Monday...UPDATED

Thanks to 1, 1.1 and especially 1.01 for the great FFF in Woodbury last weekend.  All in all, hard to find a downside to the entire operation.  Congrats to all of the participants.  I know that we'll have several opportunities for modified fff in the next few months.  The plan for the full program has yet to come together.

Some of the news of the day...

I have little sympathy for Bruce Pearl, the now-fired coach of Tennessee men's basketball.  He was caught lying to the NCAA last year, but Tennessee let him keep his job with relatively minor sanctions (because of his won-loss record).  With the heat seemingly turned up on the lying problem, and the team mailing in their effort in the tournament last weekend, the Tennessee President found his cojones, and did what he should have been done last year.  See'ya, Bruce.  (And we probably will, in a year or two at Directional State U.)

The folks in our area are very concerned about the snow-melt headed our way in the weeks ahead from our neighbors to the North.  From my first-hand knowledge acquired last weekend from my numerous trips through the parking lots around the Starbuck's stores in Woodbury, I'd say the concern was/is warranted.  Those piles are still as high as the ones we had immediately after our storms!  If the rains compound the problem, I'd go long with investable cash on the hip-waders aisle.

Props to both 3 and Herky for their contributions on the Saturday NYT crossword.  It was a community effort, but work well done. Herky got "Polaroid" out of "it develops in front of you", and 3 pulled "oreo cookie" out of "ornately facaded" (or words to that effect).  We eventually stumbled to "ninety" for "not good to do on the road".  We were all pleased with our contributions. and glad to then move to the alcoholic portion of the program.

My plate is full over the next few weeks.  I'm working on my version of The Glad Game to make it through to April 15th. 

Thanks for reading.

UPDATE:  I forgot to mention this earlier.  I think ND football is back on track.  Knowing nothing else, I'm taking the Over on 9 wins this Fall (That means at least 10). 

Star wide receiver Michael Floyd was arrested last weekend on a DUI charge...at 0300, a couple of blocks from campus...after running a stop sign...in his white Cadillac...blowing .019 with a legal limit at .008...and failing other sobriety tests.  This is his third alcohol-related problem in the last couple of years.

I think that it's pretty well established that the better programs have several of their players making the police blotter files each year.  This is a good sign for the Irish.

Exit question:  What were the chances of Paul Hornung getting run in if he got caught in a lick of any problem 50 years ago in South Bend?  What would have been the job expectancy of the cop who wrote him up?  Times change.

Finally, and unrelatedly, I'm not even talking about Tiger's new 22 year-old girlfriend.  The material is just too easy.

BCOT