What 'Cher Point

By the time you have read these words there will have been a Hall of Fame game played in the NFL and broadcast on ESPN. It was on last Sunday and even though our print deadline won’t let us tell you the score, it was Green Bay vs. Indianapolis. I imagine that Green Bay won it but if quarterback Luck is stinky enough, maybe Indianapolis won it. We had a report a couple of weeks ago that Quarterback Andrew Luck did not like to shower.

After the Hall of Fame, the rest of August if filled with pre season games. You know it is that time of year because Peyton Manning is in a commercial in his bathrobe on Sunday morning advertising Direct TV. I keep saying that Denver ought to dump Aaron Sanchez and plead with Manning to play one more year for them or hire Eli Manning away from the Giants to be their quarterback. Both would be fairly good moves for Denver.

Legendary coach Dick Vermeil was in Montana speaking at the 49th Montana Coaches Clinic in Great Falls. Vermeil said that he coached for 35 years and he still misses coaching. He had a trick question for coaches. He asked the two ways to get the ball forward in a game. Most said passing and running. Vermeil corrected them by saying a completed pass not just a pass was needed to move the ball forward.

There is some Montana news this week. South Oregon Tech is said by one newspaper to be the winner of the Frontier League this season. Nothing but that. More coming when coaches and Media polls come out. Then we will see just where Northern is supposed to end up. Might be surprising.

You all know who are fans of Lady Griz basketball that long time Coach Robin Selvig retired this summer. Well, it was announced this week that Shannon Schweyen will take his place. Schweyen played before she was married as Shannon Cate and scored 2172 points and has a career record of 103 to 18. Her number 21 is retired and she is married to Brain Schweyen, the head track and field coach at UM.

Meanwhile over in Bobcat land new coach Jeff Choate said that most important for him is if his Bobcats improve each week.

So, speaking of college football, how about the top ten schools in college football just starting up their season?

Alabama is one followed by Clemson Oklahoma, Florida State, Ohio State, LSU, Stanford, Michigan, Notre Dame and Tennessee. For you Oregon Duck fans, they are 22. Washington is 18 and UCLA is 24.

That’s my story and I am sticking to it. Go Thunderbirds!