Weekend Observations
While watching sports over the weekend, a lot of random thoughts come into my head. Some of them are just plain wacky and I'm probably the only one who gets it, but maybe others do too so I post them. Here they are for this past weekend:

Mitch Mustain (Arkansas Razorbacks) - now that my friends, is a quarterback's name! I love it.

Have you guys seen the way the Auburn team comes out of the tunnel? They come out with their arms interlocked with the coach in the middle, does anyone else think this looks queer? Here are a bunch of big tough guys coming out to fight a "battle" and they come out arm in arm in a cloud of smoke. Um, I'm a chick and I think they look like sissy mama's boys!

And by the way, the "cloud of smoke" that almost every college team uses now to make an entrance was started where??? That's right, at the University of Miami! The 'Canes were the first college team to do it. Just an fyi in case you're asked during a trivia game.

Officiating is just horrible this season in college football. Even with the replays, these guys are making horrible calls. And I know they're just human but give me a break. During the LSU/Florida game, there were 2 blantantly bad calls against LSU. One of them was a phantom holding call that resulted in a touchdown being called back; the very next play, the Tigers fumbled the ball.

I'm not saying the call caused the fumble or was the reason LSU lost, but it did cost the Tigers the much needed 7 points. La Sportschica is very sensitive regarding poor officiating and bad calls (see Fiesta Bowl); I really feel that in college football it is doubly hard for a team to mentally and emotionally come back from these horrible injustices. I know I'm going to get a lot of smack about this but I don't care; I feel very strongly about this.

The next time you watch a South Carolina Gamecocks game, count how many times the game analysts say "Steve Spurrier". I had to flip the channel!

I have 2 things to say about the University of Georgia: 1) I love UGA (the dog)! I'm not a Dawg fan but by God, that is the best mascot in sports! God bless UGA (the dog). 2) If I have to hear one more time how Joe Tereshinski's father and grandfather played for Georgia, I may jump off a bridge during Atlanta rush hour traffic and everyone will suffer.

Speaking of 2nd and 3rd generation players, during the Carolina/Kentucky game, I noticed a player with this on the back of his jersey: Lyons Jr. Now this is my question, does his father currently play on the team? I mean is there a reason they have to specify that he is a "jr" on the back of his playing jersey? I'm just saying.

Peeuuuwww (spelling?), the Miami Dolphins stink!!! What is going on in South Florida? Also, what was going on with the Patriots home field? Somebody needs to fire the groundspeople because that field is horrible.

Lastly, on to baseball, kudos to the Detroit Tigers for beating the New York Yankees!!!