With so much happening in the world of sports through the past few weeks, at Bakersfield College and beyond, I couldn’t keep focused on one topic. I’m probably going to jump around from topic to topic, but you’ll get over it.
Cheer team
Hats off to the cheer team for making me look like a moron by lighting up the Sept. 24 home football game against Citrus College.
If they aren’t already, they should be the talk of the campus because they did nothing but impress.
It is either a really big coincidence, or they took some of the advice from “Chiefed” in the Sept. 21 issue of the Renegade Rip. I should probably apologize to the oldies in the crowd, but I think I deserve a round of applause from the rest of BC’s fans.
Beckwith
If the cheerleaders keep on with their new swagger, I’d have to say that BC’s athletic department is in a fantastic position moving forward.
Covering the BC-Citrus football game Sept. 24, I couldn’t help but notice the atmosphere had changed. The cheer team did their thing, the drumline had an awesome half-time show, and over 4,000 people packed the seats.
The energy in that stadium was incredible, so please Ryan G. Beckwith, whatever you’re doing, if you have any part in this, keep it going.
Oakland Raiders
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but my Oakland Raiders are actually looking competitive out there these days! Even though they lost to the New England Patriots, the fact that some people actually picked them to win the game makes me feel like I’m in the Twilight Zone.
Now if only the team could start winning games again, I’d finally enjoy my Sundays.
Fantasy
Fantasy football is my favorite thing about the football season, and that would probably change if the Raiders actually start winning for real, thus giving me something enjoyable to watch on Sundays, and I wouldn’t have to root for other teams’ players so often, but I digress.
My fantasy team has now bounced back from an 0-2 start, and we, the defending fantasy-bowl champions, are back at .500. To all the other owners out there, aren’t you jealous that I have an outlet to gloat in public?
McCourt who?
Let me just say that, even while enduring the hurricane of stupidity that Frank McCourt brought through Chavez Ravine, the Los Angeles Dodgers still managed to finish above .500, have the favorite in the National League MVP race and should have the NL Cy Young winner.
In all, I’d say they are in a great position moving forward. Now, if Mark Cuban would just get on with it and buy the team, we’d be set for a decade.