SATURDAY CIRCUS
CEO, might be one of the most beloved baseball players in history, but he will be hated soon enough by Marlins fans for gutting the franchise yet again. …
spoke to the Orlando Touchdown Club earlier this week when I broached the issue of former coach unsubstantiated death threats. When I asked Spurrier if he’d ever received any death threats when he was coaching Florida, the Head Ball Coach cracked, sent me a couple.”
Hey, did you see where the three UCLA basketball players were arrested for stealing sunglasses in China? I don’t know why everybody is making such a fuss about it. China has been stealing our sunglasses for years — not to mention our shoes, ships, cellphones and microwave ovens. … Other NFL owners have accused Dallas Cowboys owner
of “conduct detrimental to the league.” In my opinion, Jones is even more guilty (and has been for years) of decisions detrimental to the Cowboys. … UCF coach and new father Scott Frost when I asked him if he had yet fallen victim to a diaper-changing dad’s worst nightmare — the dreaded projectile pooping: “Yeah, I was changing his diaper the other day and apparently he wasn’t quite finished,” Frost explained. “It didn’t get to me, but there was a little more clean-up than I expected.” …
Papa John’s, one of the NFL’s biggest sponsors, apologized earlier this week for ripping the league’s clumsy handling of player protests during the national anthem. Like Papa John’s pizza itself, I didn’t think the divisive comments were that bad — as long as you smother them in the garlic dipping sauce.
UCF over Temple by 21, UF over UAB by 15, FSU over Al’s Barber College by 55, Wisconsin over Jimmy No-Rings by 9, Yucs over Don’tphins by 1, Jags over Frowns by 12, over the rest of the field by one can of Monster Energy (preferably, Java Monster Loca Moca),
over NFL owners by $50 million.