My Bardog buddy Shrek is a man of strong opinions. One of those opinions is about soccer. “Is soccer even a real sport?” he asked this week. “People run up and down a field for 90 minutes and no one ever scores any points.”<\/p>\n
I don’t know that I agree with Shrek, but the draw the USMNT had against England yesterday kind of supports his argument. It was absolutely boring. 0-0 or nil-nil as soccer fans say. Then again, drawing with possibly the best team in the world is a strong accomplishment. USA’s goalkeeper was a badass in that match.<\/p>\n
I was a bit surprised yesterday when Bardog turned on the sound for yesterday’s match, a directive I heard came straight from Aldo. Normally his stance is “we’re not a sports bar,” although he’ll make exceptions for truly big games like the Super Bowl. I guess either Aldo is a soccer fan or he was afraid he’d lose business to The Brass Door a short walk away.<\/p>\n
Next up: USA vs. Iran Tuesday at 1 PM. I plan to be back at Bardog for that one.<\/p>\n
Know what makes me sad? There are going to be a lot of people who say “We’re playing terrorists Tuesday.” When I worked in computer support at the University of Memphis, I had both a boss and an employee I supervised who were Iranian. They were both great to work with. When I taught math at the university, two of my best and funniest students were Iranian. Don’t judge individuals just because their country of origin’s government sucks.<\/p>\n
Speaking of the U of M, they rebounded (in both senses of the word) nicely to put away Nebraska 73-61 in the ESPN Events Invitational yesterday. Next up: vs. Stanford in the Tigers’ final game of the Invitational at 10 AM Sunday. Any bars gonna open early for that one? TV will be ESPNU.<\/p>\n
As for the Grizzlies, they whooped dat ass on the New Orleans Pelicans last night, 132-111. Next up: A visit to the NY Knicks at 5 PM Sunday.<\/p>\n
Today is Small Business Saturday<\/a>. I recommend<\/p>\n Rain is likely after 3 this afternoon into the evening hours. At least it will be mild for this time of year with highs in the 60s and lows in the 50s.<\/p>\n DJ Bizzle Bluebland plays Wiseacre Downtown tonight at 8.<\/p>\n There’s an acrylic pour painting class<\/a> today at South Main Artspace Lofts today at 2.<\/p>\n\n