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The Texas Rangers started September by losing 15 of the first 20 games. It was a nightmare. Each loss left like a swing-and-miss for American League wild-card race. Post-season play was slipping away and away for a team that made a postseason appearance the last three years. You play baseball to play in October.
The Rangers played 162 games and yes, they all counted! To stay alive in the AL wild-card race they had to win the last seven games of the regular season.
They played Tampa Bay in game 163 for the AL wild-card tiebreaker. The last wild-card tiebreaker was in 2009. The good news was that Nelson Cruz is back from his 50-day vacation; the bad news was that the post season all comes down to ONE game. It felt just like a “Game 7” only the knots in my stomach were much bigger.
The Rangers have fun when they play, they fight for wins and when they lose they break hearts and shatter World Series dreams. We just got Nellie back; baseball season can’t be over before October in Texas. But after losing the tiebreaker 5-2, baseball is officially over.
The Redskins started 0-3 and finally beat the Raiders in Oakland 24-14 for the first win of the season. The Redskins offense still hasn’t scored in the first quarter this season and it’s obvious that RG3 still isn’t the same magical QB we saw last year. The defense has taken a huge beating in the media and on the field. When the offense leads the league in 3 and outs (I just made that up, but other than Jacksonville, we have to be really close to owning that stat) the defense cannot play the entire game.
Robert threw 5 interceptions in 15 games last year. This season he has thrown 4 interceptions in 4 games. Maybe someone should just delete RG3’s snapchat app so he can focus on the football game plan not his personal ‘game plan’. Yep, taking a personal shot because I’m still pissed he doesn’t know how to slide or the simple rules of sliding. The team as a whole still needs a lot of work after a 1-3 start. And by a lot, I mean we need a miracle to help this team win this season.
The Skins start October with a bye week, then at Dallas, host the Bears, and then at Denver where Peyton Manning has been putting on a QB clinic all of September. At least we can’t lose the first week in October. #Hail has quickly become #Fail.
The University of Tennessee may have started 3-2, but when the win are over Austin Peay, Western Kentucky, and South Alabama it doesn’t feel like a season to cheer about. The Oregon game was awful and we lost to Florida, AGAIN!!!!
Justin Worley is just a QB mess. He’s proven that making great decisions are not his strength. Worley’s stats against South Alabama: 20-35, 202 yards, 2 TD’s and 3 interceptions, not the stats you want as an SEC team. And just when September looked ugly for Worley and the big orange, it’s only going to get worse in October with Georgia, bye week, South Carolina, and at Alabama.
I’ll be at the Georgia game this Saturday. I really hope I get to see one of the true freshman QB Dobbs or Ferguson. Surely, they can’t be any worse than Worley.
And add to the crash of September, somehow I was talked into being the pilot of my company’s National Red Bull Flugtag team. The National Harbor was one of five locations where this crazy flying event took place. Each site only allowed 30 teams to compete after hundreds of entries. I was one of 150 people in the USA that was brave (or stupid) enough to literally ‘take one for the team’. While sitting on a makeshift piano, I was pushed off of a 30-foot platform and then crashed into the dirty Potomac River. What was I thinking? Clearly, I wasn’t. A baby grand can’t fly! It’s been over a week and the bruises still look like someone beat me.