Sports-A-Plenty

WOW!!

You gotta love it anytime there is a game 7. Regardless of the sport, game sevens are the pinnacle of excitement. Win and move on. Lose and go home. Everything you did previous is out the window and it all culminates with this one game.

As a baseball fan, I was super-glued to the ALCS the entire way. I had a feeling that Boston would come back from the 3-1 deficit against Cleveland. There was something, a feeling if you will, that you can't really describe, but you just knew that the Red Sox were on the verge of doing something special in this series. Maybe it's the swagger and confidence the Red Sox players seem to have. Maybe the fact that they came back from a 3-0 against the Yankees in 2004, they knew what it would take to rally back.

On to the World Series.

Both teams are riding serious waves of confidence. Colorado, winners of 20 of their last 21 and 7-0 in the playoffs thus far, have been referred to as "Destiny's Darlings" and are a formidable opponent for the Red Sox.

I hope this series is as exciting as the ALCS and predict that it will also go seven games with ??? being crowned World Champions.

Just a brief comment about college football. KU sporting the sparkling 7-0 record and getting a sniff of the BCS rankings has been pretty exciting. I will hold to my comments earlier in the year about the Jayhawks loading their schedule with cremepuffs, but they have been impressive so far in Big XII play, especially against K-State and Colorado. Texas A & M looms as the biggest test so far for KU this Saturday and then it only gets tougher with Nebraska (I know, the Huskers are down) OSU, who slipped past the Wildcats, Iowa State, who gave the Sooners all they wanted, and Missouri, who have been extremely impressive this year.

Hope it all comes down to KU vs Mizzou in KC for the right to play OU in the Big XII championship with a BCS bowl on the line.

Closer to home, the South Haven Cardinals are still undefeated (8-0) and ranked #2 in Class 8-man II with Argonia next on the schedule this Thursday night at South Haven. David Hughes has assembled yet another special team this season on the heels of South Haven's girls basketball champions of last year. Coach Hughes is a great motivator and gets the best out of every one of the kids on his roster. The Argonia game will decide the SCBL champion and determine pairings for the Bi-Districts coming up next week. Good luck Cardinals and coaches Hughes and Gressel and staff.