CFB: Week Seven Ranked vs. Ranked Matchups

Here is a look at this week’s matchups featuring two ranked teams. *AP Poll. Times are Central. Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022 11 a.m.–#10 Penn St at #5 Michigan. Line: Michigan -7. Broadcast: Fox. 2:30 p.m.–#15 NC State at #18 Syracuse. Line: Syracuse -3. Broadcast: ACCN. 2:30 p.m.–#3 Alabama at #6 Tennessee. Line: Alabama -8.5. Broadcast: CBS. 2:30 p.m.–#8 Oklahoma State at #13 TCU. Line: TCU -4.5. Broadcast: ABC. 6:30 p.m.–#16 Mississippi St. at #22 Kentucky. Line: Miss St. -3.5. Broadcast: SECN. 7 p.m.–#7 USC at #20 Utah. Line: Utah -3.5. Broadcast: Fox. Saturday, Sep. 24, 2022 11 a.m.–# 5 Clemson … Continue reading CFB: Week Seven Ranked vs. Ranked Matchups

Book Nook: Dare To Lead, by Brené Brown

Dare To Lead was in my Audible library because my wife’s account is linked to mine, so we have a shared library. I was familiar with Brown however, having watched and enjoyed her Ted Talk and her Netflix special: Call To Courage both. Still, I never read any of her books, despite the fact she has six number-one selling New York Times best sellers. That list includes 2018’s Dare To Lead. I assume Dare To Lead was selected as the title because it rolls off the tongue easier than Empathy In Confrontation and Also Some Self-Talk, a descriptive alternative. The … Continue reading Book Nook: Dare To Lead, by Brené Brown

Book Nook: City Primeval, by Elmore Leonard

I admittedly do not read much in the way of crime novels. I have two favorites, but that is mostly thanks to circling back after their work in television–George Pelecanos and Elmore Leonard. Pelecanos work I was familiar with through The Wire and Treme. Leonard was Justified. Of Leonard’s work, I have read The Moonshine Wars, Raylan and, now, City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit. I saw an interview where they talked about The Friends of Eddie Coyle being Leonard’s favorite book, so I read that one a year or two back. And in City Primeval, you can see the … Continue reading Book Nook: City Primeval, by Elmore Leonard