Just Not The Same

Labor Day is just not Labor day without Jerry Lewis.  It had to happen at some point in time whether  he either would die or get to the point where he could just not physically make it happen.  I have never watch much of the Telethon when Jerry was resting  because he is the Telethon.  Instead of watching TV I have been cutting bushes in the yard.  Please Jerry come back.  Same me from the bushes.

Today is the last day of the minor league baseball and with it will end Brian Goodwin's first year in pro baseball.  To say the least it has been a good year as he was promoted to AA.  He is hovering just under 230 batting average since fifty games ago being called up to Harrisburg PA.  Spring training I am sure he will be given every chance possible to make the AAA squad  for opening day.

Four of the five Division one schools in North Carolina won opening day in college football.  That doesn't happen all that often. Duke was impressive beating FIU in front of a sold out stadium.  That doesn't happen unless Alabama is in town and Bama fans buy up all the tickets.

Wake Struggled with Liberty which is probably not a good sign for the season.  ECU beat what has become a national power in Division 2 in App St.  Carolina looked impressive.  Did any body but me notice during the State game with Tennessee that the game was billed by tv as the SEC game of the week.

  One of the biggest differences in the ACC and the SEC is the ACC is half private institutions while Vanderbilt is the only private school in the SEC  The ACC has Miami,Wake, Duke and Boston College.  They are adding two more in Syracuse and Pittsburgh.  I am not sure what to call Georgia Tech.  Private colleges tend to be more academic minded.  When you have as many private schools as the ACC has it is harder to change the rules to allow easier standards.  The SEC doesn't have that problem to deal with.

The NFL is set to open the 2012 football season Wednesday night!.  If you are one of those people that just can't get enough NFL I would suspect that within ten years there will be an NFL game on every night but Saturdays. They will give their minor league system colleges there day alone.   If they had a game on Tuesday night it would be a national game with extra dollars over a 1pm game on Sunday being shared by five more games going on at the same time.  The NFLPA is against expanding to 18 games so what is the logical next step.  Play more National Games one every night from September to the season ends.  Laugh but it is just around the corner.