2003 Week 8
October 24, 2003
This past week I decided to relax and sit back and watch two college football games at a time. Unfortunately, both TVs were tuned into the same game. Then Ma said "Beeno, there's only one TV in this room, remember? I think you drank too much of my cough syrup."
Sure enough Ma, as usual, was right. Turned out I'd had some of her Virginia Lightning Cough Syrup. My good friend Johnny Majors says that stuff is even worse than his hometown pig slop mash, how it made several kids in his neighborhood go blind, and the rest got hairy palms.
I got used to the double TV set, actually it was kind of a nice change of pace, I could watch the quarterback on one TV and the defender on the other TV.
The frightening part was when I tuned in the Notre Dame vs Southern Cal telecast and saw two Carson Dalys. I thought he'd moved on from his QB career at USC to star in television and with the University of Cincinnati Bengals, so seeing him at the game was a bit surprising. At least he didn't bring along that walking social disease Christina Spheres. She makes some of those French girls in Caen seem wholesome by comparison.
The most exciting finish of the week was in the interconference matchup between Florida and Arkansas. The Hogs were really on a roll and probably are the favorites for the SWC title and the Cotton Bowel even after the loss. Meanwhile Coach "Fire" Ron Zook has had a tough time with the Gators, though his team jumped out to a big lead before Arkansas made a desperate comeback.
Late in the game Florida QB Chris J Leak rolled out to his right and threw a pass right into the arms of an Arkansas defender. But Arkansas got flagged because one of their players took the QB right intot he sideline at the municipal stadium. Yes, the defender was penalized for publicly taking a Leak out of bounds.
On Monday they released the new BS ratings. Once again Oklahoma was at the top of the ratings. But unlike the other times, when #1 Oklahoma immediately played the #2 team (Nebraska) for the BS title, Oklahoma is not yet slated to play #2 Miami. I had complained in the past that they were playing the BS title game far too early, in late October, and apparently they listened. Or maybe Miami couldn't get out of its MAC conference schedule.
In any event, Frank Beaner was steaming even more than his smelly coffee. His Virginia State team was also undefeated, just like Oklahoma and Miami, yet they were rated #3 and were illegible for the BS title game. So Frank decided to schedule a mid-week state championship game against bitter rival Western Virginia. Unfortunately his Cavs got knocked off by the Mountain Men and it ended up being a traumatic night for the sheep of Morgantown.
Well, I'm slowly winding up for the weekend, getting out the old recliner, the small fridge full of Rolling Rock, my remote control, and the Depends undergarments. That way I won't ever have to get up from my chair.