Champs Sports And Insight Bowl Game Thread
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 6:19 PM EST
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It's that weird week between Christmas and New Year's where some people are still stuck in airports sleeping on nasty floors, some are nestled snug in their Christmas beds, and others are taking advantage of the weird week to get credit for working when in reality they're basically vacationing at their desks. Right.
Anyway, there are football games on tonight. On Tuesday. Starting at 6:30, which just adds to that whole weird vibe.
So whether you're in your bed, at your desk, or sniffing a sticky scrap of carpet, join us to talk about the Champs Sports Bowl featuring West Virginia and N.C. State and the Insight Bowl between Iowa and Missouri.
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All of the above, if they’re stranded at the airport.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 7:06 PM EST up reply actions
For some reason, my TV signal is coming into my computer as black and white. Kind of annoying.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 7:07 PM EST reply actions
Noel Devine really should be playing on Christmas.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 7:09 PM EST reply actions
I thought Devine got that first down.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 7:10 PM EST reply actions
Rebooting, hoping that gives me color. I suggest the same strategy for WV.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 7:12 PM EST reply actions
Huh. Didn’t work, yet now it’s color. Yes, that’s right. It rebooted to black and white. But then something changed, and now we have color. Games look better on green grass.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 7:35 PM EST up reply actions
I’ve been half paying attention, but this game appears to be a series of interviews with some football action going on in the background.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 7:37 PM EST reply actions
Well, I’m off to see if I can convert non-NCAA-provided stats into a UNC game preview.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 7:47 PM EST reply actions
Strange post-Christmas dinner sandwich of the day...
sliced honey ham, smoked provolone, pepperoni, stone ground mustard, potato salad, and 3 drops of mayo on a hoagie roll.
Surprisingly good.
That is quite odd.
And I’d hate to be the guy who has to ground that mustard with a rock.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 8:04 PM EST up reply actions
I’m addicted to Traffic Jam on my Droid.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
Melatonin
A couple roommates and myself used to dabble in the melatonin back in the day. Gives you the most vivid dreams. We all independently came to this conclusion. Or kinda independently. I should go buy some more. I think I liked remembering my dreams.
...just apologize for not thanking me.
Funny
Cause my wife gives it to my daughter because it’s “safer” than medicine. I say “natural” is nothing more than marketing and the only question is whether something you ingest is good for you or not. Cocaine, excrement — both natural, but not the best things to ingest. In fact, medicine may (may!) be safer b/c it’s tested and regulated more than vitamins and supplements. We have this conversation about once a quarter and never get anywhere.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 10:03 PM EST up reply actions
On the bright side...
…I never thought Melatonin was the slightest bit addictive. And I do feel like it served its intended purpose. The one side effect was just interesting…I always though.
...just apologize for not thanking me.
And I do agree with your argument on 'natural' vs. 'safe'
The “natural” distinction merely refers to the process that something came to be. That something could be safe or unsafe independently of au naturaleness.
...just apologize for not thanking me.
WOO
I have the day off, and I don’t care what games are on, I’m watching!
Dooley-isms Archiving the Genius.
Careful. You’ll sleep your day off away right quick.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 8:40 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not worried
I visited one of the Korean royal palaces yesterday, so I have my culture quota filled for the week.
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by kingofzachland on Dec 28, 2010 8:43 PM EST up reply actions
That sounds like fun. It would fill my quota for like the whole year. I went to see A Day In The Life Of An Elf in downtown Minneapolis.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 8:49 PM EST up reply actions
It was fun. It had just snowed, so the palace was even more picturesque than usual. Though, I felt entirely inadequate with my digital camera compared to these gianormous cameras that these old Korean men were hauling around (complete with tripods, of course).
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by kingofzachland on Dec 28, 2010 8:53 PM EST up reply actions
A momentum change?
Can momentum change if neither side has shown any?
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From a Big East team?
get out!
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by kingofzachland on Dec 28, 2010 8:57 PM EST up reply actions
Comedy of Errors
…case in point.
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by kingofzachland on Dec 28, 2010 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
Wow...
Bad pass that hits defender between numbers? No worries, offense, he’ll drop it!
Fumble that rolls on the ground for 5 seconds? No worries, offense, the defense doesn’t know it’s there!
Perfect pass to the WR? No worries, defense, he’ll drop it.
And then a 30 yard run has a maybe fumble at the end of it…
At my in-laws
and due to a preference for the pro game, I’m stuck with National Favreball League coverage tonight.
Well, that's a good point
I think perhaps nature did not intend for football to be played on a Tuesday night.
At least, not football of any greater quality than the MAC.
So we’re right on point.
by David Hooper on Dec 28, 2010 9:22 PM EST up reply actions
I'm watching the Pens game.
Well, that and Mad Men. Oops.
by Chris Pendley on Dec 28, 2010 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
I think I made the right call avoiding this game.
by Chris Pendley on Dec 28, 2010 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
Only if you like avoiding bad football
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by kingofzachland on Dec 28, 2010 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
I have to write a bunch of previews for another site.
One of them is the Outback Bowl. I basically raged on the Florida offense for a good 500 words before realizing I should come back to it later. I’ve had my fill of bad football for the day.
by Chris Pendley on Dec 28, 2010 9:22 PM EST up reply actions
Vick is equipped with the scatter gun tonight.
And Minnesota’s d-backs are proving why they’re not receivers in a spectacular fashion.
by David Hooper on Dec 28, 2010 9:22 PM EST up reply actions
Methinks a TD will put this one to bed
And take my 14 confidence points with it. I really should’ve just made totally random picks, I wouldn’t be doing any worse.
I forgot to adjust my confidence points
After the first couple of games I decided to just “go with it.”
Dooley-isms Archiving the Genius.
by kingofzachland on Dec 28, 2010 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
I think I have a grand total of 1 point riding on this game.
/chews fingernails (because they taste good!)
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 9:34 PM EST up reply actions
Ooops
I have one on IA-MO, 12 on this one. On the wreck. And I was doing so well.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
Wow
Someone made a play. Not on the offensive side of the ball, but still.
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So Vick decides that chucking dropped interceptions isn't getting it done
and drops the ball in the face of a blitz for an easy fumble recovery – six.
Did ESPN have a fancy chryon graphic commemorating it?
by Chris Pendley on Dec 28, 2010 9:30 PM EST up reply actions
Heh.
The graphic was too elusive for them to show.
by David Hooper on Dec 28, 2010 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
Tony Hayward Apologizes
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by kingofzachland on Dec 28, 2010 9:34 PM EST up reply actions
Yup.
I just don’t see it happening. I know that ESPN is talking themselves into believing it, but this is easily the biggest mismatch that Oklahoma has been handed in a bowl game in the last decade.
by David Hooper on Dec 28, 2010 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
That's my 35-pointer
So I’m apparently very confident that Oklahoma will win…though my .500 record suggests you should perhaps take that pick with a grain of salt.
I took a "high-risk" strategy for my picks
I put my “sure things” in the middle, and my riskier, upset picks at the top. I’ll either win outright or lose spectacularly. Probably the latter.
...just apologize for not thanking me.
I just checked my picks. I won't be checking them again.
My “high risk” strategy failed miserably. Miserably miserably.
...just apologize for not thanking me.
So I’ve been doing the statsy game preview of the Music City Bowl, and I was struck by how many times my search for “Carolina” brought up the Wolfpack before the Tar Heels. These guys must be pretty good.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 9:35 PM EST reply actions
Also
. . . oh, wow, WV is a wreck . . .
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
Derek Dooley thinks they had it coming.
Why on earth is he fielding a punt inside the 10?
by Chris Pendley on Dec 28, 2010 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
Derek Dooley would have caught that ball.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
This.
And double this.
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by kingofzachland on Dec 28, 2010 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
The also I meant to say . . .
My score came out tied at 24. Gave the Vols 3 for being in Nashville and general November-hangover woosiness.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
You gave the Vols 3 to bring it to 24-24....
…or to take it from 24-24 to 27-24?
...just apologize for not thanking me.
I probably should have given the edge to NC because I had them with more yards, but — November woosies!
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 10:06 PM EST up reply actions
So ... three kneeldowns and a field goal?
(I’m back to the college game now that the NFL is at halftime.)
NC State
will throw an interception.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
Yes
And it’s ending up in my lungs right with the other UVA coal smoke.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 9:40 PM EST up reply actions
Reason number 237
why I’m glad Nike isn’t our sponsor.
Dooley-isms Archiving the Genius.
by kingofzachland on Dec 28, 2010 9:40 PM EST up reply actions
It's the DL;DNR effect.
I spent the same amount of time on the bowl picks as I did a normal week. About 5-10 minutes.
by David Hooper on Dec 28, 2010 9:44 PM EST up reply actions
Mine was more of a TL;RTMTBTFOPNKCOM
Too long, read too many times because the Fun Office Pools numbers kept changing on me. I changed some setting so that the numbers wouldn’t shift when I changed something, so I ended up with a bunch of duplicate values, and finding them and the open slots was wickedly complicated. I was terribly frustrated. So I blame my impending failure on that. I credit any potential success to my brilliance and perseverance.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 9:48 PM EST up reply actions
In-laws are watching NFL
so I logged into the ‘3 using my Comcast login and some unknown Samaritan’s “NETGEAR” router.
good times.
You're in Wyoming
And you’re close enough to stowaway on someone else’s signal?
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
Clean, thin air.
Signals travel further here.
by David Hooper on Dec 28, 2010 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, but you don’t get to enjoy the side effects of the burning coal.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 9:52 PM EST up reply actions
So that game was terrrible
On the plus side, I just discovered that Rock Band on your phone is just as catchy and awesome as on your XBox.
Mark May's got a point
That coach in waiting may not be waiting very long.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 9:53 PM EST reply actions
Context for those without remote control privileges?
by David Hooper on Dec 28, 2010 9:55 PM EST up reply actions
WVA is bringing in a "Coach in Waiting" next season
if they keep playing this poorly…well, you get the idea.
Dooley-isms Archiving the Genius.
by kingofzachland on Dec 28, 2010 9:57 PM EST up reply actions
WVU put in place a strange "coach in waiting" system after the season ended
Fired their offensive coordinator, will be bringing in the guy from Oklahoma State to be the o-coordinator with Stewart as head coach in ’11, then the new guy will take over in ’12.
WV AD hired Dana Holgerson (sp?) as coach in waiting, sort of half-firing their current coach and causing some shake up on the staff (I’ve only been half-paying attention as well and I’m behind on the news, but it’s something like that). WV played so poorly, May said, that the AD may want to just go ahead and pull the whole plug now and make the coach-in-waiting the coach-right-now.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 9:59 PM EST up reply actions
Ah, right.
I was already moving on past WVa. And May is probably right, to be honest. What kind of authority will Stewart really have if the players know he’s not going to be around?
by David Hooper on Dec 28, 2010 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
Wow
Did anyone else just double take when “Marcus Coker” scored a TD for Iowa?
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 10:07 PM EST reply actions
Thank you, Iowa
Clearly they know what we just went through in the last game.
Dooley-isms Archiving the Genius.
by kingofzachland on Dec 28, 2010 10:07 PM EST reply actions
Movie check:
I watched Narnia and TRON over the break, and enjoyed them both. Any others I should see?
The only movie I've seen since being here
is the new Harry Potter, which is really only the first half of the movie
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by kingofzachland on Dec 28, 2010 10:17 PM EST up reply actions
I saw most of the first one.
Haven’t seen any of the others, though, so I’ll skip that.
by David Hooper on Dec 28, 2010 10:18 PM EST up reply actions
What number are they on?
I read the books but never kept up with the movies. Except maybe to google “Emma Watson” and search for images. Did I say that out loud?
...just apologize for not thanking me.
The final book.
But it’s split into two movies. The current one is the first half.
by David Hooper on Dec 28, 2010 10:19 PM EST up reply actions
Did someone say Emma Watson?
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by kingofzachland on Dec 28, 2010 10:20 PM EST up reply actions
Can we start a movement
to make Emma Watson a UT mascot? We already have several, what’s one more?
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by kingofzachland on Dec 28, 2010 10:29 PM EST up reply actions
Movement started
I have a friend that went to Brown. I have an in!
...just apologize for not thanking me.
"And let's go and interview the newest UT Mascot"
“I’m here with Emma Watson, what do you think so far?”
“Um…I think some drugged me. Why am I chained to this dog house, and why is everyone wearing orange?”
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by kingofzachland on Dec 28, 2010 10:36 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Afraid that’s not likely to get anywhere. I remember being young and single, but now all I can think about is being old and having young daughters. ;-)
Besides, Jackson would never let it happen. He’s left explicit instructions that when he’s dead, we are to stuff him and mount him to the masthead.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 10:35 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, you said UT
Not RTT. That could happen. Swap her out with Chesney, no problem. While you’re at it, please destroy the pre-fourth quarter in-stadium lullaby. kthxbuhbye
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 10:39 PM EST up reply actions
Just got back from True Grit
Excellent performances.
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That's (333333jorkland)^2 and $$$$$$$$immons to you, chump.
That's three I need to see
Dawn Treader, Tron, and True Grit. I’m way behind — I still have to watch Inception.
I know.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 10:37 PM EST up reply actions
Tron is AWESOME.
But then again, it’d have been hard for me not to like it. The plot is functional, which is all I asked for. The special effects are all terrific and well-balanced. The 3-D is the most comfortable to watch that I’ve seen. It feels really natural.
Oh, and Daft Punk.
by David Hooper on Dec 28, 2010 10:43 PM EST up reply actions
I read last night
…that they are planning to make sequelS to Independence Day. Really not cool, but I’ll still go.
Dooley-isms Archiving the Genius.
by kingofzachland on Dec 28, 2010 10:45 PM EST up reply actions
I remember almost nothing from the original
Except a general feeling of COOL. I may be feeling displaced video game nostalgia — WOW NICE CATCH — but still. Death frisbees are cool.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 10:45 PM EST up reply actions
I'm going to get the Blu-Ray twin pack when they come out with it.
Granted, it’s going to be a long while off, but I might actually have a Blu-Ray player by then.
The original was actually a little more dynamic, but the new one flows much better. Man, those light cycles are awesome.
by David Hooper on Dec 28, 2010 10:47 PM EST up reply actions
I've yet to watch Inception, for what it's worth.
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That's (333333jorkland)^2 and $$$$$$$$immons to you, chump.
I know nobody cares but me
But the color problem on my ’puter? Too long S-Video cord. Corrected. Color. Lovely.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 10:23 PM EST reply actions
This is what happens
When you teach kindergartners everyday
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by kingofzachland on Dec 28, 2010 10:28 PM EST up reply actions
I am so getting my one point for this Iowa game.
by Joel Hollingsworth on Dec 28, 2010 10:41 PM EST reply actions
I guess I was a bit premature on the "soporific" declaration
Because it appears everyone went to sleep an hour ago while watching this game
Well, at least I had the lead for a couple hours
Thanks a lot, Blaine Gabbart.
by Incipient_Senescence on Dec 29, 2010 1:13 AM EST reply actions
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