Joe T….Serenity now…Insanity later.
By Joe Torosian
“No. No. Be of good cheer. If science teaches us anything, it teaches us to accept our failures, as well as our successes, with quiet dignity and grace.”
—Dr. Victor Von Frankenstein
Kick it!
Right off the Top: It looked like the Los Angeles Rams were suffering from pneumonia Monday night in San Francisco…Except they didn’t come out and give us all smiles and hugs when it was over.
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Serenity now!
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But…Oh, I’ve always been a fantasy football fan.
Antonio Brown? That’s my man! That’s my main man! We are tight!
Fantasy Bonus: Not only did I win, but I beat the snot out of the “genius” Andy VillaTheDevil.
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Just when I’m really getting back into sports…Just when I’m starting to get my mind back into athletic competition (election season always inspires me to dive deeper into sports)…I put the TV on in my hotel room and I watch ten minutes of ESPN…
Serenity now!
I was forced to put political news back on…hypocrisy is easier to take without sanctimony…ESPN is incapable of telling us the outcome of a game and why, without linking its own concern to every social cause coming down the line.
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Serenity now!
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Joe T.’s High School football novel is available through Amazon.com
“A literary snapshot of what goes on over the course of a high school football season…an awesome read and a story that truly will transcend time.”—Jim Singiser, AD/HC Arroyo Knights Football
“Thrill, dread, anxiety, love, agony, success, and failure; basically all the emotions you feel as a football player/coach as you do in life, all wrapped up in a single book.”—Marc Paramo, HC Rosemead Panthers Football
“I read the book and really enjoyed it a great deal. I would think coaches and parents could Learn a lot.”—John “Coach” Kentera, former sports talk host at Mighty 690 & Mighty 1090
I’m in Pismo Beach for meetings–definitely worse places to be, but I won’t get into a conversation about Bakersfield here…I’m away from the RamCave, away from the Sanctum Sanctorum, and I was scrambling to find a place to watch the Rams-Niners.
My session ends at 9:15 P.M., I race ten minutes down the 101 to a friend’s house in Nipomo and watch it on DVR. It’s been a long day. Good, but long sessions. The night before had been long, I’m tired but, hey, the Rams are playing.
Yada, yada, yada…Colin Kaepernick is kneeling during the national anthem and others join him in various protest…yada, yada, yada…
And then I hear two voices I was unfamiliar with…I tell myself, “Wait a second…that’s Steve Young calling the game…” Okay…a moment passes and I began to distinguish the slobbering cliched voice of my beer swilling uncle…but it’s not my uncle…Madre Dios! It’s Chris Berman…
Serenity now!
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I can handle things…I can handle the NCAA and NBA being self-righteous when it comes to North Carolina and its bathroom law…I can handle Kaepernick talking about oppression while wearing a Fidel Castro t-shirt. I can handle Robert Quinn and Kenny Britt and their homage to John Carlos and Tommie Smith…I can handle comments about the deplorables…
But four quarters of Chris Berman? Forget Metallica, play Berman’s voice for the detainees in Guantanamo.
Serenity now!
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The Rams gave up six draft picks for a quarterback they didn’t even dress out for Week One, they were shutout in the season opener by a division opponent, their best defensive player was thrown out of the game for making contact with an official (I didn’t see that on video)…When somebody tells you Hillary Clinton had a bad week tell them to take a better look at Jeff Fisher…or Les Snead…or Stan Kroenke.
That was some 7-9 Bolshoi…
Serenity now!
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Time for RGIII to look for a new line of work.
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With his new-found crusader status, perhaps the 49ers can deal Colin Kaepernick to the Cleveland Browns.
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Case Keenum should be declared NC-17…. No child under 17 should be allowed to see him play quarterback… Ever…Play a recording of his performance for those at GitMo
How bad was Keenum’s performance?
It was so bad that when they do the remake of a Clockwork Orange they’ll use clips of Keenum to help with the conditioning segment.
Four quarters with an Amway salesman are less offensive than Keenum and the Rams offense was on Monday night…And there’s no room for Tim Tebow in this league?
Serenity now!
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Can somebody remind Todd Gurley that you get to the end zone faster by running North-South instead of East-West…
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Question: Is Yasiel Puig making things easier…or tougher for the Dodgers in regards to next season?
Serenity now…Insanity to later…
The Dude abides…
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Psalm 129
Contact Joe at joe@midvalleysports.com
Author of “Tangent Dreams: A High School Football Novel” available through amazon.com …and “The Dead Bug Tales” available this fall.
Follow Joe on Twitter @joet13b
“Joe T.’s Scoreboard” is found at www.midvalleynews.com every Wednesday & in the hard copy of the Mid Valley News, published every Wednesday.
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