GRAY LIKE A CHAMPION TODAY
Two nights ago my college buddy Dave Fink, who lives in Indianapolis (and, it should be said, has finished two Hawaii Ironman triathlons, as has his wife, Heather), and I ventured out to West Lafayette to check out the scene. We hit Jake's and Brother's. The highlight for me was when one young woman approached us and asked what year I graduated college. When I told her ("1988"), she replied, "I was four."
Ouch, babe.
That's when I put my neck on a swivel and looked around to see where Chris Hanson was.
PAINFULLY CONTRIVED--AS OPPOSED TO MY NORMAL SCRIBBLINGS-- U2 ENTRY
Contrary to what the forecasters foresoothed, it's a Beautiful Day here In God's Country. An Indian Summer Sky looms above. At 4-0 Purdue has its eyes on a New Year's Day game, and a win at Notre Dame Stadium will move them One Step Closer. Quarterbacks Curtis Painter and Brady Quinn will Bullet the Blue Sky with passes. Notre Dame tailback Darius Walker has been Running to Stand Still so far this season, but he'd tell you, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". I hear you, Darius: Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own.
The Irish have looked Bad in the first quarter this season, but today they'll emerge through the north tunnel with a renewed Desire and Pride. Did they Surrender after falling behind 37-21 at Michigan State? Nope. Expect them to score at least 40 today and enter October with a 4-1 record.
College Gameday Musings
Observations from watching the first hour of ESPN's College Gameday, which is by far my favorite show on TV:
1. Former Wolverine Desmond Howard just said that he'd rank Michigan number two based on both their record and their emphatic win in South Bend. I have two thoughts on this: 1) Homer (look who's talking! and 2) He's right.
2. Chris Fowler just introduced a "Buy or Sell" segment with a reference to "that crazy Jim Cramer". Watch it, Chris. You're talking about the man I love.
3. Fowler just introduced the ND comeback feature by saying it was ND's greatest 4th quarter comeback since the '79 Cotton Bowl. NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! The '86 Irish rallied from a 17-point 4th quarter deficit against Southern Cal in Los Angeles.
4. Kirk Herbstreit just said something that I agreed with (jot that down under world's smallest surprises). Captain Kirk noted that the Irish were thinking too much through the first 15 quarters of the season, trying too hard to validate the hype. Now, he believes, they will just relax and play. YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!
5. Finally, Lee Corso said that Charlie Weis will never forget that comeback in East Lansing no matter how many games he wins as Irish coach. Underline that, cuz it's so true. Weis came within 15 minutes of an absolute barrage of media backlash regarding his being overrated, regarding the unfair treatment Ty Willingham got as compared to him, and possibly even suffering some very real losses in recruiting. Weis salvaged a lot more than a win last week in East Lansing. He may have just salvaged hi.s reputation (Terrail Lambert's entire family probably should never have problems getting tickets to a Notre Dame game as long as Weis coaches here)
AND FINALLY
Yesterday's revelation as to why America rules, as it hit me at an Arby's in Kokomo: Where else can a grown man look at someone with a straight face and ask, "Can I have some horsey sauce with that?"
Okay, gotta dress for the game now. See ya.
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Arby's in Kokomo?
(cue Stamos on drums)
Everybody's crossed
A little taste called horsey sauce
Goes great on Arby's melts
But not so great on your pants
Driving thru at night
Two packets, you're all right
That subtle zing hits your mouth
Makes you wish you had value-sized
(lay on that horsey sauce)
I'll-take-a Jamocha
Ooh, I wanna Coke-a
Who'd want Big Montana
When it tastes so bland-a
Makes ketchup so girly
Gets the fries all curly
Ooh, I need to find more of that horsey sauce
Makes mayo older than Diana Ross
Leaves salsa at a loss
Get me some horsey sauce
This song's
PG
no bestiality
(kickin' sax solo)
chorus, fade out
There is a football star in Canada named Jessie Alexander
he is 6'1" 230lbs. and is an outside linebacker for Wilfraud Laurier University. He has won all kinds of honors but knowing how hard american competition is for foreign football stars to make it; I feel Jessie is different. He had over 81 tackles with over 3 interceptions last season. His speed and talent of covering tight ends might give him a good chance to compete in the NFL.
Let the NFL draft experts know about Jessie Alexander.