They don’t care about what team they play for as long as they get paid. It’s all about, “Show me the money.” There’s no loyalty in baseball. “Just win, baby.” “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” And “Hello! You play to win the game.”Īpparently that doesn’t hold true with today’s athletes. Some of the best quotes in sports all have to do with winning. There is no other description of this madness except to say it is obscene. Nearly one half of a billion dollars was paid out to a 37-year old hurler whose arm died on him late in the Dodgers playoff run and a very good, yet injury prone player who was not going to play shortstop on this ballclub. Instead of gushing like an infatuated schoolboy about the hire of a new coach at USC, as did another saccharine-laced Times columnist, he pulled away the rented curtain to show the true visage of the coaching carousel in college football today, where the path to greed and personal glory leaves behind a sad trail of betrayed student-athletes.Ī tip of the cap to Andrew Friedman for staying out of the bidding for Max Scherzer and Corey Seager. No mere mortal can defeat the indestructible force of the Plaschke curse. But then Bill Plaschke shouted his praise over even the trumpets and my confidence was not only restored but strengthened. Acolyte after acolyte piled on such praise that I thought USC had spirited away coach Bud Wilkinson from his current high position, rather than a mere mortal like Lincoln Riley. Is this just a coincidence or an omen?!Īs a lifelong Bruins fan my confidence was challenged when I heard the trumpets of joy that Lincoln Riley was anointed as the new GOAT at USC.
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The license plate exclaims “SCRULES.” On of the same day’s Sports section is a blaring headline proclaiming that fact that USC has just hired perhaps the premier young football coach in American, Lincoln Riley. 28.On Page B3 of Monday’s Times is a photograph of a vintage Cadillac cruising down Hollywood Boulevard as part of the Hollywood Christmas Parade. UNI will head to Ames, Iowa, for the Cyclone Open Nov. The Panthers have another open tournament before starting dual competition. Teske ended the day with a fall and tech fall. UNI tallied 17 bonus point wins, with Biscoglia and Fox leading the way with two falls each. It was also a battle of Panthers at 157 pounds with both Cayd Lara and Holschlag earning podium spots. UNI proved to have depth at 141 pounds, with three place winners in Happel, Fox and Basile. Rounding out the podium spots was Ethan Basile with a sixth-place finish at 141 pounds. A trio of Panthers took fifth with Gable Fox at 141 pounds, Pat Schoenfelder at 174 pounds and Adam Ahrendsen at 197 pounds. Five Panthers took home bronze: Brody Teske (125 pounds) Kyle Biscoglia (133 pounds) Cael Happel (141 pounds) Cayd Lara (157 pounds) Tyrell Gordon (heavyweight).Īt 157 pounds, Derek Holschlag took fourth. He beat three-time NCAA qualifier Marcus Coleman of Iowa State in an 8-4 decision for the title.Īustin Yant took second at 165 pounds. Returning all-American Parker Keckeisen (184 pounds) was UNI's lone champion. It was the first competition for the majority of the UNI wrestling team. – Twelve UNI wrestlers placed at South Dakota State's Daktronics Open.