Yes, its the Freaking Super Bowl

And I asked my buddy Hyperion to help me out here, so its a joint post. If you hate it, I am only half to blame



My friend Hyperion and I only agree on three things, but one of them is that SPORTS = AWESOME.

With the Super Bowl on Friday, we decided to do a joint venture, and rank the NFL teams by their Cognomen. (Their team names, for those of you in the Dover area.)

We ranked the teams by Conference, and worked separately from each other. We didn't know the other's picks, and it's interesting to see how similar we think and times, and how different, too!

My Picks are highlighted for my beloved NFC (with Hyperion's in parenthesis), and then we reverse it for the AFC.

Enjoy the lists, and Enjoy the Super Bowl!

NFL COGNOMEN - The Definitive Ranking(s)


NFC

16. New Orleans Saints-Ok, look at the pope, is he intimidating? I thought not
(Hyperion - #16 - Redskins (Washington) - The Worst Cognomen in professional sports. Imagine a racial equivalent.)

15. Green Bay Packers-While I love the Packers, when I think Packers, I think GED graduate sending me my office supplies
(Hyperion - #15 Seahawks (Seattle) - What the hell is a Seahawk? They don't have the guts to just call them gulls.)

14. San Francisco 49ers-In it for the money
(Hyperion - #14 Cardinals (Arizona) - Hey, I've been a big supporter of Arizona throughout the playoffs, but cardinals are boring birds. Now if it were the super-priests, then we might have something.)

13. Arizona Cardinals-Cardinals are a winter bird, tiny, and for gaia's sake red. Unless it gets your eyes, you are not fearing
(Hyperion - #13 Packers (Green Bay) - I salute the hard-working meat packers of Wisconsin. I also salute plumbers and garbage-men. I don't want teams named after 'em.)

12. Dallas Cowboys-Of the men that are in the Mascot world, a wrangler can only beat a guy shipping boxes
(Hyperion - #12 Saints (New Orleans) - You could never take a saint to the Maxim Super Bowl party.)

11. Washington Redskins-The name is offensive to some, and while there is honor in it, a Redskin is not a Chief, hence the number.
(Hyperion - #11 Rams (St. Louis) - I can think of at least 25 different horned animals I like better.)

[EDITORS' NOTE: SPARKY DUCK AND HYPERION WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OFFENSIVE REDSKINS' LOGO, SO WE DECIDED ON THE BEST POLITICALLY-CORRECT SOLUTION]

10. Seattle Seahawks-The claws are killer, but its smaller then an eagle, and its Seattle, the damn bird is probably soaked
(Hyperion - #10 49rs (San Francisco) - It's kind of cool how they were known for the Gold Rush, but do you think those guys ever bathed?)

9. Atlanta Falcons-Could a Falcon take a ram, perhaps, but its just a big chicken
(Hyperion - #9 Falcons (Atlanta) - This is a pretty sweet bird to represent you. They go 140 mph and have talons, baby!)

8. St Louis Rams-The horns would hurt, but its slow and its a relative of a goat
(Hyperion - #8 Eagles (Philadelphia) - About the only bird better than a falcon, and that's only because Eagles can carry off goats!)

7. Philadelphia Eagles-The symbol of the USA, giant birds. But they are birds
(Hyperion - #7 Cowboys (Dallas) - America's last civilized savage.)

6. Tampa Bay Buccaneers-The problem with them is that a Buccaneer is a pirate, and Johnny Depp was a pirate
(Hyperion - #6 Giants (New York) - They're big! What's not to love?)

5. Minnesota Vikings-Helped by the fact they carry an Axe
(Hyperion - #5 Vikings (Minnesota) - They marauded, they pillaged, they made Columbus look like a pansy.)

4. NY Giants-Huge, but a human, the speed of a bear or a lion could take them out
(Hyperion - #4 Panthers (Carolina) - Is there anything sexier than a panther? At least in the killer-cat variety? I say no.)

3. Carolina Panthers-Quick, and muscular. But smaller then the rest that are left. I have an affinity for cats
(Hyperion - #3 Buccaneers (Tampa Bay) - Let us not forget they were pirates, and cold-hearted scoundrels at that. By the way, do you know how much it costs for pirates to get their lobes pierced? A buck an ear!)

2. Detroit Lions-The King of the Jungle, huge, and I would love to see a battle 1 and 2, but you have to give it to #1
(Hyperion - #2 Bears (Chicago) - If there was an animal Royal Rumble, this is who North America would send.)


and the number one NFC Cognomen is.....

1. Chicago Bears-A bear, a giant animal that could rip your neck out. ITS A BEAR!
(Hyperion - #1 Lions (Detroit) - They team has been terrible forever, and may always be terrible. But Lions are the King of the Jungle, baby! Hear them Roar!)

AFC

#16 Browns (Cleveland) - The Browns are named after the owner of Cincinnati's team! And if you're going to be named after a color, why not something cool, like the Blacks or the Silvers or the Purples! I would totally follow the Purples.
(Sparky Duck - 16. Cleveland Browns-Paul Brown, old, dead, but not a Mascot.)

[EDITORS' NOTE: SPARKY DUCK AND HYPERION AGREE THAT IF "BROWNS" REFERRED TO JOHN BROWN (ABOVE), THEN WE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING]

#15 Patriots (New England) - Anyone who feels the need to tell you he's patriotic is either obnoxious or hiding something.
(Sparky Duck - 15. Houston Texans-I am sorry, I can not rank a human being higher then a bird, just because I see a Texan as a really fat guy.)




#14 Texans (Houston) - "Ooh, look at me! My team name is my state!" Get over yourself, Texas.
(Sparky Duck - 14. Baltimore Ravens-While I like Edgar Allen Poe, and the movie the birds scares the crap out of me, a bird that you can avoid by going inside is not scary.)




#13 Chargers (San Diego) - What are they? Lightning? Light-Brigaders? Shopaholics? Major points off for being too clever.
(Sparky Duck - 13. Pittsburgh Steelers-I maybe biased, but a guy in a union? Scary team, not a scary mascot.)





#12 Steelers (Pittsburgh) - Mad props to the good folks who bring us Steel. But I don't want you for a team name. That's just weird.
(Sparky Duck - 12. Indianapolis Colts-Though the same name as my high school, its a baby horse known for running, are you intimidated?)

#11 Dolphins (Miami) - Dolphins are supposedly pretty smart (though: why can't they avoid the tuna nets?), but do you really want to be representative by a playful....fish?
(Sparky Duck - 11. Miami Dolphins-Ok they scare sharks, just not anyone else)





#10 Colts (Indianapolis) - Yeah, it's a horse, but it's just a baby! (Now, if it were a Colt Revolver....)
(Sparky Duck - 10. Denver Broncos-Look at my description of the Colts and then just make it older and if its Denver, probably colder.)




#9 Bills (Buffalo) - Buffalo Bill was surely a great man, but the joke of naming the team "in Buffalo" after him had to get old in like a week. I think the Buffalo Buffaloes would have been much better, and this gives me and excuse to tell you about the coolest grammatically correct sentence imaginable: "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."
(Sparky Duck - 9. Buffalo Bills-Ok its big and scary, but also slow as hell!)





#8 Ravens (Baltimore) - Ravens are smart, but mostly I like 'em because they get to hang out on the bust of Pallus ad torment poets.
(Sparky Duck - 8. Oakland Raiders-I maybe biased by the fans, but it looks like a pirate, a pirate does have some heft)

#7 Broncos (Denver) - See, if you're going to have a horse represent you, this is the one to pick. Who can ride the untamed Bronco? No one, except A.C. Cowlings!
(Sparky Duck - 7. San Diego Chargers-This one was hard, its a natural phenomenon, but if it hits you, you are dead)




#6 Raiders (Oakland) - While not as specifically evil as a pirate or a Viking, they are still stealing stuff (by definition), and that's always good in my book.
(Sparky Duck - 6. Kansas City Chiefs-The real native Americans of the US, look what a Chief did to Custer.)




#5 Jaguars (Jacksonville) - Basically panthers that aren't black. Still menacing, and they make better purses! (Sparky Duck - 5. Tennessee Titans-Another tough call, since a regular Titan would not stand up to a giant wild cat, but some Titans were giants and defeated Greek Gods. Hence a Top 10 mention.)




#4 Chiefs (Kansas City) - Not sure I buy the Native Americans as Team Name thing. Some of them I hate. That said, if you were going to have one, Chiefs is the way to go. They're Indians = cool, and they're in charge! (Sparky Duck - 4. NY Jets-Look at a Jet, it is either filled with man made destruction, or huge as hell, not scary but have a 767 land on you.)

#3 Jets (New York) - You gotta look at football like a war. Be honest. You want some stealth bombers on your side or not?
(Sparky Duck - 3. New England Patriots-Saved the USA, If not we would be watching Chelsea vs Salt Lake FC Sunday)





#2 Bengals (Cincinnati) - Okay, they may not be as cool as Siberians, but Bengals are still tigers, people! Let us NEVER forget that.
(Sparky Duck - 2. Cincinnati Bengals-There team sucked, but go to a zoo, look at a striped cat and see if you want to mess with it.)


and, the number one AFC Cognomen is.......


#1 Titans (Tennessee) - The Titans came before the gods. They were bigger than the gods. Oh, and lest we not forget.....this guy was a Titan.
(Sparky Duck - 1. Jacksonville Jaguars-Take the description of #2 and make them really really fast.)

Bonus Picks - SUPER BOWL

Sparky Duck - The fact that Wisenhunt knows everything about the Steelers, up to what gum Roethlisberger chews will make a difference. The Cardinals will steal a win, 35 to 24. Fitzgerald will catch 2 touchdowns, someone will block a punt and Roderick Hood will intercept the pass that seals the game.

Hyperion - I picked Arizona (plus the points) in all three playoff games, and took much heat for it. When the spread opened at +7 I liked the Cardinals to cover, but now I like them to win. Have I been influenced by their crazy run and my tender feelings toward them? Yes. This is why fans should never bet, but what the heck. Arizona to somehow win. Just a gut call, but I'm picking Bud Light to have the best commercial.


Have a Great Weekend!

Sparky Duck/Hyperion = Harky Duperion!

Facebook Mafia

As some of you probably already know, good ole Sparky has joined up with the new revolution and gotten himself a page on facebook. I think it is actually alot of fun because I have already caught up with college friends that 14 years ago were my life (Gaia I said 14) and have since lost track with.

Fortunately or unfortunately, I have used my real name, so this blog and facebook will have to stay forever separated, since I bitch about work here. So, if you want to join the mafia, submit a comment with your email address and find the real me.

Tomorrow Is my Super Bowl

And while I am sure any of my faithful readers know who I am in the bag for, it is still so super exciting. Things could change tomorrow and dammit, I really need it. So, as we prepare for the biggest vote since Clinton Bush, let us look back on some great presidential moments, fictional and factual.

Hyperion inspired me today, and I realized that Aaron Sorkin is kind of brilliant and kind of predicted this moment in time 6 years ago with the Santos candidacy. But, Sorkin was also all over the American President, which is where we start tonight.

Potent Potables

Things that would have been blog worthy, except for the fact that I have been too damned tired to post them.

1.It is never good when one of your office underlings says to you "I am bored" is it?

2.I have not watched OLTL for two good weeks, and except for the fact that I have no idea who the hell this guy is that is saying he is Sayed father, everything else falls into line.

3.Jesse Jackson, jealous or getting senial, discuss

4.Alan Webb has been a contender for the Olympic Gold medal in the mile for 12 years. When he finishes fifth in the Olympic Trials, you realize what the media does to some athletes.

5.Bill O'Reilly is a moron.

6.The Palmetto State is calling to me. I just have to hold on for another 7 or 8 months or so and we can possibly restart our lives. Maybe

7.The Puppy should be named Kobie

8. I guess the laws of the United States apply to everyone here, besides Karl Rove

Icebox Borky Tag

The Songbird was nice last week, seeing that my brain was full of porridge and figured I needed some blogging help. So, she reached out and tagged me with the 6 boring/quirky things about me meme. What a fine desert friend! So, this feathery blogger obliged, even though it was later then need be.

) Link to the person who tagged me.

2) Mention the rules.

3) Tell six quirky yet boring, unspectacular details about myself.

4) Tag 6 other bloggers by linking to them.

5) Go to each person’s blog and leave a comment that lets them know they’ve been tagged.

And now, I am sure, more then you ever wanted to know...

1-I feel a little bit guilty when I am playing my Xbox 360. Not because it is childish or immature, but because it is set up in the living room and it bores the heck out of Mrs Duck. So I feel like I am kicking her out of her relaxation zone.

2-I twirl my hair when I am tired or bored. Not exactly something that odd, except for the fact that I find myself doing it at work.

3-I collect horse racing glasses. Now there is nothing wrong with the Kentucky Derby or the Preakness, plenty of people collect those. But I have searched EBay for glasses from the Blue Grass Stakes and the Travers. Not exactly big name races. Mrs Duck is not amused.

4-I love to cook, but hate to grill. I have a fear that the propane will somehow get loose and I will explode in a firey blast of gas and hamburger.

5-I just do not get the appeal of the TV Show, Lost.

6-I used to feel bad for stuffed animals, especially the last ones on a shelf, so I would buy them so they did not feel all alone.

6a-I still do #6 occasionally now if my mood is just right.

There, six more reasons why yours truly should probably be committed. And now, who to tag, who to tag.

a-Dragon
b-Sognatrice
c-SaS
d-Ali
e-Jeff
f-One Gal

Preakness Build Up, Best Horses Ever

This is actually a post idea that I got from a comment on my Kentucky Derby review post of last week. Good ole Hyperion asked a darn fine question. Plus, I think I am going to cross post this post on the Monkey Barn, just to hear what Hyperion thinks.

Hyperion said...

I'm not a big horse racing guy, but I have been watching the Triple Crown religiously for 20 years. I'm curious what the best horse and horse races you have seen.

The best duels were with Easy Goer and Sunday Silence, late '80s I think. The best horse, hands-down, was Point Given. To this day I can't figure out why he lost the Derby (his only loss ever, I believe). Just didn't want to win that one. Man, did he dominate in the Preakness and Belmont

And of course, being Hyperion, he does bring up some great horses to look at. Though of course, me being the duck that I am, I am going to have to quibble just a little bit.

I have been watching races since the early 80s. I still remember winning my family Preakness pool when Forty Niner hit on the board. So, I have lots of races tucked away in my feathery brain.

The best horse ever of course is Secretariat. His Belmont performance was sheer and utter domination. But, Secratariat was even before my time.



The best horse I have ever seen in person was Smarty Jones, but that was not really in a race since it was his retirement workout at Philadelphia Park. By then, Smarty was ready to start shagging, not racing. So, best I have seen at the time would be a tough call, between Hyperion's Point Given and Afleet Alex. Both horses had inexplicable faults in the Kentucky Derby and then went out and won the last 2 parts of the Triple Crown races, stomping the pretenders that had managed to defeat them in the Derby. I would probably give the nod to Point Given, based on bloodlines and his price, but Afleet Alex was also damned special.

Best race ever? Even tougher call, probably because as I watch, I am so impressed by some performances. Afleet Alex stumbling at the start of the Preakness and then cruising to a win. Though the most crushing race in the Triple Crown races at least of my past, has to be Real Quiet losing to Victory Gallop by a nose at the Belmont. My heart just sunk.



And for uplifting, check out what Rags to Riches did in the Belmont last year. While the field was a tad overrated, a Filly winning like that against the Stallions is special.



Again, don't forget to look for a response at Monkey Barn.

March Madness Day 5-What we have learned

This has been a good, not great tournament, which makes perfect sense, since this has been a good, not great college basketball season. But, since it is college, it still teaches us things.

1.Don't Mess with Motas or Mrs Duck. My Oregon relative and my lovely wife, while still trailing in San Hiltadelphia, have the best chances to win our little blogging pool competition. Currently, Motas is in 4th place and Mrs Duck is holding down 8th, trailing Songbird, Lady Jane and Anthony. But, they have the most possible points available. Its gonna be a close one.

2.Whoever is doing the seeds was a bit of an idiot. There is no way Butler was a #7 seed. There is absolutely no way Duke was a #2 seed (and yes I am a Dukie and can still say that). If you think Davidson was only worthy of a #10 seed, you need to be committed. Someone needs to tell these conference commissioners there is more to basketball then the BCS conferences.

3.If Xavier can get past West Virginia, they maybe the darkhorses for the Final Four.

4.In the tournament, its all about the guards. You do need some inside play, but if you have a good backcourt, you are great shape. Look at what happened to Connecticut and look who on San Diego really beat them. Look at the run Davidson has been on. Its the backcourt baby.

5.These next two days are the last fun days, the weekend games could be exciting, but they are also times when the clock strikes midnight for Cinderella.

March Madness Day Two, Pool Implosion

On the pool front, while I did a very respectable job on day one, day two caused my brackets to explode into a firey heap. You know it is never a good feeling to get absolutely every 13 vs 4 game wrong. Yep, all 4 of them wrong. Nice job Duck.

In San Hiltadelphia, its Tex who is out to a very respectable 240 points after the first round, with Songbird hot on his heels at 230, plus right now she has more possible points. Lady Jane is also at 230, though her hopes are fading a little bit since she had Connecticut in the Final Four, and right now the only Final Four the Huskies are making are the final four trips to the Sundae Bar at Old Country Buffet before it closes.

Things I learned at least after round 1. As always, the SEC is a tad overrated, though I must give props to Mississippi State for defeating my beloved Ducks. Duke is even more overrated then the SEC and I am now kicking myself for not going with Xavier, which I did earlier in the week in a different contest. Michael Beasley & Stephon Curry just raised there NBA stock over the last two days, while OJ Mayo may, just may want to consider another year of seasoning. And no matter how many times they happen, Buzzer Beaters and last second upsets are still alot of fun to watch.

March Madness, Day One, Early

In the San Hiltadelphia group, it is the Desert Songbird out to a very nice start. While the Stanford/Cornell game is not over yet, I can safely predict that she will go 8-0 for the early session, a very nice start. Motas of Portland, Tex and Lady Jane Scarlett are also in fine shape, looking at 7-1, while Mrs Duck will probably go 6-2 since she took Cornell for some reason.

I did not see any of the darn games, though was able to follow most of them on my cell phone when I needed to. It looks like the only games that had any breath were Xavier vs Georgia and Pitt vs Oral Roberts. Georgia just had to be warn out still, after playing through a tornado and also having to play 4 games in 3 days just this past weekend. Oral Roberts got behind way too early and could not scratch and claw there way back fully, submarining one of my Sweet 16 teams.

Be sure to catch the Kansas State/USC game tonight, just because it pits two future NBA stars in freshman Michael Beasley vs freshman OJ Mayo.

Thursday Thirteen #62-The Consumerist one

Thirteen Articles from This Weeks Consumerist I have been slacking with my Thursday Thirteen posts recently, partly because I have been swamped at work and partly because I do not want to give either of the Democratic candidates the patented Sparky Duck kiss of death. So, I have been reading Consumerist faithfully this week, getting my news and the like. Its actually been better than the news on TV, because it actually talks about stuff that is affecting us. So 13 stories from this week... 1.How some bars in the North are getting around a smoking ban 2.Comcast being Comcast and affecting your credit while they are at it. 3.Is your vet ripping you off? Yes usually 4.Banks sure should be not for profit, since they make no profit 5.Comcast is one of the worst in the country 6.Verizon will be with you sometime between Monday & Friday 7.I need damned Hybrid 8.Phew, the Duck family is not the only ones who love Credit Cards 9.Somebody that sells Nano missed this whole recession thing 10.Lets all vote for Comcast 11.You may wanna think about dumping your Wachovia stock 12.Countrywide is having a fire sale 13.Phishing calls can be funny, when the phishee fights back

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Weekend Bumping Uglies

Trust me, I never thought I would ever be using that as a title, I mean seriously, so many better ways to talk about meaningless random sex. Aren't there?

Anyway, let me direct you over to a little quiz at the Monkey Barn.


A Time to Screw

I figured that I have some pretty sick twisted perverted imaginative readers, so why not let them lose on a Hyperion and Company creation. So wander over, answer the questions and tell em the fine feathered friend said hello. Plus lemme know so I can see your answers.

Screw the Polls

Bond, come in Bond

Christmas Express-The Card Edition

Last Years display


Introducing the Christmas Express here on Philly Transplant. I love Christmas and so for the next few weeks, look for quite a few Christmas related posts, recipes, pictures and other stuff, hopefully, since we all know about how best laid plans go.

We are doing those photo Christmas Cards this year, or at least we sure hope we are, since we have to take care of it this weekend or we will be sending the damned things out on Christmas Eve. Luckily, we picked up a few regular ones from Target last week, so we can get started some.

Along those lines, while this will not be a Christmas card exchange, since that gets to messy figuring out who gets what and who, etc, etc, etc, I will be asking my blogger buddies if they want a "Holiday" card from the Duck Family. If so, anytime this week, drop me an email at blujackit AT gmail DOT com, with your address and you will be on the list. Festive, isnt it?

Now I am a cute little liberal gnome

Hype Baby, this ones for you.

Me Blog Be Brilliant

Or might readrs culd bees

Get a Cash Advance

Credit goes to Jenny McB BTW

Starrlight Inspired

Today was World Aids day, or World Aids Awareness Day, depending on whether you were in a Blue State or a Red State or a still affected country. Starr put up a post that I would love to steal, but won't.

Anyway, we in this country still forget that Aids affects people around the world, not just us little folks in Oklahoma. So a couple of videos showing the still heinous way this disease exists.



This one still has the impact that it makes me cry

A peek behind the Cooking Curtain

I love to cook, everyone that reads this little blog knows that. And I search the web all the time for recipes.
Recipezaar is one place where I get alot of good ideas. There are thousands of recipes there, including ones that you can cook camping, not that I am going to go camping anytime soon. Also, Dragon's Kitchen is great for some original recipes, including her famous Sausage and Potato Gnocchi.

I also wander over to Bleeding Espresso on Wednesdays. She is an American living in Italy and while I often have to convert her recipes from the metric system so I can make them, they are always so freaking tasty. I figured I would share what we will be enjoying tonight, so you will know what I am doing at 7 pm. I am hoping Sognatrice does not mind that I am sharing, but it is also getting her recipes more notice, which is a good thing, no?

Pasta all'Amatriciana

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 small onion, diced
1 garlic clove, diced
100 grams pancetta arrotolata,
unrolled and cut into bite-sized chunks
1 tablespoon freshly chopped parsley
1 can peeled tomatoes
500 grams penne pasta
water and salt to boil pasta
grated pecorino romano cheese to garnish

First put on the water to boil for the pasta, and then chop all your ingredients as described above.

Put olive oil in skillet and heat on medium. Add pancetta, and let cook for about five minutes, until the pancetta renders its fat. I know, yum, right?

Then add the onions and cook until translucent. Add garlic and parsley and let cook for another minute or so.

At this point, your water should be boiling, and you can add salt and the pasta to the water (or do this whenever your water *is* boiling after this point).

Now add the tomatoes to the skillet. You can run them through a grinder or roughly chop them first depending on how you like them. You can also add some of the pasta water to thin out the sauce a bit; I usually use about 1/4 cup.

Let the sauce simmer for about 1o minutes or until the tomatoes taste done to you. You can add salt, but do so sparingly because the pancetta is salty and you've also added salted pasta water.

When the pasta is just short of al dente, remove, strain, and combine well with the completely cooked sauce, still over medium heat.

Once the pasta has absorbed some of the sauce and become fully al dente, remove and serve immediately. Garnish with grated pecorino romano cheese.

A note: Don't worry if your timing isn't exact the first time you make this--it'll get easier the more you make it, which is only more incentive to keep pancetta in your fridge.

3rd Peace Globe

or at least our third trip down the Peace Globe cavalcade of Stars. Bond gets all the credit for reminding me like everyday and Mimi of course gets the credit for the idea.

On Campus November 3

Yes, it was a great great day for Oregon Duck fans, and it was just a miserable day for fans of the Sun Devils of Arizona State. Dennis Dixon solidified himself as a Top 5 Heisman candidate, by leading Oregon to a 35-23 victory over the previously undefeated ASU. The game was exciting to say the least, but if really must rub the backers of the Sun Devils raw that Dixon was out of the game most of the second half and Zona State still could not manufacture a comeback. Heck, Brady Leaf is not half as good as his brother Ryan, and Ryan kinda sucked.

As I mentioned, Notre Dame lost to Navy on Saturday, for the first time in 43 years. The game was about what you would expect from a 1-7 team and a 4-3 team who just lost the week before to Division 1-AA powerhouse, the University of Delaware. Well there was this play, which was absolutely amazing.



Another BCS fraud fell by the wayside as BC lost to a Florida State team that was not a real Florida State team. And Matt Ryan played like Darren Flutie instead of Doug Flutie, throwing an interception in the fourth quarter that cost the Eagles the game.

Kansas hung 76 points on Nebraska. And we are not talking about Jayhawk basketball here. Though this is not running up the score, this is revenge for 25 years of KU getting stomped by 50 points by Nebraska. I would say get the moving van for Husker coach Tom Callahan.

Somehow, LSU beat Alabama, though I still have absolutely no idea how they did it. I mean clueless, I turned the game off to watch the end of the Ducks with the Crimson Tide winning, I turn around to see Early Doucet stealing the game, maybe Wordnerd can explain.

Oh let me mention that Darren McFadden is the Heisman Trophy frontrunner, hands down, no questions asked.

It was a great Saturday of College football though...

Halloween Pimping

One of my blogger buddies is up for one of those Vote for this book awards. Its the fall 2007 Night Owl Romance awards and I would really appreciate if my faithful readers went over and voted for Lisa Andel in the last category. You don't have to sign up for anything, just pick a name from each category. In fact looking it over, there are a few bloggers that I read up for awards, so I might as well mention them too.



Mandy Roth is nominated in the Best Ebook Paranormal Romance Category (#2)
Selena Kitt is nominated in Ebook Sci/Fi Romance (#5)
Portia De Costa is up for a win in Best Ebook Contemporary Erotics (#9)
And certainly not least, Lisa Andel is nominated in the Best Ebook Paranormal (#10)

So go vote, its the last day today!


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