The Good
After five straight losing years, the Longhorns finally get a win vs. the Sooners (in the Red River Shootout, thank you very much). It would've been nice to beat them with a healthy Adrian Petersen playing, but I'll take it. The monkey is off Mack Brown's back, and now he can concentrate on how to keep Virginia Tech from taking over the #2 spot.
The Bad
I'm winning by 20-odd points in my fantasy league this week, but the other guy has three players left, including Drew Brees and Antonio Gates. Looks like I'll be dropping to 3-2.
The Ugly
In my pick 'em league, I managed a weak 5 out of 13. I could up that to a whopping 6 if San Diego wins. And hope Tomlinson scores all their points.
On a non-football note, congrats to the Houston Astros for making the NLCS. Hope you guys are all rested up by Wednesday.
Finally, I found it hard to believe that on a day when temperatures in Houston topped out at 82, both Reliant Stadium and Minute Maid Park had their roofs closed. What's the point of retractable roofs if not to have them open on gorgeous days like yesterday?
And before anyone calls me a hypocrite, I watched (well, fast-forwarded) the Texans game on DVR after spending the afternoon at the Greek Festival.
According to the ESPN talking heads, the Fifth Amendment....um, that is, Minute Maid Park dome was closed so that the 'stros fans could "pump up the volume".
Regarding the dome roofs being closed--
The word on the playground was that it was the sun made it too darned hot to be running around.
(There was much muttering about the supposed cold snap at lunch yesterday.)