The bottom of my foot’s been hurting on and off, and it seems to be tied to my hamstring? Unclear. Anyway, if you know a hamstring removal doctor, let me know, because if it’s causing me problems it needs to get the hell out.
Bad Times in Ottawa
There wasn’t a big margin for error coming into the year for the Sens, so losing five straight this early and then sending eight players and a coach into Covid protocol is…bad (technical term). Connor Brown’s the big name out, followed by Matt Murray, but it’s really cutting into the depth. Thankfully, looks like Shane Pinto might be getting closer to a return?
The spin zone here is that this is a convenient excuse if the season doesn’t end well. The spin zone to that spin zone is it’s going to be that much uglier if the Sens don’t put together a back-half run like they did last year. They host the Kings tonight. Surprisingly narrow underdogs. Maybe it’s Canada’s remaining loyalty to the queen.
Someone Stole Texas’s Flag
So, obviously, there’s a big Texas flag they put on the field before Longhorn football games. 30 feet by 50 feet, they say, which…that’s only 2.6% of a football field, guys. No wonder you haven’t won anything important in the last fifteen years.
Anyway, they took the flag to Kerbey Lane (I’m assuming the café), and it got stolen. My favorite theory on where it went is that Greg Abbott has it up in some penthouse apartment from which he looks out on the city laughing maniacally in the dark, and that he’s using burner accounts on social media to suggest Antifa took it.
In other news, Steve Sarkisian defended Bo Davis with the yelling. Which is probably good.
NIT Vibes
Nothing huge on the NIT circuit, but UCF and Rutgers each looked the part in a different way last night, and UCF and Rutgers…man. Those are some NIT brands right there. This isn’t an endorsement of Rutgers making the field, of course—we all know how hard that is to do as a Big Ten team these days—but the feeling is there. And the NIT is all about feelings. Like, my feelings for the NIT.
Burnley Takes Over the Globe
In international action today, the Czech Republic won a friendly with Kuwait 7-0 (not very friendly, I know). Matěj Vydra got a little run but didn’t score. Ireland managed to draw Portugal with Nathan Collins on the bench. Not making the World Cup, but nice little moral victory.
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All eyes on the Sens tonight. Also on sinflation.
