A FEW MO' THINGS, 10/29/12
Where was this when I was a trick-or-treater?

-Know what's not fun?  Driving 100 miles, sitting in traffic for an interminable amount of time, then soaking in the rain while getting pelted with wind, and watching your favorite college football team lose to one of their biggest rivals because of the quarterback's inability to successfully avoid throwing the football to players in the other team's uniform.

Okay full disclosure, I drove to Louisville hours before any traffic issues and I enjoyed the game from the comfort of the UC broadcast booth, but the experience I just mentioned has been relayed to me a few dozen times since late Friday night.

You get the point, Friday sucked.

I could go back and rehash the events, but I don't feel like beating my head against something hard right now so I'll skip the teeth-gnashing parts like Travis Kelce dropping a pass he absolutely has to catch, like when Kelce refuses to fight for the ball on the OT pick, and like the blown call on the interception that should have been reviewed.

Instead I'll focus on the Bearcats' quarterback play.

I don't know if another guy is the answer, but I do know this: Right now, Munchie Legaux isn't.

Munchie may one day be a quality FBS college football quarterback, and his athleticism is definitely useful right now.  But his arm, far too often, is useless.

I don't know if another guy is the answer.  I don't know that the consistency of the passing game would improve if Butch Jones went with Brendan Kay or any other QB on the roster.  And I do know that pinning all of the blame for a team's struggles is very, very, unfair.

But I also know what I've seen through seven games, particularly the last two.  I've seen missed throws, I've seen a pick-six, I've seen passes directly into coverage, I've seen wild inaccuracy, and I've seen decision-making that rivaled mine in my early-20s.  I've seen a quarterback who's not yet ready to lead a team to a Big East championship.

UC's title hopes are alive, but in critical condition.  And while improvements need to be made all over, I don't see the sanity or the logic in continuing to run a guy out there who's far too shaky to inspire the confidence of anyone, particularly other Bearcat players.  I'm sure Munchie's teammates are supportive, but I don't know how Butch can look at his team and continue to blindly play a quarterback who can't complete half of his passes and who continually throws picks in critcal situations.

Can they still use him?  Sure.  I'm not even opposed to a plan that would involve him sharing snaps with someone else, and the coaches would be foolish to not find ways to take advantage of his running ability.

And there's nothing that say that they have to completely shelve the idea of Munchie Legaux one day being a productive, consistent starting quarterback for the University of Cincinnati. 

But the problem is that his team, still holding on to championship aspirations, needs productive, consistent quarterback play right now.

-Speaking of the Bearcats, the basketball version plays an exhibition game tonight.  I'm mildly excited for hoops.

I'm also mildly excited for the two games on November 11th and November 18th.  I will be calling play-by-play for both.

Yes, we are going way down the depth chart.  No, I don't either Dan Hoard or Tom Gelehrter have to fear their jobs.  But as someone who grew up a massive Bearcat fan, and for someone who still lives and dies with the Cats, getting a chance to call a UC game on the radio is as close to a dream come true as anything I've ever done professionally.

Dan is calling the Bengals games those days, and Tommy will be working TV, so I have the call on radio.  I have no idea what to expect, and I can't tell you that the broadcasts will be on par with what listeners are used to, but I can't contain my excitement for the experience.

Just thought I'd share.

-Did you watch Peyton Manning and the Broncos last night?  All of a sudden, I'm dreading this Sunday.

-These should never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, see the light of day again.

-I watched most of the World Series, I watched nearly all of the NLCS, and I saw every pitch of the Reds/Giants NLDS.  This means I saw nearly every postseason game played by the San Francisco Giants. Know what I never saw?  Bruce Bochy being "fiery," or "kicking butt," or "getting in his players' faces."

These are all the things I constantly hear people mention when they want to complain about Dusty Baker.  Why does an even keel work for Bochy (and nearly every other successful manager by the way), and yet supposedly not for Dusty?

-On the World Series, I agree with this...
Every World Series champion has stars, of course, and the Giants’ two biggest stars of 2012 -- Buster Posey and Matt Cain -- both came up big in Game 4. But as much as any recent World Series champion, this feels like a team effort, a title won by players one through 25, with a little help from manager Bruce Bochy's magic touch.

-Also, Zooey Deschanel sang the anthem before game three.  I find her singing to be passable at best, but I have a massive celebrity crush on her so it gets posted.

-Here's a shirtless man wearing a horse head mask while jogging during a hurricane.

-I probably received some variation of the "what about Brian Kelly" or "do you miss Brian Kelly" or "this only makes what happened for UC worse" tweet 540 times since Notre Dame's win on Saturday night. 

My reaction: Good for him.  I don't spend a minute rooting against or worrying about Notre Dame.  Kelly is a hell of a football coach, he was inevitably going to win, and I have no reason to root for him not to.

-More later, including the bye week edition of #MoHawkMonday today on ESPN1530. Here's a guy trying to redeem a Pizza Hut coupon from 20 years ago.