Allegedly this is football, although if every Division 1 team was filled with kids who had to pass calculus, the game of college football would probably look a lot more like Army/Navy than the Alabama/Florida game tonight. At any rate, I remember back when the Army could win one of these. It seems like a distant memory.
Totally unrelated, you know you are getting old when this is the highlight of your Saturday. But it sure feels good.
mellowjohn
you mean the ncaa’s "scholar-athletes" aren’t all scholars?
PaulW
Go Navy. Beat West Virginia.
Oh wait that should be Go Bulls!
Zuzu's Petals
Go Army.
If anyone’s interested in reading about the whole gestalt of The Game, John Feinstein’s A Civil War is a good place to start.
Sean
Dude – does that thing really work well? It is only 25 bucks, but I was skeptical
JL
Hey! Let’s all be patriots today and cheer for Navy. My dad was a commander in the Navy and it wasn’t until I was in my teens that I realized that some high schools played better football.
John Cole
@Sean: Yes. I have really dry feet, so I use that a lot with epsom salt, dry them off and work to get away any excess skin, and then slather em up with Eucerin.
smiley
I think the use of camouflage uniforms was a brilliant idea. Too bad it’s not working. The Midshipmen must be using radar.
Knockout Ed
I had a guy over for Thanksgiving that was on the Mississippi St. team for two years. However bad you think things are in NCAA Div 1 athletics they are 10 times worse.
donnah
I have a good friend who graduated West Point and went on to serve in the Gulf War. He’s probably crying right now, bless his heart. I won’t call him for a couple of days, until the pain goes away.
South of I-10
It really hurts to say this, but Go Gators! Bama must be stopped.
Crusty Dem
Come on, this is not the time for complaining about the lack of scholarship, immediately after a Florida State CB gets a Rhodes. I actually knew an all-american DE in college who was very bright, 3.5 GPA in business while doing all the football work. Two exceptions that prove the rule, I know..
Stooleo
OT
John, how’s Fallout 3? Is it worth the money?
JL
@Stooleo: Gee I hope so cause I just ordered it for a Xmas present.
passerby
John, I’ve got dry feet too and a dishpan with hot water and epsom salt has always been good enough for me. But, the words "bubbles" and "spa" implied a more luxuriant experience, so I hit one-click deciding it will be (one of) my Christmas present(s) to myself.
Look what you made me do.
@South of the I-10: Ooh. Under no circumstances can I ever pull for those nasty Gators. Of all the SEC teams I want them beaten all day and everyday regardless of who’s doing the beating. With Tebow and all they’ve been extra intimidating but, boy I’d love to see Alabama win tonight.
South of I-10
@Passerby: I really can’t stand Fla, but if Bama wins the BCS and I have to listen to the Tide crowing about that and Nick Saban for a year, I don’t think I can take it.
Cassidy the Racist White Man
Go Gators!
In honor of TZ, I now declare this thread over.
JoeF
Or, you know, maybe we’d just have way more "scholar-athletes" taking their education a bit more seriously and a whole lot more people that can pass calculus.
If everyone who wanted to play D-1 football knew there was a serious educational requirement, you don’t think they’d put in the time to pass those requirements? These people get up at 6 am to do drills that make every muscle in their body hurt.
passerby
@South of I-10:
I’ve always liked Saban and was sorry to see his attempt at pro coaching fail. At least he was lucky enough to get back into college at Bama.
If LSU had done diddly this year we would have to be listening to the Tide gloat and rubbing Saban in our faces.
There’s always next year. (I sound like a Saints fan.)
p.s. Also glad Georgia Bulldogs are out.
Saturated Fathead
@john: but you can have bubbles for only seventy cents more!
Dr. Scholl’s DR6624 Toe-Touch Foot Spa with Bubbles and Massage
South of I-10
@passerby: My brother sent me this joke that I am sure you will appreciate:
Baton Rouge Police reported that an individual attempted to "egg" Coach Les Miles home last night.
The report stated:
An empty egg carton was recovered at the scene. Two eggs hit Coach Miles house, 3 eggs went over his house and hit his neighbor’s back door, 2 eggs hit the houses of each of his next door neighbors, and the remaining 3 eggs were found broken on the ground near the carton from
where the individual threw them. Looking at what was hit, police officials say they are considering quarterback Jarrett Lee as the primary suspect.
Kilkee
If I’m not mistaken, at Notre Dame all freshman, including the players, do in fact have to take calculus. I guess it kind of shows. Still, one must give credit for the likes of ND, Stanford, and the service academies when they are any good at all, considering the disadvantage they’re at in playing schools where virtually no one actually attends class or graduates.
smiley
@South of I-10:
Heh. You should go to work for the Onion.
Halftime and I’m feeling only a little better. We (We? I didn’t even play intramural football there. You know what I mean.) get the ball at the beginning of the second half. When Bama went up 10-7 I was despondent. Irrational? Yes. Long time Gators fan? Yes again. We’ve blown a lot of BIG games over the years, although fewer in the more recent memory of most of you.
South of I-10
@Smiley: I didn’t write it, but I wish I did. One of the better football jokes I’ve heard in a while.
smiley
What the hell is up with the blockquote tags? BTW, Gators three and out to begin the third. Grrr…
Laura W
Jesus. I thought I was about to click through to a pair of satin-lined, eco-friendly, PETA-approved, jasmine-infused nose hair clippers.
What a relief.
passerby
@South of I-10:
I think police officials have been following LSU football this season.
And good luck to your team Smiley. Please dont hate me cuz I hate them.
D-Chance.
Is Cole implying that Alabama and Florida student athletes are ‘teh stoopid’?
Laura W
BREAKING (PERPETUALLY ON-TOPIC) NEWS:
A friend has alerted me to the Series Premiere tonight of Cats 101.
Animal Planet, 8EST. (Follows Dogs 101 at 7pm, of course.)
"American Shorthair, Savannah, Scottish Fold, Persian, Ragdoll, Sphynx". (Sphynx are those freaky hairless wonders, for all of you allergics, or just into freaky kitties.)
South of I-10
@Laura W: I wish I could watch it, I have to go my husband’s office Xmas party. I can think of 1001 things I would rather do.
Laura W
@South of I-10: Um, I’m thinking you must totally love that man…office party tonight, Super Bowl Classics last night.
He’s a lucky dude. Be sure to remind him of that 9 times in the car on the way to party.
South of I-10
@Laura W: I did already – he went fishing earlier.
Laura W
@South of I-10: Oh Good Lord.
More quality red-wine-in-the-bubble-bath-time for you, I suppose. (He didn’t ask you to get him one of those tingly fresh rejuvenating exfoliating foot spas for Xmas, did he? I would certainly draw the line somewhere.)
hiflyer
Gators win!
#1 bama fan Joe Scarborough proves how dumb he is again!!!!
Life is good….
South of I-10
@Laura W: That sounds like an excellent idea. I think I need a foot spa and someone to give me a pedicure. It’s been a long day already.
Jimbo
Slag Army all you want (heck, I do it daily), but with today’s win Navy is 8-4 and heading to a 6th straight Bowl game. We’ve got wins over ranked opponents, and 3 of our 4 loses came from team that are going to a Bowl game.
In other words, Navy plays pretty good football…