--It's Spring -- almost. Birds are chirping during golf coverage in warmer climes. Shallow people from California are telling us that it's 80 degrees year-round in Orange County. Don't forget, it's Orange Fucking County, which apparently lacks city names, town names or any fucking municipalities at all.
Anyhow, Spring means the start of golf season. It means Tiger's Wood trying to add more titles to his collection, at courses where he's already won multiple times -- usually in limited-field events. It means Woods, on the downside of career, trailing the game's brightest young star by nine shots after two rounds and making the cut by just two shots. No need to cover Jordan Spieth, apparently. And, of course, it means ESPN's ticker leading with Woods' name and the fact he ONLY trails by nine. Ditto for espn.com.
Relax, PYB, if ANYONE can come back from nine down it's a washed-up pervert who last won a major title six years ago! He's fine. Lesson learned. We also learned yesterday that the North Course at Torrey Pines is more difficult than the South Course -- we'd forgotten the first 600 times we'd been told.
--PYB is an avid Nebraska basketball fan. PYB has seen many awful performances and probably more late-game meltdowns over the last 30+ years. None were worse than the one we watched Thursday night when NU visited Penn State, complete with its too-short nets. Apparently, the PSU purchasing department had to cut corners after paying toward the Jerry Sandusky Molestation Fund.
Anyhow, we watched in horror the final two minutes, as Deverell Biggs twice tried to split two pressing Nittany Lion defenders. Shockingly, he turned the ball over twice. We all know the best way to beat a zone press is to weave through it while dribbling.
The only thing more horrifying was watching a player (Walter Pitchford) who we've seen throw up just as many airballs from three-point range as we have seen him make, heave up a three pointer early in the shot clock. NU Coach Tim Miles agreed, but was tactful in his analysis. This year's team could win a few more games, but if the team's point guards don't do better than their 7:4 assist-to-turnover ratio from Thursday, they won't.
--Memorial Stadium is getting WiFi. Yay! Nebraska is back!! PYB remembers when fans couldn't understand a word the public address announcer said, but fans didn't care because NU was kicking the shit out of somebody. Guess we've fallen behind the times, and a home WWW means more than a home W. Either way, NU's next pussy quarterback will have better reception when calling his Daddy after rolling an ankle or tweeting about the next huge win over 3-6 Purdue. Fuck off.
--Don't worry, NU is still FINE. The Huskers got a commitment from their top offensive line recruit yesterday, after losing their top recruit to Kansas State earlier in the week. Rumors had it that Terrell Clinkscales wasn't going to qualify academically. True or not, the fact is that NU football fell off the map after agreeing to overly strict academic standards when joining the Big 12. So, what would any smart administration do to rectify that? Join a conference with stricter standards than the Big 12! Of course!! How the fuck did we not think of that!!
Don't worry, NU's newest assistant coach it hot on the recruiting trail and already battling powerhouses like Air Force, Yale, Harvard and Georgia Southern for the Huskers' next quarterback! You think it's easy replacing Academic All-Big 10 players every year?? Think again.
That's all we've got. Enjoy the weekend.
PYB
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