GOING FOR THE JUGULAR.Byline: TOM HOFFARTH Is that a lump in Pat Cowan's throat, or is the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX quarterback just a little hoarse trying to describe how he'll be feeling after these Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame horsemen send him larynx-first into the high grass in South Bend South Bend, city (1990 pop. 105,511), seat of St. Joseph co., N Ind., on the great south bend of the St. Joseph River, in a farming and mint-growing region; inc. as a city 1865. ? And were those actual boos coming out of the stands at the Coliseum last week, or just a reaction to John David Flutie throwing up Hail Mary passes when his receivers were expecting something along the line of a quick corner route? And somehow, by handing off the ball as much as possible, he still has USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. second in the BCS (1) (The British Computer Society, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, www.bcs.org) The chartered body for information technology professionals in the U.K., founded in 1957. ? So what crazy, mixed-up sportscaster out there trying to get a spot on ``Def Comedy Jam'' hasn't made some racial-sentric, ethnic-twisted, religious-mangled throw-away line in the past week? What's more hilarious, Lou Piniella Is there something we can read into the fact that Jacksonville rookie Maurice Jones-Drew has twice as many rushing touchdown runs (2) and receiving touchdowns (2 more) as New Orleans rookie Reggie Bush (0 combined)? What bartending jobs have Joe Beimel applied for lately? Would the last healthy member of the Lakers exhibition roster please stand up ... carefully, and with some assistance from Gary Vitti? Has your boss stopped yelling at you to get off YouTube and stop replaying that Dennis Green rant? And have you since flipped open your cell phone to capture video of your boss' rant so you could e-mail it in to the Web site? How many Hurricanes football players can David Caruso interview at one time during an episode of ``CSI CSI Crime Scene Investigator CSI CompuServe, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) CSI Crime Scene Investigation (CBS TV show) CSI Christian Schools International : Miami''? Florida International has a football team? Should someone tell ``El Duque'' to stop throwing in the bullpen now? Since they needed him so much in Game 7 of the NLCS NLCS National League Championship Series (baseball) NLCS North Lawrence Community Schools (various locations, USA) NLCS National Landscape Conservation System , isn't it better than World Series-bound Jeff Suppan won't be scheduled to pitch next until the team is back in St. Louis and they won't have to DH for him? What would the Cardinals do without his bat, let alone his arm? Troy Polamalu just now realizes that opponents aren't afraid to run their fingers through his Diana Ross hairpiece in an effort to take him down? Was showing that new Jay-Z video at halftime of ``Monday Night Football'' really necessary? Which draws more attention this weekend, ESPN's coverage of the 2006 Major League Soccer playoffs, or ESPN's replay of the 2006 Scrabble championship? Is the fact that Stanford has lost starting QB Trent Edwards to injury considered a positive for the 0-7 squad? Isn't there a stadium threat every weekend in Oakland? Hey, who swiped my wallet? thomas.hoffarth@dailynews.com (818) 713-3661 |
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