Bruce A. Brennan DeKalb,IL and the World: The Fighting Irish and other Catholics won Saturday

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

The game at Wrigley started out as a blowout and a high-scoring game. It was not a blowout at the end but the game was high scoring. Congratulations to the Fighting Illini.

Notre Dame played Army for the fiftieth time Saturday night. They played at Yankee Stadium; a baseball park built with the knowledge football would be played there. The final score was Notre Dame 27 Army 3. The game was never really close. It never appeared the Fighting Irish were going to lose. Notre Dame is now Bowl eligible, meaning they have enough wins to be invited to a post-season Bowl game. It is unlikely it would be a bowl game of much import, probably before the New Year, but a bowl game none the less. Being Notre Dame, they have a huge National following, which makes them an attractive invite to most bowls. They will help the attendance and TV ratings. Since Notre Dame is an independent, they do not have to share their bowl earnings with a league or any other teams. Notre Dame could decline a bowl bid, they have in the past, but that was when Notre Dame had much more luster on their golden helmets. Now, with college sports being what it is, money is money. My bet is they will go to a bowl game between Christmas and New Years.

A Park Ranger in Moab, Utah was shot three times yesterday after pulling a car over doing his job. Utah State Park’s Ranger Brody Young was shot in Dead Horse State Park on Poison Spider Mesa Trail, a popular spot in the park for hikers and sightseers. Ranger Young is in critical but stable condition in a nearby hospital, nearby by Utah standards. Authorities have not been able to interview Young. They are not sure what started the gunfire that resulted in Ranger Young being shot in the arm, leg and stomach. Investigators have found several items belonging to the suspected shooter, including his car, rifle and backpack. With winter setting in, the suspect will not be able to camp in the wilderness for any length of time unless this was a planned event and the shooter had a fully stocked camp already built in a rugged area.

Pope Benedict XVI has said the use of condoms is acceptable in certain circumstances and can be used by Catholics, such as a prostitute attempting to avoid HIV infection. Many Religious experts view this change in Catholic doctrine as monumental that will eventually lead to acceptance of other birth control methods, i.e. ‘the pill’.

Tallahassee, Florida has a triple murder to investigate and solve. Saturday, a young single, stay-at-home mother, her twin 6 year old girls and three year old son were found murdered in a North Florida home, a few miles from Florida State University. The police had not had been called to the home prior to the call around 10:15 a.m. Saturday. The investigation continues as does the search for suspects.

Notable births on this date:

1495 John Bale England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan)
1694 Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, thinker
1785 William Beaumont surgeon (studied digestion)
1787 Sir Samuel Cunard founder (1st regular Atlantic steamship line)
1817 Richard B Garnett Brig Gen, killed during Pickett's charge
1854 Benedict XV 258th Roman Catholic pope (1914-22)

1916 Sid Luckman NFL QB (Chicago Bears)

1920 Stan Musial outfielder (St Louis Cardinal, 7 times NL bat champ) Stan the Man

1945 Goldie Hawn Takoma Park MD, actress (Laugh-in, Private Benjamin)

Notable deaths on this date:

1817 Richard B Garnett killed during Pickett's Charge, Brig Gen. Born and died on November 21.
1899 Garret Augustus Hobart 24th VP, died

1958 Mel Ott NY Giant baseball star (1926-1947), dies at 49
1959 Max Baer US, heavyweight boxing champ (1934), dies at 49
1973 Allan Sherman singer, dies at 48 (Goodbye Muddah, Goodbye Faddah)-Camp Granada

Notable events on this date:

235 St Anterus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
496 St Gelasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1654 Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia
1783 Pilstre de Rozier & Marquis d'Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight
1787 Andrew Jackson admitted to the bar. He must have been a drinker.
1789 North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state.

1895 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Bruce Partington Plans" (BG)

1959 Jack Benny (violin) & Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet

1968 Supremes & Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me”

1968 Yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage
1980 Dallas' "Who Shot JR?" episode (Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating
1980 Fire at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84 1968 Yoko Ono suffers a miscarriage

1980 Gene Michaels replaces Dick Howser as Yankee's 25th manager
1980 John & Yoko pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum
1981 Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 & stays for 10 weeks
1990 Michael Milken is sentenced to 10 years for security law violations
1990 Signing of Declaration of "End of Cold war" in Paris

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BRUCE A. BRENNAN

DEKALB, IL 60115

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