I have to agree with my colleague Nicholas Mendola, that Reese's Pieces does in fact bring the heat. You can talk about your M & M's and you can jaw about your Junior Mints, but if you want to ball around our yard, you have to give props to true p-nut flava. Quit fronting. Come correct. Reese's Pieces.
So I'm watching the Sunday Night Football game. Bills vs. Dolphins, perhaps you have heard of the contest over the years. Well, around these parts, most folks tend to get a little rowdy over the match-ups. Besides the fact that the Buffalo "Squish the Fish" slogan may be one of the worst ever (Dolphins are mammals ladies and gentlemen, but you knew that), the Bills performance on Sunday night may have been worse.
I'm no football coach. I never played organized football in my time. With all of that football knowledge, even I know that running the HB option was a really bad idea.
Don't run the HB option ever again, Gregg Williams. Drop that extra "g" from your name while you're at it. The extra "g" is for extra god-awful coaching.
The Bills apparently have two Drew Bledsoe's. There is the Action Drew Bledsoe, with Real Post Pattern Accuracy, and then there is the Panic Drew Bledsoe, with Real Adult Diapers. Even with their defense performing well, it is clear who the pivotal athlete on that team is. If Drew blows, the Bills blow.
How about that Bills defense, though? I found myself wanting a touchdown midway through the fourth quarter, and the defense delivered via Nate Clements, who has evolved into quite a game breaker and on-field gyrator. If Buffalo's offense continues to sputter early in the season, the team will fall back on that veteran defense to make some plays to keep it close. They aren't at the point where they can win games on defense alone, but that may come in a few years, perhaps even next year.
Don't tell me that Ricky Williams won that game for Miami. I know he got 42 carries, and I'll counter with this: it didn't matter. He had all of those carries and all of those yards going into the fourth, and the game was still 10-7. the Bills lost that game due to Bledsoe losing his cool and Travis Henry going AWOL, not because of Ricky Williams eating yards.
Ok, let's stop talking about the Bills for a few paragraphs. Let's start talking some simple driving instructions!
A yield sign means you go if your lane is clear, or you pause until your path is clear. It does not mean stop and look both ways. If there are no cars, you do not decelerate, you do not stop, you GO.
I'm telling you this because I have no compunction about putting my Cavalier through your car door and into your kidneys and then making you pay for it because you were not observing traffic laws.
I'm really unsure of how many hockey fans there are on campus. Most of them seem to be Rangers fans. I accept it, as most students come here from downstate. I don't like it, but I accept it. As a native Western New Yorker, I'm a Sabres fan, and therefore have no love for the Rangers organization. I've expounded as to how the Sabres are a better organization than the Rangers are, even when bankrupt, before this column, but it bears repeating. If you are going to drop all of that cash into hockey, you need players who are willing to play, not skate.
Lindros, Bure, Poti, and Jagr are all players that have been questioned on their integrity and their dedication to the game. All of them have been scouted or signed by the Rangers. If the Rangers want a team like the one that made it all they way in '94, they need to look at Messier, not as a player to perform, but as a prototype of the caliber of spirit needed to win. Heart, dedication and leadership get teams to the playoffs, not payrolls.
