TERRY MOSHER
It’s time to go back to the Boneyard to get rid of the many thoughts that swirl about in my busy mind. This may not do you any good but it sure makes me feel better to throw these thoughts about there.
First of all, I’m upset that in America we have given consent to a man ‑Donald Trump – to not only run for president but to support him in a two-way race that appears to be tighter than anybody with democratic values would like. How this con man can be taken serious by over 40 percent of America voters is beyond the pale. I don’t know what it says about us as citizens, but if he is elected and he builds up his “brown shirts” and they come to round me up I’m going to fight to the death because I know deep in my soul that I am right and that by any measure this man should never be near the White House.
I have repeatedly warned about this man, this fraud, this morally bankrupt human being, and it blows my mind that he has conned so many of my fellow citizens. This is going to be the most terrible moment in our country’s history if you vote him into office. The United States of America is being sold to a corrupt man who has ties to powerful dictators and when the smoke clears you who voted for him will be the biggest losers.
As for me, I’ll go down swinging.
This election may have already been decided with the help of Russia’s hackers, but if there is a slightest glimmer of hope left for our democracy it is the three scheduled debates. The hopes of freedom lovers everywhere rest squarely with Hillary Clinton, starting Monday night in the first debate with the Orange Man. She needs to win in order for there to be any hope. I don’t think she can do it. I believe the silver-tongued Orange Man will swallow her whole and begin to finish the con he started when he announced his run for the White House.
But, as I said above, I will continue to swing away.
I’ve said this over and over – and posted as many stories on how rotten Trump is over and over on Facebook – and it doesn’t seem to matter because you who support him just smile and carry on. I know most of you have this special hatred for Clinton and that may be the prime reason you are voting for the Orange Man. And if that is it, it is the most stupid thing I have ever heard. And I have seen and heard a lot of stupid stuff.
If you have done your research on Trump and read about all his lies, his bigotry, his racism, his hatred, his sexism, his ignoring of the laws, screwing all the small contractors he used to build his building, and most of all the three women who have accused him of rape, one of which I believe is slowly winding its way through our legal system, a legal system, by the way, that Trump has used with his bevy of high-paid lawyers to his advantage (he often doesn’t even pay his lawyers), and you still support him mainly because you hate Clinton, there is no hope for you.
Being a hater is going to come back and bite you in the butt. And a vote for Trump is vote for the destruction of the greatest and most powerful country in the world. Again, you have been warned.
Now, I’m going back to more peaceful thoughts. After watching the Washington Huskies escape with their perfect 2016 football season (4-0) intact with an overtime win at Arizona Saturday night (35-28), I think they have a chance to be really good – in another year.
The reason why I say another year is that they are still fairly young and their quarterback – sophomore Jake Browning – is developing nicely. He seems to have a bright and mature mind for somebody so young and you can see some signs of how he managed to throw for about a thousand touchdowns in high school. He actually threw for a national high school record 229 TDs in three high school years, including an unbelievable 91 as a senior at Folsom High School in California.
In his three seasons at Folsom (the town is part of the area surrounding Sacramento), Browning threw for 16,775 yards and lost just two of 46 games. Both losses were to California powerhouse De La Salle.
The Huskies started the season being heralded for their defense, and for their first three games against cupcakes (Rutgers, Idaho and Portland State), that defense lived up to its pre-season billing. But Arizona shredded the Huskies Friday night and it took some highlight runs by little-known Lavon Coleman to subdue the Wildcats.
Some other observations: I didn’t think Budda Baker, who most believe will leave for the NFL after this season, played well. He made more than a few mistakes and the defensive front of Elijah Qualls, Greg Gaines, Vita Vea and Joe Mathis was getting shoved around a bit by the Arizona offensive line.
Mathis had some good moments, but I noticed some gaping holes that allowed for long runs by the Wildcats. There might have been more big runs, and the game outcome might have changed, if Arizona’s talented freshman J.J. Taylor, who was starting in place of injured (ankle) Nick Wilson, hadn’t suffered a broken ankle. Before that happened the super quick Taylor jitter-bugged for 97 yards and a touchdown.
Darren Gardenhire, a junior corner who is backing up starter Kevin King, also was flagged twice for pass interference. That didn’t help the Huskies.
Overall, though, it was a good win for the Huskies, who traditionally have had a difficult time winning at Arizona. So to escape the desert with a win is big and now the Huskies face a tough home game Friday night against unbeaten (4-0) Sanford, which had to fight hard to escape with a 22-13 win over UCLA at the Rose Bowl.
The Huskies slipped another sport in the Associated Press poll that just came out today. They were No. 8 two weeks ago, fall to No. 9 last week and now are at 10. Stanford is No. 7.
One more observation: What the heck is wrong with South Kitsap football? The Wolves are the biggest school in the state of Washington (2099 students) and have three middle schools feeding it and just by its size alone should have enough talent to at the very least be a .500 team and at the most dominate the state, as it once did when Ed Fisher was coaching there.
But they have fallen to depths that rival what they once where before Fisher arrived in 1973. When I first got here to write sports in 1970, the Wolves were bad, but not this bad.
Can’t they just stop somebody? The Wolves are 0-4 and are allowing 64.5 points a game, which includes what has to be a school-record 77 they gave up Friday against Puyallup (losing 77-60 and letting the Puyallup quarterback throw for a state record 10 touchdown passes).
Last season while going 2-8, the Wolves allowed 38.4 points a game.
So, again, what gives?
That’s enough for today. We’ll talk later.
Be well pal.
Be careful out there.
Have a great day.
You are loved.