A Few Things to Put a Bow on 2019

Actually, the Schloss-Blog thinks there is no way to put a "bow" on 2019, but here are a few things I've been wondering and I bet you have too. For instance:

• Who will Eli Manning be playing quarterback for next season, if anyone? Jacksonville? Miami? Cincinnati? Denver, like big brother Peyton before him? New England, if Brady retires (or does that job go to Andrew Luck, who mysteriously "heals" and comes of retirement)? My bet is Tampa Bay, because Bruce Arians is fed up with Jameis Winston.
• Hey Evangelical men, still in love with Donald Trump? As much as he'd probably love to do your wife or girlfriend, something tells me that's too much of a "lift" for him.
• When will the College Football Playoff expand to eight teams? It has to. There are five so-called "Power" conferences and only four slots available. It's time the five conference champions got automatic slots and then three wildcards get in (woulda' worked for Nick Saban this year).
• Is Moscow Mitch the most arrogant person you've ever seen in your life? He almost makes Trump look polite.
• There are almost 40 college football bowl games this season and only three of them matter - the two championship semifinals and the title game. In the other 37, most of the big names and All-Americans are not playing to avoid injury before the NFL Combine and NFL Draft. If they're not playing, I'm not watching so some announcer hyping the game can tell me that this backup who is playing is a real talent who is finally getting his chance.
• I see, finally, Trump signed a bill into law that keeps the government open and - significantly - officially creates the "Space Force." Can't wait to see the next iteration of Buck Rogers up there in outer space protecting us from invasion from Russia, China and E.T.
• ...and Ukraine
• ...and Guatemala.
• One thing we have blocked Russia from is the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Any Russian athletes who were not disqualified for PED use can compete under a neutral flag. Donald Trump swears the Russians are innocent on this, mostly because Putin was very forceful and strong in denying it to him.
• Trump and family spent the holidays at Mar-a-Lago, where he charges Secret Service and other government personnel there the max on bar tabs and food and has exhausted the Secret Service's budget trying to secure such a property so many times. I cannot wait until the courts release his tax returns to the public.
• For all my cynicism, sarcasm and snarkiness, I owe a lot of people a lot of things: Emily Horos, for keeping me close to home as much as possible with my football assignments in Arizona; to Andy Olson, Sharon Kelly and Liz Boyle for helping me be a semblance of a deejay on Radio Free Phoenix; to Reji Labege, for trusting me with her work to edit and fact-check; to Ja'net Oitzinger, for laying the foundation for our lives in Arizona to be as comfortable as they have become; to Larry and Joan, Dave and Janice, Karla and Wayne and Lauren and Fernando for being the best built-in family we could ever ask for in Arizona; and to Bob Frisk, may God be smiling down on you as you deal with the most difficult times and issues in anyone's lifetime.
• Oh yeah, and to the Rolling Stones, for one kick-ass show at Soldier Field.

Have a great 2020, or at least a good one. Mine is gonna' be better than my 2019, I guarantee it. Good night, Mrs. Calabash. And Happy New Year.