Month: September 2005

Here comes Hurricane Rita

From the track, it looks like it might get wet here in Kansas City . . . the good news is that the current track stays well south of New Orleans.

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NFL Week 2

Denver 20, San Diego 17[*1]
Kansas City 23, Oakland 17[*2]
Cincinatti 37, Minnesota 8[*3]

Minnesota is just real bad. Did they really need Randy moss that much? Kansas City wins mainly with defense. Kansas City. Defense. Denver squeaks out a home win, dropping the Chargers two games behind Kansas City in the AFC West.

College football: Montana 7, SDSU 0

Catching up from the weekend, the Montana Grizzlies, #4 in NCAA Division I-AA, shut down the Jackrabbit offense and took a 7-0 home victory[*1] in Missoula on Saturday.

SDSU, now 2-1 on the season, struggled on offense in the sloppy, rainy afternoon, getting just 28 net yards rushing while being outgained 300-108. Still, they had a chance to at least tie the game while putting a major scare into the Grizzlies (2-1).”We’ve got to win that football game,” SDSU coach John Stiegelmeier said. “I think that’s a true sign of what kind of individuals they are, that they kept battling today when things didn’t look very good and said, ‘Look, we’re gonna win this football game.’ They gave themselves a chance, and I’m extremely proud of them.”

Next up, the Beef Bowl game at home vs. Cal Poly, the 11th ranked team in I-AA.

Royals stave off 100th loss

The Kansas City Royals beat Detroit 10-1[*1] to put off their 100th loss for one day:

The Royals, who have lost 99 games, drew an announced attendance of 8,915 for the opener of their final homestand of the season. That is the smallest crowd to see a Royals’ home game since July 5, 1995, when 7,511 watched them play Boston.

“The reasons why the fans aren’t out here are the type of season we’ve had, the time of year it is, not in the race, knocking on 100 losses,” catcher John Buck said. “I think that’s why people are not going to make the sacrifice to stay up late on a school night cause it is not real meaningful.”

The Royals get two chances at #100 today, hosting Detroit in a double-header.

97.3 The Planet is no more

Kansas City’s 97.3 FM, an alternative adult contemporary (“AAA”) radio station, has changed format to some schlock called “everything that rocks.”

This just sucks. The carcass of the Planet’s web site says they’ll be playing:

U2, Tom Petty, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Jimi Hendrix, Aerosmith, Black Crowes, Green Day, Stone Temple Pilots, Bruce Springsteen, and Smashing Pumpkins.Additionally, Max will rock with Bon Jovi, AC/DC, Def Leppard, Metallica, ZZ Top, Van Halen, Foreigner, Motley Crue, Poison, Boston, Guns ‘N’ Roses, and many more!

Ooh, fantastic, Bon Jovi AND Def Leppard! I hated those guys when they were new! Come on, Union Broadcasting, we really don’t need another fossilized hard rock station, do we?

Back at it!

Home again after a trip with unusually poor Internet access. Watch for a Whip tomorrow, Shub-Internet, J.R. “Bob” Dobbs, and/or the Flying Spaghetti Monster willing . . .

I’ve turned the Blog Directories and Blogroll blocks back on. This probably doesn’t mean anything to you. Oh well. Tastes like chicken.