Rutgers University - The Real Super Bowl Champs

Arrived at Bobby's: Sat, Feb 4, 2017 @7:35 AM.

#SecureThePorch: Accomplished

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So, the New England Patriots won another Super Bowl. Yawn! Tom Brady gets his fifth ring and was named MVP. Yawn! Lady Gaga gave a great halftime performance and the Atlanta Falcons give up the biggest lead in Super Bowl history. Another yawn! The real story is Rutgers University had more players playing in Super Bowl XLIX than any other college. Yes, that includes Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, LSU, USC, et al. Hopefully, this can give a nice bump in the recruiting efforts. The Rutgers players are:

Mohamed Sanu, Atlanta Falcons, WR
Devin McCourty, New England Patriots, DB
Logan Ryan, New England Patriots, DB
Duron Harmon, New England Patriots, DB
Jonathan Freeny, New England Patriots, LB(injured)

Rutgers actually had more than twice as many players in the Super Bowl as any Big Ten school. That makes Rutgers the real Super Bowl Champs...bam...mic drop!!!

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The Library - Submitted by Coach Tom

The Library is one of the cornerstones of a town. It’s right up there with City Hall, the Court House, Police, and Fire Stations. Where else can you rent a book for free, use a computer, read the local newspapers and current magazines? Teachers use it to prepare lesson plans, students to do research, adults to job hunt, seniors to relax and get caught up with the news and parents to read to their children.

Recently I had a problem with the rent a book for free part. When a new book comes out I go online and place it on Hold. When it becomes available, the Library sends me an email informing me that it is ready to be picked up. Then you have three days to pick it up. Recently I received one of those emails. Actually, I received three of them. So off to the library I went to pick up the three books. I have two weeks to read three books.

I finished and returned one of the books in six days. By then I knew I couldn’t finish the other two in the remaining eight days. So I had to decide between Jeffrey Archer and Lee Child. After a lot of reflection and prayer, I decided that Jack Reacher’s Night School would have to wait for another time.

So on a Saturday I left BK early and drove over to the library to return Night School. As I walked towards the library I decided to drop Night School into the outdoor book drop instead of going inside and returning it.

I check my online account every day. After a few days, I was surprised that it showed Night School still checked out. When the 14 days were up, I had finished Jeffrey Archer and returned it on the due date. The next day I checked online and Jeffrey was shown as returned but Night School was showing as out and now a $.20 fine was due.

After three days I started to panic. The fine was up to $.60. I decided a visit was necessary. Upon entering, I picked out the most friendly looking clerk and explained my situation. This nice lady explained how sometimes books get stuck in the outdoor chute. She had a young person go out and check the chute. When he came back empty handed she immediately went on the offensive. She said a lot of people forget books in their car. Books slide off the seats. She kept mentioning the book cost $28. I explained again that I made a trip just to return the one book. That I didn’t get out of the car and walk to the book drop without the book. She was no longer the friendly person. Now she was the Accuser. She told me I should go back to my car and look under the seat or on the side. I left frustrated. I went back to the car and checked under the seat and on the side Nothing. I started questioning myself. Am I getting old? Did I really return the book?

To make matter worse when I went home my family wanted to know if a poster of me was on the wall at the library. Would my daughter still be allowed to take books out?

Two days later while at home I received a voice mail. It was the Accuser. They found the book.

For the next few days, I checked my account online. The book was no longer outstanding but the fine was still there. So I decided another trip was warranted. This time when I entered the library the Accuser greeted me with a big “Hi Tom.” (Tom!!!) She explained how one of the young people put the book in the donation pile instead of the return pile. She happened to be working when someone wanted to buy the book. She claimed she yelled, “that’s Tom’s book.” Now she’s a hero! I told her the fine is still showing up on my account. She walked me over to the counter and told the clerk to offset my fine. The clerk asked why. She told her just do it. I think the clerk muttered something like “another President Obama pardon”.

Now that I was back in good graces I went to find a book. Guess which book I found and am reading right now, Jack Reacher Night School.

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Although this is the second consecutive blog that involves a Breakfast Club member being accused of committing a crime, there have been no convictions. Which means, for the moment, the BK Club is still in good standing in the community.  Let's see what next week brings.

The sheets were being passed around the BK table and I had to get in on the game. There were $10 boxes, $20 boxes, $50, $100 and $500 boxes and I was in on every sheet. For the bigger boxes, I had a partial stake but I was in on every possible bet. It was all playing out in my head too. After winning, we would all be smoking big fat cigars and drinking martinis celebrating out good fortune. While slapping each other on the back, we would be discussing out next big sports betting opportunity and of course, that would be college basketball. Well, it didn't work out as planned. Not a single box turned up a winner. It kills me to think how I allowed myself to get pulled into the gambling world. I am praying Cindy, my wife does not read this blog.