Friday, November 26, 2004
THE DAY AFTER
The Masters, a tradition unlike any other?
Hell, the day after Thanksgiving always features two overrated traditions:
1) The Colorado-Nebraska game
2) The day after Thanksgiving shopping sales
---Well, the Nebraska Cornhuskers won't be going bowling this year. They lost to Colorado in Lincoln, 26-20. Running the West Coast offense in Lincoln is fine and dandy. But Joe Dailey is horrible. Too bad, so sad, Husker fans.
---The Big 8, I mean, Big 12 North is a horrible division. Since Colorado has won today, an Iowa State loss to Missouri tomorrow puts the Buffaloes in the Big 12 Championship Game next Saturday against Oklahoma. Again, what a horrible division.
---I'm currently watching the LSU-Arkansas game on CBS. It's in Little Rock, not Fayetteville, the home of the University of Arkansas. Being down here in Arkansas, I always hear from Razorback fans how great the atmosphere at Little Rock's War Memorial Stadium is. Yeah, it's loud. But the place looks like a dump. Speaking of "dumps", I don't even need to get into what happens on the adjacent golf courses.
---LSU is leading Arkansas 20-14 with less than a minute left in the 1st half. Arkansas quarterback Matt Jones is nursing a sore hamstring, so he isn't the same player that he has proven to be in the past. The Hogs have to win today in order to play in the prestigious Independence Bowl in lovely Shreveport, Louisiana. Hooray for crappy bowls in crappy cities!
---Freshman running back Peyton Hillis is a player. He was responsible for the Hogs' first scoring drive, all of 2 plays and 48 yards. Again, he's only a freshman. But if you're a cliche-driven person, "so-and-so is no longer a freshman, since it's late in the season". I'm not a cliche-driven person, however.
---This is my second college football season in the South. There's always been this aura of how great college football is in the South. While it is great, don't discount college football in other areas of the country. Unfortunately, this line of thinking always falls on deaf ears in the South, where it is "their game". I digress.
---For all the talk of how good the SEC is, the officials are absolutely horrible. This has to be rectified in the near future.
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As for shopping on the day after Thanksgiving, it's the most overrated event of the year. Since I'm a guy, I really don't need to explain this.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to watch the rest of the LSU-Arkansas game, where Houston Nutt may call for another fake punt.
Hell, the day after Thanksgiving always features two overrated traditions:
1) The Colorado-Nebraska game
2) The day after Thanksgiving shopping sales
---Well, the Nebraska Cornhuskers won't be going bowling this year. They lost to Colorado in Lincoln, 26-20. Running the West Coast offense in Lincoln is fine and dandy. But Joe Dailey is horrible. Too bad, so sad, Husker fans.
---The Big 8, I mean, Big 12 North is a horrible division. Since Colorado has won today, an Iowa State loss to Missouri tomorrow puts the Buffaloes in the Big 12 Championship Game next Saturday against Oklahoma. Again, what a horrible division.
---I'm currently watching the LSU-Arkansas game on CBS. It's in Little Rock, not Fayetteville, the home of the University of Arkansas. Being down here in Arkansas, I always hear from Razorback fans how great the atmosphere at Little Rock's War Memorial Stadium is. Yeah, it's loud. But the place looks like a dump. Speaking of "dumps", I don't even need to get into what happens on the adjacent golf courses.
---LSU is leading Arkansas 20-14 with less than a minute left in the 1st half. Arkansas quarterback Matt Jones is nursing a sore hamstring, so he isn't the same player that he has proven to be in the past. The Hogs have to win today in order to play in the prestigious Independence Bowl in lovely Shreveport, Louisiana. Hooray for crappy bowls in crappy cities!
---Freshman running back Peyton Hillis is a player. He was responsible for the Hogs' first scoring drive, all of 2 plays and 48 yards. Again, he's only a freshman. But if you're a cliche-driven person, "so-and-so is no longer a freshman, since it's late in the season". I'm not a cliche-driven person, however.
---This is my second college football season in the South. There's always been this aura of how great college football is in the South. While it is great, don't discount college football in other areas of the country. Unfortunately, this line of thinking always falls on deaf ears in the South, where it is "their game". I digress.
---For all the talk of how good the SEC is, the officials are absolutely horrible. This has to be rectified in the near future.
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As for shopping on the day after Thanksgiving, it's the most overrated event of the year. Since I'm a guy, I really don't need to explain this.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to watch the rest of the LSU-Arkansas game, where Houston Nutt may call for another fake punt.
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