Giants & Idol

I could care less about “American Idol” once the aspiring singers move on to Hollywood and the TV show is about talent. However if you need a good
laugh than there’s nothing like the first few weeks of the Fox show, which kicked off its new season Tuesday. There’s something about watching people make complete fools of themselves on national TV. While I’m sure many of them think they have talent I’ll always believe that some contestants are just trying to find their way onto television and to them the whole thing is a goof. Regardless it is very funny and a good diversion from reality.

That may also be the best way to describe sports and I’ll use the football Giants as a good example of that. Having the Giants still alive in the Super Bowl chase is a shot in the arm for many and comes at a time when just everything in New Jersey appears bleak. Instead of people moaning about taxes and the Governor’s toll hikes they can rally around “Big Blue” as they get ready to play the Packers in Green Bay Sunday Night. Sometimes we need things to look forward to and get our minds off the reality of the every day struggles…..sports at its best does that.

The naming of Bill Hill as the new head football coach at Toms River High School South will certainly come as a surprise to many. The Board of Education hired the 48-year old Hill Tuesday to replace Brian Wilkinson, who stepped down last month. Hill is considered among the top athletes to come out of the shore, starring in football and baseball at Howell High School and getting a taste of the pros in both. While he’s never been a head coach before Hill earned a solid reputation as an assistant at Lakewood and Asbury Park and spent a season working with Ron Signorino at South.

Back to American Idol…the Princess Leia character at the end of last night’s show….she wasn’t serious, was she?