Es Verdad: There’s a Game in Spain, No Need To Explain

See how I went all Spanish up in there? It weren’t taught to pasty white boys in the wilds of Ontario in the 80’s, I can tell you that much.

To The Game!

Commies/Fins:

-I’m always curious to read up on how major cities came to be and if they’re not on a coast they’re almost always on a river. It’s all about various peoples trading goods it seems. That river that brought folks together would be the Manzanares which doesn’t rank very high as far as familiarity is concerned.

-Both these squads are sitting at 3-7 and if Miami can get a “home” win here McDaniel will have weathered the storm for yet another week, to everyone’s surprise. Though if he were to be fired on the tarmac at the airport (remember when that happened to Lane Kiffin?) he would have no problem just hitch hiking around the country with his bindle.

-The city didn’t really start feeling it oats until about the 9th or 10 Century, surprisingly-though it is mentioned in the 8th. Various archeological digs have revealed buildings constructed by the Celts, Romans and Visigoths.

-Washington has no QB, wide receivers or secondary so a W here looks unlikely.

-No one can say with any certainty what the etymology of Madrid is. All the guesses revolve around water, with ‘ford’, ‘fountain’ or ‘stream’ being thrown against the wall.

-Good news for Achane owners that saw him rush for 175 yards vs Buffalo (including sprints of 53 and 35 yards) just last week. Washington’s D is ranked 30th overall and the run defense sits at 23rd.

-Despite being the seat of power for Spanish royalty since 1594 it only took another 200 years for Charles The Third to say, “Hey, let’s develop some infrastructure up here, maybe some street lighting, some sewers, maybe a cemetery on the outskirts of our fair town whadda ya say?” So there was plenty of poverty and sickness and disease to that point.

-Is Bobby Wagner’s play ever going to fall off? At the age of 35 he’s second in the league in tackles.

-Famous folks born in Madrid include Placido Domingo, Francisco Umbral (I read one of his books), Jose Ortega y Gassett (philosopher), Julio Iglesias, David De Gea and Juan Gris (a Cubist painter).

Good Morning!