Back from Hiatus

The SHC is in its Tournament of Champions. 2 days down, four more next week, then we crown this year's winner.

Lipscomb soccer is underway. Not much to write about early on. The women are doing some better. They had a really strong game against UT-Chattanooga, where the actually had more scoring chances (27-23) but fell 3-1. From a program that typically gives up 3 or 4 times more chances than they create, this is a good sign. Especially so for All-Conference goalie Katie Shelton. The fewer saves she is forced to make, the better.

The men are having a solid year, even as they stand 1-4. They were basically run off the field by Louisville yesterday (no surprise, since the Cardinals are ranked #20 in the country). But even with a 5-2 final score and a 30-8 Scoring Chance advantage for Louisville, Lipscomb managed to keep it a one-goal game into the final 10 minutes. This coming off a 3-2 overtime loss to Navy where they played pretty even (31-23 Navy in chances, including 11 off-sides by the Midshipmen).

Lipscomb's bread and butter is its offense. And the numbers indicate that it's beginning to come together.

The Presidential election is getting weirder by the minute. Last time I checked in, Obama was a prohibitive favorite. Now John McCain has taken the lead in the national polls. As of this writing, he's up 2.9 points -- well within the 4.1% margin of error, but still. But even so, McCain is still a 5-3 underdog in the Electoral College. According to fivethrityeight.com, which analyzes state polls, McCain has about a 3 out of 4 chance to win Florida. If he does that, though, he still only has a slightly better than 50-50 shot at putting together enough electoral votes to win. And if he loses Florida, that's the ball game. Are we on course for another 2000, where the popular vote winner loses the Electoral College? Stay tuned.