'Twas a pretty good day this past Saturday.
I thoroughly enjoyed Saturday's early BTN game, watching the Toledo Rockets extend Ohio State to the very last play of the game before coming up short. I did not so thoroughly enjoy listening to the B-list game announcer, whoever he was, repeatedly prattle on through the 4th quarter about how this would "arguably be the biggest win in Toledo football history" if they can pull it off. IF-IF-IF.
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IF my aunt had whiskers, she'd be my uncle.
She doesn't, she isn't and Toledo got beat.
**** New Mexico @ Arkansas -35 WIN_
Final 52-3. Arkansas rocketed into the end zone after 1:50 of the game had expired, then went into a funk that had me worried. They got back on track toward the end of Q1 and then proceeded to beat the living daylights out of Mike Locksley's Lobos. Coach Mike is now entering his third year of terrible; I gotta look to see how long his contract runs, 'cause this team is a train wreck. Good for us on this day.
*** Ball State +21 1/2 @ USF LOSE
Final 37-7. Hangover game my arse. Ball State was the group that looked hungover (in addition to incompetent and agonizingly, ploddingly slow) against the Bulls. I believe that Skip Holtz took his foot off the gas a little, 'cause I think USF could have hung 50 on this bad, bad Ball State squad. Nothing good to say, I just got this one 100% wrong.
** Tulsa -14 1/2 @ Tulane WIN_
Final 31-3. Followed it on GameDay while watching the alma mater slap around Eastern Illinois. Tulsa worked it out just like we planned. Good one for smugness quotient.
* Iowa -7 @ Iowa State LOSE
James Vandenberg is not Ricky Stanzi. Duh. Iowa went to Mason City and crapped its collective drawers. The Hawkeyes trailed 17-16 in the the fourth quarter, then put together a long drive AND made the 2 point conversion to lead 24-17! Then they played like puppies, gave up the tying TD, and then ran out the clock to go to OT. Blech! In the OT, Iowa State showed itself absolutely capable of going toe to toe with Iowa. They traded TD's for a while in OT, until Iowa soiled itself again to lose, 44-41.
I received the strangest phone message Saturday morning (I was incommunicado, as team PFOS was liberating a few dollars from the good people at Harrah's Joliet). The call was from someone doing a spot-on imitation of Two Gun Pete, proclaiming that he had isolated several exciting plays for the day. Fortunately, I was not fooled and placed no ancillary wagers, as the imposter's top three choices got whacked by a combined total of about a hundred points.
Totally off topic : here's two quickie movie reviews.
1. Our Idiot Brother : Meh. A waste of time.
2. Crazy Stupid Love : See review for Our Idiot Brother.
A football related random observation : I don't like Notre Dame, but I like Tommy Rees.
Finally, reprising an old favorite in honor of the alma mater.
I thoroughly enjoyed Saturday's early BTN game, watching the Toledo Rockets extend Ohio State to the very last play of the game before coming up short. I did not so thoroughly enjoy listening to the B-list game announcer, whoever he was, repeatedly prattle on through the 4th quarter about how this would "arguably be the biggest win in Toledo football history" if they can pull it off. IF-IF-IF.
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| Another Two Gun imposter, this one undersiege from bad guys AND monsters. He also appears to be in denial. |
IF my aunt had whiskers, she'd be my uncle.
She doesn't, she isn't and Toledo got beat.
**** New Mexico @ Arkansas -35 WIN_
Final 52-3. Arkansas rocketed into the end zone after 1:50 of the game had expired, then went into a funk that had me worried. They got back on track toward the end of Q1 and then proceeded to beat the living daylights out of Mike Locksley's Lobos. Coach Mike is now entering his third year of terrible; I gotta look to see how long his contract runs, 'cause this team is a train wreck. Good for us on this day.
*** Ball State +21 1/2 @ USF LOSE
Final 37-7. Hangover game my arse. Ball State was the group that looked hungover (in addition to incompetent and agonizingly, ploddingly slow) against the Bulls. I believe that Skip Holtz took his foot off the gas a little, 'cause I think USF could have hung 50 on this bad, bad Ball State squad. Nothing good to say, I just got this one 100% wrong.
** Tulsa -14 1/2 @ Tulane WIN_
Final 31-3. Followed it on GameDay while watching the alma mater slap around Eastern Illinois. Tulsa worked it out just like we planned. Good one for smugness quotient.
* Iowa -7 @ Iowa State LOSE
James Vandenberg is not Ricky Stanzi. Duh. Iowa went to Mason City and crapped its collective drawers. The Hawkeyes trailed 17-16 in the the fourth quarter, then put together a long drive AND made the 2 point conversion to lead 24-17! Then they played like puppies, gave up the tying TD, and then ran out the clock to go to OT. Blech! In the OT, Iowa State showed itself absolutely capable of going toe to toe with Iowa. They traded TD's for a while in OT, until Iowa soiled itself again to lose, 44-41.
I received the strangest phone message Saturday morning (I was incommunicado, as team PFOS was liberating a few dollars from the good people at Harrah's Joliet). The call was from someone doing a spot-on imitation of Two Gun Pete, proclaiming that he had isolated several exciting plays for the day. Fortunately, I was not fooled and placed no ancillary wagers, as the imposter's top three choices got whacked by a combined total of about a hundred points.
Totally off topic : here's two quickie movie reviews.
1. Our Idiot Brother : Meh. A waste of time.
2. Crazy Stupid Love : See review for Our Idiot Brother.
A football related random observation : I don't like Notre Dame, but I like Tommy Rees.
Finally, reprising an old favorite in honor of the alma mater.
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