Wednesday: “I was kind of discouraged today by his inability to run”
THAT’S A QUOTE FROM BUD FOSTER yesterday after seeing linebacker Tariq Edwards test his surgically repaired left leg in Virginia Tech’s first fall practice. Pretty blunt, no? Frank Beamer said he was “concerned,” both about Edwards and wideout D.J. Coles, who’s coming back from knee surgery. Both did all the drills Tuesday but did so gingerly. Andy has more here.
GOTTA SAY I AGREE WITH CARL EDWARDS regarding the tragic lightning strike at Pocono on Sunday. He was in Martinsville yesterday for a tire test and said this: “I’ve read a little bit about it and I know there’s a lot of discussion about what NASCAR should have done, what the track should have done.
“But I think at the end of the day, it’s Mother Nature … and it’s very difficult for anyone to take responsibility and say ‘hey, we should have done or done that.’
“I don’t want this to come across as harsh … I have a huge amount of sympathy for what happened, but at the end of the day every person is responsible for themselves.” Nappy has more here.
FUNNY QUICK THOUGHT IN TODAY’S PAPER by the great Dave Barry, who has a suggestion for making equestrian more interesting: introducing defense. This seems like a good opportunity to show you one of the true treasures of YouTube: a get-hype video made by equestrians, for equestrians (warning: the song has salty language; turn down at work). Enter Sandman, eat your heart out:
WHERE WILL FRANKLIN COUNTY END UP? The Eagles have been assigned to the River Ridge District beginning in 2013-14, but today the VHSL will weigh requests by principals of Pulaski County and Carroll County that Franklin County not join that league. (If you like the word “County,” this is the story for you.) Robert Anderson has the details here.
GOTTA GET AN ORIOLES NUGGET IN HERE. Baltimore rallies from 5-0 down against Seattle, ties it on a three-run homer by J.J. Hardy and wins it on an Adam Jones walk-off single in the 14th. I hesitate to say they’re not going away, but…they’re not going away.
OTHER STUFF: Carolina swats pair of three-run homers to beat Salem 6-2…Pulaski sweeps doubleheader with Greeneville…Allmendinger admits to taking Adderall, a prescription drug typically used for attention deficit disorder. He had no prescription.
OK, PAUSE IT RIGHT THERE. In the AP story, it says Allmendinger is now going through NASCAR’s “Road to Recovery program” to try to get reinstated. Does the name of that program seem a little ridiculous to anyone else? I mean, do we have to make a driving/car/zoom-zoom pun for everything, including something as serious as battling (potential) addiction?
The only thing more NASCAR-tastic would have been to have the program sponsored by Nicorette.
ANYWAY, BACK TO HEADLINES: UVa picks up Penn State decommit Zach Bradshaw for 2013…Penn State will put names on the backs of their jerseys this year…Tiger Woods is 9-to-1 favorite to win PGA Championship, which tees off in South Carolina Thursday.
RANDOM TRIVIA QUESTION
-Tiffani Amber Thiessen, star of “Beverly Hills 90210″ and probably some other shows since then, went to junior high school with what famous rapper?
NAME THAT TUNE
It’s the longest, loveliest, lean — I call it the leanest
It’s another five-letter word rhymin’ with cleanest and meanest
I won’t get into that, I’ll do it…uh…sorta properly
I say the last P…hmmm…stands for property
August 8, 2012 - 8:42 AM
Sounds like Carl is waving the NASCAR shield, like a good (subcontractor) employee. I don’t expect sports events to guarantee my safety, but let’s see if the hypocrisy of – ‘Stay! Don’t leave and diminish our concession sales…’ can shift to a little more concern about patron safety as opposed to emptying patron wallets.
If AJ Allmendinger wants to stick with his ‘Len Bias’ defense – I only took ONE pill ONE time, and it just HAPPENED to be right before my drug test. And I accepted it from a friend of a friend without knowing what it was, but it’s not like I didn’t have the Jeremy Mayfield scenario to make me think twice about ingesting something that the guy I didn’t even know said was an ‘energy supplement’ causing any red flags…
So… does he go through treatment just saying – ‘Okay, if I reduce my ‘energy supplement’ intake to only pills I understand, I’m good, right?…’
Random trivia answer: Snoop Lion? Maybe an age difference there but I`m guessing the Snoopster might have been in Junior High for a few extra years.
Snoop it is. Well done, Ralph. Also had a quick correct answer on Twitter from @srhodes214. Guess that factoid was only new to me.
In the interview I heard with her yesterday, she said she couldn’t really comment on whether he was cool back then. “Our circles were vastly different,” she said. Now THAT did not surprise me. Mr. Belding would have kept Snoop on the straight and narrow, though. I’m sure of it.
I am not as “concerned” as the coaches are. All the more reason to go ahead and develop the second and third stringers. Edmunds is on campus. They might as well go ahead and have him learn the position Foster may need him for, and use him in certain package as a running back. There’s plenty of running backs as well as wide receivers in camp.
I understand the concern since both players are veterans, but I like to think there are talents in the wings that are ready to contribute right away.
#3 was a weak attempt at humor by me and a complete guess. I was thinking of Snoop only because he changed his name. Give @srhodes214 all the credit and the winners T-shirt or whatever.
OPP – Naughty By Nature
Took me a while to remember the artist.
Despite a huge run differential, the O’s are still hanging around. Other than Britton, the pitching has put together an impressive string of quality starts. I still think that they may need to win the East to make the playoffs. As of today they are tied for 3rd in the Wild Card. The next month is going to be fun to watch. Plus the Reds have been all but ignored this season, but they are playing some great ball. So far this season has been great for teams that were not even in the conversation during Spring training.
Not worried about the Tech D. They played a good chunk of last year without Edwards. Sure it would b enice to have him 100%, but his absence is not as huge an impact as Coles’. The receiving core needs some veterans and Coles needs to be healthy to give Thomas options. If he can’t play it make the offense more predictable.
Aaron, the same Mr. Belding who had Zack Morris in detention more often than Screech getting kissed by Lisa, would have kept Snoop on the straight and narrow? Zack have talked himself out of more trouble than Snoop was singing Jailhouse Rock.
Mr. Belding was a wuss and everyone in Bayside High knew. Once, Zack and Screech developed a formula and in order to avoid having said formula confiscated, Zack named the formula after Mr. Belding.
Yeah, I can see Mr. Belding keeping Snoop on the straight and narrow, all right.
How about Miss Bliss, then, Trevor? Could she’d have straightened out ol’ Snoop?
Ralph — Consider yourself blessed not to have won the postage-due Whoppers.
Donald scores on the song. Nicely done.
Ralph,
Snoop is only two years older than Tiffany Amber Thiessen (she’s 38, he’s 40).
Miss Bliss? Strange that I forgot about her. She was probably one of the handful of people who could call Zack’s bluff. I dunno. That’s an answer Bayside’s expert, Travis Williams, could answer.
OPP yeah you know me!
You guys watch WAYYYY too much bad TV….
Personally I don’t care for the VHSL plan at all. It doesn’t make much sense for a school with an enrollment over 2,100 to compete with a school like Cave Spring at slightly over 800. The talent pools are much deeper. Pretty much because kids from Fleming and PH don’t want to ride the bus too far to play. Case in point was when Fleming dismissed their soccer coach after he wouldn’t let his players get a happy meal on the way home after they had behavior problems at a game only an hour away. Road to recovery is a ridiculous name for that program Aaron. No way Tiger wins this week. He is not consistent enough over four days to win yet.
Whoppers-Wow. Whether hamburgers or candy, the postage due would have been worth it. My favorite blog, for sure. Especially after venturing on Andy`s blog to other day to give my opinion on Andy saying Coach Johnson was seen at football practice but he had never seen Seth there. Boy, was that a mistake. I received the dreaded “Come on man” Not as bad as cr got it for giving somewhat the same opinion. He got called a loon. A loon for goodness sake. Not sure I have ever heard anyone called a loon except a loon. I know, l`ll stick to football before I get a loon COD
Huge news by Penn State concerning their football uniforms! In a shocking revelation, they have decide to drastically alter their look by adding player names to the backs of jerseys.
The King is dead! Long live the King!
I’m glad I didn’t have to watch such junk as the… I don’t even know what it was called… classroom thing with the geek, the pretty boy, the meathead jock, the virgin, and the future stripper.
My quality after school programming consisted of Gilligan’s Island & Match game (fill in the year)…
Right before supper was when it got really good (seriously) with The Waltons and Andy Griffith. Family values time, through and through…
I just watched the equestrian video. I have to say – it is bad azz…
Despite the ‘slight’ cultural differences in Marshall Mathers and the typical equestrian rider, I thought it was a very cool mix. Hey, why not celebrate them once every four years? Think how many hours in the saddle they’ve spent. I don’t understand why Gold Bond is not the Olympic equestrian sponsor…
The National Weather Service had issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Long Pond, PA (Pocono) at least 30 minutes before Nascar threw the caution flag for rain. The warning was very specific — hail, cloud-to-ground lightning, etc.
At some level, if that type of weather is imminent, Nascar has an obligation to stop the event. I’ve watched several NCAA football games where they suspended play due to a threatening weather situation, where it had not actually started raining.
Sure, people need to look out for their own safety, but people aren’t going to leave early if the cars are still on the track. At some level, there is the implicit understanding that “if this was a serious situation, Nascar would be taking it seriously.”
Bliss had an edge primarily because of the British accent. Think about it. Mary Poppins. the new M in Bond movies. The Queen. For whatever reason that accent brings a level of respect with it.
On the other hand though, Bliss only dealt with Indiana Jr. High Zack. So Cal Zach was a different beast.
Still though, I completely buy the different circles talk. I can’t really see Snoop being down with that “There’s no hope with dope” commercial. Let’s pray he tried though and the outtakes will soon be unearthed.
Ralph — You’d better believe “loon” just became part of this blog’s lexicon. “Get in your Prius, ya loon!”
Hey, I got the postage due Whoppers and for 43 cents, they were great.
CR, that program was called Saved By The Bell. But I hear ya on the family value shows. Cosby Show remains my favorite family value show. I also discovered the old Mission: Impossible television series on Netflix. I am enjoying that show very much so.
So, the Prius have made a comeback on the blog, courtesy of the Loon-y Tunes express. Where’s Daffy to drive the Prius?
Ralph, I pay little mind to the slurs, I’ve been labeled far worse. I thought it was quaint, actually. Reminded me of this…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yTwD7U_XV4
cr, great loon clip. I didn`t think that would bother you. Quaint was when the guy said Coach Johnson was there looking for football players to scrimmage against his team which you pointed out later was not going to happen. I have been a Tech basketball fan since before Stevens hit the jumper at MSG. That will continue under Coach Johnson.
The Carl Edwards, A-Mac assessment of the tragic happenings at Pocono is right on the money. It is Mother Nature, and she can be a wicked bitch. If you over warn, people complain because you over reacted, if you under warn people complain because something bad happened. There is no way to predict it.
All one has to do is get in the way back machine and sit in Lane Stadium on an August afternoon in 2000. That storm came up with very little warning – with a National Weather Service facility within sight of the stadium. Hundreds of people could have been killed had that lightning struck just a few hundred feet elsewhere.
It is a pretty pollyannaish to think that you can get the word out, and people to safety, in such a short time, dealing with uncertain circumstances like these. The panic alone could kill more people than a lightning strike. (FYI – I can guarantee you ‘pollyannaish’ has never been used on this blog before)
Ah, Rick, ya loon, let’s not sell the blog crowd short. Tom L used Pollyanna here, while Gary Z used it here.
Reading the JMU game blog (ugh, it was like reliving a nightmare), it did reminded me of something. Aaron, did you ever hear back from the doctor about what caused your emergency? I don’t seem to recall what it was.
Thanks for the shout-out A-mac. I’ll try to do you proud again.
Thanks for the concern, Trevor. Nope, never did pinpoint it. I wore a heart monitor for a month but never got any symptoms that were supposed to prompt me to start recording the activity. Spent a bunch of money on that but I guess I should be glad I didn’t need it.
I’ve had a lot of people tell me they, or somebody they know, have had something similar happen at some point in their lives. I’m thinking a combination of severe sleep deprivation and way too much caffeine might have triggered an anxiety attack. I remember showing up to Lane that day thinking it was going to be a pretty routine, easy day; that after all the buildup and follow-up analysis of Boise, this would be a “take a breath” game. Obviously it became anything but — for Tech or the media.
Whatever the health episode was, it hasn’t come back and I hope it never does.
The Jackets will sting the Hokies big time!!!!! Hokie fans get ready for a dismal start in your route to another National Championship. Hee Hee Hee
Damn, I hate it when somebody has a search feature available to them!
But, I’m not reading thru those long briefings to prove it wrong, but I did say “Pollyannaish,” ahem, not simply “Pollyanna.”
And, do you realize how hard it is to spell that? Geez, I should’ve been in the Scripps Spelling bee thing when I was 12.
If it’s not the Jackets the Hokes will surely flop in a BIG ONE.
AMc, maybe when you return to Martinsville, you can then devour 2-5 of their red hots, since you’re now the picture of health…
Gotta agree with Rick H. on the lightening. Warning or not, unless everyone reacts correctly someone could get hurt. I was at that game in 2000 and had to sit in the stands through the storm because the people close to the exit ramps got into the ramps, where it wasn’t raining on them, and stopped. That clogged the ramps and everyone else had to stay in the stands. If lightening had hit the stands the headlines next day would have been about “stupid” people staying in the stands, not about stupid people clogging the ramps and preventing others from getting out.
You guys were killing me with the mis-naming of the show until Trevor picked it up @ #24. Kelly Kapowski was a fox back in the day.