Pass The Egg-Nog, Please

Tis the Season, indeed. A time to laugh, love and share with friends and family, yada, yada, yada. While I'm very excited to see my relatives, and wouldn't trade any of them (seriously) for anything, I do think the holidays would be considerably funnier if this guy was my crazy uncle/nephew/brother-in-law.



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Winter Links

Well the weather here in Lubbock is indeed frightful, as the first snowstorm/flurry is upon us. In honor of Old Man Winter, I bring you a fresh batch of links that will kill a few minutes if you're stuck inside a house or apartment this winter.

First off, how NOT to handle the winter weather:


I came across this blog a few months ago, check in ever-so-often, and may have even linked it here a while ago. I've laughed out loud numerous times at the tounge-in-cheek humor of Stuff White People Like, because it's so spot on with, well, stuff white people like. I fall into many categories, (Pea Coats, graduate school, thrift-store clothing, promising to learn a new language) and if you're white, you probably do too.

As always, check out Deadspin for up to the second sarcasm in the sporting news world.

It'll be a few more months before season 3 of Friday Night Lights airs on NBC (It's on DirecTV for now) but here's episode one of season three for all who are avid followers of the show.

Lastly, here's a short preview for season five and recap/music video for LOST. Gave me chills watching it. Can't wait for the new season. Six weeks and counting...

Play Like A Champion Today

Like most people, I was shocked when Notre Dame announced that Chaz Weis would return next year to lead 'College Football in America U.' It seems to me like Golden-Domer apologists have been saying for 2-3 years that once he gets his own recruits in the system, they'll take off and be a perennial contender, but for whatever reason, it hasn't happened. For my money, it's because he can't coach and ND has been overrated for 15 years now, but what do I know?

Anyway, for all my dislike for Notre Dame, there is one redeeming quality that any football fan must respect.

Intramural Takle Football!!

If I'm not mistaken, ACU toyed with this idea for about five minutes in November of 2002. I think it was the overwhelming odds of one horrific injury after another that persuaded the higher-ups not to go through with it.

On the bright side, if we did have intramural takle football, Austin Henley couldn't have falsely called Shane Spencer down in the Rec League playoffs on a crucial two-point conversion, costing this guy (points thumbs toward himself) a shot at the 2004 championship. And no, I'm not still bitter, Austin. I'm just sayin.

I Feel It Come Alive When I See Your Ghost

Wow, November started and ended on a really sour note, if you're a Texas Longhorn fan. I found out about oklahoma's jump when Kayla and I stopped in Abilene for a meal at Chili's (Where small business gets done) with Kayla's cousin and her husband. I wasn't really surprised by the jump, since 0u did win by twenty points, and UT had a very small lead in the B(c)S polls beforehand anyway, but after getting home and reading this article, I've officially gone back to serious suicide watch territory. It seems that Texas actually increased their lead in the human polls, but got caught by the computers because of oklahmoma's big win on the road. What gets me about this is two-fold. One, had zero-u not gotten their late TD (with all the starters in, no less. Classy Stoops) and their tip-drill 'look what I found' TD by their tight end in the third quarter (I think) the margin of victory may not have been enough to pass UT in the computers. Second, the tie-breaker for the Big XII is obviously out of whack, but after reading the article it seems that the SEC has the three-way tiebreaker figured out. I won't ruin it for you, but if the Big XII had it right, on the field performance would mean something, and yes, Texas would be going to Kansas City next week. Read it and weep Longhorn fans.
Also, this marks the second time in three years that Texas beat both teams that ended up playing in the conference championship game. Awesome.

Here's To My Alma Mater True

UPDATE @ 12:53 pm Monday, November 24, 2008-This game has obviously garnerned a lot of national attention, landing ACU at #4 on Sportcenter's Top 10 plays, now the good folks at Deadspin have gotten into the act.

161 points. 1,500+ yards of total offense. 323 yards receiving BY ONE PLAYER. 14.5 yards per play. 13.8 yards per rush. 2 defensive coordinators looking for new jobs (maybe). All in a days work in the Division II playoffs. Holla.

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This Is My Final Decision, Maybe

Ever since it was discussed in Monday's comments section, I've been thinking about who to cheer for in Saturdays Tech/Oklahoma match up. While I'm not crazy about my choice, I think I've come to a conclusion.

Even though Texas' only shot at the Big XII game comes from winning the three-way tiebreaker* (unless Tech falls to 0u AND Baylor, but really) I've gotta go for Tech as the lesser of two evils and hope they rep the State well in KC and Miami. What really gets me hoping that Tech pulls it out this weekend is the fact that I really can't stand to see Oklahoma win the conference again, after losing to UT.

There is a very real possibility that Texas will finish the regular season 11-1, beat Oklahoma, be co-champs of the South, AND WATCH OKLAHOMA PLAY FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. Seriously. Let that last sentence sink in for a second. In December of 2004, if you told me that within the next four years Texas will win 11 regular season games, be ranked number one for three weeks, beat Oklahoma in a game where the Sooners had better 'on-paper' talent, but 0u would be the ones playing for the national championship, I couldn't have found a high enough cliff to jump off of.

Fortunately for me, 2005 happened and my suicide watch meter went from 'potentially realistic' to 'Whatever, man UT's the Champs!' However, the past two years frustrations, followed up with this seasons awesomeness have officially put me back on edge as far as competing for conference and national championships go.

To beat Oklahoma and still not even get a shot at the conference championship is a brutal, empty feeling for Longhorn fans. Remember, it was just 2006 that UT won the RRR and had a one game lead over 0u (two games really, considering the tie-breaker) and the Horns squandered their conference championship hopes with the Colt Got Injured Game (KSU) followed up by a no-show against aTm.

If, by some act of BCS computer grace, UT could win the tie-breaker with Oklahoma, then so be it, but since that's looking like an unlikely scenario, Wreck 'Em Tech, and we'll see where we go from there.

*This is, of course, assuming that UT beats the deuce out of the ags next week. If they crap the bed like they did the past few years, however, all bets are off and Tech or 0u would deserve it more anyway. And yes, I know what happens when I a-s-s-u-m-e.

They Can Go For 2 Now, Also

Yesterday evening, I got a call from my old roomate, Garrett. He asked, "I heard a game today ended in a tie. How does that happen?" Well, Garrett is an Oklahoma Sooner fan, so he is forgiven for not knowing basic football rules.
Donovan McNabb, however, is a 10-year NFL veteran, and not forgiven:


What is even more amazing is that at least three of his teammates didn't know a game could end in a tie, according to espn.com. Yikes