Saint Tacky

Nevermind. @NoName caught it. Good times.

After the celebration of the 2006 Rose Bowl concluded, I walked through the stands and across what had been the USC side to exit the stadium closest to our car. I found an entire bag filled with championship game apparel and hats that some poor, disgruntled USC fan must have bought pregame and left under their seat. Don't blame them one bit.

“What’s Up Doc?”

The only kind word I have for the man is that he did like the Texas Longhorns.

She reached her peak flipping the coin before the 2006 Rose Bowl and meeting VY.

Buy a metro pass for the week. Spend a couple of weeks looking over the map and figuring out the stop closest to your hotel and how to get around. It's much faster than walking everywhere and easier to move around than in a vehicle. Also, don't be afraid to at least attempt to speak French. After a couple of attempts, they'll forgive you for butchering it and let you order or ask in English. You just gotta try French first and be apologetic. I was engaged in Paris in the late '90s and our hotel clerk made reservations earlier for us at The Jules Verne instead of the other "less fancy" place in the Eiffel Tower. We showed up dressed like we were going to the less fancy place and after we explained and a few minutes of talking amongst themselves, the staff took me and put me in a black tie and coat. They gave my wife this wrap for her shoulders and then stuck us in a corner all by ourselves overlooking the Seine. Our waiter had just left the French Foreign Legion after having served at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio for the previous few years. I'm still paying down the tab 😀 I agree on Versaille, with the caveat that at least the inside is amazing.

Go Navy! For Uncle Art Berndtson, who on the night of December 8, 1941, stood on the bow of the USS Enterprise with a lantern to signal the wheelhouse when he spotted a buoy as the carrier navigated into Pearl Harbor. No one knew until after he died that he commanded a torpedo boat squadron in which JFK served and had won a Silver Star "operating against enemy Japanese forces during the New Georgia Campaign in the Solomon Islands area in 1943…". He loved to duck hunt and would come down to Port O'Connor with us every year until he physically couldn't anymore. He would snore so loud he'd rattle the picture frames on the wall of the rooms adjacent to his at the Port Motel.

Coming soon to the State Fair of Texas.

Alabama lost to the team that lost to Oklahoma. Do not want.

Congrats to Alabama. The SEC Champion that beat No. 1 Georgia, after having lost to the Big 12 Champion Texas Longhorns.

Me too. Got a kiss on the cheek from Karen Valentine, and probably my first boner.

You may not be able to get onsite, but you never know unless you ask. I recommend the boundary trail at Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch. Call Buffalo Trail Council and see if they'll let you on site. There's no one there right now except a Ranger that lives onsite and won't be until Winter Camp between Xmas and New Year's Eve. Buffalo Trail

I can't get my head around the idea that the Seminoles would be punished because their starting quarterback is out for the season. He's a critical component of the season, but not the only one. If FSU goes undefeated they are in. I have two obvious complaints about the beauty pageant between Texas and Alabama, and Texas and Oregon. First, beating Georgia, the strength of schedule, or whatever criteria you want to judge Alabama upon takes a backseat to the ultimate criteria. Head to head. Beating a clearly overrated Georgia team on a neutral field does not erase that ass-kicking you took in Tuscaloosa. Period. Case closed. I'm in the minority I presume because I want Bama to beat Georgia. I doubt the NCAA committee will include the Tide, without the Big 12 Champ, Texas. Second, Oregon and Texas can each argue that their team only has one loss or that the PAC 12 schedule is tougher than the Big 12's. Screw the notion that one has looked better in the process too. There was a single common opponent. Texas throttled Texas Tech. Oregon did not. Arguing about the timing or location of the games is moot. Oregon played Tech in only their second game. Meanwhile, Texas faced Tech in the Red Raiders' 12th game. Which Red Raider team was more prepared and more motivated? Oregon played them in Lubbock. What's home-field advantage worth? Seven points? 14? That's a plus 15 (7) or 22 (14) points for Oregon (@+8). In contrast, Texas (@+50) is a plus 43 (-7) or a plus 36 (-14) if you give the Longhorns 7 or 14 points for home-field advantage. Count home-field advantage at DKR as a 21-point advantage for Texas? That's still a +29 for Texas. Still more impressive than Oregon, and Oregon doesn't reach +29 unless you believe that Lubbock was a 21-point home-field advantage when the Ducks played Texas Tech. FYI, Texas has lost in Lubbock 11 times since 1934 with an average loss margin of 7.8 pts. Tech has only covered 21 points once against Texas (1994).

towards or near home plate? @Wulaw Horn I kid

"Tramp Stamp?"

He’s got a weird way of showing it

Suzanne Shepard The Mobster’s Mother in Law “Where were you?!” “Mah!”

I'm still trying to figure out why Jeep thinks I give a shit whether Derek Jeter gets home.

I thought Teddy Bruschi was going to stroke out over this argument. He's ready to die on the "no rookie QB for MVP" hill.

While you're at it, let them know there are two halves to a football game. You see, the second half comes after halftime and your participation grade drops like fourth-semester Spanish if you don't bother to show up or participate in the second half.

Interesting story by the New York Time podcast "The Run Up," which offers some hope. The People of Clallam County Haven’t Gotten It Wrong Since 1980 "Voters in one part of Washington State have picked the winner in every presidential election from Reagan to Biden. What do they think now?"

Only to get stuffed on 4th and goal from the one-yard line just four plays later?

Thank Christ, their coach is more incompetent than ours

perhaps one down to save the season