{"id":149212,"date":"2021-12-14T04:46:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T09:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=149212"},"modified":"2021-12-14T04:46:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T09:46:22","slug":"random-thoughts-basketball-and-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/12\/14\/random-thoughts-basketball-and-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts: basketball and football"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week\u2019s edition of Random Thoughts centers around Van Wert\u2019s girls and boys basketball teams, the Chicago Bears, Ryan Day, Urban Meyer and bowl games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nice win<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert\u2019s girls basketball win at Coldwater on Saturday was a quality win for the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s hoping it proves to be a stepping stone for more success this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No place like home<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019ll be nice for the Van Wert Cougars to finally play a home game. After the season was delayed by a week, the Cougars played their first four games on the road. Now, Van Wert is home for five straight and seven of the next eight games. The only road game will be January 7 at Wapakoneta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chicago Bears<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not a Chicago Bears fan but I don\u2019t have anything against the team either, unless they\u2019re playing the Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However \u2013 a note to Chicago\u2019s front office: please upgrade the offensive line before someone truly gets injured. That should be priority No. 1, regardless of who is coaching the team next season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan Day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not buying the Ryan Day to Chicago rumors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

For a number of reasons those rumors don\u2019t make sense and I\u2019ll be absolutely shocked if they come true. Might he coach in the NFL someday? It\u2019s quite possible but it won\u2019t be with the Chicago Bears next season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Urban Meyer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As predicted by many, things are not going well for Urban Meyer in Jacksonville and things won\u2019t end well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019ll be a surprise if he\u2019s back for a second season and if he is, odds are he won\u2019t make it through the season. It wasn\u2019t a good match to begin with. He\u2019s a great college coach with no pro experience and even worse, he took the reigns of one of the worst franchises in the NFL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was and is a recipe for disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bowl games<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first of 42 bowl games will kick off this Friday with the Bahamas Bowl, featuring Toledo and Middle Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are there two many bowl games? Yes. Will I watch at least a little bit or all of them? Yes, I\u2019m sure going to try, and I know I\u2019m not alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wait a minute<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can someone explain to me how Toledo (third, MAC West) gets to go to the Bahamas Bowl while Kent St., fresh off an appearance in the MAC championship game, winds up in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise, Idaho?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not to disparage Boise. I\u2019m sure it\u2019s a very nice city but it\u2019s climate is the complete opposite of the Bahamas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have thoughts or comments on any of the above subjects, feel free to email me at sports@thevwindependent.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor This week\u2019s edition of Random Thoughts centers around Van Wert\u2019s girls and boys basketball teams, the Chicago Bears, Ryan Day, Urban Meyer and bowl games. Nice win Van Wert\u2019s girls basketball win at Coldwater on Saturday was a quality win for the program. Here\u2019s hoping it proves to be a stepping stone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-31 15:51:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}