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Two Gun Pete has been walking around humming the sounds of Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, so here's a video blast from the long ago past.  In this performance from the Ed Sullivan Show about 83 years ago, the band isn't sporting it cheesy navy blue Union Army field uniforms.  These are the  super cheesy dress version. Look closely at his right arm and you'll notice that the guitar player is a Master Sergeant.


**** Penn State -6 1/2 @ Illinois WINNER
I plugged in to this game with 8 1/2 minutes to go in Q4.  It has been a little hectic here; an explanation is imminent.  At this point in the game, we have the Joes up 28-10 and the Zooks are getting pretty harshly ripped by the announcers.  I have no passionate negativity toward Illinois, but I confess to having less than a warm and fuzzy for Coach Zook.  He just isn't a sweet embraceable you kinda guy.  That wouldn't matter if the Illini were successful, but that ain't happening...5 1/2 minutes to go and Juice just fumbled.  I feel sorry for the lad.  He should be playing another position, a la Demetrius Jones, the failed ND QB cum successful Cincinnatti linebacker.  PSU just scored again, 35-10 and it's getting unpleasant in Champaign.  Juice scored a TD near the end to make it 35-17, and there was Joe Paterno, the dean of 'em all, giving Juice some encouragement as they walk off.  What a classy guy...and his team finally covered.

*** Alabama -17 @ Kentucky WINNER

I wish I could tell you that I watched every second of this, or even that I did regular check ups, but I didn't.  I have a good excuse, though.  Early in the second half, my son called with a problem.  He had a car accident, so I had to go.  Happily, we were sagacious in absentia, and the immutable laws of arithmetic prevailed, 18 being > 17, for a three star winner.

**   Mississippi -9 1/2 @ Vanderbilt  WINNER
Ole Miss just ground Vandy away, slow and steady, didn't embarass them, just put 'em away, 23-7.  Vandy had a couple of red zone collapses that contributed to their downfall.  Mississippi may have had one eye on next week's foe :  Alabama.  A soft showing like this from Mississippi next week and 'Bama will give 'em a black eye, maybe two.
 
*  Oklahoma -7.5 @ Miami  LOSER
Once again, we join this game in blogress.  Twelve minutes left, the home team is up by four (that puts us behind by 11.5, or two unanswered big scores), Dr. Nic is whooping it up in the stands, and the Sooners look like they miss Sam Bradford.   I'm worried here.  The Four Star Family Feud is currently tilted mui muchas in favor of la Cubanina del Norte, which is Cubanese for "TwoGun's daughter".

The final score:   Miami 21, Oklahoma 20.  There it is, printed out in big type to congratulate you, Nicci.  As for us, perfection has eluded us once again. 

Back to Gary Puckett, I confess that when I hear one of his songs, I feel like I've witnessed some kind of inappropriate conjugation.  That creepshow sex theme that ran throughout his songs... ick!  While searching video clips, I found one of Gary Puckett appearing on the Ralph Emery show on the now defunct Nashville Network.  Ralph, who could singlehandedly suck the energy out of even the most upbeat situation, was sporting a Van dyke beard that made him look really pervy, and Gary Puckett, who was as country as Philadelphia, was chatting with Shotgun Red, a puppet who was Ralph's co-host.  The puppet and Ralph tried unsuccessfully to cleverly banter back and forth and the energy level was plunging, and then the thought occurred to me of the puppeteer under Ralph's desk, double ick...it all meshed in a Gary Puckett/Ralph Emery pervalicious stew, sort of. 

Back to normality and the real world: (Tuesday) Happy Birthday, Tyler!