What I Learned This Week #1

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Come. The. Hell. On.

What I Learned This Week will be a recurring series about, well, the things I learned this week. This is the first edition, covering October 29 through November 4.

Holy Crap, Lions…

The Detroit Lions do not have a goal line offense. It was absolutely frustrating to see them have so many opportunities (five! Five!) and not get anything more than a field goal in all of them, scoring nine points in the red zone. One moment that had me absolutely livid was on a second and goal where the Steelers literally put a welcome mat down on the porch, opened the door, and offered them a nice steak dinner to go into the end zone:

I swear, if that happens again against the Packers on Monday night, fans will be calling for someone’s job. My friend and former Editor-In-Chief of the Western Herald, Brendan Buffa, summed up the frustration of that Steelers game nicely…

(At least I had Matt Prater on my Fantasy team?)

Houston, We Have No Problems (Well, Maybe Road Wins in the Postseason)

The Houston Astros are the best team in baseball, and they showed it during their World Series win against the Los Angeles Dodgers. However, in a World Series with just as much, if not more, thrills than the 2016 edition, the seventh game of the series was just kind of…there. It was an easy win for the Astros, who have had no real easy road wins during the series, and the postseason in general.

Although I would’ve liked to have seen Justin Verlander close out the game, Charlie Morton did an excellent job doing just that. I remember when he was absolute trash just a few years ago, but then learned to throw like Roy Halladay, and then he was fixed. An excellent ending for an excellent team, and I hope they continue their success.

About That Game Five…

Since that bonkers Game Five was happening while the Lions were crapping the bed near the goal line, I wasn’t quite paying 100% attention to what was going on there. Keep in mind, though, it was 4-0 Dodgers going into the bottom of the fourth, so there wasn’t too much interesting to pay attention to.

That’s when LA’s Public Enemy #1, Yuli Gurriel, fresh off avoiding a World Series suspension for a racist gesture, hit a three-run homer. Then it all went off the rails.

SB Nation’s Grant Brisbee did a better job explaining the chaos of Game Five than I could ever do. It was the best baseball game I’ve ever watched. It was also the worst baseball game I’ve ever watched.

The Lion King Cast Looks Absolutely LIT

Seriously. Just look at it. This is one of the most diverse casts I’ve seen for a movie in a while. They must have a big freaking budget to be able to afford everybody up there. And while everybody’s freaking out about Donald Glover as Simba and Beyoncé as Nala (and for good reason), I’m looking forward to a few other characters’ interpretations. John Oliver as Zazu, Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen as Timon and Pumbaa, and Eric Andre and Keegan-Michael Key as a couple of the Hyenas should be interesting to watch. Either way, this is one movie that I can’t miss (and probably won’t miss.)

Building A Website Is Hard

I spent most of my time on Friday building this website. There was so much stuff happening trying to get it set up, that I’m surprised I got it up. From 404 errors to picking a design, there were problems and hard decisions to make. Hopefully, there won’t be any more problems with this website in the future. If there are, hopefully tech support will give me a hand.

Happy Saturday, everyone. Next week should be fun, and I’ll detail that in a separate post.

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