Congrats TCU! You are finally in an AQ BCS league. Maybe this will stop the incessant whining about how no one gives you your due. The Big East is the worst of the BCS leagues and your football actually raises the conference level. Basketball fans in Ft. Worth are not going to have fun though. Wow, what a meat grinder of a schedule. Either way, this is good news. The Big East can pick up a team that is actually good and has a talent base to draw from. The travel will be tough, but Horned Frog fans are used to that, having hopped around conferences for the last few years. I am happy for the Frogs. Football has certainly earned it, in spite of my teasing. They are a very good team.
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Thanksgiving thoughts
Turkey day is upon us. That means football, gluttony, and napping. Three of my favorite things. I thought I would give you a list of things to be thankful for.
1. Black Friday. Not because of the door buster deals or a good stampede to get a 100 dollar computer, but because it takes all of the shoppers out of the non-shoppers hair for a day. It's like a door buster deal for people who hate to shop. You know exactly who will not be bothering you for a day and where to avoid. I do most of my holiday shopping online anyway. Takes the hassle out of it. (By the way is there anything more American than jamming all of your best consumer deals into one 18 hour period? I think not.) As a former retail employee myself, enjoy your shopping, but please be understanding. Most of the people at the stores you are shopping at work long hours for little money. Be nice to them as long as they are nice to you.
2. Netflix online streaming. Nothing can take the sting out of an 838 mile trip through the wilds of Texas like non stop episodes of Rescue Me. Thanks to a Verizon Mi-Fi card and a killer iPhone app, I was able to drown out good stretches of that trip. Although a word to Northwest Texas-please set up a few more cell towers in your area. Nothing is worse than getting right to the end of an episode and it being interrupted by bad cell service. Thanks.
3. Jason Garrett. The Cowboys interim coach has made a season that was about to get really boring and anti-climactic much more interesting and discussion worthy. Are the Cowboys going to the playoffs now? No. But at least it's not the same story every week with Coach Confused.
4. There's going to be a Green Lantern movie. No real reason to expound here, I am just happy about it. And Blake Lively is in it. She's a winner.
See what I mean. I am glad that she is going mainstream. I am not watching Gossip Girl.
5. The Big 12 in it's final year as a 12 team league is really intriguing. You mean someone other than Texas or OU can win it? Texas might not be going to a bowl game? Everyone hates Nebraska? Baylor and A&M are relevant? OK St has been the best team so far? Color me interested. Sorry Texas and OU fans, but your dominance of the league the last 10 years has made things a little bit predictable.
6. The Vikings are falling apart. The Cowboys have successfully passed this curse on to Minnesota. Brad Childress is out. Brett Favre is wrapping up his final season. Maybe there will be some normalcy to this NFL offseason. Oh wait, never mind. There is going to be a lockout. Great. Now I'll long for the annual Brett Favre retirement dance. Dang.
7. The League. Easily one of the funnier shows on TV. If you haven't seen it check it out. I believe Season 1 is available through Netflix. Season 2 has been even better.
8. The Miami Heat's struggles. Sometimes you can have too many captains and not enough sailors. Thanks for teaching us this lesson. Apologies to Erik Spoelstra, but you are going to get fired soon. Not your fault really. But Pat Riley is going to see this team as a potential Justice League. And at 8-6 you are making them look like the Care Bears. A change is afoot.
9. Turkey!!! Need I say more. I will. You can also be thankful for mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, stuffing, green beans, cranberry sauce and whatever else you want on Thanksgiving. Man I love this holiday. So much so that it is one of the very few official "Paulidays." Other Paulidays include Super Bowl Sunday, MLB Opening Day, Labor Day, St. Patrick's and Arbor Day. Why Arbor Day? Why not? What days aren't Paulidays? Valentines Day, Secretaries' Day, Boxing Day, and Groundhog Day.
Happy Thanksgiving!! That is all.
1. Black Friday. Not because of the door buster deals or a good stampede to get a 100 dollar computer, but because it takes all of the shoppers out of the non-shoppers hair for a day. It's like a door buster deal for people who hate to shop. You know exactly who will not be bothering you for a day and where to avoid. I do most of my holiday shopping online anyway. Takes the hassle out of it. (By the way is there anything more American than jamming all of your best consumer deals into one 18 hour period? I think not.) As a former retail employee myself, enjoy your shopping, but please be understanding. Most of the people at the stores you are shopping at work long hours for little money. Be nice to them as long as they are nice to you.
2. Netflix online streaming. Nothing can take the sting out of an 838 mile trip through the wilds of Texas like non stop episodes of Rescue Me. Thanks to a Verizon Mi-Fi card and a killer iPhone app, I was able to drown out good stretches of that trip. Although a word to Northwest Texas-please set up a few more cell towers in your area. Nothing is worse than getting right to the end of an episode and it being interrupted by bad cell service. Thanks.
3. Jason Garrett. The Cowboys interim coach has made a season that was about to get really boring and anti-climactic much more interesting and discussion worthy. Are the Cowboys going to the playoffs now? No. But at least it's not the same story every week with Coach Confused.
4. There's going to be a Green Lantern movie. No real reason to expound here, I am just happy about it. And Blake Lively is in it. She's a winner.
5. The Big 12 in it's final year as a 12 team league is really intriguing. You mean someone other than Texas or OU can win it? Texas might not be going to a bowl game? Everyone hates Nebraska? Baylor and A&M are relevant? OK St has been the best team so far? Color me interested. Sorry Texas and OU fans, but your dominance of the league the last 10 years has made things a little bit predictable.
6. The Vikings are falling apart. The Cowboys have successfully passed this curse on to Minnesota. Brad Childress is out. Brett Favre is wrapping up his final season. Maybe there will be some normalcy to this NFL offseason. Oh wait, never mind. There is going to be a lockout. Great. Now I'll long for the annual Brett Favre retirement dance. Dang.
7. The League. Easily one of the funnier shows on TV. If you haven't seen it check it out. I believe Season 1 is available through Netflix. Season 2 has been even better.
8. The Miami Heat's struggles. Sometimes you can have too many captains and not enough sailors. Thanks for teaching us this lesson. Apologies to Erik Spoelstra, but you are going to get fired soon. Not your fault really. But Pat Riley is going to see this team as a potential Justice League. And at 8-6 you are making them look like the Care Bears. A change is afoot.
9. Turkey!!! Need I say more. I will. You can also be thankful for mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, stuffing, green beans, cranberry sauce and whatever else you want on Thanksgiving. Man I love this holiday. So much so that it is one of the very few official "Paulidays." Other Paulidays include Super Bowl Sunday, MLB Opening Day, Labor Day, St. Patrick's and Arbor Day. Why Arbor Day? Why not? What days aren't Paulidays? Valentines Day, Secretaries' Day, Boxing Day, and Groundhog Day.
Happy Thanksgiving!! That is all.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
7 Quick Things
1. Michael Vick was amazing last night. 20-28 passing for 33 yards and 4 TDs and a 150.7 QB rating. Add in 8 carries for 80 yards and two more scores and you have an all out whipping applied to the Redskins. I am not in anyway a Vick supporter really, but I am intrigued by the story. He's done everything right since getting out of prison. America loves a comeback story. Vick is rapidly becoming the Robert Downey Jr. of the NFL.
2. They are making a sitcom out of Colin Cowherd's life. Best of luck. The last time they tried something like that, we had Listen Up starring Jason Alexander as Tony Kleinman (a fictionalized version of Tony Kornheiser). It didn't last too long.
3. The Cowboys have a dress code now. Jason Garrett apparently means business. I am desperately hoping he does well. I can't take much more of this mess. But there is also part of me that is hoping for Jon Gruden to coach the Cowboys.
4. Color me disinterested in the plight of the non-BCS schools. I know you want your piece of the pie. I just don't care. I am trying to care. I really am. But for some reason you all just sound so whiny. If you get in, good for you. If not, sorry.
5. I haven't been to the movies since high school football started except to see The Town. I have a ton on my slate as soon as the season ends. But this week it looks as if that is impossible. Thursday Smoaky and I are in Humble for La Vega vs. Kirbyville. Friday we are in Seymour (which is just southwest of Wichita Falls and 400 gosh awful miles away from Humble) for Crawford and Spearman. Then back here in Waco Saturday night for what hopefully is a BU upset of Oklahoma.
6. Am I alone in hating cell phone rings? Just have your phone ring. I am surrounded by people in this office that have different ringtones. They all tick me off. Please stop this madness.
7. A high school in Alexandria, Virginia is dropping the F grade. And replacing it with I for "incomplete." Come on! Getting an F is a truly scary experience. Don't take that power out of a teacher's hands. They really don't have that much left. I am not pro-coddling. I went to Catholic school. I was just lucky I was at the front end of the no corporal punishment years. Even still, I have been open hand slapped by more than one nun. And I was a good kid! Not a trouble maker at all. My "rambunctiousness and misdmeanorin" didn't come until much later in life. But I am still a little scared of Sister Catherine. She'd fail you and slap you. All of us are better people for it.
2. They are making a sitcom out of Colin Cowherd's life. Best of luck. The last time they tried something like that, we had Listen Up starring Jason Alexander as Tony Kleinman (a fictionalized version of Tony Kornheiser). It didn't last too long.
3. The Cowboys have a dress code now. Jason Garrett apparently means business. I am desperately hoping he does well. I can't take much more of this mess. But there is also part of me that is hoping for Jon Gruden to coach the Cowboys.
4. Color me disinterested in the plight of the non-BCS schools. I know you want your piece of the pie. I just don't care. I am trying to care. I really am. But for some reason you all just sound so whiny. If you get in, good for you. If not, sorry.
5. I haven't been to the movies since high school football started except to see The Town. I have a ton on my slate as soon as the season ends. But this week it looks as if that is impossible. Thursday Smoaky and I are in Humble for La Vega vs. Kirbyville. Friday we are in Seymour (which is just southwest of Wichita Falls and 400 gosh awful miles away from Humble) for Crawford and Spearman. Then back here in Waco Saturday night for what hopefully is a BU upset of Oklahoma.
6. Am I alone in hating cell phone rings? Just have your phone ring. I am surrounded by people in this office that have different ringtones. They all tick me off. Please stop this madness.
7. A high school in Alexandria, Virginia is dropping the F grade. And replacing it with I for "incomplete." Come on! Getting an F is a truly scary experience. Don't take that power out of a teacher's hands. They really don't have that much left. I am not pro-coddling. I went to Catholic school. I was just lucky I was at the front end of the no corporal punishment years. Even still, I have been open hand slapped by more than one nun. And I was a good kid! Not a trouble maker at all. My "rambunctiousness and misdmeanorin" didn't come until much later in life. But I am still a little scared of Sister Catherine. She'd fail you and slap you. All of us are better people for it.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
So Smoaky wanted to buy meat from the back of a truck in Italy, TX
While we were on the way to Ennis today, we saw a truck with a sign that read 20 ribeyes for 25 dollars. It took all of my might to get Smoaky NOT to stop. I don't have many rules when it comes to food, but buying red meat off the back of a truck is one of them. I am sure it's fine. But I am not willing to take the chance. You can't tempt fate like that. You never want to have to listen to a doctor lecture you about where you should buy your meat from. And how good could those steaks really be? Seriously little mark up. And where did they come from? Mark this as the 2nd time I have saved Smoaky from making a terrible mistake that could have cost him his very breath. Please tweet or reply your thoughts on buying meat from the back of a truck. I say it's bad mojo. Who's with me?
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Monday, November 8, 2010
Wade is out
If you read the earlier blog, I predicted Wade could be out before you finished reading it. He is. Wade Phillips has been fired and Jason Garrett has been named the head coach.
Three Important Thoughts from the Weekend
1. Baylor's defense needs to get a lot better down the stretch. They have 3 games left. A&M, OU, and the bowl game. They still have an outside shot at the title game but need lots of help now. A&M is playing with a lot of confidence. The win against OU was something that Mike Sherman and the Aggies needed so desperately. Should be a great one this week at Floyd Casey. Ryan Tannehill has turned the Aggies around. This is not the same team that lost to Missouri 30-9 last month. The Aggies will be a formidable opponent.
2. TCU needs EVERYONE to lose if they want into the dance. No matter what they do they can't make it in without Auburn, Oregon, and possibly LSU all need to lose to get them in. That's the long and short of it. As good as they are, they just don't have the national sentiment. It's unfortunate. Maybe Gary Patterson needs to eat some grass like Les Miles. Hey, whatever works.
3. The Dallas Cowboys are an absolute disgrace. A joke. A travesty. Whatever you want to call them. They have quit on their head coach. I am not sure there is a coach on the staff that can galvanize the Cowboys. It has to come from outside. When that will be is anyone's guess. Wade Phillips can't be held on to for too much longer. As a matter of fact, he may be fired by the time you read this. Again, who knows.
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2. TCU needs EVERYONE to lose if they want into the dance. No matter what they do they can't make it in without Auburn, Oregon, and possibly LSU all need to lose to get them in. That's the long and short of it. As good as they are, they just don't have the national sentiment. It's unfortunate. Maybe Gary Patterson needs to eat some grass like Les Miles. Hey, whatever works.
3. The Dallas Cowboys are an absolute disgrace. A joke. A travesty. Whatever you want to call them. They have quit on their head coach. I am not sure there is a coach on the staff that can galvanize the Cowboys. It has to come from outside. When that will be is anyone's guess. Wade Phillips can't be held on to for too much longer. As a matter of fact, he may be fired by the time you read this. Again, who knows.
That is all.
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