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I saw this wino, he was eating grapes. I was like "Dude, you have to wait."
 -- Mitch Hedberg

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Tropical Storm Joaquin; Not so much if but when...

Newly minted Tropical Storm Joaquin, swirling up tightly off Florida's coast is expected to head northward along the Atlantic seaboard and MOST, not all projections but MOST have Joaquin hitting New Jersey. The fact that the storm will continue and quite possibly grow into a hurricane isn't in question. Seemingly neither is the path. The question is when does it get real sloppy around these here parts. Early Saturday things could get weird but Sunday is the day currently forecaster are taking a hard look at.

Johnny's not trying to panic you, the news media will do that. He's just giving you a few days heads up to plan for a wet weekend. How much wet and wind remains to be seen.

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If you read this story without knowing where it took place

If after reading it you were asked where it took place you'd probably say "Yeah, that just sounds like Jersey City." 

Allegedly Bianca Lockett hit a fire truck from Engine 5 at the intersection of Kennedy Boulevard and Audubon Avenue in her Mercury while the truck had lights and sirens on. What happened next (allegedly) is what makes it so Jersey City. Witnesses told police Lockett grabbed her small child from the vehicle and made like a tree and leafed. Witnesses also said that two people jumped out of the vehicle and took the license plates and also fled the area. A witness followed Locket taking cell phone pictures and assisted PD with the info. Reached at her home by police Locket was issued summonses for driving with a suspended license, leaving the scene of an accident, and failure to yield the right of way for an emergency vehicle.

No word on if she was issued a ticket for driving a Mercury as well.

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Johnny's prediction was off on the Jets to be sure but if you actually bet money on the New York Jets that's on you.

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New Jersey Jets football gameday!

With the Giants winning Thursday over the Washingtons, the Jets are the only local game in town and what a game. The reeling Philadelphia Sheagals venture north to the Meadowlands to see which city the Pope blessed better.

Genius Chip Kelly has turned the Eagles into a cornucopia of fail. His movement based offense is being run by the only player in NFL history whom Bernie Kosar could beat in a footrace. He shipped away all his best playmakers for reasons open to debate but in general turned a team from one getting better and maybe even getting ready to contend, into the East Philadelphia Browns. Oh, wait, the Browns have a win. The Sam Bradford Experience is a baaaaad trip kids. Twice as many INT's as TD's after two games is no way to play QB....for long. Darren Sproles is always a danger. He can simply go off and make plays that suck the life out of a defense.

If the Jets weren't so banged up we'd say this could prove relatively easy. No Revis is certainly not a reason for hope (he's listed as questionable on ESPN as of press time) as well as other injured Jets and in the NFL that is a great equalizer. Look up game manager in the dictionary and you'll see a picture of Ryan Fitzpatrick. Thus far that has worked well. Fitzpatrick's best friend, running back Chris Ivory is a game time decision. If he can't go suddenly a nickel back or safety shifts over to double Brandon Marshall. Fitzpatrick's task does become that much tougher.

Johnny thinks the Jets can still handle the Eagles today but it won't be pretty. Like the fans in the stands it'll be a fistfight. The Magic 8 Ball sees a low scoring game.

Jets 20
Eagles 16

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It's the Saturday Night Scoreboard Show!

Rutgers 27
Kansas 14
Well done Scarlet Knights, now the real tests begin

Michigan State 30
Central Michigan 10
Sparty blocked two Central field goals in this one and New Jersey native Shilique Calhoun killed several Central offensive players like Wun Wun kills wights


Bowling Green 35
Purdue 28
The B1G has announced a trade: Purdue will be going to the MAC while Northern Illinois and BG will head off to the the B1G

UNLV 80
Idaho State 8
Would you believe Idaho State hasn't won a game yet this year?

Princeton 52
Lehigh 26
Princeton is undefeated

Yale 33
Cornell 26
Yale scored 17 points in the fourth quarter to get power up and win

Florida 28
Tennessee 27
You knew the second Tennessee threw that ball with a minute and a half left it was their doom for the 11th straight time vs Florida

Illinois 27
Middle Tennessee 25
The B1G was a late missed Middle Tennessee field goal away from trading Illinois as well

Army 58
Eastern Michigan 36
Army rolled the tanks trough EMU like warm butter

The Jersey City Desk Game of the Week®
TCU 55
Texas Tech 52
What an amazing game. Right to the end. Back and forth all day. THIS is why we love Saturday football!

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Rutgers football gameday!

Rutgers is really pissing Johnny off to no end this morning. As you all know Michigan State is his team. They are #2 in the country and trying to chase down one of those coveted four playoff spots.

Rutgers is playing moribund Kansas. Kansas is the team 1-AA teams schedule early in the season for a good looking win over a Division 1 school. This game gets FOUR Chets in fact:


Why is Johnny mad at Rutgers? Since Michigan State is also on the BTN Network but the Scarlet Knights, being a locally-sourced team are the game on Big Ten Network at noon. Now some Rutgers fans might counter that Sparty is only playing Central Michigan.

Kansas, the most awfullest team in the last 10 years not named Eastern Michigan versus Rutgers, Johnny just woke up but hasn't had time to check the police blotter to see who's playing.

Stupid local interest.

Now that we've dispensed with the unpleasantness of geography, today we're going to find out if Rutgers is a lost cause and are simply mailing it in a third of the way through the season. This is Kansas, even a team in crisis should beat them at home. This game can be broken down to "Is Rutgers still all in in 2015.?" If they are, they'll start B1G play at 2-2, if not, oh boy oh boy oh boy. Of course let's remember this is a full team effort of goofery. Both coaches AND players have contributed MIGHTILY to this mess. Today would be a good day to step up and represent your university in a fitting manner.

As bad as this game looks on paper there is an awful lot to play for if you're RU.

Fearless Forecast:
Rutgers 28
Kansas 21

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Johnny takes his rest now though it will not come easily. What to be for Halloween?

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE TEMPTATIONS!

Go ahead, clear your throat for the part of this song, 'Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)' by The Temptations you really wanna sing...."And the band played on"

Let your freak flag fly friends. Get on with your bad self.