Don’t Call It a Comeback
All this talk of Dodgers/Diamondbacks and suddenly the Colorado Rockies sit just 6 games back in the National League West. They blew a lead to the lowly Giants last night or they would have been sitting 5 out with 27 to play. My baseball interest has faded about as quickly as my interest in the show “Chuck”. Nontheless, I’ll give the Rockies a week and a half to chip it down to three before I give up. September has them at Coors Field for 15 of 24 games, which we all know serves as one of the biggest home field advantages, as well as one of the biggest home field DIS-advantages at the same time. It just depends on how the ball is bouncing off the bat. They’ve got six games against the first place Diamondbacks, including the final three ballgames…in Arizona. If they can take 5 of 6 against Arizona and 2 of 3 against the Dodgers, they could win the West. As my interest wanes in baseball, it’s opening night for college football!!!!
Seven years ago on this Thursday, I rushed home from class on the 6 Bus, parked my body on the couch and watched as the Tommy Jones led Indiana Hoosiers battled North Carolina State. Remember the Antwaan Randle El Wide Receiver Experiment? That was ugly and ended up costing the Hoosiers and their top two player of all time a chance to play in a bowl game. There have been a lot of instances in my life where the buildup for a particular sports moment has totally been way bigger than the actual event. It’s worse than that. It’s the moments that aren’t just losses. I can handle losses. It’s the moments where you’ve been anticipating getting together to watch a game for a week, and within a half hour, you’re down 21-0.
For some reason, the IU-NC State game of ‘01 is in my top 5 all time “Hysterical Letdown” games. The games that let you down so much that all you can do is laugh about it as it goes on. It’s kind of like your girlfriend breaking up with you. It may hurt later, but at the moment, you might as well just laugh. BOUS THEORY WARNING: HYSTERICAL LETDOWN GAMES COULD CAUSE AN INCREASE IN CONSUMPTION OF ADULT BEVERAGES (AS CAN A GIRLFRIEND BREAKING UP WITH YOU).
By the way, NC State kicks off the season for the 28th year in a row tonight against South Carolina. Oh yeah, and I’m going to be at the Counting Crows/Maroon 5 concert. Perfect timing. College kickoff for me is this Saturday at noon. Boom. Outta here.
One more thing….Get your picks in for the initial Bous Theory Pick ‘Em Contest. If you’ve got a better name, put it in the comment section. Email your picks (and scores) to chad_bouslog@wrtv.com. This way no one can see your picks. If you’re hesitant to enter because you don’t want me to know that you actually read this blog, don’t worry about it. Make up a fake email address on hotmail or some of you folks who stay quiet, here’s your chance to get active! Here are the games:
USC @ Virginia
Missouri vs Illinois
Alabama @ Clemson
Oregon @ Washington
Tennessee @ UCLA
Western Kentucky @ Indiana
Utah @ Michigan
Michigan State @ California
New Mexico @ Texas Christian
Washington State @ Oklahoma State


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