It's that time again. Illinois football kicks off this Saturday as they host the Panthers of Eastern Illinois University. The official NCAA season actually kicks off in one hour and fourteen minutes. Unfortunately, the 'experts' are hyping up Ohio State as the team to beat this year. I don't understand why Illinois never breaks the top oh say 100 every year. It will be a tough season this year for Illinois with some heavy Big 10 matchups down the road. Both Iowa and Ohio State are expected to pummel those in their way. Michigan/Illinois will not meet this season, but Illinois will have to face Penn State at home in late Oct. If I had to guess the outcome, I'd go with 3-9 or just maybe 4-8 if they actually start to gel. Either way, it's another exciting season of college football just around the corner.
Right behind the NCAA football season kickoff, we have the NFL season opener on Thursday, Sept. 7th when Pittsburgh hosts Miami. Kickoff is set for 730PM CST. My no chance in hell for a Super Bowl run awards go out to...
1. Green Bay Packers - Favre...retire for f_ck's sake. Your team hates you.
2. St. Louis Rams - A given.
3. SF 49ers - Not enough offensive/defensive strength to make a mark.
4. Detriot Lions - All sorts of holes in the offense & defense.
Those came to mind. I believe Seattle, Cincy, and perhaps the Colts will be tough contenders again this season as long as everyone heals up soon and stays healthy throughout the season. Will this year be the year that the Houston Texans turn the tides? Will Reggie Bush be a breakthrough RB for the Saints? The folks in Fantasyland seem to think so. My fantasy teams are near completion with one draft left next week. This will mark my 2nd Fantasy season, and I hope that one of three teams will do some damage across the league. Here are a few amusing Fantasy rules compliments of NFL.com. Best of luck unless you're in one of my leagues.
What else? Last weekend marked the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. There were several great documentaries on over the weekend. However, I highly recommend checking out Spike Lee's ongoing documentary entitled When the Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts. Click here for the synopsis, schedule, and more details. The series consists of four acts and gets down to the nitty gritty when reviewing the levee situation, evacuation procedures, and lack of govt. response in a timely manner. Educate yourself on the reality of what happened and watch it. These folks still need ALOT of help and are getting very little as far as financial aid. You can also purchase gear at Save Nola and help donate to organizations working to rebuild and revive the great city of New Orleans.
A week from Monday marks the 5th anniversary of the Sept. 11 events. I'm sure there will be a plethora of pro-patriotism, American loving propaganda all over the place. However, please remember first and foremost all the people that just went to work that day like any other day and didn't come home. Forget about 'terrorism' and the fact that Bush has FAILED miserably to cough up the infamous Osama Bin Laden. Remember how shitty that day was really was no matter who you were or where you were. There's also been several good documentaries on the subject of terrorism and 9/11 that I recommend watching. One in particular is entitled 'Inside 9/11', which aired last week on the National Geographic channel. Go here for more info. and future airings.
Finally, the 2nd season of Weeds premiered on 8/14. Yes, Nancy and co. are back in business only to find bigger obstacles to climb the more involved she gets. Season one ended with her banging the cute guy she met via her youngest son's toe biting martial arts mishap. Turns out cute guy is none other than DEA material. Now she's trying to break it off with him, but he drops the 'I know you're a dealer' bomb on her. Oh where will the tales of Agrestic, CA lead us this season? Stay tuned and check out Weeds on Showtime for a complete schedule.
That's about all I have for now. Ahh yes....storm photos as promised.
This was the front of the storm as it moved in from the north.
Shot taken during the storm - tractor trailer giving way to the wind.
Street shot during the storm.
Have a safe Labor Day weekend and watch out for the piggies on patrol.
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