The Sports Socialite

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!! 

There are very few comparisons to football games on Halloween. Tailgating with plenty of ghouls and goblins, and Halloween inspired drinks and eats…also dressing up to just go watch the games.  I know I’ll see some funky stuff today. 

Today UConn returns to their turf for heir first home game since the loss of #6 Jasper Howard.  The team arrived to the stadium today, all wearing #6 jerseys.  It will be an emotional day up there, honoring Howard, but how could anyone root against them? 

Indiana @ Iowa – Hawkeyes

Rutgers @ Connecticut – Huskies

North Carolina State @ Florida State – Seminoles

Purdue @ Wisconsin – Boilers

Missouri @ Colorado – Buffaloes

Georgia vs. Florida – Gators

California @ Arizona State – Bears

UCLA @ Oregon State – Bruins

Penn State @ Northwestern – Nittany Lions

Michigan @ Illinois – Wolverines

Texas @ Oklahoma State – Longhorns

USC @ Oregon – Ducks

Michigan State @ Minnesota – Spartans

Good luck with your finding for the day… trick or treat?

The NBA had a HUGE opening Tuesday with the Celtics delivering a win against the new, Shaq-added, Cavaliers… and the Lakers getting their Champsionship rings before they beat the Clippers.

For the ring ceremony, new Laker Ron Artest sat in the locker room; added motivation to get one of his own.  Noticed courtside besides the usual movie stars, musicians, and professional athletes was Mrs. Odom herself, Khloe Kardashian.

With the NBA starting, MLB ending, NFL halfway over, and NHL somewhere lost in the frey, this is the only time of year that all four major sports are being played.  I question why.

The McCourt’s were a family who bought the Dodgers back in 2004; the team had suffered severe losses in the recent years leaing up to sale, so Frank McCourt put the team in his name.  In the meantime, to prevent possible creditors from their assets, all of the properties the McCourt family owned were put into Jamie McCourt’s name.

After 30 years of marriage, Jamie has filed for divorce in the State of California where “irreconcilable differences” is all that needs to be claimed.

Besides wanting her job back, she was fired on Monday, Jamie would like the perks, too.

- travel by private jet
- 5 star hotel accommodations
- travel expenses – Unlimited
- business dinners 5 nights per week
- business lunches 5 days per week
- parking spots at Dodger Stadium
- flowers in the office
- making Dodger Legends available for events without charge
- provision of Dodger autographed items as requested for use in business and charitable activities
- hair and makeup for Dodger events
- access to team doctors for McCourt family members
- access to the owner’s suite for Dodger home games and non-baseball events at the stadium
- Tickets to All-Star games and playoff games — even if the Dodgers aren’t playing
- a pass to all National League games

Sounds like a great life… too bad they couldn’t wait until the season was actually over for the Dodgers before they began all this.

And then there were 4, 4 undefeated teams that is.  The Saints, Vikings, and Colts will be fighting for the win, not perfection, or so they would like us to believe, while the Broncos get to rest up and reflect on the good that Josh McDaniels has instilled in that program.  During this bye, the Titans can hopefully take the week to regroup, and make te changes needed to get some wins this season.

Green Bay @ Cleveland – Packers

San Diego @ Kansas City – Chargers

Indianapolis @ St. Louis – Colts

Minnesota @ Pittsburgh – Steelers

New England @ Tampa Bay – Patriots

San Francisco @ Houston – 49er’s

Buffalo @ Carolina – Bills

NY Jets @ Oakland – Jets

Atlanta @ Dallas – Falcons

Chicago @ Cincinnati – Bengals

New Orleans @ Miami – Saints

Arizona @ NY Giants – Giants

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Philadelphia @ Washington – Eagles

Today I will have the tv on, and be ripping down a wall, and then stalling a pocket door from my bathroom to my closet.  It was decided that this needs to be done now because I need my clothes out of the bedroom, that has doubled as my closet, so we can gut that.  Here in Los Angeles, we are only privy to 3 daytime games – Chargers @ Cheifs, Vikings @ Steelers, and Falcons @ Cowboys.  CBS des not have a doubleheader today.

Depending on when your team has their bye, or if they even get one, or they get to play in a conference championship we are past the halfway point of the season.  One can say that the cream has risen to the top, but a couple of key match-ups between ranked opponets will dictate how the standings break down come tomorrow, and the BCS on Monday.

Minnestoa @ Ohio State – Buckeyes

S. Florida @ Pittsburgh – Panthers

Illinois @ Purdue – Boilermakers

Colorado @Kansas State – Wildcats

Oregon @ Washington – Ducks

Penn State @ Michigan – Nittany Lions

Boston College @ Notre Dame – Irish

UCLA @ Arizona – Bruins

Iowa @ Michigan State – Spartans

TCU @ BYU – Cougars

Oregon State @ USC – Trojans

Boise State @ Hawaii – Broncos

With Halloween a week away, you should already expect to see some tricks and treats if you decide to watch football all day.

Ladies, do not go after a married man… they will tell you stories and not leave their wives.

This goes for every man- anchor, athlete, actor, pastor, police man, politician, bus driver, baliff, brick layer, stock broker, salesman, stenographer.

Do yourself a favor and run, don’t just walk away. 

Guys, when you do cheat on your wife or girlfriend, there is always the potential that you get a girl who is lacking a few cards in her deck.  Be careful of this, she will not only ruin your personal life, but your professional life as well.

Don’t put your wife and children through this.

Those Dodgers are not holding up well against the Phillies… but neither are the ratings.  Apparently, in the LA market, the Chargers/Broncos game won the night.  In a market that has both MLB teams in the League Championships, a football game that is 2+ hours south is king.

It seems like the Dodgers really don’t have a shot at coming back in this series.  I didn’t want a freeway series, but things don’t look good for the Angels in the ALCS either.  To me, I’m seeing an all east coast World Series.  If that is the case, I will probably go back to catching up on my DVR… I haven’t watched Heroes yet this season.

There is much to be said about who will still be undefeated at the end of today. I am still feeling the Saints are to continue on their streak.

Houston @ Cincinnati – Bengals

Detroit @ Green Bay – Lions

Baltimore @ Minnestoa – Vikings

NY Giants @ New Orleans – Saints

Cleveland @ Pittsburgh – Steelers

Carolina @ Tampa Bay – Bucs

Kansas City @ Washington – Redskins

St. Louis @ Jacksonville – Rams

Arizona @ Seattle – Cardinals

Philadelphia @ Oakland – Eagles

Tennessee @ New England – Patriots

Buffalo @ NY Jets – Jets

Chicago @ Atlanta – Bears

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Denver @ San Diego – Broncos

If you are at Penn State, there will be no tailgate.  Not cool at all but due to the weather advisory and how chilly it is to be, there will be no pregame festivities in Paternoville.

It may be “Big Ten Weather” in the Big Ten, and fall everywhere else, but after a random rain storm that had my recently purchased home leaking, it isto be about 82* at the beaches here in Los Angeles, and the kick-off temp in Tempe, AZ may be projected at aroun 90* for Arizona State vs. Washington.

Oklahoma vs. Texas – Longhorns

Iowa @ Wisconsin – Hawkeyes

USC @ Notre Dame – Trojans

Minnesota @ Penn State – Nittany Lions

Cal @ UCLA – Bruins

Virginia Tech @ Georgia Tech – Yellow Jackets

I have been resigned to not putting Purdue in my picks because I don’t want to pick against them.  I heard OSU coach Jim Tressel on Petros & Money on Thursday and it was great how he talked up Purdue as a scary opponent… how our season really has come down to a few plays and we could have been a 4-2 team.  I don’t like pity.  Truth be told, we can’t play for 60 mins straight through.  Although plenty of my good college friends ventured out to West Lafayette this weekend for this game, I don’t like having my heart broken by losses after expending so much capital to be present for the experience.  When I went 2 years ago to this same very match-up, I ended up letting adorable OSU boys buy me drinks because, shoot, if we couldn’t win the game, I could at least re-coup some cash.

May all the Boilers have a great time on gameday, even if we don’t win.  At least it will be warm enough to tailgate.

Flipped on Friday Night Tailgate in the Big Ten Network and Mike Hall’s make-up is really awful. Like totally in need of assistance in Chicago right now. His neck is bare while his face is made and tan.

Also, these athletes are mouth breathers. Big feature on IU basketball.