Posted on 11/14/2007 6:49:15 PM PST by GOP_Raider
Your rival. Your undereducated, cousin marrying disgusting scoundrel of a rival. Oh, sure you may say nice, cordial things to one another but let’s face it: you are fairly certain that the fan of your rival school I just mentioned is enriching uranium for Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Heck, for the sheer entertainment of it, he may kick puppies down the street and may have gotten saliva on either his SAT, ACT, or ASVAB exams in high school.
Some of you got your hostilities out of the way early (Louisville/Kentucky). Even more of you like to Git R Done during a state fair (Texas/Oklahoma). But for the rest of us, it’s this time of the month of November, when seasonal affectation disorder starts to kick in, where we play our rival and yours. The McCoy to our Hatfield if you will. Win and you have a whole year of greatness and bragging rights. Lose, and you get to hear irritating comments like “Harline’s Still Open” and, “you’re nothing but drunken idiots”, and if you say that one more time, I’m going to pluck all your back hair off your fat rolls one by one and serve them in your funeral potatoes, you self-righteous son of a---
*Ahem* sorry, got a little carried away there. Let’s just get to the games (and as always, all times are Eastern, probably thanks to your rival, those jerks!)
#2 Oregon vs. Arizona (Tonight, 9:00 pm, ESPN). America gets to see the glory that is Duck QB Dennis Dixon with their very eyes against an Arizona team that inexplicably gave Mike Stoops another year. Nothing against Mike Stoops or anything, I’m sure he’s a nice guy and chicks dig him, but unless the Wildcats are young this year, maybe it’s time to look at anyone not named John Mackovic?
#16 Hawaii vs. Nevada (Friday 11:00 pm, ESPN2) Hey, you know what the best defensive strategy in this game could be? Have both teams go for the onside kick every time they score. I am too serious, don’t laugh at me it’s a fantastic idea!
(for Bat_Chemist) Maryland vs. Florida State (High Noon) There’s still a reasonably likely chance here that the Noles may be playing in the Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl here in Boise (hey, that’s where I live!). What is Roady’s you ask? It’s a chain of truck stops…hey, don’t disparage truck stops like that, truck stops are the glue that holds America together in these troubled times!
(for Biggirl, Man50D, and CT_Freeper) Syracuse vs. #24 Connecticut (High Noon, ESPN2) I probably should have just kept my damn mouth shut last week, because I just had to say “oooohhhh, watch out for the Bearcats”. But on the plus side, this game will actually be on ESPN2. So you do have that going for you.
(for WhyisaTexasgirlinPA, hispanarepublicana, neodad, and all our Red Raider friends) #4 Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech (8:00 pm, ABC) How fun is this game going to be? The Sooners have thoughts of winning back to back Big XII Championships, Tech has thoughts of pulling the upset in the panhandle…the party in Lubbock has got to be a sight to behold.
(for Palmetto) #17 Boston College vs. #15 Clemson (7:45 pm, ESPN2) Life is sure looking up for Clemson these days. They get a BC team that went from a team that could play for a national title to needing this game to get to the ACC Title game. So in other words, right where they want them.
(for sean327) New Mexico vs. UTAH (3:30 pm) I figured it would come to this at some point, does every year actually. Honestly, I haven’t been sure what to make of the Lobos this year. They had a chance to beat UTEP in their first game, very well could have beaten the self-righteous $#@$#@ from Provo, and go into Laramie for Wyoming’s homecoming and beat the Cowboys. The Lobos are also a team that has had our number over the past several years (save for 2004). But this should be a very good game, and if we were on TV anywhere outside of Salt Lake or Denver, you all could see it—and possibly me, since I’ll be back in Salt Lake for the game yet again this Saturday.
Now to the rivalry games…
#7 Ohio State vs. #21 Michigan (High Noon, ABC) So would Michigan still fire Lloyd Carr if he lost this game? And apparently I didn’t see how Illinois could win that game last week…shows you what the hell I know. Oh, as I understand it, Ann Arbor is a lady of a morally casual demeanor, did I hear that correctly?
Northwestern vs. #19 Illinois (High Noon, ESPN) This is the battle for the Sweet Sioux Tomahawk, but political correctness guidelines at both institutions prevent me from showing you a picture of it. (Actually, that isn’t true, I just couldn’t find a decent picture of it to use. You’ll have to use your imaginations if you’re allowed to. You are still allowed to have one, right?).
Idaho vs. #18 Boise State (2:00 pm) Contrary to popular belief, potato sack races are not performed at halftime during this game. Actually, outside of French fries and the occasional bowl of New England clam chowder, there really isn’t much potato consumption during this game. The Vandals and the Broncos do play for this thing called the Governor’s Trophy, which kind of looks like a very expensive bowling trophy. Somebody around here needs to work on that.
Vanderbilt vs. #20 Tennessee (2:00 pm) A casual observer may just say “dude, this isn’t a rivalry, I bet Tennessee kicks the snot out of ‘em every year”. History may suggest that, yes. However, if you take anybody lightly, you’ll end up bamboozled with a dumb look on your face—just ask Steve Spurrier.
#25 Wisconsin vs. Minnesota (3:30 pm THE Big 10 Network) When a game that features such things as Paul Bunyan’s Axe and the kinda sorta defunct Slab of Bacon, that piques my imagination. What could be even more fun is if a real slab of bacon were on the line and the winning team got to eat the bacon and made the losing team cook it. “Wait a second…this is turkey bacon, I can taste this stuff from a mile away, nice try!”
Purdue vs. Indiana (3:30 pm THE Big 10 Network) Here we have the Battle for the Old Oaken Bucket, or the “Thank God Basketball Season Is Finally Here” game.
Penn State vs. Michigan State (3:30 pm, ABC) While doing my research for the games this week, I had nearly forgotten that the Nittany Lions and the Spartans play for the Land Grant Trophy. What distinguishes this apart from some of the other rivalry trophies is that it’s made of wood, so it offends most liberals. And it also weighs more than your average liberal college student, so they can’t sneak in and try to steal it.
Let us now look at a few other games that aren’t rivalry games but maybe they will be some day
#5 Missouri vs. Kansas State (12:30 pm) If you really want to ask Texas this you can, but K-State can sneak up and ambush you if you aren’t careful. Then everyone can say “oh, they were looking ahead to the KU game”, but I would hope you all wouldn’t go to the cliché well like that. I expect better from all of you.
Iowa State vs. #3 Kansas (3:30 pm, ABC) Out of curiosity, how often does one school have two teams ranked this high in both football and basketball? I mean that has to be some kind of record or something.
#1 LSU vs. Ole Miss (3:30 pm, See-BS) The Tigers may not get much of a challenge this week as it appears most of the matchups in this game favor LSU. But the SEC has been nothing if not exciting this year, so…
Have fun with your games wherever you are and remember…your rival’s fans may wait tables at the Waffle House and may have married their third cousin, but they put their pants on two legs and half and arm at a time, just like you and me.
“I never knew there was something else before all this March Madness bracket stuff. So that is why they had the NIT. So that became known as the consolation games. No wonder NCAA took over THOSE GAMES, to control the March Madness stuff.”
Actually, the NIT existed before the March Madness stuff.
See: http://www.nit.org/history/nit-history.html
You are going to be pleased with this, ABC will have the game at 3:30 PM. :)
Have a good Thanksgiving Day and enjoy! =^..^=
It has been a great weekend, have a good Thanksgiving Day folks. See all in a couple of days. =^..^=
I am getting reports that preachers of all ilks are mentioning this win in churches all over the Llano Estacado this morning.
(Hangs head in shame/pain) I myself must confess that I did not make it into the pew this a.m.....a little too late of a game and too much rejoicing last night....
PS: I’m also hearing that ESPN-U will replay the game at 9 p.m. tonight (Sunday).
Very good.
Thanks for passing along the good news about the men’s soccer team going on to the NCAA tournament. Tried to get online to do a live feed but the college radio station, WHUS, I was encountering the buffering issue for my computer. Must have had a lot of demand for the live feed game. Also that station is a really radical lefty looking station from the way the website is setup. But once again happy for the men’s soccer team. On to the tournament for them and WV for the football team. Have a great Thanksgiving!
Thanks.
Woohoo!
There were some tense moments last night. Great game and good sportsmanship all around.
The entire game was fun - beginning to end. We were surrounded by OU fans - mostly nice, but one complete ass who almost got a Marine's lesson in manners. But as most bad fans go, he didn't stay to support his team to the end, even though they made a great effort to come back at the end. So he was gone and we enjoyed the remainder of the game!
It was spectacular!
Sounds fun. Watching Wes Welker help the Patriots dismantle the Bills.
Nothing like a hard analysis.
According to the local papers, that's exactly what he told the team at halftime. Cool and slippery conditions in MI.
Ohio State is pretty much in the same position that Florida was at this time last year, so it certainly isn't out of the realm of possibility.
The key is the Big 12. The best scenario is if OU/Texas beats Kansas/Missouri in the Big 12 Championship Game. And you'll also need West Virginia to lose.
I wish you could have seen the 1st three quarters - our defense actually dominated (for once! ok twice, they showed at the A&M game as well) - OU came close to catching up in the 4th though...
They should have been.
LSU is the only team to be undefeated while ranked #2, 6-0. Boston College is the only other team to win a game while ranked #2, 1-1.
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