Bike path update: took a few days off from biking, only to return to this: a walker in the left-hand lane as I was getting ready to pass. No problem, just slow down, follow the other biker past the clueless walker. Except that as I was getting ready to go by, walker decides he should be in the right lane. LOOK OUT! Why did the walker move over into the right lane? Several guys were pushing rolling office chairs down the bike path. Now, when I say that wheeled, non-motorized transportation devices are OK on the bike path, I didn’t mean office chairs!
Stupid headlines update: ACTUAL St. Louis Post-Dispatch headline: "St. Louis Fire Department test throwned out" Nice copy editing, guys. Note: this story is about the SLFD refusing to hire applicants because too many applicants failed a national, standardized test. They didn’t refuse to hire those that failed, of course not. They refused to hire ANY applicant, even those that passed, because the test, apparently, is too hard.
Virginia Tech football: the team looked bad. Certainly not top-10. The defense was getting destroyed on misdirection plays, which caused them to play from their heels. The offensive line missed assignments - at one point getting QB Sean Glennon sacked from the blind side by a LINEMAN untouched (it’s one thing for a linebacker to get through unblocked, but unacceptable for a lineman on the blind side to be ignored). Glennon audibled several times for run plays that went nowhere, was inaccurate and inconsistent, and just looked like he was in a hurry to do everything. Fortunately, the secondary played fairly well and ECU self-destructed on several drives. VT will need to play 10 times better if they don’t want to be blown out against LSU next week.
Appalachian State vs. Michigan. WOW. Appy State’s first touchdown was amazing, as a short dump pass went some 60 yards because the receiver ran away from the entire Michigan defense. Appy State is fortunate, though, for all it’s hard-nose, quality football, that its coach managed not to blow the game by kicking on first down at the end. They should have run a running play to get to the middle of the field and run the clock down. Instead, they kicked, took the lead, and left nearly 30 seconds for Michigan to run 2 plays: a 40 yard pass to get within field goal range and a game-winning field goal. Special teams saved the day by blocking that field goal and preserving the win for ASU. Whew, coach. Whew.
