NCAA homestretch edition...
1. Watching Texas Tech play is like riding a roller coaster every week.
2. How come they're Connecticut in football, but UConn in basketball?
3. How on earth did Northwestern win seven games? They run one play on offense, the quarterback keeper. Once you figure that out, they're done. Tressel figured it out midway through the second quarter, and that was it.
4. Hey, college basketball season started! Who knew? Duke played Presbyterian Monday...are they going to play all the religions? Can't wait to see them take on L-Ron's crew.
5. I'm not sure if I've ever seen a more boring period of hockey than the first period of the Edmonton/Rangers game Monday night.
6. How bizarre was the ending of Monday Night Football this week?
7. Mike Singletary didn't really apologize to Vernon Davis, did he? Please say it's not so, Mike.
8. When did college football start having games every night of the week except Monday?
9. This is the year for Lebron James to win a championship...I'm feeling it.
10. OK speaking of roller coasters, do we have any fellow enthusiasts out there? Here are my favorites...X at Six Flags Magic Mountain in LA. I've never been on anything like it. The Mouse at Hershey Park. Nitro and El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure near my house. Top Fuel Dragster and Millenium force, both at Cedar Point in Ohio. (Kingda Ka at Six Flags GA is a copy of Top Fuel, but Dragster is better) Test Track at Epcot.
11. For all those begging for college football playoffs, we already have college football playoffs...it's called the regular season. In no other sport is a regular season loss so devastating.
12. Did anyone watch the Ranger game Monday night where they showed filming of a commercial or a photo shoot or something, with five Rangers in suit and tie? Skates on instead of shoes, on the ice, skating toward the camera together, then stopping and smiling. Lord have mercy, Henrik was in the middle and nobody else came close. I'm surprised the ice didn't melt...
13. What on earth was Colin Powell doing at the Mausoleum yesterday? I know it's the Nassau Veterans Memorial Maosuoleum and it was Veteran's Day, but still...couldn't he go somewhere relevant?
14. Looks like Allen Iverson's extra shots last night came at the expense of Rasheed Wallace's shots. Just sayin...
15. The Miami Heat's new coach is a cutie...
16. How about Kurt Warner? Who saw this coming? When he took over for Leinert he said something about Leinert being able to sit back and learn from one of the greats. Sounded stupid and arrogant at the time, but you know what? It's starting to sound like the truth! Now that he's stopped fumbling evey other play he's making a strong case for league MVP (again), and, whether you want to admit it or not, is starting to edge his way into Hall of Fame discussions. Seriously.
17. My two favorite characters on TV are Hank Moody of Californication, and Matt Saracen of Friday Night Lights. FNL is awesome (no spoilers, I'm still a couple of episodes behind), even with a bunch of actresses who are in their mid-20's playing high school girls. They're very cute, though, if that matters to you guys. Aimee Teegarden is the exception, still cute but actually a teenager. Coach Taylor is another great character..Buddy Gerrity...Landry...great to watch. Please watch, we need to keep this great show on the air!
18. Did Jim Hughson stop calling Canucks games for good? He moved into the top spot for Hockey Night in Canada, but that's basically only Saturday nights. What is he doing the rest of the week?
19. It will take 43 more soccer games at Wembley to match the scoring in the Saints/Chargers game that was played there. I"m surprised the scoreboard was able to go that high.
20. What is Warren Sapp, something like 300 pounds? It's amazing what a great dancer he is.
21. Kirk Herbstreet said something interesting on Mike and Mike today. How about we go back to the old bowl system (Big 10/Pac 10 to the Rose, SEC to the Sugar, etc.), but after those bowls are over (on New Years Day!), look at the BCS standings and hold the national championship game (based on BCS standings) one week later. Could be something that keeps everyone a little bit happy. Hmmm....
22. Wow it's difficult to root for Nick Saban.
23. Back when I had Ranger season tickets, a guy not far from me used to always say the Rangers power play ***** dead goats. I must have heard him say it thousands of times. First I was offended, then I thought it was funny, then I got used to it and barely noticed it anymore. We called him Red because he had red hair. And you know what? At every game this year, Red is probably still there in section 331 saying the Rangers power play ***** dead goats....and he's right.
24. Richard Neer on WFAN last night sobbing about Johan Santana not winning the Cy Young. Please Richard, I know second place again stinks, but now you're just looking for a hollow victory of any kind.
25. OK, I'm going to do you guys a big favor now, something you'll all be thanking me for. I have five older brothers, and family get togethers can sometimes get ridiculous. They're all ultra competitive, they all think they know everything, and they're actually all morons.
Only three of them were at this get together, and somehow they start discussing their favorite actresses, models, whatever. Details are sketchy, but somehow this leads to them almost coming to blows. This is not unusual, they've fought over things far more absurd, but how they could possibly fight over this I'll never know. And two of them are married (with gorgeous wives) and have kids. Apparently, as is normally the case, one argument led to a whole different argument that had nothing to do with models or whatever, and they started to 'go' (their term).
Anyway, once they're separated and we all go back to what we were doing, they apparently are able to come to some sort of agreement over who they like. And here is what you'll thank me for. Denise Milani. Write it down, google it like they did, whatever. She's now probably the wallpaper for all of them, even the two who were out of state...I'm sure they were told.
I was going to mess with you guys and ask my big bros how to send a picture of her to this site and tell you she was me, but I never got around to it. By that time they were arguing about the Steelers/Colts game I think.
Heaven help us on Thanksgiving when all five will be there.
26. Watched Flags of our Fathers last night in honor of Veterans Day. Outstanding movie. If Clint Eastwood had never acted in a movie he would still be a Hollywooc icon based his directing.
27. I know he grew up near Columbus and went to Notre Dame, but I have to admit Brady Quinn is another cutie-pie. Is he still dating or married to AJ Hawk's sister? Does AJ's sister have four more older brothers besides AJ? Poor her.
28. I hate to be on Stephon Marbury's side...ever. But the Knicks are not handling this properly.
29. NJ high school football playoffs start this weekend. Can't decide which game to go to. Leaning toward Middletown South, who is home against New Brunswick. Went to a Middletown South playoff game a few years ago and watched Knowshon Moreno score for them the first five times he touched the ball. Or maybe I'll go to see Shore Regional, home against Metuchen. So many Shore Conference teams in the playoffs to choose from. I LOVE high school football and basketball, especially playoff games.
30. Five older brothers. I can't even begin to tell you how many guys they scared off while I was in high school. I have a recurring nightmare that Henrik is actually going to show at my house for a date, and one (or five) of them is going to pop out of nowhere and threaten Hank that he'll never eat normally again if he touches me.
Sandra
1. Watching Texas Tech play is like riding a roller coaster every week.
2. How come they're Connecticut in football, but UConn in basketball?
3. How on earth did Northwestern win seven games? They run one play on offense, the quarterback keeper. Once you figure that out, they're done. Tressel figured it out midway through the second quarter, and that was it.
4. Hey, college basketball season started! Who knew? Duke played Presbyterian Monday...are they going to play all the religions? Can't wait to see them take on L-Ron's crew.
5. I'm not sure if I've ever seen a more boring period of hockey than the first period of the Edmonton/Rangers game Monday night.
6. How bizarre was the ending of Monday Night Football this week?
7. Mike Singletary didn't really apologize to Vernon Davis, did he? Please say it's not so, Mike.
8. When did college football start having games every night of the week except Monday?
9. This is the year for Lebron James to win a championship...I'm feeling it.
10. OK speaking of roller coasters, do we have any fellow enthusiasts out there? Here are my favorites...X at Six Flags Magic Mountain in LA. I've never been on anything like it. The Mouse at Hershey Park. Nitro and El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure near my house. Top Fuel Dragster and Millenium force, both at Cedar Point in Ohio. (Kingda Ka at Six Flags GA is a copy of Top Fuel, but Dragster is better) Test Track at Epcot.
11. For all those begging for college football playoffs, we already have college football playoffs...it's called the regular season. In no other sport is a regular season loss so devastating.
12. Did anyone watch the Ranger game Monday night where they showed filming of a commercial or a photo shoot or something, with five Rangers in suit and tie? Skates on instead of shoes, on the ice, skating toward the camera together, then stopping and smiling. Lord have mercy, Henrik was in the middle and nobody else came close. I'm surprised the ice didn't melt...
13. What on earth was Colin Powell doing at the Mausoleum yesterday? I know it's the Nassau Veterans Memorial Maosuoleum and it was Veteran's Day, but still...couldn't he go somewhere relevant?
14. Looks like Allen Iverson's extra shots last night came at the expense of Rasheed Wallace's shots. Just sayin...
15. The Miami Heat's new coach is a cutie...
16. How about Kurt Warner? Who saw this coming? When he took over for Leinert he said something about Leinert being able to sit back and learn from one of the greats. Sounded stupid and arrogant at the time, but you know what? It's starting to sound like the truth! Now that he's stopped fumbling evey other play he's making a strong case for league MVP (again), and, whether you want to admit it or not, is starting to edge his way into Hall of Fame discussions. Seriously.
17. My two favorite characters on TV are Hank Moody of Californication, and Matt Saracen of Friday Night Lights. FNL is awesome (no spoilers, I'm still a couple of episodes behind), even with a bunch of actresses who are in their mid-20's playing high school girls. They're very cute, though, if that matters to you guys. Aimee Teegarden is the exception, still cute but actually a teenager. Coach Taylor is another great character..Buddy Gerrity...Landry...great to watch. Please watch, we need to keep this great show on the air!
18. Did Jim Hughson stop calling Canucks games for good? He moved into the top spot for Hockey Night in Canada, but that's basically only Saturday nights. What is he doing the rest of the week?
19. It will take 43 more soccer games at Wembley to match the scoring in the Saints/Chargers game that was played there. I"m surprised the scoreboard was able to go that high.
20. What is Warren Sapp, something like 300 pounds? It's amazing what a great dancer he is.
21. Kirk Herbstreet said something interesting on Mike and Mike today. How about we go back to the old bowl system (Big 10/Pac 10 to the Rose, SEC to the Sugar, etc.), but after those bowls are over (on New Years Day!), look at the BCS standings and hold the national championship game (based on BCS standings) one week later. Could be something that keeps everyone a little bit happy. Hmmm....
22. Wow it's difficult to root for Nick Saban.
23. Back when I had Ranger season tickets, a guy not far from me used to always say the Rangers power play ***** dead goats. I must have heard him say it thousands of times. First I was offended, then I thought it was funny, then I got used to it and barely noticed it anymore. We called him Red because he had red hair. And you know what? At every game this year, Red is probably still there in section 331 saying the Rangers power play ***** dead goats....and he's right.
24. Richard Neer on WFAN last night sobbing about Johan Santana not winning the Cy Young. Please Richard, I know second place again stinks, but now you're just looking for a hollow victory of any kind.
25. OK, I'm going to do you guys a big favor now, something you'll all be thanking me for. I have five older brothers, and family get togethers can sometimes get ridiculous. They're all ultra competitive, they all think they know everything, and they're actually all morons.
Only three of them were at this get together, and somehow they start discussing their favorite actresses, models, whatever. Details are sketchy, but somehow this leads to them almost coming to blows. This is not unusual, they've fought over things far more absurd, but how they could possibly fight over this I'll never know. And two of them are married (with gorgeous wives) and have kids. Apparently, as is normally the case, one argument led to a whole different argument that had nothing to do with models or whatever, and they started to 'go' (their term).
Anyway, once they're separated and we all go back to what we were doing, they apparently are able to come to some sort of agreement over who they like. And here is what you'll thank me for. Denise Milani. Write it down, google it like they did, whatever. She's now probably the wallpaper for all of them, even the two who were out of state...I'm sure they were told.
I was going to mess with you guys and ask my big bros how to send a picture of her to this site and tell you she was me, but I never got around to it. By that time they were arguing about the Steelers/Colts game I think.
Heaven help us on Thanksgiving when all five will be there.
26. Watched Flags of our Fathers last night in honor of Veterans Day. Outstanding movie. If Clint Eastwood had never acted in a movie he would still be a Hollywooc icon based his directing.
27. I know he grew up near Columbus and went to Notre Dame, but I have to admit Brady Quinn is another cutie-pie. Is he still dating or married to AJ Hawk's sister? Does AJ's sister have four more older brothers besides AJ? Poor her.
28. I hate to be on Stephon Marbury's side...ever. But the Knicks are not handling this properly.
29. NJ high school football playoffs start this weekend. Can't decide which game to go to. Leaning toward Middletown South, who is home against New Brunswick. Went to a Middletown South playoff game a few years ago and watched Knowshon Moreno score for them the first five times he touched the ball. Or maybe I'll go to see Shore Regional, home against Metuchen. So many Shore Conference teams in the playoffs to choose from. I LOVE high school football and basketball, especially playoff games.
30. Five older brothers. I can't even begin to tell you how many guys they scared off while I was in high school. I have a recurring nightmare that Henrik is actually going to show at my house for a date, and one (or five) of them is going to pop out of nowhere and threaten Hank that he'll never eat normally again if he touches me.
Sandra
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