Saturday
College Football
I was expecting a relaxing night in Tiger Stadium last night. I figured watching LSU crush a hapless team would help cure the baseball blues. Well, there was no crushing and no hapless team to be found. LSU needed a late touchdown to get by Troy by a score of 24-20. (Yeah. Troy.) Turnovers at the quarterback position hurt the Tigers again, but at least they escaped with a win.
There was only one big upset yesterday and that was Mississippi State over Florida. The Bulldogs got their first SEC win of the season and only the second win of the year by beating Florida. I bet there are some people in Florida looking for Steve Spurrier’s phone number this week. The Gators haven’t been the same since he left and Ron Zook will feel even more heat after losing to Mississippi State. I, for one, don’t feel sorry for the Gators after suffering through the Spurrier-era dominance.
World Series
Boston -11
St. Louis - 9
Looks like we’re in for another exciting postseason series. St. Louis came back twice in this game, but Boston just kept on answering. The Red Sox won despite committing four errors. I still think the Cards have a good shot at winning the Series because they are more fundamentally sound than Boston. But Boston has home-field advantage and still has Curt Schilling and Pedro Martinez yet to pitch.
Schilling pitched on a dislocated ankle in Game 6 of the ALCS. Boston’s team medical doctor basically came up with a new procedure to help Schilling. It still had to be painful, as he had to push off with the bad ankle in order to be able to pitch. After the game, Schilling, a Christian, talked about how God gave him strength.
"Seven years ago I became a Christian, and [Tuesday] God did something amazing for me," he said. "I tried to be as tough as I could and do it my way in Game 1 and I think we all saw how that turned out. I knew I wasn't going to be able to do this alone. And I prayed as hard as I could. I didn't pray to get a win or to make great pitches. I just prayed for the strength to go out there and compete, and [God] gave me that.”
