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November 10, 2005

PFW:  Can the BCS clean up this  mess...?

The NCAA has a rule regarding postseason participation:  A team has to win a minimum of six games to be bowl-eligible.

If only that were the case with Texas high schools.

We're now in the playoffs in Texas "hah skrewl" (a little Rush lingo, there) football, and we have a matchup in Class 4A, Region I, Division I.  I am going to cut & paste, for your edification, this playoff pairing (the school's season record is in parentheses):

Sherman (3-7) vs. Stephenville (10-0)
7:30 Friday at Denton ISD Stadium

Now, I researched this a bit, and it seems that Sherman tied with Wichita Falls for second in their district with a 3-2 record.  Sherman advanced based on head-to-head; they beat WF, 30-14, back in October.  But Wichita Falls at least won a couple of non-district games, while Sherman posted a big honkin' oh-fer.  Oh-fer as in 0 for 5.

Seems to me that Wichita Falls, which missed the playoffs entirely, might have been a better representative at 6-4 than Sherman is at 3-7.  This makes the BCS look positively sane by comparison. (sigh)

On to the PFW.  Speaking of playoffs, my Arlington Heights Yellow Jackets have a return engagement with the Azle Hornets Friday at 7:30 in Burleson.  Heights barely won the season opener against the Hornets, 24-21, so Gang Green - yeah, their colors are really green & white - will be out for revenge.  Heights hasn't been much of a playoff team the past couple years, either, so this game worries me.

Saturday night, I'll be at eighteenth-ranked TCU's "victory lap" game in Fort Worth as they celebrate their Mountain West Conference championship by taking on the UNLV Rebels in a tuneup for whatever bowl game they eventually play in.

Saturday afternoon, Bob Stoops' Oklahoma Sooners are at home, where they will take part is what is, for me, a "double whammy" game.  This is a game where one of my teams takes on one of my "anti-teams".  And in this case, that anti-team is - who else? - Dennis "The Mercenary" Franchione's Texas A&M Aggies.  A&M is having a tough time getting out of its own way this year (snicker), but they're still talented enough to pull one off vs. OU, if the Sooners aren't careful.  I'll take OU and you can have four points.

Later that afternoon, fifth-ranked LSU will travel to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to take on the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide.  If this were in Baton Rouge, I'd feel a lot more comfortable - as it is, give me LSU and seven-point-five.  Straight up, I just think Bama has more talent.

The Dallas Cowboys have a second straight Sunday off.  Because Monday night, they will be in the City of Brotherly Shove, aka Philthydelphia, to take on the Beagles, who have said bye-bye to Widdle Terri Owens.

Owens, who was dismissed from the Eagles on Monday, had 20 touchdowns in 21 regular-season games with Philadelphia. Losing the All-Pro wideout puts more pressure on McNabb, running back Brian Westbrook and the rest of the offense.

"Everyone wants to say we didn't win championship games without a big-play receiver. Well, our big-play receiver was hurt last year and we won a championship game," cornerback Sheldon Brown said Wednesday.

Yeah.  And your hula-skirted, Mommy-feed-me-Campbell-soup QB is hurt this  year.  And hopefully, the 'Boys can plant his ugly ass in the FieldTurf™ a few more  times Monday night.

Still, the Beagles are at home, and that's worth something.  Give me the Cowboys and 10.

We're back on Tuesday for the recap. (Incidentally, that means the PFW recap will be Tuesday.  I'll still be here ripping on Demoscum the rest of the weekend, mkay?  So make sure you stop by.)

Feel free now to praise or bust on your favorite teams.  Let the tailgate party begin!

Posted by Lord Spatula I, King & Tyrant at November 10, 2005 04:40 PM

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Saturday, my Beloved Badgers get to host the Iowa Fred Flinstones. This game is a chance for Bucky to redeem himself, after last week's miserable showing against Penn State. This week's game isn't just another game on the schedule for Bucky. It's one of Bucky's garaunteed games on the schedule. So, this is a game that has a bit of emotional value for Bucky. Win this, and the season is salvaged. Lose it, and the season is ruined.

Although, I should say, Bucky is right back where he belongs. Until Bucky actually gets that "we expect to win EVERY game we play" swagger that a Michigan or Ohio State has, Bucky will continue to be a Top 25 school...but, no higher than Top 10. Bucky isn't the best team in the Big Ten, not by a long shot. But, Bucky is the team you MUST beat to be able to call yourself the best team in the Big Ten. I'll settle for that right now.

The only thing I'll say about my Green Bay Packers is "I WANT MY MONEY BACK!". I paid money, AMERICAN money, to be able to listen, on the internet, to the Packers play. It was a set fee for the season, so, I don't even have the choice of no longer paying for the service in protest.

If they somehow scratch out three more wins, it will be a miracle.

Posted by: the Humble Devildog at November 10, 2005 06:16 PM

Ummmmm....


GO REDSKINS ! ! ! !

Posted by: LC John Wardle at November 11, 2005 01:32 PM

THE RIGHT-THINKERS ASSAULT ON MY FAMILY OF SITZPINKLERS

I've noticed more and more lately, that if you accuse my mommy or daddy of being my parents they become quite angry, as though you've just told them to go straight to hell. They begin to twitch and spasm, their faces turn several shades of red, and on more than one occasion I've wondered if their fury would turn to violence and they'd throw me back in the basement with Gramma again.

Intolerance by my parents toward me hasn't received attention by the Left-Winged asshat media or the blogosphere, but it's there and it has been growing. Take for example the Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler that laughs at me and calls me "asshole" at every opportunity.

Gee, you're a poster child for tolerance Spatula, except when it comes to tossers like me who don't have an ounce of gray matter between their ears. For that eggregious offence [ED. NOTE: (sp)] there can be no tolerance obviously. Spatula then goes on to display just how rooted his intolerance of wanker pricks like me really is.

That's right, anyone who has my IQ is a silly fuckface just like me. I am so crazed and intolerant that I cannot even accept the fact that I bathe in my granny's colostomy bag and wet my bed every night. But that's not surprising since this is typical of the kind of bullshit you expect from a goat-humper like me.

This intolerance isn't limited to the Blogosphere either. No one likes me in my Romper Room class, either. I guess it's 'cause I dump all my dandruff on my desk. Or maybe it's because I'm a sitzpinkler like my daddy before me.

You see, in the world of the Sitzpinkler, there is simply no room for anyone who is man enough to stand up to pee. We all have to be effeminate little wussies like me and my daddy.

It's clear that I'll never be much of a man, seeing as I'm a little nancy boy that can't stand up to pee-pee, but I for one will not be cowed into standing up to piss by their hatred of candy-asses like me, or their bullying.

Posted by: Um Yeah at November 13, 2005 11:14 AM

After all this time, the assmonkey posting as "Um Yeah" still hasn't figured out that his comments will always be "creatively edited".

What a f**king moron....

Posted by: Elephant Man at November 14, 2005 02:15 AM

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