Real Sports Talk with E$

For the first time since I was named Sports Editor (which feels like forever ago), I have to limit how many words are within this column. The worse part is that I did it to myself, in that I am trying to get ahead of myself, and save time on Tuesday and Wednesday. That probably didn’t make much sense, but I started to design more or less what the final product would look like in the paper earlier than normal. The reason behind that is that I have a relatively hard test on Thursday (though, by the time you read this, I would have already taken it… my mind = blown), and I need to dedicate pretty good time to it between Tuesday and Wednesday (which, once again is in “the past”). Instead of confusing the beans out of you and myself, it’s time to get down and dirty. Giggty, giggty.

I had a whole idea planned out as to what I was going to write this week, but, per usual, it has slipped my mind. For the sake of talking about talking, let’s talk about the future. I just came up with this off the top of my head; the future is like the weather (for those of you who don’t know me, I’m shocked you are still reading this, and I am a meteorology major), in that you can make a decent prediction as to what is going to happen, but until everything starts to unfold, you will never really know what is going on. For me, the future holds a ton of question marks, and to keep the analogy of weather going, it is like that of the month of March. As graduation becomes closer and closer, college students start to apply to jobs in the hope of getting one. You may get that awesome entry level job, but you still have no clue if you will even enjoy where you are at in even five years. Morale of the story, every day will bring question marks, and you have to adjust to those question marks as they come (there is a reason question marks are a funny shape. Just look at it ? ).

In other Irrelevant (though I find interesting) sports news:

-This appears to be the first year in a bit that there are a bunch of big free agents on the market in the NFL. With that said, there still isn’t a big name quarterback on the market. Who was the last big name quarterback that was a free agent, and wasn’t coming off an injury?

-Stephen Curry is an animal. While he wouldn’t get my MVP vote within the NBA (that would go to Anthony Davis), he is a ton of fun to watch play.

-Not gonna lie. I will never be confused as the biggest NHL fan, but I am very surprised to see the New York Rangers tied for 2^nd in the Eastern Conference standings. If their moves are as good as made out to be at the trade deadline, watch out.

Non-Sports Information of the Week:

Rant of the Week- Can’t say anything pops up in my mind right away. Good job, people.

-Had a lot of people come up to me appreciating the fact that I criticized ignorant students who talked crap about some PSU sports teams for no reason. I’ll typically defend all PSU players/teams (unless you give me a reason not to)

-Can’t believe Spring Break is already a few days away. 

-Was talking to Ryan Callahan and Mike Economos last week, and got them thinking. How many professional athletes go to hospitals to talk to kids because they want to, as oppose to getting positive press?

-If you had the opportunity to put a successful business in Plymouth, what would it be?

-Old Jay-Z is so much better than new Jay-Z.

-I feel pretty guilty that I won’t be able to see any of the PSU Men’s Hockey playoff games this season. Get it done BICE.

-If you are reading this via the actual newspaper, I had no better idea for a "profile picture", so I went with what you see.

-My parents are in Las Vegas over the span of the weekend. Very jealous of them.

-Going on Spring Break to California with the Women's Lacrosse team will be a very interesting experience.

-Very happy that there are a number of people writing sports article for The Clock now. Looks good, Justin!

Real Talk with Eric- Enjoy Spring Break, as you won't have many breaks in the real world.

Til the next time I write this, I'm outta here.....