Yesterday, it rained. And rained. Then it rained some more. In fact, it’s still raining right now, though it’s supposed to stop this morning. I was hoping to hear about a closing date yesterday (on Thursday, they told me everything was in, and they were looking at Monday or Tuesday). But I didn’t hear anything yesterday at all, so I’m guessing Monday is out of the question. It would have been nice to at least hear something, but, well, I guess I’m not important enough for a courtesy call. Maybe if I was borrowing a few million dollars or something. Oh well.

Last night, a whole bunch of former SU basketball stars were on hand to see Jim Boeheim awarded the 2010 Sporting News coach of the year award at halftime of an NBA exhibition game between the Minnesota Timberwolves (who have three former SU players on their roster – at least until Jason Hart gets cut) and the Detroit Pistons. Former Piston (and current Detroit mayor) Dave Bing (Jim Boeheim’s college room and back court mate) tossed the ceremonial opening tip, and, hell, even Floyd Little was on hand. For those keeping score, the T-Wolves won 99-88.

Now, our thoughts turn to football, and there’s a big game here today (for we, the SU faithful – certainly not for anybody else), as the Pitt Panthers come to town. Pitt was picked by the coaches to win the Big East this year, but have had a bit of a shaky start, while we’ve actually had our best start since 1999 (albeit against less than stellar opposition).

So – on Homecoming Day no less – we have an opportunity to win two Big East games in a row (we haven’t won two Big East games period – let alone two in a row – since 2004; it pains me to think of how pitiful we’ve become, though it gives me a little bit of pleasure to see how crappy Michigan’s defense is these days with our former coach as DC). Of course, we also have an opportunity to play like shit and get killed. Personally, I don’t have good vibes about this game, but that could be just because I’ve become accustomed to great disappointment (in both life, and SU sports). But, we’ll see.

I thought Rabbi What’shisface was just kidding when he said Carl Paladino had turned gay, but I’ll be damned – it’s true!

Just days after Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino attacked his Democratic opponent Andrew Cuomo for attending a gay pride parade, his campaign sent out a campaign e-mail that that calls into question Cuomo’s own support for gay rights.

That’s right: Andy isn’t gay enough for Carl. I can’t wait to see Carl in his Speedos and pasties, marching down 5th Avenue next year (actually, that’s a sight I hope never to see).

Oh well, time to go and not get any work done at my new house because they don’t want me to close until there’s six feet of snow on the ground.