Mix and Match

No one central theme tonight, just a bunch of everything.

In this week's Amazing Race, the teams went from Washington Dulles Airport to Charleston, SC, then took a bus to Huntsville, AL where they ended up at Space Camp. The Aiello family came in last, unable to overcome their struggle at the mudpit racing course, where it took them 14 times to complete the mudfield without stopping. The Gaghins, the last family with little kids, are still alive in 7th. They're fun to watch because they don't complain and actually contribute a lot.

And in tonight's Apprentice, the men triumphed again, creating the better Dairy Queen Blizzard mascot. The women, led by Felisha, created some Zip thing that was terrible. Felisha and her other blonde bombshells didn't put any DQ insignia on Zip and didn't create a mascot that appealed to teenagers. Despite those two critical errors, Toral didn't survive another week after failing to wear the Zip costume. She refused to wear it because of personal, then it was "personal and cultural reasons", then she changed her story again and said, "personal, culutral, and religion". Even Rebecca, who stood up for her last week, said she should be fired.

If you're a football fan, there are some good high school football games in the Dayton area to get you ready for Saturday and Sunday. Up north, Coldwater, #1 ranked in Division IV, travels to Versailles, #1 ranked in Division V. Both teams are undefeated. Also, in the battle for Dayton Division I supremacy, Centerville travels to Wayne, where there will be a standing room only crowd. Northmont travels to Piqua in a game vital for both teams' playoff hopes. My bro is back in town since it is fall break at Miami and we may head to that one for some brother bonding if we're up for it.

Another movie that didn't originally make my list is Breaking Away. This classic 1979 film that has a young Daniel Stern and Dennis Quaid among its cast takes place in Bloomington, IN. It's your classic coming-of-age story about 4 townies trying to make it in a college town. Great storyline and funny, I definitely recommend it. Having a bike race helps also.

The NFL should adopt college football's way of instant replay. Instant replay in college doesn't take nearly as long as it does in the NFL. A couple of looks, and that's it. In a pro game, we see it over and over and over and over, and it takes 3 minutes. It takes about half that time in college.

And I don't know why I keep forgetting to mention this, but The Contender rematch is Saturday night. So after a great day of football, it'll be time to watch the guys one more time. I don't know what they're fighting for to be honest for you, but since the show got cancelled (booooo), this will be as good as it gets. But, hopefully Sylvester Stallone forgets to show up.

Tomorrow, college basketball practice begins. I'll have my Preseason Final 4 and if you're lucky my Sweet 16.