The Wisconsin mens basketball team was a shell of it's former self in 2017-18. With all of the injuries to their outside shooters it left them vulnerable and other teams were more than happy to capitalize. Not anymore. D'Mitrick Trice and Kobe King are back. Brad Davison has two healthy shoulders, Nate Reuvers puts on 25 pounds of muscle and is blocking everything in sight . Oh, and Ethan Happ is back to do Ethan Happ under the basket. The Badgers have started the season 5-0 after back to back wins over Stanford and Oklahoma and will now face #4 ranked Virginia today. Tony Bennett's Cavaliers pride themselves on defense but after watching them yesterday there is no reason why Wisconsin can't win this game. The guy that stands out for me is Trice. I'm not sure anyone thought he would be this good this soon. He had 25 points and seven three pointers in the win over Oklahoma and with him and Davison hitting from outside, teams will really have to think hard about collapsing the D on Happ. Not that it will matter. Happ, while struggling at times, still has five double-doubles to start the season. They have seven games before Christmas including NC State in the Big Ten/Acc Challenge, two Big Ten games vs Iowa and Rutgers and a trip to the new Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee to face Marquette. We'll know more then.
Here is one of those special Christmas ads guaranteed to tug at your soul. Incredibly well done. John Lewis is a British department store chain famous for their Christmas commercials.
This was the week that Spanish leader Generalissimo Francisco Franco finally died in 1975 after an incredibly long illness. It had been a running joke on SNL
Dan Arnold of UW-Platteville caught a TD pass from Drew Brees last night. There are a number of D-3 players in the league.
We got our first look at the 'live action” Lion King movie coming next summer. Do we need it? Will it be as good as the classic animated feature?
It's time for the annual Wausau boys basketball Thanksgiving tournament. Its tonight and tomorrow at Wausau East. West, Port Edwards and Mosinee will join the Lumberjacks. I will have East vs Port Edwards tonight at 7pm and East vs Mosinee Saturday night at 7 on Foxsports Radio AM1390 & FM 93.9
Things to annoy you:
On Thanksgiving Donald Trump said he was “thankful” for his own tremendous work. He also said “This country is so much stronger than it was when I took office that you wouldnt believe it.”. Jeezus, does he really believe the crap that flows from his pie-hole or is this one giant troll on America? Are we going to wake up one day and find this has been a freaking reality show that has been engineered by Simon Cowell?
He also decided this week to get in a pissing match with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts…a man who one day might hold his fate in his hands. We know Trump isn't a smart guy but this is stupider than his usual meltdowns. But, why the hell not. He's already at war with the CIA, FBI, the Military, The National Park Service, the EPA, Public Education and the free press. I'm sure I'm missing some.
Quotes of The Day
“Guy who somehow managed to go bankrupt owning casinos and Manhatten real estate has views on what interest rates should be.”-Josh Brown
“Since Mr Trump excels in dishonesty, it is now up to members of Congress to obtain and declassify the CIA findings on Jamal Khashoggi's death. No one in Saudi Arabia–most especially the Crown Prince–should escape accountability for such a heinous act.”-John Brennan
“You will be impeached–it is what it is.”-Rosanna Arquette
“Journalism 101: If someone says it's raining and another person says it's dry, it's not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out the f**king window and find out which is true.”-Sally Claire
“Other than the Intelligence Community, the FBI, the Department of Justice, veterans, dead veterans, Navy Seals, prisoners of war, diplomats, bureaucrats,our allies, members of Congress, the press, and out intelligence, who among us has Trump not insulted and abused?”-David Rothkopf
“Remember when he talked about hiring the best people? Most members of his administration are not simply mediocre, they are lierally D-listers, losers, miscreants, fools and extremists–people like him. We have a government run by know-nothings.”-Tony Schwartz
“Its been obvious from the beginning that Trump was dirty and corrupt. But its a relief to see the legal system finally starting to catch up with him. He's going to go down in dozens of different places. He knows his time is limited.”-John Oberlin
“Being Saudi Arabia's bitch is not “America First”.”-Rep Tulsi Gabbard
“Remember when Trumpers said Hillary was in bed with Saudi Arabia, and claimed that should automatically disqualigy her from being president? Just wanted to remind everyone of that while Trump helps them cover up a murder of a US resident so he can make money.”-Denizcan Grimes
“Once again, our president proves that you can't buy a moral compass. And Saudi Arabia proves that you can, on the other hand, buy a president.”-Iilan Omar
“The Saudis butchered a lovely journalist and Donald Trump thanks them for oil prices. This man breastfeeds from the devil's teat.”-Jason Overstreet
“Steam is very reliable. Electromagnetic-unfortunately you have to be Albert Einstein to really work it properly.”-Donald Trump (on phone call with soldiers)
“Yes sir. You sort of have to be Albert Einstein to run the nuclear power plant that we have here as well, but we are doing that very well.”-Navy officer responding
Songs Of The Day (pulled this gem out of my stacks the other day. You may only know One Toke Over The Line, but the LP is filled with excellent country-rock-folk with a few early 70's protest songs too.
