Clemson QB DJ Ulagaleilei's QB rating plummeted to 69.9 after last Saturday's performance against mighty Syracuse. Four turnovers, including a long fumble return for a Syracuse TD (above). DJ's game QBR was 16.0, which ranked 96th in the nation (compared to Bryce Young's 90.7 and Hendon Hooker's 90.6). He dropped from 25th in the country to 37. After the game Dabo said everyone has a bad day, that DJ was still the starter and leader of the offense. Swinney calls the fans talk of a QB change "embarrassing". I call QB DJU's play embarrassing.
If DJ struggles against Notre Dame, we'll see how quickly Dabo inserts freshman sensation Cade Klubnik, who operates at a much quicker, less hesitant pace than DJ. The Tigers will have to be firing on all cylinders to beat Notre Dame in South Bend, as well as resurgent South Carolina in the season finale.
After last season DJU lost his NIL deal with Dr. Pepper and Bojangles, which leads me to the next subject...
Monday night Ceil cooked a vegetable beef soup, but I cashed in a Wendys coupon instead. Big mistake. Slow drive thru line. Slow service. High prices. Food not the greatest. When Wendys first opened they were something, really giving McDonalds a run for their money. Man Wendys has really gone downhill. The Wendys app simply does not work. I don't need to go back.
Reminds me, I have a deal for a free Steak & Shake milkshake. Plus there you can get a decent burger and fries for a good price.
This month McDonalds has a deal in their app for a free Quarter Pounder with Cheese with any purchase. I've been getting a Coke Zero. The quarter pounder is okay, certainly a far cry from Holman & Finch, and overpriced at five bucks. But a buck for a Coke and Quarter Pounder is a decent deal.
At Zaxbys I usually get tenders or better yet the big salad. Lots of good stuff to choose from, though lately the tenders have been dry and disappointing, a step below Chickfila. But a coworker ordered loaded fries, with chicken and cheese and ranch dressing. Good stuff – much better than Wendys loaded fries.
For the record today I found myself in the vicinity of a Checkers, so I cashed in a deal on their app for their above-average french fries.
Playing in a less potent offense, Matt Olson collected 78 extra base hits to Freddie Freeman's 70. Olson out-homered Freeman 34-21. Freddie had a better overall year, but let's see how the next seven years pan out.
..G.. AB.. R… H. 2B HR RBI BB K. avg OBP SLG OPS
162 616 086 148 44 34 103 75 170 240 325 477 802 Olson
159 612 117 199 47 21 100 84 102 325 407 511 918 Freeman
The first Hot Stove meeting of the fall will be Wednesday November 9.
Driving on Peachtree Road, and where to park at Piedmont Hospital can be hard, even for the valet. And pulling out from Sharondale onto Lindbergh is tough. Half the time the sun is in my eyes.
I was tired all day after running four miles early Monday morning. Winnie was tired after hanging out with Okie. We were in bed by ten. At 1:30 Ceil woke me from a deep sleep saying Winnie had to go outside. She not Ceil) had done her business at 9:45 and is usually good until morning (Winnie, not Ceil). As we headed downstairs she seemed more interested in where the cat was than rushing outside. When we finally got outside she pooped twice, and tried a third time. The entire expedition took over 20 minutes. Returned to bed and couldn't get back to sleep for over an hour.
I get five weeks of vacation, plus I carried over a week from last year. I will carry over a week into next year. I've taken 15 days so far this year, so I have ten more days to take. Three days on Thanksgiving week and three more the week after Christmas plus three holidays. That leaves four more days to take. Check that: I took off this afternoon, so make that 3-1/2 days.
In November and December the phrase you hear everyone saying is "I'm working such and such a date…AND THEN I'M DONE FOR THE YEAR." Hey, so is everyone else. I like to say loudly "I'M WORKING UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST, AND THEN I'M DONE FOR THE YEAR."
Another pet peeve: when someone says "I talked to them last night" when they talked to them at 5 pm. Hey, it's "afternoon" until 6 pm. Then it's "evening" until like eight. Night doesn't start until 8 pm. I think people say "night" just to exaggerate. Sorry.
Watched some of Peyton & Eli on Monday Night Football. Looking forward to their Halloween special.
We have small group on Mondays. Sounds like my group leader wants to meet next Monday, on Halloween. I was kinda hoping we would move the date. Just leader John and my other friend Reid joined me, but we had a good study on I Thessalonians 3.
DENISON: if either side of our political divide got everything they wanted, our problems would remain. This is because we are at our most primal level fallen sinners (Romans 3:23). Dignity, piety, and virtue are admirable foundation stones on which to build a flourishing society. But as Roman history proves, humans are incapable of exercising these values consistently. The Republic gave way to an Empire that eventually collapsed when its external enemies proved stronger than its internal character. Will America suffer the same fate?
Annoying grammar mistakes.
JORGE SOLER [B-R Bio] was suspended in the minors for attacking the opposing team with a bat in his hand. Details here. He was the surprise 2021 WS MVP for ATL. The Braves began the 2021 season as +1000 underdogs to win the World Series. The only season in his 9-year career when he got MVP consideration was the year he led the league in strikeouts. He had 178 Ks in 2019 and was tied for 21st in AL MVP voting, despite his 48 homers. His lone MVP vote in 2019 was the lowest for any player with as many as 48 HRs in that season.
