants to ban Tik Tok because it’s not a good look for the program, then take his word as gospel. 20 years later we’re still talking about how cool he was at WVU, which is the exact point we’re trying to make here. He’s one of the all time greats when it comes to making a program look and feel cool across college football, and unfortunately that now means no Tik Tok dancing in Morgantown, West Virginia.
GOOD.
Freshman Punches Opposing Guard In The Balls
Good breakdown and really just an unfortunate situation.
Not an elbow or a knee or something even remotely subtle. That’s a drop the gloves and square up the shoulders kinda blow. Like you’re at the bar and they’ve got one of those punching bag machines that lights up and makes all that goofy noise.
That’s the kind of windup we’re working with here and I think the punishment should be prison.
Not jail.
I’m talking full blown prison time with a sentencing hearing and everything in between.
This man has no regard for society and simply can’t be trusted. At least throw a cheap shot into the opposition’s jaw. At least try to draw blood or render him unconscious without fair warning. That’s a significantly better set of circumstances to defend then dropping to a knee and throwing a right cross into another man’s ball sack.
The wanton disregard for for ball safety is what really gets me here. Like we need decorum and rules and responsibilities to follow if you’re going to be a little piece of shit asshole. And rule #1 says no closed fist punching another man’s scrotum in the midst of athletic competition save for the bottom of a fumble recovery pile. And even that requires a degree of gamesmanship that we don’t see here.
So fuck this little freshman right in his stupid face.
HIS NAME IS CRAIG PERKS
It’s The Players week here on CarlsBlogs.com and across the golf universe. And in that spirit, I couldn’t think of a better way to close the first ever 3 Shots blog in CarlsBlogs.com history than with the time Craig Perks chipped in, bombed birdie, then chipped in again to win The Players by 2 strokes over Steven Ames in what’s arguably the worst top 10 in The Players History
Poor Carl Paulson started the round -10 only to fire a 6-over 77 and lose by 4 strokes.
My favorite takeaway though is that Johnny Miller is a punk ass bitch.
STRONG LANGUAGE
I don’t care.
I hate that guy so much and count my lucky stars every broadcast he no longer calls because he’s a … say it with me guys… punk ass bitch.
Specifically, Craig Perks is lining up the putt-of-his-lifetime on 17 and you get this classic Johnny Miller jab that he’s sooooo nervous because Nobody’s as tough down the stretch as Johnny.
He always did this shit. He always ran it down the broadcast’s throat any time a younger guy or lesser known player was doing well. He couldn’t help himself from reminding everyone ALWAYS that he was clutch and the game demands being clutch and how some guys simply just don’t have it and blah blah blah.
Just like Craig Perks, right Johnny?
I hate that guy so much and that’s rare for me. It really it is. You’ll rarely hear me say that I hate someone because it’s just so hard for me. I can’t explain it other than saying I simply can’t harbor longstanding disgust to the extent that I want to use the word HATE.
Hating things is pretty gay
But with Johnny Miller there is no hesitation or reluctance. I fucking hate his guts and golf is so much better without him in the booth.
With that said, enjoy The Players this weekend. Really looks like a nice field and I’m excited to cover it as my first big golf tournament under CarlsBlogs.com
PS = This was also an insane finish
PPS = I like the 3 Shots for a Quarter format a lot. This was an enjoyable experience to cover 3 different sports topics together. As such, it will be back.