At least next year we can root for Turner.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Mini Rants
Instead of a full-sized rant this week, let’s do 5 mini rants.
Mini Rant #1
Washington sucks. September 18th, 2010 shall from this day be known as Free Money Saturday. FMS needs to be appreciated as it only comes once a year (on average). And it’s here!!! Horrayy!!! So sure, I have a little hop in my giddy-up. Actually I have a buttload of hop in my giddy-up. This line makes no freaking sense. Locker has a better chance of being concussed than winning this game. FMS. Book it.
Mini Rant #2
Why, after riding out Hurricane Ike 2 years ago and with full knowledge that many Houstonians were without power for WEEKS, do I still secretly root for Hurricanes to come right at us? I mean Ike was the craziest, scariest thing I’ve ever witnessed and the thought being without power for even a few days is terrible (especially during football season). But yeah, I secretly want a massive hurricane to come this way.
Mini Rant #3
The PPV for the Idaho game malfunctioned for the entire Houston viewing area. 200+ Husker fans sat in horror at the Houstonians for Huskers watch party, as the screen remained solid blue. We didn’t see a single snap of from the first half. Missed all the action. All of the pick 6s. TMagic’s big run. Missed it all. So my question is…who knows a lawyer? It’s an egregious offense and somebody needs to pay. How much, you ask? Well, we each paid $7 for an entry fee. And at one point during the first half I said “I’d pay $1000 dollars to watch this game”. So the game was worth about $1007 to me. Emotional damages are probably around $800. And we need to punish these villains (still trying to figure out who to sue) so we should add on $3193 in punitive damages. That will give us a nice round number of $5000. That seems fair. Oh and we could do one of those class-action thingies. Sign up a bunch of Husker Fans who suffered through that blue-screen-of-death ordeal. Now that I think about it, this is EXACTLY like Erin Brockovich...except substitute college football PPV and former Husker great Kris Brown (yup, he was there) for contaminated water and Julia Robert’s cleavage.
Mini Rant #4
As I mentioned, former Husker great Kris Brown was at the Houstonians for Huskers watch party with his wife and kids. Kris is living in Houston, waiting for his injured foot to heal, before he attempts to catch on with another NFL team…blah blah blah…not the point. Point is that Kris’s wife Amy grew up two houses down from me and would often babysit us. Hot babysitters were always appreciated, amirite?
Mini Rant #5
I just read Maurice Clarett’s Wikipedia page. Uhhh...hey Omaha Nighthawks...I’m not 100% sure signing this dude was a good idea. I know it’s a publicity stunt (there are no less than 100 better, available running backs in the world), but isn’t there a pretty good chance this is going to blow up in O-towns face? The guy was arrested with an AK-47 and a samurai sword. He was wearing Kevlar body armor. He had a half a bottle of vodka, and he was calling the police the N-word. Oh, but he did have one good year of football…8 years ago! Thank god we signed him fast…I’m sure his agent’s phone was ringing off the hook. Luckily for the community of Omaha, OJ Thunder and Laurence are unavailable this season.
I apologize for the lack of Husker talk this week, but Washington is going to be a cakewalk and last week I didn’t see the first half of the game. So not much to talk about. Enjoy your FMS!
Mini Rant #1
Washington sucks. September 18th, 2010 shall from this day be known as Free Money Saturday. FMS needs to be appreciated as it only comes once a year (on average). And it’s here!!! Horrayy!!! So sure, I have a little hop in my giddy-up. Actually I have a buttload of hop in my giddy-up. This line makes no freaking sense. Locker has a better chance of being concussed than winning this game. FMS. Book it.
Mini Rant #2
Why, after riding out Hurricane Ike 2 years ago and with full knowledge that many Houstonians were without power for WEEKS, do I still secretly root for Hurricanes to come right at us? I mean Ike was the craziest, scariest thing I’ve ever witnessed and the thought being without power for even a few days is terrible (especially during football season). But yeah, I secretly want a massive hurricane to come this way.
Mini Rant #3
The PPV for the Idaho game malfunctioned for the entire Houston viewing area. 200+ Husker fans sat in horror at the Houstonians for Huskers watch party, as the screen remained solid blue. We didn’t see a single snap of from the first half. Missed all the action. All of the pick 6s. TMagic’s big run. Missed it all. So my question is…who knows a lawyer? It’s an egregious offense and somebody needs to pay. How much, you ask? Well, we each paid $7 for an entry fee. And at one point during the first half I said “I’d pay $1000 dollars to watch this game”. So the game was worth about $1007 to me. Emotional damages are probably around $800. And we need to punish these villains (still trying to figure out who to sue) so we should add on $3193 in punitive damages. That will give us a nice round number of $5000. That seems fair. Oh and we could do one of those class-action thingies. Sign up a bunch of Husker Fans who suffered through that blue-screen-of-death ordeal. Now that I think about it, this is EXACTLY like Erin Brockovich...except substitute college football PPV and former Husker great Kris Brown (yup, he was there) for contaminated water and Julia Robert’s cleavage.
Mini Rant #4
As I mentioned, former Husker great Kris Brown was at the Houstonians for Huskers watch party with his wife and kids. Kris is living in Houston, waiting for his injured foot to heal, before he attempts to catch on with another NFL team…blah blah blah…not the point. Point is that Kris’s wife Amy grew up two houses down from me and would often babysit us. Hot babysitters were always appreciated, amirite?
Mini Rant #5
I just read Maurice Clarett’s Wikipedia page. Uhhh...hey Omaha Nighthawks...I’m not 100% sure signing this dude was a good idea. I know it’s a publicity stunt (there are no less than 100 better, available running backs in the world), but isn’t there a pretty good chance this is going to blow up in O-towns face? The guy was arrested with an AK-47 and a samurai sword. He was wearing Kevlar body armor. He had a half a bottle of vodka, and he was calling the police the N-word. Oh, but he did have one good year of football…8 years ago! Thank god we signed him fast…I’m sure his agent’s phone was ringing off the hook. Luckily for the community of Omaha, OJ Thunder and Laurence are unavailable this season.
I apologize for the lack of Husker talk this week, but Washington is going to be a cakewalk and last week I didn’t see the first half of the game. So not much to talk about. Enjoy your FMS!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Neuheisel Addresses Crowd After Loss
Can anyone imagine Pelini doing this after a losing a home game 0-35?
Tickets Still Available
StubHub.com issued a press release today saying that demand is huge for the UW-Nebraska game and that "in fact, it's the highest grossing college football game of the week on StubHub.com. There are over 600 tickets still available, starting at prices in the mid-$100s: So far, fans have paid an average of $196 to see the game, scooping up tickets for as low as $35 (Upper Sideline 50) and as high as $648 (Lower Sideline 26). Washington buyers outnumber Nebraska buyers 2:1, but there are a significant number of traveling Nebraska fans.''
Washington Radio Rips Pelini
Here is the actual quote from Pelini when asked how he expects T-Magic to handle the crowd noise at Washington
“I don’t anticipate it being an issue,” said Pelini, calling Martinez “a pretty calm, cool, collected guy.”
“I think he understands what’s in front of him. But until you’re out there in that environment … I’m sure he’ll need to settle down a little bit and be ready to go.”
Listen to the reaction on Washington Local ESPN Radio:
“I don’t anticipate it being an issue,” said Pelini, calling Martinez “a pretty calm, cool, collected guy.”
“I think he understands what’s in front of him. But until you’re out there in that environment … I’m sure he’ll need to settle down a little bit and be ready to go.”
Listen to the reaction on Washington Local ESPN Radio:
Jake Locker runs a 4.39???
Jake Locker, who is an early favorite to be the No. 1 player taken in the 2011 NFL draft, apparently ran a 4.39 40 recently. “Cornerback Desmond Trufant ran the fastest 40 at 4.33 when the team did its testing in May. Quarterback Jake Locker was next at 4.39. Chris Polk … was the fastest running back at 4.43.”
Would have been the 4th best time at the 2010 NFL Combine:
WR Jacoby Ford, Clemson 4.28
RB Jahvid Best, Cal 4.35
RB CJ Spiller, Clemson 4.37
Top QB: Jarrett Brown, West Virginia 4.54
Best Combine 40 times since 99:
4.24 — Rondel Melendez, (WR), Eastern Kentucky — 1999
4.28 — *Champ Bailey, (CB), Georgia — 1999
4.29 — 3 times including Fabian Washington 2005
For some reason, I'm not buying Locker's time
Would have been the 4th best time at the 2010 NFL Combine:
WR Jacoby Ford, Clemson 4.28
RB Jahvid Best, Cal 4.35
RB CJ Spiller, Clemson 4.37
Top QB: Jarrett Brown, West Virginia 4.54
Best Combine 40 times since 99:
4.24 — Rondel Melendez, (WR), Eastern Kentucky — 1999
4.28 — *Champ Bailey, (CB), Georgia — 1999
4.29 — 3 times including Fabian Washington 2005
For some reason, I'm not buying Locker's time
Monday, September 13, 2010
Score Predictions - Washington
Get your score predictions in for this week's game against Washington
Enter your score prediction in the comments section
(Try not to pick the same score as someone else...Kristin)
Previous Winners
(I need to ask Luke and Denise how to change the time stamp on comments so I too can enter my score after the game is over)
Week 1 : Denise - off by 1 point! (Guess 50-10 Actual 49-10)
Week 2 : Luke - off by 1 point! (Guess 38-16 Actual 38-17)
Enter your score prediction in the comments section
(Try not to pick the same score as someone else...Kristin)
Previous Winners
(I need to ask Luke and Denise how to change the time stamp on comments so I too can enter my score after the game is over)
Week 1 : Denise - off by 1 point! (Guess 50-10 Actual 49-10)
Week 2 : Luke - off by 1 point! (Guess 38-16 Actual 38-17)
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