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“It’s very shocking,” Oakland running back Darren McFadden said. “I call him Automatic Seabass, so it’s just one of those things. If he kicked that ball 100 times, he’s going to make 99 of them. It just so happened that he missed that one.”

That’s what Raider’s running back Darren McFadden said after the tough loss the Raiders suffered to the Arizona Cardinals.   What makes this interesting and worthy of talking about is the fact that Sebastian Janikowski kicked six field goals today and only made three of them!!  So when McFadden said that if he kicks that 100 times, he should make 99 of them.  That’s just not right considering that he missed three field goals and was the reason why the Raiders lost 24-23! If Janikowski had just made one more of those that’s all it would have taken for them to come away with a victory.  Not entirely sure what game McFadden was watching but obviously he should rethink his stance on Automatic Seabass’s nickname.

Gun

Two armed men robbed BJ’s Drug last night around 8:30 p.m and made off with an undisclosed amount of money.  Barney Joseph Jr., 43, owner of the store, said two men walked into his store around 8:30 p.m. wearing ski masks and immediately pointed a gun at him while the other masked man stole the cash from the register.  Barney says that the two men drove away with a car that was parked at the front of the store, the robbery took less than a minute.  After further investigation, police found out that Barney keeps a pistol under the counter but he chose not to use the weapon in defense of his store.  Barney said that it would have been unwise for him to have used his gun in the situation that he was in.

Nearly 25 years ago, BJ’s Drug was robbed and the owner of the store was killed in the hold up.  That owner was Barney’s father.  Talking further with Barney about the robbery that occurred 25 years ago, revealed why he didn’t use his gun to stop his robbery, “Dad resisted, I guess.  Anyway, they found him shot to death, his own gun in his hand, and a bullet in the store’s ceiling.  I’d rather part with my money than my life,” he said.

Suffolk Downs

Several hours before the racing season at Suffolk Downs Race Track, Boston opened up, the barn which was housing the horses, burned to the ground.  Sometime around four o’clock this morning, flames erupted inside of the barn and the barn quickly caught fire and burned to the ground in a matter of hours.  Only several rows of charred wooden supports remain after the fire.  25 horses were stabled in the barn, of those 25 however, 15 died of them died.  The other ten managed to escape the fiery barn even with two of the horses back’s being on fire.  Jockey, Albert Ramos, Miami, FL, was shocked and was in complete dismay at the fire, “That’s my best friends,” he said, pointing to the surviving horses. “I love horses more than I do people.  I feel like I want to cry.”

Arson is suspected to be the cause of the fire by several officials.  Dan Bucci, assistant general manager of the track said, “It could have been of an incendiary nature because it started in the middle of the barn, not at the end.  Only the heaters and electrical outlets were in the tack rooms at the ends of the barns.”  If that’s not enough cause for suspicion then Jim Connery, fire chief, has more details on the fire, ” The fire exploded near the center of the barn.  Flamers were shooting out of the building when we got here.  The fire is definitely suspicious.”  An investigation is under way to determine how the fire started and who had access to the barns at such an early time in the morning.

http://espn.go.com/blog/AFCWest/post/_/id/17183

All I have to say about this story is its about time!  Finally some common sense is being displayed in Oakland.  For all of Nnamdi Asomugha’s career, he has been restricted to the right half of the field, and he’s been great there don’t get me wrong.  He shut down that entire side of the field for years now.  But teams easily found ways to exploit this by throwing only to other side of field and out of Asomugha’s reach.  Now though, by moving Asomugha around the field, this will surely cause team’s fit’s.  Especially this weekend when the Raider’s will take on rookie quarterback Sam Bradford of the St. Louis Rams.   Last week Bradford threw the ball more than 50 times in his first start of his career.  If Asomugha moves all the over the field he’ll be sure to confuse Bradford and more than likely force a turnover or two.  It’s a sure test for the rookie taking on one of the best cornerback’s in the league.  I’m interested to see how the Raider’s will respond from the thumping that the Titan’s put on them last week as well. 

A two car accident led to the death of one man and the injuries of three people just two miles east of Sioux City on Hwy 20.  Moyer Quick was passing a truck but rear ended the vehicle sending both vehicles into the ditch with Quick’s car rolling over once.  Moyer died at the scene, Randy Radin was the driver of the truck with two other passenger’s in the vehicle.  Dorothy Quick, 61, South Sioux, and Maxine Steurerwald, 43, of Lawton were transported to Marian Health Center where their condition’s were listed as “good” and “fair”.  Radin was in more serious condition with a fractured skull and internal  injuries he is listed as “critical”.  The accident is still under investigation, but there are no leads as to why or how Quick rear ended Radin’s truck.

A Texaco gasoline truck overturned on the outskirts of town early yesterday with gasoline flooding from the truck.  Gas flooded out of the truck and flowed right into sewer lines for two blocks around 48th Street and Correctionville Road and several other streets and ditches.  Police and firefighters rerouted cars through side streets for nearly 2 hours while the gas was being flushed away.  Four families were forced to evacuate their homes because of sewer-line gas.  Fire Chief Charles Hochandel says gives credit to the men’s training for the quick clean up, “The firemen followed catastrophe and hazmat procedures set up before hand for just such an occurence.”

East High Principle Laura Vibelius reported earlier today that a false fire alarm was sounded three times last Wednesday.  Disgruntled students seem to be the main culprits in the alarm’s being sounded.  The students were all upperclassmen who were protesting the Monday suspension of five students who were suspended for smoking marijuana in the school parking lot.  The students have all been reprimanded and have been suspended for one week.

Principle Vibelius also commented on some more general unrest at East High.  A classic food fight in the cafeteria on Tuesday closed the caf down for the down.  Vibelius made these comments on the food fight, ” Not so much unrest becaue of suspensions, but because of summer vacation being so near.”  Vibelius says that she doesn’t see any continuation of these “incedents” in the near future.

It’s the typical story line:  Cat gets stuck in a tree, and firefighter climbs the tree and saves the day.  If only that was the case for firefighter Bob Harwood. Twin sister’s, Suzanne and Samantha Decker, were playing in the front yard when they heard a cat meowing and crying for help in a tall oak tree.  Knowing that the Decker’s were the only family on the block with a calico cat, the twins knew that it was their beloved kitten that was stuck in the tree.  911 was immediately dialed and a firefighter squad quickly arrived on the scene.

Senior firefighter, Bob Harwood, climbed 50 feet up the oak tree and managed to retrieve the kitten.  All seemed well with the cat in safe hands.  Climbing down the tree, Harwood stepped on a dead limb which broke and he and the cat immediately fell to the ground 15 feet below.  Harwood broke his left leg and was immediately take to St. Luke’s Hospital where he is doing “just fine” said St. Luke’s officials.  The cat is doing just fine as it landed safely on Harwood’s chest and managed to remain unscathed.

Opening weekend of college football.  What more is there to say?  It’s what fans and students and everyone around the country has been waiting for for nearly 8 months now.  Fans have been waiting to see whether Alabama can repeat this year.  Can Tim Tebow be replaced at Florida, or Colt McCoy at Texas?  But in Sioux City the focus isn’t the Gator’s or the Longhorns, it’s the Morningside Mustangs.  After falling to Sioux Falls in the Quarterfinals last year, many fans wonder what will this year bring for the Mustangs?  As the leaves begin to change and the weather turns, the anticipation begins to build, and build, and build higher with each day coming closer to the opening kickoff.  Game time isn’t until 7 P.M., the only night game on the Mustang’s schedule, but the most dedicated of fans are already tailgating at 1.  The hot dogs and brats are being fired up on the grills.  The pop and beer are flowing and doing their best to satisfy the best of fans until the opening kickoff.  Footballs are being tossed around on a perfectly clear day.  No breeze, no clouds, temperature close to 70 degrees, how can things get any better people ask.  The parking lot is starting to fill up and its only 3 o’clock, cars are jam-packed in the stadium lot already, now the tennis court is starting to fill up and people are firing up their grills from over there now.  Doane’s football team arrives around 3 and immediately files off the bus and head straight to Elwood Olsen Stadium to start warming up.

On August 16, 2005, Morningside College renamed Roberts Stadium as Elwood Olsen Stadium in honor of Elwood Olsen, a Morningside alum, who was the vice president of business at Morningside for 30 years. A partnership between Morningside College and the Sioux City Community School District was formed in May of 2004 and over 2.6 million dollars in renovations was dedicated to the stadium and turned it into one of the finest facilities in the state of Iowa.  Morningside is not the only team to play in this fantastic facility, several other local high schools’ share the stadium and enjoy the luxuries of having a college field for home football and track events.

Walking the turf field, the players realize just how fast the field is going to be.  Quarterbacks are trying to get a feel for how the wind is going to be blowing when the sun goes down and the lights are stroked on.  Running backs and receivers are trying to get a feel for the turf and trying to keep their feet under them when making sharp cuts on their routes.  By 5 o’clock, all parking lots are full, the streets are filling up and everybody is tailgating their food favorites.  Morningside players are fully dressed and stretching out by 5:30.  As game time comes closer and closer, the intensity and anxiety for the season to start keeps rising.  Fans are filing into the stadium by 6 and grabbing their popcorn and hotdogs to keep them satisfied till half time.  Players on both sides are shaking hands and putting their hands to their chests for a rousing national anthem by the inspiring Morningside band team.  7 o’clock, ball is kicked off and sent booming to the end zone, the fans go nuts and the atmosphere is electric.  It’s football season again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF93X8xVbIg&feature=related

Watch this video.  Watch it from start, to finish.

Now, where to begin……..

What the hell!!  Honestly, how can somebody be that hateful and so incredibly horrible!  I have never, in my entire life, heard somebody that insanely stupid.  I can’t even put into words how enraged I am by this woman.  How dare she protest against the men and women who protect us and keep us a free country.  How dare she insult these people who allow her to be this dim witted and let her say what she wants to say.  I know it’s a free country and all, and we all have the right to say what we want.  But there comes a point where some people cross the line.  This woman has more than crossed the line.  She’s completely insulted every single American who has seen that video.  She gives every American a bad name for her insolence.  Here was one of my friend’s suggestions as to how to deal with her,” First, she should be run over by a semi, then she should be shot, then she should be burned at the stake, and lastly, she should be drawn and quartered.”  That would call for her to die 4 times over, and to my friend, he still didn’t think that would be doing her any justice.  So what should be done with this woman?  Post your comments below on how best to handle her.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/commentary/news/story?id=5546879

Sports is a way of life for many people in this country and around the world, most of the time, sports is the only news that people want to hear about.  This story about Jason Campbell and the Oakland Raider’s, is the story that I, and many other Raider fans have been waiting to read about all summer long.  For the past seven years, the Raider’s have been the low point of every NFL team; the constant laughter and embarrassment of the league.  But now, with the addition of Jason Campbell, the Raider’s will bring back that “Commitment to Excellence”.  Throughout the 70’s and 80’s and early 2000, the Raider’s were right up there with the Cowboys and Packers in fan base and labeled as “America’s Team”.  For seven years, the NFL has suffered because of the Raider’s, they’ ve lost money and even to a certain extent, credibility.  With Jason Campbell, the Raiders can return to greatness and maybe even return to the playoff’s this year.  Very, very good article written by Roy S. Johnson and thanks to him for finally giving the Oakland Raider’s their due, its been long overdue.