Ze Pale Hose Might Be Good. Enough!

    I have had some favorite major league baseball teams that never won it all. And, I have had two, no, three, with my favorite players, that have won it all. The Yanks in 1996 with Tim Raines, the 2005 White Sox with Ozzie Guillen, or Paul Konerko, and the 2019 Nats with Soto and Rendon, and Turner. Et al.

    So we shall see with the almost of the radar Chicago White Sox. Earlier in the season my favorite among them was Munetaka Murakami, if I got it right spelling, because you know Japanese. Nihongo. My co-worker Chris is going to Japan, and denied my recent attempt at "Gengi des ka". But he is learning still. He loves One Piece. Oy ve.

    Perhaps my new White Sock favorite is Tristan Peters. He may have had the at-bat of the season. Tie game late in the match, he walks on 18 pitches. I took a screen shot at 17. Amazing. Got on base with a runner ahead of him with zero outs, Sox score 6 to go up six nil. Sox win a huge road win over Cleveland to arrive at 77 wins to Cleveland's 76. This the division and last spot in the playoffs.

    More later. Love it.

 Will North Dakota State Run the Mounttain West? 2026 is A Bit Open

    Welcome to the big time, Bison. You are the Bison, or no? Still figuring out your Division I status. And name. Maybe you go undefeated this season, and enter the CFP? And maybe you will play my Hoosiers or Cougars (Provo not Houston)? Good luck. See you then. I plan on being around at the end of the year. And maybe have a 40 inch waist... Maybe the Army will expand its standards from .55 to .60?

    Panty waist patrol. We want to be fight like the Air and Space Force. Great on us. Secure the Bab al Mandab and the Straits of Hormuz, for starters. Feed our sailors in the Gulf. Too political? This is not Stalinist Russia or CCCP, thank our Living God. amen.

    Ok, college football. Because I wish to publish this, and talk baseball and possibly pro football. And other stuff, like jungle fighting, and trekking in places, and stuff like AI Agents of ourselves...

    Lessee...

    52 lossless teams going into week 3.2ish. Some will knock each other out, like Houston or Pitt, or a few more. My Cougs and Hoosiers are looking good, minus a few key personnel injuries. Must overcome. Harris for IU, Sione or Moa for BYU. And, Esera. I think that is his name.

    I have learned a bit about the Marshall Islands lately. Cool stuff. Sharing about my faith and culture, too. Hypocrisy is bad. Must work, and keep working.

    What else? LSU may be loaded like IU last year. Hmmm.. I would not like that.

    Miami, super good? They finished hot last year. Ole Miss? A&M? Georgia?

    Hard to believe so far that IU or BYU could be as good as them. Or even Texas.

    Will be fun. Escapism and entertainment, all rolled into one.

    Enjoy the times, college football fans!

    On to baseball...

    Sorry, my daughter. There are great things like Family Search going on.

    I recognize it all. The Spirit of Elijah is alive and well and working in the Middle East.

    In sha' ALLAH!

 Ciao. I mean Chau.

    

Conferences After Two Point Twoish Weeks in 2026. College Football.

    How are the Conferences Doing So Far?

    American Conference. 14 Teams.  Only 3 teams undefeated. South Florida, Tulsa, and U. Texas San Antonio. Not that great. Maybe North Texas is the best one. I hope so, because I like the former Indiana QB Tavveon Jackson. And, my kids did some fun church time on the North Texas campus. Denton, I think.

    Army and Navy have taken some lumps.

    Atlantic Coast Conference. 17 teams. 8 left without a loss. They are: Miami, SMU, Virginia, Duke, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest. Hmmm... My favorite of them? Virginia. But I have less reason to like them the last couple years. I kind of like Tech in some ways more. Things can switch outside my childhood favs. Not Duke. Not Pitt... Definitely not Miami. I do not like the ACC that much. Sorry.

    Big Ten. 18 teams. 11 left without a defeat. Indiana, USC, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Penn State, UCLA, Washington, Northwestern. (Only 1-0.) Ohio State and Oregon blew it this weekend. Minnesota looks bad. Illinois choked, and Purdue blinked. Rutgers lookes really bad, and I have tickets! Should be some cake walking.

    Big 12. 16 teams. 8-- half-- still with no losses. BYU, Cincy, Colorado, Houston, Kansas State, Texas Tech, Utah, West Virginia. Could BYU or Texas Tech be the national champ? Utah? Hmmmm... Likely not the Utes. Cougars, may not be good enough on defense. We need Sione Moa back as a runner.  Play better. Yeah.

    Conference USA. 10 teams. All have lost! Waa waa, as my son would say. Which one is the best? Maybe none. Not the Flames... I think.

    Independents. 2 teams. Notre Dame is 2-0. UConn lost this weekend. Fear that Turtle.

    Mid American Conference. 13 teams: Only UMass remains without a loss! They were picked 138th by Lindy's or Athlon! Haha. Magazines. What do they know? Not much.

    Mountain West. 10 teams. North Dakota State and New Mexico have not lost. Only two. This conference has changed a lot.

    PAC 12. Eight (measly) teams. Colorado State and... that is it. They should have invited Brigham Young in 2010. Or 2011. They imploded with no tv deals, too, but they tried to break up the Holy War. Their loss. Big Ten and ACC got you now. Plus the Big 12.

    SEC. 16 teams. Lossless? 13. Those WITH a loss: Kentucky, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. Sorry Boomer Sooners. Michigan does have talent. Despite the gift against Western Michigan. Broncos are okay. They look strong and good to win this fall.

    Sun Belt. 14 teams. Whoo. Appalachian State is it with 0 in the loss column.

    Tough day for the Big Ten. SEC is looking better overall.

    On to week 3.

    See ya, coach potatoes.

    Are we coach spuds? Maybe. Nah, we move and jerk. We are active enough.

    My waist line is going down. Sure.

    Thanks Hegseth for the Panty Waist initiative. I was warned to watch my digital footprint about these things. Sure, will do. Good loooking out.

    

    

    

    

    

    

Undefeated Division 1 (FBS) Teams after 2.2 weeks. 2026

    Breaking News: I snoozed a little and Texas came back and beat Ohio State. Wow. The Buckeyes had this game, setting up a huge game with my Hoosiers in October. Hmmm. Maybe OSU is not all that. And Texas is? Also, Oklahoma State, the other OSU, drops a life killer on the Oregon Ducks, picked by at least one of my six magazines to win the whole thing. Maybe neither Big Ten team makes it now? They have losses, so they are on the outside looking in now.

    After two or so weeks, I think that maybe 75 teams are unblemished midway through this beautiful yet tantalizing September. 

    Let me count as the last teams of the day are playing on the West Coast, plus Clemson in a weather delayed game. 

    1. Indiana. I was going to start with Appalachian State, but why not the Cigar Swagging Cignettis, while the Buckeyes fall on their swords in Austin? Hoosiers, 2-0. North Texas, their first opponent, looks like they may be a top 50 team.The HBCU Howard Bison? First ever matchup for Indiana? Good luck. 

    2. Miami. They pasted their HBCU (Florida A&M) Thursday. 2-0. Hurricanes.V

    3. Viginia. HBCU? Yep. Friday night wipe out massacre. Norfolk State. Cavaliers, 2-0.

    4. Missouri. They handled a respectable Kansas Friday night. Tigers. 2-0.

    5. Appalachian State. Better than East Carolina by 3. Mountaineers. 2-0.

    6. Texas A&M. Overwhelms Arizona State. Aggies, 2-0.

    7. North Carolina. Scraped by TCU in Ireland, and now easy ETSU. Tar Heels, 2-0.

    8. Virginia Tech more than doubles Dominion. Is there hope in Blacksburg? Hokies, 2-0.

    9. Michigan. They get the stolen win first game, then upsets previously hyped Oklahoma today. Wolverines, 2-0.

    10. Penn State. Handles home state Temple. Nittany Lions, 2-0.

    11. U. Southern Florida. Over Army by four points today. Bulls, 2-0.

    12. James Madison. Who needs Cignetti? Kills, or wallops woozy Wagner. Dukes, 2-0.

    13. Wake Forest. Beats Purdue in double OT. Same ugly colors. Demon Deacons, 2-0. Whay is up with Satanic mascots in private school North Carolina?

    14. Kansas State. Impressive, maybe. Over the Cougs of Spokane. Wildcats, 2-0.

    15. Georgia. Number two in the land? Drops 70 on the Hilltoppers. Bulldogs, 2-0.

    16. West Virginia. No real tests yet. Mountaineers of Morgan, 2-0.

    17. BYU. Whoo. I mean "whew". Rallied in the second half over Arizona. Cougars of my college alma mater, 2-0.

    18. Alabama. Still them. Starts slow but smushes Kentucky. Crimson Tide, 2-0.

    19. Duke. Takes it to Illinois in Champagne. Or Champaign. Blue Devils, 2-0. Satanic, I think.

    20. Michigan State. New but old coach. New hopes. Spartans of East Lansing, 2-0.

    21. Maryland. Impressive win against okay UConn? Fearing the Turtle, perhaps, 2-0.

    22. Mississippi State. Bulldogs be bulldogging over the poor Gophers. Los perros como Toros, 2-0.

    23. Notre Dame. Still picked high. Crushing, or steaming Rice. Fighting Irish, 2-0.

    24. Massachusetts. Might be good, after stomping Rutgers. Then again, the Scarlet Knight might suck worse than the rest of New Jersey. Kidding, only Donald Trump sucks in the Garden State. Minutemen, 2-0. Not bad!

    25. UTSA. The... Roadrunners? Wily Coyote getting his ACME law suits on? I digress. These guys could be a thing. Roadrunners? 2-0.

    26. Washington. You Dub. By two over possibly scrawny Utah State. Huskies, 2-0. The jury is far from out.

    27. Pittsburgh. They win a rainy one in the Three River City. Over the team I saw, rallying late. Panthers, 2-0. (Central Florida, low scoring, and respectable win.) 

    28. Colorado. They beat up on Weber State, as they should. Neon Deon might be looking up. No Travis Hunter or sons, no problem? Buffaloes, 2-0.

    29. Troy State. Thet bear their HBCU opponent, Alcorn State. I do not remember the the Troy mascot or nickname. Troy Trojans? 2-0.

    30. Southern Methodist. The horsies ride again. Beat up a FCS California team. Mustangs, 2-0.

    31. New Mexico. Kill an FCS, too. Who knows? Land of Enchantment enchanters? Lobos, 2-0.

    32. Vanderbilt. They are powerfil, maybe? Poor FCS Delware. Commodores, 2-0.

    33. U. Florida. Campbell is chomped. Gators, 2-0.

    34. Nebraska. They win big over Bowling Green of the MAC. Cornie Huskerers, 2-0.

    35. Georgia State. Maybe they are a thing? My old battle-buddy's daughter's school. Panthers, 2-0.

    36. Houston. Ranked Big 12 team wallops, I mean, wastes Southern. Another HBCU, me thinks. Cougars of Texas, 2-0.

    37. Colorado State. Who knows? Fort Collins may have a winner! Not much competition in the Southern Utah Thunderbirds. Rams, 2-0. Blow the shofar like Gail Godot and millions of Jewish folks. Happy new year, or Roshannah. La chaim!

    38. Tennessee. They beat up on Georgia Tech in Rocky Top. Maybe decent. Vols, 2-0.

    39. Tulsa. Watch out! First Oklahoma State, who may be good after toppling the vaunted Ducks today. Hurricanes, or Hurricane. 2-0.

    40. South Carolina. Towson  State, of Baltimore, goes down. Gamecocks, 2-0.

    41. Cinncinnati. They are rolling, over sub-standard teams. Bearcats, 2-0.

    42. UCLA. Is something brewing? Get it? Bruins, 2-0. It was weird to see the Big Ten team compete against the PAC 12 San Diego State Aztecs. Weird. Vinny Barbarino. Bruins, 2-0. I said that already.

    43. Iowa. Good win against state rival Cyclones. Hawkeyes, 2-0. They may struggle on offense as normal.

    44. Louisiana State. Hmmm. Does Kiffin have them as a thing? Time tells. Tigers, 2-0.

    45. Texas. Aforementioned, at the top. Archie and Co may run a gauntlet. I hope that they lose... Buckeyes choked. Longhorns 2-0. OSU was hookem'd. 

    46. Texas Tech. Needed time to buck the Beavers. Red Raiders, 2-0.

    47. Ole Miss. No problem, Charlotte. Like IU last year. Rebels, 2-0.

    48.  Auburn. Staying afloat. Tigers, 2-0. War damn? War Eagle.

    49. Forgot Louisville from Friday night. Possibly potent. Cardinals, 2-0. 

    50. Utah. Cruising over the Razorbacks in Rice-Eccles. Could be good. I like them less since the Friday night McAfee show. Forget the Utes, yeah. Utes, running hard. 2-0.

    51. USC. The U of So Cal. They are busting the Rajin' Cajuns as I scribble. They will be... 3-0. Trojans, playing early. More than most. The only 3-0 as of today? Maybe so.

    There are only 51? Not 75?

    Interesting. Some FCS teams are 2-0 and 3-0, with wins over FBS (i.e. bigger schools.)

    Hmmm...51, will widdle it down to 1. Maybe. Indiana or Brigham Young, I will dream on.

    Love you, miss you, see you soon.

    I baby sat today. Yep, for my friends and colleagues.

    Blog it.

    52. North Dakota State. They are tough. The Bison?  Are 3-0.

    So, we got 52 teams undefeated after three weeks, most teams only playing twice. This coming week more will go down. Quite a few play each other.

    May the best teams win.

    

White Sox Win a Big One. Can they Do More this Fall?

    Maybe. The answer is maybe.

    I watched a little bit between the college football games that were thrilling and fun, after a work day. But I snoozed, and the Pale Hole rallied late against the Cardinals to get a clutch 6-5 win. They are still leading their division despite spiraling lately, scuffling. Not doing well, losing more than perhaps all this long 2026 season. They were better than this, yes?

    Yes, I think so. Even though they have four starters hitting a little over .200. People in the majors are not hitting for high averages this year. Arraez, the best hitter, is maybe only around .320. Guys are down.

    The White Sox are staying above .500, but this last week was rough. Can they play agains the killer teams with tons of wins like the Rays, or the Yankees? Who else? In the American, maybe the... the... Red Sox? I cannot remember. The Blue Jays? Who else is close? No one in the West... right?

    The National League has killer squads, like the Dodgers, Braves, Cubs, Brewers. Wait, the Brewers are in the American. Time warp, I am confused. 

    Anyway, mayne these White Sox have some magic in them yet.

    Montgomerys, Grichuk, Murakami, Benintendi, Antonacci. Fedde and a few pitchers. They have been above average. We shall see.

    Baseball. It's a thing.

    Happy fall. Happy Saturday.

Embrace the Suck. Dealing With Army Setbacks or Lies. Soldiering On.

    Since being in the U.S. Army, part time as I have participated, one mantra or motto is to "embrace the suck." Sometimes we have to do things that are hard and put us in danger, or simply uncomfortble and frustrating. It happens. We sign up knowing this.

    However, some blows are harder to accept, when it seems like individuals or the system has betrayed us, the ones who have tried to live up to the mission and ideals of the miltary that we serve. It happens. Perhaps too much. All is not fair. War is the primary test that is the ultimate arbiter of what may happen  to soldiers, marines, seamen, airmen, coasties and guardians. But there is more time of preparation and peace. We put forth efforts in preparation in times of peace...

    To be continued later...

Fred Warner is a Better BYU Graduate than Puka Nacua. Why? Character.

    I am confident that Warner does not have girl or women problems. He is a man who would not hurt a female partner, right? Nacua? What is the deal?

    A second woman has serious issues with this guy that I thought was so cool, becasue of his skills.

    No, Fred Warner has to be better than Puka.

    I hope them the best. On the field, but more importantly off.

    May we do the same.

    Be good with all people. Men and women, children, and even the animals and plants.