Sports in Vancouver

The week before labour day is as lame as these punks trying to get a hold of Mike Gillis to confirm the inevitable signing of Luongo while he's on a fishing trip.

And almost as lame as the Canucks signing Nathan MacIver when they already signed three other D-men a few days ago. Manitoba must be hurtin'.

And almost as lame as the amount of fourth liners those Canucks will have to juggle this season. (off the top of my head.. Rypien, Hordichuck, Hansen, Raymond, Grabner (??), Shirokov (??), and possibly Wellwood).

And just as lame as that too-much-time-on-his-hands statistitian for the Grizzlies that pumped up Shareef's numbers. (I always wondered how he was a "star" player but never even made a damn all-star game.

What it does do is give me more of a chance to read up on college football.. like I haven't been doing that for the past nine god damn months.

Luckily, Thursday gives me six hours of college ball, and I couldn't be more happy about it. NC State and South Carolina looks good on paper, and the Boise State/Oregon game on the smurf turf in Idaho is going to be make or break for both teams. Oregon needs every win they can get to catch Cal, and Boise State has all it's tough games finished after week one, meaning an undefeated season really rides on this one.

And what Thursday really does is prep me for a pretty sick weekend of sports.

Friday: Get the hell off my desk at work, pick up intermission beers and head to Queen's Park Arena for the Mann Cup (New Westminster Salmonbellies vs. Brampton Excelsiors) on the wooden floor-- where lacrosse is meant to be played.

Saturday: Nurse the hangover as much as possible and head down to the U. of Washington to see the Huskies play LSU in what should be at least close to a sellout. Yes, it has the potential to be a blowout, but I saw the Oklahoma game last year live and still had a good time.

Also planning on finding some sort of frosh week party at Udub to see what this college party atmosphere is really about.

Sunday: Recover.

So that's mean in a nutshell ("No, this is me in a nutshell: Help! I'm in a nutshell! Get me out of this fucking thing!). Apologize for the Austin Powers quote. I like hockey. too much. And I'm currently on a fling with college football that could turn into something big. Playing lacrosse is my other love, as is basketball. I hate golf but for some reason still hack around courses from time to time.

I'm gonna blog about what's going on that should interest a sports fan in Vancouver.

And no, the CFL shouldn't interest a sports fan in Vancouver. Don't punish yourself. You have the NFL and College ball three hours away.