COTTON BOWL AWAITS & OTHER STUFF

 

              I am not blaming Jayden Fielding for doing a Scott Norwood on Saturday nights lost to IU. Instead I am looking forward to the winner of the Texas A&M vs Miami Hurricanes on December 31st for the Cotton Bowl hopefully I will have that night off from Dollar General to watch it Ill just have to wait & see what happens with work as well to see who we play next. In other news on Friday prior to me going to my school job I had a package waiting for me to enjoy. As I type this post I have yet to open the package to inspect it for to see if their is any damages to a Mirror that I am very thankful from a fellow Blogger "Not Another Card Blog" run by a great Canadian Historian of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame one Mr. Mike Matson. I reached out to Mike wishing that he had a PayPal Account Low & Behold he said he did I asked if he was willing to help me out on getting a couple of Mirrors I need for my Man Cave I have yet to do a more featured post on these maybe Ill get to it at the begining of next year since I am very busy as of late at work & such. I sent the Mike the Payment for it on Friday hopefully he gets it soon so thanks again Mike Ill let ya know how it turns out when I open it. I still need 2 more of the Mirrors check my personal PC for the list of the remaining ones I hope are the last 2 I need. 

            Come later on today I am looking forward to my 2nd chance to do my holiday shopping I went yesterday to start it I am not sure how many days Ill get to do my shopping as I mentioned before I am either at school or at Dollar General jobs & with a new store manager they have to work the kinks out on the scheduling so hopefully I am not running myself crazy wondering when I might be able to have time to myself as well spend time with my significant other of going on for 11 years next year. Sorry I do apologize for making this post short but I am exhausted from walking around carrying presents that aren't meant for me I leave ya with the wotds of Rogers Hornsby when it comes to autographs "Any Ballplayer who doesn't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American, He's a Communist."

WHAT DO THESE 9 TEAMS & I HAVE IN COMMON

             

            What do the Atlanta Braves,Baltimore Orioles,Colorado Rockies,Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim,Minnesota Twins,San Diego Padres,San Francisco Giants,Texas Rangers,Washington Nationals & this Blogger have in common? Were all getting new managers. Care to have me explain well....back on November 21st when I got a rare night off. Yes!!!!!! its true Virginia I got a rare night off from my job at Dollar General. Anyways I was downtown preparing to watch the lighting of the State Christmas Tree when I noticed I had a text message from a co-worker as well a missed call but I thought maybe I might have butt-dialed the district manager so I thought I call her back saying sorry about the butt-dial I tried to call her but her voice mail was full so I couldn't leave a message so then I refocused on my coworkers text message that I had to read it said "Man I have some News our Store Manager just got fired right in front of me" my reply was "WTF!!!!!! no way" I was just about to ask details when my phone rang it was the district manager she said "I have some news to tell you that So-so is no longer with Dollar General your still employed so don't worry" after wiping my brow & catching my breath I was like "Otay what's next" "We'll we will have a new manager for your store sometime after Thanksgiving in the meantime work the remaining scheduled hours as scheduled if you have any problems with the schedule contact me & here's the new # for the combinations to the safes as well the alarm codes (more on the Alarm later) talk you down the road" I then relayed the information to my coworker what I just gotten in the call he was like "I know she told me the same thing before she left." Anyways so yeah I am getting a new manager much like the teams I mentioned before.

                     I don't know what to expected when this new person will start if its a male manager or are we staying with a female again either way I hope they will work with me in letting me have my summer vacation when I go to Chicago in 2026 as well let me continue to come in at a later time on when I attend my monthly show in Livonia as well let me have time off when if I request it in months of advance unlike the previous store manager did. As well give me a raise in pay for all the backlash I had to endure this year. I doubt that last one will occur but I can dream. As I type this message lately I have been getting messages from the District Manager she wonders why I am not doing everything expected for me to do what more can I do when theres only 2 of us working in the store at all times I have so much dirt on some employees why am I being singled out on what I do as well what I don't do communication is one thing my coworkers sometimes have problems with when I ask what is there for me to do especially when I do get those rare times when I am not scheduled to work.  

Heres the Christmas Tree at the state capital of Michigan ain't it pretty.

           Like the teams I mentioned at the top hopefully they can get along with their new manager & I hope I can as well stay tuned I am sure Ill have more to say about this adventure until then I am reminded what Rogers Hornsby once said "Any Ballplayer who doesn't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American, He's a Communist."

BRING ON IU

     It was 2091 days ago since the last time that THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY won against the Team up North playing at the Outhouse in Fanny Farbor on Saturday. As Sage & I were sitting down, me with my 3 hot dogs, cheesy breadsticks, cheese curds, 4 bottles of 1 liter Pepsi & Sage had her snacks of Friskies Delickables of chicken,fish,steak & egg gearing up for THE GAME. We were ready all week long we both said we don't want to have the streak reach 5 games. On Friday we watched the 1987 game as well the 2006 game. So we sat down turning the TV on then saw them moving to score the field goal hoping that was the only time they would score today. Then we saw the interception Sage let out a huge hiss I agreed with her that they should have thrown a flag after the play cause they did a cut throat celebration but no flag instead they kicked another field goal 6-0 comes from a friend of mine in a text saying as well ".....5 in a row I should start preparing for my singing session as well having my wardrobe in corn (maize) & Bleah (blue)" I responded like legendary ESPN analysis & former Indiana University Head Coach (more on IU later keep reading) Lee Corso said once to a little kid "Not so fast ya Flamingo(I think ya know what I said instead) Midget we'll be scoring soon." Sure enough before the 1st quarter was done we got on the board 6-3 quick message to the friend ".....No shutdown tonight & at least we're not afraid to throw it or run it compared to a certain 5 *coughing* tooled frosh Quarterback that was supposed to throw bombs on us or scramble if needs to run to avoid our defense" his response was "its cold outside" I responded "I'm Jul ian Sayin (like that little play on THE OHIO STATE quarterbacks name) our quarterback is outside too but he's hotter than yours"

           

        2nd quarter we watched as Jeremiah Smith haul in a touchdown catch to put them up 10-6 & then we saw them score another field goal then just before the end of the 1st half we see Brandon Inniss tight walk the line to make the score 17-9.

        Once the start of the 2nd half Sage ran out of snacks as we watched the snow fall on the field & watched Brutus making a snow angel as well watch the field crew trying clean up his effort.

Brutus's snow angel 

Just have to wonder if he got a raise for cleaning up the field but missed a bunch of the Bleah 💩 on the sideline. 

Then we saw Carnell Tate make a nice 50 yard catch to say the score 24-9. Unfortunately by then I turned to Sage said well.....we got IU next week she then got off my lap looking at me saying she was off to nap & then she left me alone to watch the celebration on the field.  The final score cause we got another field goal to make it 27-9 so bring on IU!!!!!!

Now I leave it to Coach Day instead of Rogers Hornsby to leave the quote "The best thing to do is win with humility"

Well said Coach congratulations. 

THANKSGIVING MEMORIES

            

                        Happy Thanksgiving everyone I'm sending you my very thankfulness from my family to yours this season. This year's meal will be hard for my parents especially my mother cause as some of you readers have read my blog throughout this 2025 year I lost my baby brother back in January of this year that means one more empty spot that won't be there for dinner this year. I look back in years past how my family tradition would be eating Thanksgiving meal then turning on the game listening to Pat Summerall & John Madden or Dick Enberg & Merlin Olsen as well many others in whomever was calling the game between the Detroit Lions taking on that year, this year its the Green Bay Packers hopefully the Lions can beat them from losing earlier this season up at Lambeau Field in Green Bay otherwise the Lions will be looking for some kind of a Miracle to make the post season this year. 

                     As you gather around your tables this year remember those that we miss having around this festive meal remember that's one thing to be thankful for as well those that are still around for us to share & as well those joining for the first time. Normally I would leave ya with the quote from Rogers Hornsby instead I leave you with this Thanksgiving with a heartly Thank you again from my family to yours & just remember to save room for some pumpkin pie for dessert. 

5 DAYS AWAY

 

      5 days from now I will be sitting in front of my television to watch THE GAME that I have waited for since last year after the Flag posting in the middle of the field. FOX Sports advertised it correctly this year, The National Champions are seeking revenge against the #15 little girls of the city known as Fanny Farbor,Muchigan. Sure they have had the upper hand the last 4 years but this year.....its payback for all the things that happened. 

                                                              Coach Day is ready for this 

         Again all year we have heard the critics say they lost a bunch of key players to the draft in April so they won't be a contender for the playoffs they have an inexperienced quarterback (Last checked he was at 80.1% Completion rate leading all FBS teams), No true running back (Bo Jackson a true Freshman has 835 yards rushing yards I really hope he can get 165+ yards rushing on Saturday) they said we were to have a 7-4 season.

Regular Season
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT	W-L (CONF)	HI PASS	HI RUSH	HI REC
Sat, 8/30	vs1 TEX	W14-7	1-0 (0-0)	Sayin 126	Donaldson 67	Tate 49
Sat, 9/6	vsGRAM	W70-0	2-0 (0-0)	Sayin 306	Jackson 108	Smith 119
Sat, 9/13	vsOHIO	W37-9	3-0 (0-0)	Sayin 347	Jackson 109	Smith 153
Sat, 9/27	@WASH	W24-6	4-0 (1-0)	Sayin 208	Jackson 80	Smith 81
Sat, 10/4	vsMINN	W42-3	5-0 (2-0)	Sayin 326	Jackson 63	Tate 183
Sat, 10/11	@17 ILL	W34-16	6-0 (3-0)	Sayin 166	Jackson 47	Smith 42
Sat, 10/18	@WIS	W34-0	7-0 (4-0)	Sayin 393	West 55	Tate 111
Sat, 11/1	vsPSU	W38-14	8-0 (5-0)	Sayin 316	Jackson 105	Tate 124
Sat, 11/8	@PUR	W34-10	9-0 (6-0)	Sayin 303	Jackson 75	Smith 137
Sat, 11/15	vsUCLA	W48-10	10-0 (7-0)	Sayin 184	Jackson 112	Graham 40
Sat, 11/22	vsRUTG	W42-9	11-0 (8-0)	Sayin 157

BEATING THE VULTURES

 

                I don't know about most of you but I am sure that we all in our places where we live have experienced this dilemma whenever were shopping at any retail store that should carry sports cards. Empty shelves whenever a new product is released & is available in the retail form & we don't want to make the trek to our local hobby shop to pick up the hobby version of the exact same thing or wait for our pickings from a case breaker & we want to crack open something to crave our crave on the new product. I blame the Vultures that crave the same thing we want.

Gotta get me something new to crack open cause I am not a serious collector I am a hungry for the $$$$ cards & latest hot Rookies

              They know the schedules of the distributions of the cards & sit waiting for them to finish filling up the shelves of the new product or they even just wait for them to open the sealed boxes & take what they feel is the right amount of the new product leaving nothing behind for the next person cause they believe they're entitled to it first & they think of the old saying early bird gets the worm or they want it to open right away to post it on YouTube showing ya what your missing out on as well get excited when they pull that rare of a card that some of you player collectors wish you were so lucky to own leaving you I hope they sell it on eBay right away & maybe you can get it before someone else does. Then the lowest part of the collecting spectrum the Set builders which yours truly is a member of are wondering why cant I locate that last card to complete my set cause someone had to take all the boxes from the store & get that hot product sent off to be graded ASAP!!!!! 

                    Now last year I was at a Walmart looking for some individual packs of a product that I thought might not Garner any attention mind you it was 3rd Walmart I stopped at cause the other 2 didn't have anything on the shelves of the product & well my driver didn't want to go to anymore after this stop it was either get something here or wait until ya get back home to find the missing ones. After finding the card section there was the vendor stocking the shelves of the latest newest hottest product that everyone was clamouring over but not me no one else was around the vendor had it roped off like it was a crime scene waiting for the SCCI (Sports Card Collectors Investigating) team to do the investigation on it as I approached the scene the guy said sir I am asking you give me 20 more minutes I am not done with setting the new product but please wait I told him that I was on borrowed time that if I could just look beyond the rope I won't take anything until he was completed. He said he would never understand in hopes to get his job done that someone always has to get something just as he places it on the shelf or out of his distribution box but since he saw there was only me he let me glance & I didn't touch anything until he said alright go at it but then saw me go towards a product that was reduced in price & said if that's all I was looking for then I could clean them up cause he was going to replace them regardless with the new product that I had no part of so said give him a minute still & reached into another box that he didn't pull out reason it was more of the product I was going for & said tell ya what instead of paying $6 for them let the clerk call me & Ill reduce the price by another $2 didn't have to tell me twice so I took them all cause he really didn't want to restock the shelf with the new price & sure enough I took them up to the register to told the clerk to notify them & he stopped stocking the shelf told the clerk that I was good for getting them all for $4 a piece so I bought them all little did he know that I had 20 of them but clerk rang them as $4 for all 20 of them not as individually like he said it should be so I walked out got back in my friends car as we headed back to crack them open. As of this writing I still need 11 more inserts to complete the set from my site hopefully someday I am able to find those last 11 cards. 

Until then I am reminded of what Rogers Hornsby once saying about signing Autographs for little kids "Any Ballplayer who doesn't sign for little kids ain't an American, He's a Communist."