*Bye Week Bonanza*

First off a little news from the practice field... Today dan had an extra point blocked in practice and Coach Caron's head almost exploded. In Dan's defense, Sagehen safety Sam Littleton is really, really good at blocking kicks and Sam did spare Dan the ignoble fate of getting steamrolled and having his entire lower body do a 360! (check it out in the #2 highlight of 2007: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOmXUhI2EfQ).

On the other hand, Dan seems to have finally regained his leg strength and is routinely nailing 45 yarders in practice. There is a lesson here for all the young kickers who Dan has inspired, and sunscribe loyally to this fine blog. Do not go to Guatemala, contract a bizarre poisonous skin disease and lose 30 pounds in the offseason as part of a globetrotting, vagabond lifestyle. Not saying Dan did this, just saying you should check out his profile picture on facebook before you go to Guatamala.

Now that he is back in tip-top shape I am more excited than ever to be Dirty Dan's blogger/filmer/coach/agent/manservant. Word is definetly starting to spread about the plucky kid out in Claremont California and I'm expecting that scouts from global football powerhouses such as the New York Dragons and the Montreal Alouettes will probably have some interest in this Saturdays matchup against Chapman University.

More now on Chapman as they are a strange story. Have you ever wondered why the Southern California Athletic Conference (SCIAC) has only 7 football teams while nearby Chapman University is excluded and left like a poor unloved orphan to fend for itself? Lord knows I have! As much fun as this bye week has been it sure seems like 8 teams would make more sense. ..

Turns out Chapman was once a part of SCIAC:
1950 Chapman College begins competition as an associate in baseball, basketball and tennis
1952 Chapman's association ends
That's from the SCIAC website. In all likelihood there was an ugly tennis brawl like you always here about, but your guess is as good as mine. Word on the street is that Chapman football has in the past signed up USC dropouts turned prison inmates, 30 year old men, and Bill Romanowski.

In light of all that lets just hope our hero doesn't have to get too physical with chapman this week.