Random thoughts about non-serious topics:
1) Lot of news about ESPN: first, Harold Reynolds is now suing ESPN for his firing (details at Smoking Gun). Also, on ESPNU during the N Ill - Iowa game, Brian Kinchen (the color guy) talked about how:
"the quarterback needs to caress the ball - cradle it...... I guess that sounds kind of gay".
Needless to say, he is now on double secret probation.
2) Has anyone seen the new Citicards commercials? The ones with the Russian old guy amassing points? I think he says it is very "rewarding", but it comes out "bevording". I find them amazingly compelling. I think I may be the only one who enjoys these.
Is that Judd Hirsch doing the ad?
3) At the end of the Steelers-Raiders game, they showed a picture of Al Davis. Janice almost threw up her dinner. "Who IS that?" she asked. It's the owner. "Wow - he looks dead". That may be a compliment.
4) Is there any doubt that if it was a Browns player making that non-catch in the end zone at the end of the Browns-Jets game , there would be ZERO national outrage about the push-out rule? And people wonder why there is such hatred toward east-coast teams...
5) More bathroom blogging: Look, if you are in a stall, especially the first stall that is adjacent to the urinals and the rest of the bathroom, do NOT drop your pants so much that you expose skin to the rest of the people underneath the stall wall. Why do you feel the need to throw your pants and underwear on the floor (with your two legs still loosely inside them) so that we can see:
- what socks you are wearing
- what kind of underwear you are wearing
- your badge lying on the floor
Ugh! When taking a crap, the pants don't go lower than your kneecap. Man Law?
6) Derek and I had a vocal argument about College Football vs College Basketball - which sport most embodies American Ideals?
And Derek - what about Rutgers? If they are the only undefeated team left besides Ohio St, do they play in the Fiesta Bowl against the Buckeyes?
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Look, the discussion started because Eric called USC a fraud. Now its sort of doesn't make a difference now since USC lost, but what happens if WV, Louisville, and Rutgers all lose? Who is the # 2 team? IF USC and Michigan (yes I think they will lose to Ohio St) have 1 lose, why wouldn't USC be ahead of Michigan. Michigan's non conference schedule is pretty poor except for ND. They did play Ohio St, Penn St, and Wisconsin. In SC, their non conference is fairly strong. Arkansas, Nebraska, and ND. Throw in Oregon, Cal, and UCLA and I would say that USC's schedule is harder than Michigan. But the Pac-10 doesn't get any credit from anyone, so I'm sure Michigan will play for the National Championship.
OK, then we need to talk about which sport embodies the American ideals? Six elite conferences get to decide who plays for the national championship and receive all the money. Hmmmm... If you aren't apart of any of these conferences, you are on the out looking in until you can prove yourself and they invite you into their club and then everyone is happy. Its more about what people think of you than your true work result??? Hmmmmm.... And there seems to be a flaw in the system due to all the subjective input, but yet nobody fixes it because there is too much money to make in the current system. Hmmmm. I think this represents how American truly is rather than the American ideal. Don't you think?
But then even if there is a playoff system, would Boise St make an 8 team playoff? 12 teams? The only way this would work would be to have a 16 team tournament, which is too many games in my mind.
Try and tell me that a 64 team, 15 minute game, winner stays, war of attrition tournament with the nations top teams flying out of the tunnel one after another wouldn't be a ratings bonaza. The 64 team starts defending its turf which means essentially it would need to play 16 straight games of flawless football to win the title. I will trade anyone my entire collection of Blue-Gray game lithographs, my best of the SWAC fight songs, and autographed Akili Smith/David Klingler mini-helmets to anyone with a better playoff system.
Meanwhile lee corso and dick vitale would be suspended over a pit of lions in the middle of the field. The losing teams mascots would be sacrificed one by one with Derek offering detailed scientific evidence as to how the human beings in the animal costumes were really no match for the predatory instincts of real lions. With each wrong pick corse and vitale would be lowered another foot closer to a battle for their lives. And since dickie v. has not watched college football in 30 years due to his month long scouting trips to see the hereford middle red, white, blue, and yellow, 9-10 year old practice squads, his cage would start a few inches higher than corso's.
Chris Fowler would be dressed as a roman slavemaster, while Eric, looking sharp in a sensible suit, would handicap everything at the Case center for Probability. He would of course explain his picks using old price is right props.
I love Duke
Ridonculous.
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