2011 Week 10
November 9, 2011
One of these days I'm going to have to take my TV in for repair. Last weekend I watched Oregon's game and their green pants looked gray on my crappy two year old TV set. Meanwhile Ohio State's red helmets looked beige. You couldn't even see the lucky leprechaun on Notre Dame's helmet. And, believe it or not, my good friend Mike Tirico looked black.
We had what one thought would be a fine intersectional matchup between two wizened old veteran coaches, but Monty Kiffin's Trojans blew out Coach McCartney's Golden Buffaloes, It's part of a trend, the Bloods have been taking it to the Crips of late.
The St. Louisville Cardinals pulled out their baseball bats and stuck it to Western Virginia in a 38-35 upset. Two weeks of wilderness training did little for the squealing Mountain Men.
Speaking of Cardinals, my good friend Brent Musburger called the Stanford Cardinals' win over Oregon State. I'm just not sure why a secular school like the Pharm has a Catholic nickname.
Southern Methodist showed that there's life after capital punishment, with a big win over Tulane. Which reminds me, has anyone seen The Pony? I miss the Pony.
I saw that Cincinnati upset my Pitt Panthers 26-23. At first I was worried because I figured there was no way that the Steelers could lose to the Bengals, but it was just a Big East game. There's only about four teams left in that league anymore as it is.
Speaking of ditching the Big East and scheduling interesting games, Notre Dame has started its ACC schedule earlier than planned with a 24-17 win at Wake Forest. I can't wait until the Irish line up ACC games against Duke and South Carolina.
One of the most exciting games this weekend was Oklahoma State's narrow win over Kansas State. The Cowboys won in overtime as K State was stopped on four downs inside the ten yard line.
Of course the biggest game of the day was played down at Jordan-Bryant Stadium in Tuscaloosa. The LSU Fightin' Tigers beat the Crimson Tide 9-6 in overtime and Nick Satan's head exploded.
Now I'm still not clear on these overtime rules, at least in the SEC. Alabama tried a 52-yard field goal and missed, but LSU got to start their possession in far better field position. I just wish they'd line it up and play until one team scores and the other one gets stopped.
As you know, I'm pretty big on tradition here in college football. It's funny how some old traditions fade away then finally make a comeback.
Back in the early 50's at the University of Kansas, new players had to go through a strange initiation. They would have to bend over at the waist, with an arm over their belly, then they'd take a knee. A teammate would then bend over in front of them and shove his rear end into the first player's face, with the man parts draping over the first player's nose.
The first player would then pull on the second player's "dangling fruitbowl" and the second player would whistle a happy tune, like one would hear during the brewing of a caffeinated beverage.
The combination of the junk in the face, the teapot noise, and the formal style of bending forward is what led to the tradition, recently reborn, known as tea-bowing.
And now you know the rest of the story.