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Ugly Game of the Week: Week 8
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UGotW starts working overtime. Why ESPN, in their infinite wisdom, decides that crappy games should be played mid-week instead of, say, women's beach volleyball I have no idea. But they did/do/are/will. This week starts the annual carpet-bombing of your football-tolerance areas. Show me on the doll where ESPN touched you. At least I get Mondays to crank out this column.
Tuesday
Troy Trojans of Troy versus FIU Golden Panthers. Yes, Golden Panther sounds like the elderly version of cougar. The fact they're from Florida only reinforces this horrible image. Add into the mix a pack of Trojans, and the mental eye bleach will be flowing. Both teams are 1-2 in conference, and that conference is the Sun Belt. Yes, the same Sun Belt that's currently lead by Arkansas State and/or Louisiana-Lafayette. FIU's QB is named Wesley Carroll, which sounds like something out of a Dickens novel, and Troy's backup is named BJ Chitty. So in case the starter gets knocked out, the announcers get to say "They're bringing in the Chitty second-string QB." I got your Golden Panther, right here:
Wednesday
UConn versus Pitt. Both teams are 3-4 and 1-1 in conference. A Wednesday night game at Heinz field in Pittsburg? Expect lots of empty seats. The Big East is looking like the team that stumbles the least will win again this year. The fact that Rutgers is in contention for a BCS bowl should give everyone shivers. Much like the Upperclass Twit of the Year contest, I'm going with Nigel Incubator-Jones over Vivian Smith-Smythe-Smith.
Thursday
If you're still watching these games by Thursday, you will be convinced that ESPN hates you and is laughing at your, and/or you are a degenerate gambler. Thursday brings us Virginia versus Miami(Yes, That Miami). Both teams 4-3, both 1-1 in conference. I'd respect Miami more if they just installed stripper poles for the cheerleaders, and shot money out of a cannon whenever they scored. SAT analogy time. Miami:NCAA football::XFL:NFL. QED. Who thinks Miami is a mess? This guy: 
Friday
I still think this game should have been scheduled for Sunday, but nevertheless we get BYU versus TCU. We get the school founded by the guy who didn't exactly believe in the separation of church and state versus the school originally built right in the middle of Ft. Worth's vice district. I'll take slightly crazy over stark raving looney any day. Winner gets a Touchdown Jesus, if that's your thing.
Saturday
Saturday wraps up with a "Someone gets a win" game. Mississippi State and Kentucky are both 0-3 in conference and 3-4 overall. I should point out that I picked Mississippi State in my Pick 6 picks, which is turning out to be not-so-good. I think Kentucky is the exceptionally bad team of these two, having a -11 margin between points-for and points-against. Granted, they've already played LSU, Florida and South Carolina, but none of those games have been what you'd call competitive. MSU features a receiver named Chris Bumphis, so there you go. The Egg Bowl looks to be a snooze this year.
October 25th, 2011 at 10:51 AM | 
I don't usually post
I don't usually post
October 25th, 2011 at 12:26 PM |
Anyone else find it a little
Anyone else find it a little
Anyone else find it a little odd to have the poster with an avatar of a kitten being held up at gunpoint quoting Bible verses or is it just me?
(Baldbill: I'm just jerking your chain.)
We ARE Michigan....COME GET SOME!!!
October 25th, 2011 at 1:54 PM |
Wiki, my one and only reference for anything
Wiki, my one and only reference for anything
According to the wiki page (which is as much research as I do for this thing), TCU bought the land in 1869, but by 1872 the Chisholm Trail (hey, neat auto-linking, wiki) had turned the neighborhood into "Hell's Half-Acre", so TCU moved to Thorp Spring, then to Waco, then back to Ft. Worth in 1910.
So I think the school bought the land, saw what the neighborhood looked like, and got out of town. Not that I blame them.
"Why would you ask a dumb question like that?" -Lloyd Carr
October 25th, 2011 at 3:01 PM |
For some reason, I have a
For some reason, I have a
For some reason, I have a hard time reading this quote while simultaneously staring at your avatar of a kitten being menaced by a handgun.
October 25th, 2011 at 5:41 PM |
It was the only way I could
It was the only way I could
It was the only way I could get the bad cat to listen to my preaching.
I may have to change avatar's
Semper Fidelis
October 25th, 2011 at 12:24 PM |
Immediate +1 upvote for
Immediate +1 upvote for
Immediate +1 upvote for "They're bringing in the Chitty second-string QB." I literally LOL'd on that one.
Re: ESPN/ABC/Mickey Mouse's scheduling decisions: what in the holy h*ll were they thinking when they scheduled Nebraska vs. Minnesota in the 3:30 ABC regional slot this past weekend?!? Did anyone actually think that game was going to be even slightly competitive?
We ARE Michigan....COME GET SOME!!!
October 25th, 2011 at 12:59 PM |
Since Michigan did not play
Since Michigan did not play
Since Michigan did not play last weekend, I did actually tune in to this for awhile but it was so bad that I couldn't watch it. I mean, I think only die hard Nebraska fans could watch it.
Semper Fidelis
I don't usually post political or religious stuff on this site but you did reference something that was religious so I will make a quick comment.
Mark 2:17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."- New Living Translations.
So honestly what better place to but a Christian school or for a minister to set up shop than a vice district. They are the ones that need the forgiveness of Christ.
I will now return you to your regularly scheduled football talk.
Semper Fidelis