I saw this morning that Al Gore won the Nobel Prize.
Funny...I tend to stay pretty up-to-date on things but I didn't know they gave a Nobel Prize for shameless self-promotion.
In Response to Yesterday
A lot of people sent emails saying that I should have suggested that Fox News be playing in my mythical RRU gym instead of CNN or CNBC…
Occasionally I get lost in what I’m doing and forget my main point…which usually leads to me getting firey mad about something in the gym…
This was basically my response to a-holes turning the channel from ESPN at the gym…nothing more nothing less.
But thanks for the response…
Spikes Up!
The over-exposed Sportscenter play from last night’s first game of the NLCS was of course the slide into second which was ruled interference and an automatic double-play.
I don't know why I'm telling this story, but my senior year in college, during “study period” (the few days before finals) a few of us got together on a rainy day for some batting practice on a softball field. Well—a few turned to a few more and suddenly we were in an 8 on 8 pitch-to-your-team pickup game which, per the norm, featured about 12 guys on the UPS baseball team, 4 guys who used to be on said team, one Jew and me.
Knowing that I was already at a distinct disadvantage to every gentile on the field, I decided that despite having not run for anything but a seat at the bar in the past three years, I was going to have to hustle to compete.
So I blooped a single in the first inning, and as my roommate Jesse grounded to second, I decided that, in seeing Tom covering second base, I was going to slide spikes up and take that bastard out.
Last night’s interference was blatant.
Mine probably could have been described as criminal.
(Olin a few months previous while watching us play an IM softball game described my sliding style as “exactly like RBI Baseball for the Nintendo—three times slower than just running to the base would have been.”)
Well this one was at full speed, and was at least within 6 feet of the bag. My legs clipped Tom’s and sent his giant-man’s frame flopping right on top of me.
I popped up and saw about a half a second of silence where everyone on the field was collectively asking themselves “Did Ian really just take Tom out?”
Then I heard the aforementioned Olin laughing harder than I’ve ever heard him laugh.
When I got back to the dugout he said something to the extent of, “We just finished an entire college baseball season and nobody made a single play that exerted that much effort. You are a ridiculous human being.”
Thanks?
College Picks
(Oh—before I get to the college picks, because the Cowboys and Patriots game is such a big game, I will not be writing on the topic. Instead I will give all of my comments verbally, immediately following the game.
Sincerely,
McFly.)
Willamette at UPS
Unfortunately Homecoming is not pretty for the Logs…the cold-streak continues. (Despite that, I wish I was there to be a part of it…)
Willamette: 41-7.
#21 Florida State at Wake Forest
I think that Wake is going to rely on big plays to keep it close, get lucky on a very strange penalty on a punt, and then hold-off the heavily favored Seminoles in the end by recovering an attempting onside-kick.
Wake: 24-21.
#16 Hawaii at San Jose St.
Is everyone still saying that Dick Thome is going to turn around San Jose? The only turning around in that stadium will be to look at the scoreboard to see if it is too early to call “mercy”.
Hawaii: 63-16.
GAME OF THE WEEK:
#1 LSU at #17 Kentucky.
Despite phenomenal performances by Tony Delk, Mark Pope, Jeff Shepard and Walter McCarty, LSU scores A LOT of points and Kentucky falls to the ranks of the "Bowl-bound but unranked" where they belong.
LSU: 44-17.
Oregon State at #2 California
Here's one for you: Bottle Caps taste significantly better than Sweet Tarts, and yet Sweet Tarts probably have fifty times the distribution of Bottle Caps. That's puzzling.
Cal: 48-24.
Kent State at #3 Ohio State
Biggest massacre at an Ohio college campus since…uh…
OSU: 38-0
#4 Boston College at Notre Dame
I hope to God that last week was Notre Dame’s annual gay “HEY—we suddenly figured out how to play” game of the year…
BC: 21-13.
Central Florida at South Florida
I didn’t put the rankings on here because I’m guessing that most of you don’t know the difference between the two.
South Florida: 31-21.
#11 Missouri at #6 Oklahoma
If Oklahoma can locate a shoe-horn to pull their collective heads out of their tailpipes, this game will not be close. Welcome to Earth, Mizzou.
OU: 35-13.
#7 South Carolina at North Carolina
I don’t believe that there will be two unbeatens this year, so that would mean that if South Carolina won out they’d win the National Championship. Well—they’re not going to win the National Championship, so I’m just going to go ahead and keep picking against them until they lose. COME ON BUTCH DAVIS!
UNC: 5-3.
Washington State at #9 Oregon
Remember what Oregon did to Michigan in the Big House? Um…they’re in Autzen…and they’re playing the worst secondary in the “Bowl Subdivision”.
Oregon: 54-6.
Arizona at #10 USC
I would not have liked to be a USC player this week.
USC: 34-6.
#12 Virginia Tech at Duke
I think this season has one more game where a top 25 team dumps one to a terrible team (see: Michigan, USC) and I think that Virginia Tech is more susceptible than any other team in the group. Unfortunately Duke is really REALLY bad.
Virginia Tech: 27-14.
Washington at #14 Arizona State
Washington could win this game. They won’t, but they could.
(Oh—and take the OVER.)
ASU: 48-40.
Louisville at #15 Cincinnati
At the beginning of the season, the question wouldn’t have been whether Louisville would win, but by how many. Now Cincy is a heavy favorite. I think this is where two confusing seasons straighten themselves out.
Louisville: 33-24.
#18 Illinois at Iowa
Consider me ABOARD the Ron Zook bandwagon.
Illini: 24-10.
#19 Wisconsin at Penn State
Did you guys read about Paterno this week? What a beauty. He spends the whole week complaining about his players lack of discipline and then he gets into a road-rage incident with some woman. When her husband realizes what is going on and says, “That’s my wife you’re talking to”, Paterno responds, “That’s your problem.”
Anyway…I like Penn State because Wisconsin is AWFUL.
Penn State: 28-13.
Baylor at #20 Kansas
This is the kind of game you have to watch on ABC if you live in the Rocky Mountain Region…despite wishing I could be back on the Rockies bandwagon, games like this are reason to never go back.
Kansas: 35-17.
#22 Auburn at Arkansas
I try not to look at lines when I’m picking games because it could interfere with my making terrible predictions. My guess however is that Arkansas is favored, and with good reason. Everyone has been talking about how there is no clear-cut leader in the Heisman race…Darren McFadden finally changes that.
Arkansas: 28-10.
#23 Texas at Iowa State
Is Texas bad enough to lose in Ames? Probably not…pretending is fun though.
Iowa State: 10-9.
#24 Georgia at Vanderbilt
Shame that this game isn’t at Georgia so I can talk about how it is being played “between the hedges”.
Georgia: 42-20.
#25 Tennessee at Mississippi State
I like the Vols…but I wouldn’t watch this game if my only other option was the “Toenails being ripped-off Channel”.
Vols: 28-7.
Plea
I'm still looking for guest-writers and suggestions (like the one below) for blog topics. HIT ME UP!
But this is a posting from one of the Arnolds that requires no response:
Dear McFly,
I've got a blog topic for you:
Halloween. i HATE it. always have, always will.
A. masks are scary
B. girls use it as an excuse to dress like whores (slutty nurse, slutty pirate, naughty cop. All equal whore.)
C. bad s*** ALWAYS happens...in kindergarten my friend got his foot ran over by a car, in fourth grade I got pneumonia, in high school i got kicked out of a dance and suspended (possibly my own fault), and junior year in college "a girl" threw me out of the back of a moving pick up truck into a large puddle. I know these are personal issues with the holiday but i swear i am not the only one who feels this way. and i am so over people acting like it is the best holiday ever, it is second worst to new year's eve which always rots.
Sincerely,
Elvira
Yeah...uh...have a good weekend?
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