TODAY, I begin a new blog, thinking of our good friend Donn Bernstein in New York, of our great adventure together in September through California's Mendocino Coast and currently wondering when the snow will disappear from home so we can begin the golf season.Watching the opening of of the PGA TOUR from Hawaii and Palm Springs, you can't help but think about playing golf. However, I suspect sadly that it is a few months off in KC. So, we will wait, impatiently, and maybe try to squeeze in a few pops at the driving range when and if the snow leaves us.
It is difficult for me to watch anything but golf on sports television these days now that the college football season has ended. Viewing Big 12 basketball games means you have to listen to Brent Musburger and Bob Knight, a painful task for a whole game. They have taken Ron Franklin's place covering the Big 12 so any watching will be done with the sound on mute. What is it about Bob Knight that he talks down to everyone at all times. The I-know-more-than-any-of-you attitude permeates his demeanor no matter where he is or what he is talking about. I always wondered and asked on many occasions, why the late Pete Newell—a great coach and truly one of the best people to be around—liked Knight so much. It had to be with X's and O's and you would have thought that some of Newell's and Hank Iba's caring personalities would have rubbed off on him at some point.
The Super Bowl should be terrific, except that it's in Texas Stadium and I'm sure we will see and hear enough from Jerry Jones to turn our stomachs. I would like to see the Packers win it, but both coaches seem to be great guys and I know that both organizations are solid and historic in the NFL.
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