It's Fall Y'all

 Hello, and welcome to autumn. Except if you live in Florida where if Tim Tebow sees his shadow, there's at least six more weeks of summer. Or was it Chief Osceola? Anyway, if you live in Florida, expect more swamp-ass conditions for about another month. I hate to start this post on a somber note, but in case you somehow haven't heard, the Gabby Petito, the young travel vlogger, was found dead near Grand Teton National Park. The boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, has been missing since last week in a vast nature reserve near Sarasota, Florida. The latest on his search effort is that the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has deployed a dive team in the hopes of finding his body, because let's be honest, unless he's Bear Gryllis, there isn't any way he survived that long in this:

The announcement of the discovery of a body that matched her description was made late Sunday evening. Soon after that announcement, some weird things started happening. There were two quick power surges that knocked out cable for about fifteen minutes, and coincidentally the Tampa Bay Bucs started to struggle in their game against the Atlanta Falcons. Cable came back, and the Bucs managed to pull away for a convincing win. I was intrigued though; was there a sudden energy jolt delivered to the Tampa area as a result of this? I asked around on my former roomie who has a much better handle on these types of energies than I do as well as others on Facebook. They all said they didn't feel a thing. So I guess it was just me, so much for thinking,

Football Debriefing

I was indeed better than last week in picking games, sort of. In college picks, I was 11-4. In the pros (including last Thursday's game) I was 12-4 straight up but 9-7 against the spread, so for the season, I'm 21-11 and 19-13 respectively) with lots of room for improvement. Probably the most fun game of the bunch was one not a whole lot of people nationally saw. Vikings and Cardinals at first looked to tilt the scoreboard but then settled down. At the end, it was high drama. And now, ladies and gentlemen, Gus Johnson. Isn't he a national treasure, and guess what? He's calling the Arizona-Jacksonville game this Sunday. Yeah, it is the Jaguars, but at least you'll get Gus. Kind of a yin and yang situation.

As for this Thursday's game, The surprising Carolina Panthers take on the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium. The Panthers incredibly have the league's number one scoring defense, having allowed a measly 21 points. The Texans? Well...there's this. JaguarGator9 is a pretty good follow on YouTube if 

you're interested in NFL history and are into that sort of thing. I never thought I'd hear the name Rich Kotite in the year 2021, but here we are (sorry if you're a fan of the NY Jets). Give me the Panthers minus the 8 points. As for the team they beat last week...

The Roof! The Roof! The Roof Is On Fire!

As if the New Orleans Saints didn't have enough problems, yesterday the roof of Caesar's Superdome caught on fire. Fortunately, the fire was put out rather quickly and there was only one hospitalized with minor burns. It did create all sorts of memes though amongst fans and rivals of the Saints alike. One such meme comparing the fire to the announcement of a new Pope. I guess instead of saying "Habemus Papem", after last week's loss some football fans said, "Oh Jameis, nopem."

I'll have more coming up hopefully Friday. In the meantime, please ask God or the Universe to give Florida some cooler weather!

CT