This was a fairly quiet weekend thanks to a KU bye week and the girls being busy on their own.<\/p>\n
Our Halloween was relaxed. We decided to go hang with our old neighbors. It sure brought back memories to sit in their driveway and watch kids scamper through the cul-de-sac. That was where our girls did almost all of their trick-or-treating. As we at chili we reminisced about the various holidays we shared with our friends, including the one when it was sleeting sideways and our girls insisted on going out. We might have been the only people dumb enough to hit the streets that night, and folks were literally dumping their entire candy collections into our girls\u2019 bags. They thought the misery was worth it.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve left a bowl at our house a few times with a sign telling folks to help themselves. And we always come back to an almost-full bowl. It helps that we get very few trick-or-treaters. We did that again this year. C and L were home and said they didn\u2019t hear a lot of kids come to our house. Yet when we got home the bowl was completely empty, robbing us of our post-Halloween candy to share as a family. I didn\u2019t bother to check our front-door cam to see which little a-holes helped themselves to the entire bowl.<\/p>\n
CHS won their opening playoff game against now 0\u201310 North Central 36\u20130. It was pretty sloppy with lots of penalties and wasted opportunities. L walked across the street to watch but I didn\u2019t think it would be worth even that meager effort. I believe this is the first year since M was in seventh grade that I didn\u2019t go to a single CHS game, although I still listened to each one and did walk over when our friends from Carmel played NC.<\/p>\n
The Irish advance to play #1 Lawrence North, who after a slow first half looked really good beating their arch rivals Lawrence Central. I had that game on TV until the Pacers started. CHS has knocked LN out of the playoffs each of the last two years but this is a very different LN team. I will be watching basketball 80 miles north so likely won\u2019t be able to follow the sectional championship game very well.<\/p>\n
A KU bye week meant no heart-breaking, come-from-ahead loss. Which was a nice change from how this fall has gone.<\/p>\n
I watched most of Ohio State – Penn State. I see Andy Kotelnicki\u2019s kryptonite is still first and goal inside the 10. His offense always bogged down in those situations at KU. Even with better talent he still struggles when faced with a short field. It\u2019s like all his creativity disappears and he just runs dives up the middle.<\/p>\n
Clearly having either just played KU or having the Jayhawks next on your schedule takes a lot out of a team, with both Kansas State and Iowa State losing Saturday.<\/p>\n
I was actually looking forward to watching IU play this week. I knew the game was on Peacock. We are Xfinity customers and I thought we got Peacock for free. Turns out we just get a limited part of Peacock free, and that tier does not include live sports. I was not going to pay $10 to see one game of a team I don\u2019t really care about. But cool that IU is 9\u20130 for the first time in their history.<\/p>\n
So much for Joe Flacco making a difference. I didn\u2019t watch much of the Colts-Vikings game Sunday night but when I did, I saw an offense that was absolutely putrid. Yep, Chris Ballard and Shane Steichen are going to be looking for new jobs this winter.<\/p>\n
After beating the Celtics in overtime Wednesday to get their first win of the year, the Pacers blew multiple leads in New Orleans to lose another one Friday.<\/p>\n
Worse, for the second time in a week they lost a backup center to a non-contact, achilles injury, this time second stringer Isaiah Jackson. For the moment Myles Turner is the Pacers only true big. I hope they are triple taping his calves and ankles, while also finding a way to move some of their wing depth to find another big body.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been a quiet recruiting season, so far, for KU. That was because Bill Self put all his recruiting eggs into one basket, and was waiting on a decision from Darryn Peterson, the #3 overall player in this year\u2019s senior class. Peterson finally made his decision Friday night, picking KU. That\u2019s been the assumption for months, mostly because he\u2019s already signed a multi-year deal with Adidas and all the other schools recruiting him were Nike programs. Still, there were rumors that both Ohio State and USC were making big runs at him.<\/p>\n
The Jayhawks got their man and can now, hopefully, start filling around him. KU will lose at least six players after this season, so there are opportunities for any young men who want to play in the greatest building in the game. DP, the highest rated recruit KU has signed since Josh Jackson, is a pretty good start.<\/p>\n
I swear, October is the fastest month of the year. It just flies by no matter how old you or your kids are.<\/p>\n
The sun setting at 5:40 is stupid.<\/p>\n
Late summer keeps hanging on. We had two days around 80 last week. We are supposed to have a couple days in the 70s this week. It will flip eventually, but zero complaints about the weather at the moment.<\/p>\n
The girls both went to parties Saturday. The cops showed up at the one L was at. But, she was quick to tell me, not because of the the actual party. One of her travel teammates had a bunch of people over. Naturally word got out, a hoarde of kids from other schools showed up and they were not allowed inside the house, so they first destroyed L\u2019s friend\u2019s basketball hoops (one of those movable ones) then started fighting in the street. The cops showed up to clear them out but never even knocked on the door where the actual party was. Glad we\u2019ve trained our girls to understand they can have friends over, but can never, ever host a party. We\u2019re not dealing with that shit.<\/p>\n
Remember being in high school and hearing rumors that there was a party at so-and-so\u2019s house, or in such-and-such neighborhood, and driving around hoping to find it and then talk your way in? I did plenty of that. But I never destroyed anyone\u2019s basketball hoop. Or fought in the street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This was a fairly quiet weekend thanks to a KU bye week and the girls being busy on their own. Halloween Our Halloween was relaxed. We decided to go hang with our old neighbors. It sure brought back memories to sit in their driveway and watch kids scamper through the cul-de-sac. That was where our girls did almost all of their trick-or-treating. As we at chili we reminisced about the various holidays we shared with our friends, including the one when it was sleeting sideways and our girls insisted on going out. We might have been the only people dumb enough to hit the streets that night, and folks were literally dumping their entire candy collections into our girls\u2019 bags. They thought the misery was worth it. We\u2019ve left a bowl at our house a few times with a sign telling folks to help themselves. And we always come back to an almost-full bowl. It helps that we get very few trick-or-treaters. We did that again this year. C and L were home and said they didn\u2019t hear a lot of kids come to our house. Yet when we got home the bowl was completely empty, robbing us of our post-Halloween candy to share as a family. I didn\u2019t bother to check our front-door cam to see which little a-holes helped themselves to the entire bowl. HS Football Playoffs CHS won their opening playoff game against now 0\u201310 North Central 36\u20130. It was pretty sloppy with lots of penalties and wasted opportunities. L walked across the street to watch but I didn\u2019t think it would be worth even that meager effort. I believe this is the first year since M was in seventh grade that I didn\u2019t go to a single CHS game, although I still listened to each one and did walk over when our friends from Carmel played NC. The Irish advance to play #1 Lawrence North, who after a slow first half looked really good beating their arch rivals Lawrence Central. I had that game on TV until the Pacers started. CHS has knocked LN out of the playoffs each of the last two years but this is a very different LN team. I will be watching basketball 80 miles north so likely won\u2019t be able to follow the sectional championship game very well. College Football A KU bye week meant no heart-breaking, come-from-ahead loss. Which was a nice change from how this fall has gone. I watched most of Ohio State – Penn State. I see Andy Kotelnicki\u2019s kryptonite is still first and goal inside the 10. His offense always bogged down in those situations at KU. Even with better talent he still struggles when faced with a short field. It\u2019s like all his creativity disappears and he just runs dives up the middle. Clearly having either just played KU or having the Jayhawks next on your schedule takes a lot out of a team, with both Kansas State and Iowa State losing Saturday. I was actually looking forward to watching IU play this week. I knew the game was on Peacock. We are Xfinity customers and I thought we got Peacock for free. Turns out we just get a limited part of Peacock free, and that tier does not include live sports. I was not going to pay $10 to see one game of a team I don\u2019t really care about. But cool that IU is 9\u20130 for the first time in their history. Colts So much for Joe Flacco making a difference. I didn\u2019t watch much of the Colts-Vikings game Sunday night but when I did, I saw an offense that was absolutely putrid. Yep, Chris Ballard and Shane Steichen are going to be looking for new jobs this winter. Pacers After beating the Celtics in overtime Wednesday to get their first win of the year, the Pacers blew multiple leads in New Orleans to lose another one Friday. Worse, for the second time in a week they lost a backup center to a non-contact, achilles injury, this time second stringer Isaiah Jackson. For the moment Myles Turner is the Pacers only true big. I hope they are triple taping his calves and ankles, while also finding a way to move some of their wing depth to find another big body. College Hoops Recruiting It\u2019s been a quiet recruiting season, so far, for KU. That was because Bill Self put all his recruiting eggs into one basket, and was waiting on a decision from Darryn Peterson, the #3 overall player in this year\u2019s senior class. Peterson finally made his decision Friday night, picking KU. That\u2019s been the assumption for months, mostly because he\u2019s already signed a multi-year deal with Adidas and all the other schools recruiting him were Nike programs. Still, there were rumors that both Ohio State and USC were making big runs at him. The Jayhawks got their man and can now, hopefully, start filling around him. KU will lose at least six players after this season, so there are opportunities for any young men who want to play in the greatest building in the game. DP, the highest rated recruit KU has signed since Josh Jackson, is a pretty good start. Misc I swear, October is the fastest month of the year. It just flies by no matter how old you or your kids are. The sun setting at 5:40 is stupid. Late summer keeps hanging on. We had two days around 80 last week. We are supposed to have a couple days in the 70s this week. It will flip eventually, but zero complaints about the weather at the moment. The girls both went to parties Saturday. The cops showed up at the one L was at. But, she was quick to tell me, not because of the the actual party. One of her travel teammates had a bunch of people over. Naturally word got out, a hoarde of kids from other schools showed up and they were not allowed inside the house, so they first destroyed L\u2019s friend\u2019s basketball hoops (one of those movable ones) then started fighting in the street. The cops showed up to clear them out but never even knocked on the door where the actual party was. Glad we\u2019ve trained our girls to understand they can have friends over, but can never, ever host a party. We\u2019re not dealing with that shit. Remember being in high school and hearing rumors that there was a party at so-and-so\u2019s house, or in such-and-such neighborhood, and driving around hoping to find it and then talk your way in? I did plenty of that. But I never destroyed anyone\u2019s basketball hoop. 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