Greetings from the sports desk located somewhere below decks of the Good Pirate Ship RedState. Sammy the Shark and Karl the Kraken are, as always, on top of things …
On top of keeping the fish cracker company in business, that is.
Considering what went on in college football yesterday (October 5), are we sure someone didn’t play fast and loose with the calendar this year by moving Halloween up from the 31st? We start with the mother of all upsets, namely Vanderbilt — yes, that Vanderbilt, more commonly known in the SEC as the Nashville Doormats, among other less than complimentary terms — defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide 40-35. Yes, Alabama showed up at the correct stadium to play the game. No, Vanderbilt did not supplement its roster with a stealth draft of NFL players. The Commodores (and why is a landlocked school’s nickname a high naval rank?) outplayed the Crimson…