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  1. 1.

    red dog

    I really want Oklahoma to kick the Irish back to South Bend. They are not a #5 team, nor was Florida a #2 team in Georgia.

  2. 2.

    Quaker in a Basement

    Fla-Ga might go down as the ugliest football game of the year. Between the two teams, NINE turnovers and somewhere in the neighborhood of two dozen penalties.

    It could have been worse only if it had been raining Vaseline.

  4. 4.

    BGinCHI

    My area team is better than your area team.

    Ps. Hey Notre Dame. You are not America’s Home Team. Assholes.

  8. 8.

    Haydnseek

    As I mentioned in an O/T post a few threads down, USC just coughed up a second-rate bowl game sized hairball in their loss to Arizona. The end of the Lane Kiffin era can’t come fast enough. If you’re going to be childish dickhead, the least you can do is end the year with a record that gets you into a BCS bowl game. Their loss to Oregon next week will help to further his demise, but not quickly enough to keep from hurting recruiting for three or four years. Oh well, there’s always UCLA…did I really just say that? Must be the +4 talkin’………….

  10. 10.

    JGabriel

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    The East Coast is going to drown and slide into the Atlantic Ocean this week, killing gazillions blue state liberals and progressives, and YOU PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT COLLEGE FOOTBALL?!

    Harumph!

    We must discuss the impending END OF THE WORLD, GODDAMIT!

    .

  11. 11.

    JGabriel

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    The East Coast is going to drown and slide into the Atlantic Ocean this week, killing gazillions blue state liberals and progressives, and YOU PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT COLLEGE FOOTBALL?!

    Harumph!

    We must discuss the impending END OF THE WORLD, GODDAMIT!

    .

  13. 13.

    Raven

    @nitpicker: If it wasn’t for Notre Dame they would be all I’ve heard about on sports radio for 2 week. Not that they don’t deserve it but the idea they haven’t been getting props is ludicrous.

  16. 16.

    BGinCHI

    @efgoldman: The Chicago Tribune acts like it’s the house organ for ND fb. It’s pathetic.

    On the other hand, they’re made for each other.

  21. 21.

    nitpicker

    @Spatula: Being a K-State fan, this is the only time I’ll agree with this sentiment, since it should improve our strength of schedule rating.

  24. 24.

    nitpicker

    @Raven: After they beat WVU, I heard three different sports talking heads say Geno Smith was still the frontrunner for the Heisman. Even tonight the guys calling the game were saying they weren’t sure KSU could handle the pressure, being “hunted” and all.

  25. 25.

    Capt. Seaweed

    Now if LSU, ND, KState can lose next week, the Beavers win out and beat the Ducks in the Civil War….an Oregon State/Alabama NatChamp? Be still my heart.

    No way the FSM loves me that much. The Deity has already given me vote-by-mail. A Beaver championship would be asking the impossible. Maybe.

  27. 27.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    Completely OT but I cooked an absolutely awesome Rotisserie Chicken dinner tonight, basically using just one appliance. I picked it up for $9.00 at the Goodwill a couple of weeks ago and it is absolutely kick ass. It looks like an over sized toaster oven but has a rotisserie feature (which easily took a 7.5lb chicken) as well as roasted potatoes in the bottom with the drippings and steamed cabbage and green beans in the top. (it has a lift up lid on the top which allows you to cook anything in there using the residual heat from the oven itself,) I wish I could tell you the brand and model but it has no markings on it. All I can say is that it is probably the best bargain I have ever bought at a Thrift Store. It came with ALL of the accessories, including kebab skewers, trays and racks, a basket for cooking burgers and fish and a whole bunch of other things that I haven’t even figured out what they are for yet. I am guessing that this is a seriously expensive piece of kit. I love Thrift Stores!

  32. 32.

    Schlemizel

    Kudos to J Michael for just about hitting the exact number on the UM/UND game. It took 3 goals in the last 5 minutes of play hit 5-1 but we’ll take it.

    I’d also like to congratulate the F’ing Sue fans for showing typical UND class. They cheered when Megan Bozek was injured in the third.

  33. 33.

    JCT

    @Raven: No, really? Hell, I spent the afternoon working in my husband’s office and I could hear the screaming all afternoon . And now the area around Old Main is rocking. Whoa is my husband pissed – he had to go to NYC this weekend and gave away his tickets . And my son the Bruin is as happy as any Wildcat. Hah – El Charro will be overrun with drunken students soon.

  34. 34.

    Raven

    @JCT: I only saw the last few minutes but there were quite a few empties. Not that it’s a surprise. I’m sure what with Halloween there will be plenty of action. Have you lived there for a long time?

  35. 35.

    Schlemizel

    @Litlebritdifrnt:

    Have you checked out the back & bottom to see if there are any clues as to manufacture? you might also post a picture & see if someone recognizes it.

  36. 36.

    Capt. Seaweed

    @Raven:
    Yes well let’s see how the Beavers do tonight also too. There is a path for them to the top that depends on everybody above them folding like Origami swans. Hope springs for the surprising Beavers.

  38. 38.

    KG

    I’ve taken to rooting for ASU the last couple o years because some of my very good friends went there and I went to a non-football school, plus I tend to like Phoenix. I am really hoping this season isn’t going to end like last year.

    And as I said eariler, the PAC-12 South has stopped making sense

  39. 39.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @BGinCHI: Tell that to the network executives, ND is good so far, but sorry Mike Golic, NBC Sports Network, Brent Musberger and the rest of sports journalism establishment I don’t think they are the 2nd coming of the Rockne, Parseghian, Lou Holtz teams.

  40. 40.

    The Dangerman

    Oklahoma’s going to light the Irish up like an old beaten down couch in Athens tonight.

  42. 42.

    dmbeaster

    even if it was ugly, still a good game UGA v. FL. Was rooting for UGA to further the cause of my Ducks.

    SC has really sunk this year. Matt L. stayed around why? Going to the Duck SC game next week!

  43. 43.

    Raven

    Smartphone users no longer need to think up an appropriate phrase when searching the web on the go – at least, not if they are using Google’s Android operating system.

    “You take a picture of an item and use that picture as the query,” explains Vic Gundotra, one of Google’s vice presidents for engineering.

    The service, called Goggles, attempts to identify the object – for example, it might recognise a landmark like the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco – and returns a page of conventional search results, as if a user had typed the name of the landmark. Goggles can also identify artworks and extract the text from a photo, for example of a business card. It might find places to buy a product you’ve seen or identify local attractions.

  44. 44.

    KG

    @Capt. Seaweed: If Oregon State wins out, they’ve got a decent chance of playing for the national title. I wouldn’t be too worried about who their opponent would be (I think Alabama loses either this week or next).

  45. 45.

    JCT

    @Raven: Joined the faculty this past January. Really enjoying being part of a big state university again.

    I think our football has been pretty lousy for awhile so folks are just getting back into it. The Zona Zoo (student section) is always rollicking. And hah, maybe the kids thought we were going to get killed so they stayed home. Mistake!

  46. 46.

    Wally Ballou

    On a cold baseball night in Detroit, they’re scoreless after the first. The Tigers strand two after Fielder hits into an inning-ending DP. Lovely.

  47. 47.

    Raven

    @dmbeaster: I’ve been in Athens for almost 30 years. I’ve seen us play better than them and lose, choke, have awful luck and, every now and then, win. Two in a row is a huge monkey off our back. In addition, we had been 0-9 against the last top 10 opponents. We were a 28 pt favorite against Kentucky last week and barely got by. This is a very big win here in Dawgville.

  50. 50.

    Capt. Seaweed

    @dmbeaster:
    OR @ SC: That’s shaping up to be a great game. SCal ought to be good and pissed off after today and Oregon is just the fastest thing I’ve ever seen.

    I’m an OSU fan, but props to the Ducks. They’re killing people.

  51. 51.

    Raven

    @JCT: Aha, I’ve had friends there since the early 70’s so I’ve spent a good bit of time there over the years. It was really great and I still think it’s pretty cool.

  52. 52.

    Raven

    @JCT: Aha, I’ve had friends there since the early 70’s so I’ve spent a good bit of time there over the years. It was really great and I still think it’s pretty cool.

  55. 55.

    Haydnseek

    @Honus: A life-size cardboard cutout of John Mckay is preferable to Lame Kiffin. Vols fans know what I’m talkin’ about…….

  56. 56.

    piratedan

    @JCT: all the campus haunts should be overflowing, from the aforementioned El Charro to Gentle Ben’s and Dirtbags…. always nice to be able to do unto USC and their irritating fight song. The fact the Rodriguez can manage this in his first year is impressive as the DL and secondary are constructs of chicken wire and pipe cleaners, plus a QB who has been waiting in the wings and a true talent at RB.

    Tough sched AZ has played too, stanford, Ore St. Ore and Okla St. very pleased to see them with a winning record. (also too Toledo, who has been impressive after losing the first game)

  57. 57.

    Raven

    @piratedan: Is the El Charro considered campus or is there one other than the downtown location (where I get my calendars)?

    Holy shit, FIVE of them now. When Molina’s expanded they got not as good.

  58. 58.

    John O

    Go Notre Dame? Hard to believe, but I’m for the local boys in a game against Oklahoma. Partly because they’re such a heavy dog they’ve been slapped in the face. So they have a chance to show they’re good.

    And they’re doing just fine so far.

  59. 59.

    Schlemizel

    @Raven:

    That would be really interesting. I have a couple of drawings of monsters & can almost make out the name on it. I keep thinking I have to get pictures of them to go online an get them identified. I’ll have to check google to see if it could help

  60. 60.

    Capt. Seaweed

    @KG:
    Sure. There’s a long way to go and I’m not reserving my tix just yet. Beavs have Wash tonight, followed by ASU, Stanford, Cal, then the Civil War. Playing in the Pac-12 is not for the faint of heart this year. This is tough sledding.

    However, this is as excited as I’ve seen Beaver Believers since those heavily tattooed teams that Dennis Erickson recruited from the California Parole League. Just gotta keep winning.

  62. 62.

    piratedan

    @Raven: I’m pretty sure you’re thinking of the downtown location….

    elcharrocafe.com/locations.asp

    I hate to comment om the Mexican food because it really is a matter of taste, some folks like the TexMex, others, the Mexico city style or the Baja… for me it’s the Norteno cooking and most of the good places are in South Tucson or located in some strip mall or old house that’s been converted (but that’s just mho)

  65. 65.

    Raven

    @piratedan: My home boy that has lived there for decades says it’s like BBQ in these parts. A hole in the wall that is awesome opens, gets popular and then gets overrun and not as good. When we are in Phoenix we always go to the El Bravo on 7th. Killer relleno burros and shit. I think he takes us there when we come because of the setting. What’s the diff between Sonoran and Norteno?

  66. 66.

    piratedan

    also too…. I agree that the Casa Molina folks have lost that touch, but then again, I loved Sanchez while they were around. Now, my current Fave is El Sur on 22nd street.

  68. 68.

    piratedan

    @Raven: Sonoran is Norteno… more or less…. heavier on meat and potato and spice… lots more use of poblano peppers and judicious usage of habanero when needed. More emphasis on salsa rather than mole… but again, I’m not an expert, just observations based on menu choices. Although Red Chile Beef and Green Chile Stew are a couple of the local faves…

  69. 69.

    nitpicker

    @Raven: Not talking entirely about the Heisman crap, but also this douche predicting K-State would lose to Texas Tech and even those who thought they’d win predicting they’d win by 3-7 points.

  71. 71.

    piratedan

    @Raven: well one of my local faves out here is called an Arizona Burrito, basically comprised of carne asada, boiled potato, pico de gallo and shredded cheese wrapped in a soft tortilla with red or green salsa… simple but effective kind of stuff.

  73. 73.

    JCT

    @Raven: We are really enjoying Tucson, perhaps more than we thought we would. I have always lived in big cities with tons of pro sports, so I am enjoying things around here where the Wildcats are it — everyone here seems to be a Wildcat, it’s fun. Kind of a crackup to see elderly women in the supermarket this AM wearing their Wildcat t-shirts.

    And I just saw — huge win for your Dawgs! I visited the campus in Athens for the first time when my daughter was working in Atlanta last year — gorgeous place.

    @piratedan: Gentle Ben’s is one of my favorites and I can see Dirtbags from my office. And “No Anchovies” is one of the only pizza places in town that doesn’t make this transplanted New Yorker cry sad tears. I’m with you re: mexican food here, I spent my first 6 months in Tucson living in the South and I still go shopping down there. One of my favorites here is actually New Mexican – Poco and Mom’s.

  76. 76.

    Raven

    @JCT: Get up to Pink Granite Canyon when time allows. My buddy is about as unsports as one can get but he loves to go down to the Sea of Cortez and fish. We drive down to Hermosillo and then through the desert to the water. You have to be be totally self-contained but it’s awesome. Course it’s a bit more dangerous than it used to be. Whatcha teach?

  77. 77.

    WarMunchkin

    Just read the Des Moines Register’s endorsement of Romney, and I have to say, it’s just deranged.

  81. 81.

    piratedan

    @JCT: well if you ended up on the east side, try Tino’s… yes they are pricey but imho, they are worth it, a great blend of crust sauce and toppings. My wife has stated that she could subsist on the crust alone. Another place that does the NY style well is mama’s Pizza, they have a couple of locales, one might be near you.

    tinospizza.com/menu/

    also too, there’s a fairly active GOS chapter in Tucson (Baja Arizona Kossacks) that assemble infrequently down at The Shanty

    facebook.com/pages/The-Shanty/110101849048346

  82. 82.

    piratedan

    @Raven: some of the best ones (green corn tamales) I’ve ever had came from a middle aged lady selling them out of a grocery cart in front of a safeway… homemade is something my wife just hasn’t mastered yet (although I commend her for trying)

  83. 83.

    JCT

    @Raven: We both scuba dive, so we have been thinking about a trip down to the Sea of Cortez. People still go. We drove up to Mt Lemmon last weekend and it was gorgeous. I can see the Catalinas and Ricons from my backyard.

    And I’m laughing — I had a grand old time surveying all of the green corn tamales around here, one of my absolute favorites.

    I mostly teach cardiac physiology with some biophysics thrown in. Lots of clinical teaching as well. Husband is a chemist.

    And the Cats have done a good job of coughing up leads at the end, too. But not today!

  84. 84.

    Raven

    @JCT: Wow! Great work you both do! There are a good many divers where we go. They call the little bay Himalya because there is a little peak there that seems to draw a fog bank. My friend stopped going for a while but made a couple of trips last year.

    Here we are with some groupers!

    btw, have you ever read Log from the Sea of Cortez by Steinbeck?

  85. 85.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    @Raven: I only seen the highlights, I was at a convention. BTW I see that the Dawgs beat the Gators, Tebow wept. North Ave Trade School lost badly to Mittster’s alma mater, I hope sharp objects weren’t lying around.

  86. 86.

    Schlemizel

    @Raven:

    I know zero about flickr. I just uploaded them to imgur:
    imgur.com/qhxRP

    Anyone care to take a look & see if they recognize the artist?

    I might try posting to reddit s/cartoon or s/artists & see if they can tag it

  90. 90.

    Schlemizel

    @Schlemizel:

    Oddly enough google image search turns up both images but only being used as people icons with no info about origin.

    BTW – the name on it appears to be “C. BRAVERY” googling that turns up nothing

  92. 92.

    JCT

    @Raven: Now that’s a good haul — I bet they were tasty! I grew up in SoCal and my father was a serious fisherman sort. He used to love the Sea of Cortez. We spent our childhood vacationing in Mexico, it’s just terrible what has happened there.

    And no, I missed that one, I will have to read it!

    Oh great, now I am hungry for fish.

  93. 93.

    Schlemizel

    @Raven:

    Why is TV so much better than real life? Because with TV you always know how it ends in less than 60 minutes!

    You may be right

  94. 94.

    Thatgaljill

    I love my Trojans more than my husband on Saturdays… and I love the fact that they haven’t given into the trend of mix and match uniform randomness. But I have to wonder, if we changed the color of the pants so they didn’t match the officials’ flags, could we perhaps not be so penalized.

    Oh, and Marqise Lee breaks another record even in the stupid loss.

    Fight On!

  95. 95.

    Raven

    @JCT: I grew up in SoCal as well but my old man, the WWII destroyer sailor, hated fish so I didn’t get going until I was in my 20’s. Of course that is still over 40 years now!

  97. 97.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    @Schlemizel: I think that’s concept art from Black and White. C. Bravery would be Christian Bravery, who worked on a lot of Lionhead’s games.

  100. 100.

    JCT

    @Raven: I’m not too far behind you age-wise, but I am grinning — I think lots of ex-Navy guys settled in SoCal after the war. My old man grew up on a ranch outside of Phoenix and after he “saw the world” (mostly on the USS Henrico) in the Korean War he never left SoCal.

    And he would be pleased with the Wildcat win today — he was a UCLA guy — thanks to the GI Bill.

  103. 103.

    West of the Rockies (formerly Frank W.)

    @red dog: From Fox Sports News: Notre Dame is off to its best start in a decade, doing so as the only team in the country with four wins against Top 25 teams – including two on the road against top 10 foes.

    Go ahead and hate the Irish, but they’re not playing Miami of Ohio and Middle Tennessee State.

  104. 104.

    Some Dude

    So much Notre Dame hate on this board. You’d think my alma mater sued the government over Obama care or something. Waitaminute…

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