Year Five: Yes, FIVE

Somehow we have made it five years! Yes, this blog started in January of 2008 and five years later Just South of North is still going strong.

So thank you to all our readers. For without you we wouldn't have a blog.

Here's some famous 5's from the sports world:

1. Joe DiMaggio was a 13-time all-star, three-time MVP, and according to Ted Williams, was "the greatest all-around player I ever saw." Of course, he holds the current record for consecutive games with a hit, at 56, accomplished in 1941.

2. Jason Kidd's number 5 is retried by the University of Cal, 10 NBA All-Star, 5 time All-NBA First Team, 4 time All-Defensive First Team, an NBA champion, a Pac-10 player of the year and an NCAA All-American.

3. Donovan McNabb was a six time Pro Bowl selections, an NFC Champion, an NFC Offensive Player of the Year, he threw for 37,276 yards with a passer rating of 85.6.

4. Kasey Kahne is my favorite NASCAR driver from Enumclaw, Washington. He drives the number 5 car in the Sprint Cup Series and last season finished fourth in the series. He has 14 wins, 121 top tens and 26 poles.

5. Ray Finkle is famous from Ace Ventura and will forever be known for missing the kick and then kidnapping Dan Marino. Who'd forget this quote from Ray's mom? " It was all that Dan Marino's fault, everyone knows that. If he had held the ball, laces out, like he was supposed to, Ray would never have missed that kick. Dan Marino should die of gonorrhea and rot in hell. Would you like a cookie, son?"

(Buy a Ray Finkle shirt here)

NFL Lip Reading

I came across this video and since the Seattle Seahawks season is over I needed something else to consume time time.

And then I found NFL Lip Reading. It's HILARIOUS!

Check out this edition:

Eight percent of sports fans leave games drunk

I'm actually thinking this number is a little low, because how could you get through the Seattle Mariner's season last year without drinking profusely...

The study was conducted by the University Of Minnesota, who stopped a sampling of fans after football and baseball games and got them to take a breathalyzer test. Sixty percent of fans had no alcohol in their system, so we're presuming at least some of the tests were conducted after BYU games. Forty percent had drank, and eight percent were over the .08 BAC legal limit.

Apparently they've never been to an Eastern Washington football game where everybody leaves at halftime to return to the parking lot and drink.

How to know if someone is talking sports out of their butt

1. They'll go on for about 20 minutes how it's justified that they've gone from rooting for the Oakland Raiders (Super Bowl in 2003) to the Indianapolis Colts (Super Bowl in 2007) to the Pittsburgh Steelers (Super Bowl in 2009). Hmmm.

2. Says that the 2004 World Series didn't count because the Red Sox didn't beat the Yankees in the Series to win the championship. (Oh nevermind they came from behind 3-0 against in the ALCS to go to the WS, and that it's impossible for two AL teams to play in the Series. I'm just saying, somebody actually said this to me.)

3. They'll stand by their statement that Lebron James is not a great player, just a scorer. Then he'll reminisce about the days of Steve Kerr and that other white guy that played for the Lakers with glasses.

4. "Baseball's dumb. It's too slow paced of a game. Hold on, I'm going to turn the channel over to the World Series of Poker."

5. Talks about the chances of the Mariners making the playoffs this year with Griffey.

6. Thinks Tom Brady is a scrambling quarterback.

7. Yells at a pitcher in the sixth inning that he blew a save when that is actually impossible in the game of baseball (Guilty).

8. Asks if it's possible to throw the football through the uprights for a field goal.

9. Wonders when tryouts for the local "professional ball club" are being help as their looking to get back into the game that they haven't played in five years - figuring they haven't lost an smidge off that 6.9 40-time.

10. "What quarter is it? Is this baseball game ever going to end?"