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It was national signing day, or thereabouts, and by now you know how it works on national signing day: A table is set up in a high school gymnasium, or someplace similar, and then Johnny Blue Chip and Mr. and Mrs. Blue Chip come strolling in, and the pep band strikes up the fight song, usually the “Notre Dame Victory March” or “On Wisconsin!”
Just after strolling into Sam Boyd Stadium and Rugby Mosh Pit, my line of sight was assaulted by an 1,100-pound flash of leg and upper thigh.
If you’ve been watching UNLV play home basketball games on TV, you’ve probably noticed that whereas the cameras used to show Greg Maddux watching the Rebels hoop it, now they mostly show young Bryce Harper. You’ve probably noticed, too, how the 2012 National League Rookie of the Year also appears to have scored primo seats.
The veteran gambler said it best at halftime: “You knew it was over when you saw the line.”
Midseason awards often become tomorrow’s bird-cage liner in terms of relevance, but they allow us to look back at what was predicted and ahead to what might occur.
After all these years, it’s still easy to put Tom Brady at the top when ranking NFL quarterbacks. Some impressive young guns are on the rise, and Brady’s trigger finger might be a hair slower and his legs a little heavier, but time has not passed him by.
Is it just me, or does it seem whenever trainer Bob Baffert starts a horse in a Santa Anita stakes race, the field is only four horses deep?
