Everywhere you looked, people were wearing jerseys from NFL teams. TigerBlog saw all kinds of people wear all kinds of jerseys, from current players to, among others, Drew Bledsoe and Randall Cunningham.
In his entire life, TB has only owned one jersey, and that was as Giants' No. 56 back when he was in college. If you have to ask who No. 56 on the Giants was back then, well, then you need to do a search for "Greatest NFL Defensive Player Ever" and you'll figure it out.
He didn't seen anyone in an Oakland Raiders Antonio Brown jersey. He did wonder how many such jerseys had been sold and what the people who bought them were thinking after Brown played exactly zero games in his Raiders' career.
It's also a shame that TB couldn't, um, monetize his first thought when he saw the news that Brown had been released by the Raiders. That thought? The only team that would take him would be the Patriots. Oh well.
And why is it always the wide receivers who are the prima donnas? Brown. Odell Beckham Jr. Terrell Owens. Randy Moss. The list goes on.
What is about being an NFL wide receiver?
TB's rooting interest for the year is mostly with the Princeton alums who are on NFL rosters, a group that swelled by one when Chad Kanoff was signed by the Lions over the weekend.
The Lions, of course, opened their season with the Cardinals, who just happened to the team that Kanoff had been with since the beginning of last season. Anything goes in the NFL, right?
Was Kanoff able to make a difference with his knowledge of the Cards' offense? Well, the game ended in a 27-27 tie, who who knows.
TigerBlog can root for Detroit, not only because of Kanoff but also because of former Roper Trophy winner John Mack, a lifelong - and long suffering - Lions fan. He deserves a Super Bowl.
TB's Super Bowl pick for this year would be the Chiefs and the Eagles. He would have said that even before both teams won their openers.
TB's favorite team for much of his life has been the Giants, but he's not as high on the team as he used to be. Plus they were terrible yesterday in a 35-17 loss to Princeton alum Jason Garrett's Dallas Cowboys. TB is interested to see how long it takes Giants' fans to clamor for Eli Manning to be benched in favor of rookie Daniel Jones, the first-round pick they all booed a few months ago.
His main hope for the NFL season is to see two former Princeton wide receivers (and non-prima donnas) Stephen Carlson and Jesper Horsted be activated from their respective practice squads (the Browns and Bears) and catch regular season passes as they play a new position, tight end.
By the way, the U.S. Open final between Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev, won by Nadal in five sets despite an amazing run from two sets down by Medvedev, was better than any NFL game.
The current Princeton football team is a little less than two weeks away from beginning its 150th season, something the Tigers will do on Sept. 21 at home against Butler (kickoff at 5). The Bulldogs will be playing their fourth game when they come to Powers Field at Princeton Stadium, after opening with a 57-10 loss to FCS No. 1 North Dakota State and then defeating Indiana Wesleyan in overtime this week before hosting Taylor this coming Saturday.
The 150th celebration of college football is already underway around the country. It's especially significant around here, as Princeton and Rutgers celebrate their roles as the two teams that played in the first game ever, back on Nov. 6, 1869.
About the midway point between the two schools would be South Brunswick, which means that Von Thun's Farm in South Brunswick would be a good place for both teams to be recognized. And that's exactly what is going on this fall.
If you're a fan of corn mazes, then Von Thun's would be a good stopping spot. The farm annually has a themed corn maze, and this year's is the 150th celebration.
started this American tradition,” explained Timothy Von Thun, fifth generation farmer at Von Thun’s, in a release.
The corn maze opens Sept. 21, which means you can check it out before you come to Princeton-Butler. In the meantime, there's one open Saturday before the start of the 10-week Ivy football season.
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