Well, it looks like Dan Barnes was right

New Zealand 66-7 Canada. Well, let's look at it this way: it's probably best to get a game like that out of the way early. I didn't see it, as I was in St. Albert watching Scotland beat Spain (yay!) at the time, but it seems that was for the best. Let's just move on.

I did discover another Panda on Team Canada, that being former Pandas hoopster Rania Burns--who, as it happens, also apparently plays for the same Gaelic football club I do, although she hasn't been there since I started. (That's probably a good thing: having actual athletes around tends to make me quite depressed about my own performance.)

Burns and the rest of Team Canada are back on the pitch on Monday at 5pm in St. Albert, when they should have a much easier time against Spain. More on that as it approaches.

Coming Friday: an uninformed look at the Golden Bears (gridiron) football season, which starts Saturday in Saskatoon. Will the Bears be able to overcome key losses to finally get past the conference final? Hell if I know! Come back to find out!