Don't Stop Believing

TigerBlog would not have guessed that the Eagles sold twice as many records as Journey.

He would have thought the Eagles would have edged out Journey perhaps, but not doubled them up. A little research, though, reveals that the Eagles sold 150 million to the 75 million for Journey.

TigerBlog once saw both on the same day, by the way, back in JFK Stadium in Philadelphia.

The list of record sales that TB saw also says that AC/DC sold more records than the Rolling Stones. It says nobody sold more than the Beatles.

And have Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber really sold more than Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band? The Boss, by the way, is tied with the Bee Gees.

Music is a very subjective thing, of course, though TigerBlog is confident that the music of his youth is way, way, way better than the music of his kids' youth.

What got TB started on this? He heard a Journey song yesterday - Separate Ways - and it started him wondering where a group like Journey stood in the all-time rankings. He considered that the group was close to but not exactly the Eagles, and he stays with that analysis, even if the Eagles outsold them two to one.

Journey does have a claim that TigerBlog has made before. It's TB's contention that there are two songs that are universally loved, two songs of which nobody has ever said "I hate that song."

One of then is "Sweet Caroline," by Neil Diamond, who is right at the midway point in sales between the Eagles and Journey.

The other is "Don't Stop Believing," Journey's No. 1 hit.

TB is pretty sure you were about to sing really loudly "Good times never seemed so good," until you read "Don't Stop Believing," which means that "Hold onto that feeling" will be rolling around your head all day, which is fine.

Speaking of believing, Chad Kanoff made believers out of many in Week 1 of the NFL preseason. Kanoff, who went undrafted after his record-setting year last year as the Princeton quarterback, is in camp with the Arizona Cardinals, who used their No. 1 pick on another quarterback - UCLA's Josh Rosen.

Like Kanoff, Rosen also has a Princeton connection, though not as directly. You may recall that Rosen's mother, Elizabeth (Wiz) Lippincott, was a two-time first-team All-Ivy League lacrosse player at Princeton. She was also the captain of the team in 1982, her senior year.

And she played against Harvard's Chris Sailer, who herself has a long Princeton connection.

Rosen is the quarterback that Arizona is hoping can start right away. Kanoff is looking for a roster spot, or to impress enough in the preseason that another team picks him up in Arizona releases him.

For Day 1, Kanoff looked pretty good. You can see for yourself HERE. And HERE.

Kanoff finished the game going 3 for 5 for 66 yards and the touchdown. His deep ball to fellow rookie Jalen Tolliver, from Arkansas-Monticello, was perfect, though who is Charles Kanoff?

THIS, by the way, is where Tolliver played his home games in college, where he had 30 touchdown receptions in 22 games the last two years. Kanoff, like Tolliver, put up huge collegiate numbers, graduating as Princeton's all-time leading passer and the Ivy League's single-season passing leader.

Both need to battle for a place on the team.

For Kanoff, he is one of four quarterbacks currently on the roster. The other three are very familiar names - and former high draft picks - with Rosen, Sam Bradford and Mike Glennon.

Of course, that could work in Kanoff's favor, depending on how much money the veterans Bradford and Glennon are owed. Or, he can just keep playing the way he played the other day.

If you watched Kanoff play at Princeton last year, then you saw that he has the ability to make every throw there is. Translating that to the NFL game, of course, is another story, though TB was surprised that Kanoff went undrafted.

One way to make a team is to make that one play that everyone remembers, the one that says that you can be successful on that level. Kanoff already has that in his back pocket.

It's a long road to becoming an NFL starting quarterback when you're not drafted. Kanoff knows that.

But he's doing what he needs to do to keep himself in the conversation to make his dream come true.

Hey, don't stop believing, right?