Cubs Win, College Football Starts

School, my last semester of classes, is back in session so I have less time to do things like waste time writing here. Also the move back to Milwaukee, means less Cubs without Comcast Sports Net. But I am excited to see the rookies playing, i.e. Cedeno, Murton, and Van Buren. I think a good goal for this team would be to get back to .500 by the end of the season and have a 3rd straight season of .500 ball. I did get to see the Ryne Sandberg number retirement and the Cubs fans amazed me again. Besides Sandberg, the second biggest cheers of course came for Ron Santo. The third biggest cheers went for Yosh Kowano, the clubhouse manager, not Williams or Banks, who were both at the ceremony. Andy Macphail got booed by played it off by bowing to the crowd. The Hall of Fame guy could hardly get a word in, as the Cubs fans chanted Santo, Santo. It seemed like most of the fan sentiment was for Santo to get into the hall, not to honor Ryno. Oh well, 4 weeks left and they can still help eliminate Houston, boo yah.

College Football
I had the oppurtunity to watch a bunch of different games today, not feeling well. Here's my impression of a couple of teams.
Ohio State- Not that great. Their starting quarterback was out, but they still didn't run the ball very well, which they need to do to compete against Michigan or Texas.
Wisconsin- Awesome running game. I think it will keep them in a lot of games this year, even if their defense is terrible like they were today.
Notre Dame- A great performance tonight in the debut of Charlie Weis. The offense looked unstoppable at many points during the game. I'm sure some of that had to do with the Pitt defense, but ND looked good either way. Hopefully they can keep it up against Michigan next week.

The Hurricane
I know this has been all over the news this week, so I thought I would comment on it. I have been to New Orleans a couple of times when I was a little kid. I actually recognize more places in Biloxi/ Gulfport where I spent 3 or 4 spring breaks from when I was seven to 10 years old. I was reading through many articles when I found this: "Fun Time USA left with only bumper boats, pool and go-cart track." Fun Time USA was the miniture golf course that my family always went to on Spring Break. My cousin at one point was so frustrated that he hit a ball as hard as he could that bounced across a car on US-90 and onto the beach, the same beach and US-90 that was destroyed this week. This week was one that was very surreal and at the same time depressing. As always, there will be lessons learned so if something happens in the future, people will be more prepared.