It was 15 years and a day ago

I also can't believe that I forgot to post this yesterday. January 8, 2009 was the 15th anniversary of a really nice...no, a really, totally AWESOME moment in the career of a guy who used to host a softball game at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium.



That play still amazes me.

I guess here is where I say, "Sorry, Lions fans." But, I'm not going to, because I wouldn't really mean it.

So instead I'll say:

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Other sports

The Wisconsin-Florida State game turned out...poorly for the Badgers.

The Journal-Sentinel headline captures the feeling pretty well.

Merciless conclusion
Another crushing defeat ends forgettable season

Pffft!

So this is how the University of Wisconsin's third season under Bret Bielema ended Saturday in the Champs Sports Bowl.

With a whimper.

With an offense incapable of scoring touchdowns when it mattered and culpable for two touchdowns on fumble returns.

With a defense that sagged and allowed a 16-play, 85-yard touchdown drive in the third quarter with the outcome still in doubt.

With an ugly 42-13 loss to a solid but unspectacular Florida State team, a defeat that will do nothing to silence the growing number of UW fans murmuring that Bielema is in over his head and dragging the UW program into the ground.

On a positive note, my Tonbridge Angels defeated Hastings 1-0 on the road yesterday and are settling into a playoff spot in the Ryman Premier League.

On a bitterly cold day at the south coast Tonbridge beat Hastings by a solitary Lewis Hamilton goal 3 minutes before the break.

Picture from Angels Online.

The Packers play the Lions today at Lambeau...Lions 0-15...Packers have lost five straight...Moving on...

I'm a bit hesitant to put up this item, because the last time I mentioned a basketball team at #1 they lost their next game. But, what the heck...

For the first time in more than nine years, the Team of the '90s is back on top.

UW-Platteville, which won the Division III national championship in 1991, 1995, 1998 and 1999, received 13 No. 1 votes and stands atop the latest D3hoops.com Top 25. Former No. 1 and defending national champion Wash U. lost at No. 10 Elmhurst on Saturday and slipped three spots to No. 4.

The Pioneers were last in the top spot in the poll taken through games of Dec. 12, 1999.

Hey! According to this schedule, the Pioneers are playing in a tournament hosted by St. Norbert tomorrow and Tuesday. My alma mater plays Carthage tomorrow at 5:00pm.

Other WIAC schools in the Top 25 are UW-Stevens Point at #5 and UW-Whitewater at #6.

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By Lombardi's glasses

This weekend has, um, been terrible.

First this:

Gbaja-Biamila cut loose by Packers

Then:

Bielema's foul proves costly

Then:
Trailing 27-21 with six minutes left in a WIAA Division 2 second-round playoff game, Verona quarterback Trevor Burmeister capped off a 12-play, 67-yard drive with a 1-yard sneak to seal a 28-27 win over Waterford Saturday.

Finally:
Titans 19, Packers 16

Three losses by a total of six points and one of my favorite players gone.

One plus on the weekend....let me check. Tonbridge crushed Ashford Town 7-1 in Ryman Premier League action on Saturday. That moves them into fifth place in the table. And I've found a more up-to-date website for the team.

I really shouldn't

Because -- Gehrig knows -- typos can be found on just about any post on this blog. However, this one was just too delicious.

It's from a Racine-Journal Times write up of a WIAA Division 2 Football Playoff victory by Waterford over Whitnall.

Fitzwater’s 276-yard field goal widened Waterford’s lead to 17-0 at halftime.

What a leg on that kid!