A few words on Sports and Men’s Fashion

By Jody Davin 3/5/2023

I hope you remembered that the last blog post was for amusement purposes only and I was only serious about some of the bets I listed, the ones that I predicted correct were the serious ones and the ones that I got wrong were the joke ones. Duh.

1. The Kansas City Chiefs are going to be annoying. If you aren’t already annoyed by their fans doing racist chanting and hand gestures on national television, then you will be annoyed by their winning. They keep winning games that look like they are destined to lose, this is reminiscent of the Patriots late stage run. Mahomes is unreal, Kelce is the best and now they are pretending that people think they suck. Nobody counted them out, they were a top 3 favorite to win the Super Bowl all season long. Please stop playing underdog. They are who we thought they were, crown em! – Dennis Green. (RIP)
2. Ron Hextall should be fired into the sun. I went to a game two weeks ago and the normally boring corporate crowd at Consol Energy Center organically started chanting “Fire Hextall!” It was the best crowd moment at the Power Plant (that’s what I call it) since 2014 when the crowd overtook Royal Rumble. Most memorably the crowd booed the shit out of Rey Mysterio when he was announced as the 30th participant instead of Daniel Bryan. This has turned into a recap of a wrestling show that ended more than 9 years ago. Anyway Hextall Sucks, he didn’t clear cap space, made the team smaller and somehow older at the trade deadline. If they make the playoffs, which I hope they do, they will get murdered by Boston. Ron Hextall Sucks! Ron Hextall Sucks (to the tune of John Cena Sucks).
3. Pitt Basketball has been fun to watch but they are a fraud. Jeff Capel has put together a decent team of transfers and a Graduate Student in Nellie Cummings. They lobbied so hard to get ranked only to lose to a really bad Notre Dame team with the ACC Title on the line and then get crushed on the glass 42-20 at Miami with yet another shot at the ACC Title. If they don’t shoot lights out they cant win. They have no presence below the hoop. I will be interested to see if they can keep any of these players, Jeff Capel hasn’t built shit. He had one good season but I would not anticipate this level of success next year. Capel oversaw two of the worst seasons in Oklahoma Basketball history and I wonder if fans would have been so excited about his hiring if he didn’t stand next to Coach K for 7 years. They now need a win in the ACC tournament to get an NCAA Bid, I think they get one win and maybe two. They will be dancing which will be exciting but Capel is no Jamie Dixon.

Cultural Commentary

I just got this email with this description of a podcast

“As a kid, Thomas Synan Jr. wanted to help people — like the iconic superhero Batman.  He’s chief of Newtown Police Department in southeastern Ohio.”

We need to address the problem of cops being angry nerds. He is comparing himself to Batman. Batman’s parents were brutally murdered in front of him and he went on to a life of vigilante justice. This feels like it’s the problem. No I will not be listening to this podcast.   

FASHION TIME!!!!!

We need to talk about LANYARDS.

Why do people have those lanyards that stick out of their pockets? I am 36 and I remember being in middle school when lanyards were kind of a thing, I think I had a Notre Dame one. I wore it around my neck with my house and locker keys on it. Then I realized I hated Notre Dame and had no connection to the school and Lou Hotlz sucked and Bob Davey was even worse. I took the keys off and put them into my pocket, then lost the lanyard and never once considered it again. Why are adults in 2023 wearing lanyards that hang out of their pocket? Like are you proud that you have things that clip onto another clip? It’s always dudes that still wear cargo shorts, Is this just a Western PA thing? Is it just a hockey dad thing? Is this a middle school sports coach thing? It’s always people that drive white SUV’s and wear Nike Shox. They might not be Cops but say shit like “cops have a tough job; you don’t get it.” Please stop this.

Proper use of a lanyard.

Improper use

Come back next week! Or whenever I decide to write again. We will talk Pittsburgh Pirates, Public financing of sports buildings and hair gel salesmen that want to be Allegheny County Treasurers!