2011 Week 12
November 21, 2011
I enjoy this time of year because there's college football on TV almost every single night. Granted, a lot of it involves MAC teams who apparently think that tackling is optional, but that's still better than early season NBA games. Now we just need some more lockouts and life would be perfect.
The big shocker was Iowa State beating Oklahoma State in double overtime, thereby sending the BS rankings into a tizzy. On Saturday night we had another bigtime upset as USC beat Oregon. Oregon mounted a big comeback, but the Trojans had repeatedly penetrated the Beavers and held on for a rollicking victory.
In comparison most of the rest of the action was almost staid. I was glad to see the St. Louisville Cardinals turn things around and blow out those Yukon Huskies. Interim Penn State coach Tom Bradley probably made JoePa proud as the Nittany Lions won at Ohio State. Tress sure needs to get it together.
Notre Dame had another close struggle with Boston College. The Irish won 16-14, which means Frodo probably felt like he had been machined gunned at the toll booth again.
The Vanderbilt Commodes had a chance to beat the Vols for the first time in years, but came up short in an overtime thriller. The #1 ranked Bayou Bungholes had an easy win over Ole Southern Miss.
Strangely enough, many of the SEC's teams had non-conference games. Florida romped over Furman while Alabama took care of Southern Georgia. Auburn had an impressive win over Stanford. FSU missed a late field goal and lost to the ACC's Virginia. Mississippi State fell in a non-league tilt against R Kansas.
There has been a lot of talk about my good friend Lee Corso and his on-set f-bomb. I saw my good friend Herb Street roll his eyes and turn his head away, laughing, after Coach Corso dropped his f-bomb.
The f-bomb has a long history on the ESPN set. My good friend Chris Fowler used to drop them all the time during rehearsals and people would look up in shock then would get away from the set out of fear he would drop another f-bomb in front of their children.
Even my good friend Erin Andrews has been known to drop a few quiet f-bombs during breaks in the action.
I was also pretty notorious for dropping f-bombs at ESPN, which is one more reason why I'm no longer on the air in the studio anymore. They now talk to me at home, so if I drop f-bombs it doesn't impact anyone, they can cut away or hit the mute button.
Sometimes the urge to drop an f-bomb can just be mood related. You are having a long day, you ate some food that disagreed with you, you're grouchy, and out comes the f-bomb.
That's why I'm thankful that there are products that inhibit you from dropping f-bombs. Personally, I recommend Beano. It helps reduce the number of f-bombs you drop, but also does wonders in reducing the f-bomb's noise and smell.