Friday Varia and Quick Hits

It’s a cool morning today but we’re being told that tomorrow will be the absolutely final last gasp of summer with temperatures almost 80° before crashing into the 40s and 50s for the next week. It seems like the right time to take the rose bushes down in the garden. This week will be a pretty relaxed one sports wise. My Ohio State Buckeyes get Maryland at home in what should be a warm up for their big game against Indiana next week. The Mighty Spiders visit a scuffling Fordham to continue their impressive season and UND to go to Northern Iowa. The F1 guys are in Singapore for a sprint race weekend (and I’ll turn on sprint race qualifying in a few minutes). Australia is facing South Africa for the first test in their three test series and it looks a bit ragged this morning with Australia at 134/6 in the first innings. The Eagles play Jacksonville Sunday morning (our time) in the UK. Floyd Scofield faced Lucas Bahdi for the lightweight title tomorrow evening. I was saddened to hear…