More drinking fun with ESPN!

Although a little late, our friends at Fanblogs have come up with a new drinking game. You may remember in a previous Brent Musberger-bashing post we gave you a link to their Brent Musberger drinking game (search the archives). Now they have come up with one for ESPN College Gameday, the football version. While it's a little too late for this year, it will be good to review the rules so that you are ready to go next August.

That Dam Ashland!

I didn't actually read the front page of today's World-Herald until I arrived home tonight. I was deeply shocked when I got home after a short night on the town to find that someone has the balls to come out with a legislative bill to drown the town of Ashland and put a large recreational lake in its place. Don't get me wrong, it would be great to have that type of tourist attraction on this end of the state, but I would suggest checking with the Ashland mayor before proposing this. Who do you think you are, Mike Fahey? I thought the best quote of the night came from the Ashland's Mayor Wiig, who said that this is the exact reason why the public doesn't trust government. That's a great point. Maybe its just because I'm getting older, but I'm amazed at how big some people think their penises are, so they walk around and flaunt them, feeling that they are entitled to anything and everything their black heart desires. I think I'm begining to understand how these people think: "As long as it puts money in my pocket, others can make do." Is any Omahan surprised that Hal Daub has his name in this? He said that if we all backed down to pressure, the Qwest Center wouldn't have been built. What kind of frickin' genius are you? What town did you flood to make the Qwest? None! How dare you be so inconsiderate? Who do you think you are, Hillary Clinton? If the people of Ashland are willing to support this, I'm all for it. I have nothing to lose if the town floods, but I have the common sense to think of families and homes, not just money in my pocket.

The Struggles of Being a Democrat

I've never shied away from being a Democrat, but, if you've read the archives, I am a realist and understand that us Democrats are not all created the same. Boy, did we have a dumb week.
Never, ever, should a white person bring up plantations during the week when we honor one of the greatest African-Americans in American history. We're not exactly proud of that whole era. The people that Hillary Clinton was talking to may know what she's talking about, but does she? She has no idea what life was like on the plantation. Her ancestors never knew what life was like on a plantation, except if they owned one (I have no idea, I've get better things to do than research that). Don't get me wrong, I think the only reason we've seen the faces of many Republicans lately is because their heads are shoved so far up their behinds that their scalp is making a return trip through the esophagus. But don't tell black people what plantation life was like! Don't say that it still exists!
And Al Gore. What the hell? Did you forget your normal blood pressure medicine? I'll admit it, I voted for him. I voted for him because he seemed mild mannered. I don't want a hyper-active, over-reacting moron (see current admin) running the country. Now you're more excited than an ex-priest in a brothel. Contain yourself, young squire. Yes, spying on us was wrong. But do we have to give ourselves a heart attack to get the point across? Somebody must be looking for an office again...

New Blog to Start

A new blog has recently started up on the heels of the success of the Omaha TV news blog. The new blog is to feature the same type of information, only regarding the state of Omaha radio. If all goes well, it should be a pretty interesting piece of work. Be sure to support it. You'll see the Omaha Radio blog link to the side.
Another comment about the Omaha TV news blog. I've written before that it just makes me laugh. I have to say that it keeps getting better. Who has the time to care how much weight people have gained or to analyze ever word that a weekend anchor says? Someone does, and its all posted on the Omaha TV news blog. Its not for the accuracy of facts, but for the "Junior High locker room" (as one postee put it) banter that I keep coming back for more. Here's hoping that the Omaha radio blog is just as entertaining.

Rememberance

Our friends at the Feedlot have posted a great reminder about how lucky we are, especially in light of the horrific coal mining accident in West Virginia this past week. Here's a link to the Feedlot post. If you found this blog, you can find one of the million or so stories concerning the accident.

The Starling Attack

I haven't been able to find a link in the two minutes I searched, but KM3 News here in Omaha did a story that has haunted downtown Omaha for the last couple years: starlings. Last year a big fuss was caused because there are thousands of starlings among the downtown buildings, mainly the First National Tower, pooping on anything and everything that happens to be underneath them. So a year ago they got a large fog horn to go off every now and then. Then they put yellow streamers on the buildings to get them to move out. Now that they have involved some genius branch of the federal government, they have two guys in orange safety vests shooting streaming, noisy fireworks into the air. The good news is that the starlings are moving from the First National Building. The bad news is they are perching on the building across the street (if I could find the link, I'd be more descriptive). The worse news is, it's taking two government employees, both in bright orange safety vests complete with yellow reflective tape, to stand outside the building and shoot basically a flare into the air. I might go down tomorrow just to watch. Watch my money being shot into the air.

Hook 'Em Horns

Congrats to the University of Texas on winning the NCAA National Championship. ESPN owes you a huge apology. I'm a big lover of ESPN, but it was great to see them kissing Texas' and Vince Young's butt last night after the game. ESPN set themselves up to look stupid, and I think they do.
Having said that, I would still say that USC had the better team, just not the best player. And Texas' best player (Vince Young) played head and shoulders above USC's semmingly best player (Reggie Bush, since he did just win the Heisman). Here's something to think about, though: If Reggie Bush won the Heisman this year, why isn't he in the game when it's 4th & 2? Even if he's just a decoy? That's neither here nor there. It was a great game. I'll be watching, ESPN, for your apology for ranking USC in the Top 10 greatest of all time. Yes, they were a great time, but they are not this year's champion.

Arrogance on Display

Some people's arrogance just gets under my skin. I think I'm a born underdog, fighter for the common man. As you may have noted in a previous blog, I'm rooting heavily for the Texas Longhorns in tonight's championship BCS game, not just because they are a Big 12 team, but even more so because of ESPN's lusting over USC all last week.
So at halftime of tonight's game, the USC band plays "Beat It" by Michael Jackson. That's fine, it's the only Jacko song I will tolerate. However, during the band's little "dance routine", they proceed to jump a couple steps towards the crowd, grab their respective genitals, and scream like the gloved one does in his video. I respect the fact that this is a great band and loved the work they did with Fleetwood Mac, but come on. Some parent is less than proud. I don't want the guy fired, just hoping he realizes how tasteless that is. I'm not that much out of college and did participate in a college drum line. Never did we consider doing something so childish (nor were we ever on this large of a stage). If a player did that on the football field, he'd be chastised by the announcers. But I guess since they are just a bunch of "band geeks", it's tasteful.

Brent Musberger is just annoying, pardner

Brent Musberger, longtime (crappy) sports anchor and current ABC talking head, is just boring and annoying. And stupid. For those of you who hadn't heard, he got pulled over for having an open container in his rental car while driving in Lincoln after the NU/Pitt game. Don't blame him for drinking after the game, but it adds to the "mystic" (found a Brent Musberger drinking game you may want to check out...I hear its all the rage).
During the Ohio State/Notre Dame game tonight, Musberger and "pardner" Gary Danielson couldn't get over the fact that OSU linebacker AJ Hawk is dating ND quarterback Brady Quinn's sister. Yes, its a funny story. But not for well over 10 minutes of the game. The play-by-play became secondary as they milked this cute coincidence for all it was worth. To make matters worse, they had sideline reporter Jack Arute talk to her. Their interview ended with Jack saying that he would like to ask Miss Quinn out. She emphatically said no has the camera went back to the actual reason for their jobs: the game.
While I found the story interesting, I watch a football game to see and hear about the football action. I could watch E! or Hollywood Insider if I wanted to play the dating game. Mr. Musberger can barely call a football game, and tonight didn't help his reputation what so ever.