Big game?? Hope not

So Mickey Plyler had a blog about how this doesn’t feel like a big game. I couldn’t agree more. It doesn’t have that feel at all. There are many reasons. The disappointment of not being a national title contender anymore, as much of a pipe dream as that was. The opponent is not at all sexy. The opponent is average to good. The point spread is 16.

Here is why I can’t get fired up for this game any more than your average ACC game. Keep in mind I still get pretty fired up when we play Duke. Because if Clemson is to the point where we all hope it is and expect it to be, then you should destroy Wake on your home field. You shouldn’t let a lesser opponent hang around because your defense is undisciplined or your offense turns it over at will. Those things can happen, but they shouldn’t. Forgive me for not getting excited about a game Clemson should win by two or three touchdowns.

Of course a loss is still devastating and I will be watching every second, but that does not make this a “big game.” The things it can bring are big, but that doesn’t make this a big game. It doesn’t mean Clemson has to let a lesser opponent hang around just because Wake has a lot to play for. Screw Wake and what they have to play for. The better team should dominate. That said, it will be a painful game. If Clemson wins big you expected it, but if Wake hangs around every fan and sadly every player will get tighter and tighter. This team has been a second half team, but the first half of this game is huge.

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So now that the debate has been moved from anything that matters (such as a $15 trillion and growing debt) to a Clinton and Clarence Thomasesque charade. I don’t even really care much what happened, mainly because the truth will never be clear.

Here is the problem I have and no one seems to talk about it instead of the mindless he said, she said crap. The first day Cain claims to know nothing about this woman. Then the next day he remembers there was a “settlement/severance” and he can’t talk about it. Now, he is in full denial mode. So on the first day he was either lying or isn’t smart enough to remember being accused 15 years ago. So he is not smart or a liar or probably both.

More importantly this is the typical trick of Washington and the national media. Anything to not talk about the real changes that need to be made. Too many people remain rich in our crazy screwed up system, so anytime the story can be about something other than government waste and ineptitude they jump on it.

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What is up with pedophiles? How does a grown man have a sickness that involves him wanting to get with little boys? If genetic research does anything, I hope the pedophile gene is the first gene they can find and eliminate it or is it due to abuse and cyclical? Either way, it is gross.

Finally a high profile pedophile case not involving a catholic priest. Jerry Sandusky is almost as revered at State College as Joe Pa. He is the reason they dominated for much of Joe Pa’s reign. He is the reason Penn St. became Linebacker U. Joe Pa was probably stuck in a situation where he knew something was up, but also wanted to help a friend. So, he probably didn’t do as much as he should have and that is tragic for all those young boys. Should he be fired? Probably. He has done the right thing for like 60 years. Is one mistake over that long a career enough to be unceremoniously canned? I would have to say yes. Something this repulsive cannot be ignored. Joe Pa was in a position to put a stop to it. Maybe he was not aware to what degree things were happening, but I doubt it. We may never know. So sad to see a legend go out like this. Even sadder that innocent young boys are molested.

Another argument for legalizing drugs. Let’s clear out our prisons of all non-violent drug users and put pedophiles away forever. They have like a 3% rehabilitation rate, so I say lock them all up for life. Instead of now where a pot smoker can get a longer sentence than Sandusky will get. I'm not saying I am for drugs I just think the War on Drugs isn't doing anything to stop their use and is creating the dangerous and lucrative underground drug world. As Ron Paul put it and I am paraphrasing here: The federal government is obviously losing the war on drugs when they can't keep drugs out of federal prisons where there are armed guards everywhere.
That is pretty funny.