THE DAILY DIVERSION

Well, I'm happy and I'm kind of disappointed, all at the same time. Last night the Toppers pulled off a heroic comeback and beat a team that they probably should've beat more handily, but, at the same time, Notre Dame looked like a big ol' pile of wet dog crap in their game against LSU.

I didn't get to see any of Western's game, but I listened to bits and pieces on the radio. We were down 3 with 5 seconds and change left on the clock. They had one of their best free throw shooters on the line and he clanks it. Courtney "Mr. Go To Guy" (for my boy Murph) Lee grabs the board and races down the court to drain a 3 to send it to overtime. The Toppers shut out Troy for most of the overtime and end up winning by 4. At this point in time last night, Notre Dame was still in the game, so I was still happy!

One reason I'm upset is that I can't believe I stayed up past halftime to watch that piece of crap,when, obviously, Notre Dame didn't. It was a good game in the first half. Notre Dame kept it close and came back to tie it after being down 14 very, very early. The defense was absolutely atrocious, and that continued all night long (wow, that puts the Lionel Ritchey song in my head, which makes me feel a little better). To make matters worse, the offense got three possessions in the 3rd quarter and did absolutely nothing with them, therefore forcing the much maligned defense on the field for nearly 10 minutes during the quarter. When that happens, you know it's not going to be pretty.

For the most part, the defense played decently. They stopped the run and force LSU to several field goal attempts. However, their Achilles Heal came back up and bit them thoroughly on the ass once again. Big play after big play sealed their fate. It's as if the defensive philosophy of the game was to stop the run, but try to play prevent defense at the same time. There was little to no pressure on the quarterback (nothing new there) and mini-Daunte Culpepper just sat back and picked apart the zone. I don't have enough fingers, toes, and appendages to count how many times one of their receivers was sitting down in the zone just waiting for JaMarcus Russell to lob the ball to him. It was silly. The worse part is that Russell rarely threw a good ball. Most of the time the ball came out of his wobbly or off target. That didn't matter though, because there was never a Notre Dame defensive back within 10 yards of their receivers to make a play on it.

Just to rub things in, the LSU faithful proved once again why they are some of the least classy fans in the world. It's not bad enough that they pelt visiting team buses with eggs and bags of urine is it? Well, last night, while leading 41-14, these classy bastards decided to break out the "OVER-RATED" chant. Umm... Folks... You're ranked higher than Notre Dame. I just thought I'd let you know that.

Yet another team I'll put on my "dislike list" because of their stupid fans. Maybe one day I'll actually write that list down?