Random thoughts on a Monday

So the UNC football team lost in Charlottesville...again. What else is new? They haven't won a game in Scott Stadium since before I was born---1981! So I have no idea what a celebration would be like after a win at Virginia.

And after two days in deep thought (kind of), I still don't know what the most frustrating part of the loss was. Was it losing to a team the Heels are better than? Was it giving the game away in the last two minutes with a "prevent" defense when our normal defense had in fact prevented the Hoos from scoring a touchdown for 57 minutes? Was it knowing that was coming after watching Notre Dame almost do the same thing a week before? Was it probably losing a shot at an ACC title game appearance? Take your pick. They all suck!...

On a brighter note, Gardner-Webb absolutely steamrolled Presbyterian and showed that they have a lot of fight left in them after a frustrating loss at currently 23rd-ranked Georgia Tech that would have shook up the football world. The Bulldogs showed they can bounce back; look for a great game on homecoming day Saturday against VMI. Get out to Boiling Springs if you can; believe me, you won't regret it...

Can anyone believe Tampa Bay is in the World Series? I'm still in shock. This whole season of theirs has me in shock. I'm glad that either the Phillies or the Rays will break their string of futility and win a title! It almost seems like the Phillies have "earned" the right to win the big one, because of many, many years of struggling. While it seems like the Rays have struggled forever (and they have), it's only been a decade. Ask the Phillies. A decade of struggles are nothing. But whoever wins, it's a great story for the sport...

Congrats to the Kings Mountain football team, on their 21-0 win over Shelby Friday night. After 10 years of getting the brunt of an always solid Shelby team in the "Battle of Buffalo Creek", the Mountaineers pulled through, won the game, and now have the inside track on the Southwestern conference crown. Hopefully, Shelby will bounce back, Crest will keep winning, and Burns can come through with a couple wins over the last few weeks. It is starting to feel like playoff football weather, and I couldn't be more ready!...