Pity the poor Georgia fans

    It's a shame.
        Georgia is 5-2, a record that's really not bad.
        It's better than Texas, whose implosion in 2010 was worse than Georgia's.
        It's better than defending national champ Auburn. It's equal to Texas A&M, that jewel that's really going to raise the SEC's stature, and to West Virginia, which put only 13 fewer yards on LSU than Oregon and Florida combined (548-533).
        And it's better than Florida.
        But God, it clearly sucks to be a Georgia fan.

Who's next, Tulsa?

    The idiocy continues.
    Missouri to the SEC is a worse move for the conference than Texas A&M.
    "Hey, it brings the mid-Kansas market to the SEC."
    Silly.
    Missouri does fit better geographically. It's closest SEC program is only 5-1/2 hours away in Fayetteville.
    At this idiotic rate, the geographic center of the SEC is going to be Tunica.

Who kidnapped the Falcons?

    Atlanta is known for traffic and smog, and apparently both are doing something to the Falcons.
    They went from sexy - albeit in part because of too much makeup - to homely, and it's hard to figure out, on the surface, why.
    Atlanta upgraded the passing game with Julio Jones, but downgraded the offense by letting lineman Harvey Dahl go.

Make this check payable to Albert Pujols

Dear St. Louis Cards management,
    I've been to your city twice, once as an adult. First time I've stayed in a really classy hotel, and oh my God, the bed was unbelievable.
    Peter Angelos having crashed the Orioles into a river a few decades ago - that, and distance from Baltimore as an adult, and the job - have soured me a bit on baseball. As have the too-long season, Tim McCarver, and a few other things.
    But we all know how great a baseball town St. Louis is. Growing up as an Oriole fan, I know what it's like to cheer for players with integrity, players who stayed with one team forever or for nearly all of their career: Brooks Robinson, Cal Ripken, Boog Powell, Paul Blair, Ken Singleton, Jim Palmer, etc.
    I'm not one for blank checks, by any stretch, especially since so many go to the blank-headed players. I hate that Albert, by all accounts a hugely classy guy, is playing a numbers game. Er, that Albert's agent is.

Splat: yes, that would be the sound of a baseball season ending

        I doubt many people saw the warning Wednesday night from the state's Department of Health.
        Those watching the Braves-Phillies game were advised not to eat or drink during the game for fear of choking, and that they should see a medical professional if or when their throats tightened during game.
        There was also a notice sent out to state law enforcement officials to patrol bridges with a little more frequency.