This And That

--The weekly collection of thoughts running through my muddled brain in no particular order of importance.

 

  --Friday Night Football at Mosaic Stadium with 40-thousand crazed Rider fans on what should be a gorgeous night to play. What a slice of Canadiana it will be. 

 -- The Rider Nation wasn’t impressed when Dwight Anderson signed with the Riders and I’m not sure they will ever truly adopt him in. I can’t really say I blame them though.  Anderson has reportedly appealed his fine that he got for throwing that little tantrum last weekend. I would rather Dwight just accept his punishment as a man and move on. He seems unapologetic though.

-- I hope you caught “The Coaches Show” on Sportscage Wednesday afternoon with offensive co-ordinator George Cortez. It was a fascinating discussion. If you missed it or any Sportscage, go to www.sportscage.ca and check it out.

--If the over/under on total yard from scrimmage for Jon Cornish and Kory Sheets Friday night is 280 do you go over or under?  Both are capable of having a huge night.

--Do you think Anthony Calvillo misses Marc Trestman?

--The agent for Regina born NHL’er Tyler Bozak has reportedly given the Leafs an offer that would see Bozak sign an 8 year deal for under 5 million a year. After hearing that, I just ask what team will end up with Bozak because it won’t be Toronto for those terms. 8 years?? I see Bozak commanding a 4 year, 12 million dollar deal, but not 8 years.

--It is this bloggers opinion that the Dallas Stars completely fleeced the Boston Bruins in the Tyler Seguin trade.

--Patrice Bergeron may be the toughest s-o-b in sports today.  If you don’t believe me, check this out.

--Thumbs up to the New England Patriots for having a program where fans can take Aaron Hernandez jerseys in and trade them in for another one. I hope all fans with a Hernandez jersey takes advantage of that in the Boston area.  More teams should adopt that practice.

--The Chicago Cubs have finally traded pitcher Carlos Marmol. THANK GOD!!

--There are less than 10 weeks until the start of the NFL season

--Did you put out your blue bin for recycling this week? Many of you didn’t. Are you going to start recycling now that you have a blue bin? I guess the answer in my house is yes if Mrs. Scruffy’s actions mean anything.

--Wascana Park was the place to be on Canada Day as thousands turned out for Canada Day festivities on what was a great day.  Its events like that where I love to people watch. There are some that just make me question what they are thinking when they go out.  Lets just say there was some interesting wardrobe choices or lack of wardrobe choices on display. By the way, is there anything better than the white tank top – jean shorts combination with a ball cap on to top it off ? I think not!

--The TV show “Under the Dome” reminds me of “The Simpsons Movie”. When does “Spiderpig” come on?

--Who had Max Scherzer at 13-0? If you’re a baseball fan, did you even know who Max Scherzer was in April?

--Would you rather have 30 above or 30 below? When you live in a place that doesn’t have air conditioning, you might pick the latter. Of course that is if its 30 below with no huge amounts of snow.

--Nice job by the NHL in allowing Alex Ovechkin to be a first team all-star at one position and a second team all-star at another. That’s a major whoops. Not as bad a whoops as naming PK Subban the Norris Trophy winner, but a whoops nonetheless.

--I didn’t notice it until yesterday, but I went over the 2-thousand mark on Twitter when it comes to followers. If you are one of them, I thank you and question your sanity.

--Have a good weekend!!!