Man, it has been a seriously long week. Not only have things been chaotic here at Sparty & Friends, things at the actual job have been nvts (/Caesar’d)
It is a good thing that I have this place to settle my nerves. If you are late getting here today, let’s recap the event of the day:
Miz’s lack of baseball interest was on full display with the The Morning After.
We had a second helping of captioning, with two of the most hated opponents.
You see Big D’s odds, I see a hot chick.
SpartsCenter Bowl Preview: Part 1
Not 1, but 2 Bowl Pick’ems to join.
We also learned that Carmelo Anthony is a huge ball hog.
On TV Tonight:
College Awards Show @ 7:30pm on ESPN. Come on Ringer!
St. Joes at Nova @ 8pm on the Deuce.
Celtics at Bullets Wizards @8pm and Blazers at Jazz @ 10:30pm on TNT (TNT: whispered)
Only 2 more weeks:
Merry Christmas
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marco – 4 weeks from today, actually
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Is he still in a crib, Sparty?
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Your first, right Hawkeye?
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Maybe one of you guys will have a Christmas Crasher like mine!!
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At the start of last season, the Yankees were top 10, but that was due mostly to Joba and before Hughes struggled.
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Can I take time to gloat that my 3-year old goes to bed with no argument and goes to sleep right quick?
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just make sure that kid comes out before Jan 1st, so you can enjoy that child tax credit.
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I haven’t seen any rankings I guess. I haven’t really lined it up off the top of my head. I’d take them probably 4th in their own division so I don’t know how high they can be.
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Jen – part of me is hoping for a December 31 kid. Daddy’s little tax writeoff!
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Yes, that is a great plus, Hawkeye! $$$$
Mine put himself to bed when I turned on MNF and he was mad….great night in our house! HA!
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i can hear my son reading his Hello, Sparty! book….
“GO GREEN! GO WHITE”
“LET’S GO STATE!”
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Maybe he can teach your players how to read now.
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memo to all submitting a Heisman Memorial Trophy vote to patphish:
there’s a little S&F feature that we’ve been running once a week, sometime around Mondays. we talk some college football usually. included at the end are UPDATED STATS FOR THE LATEST GAME AND CUMULATIVE SEASON.
see here: http://spartyandfriends.com/2008/12/08/the-weekend-that-was-college-football-128/
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I really don’t want Teblow to win the Heisman again!
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They can read. See that there *points to shoe* that says Adidas!
/program’d
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you don’t like Tebow, jen?
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I “hate” Tebow as a Florida Gator, but admire him for his character, drive, athletic ability, and discipline…wish somebody that good was on my Vols.
*sigh*
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plus our football players are winning games and playing on New Years. That’s what we paid them to do.
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Peyton was on your Vols and fit those qualities, but then again, he couldn’t beat the Gators.
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he graduated 11 years ago. let’s just say it’s been a while since that kind of character, drive, and skill has worn the creamsicle orange.
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Casey Clausen!
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I forgot about The Iceman, sparty. he was definitely a standup guy.
/satire
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miz~ Oh no, I like Teblow as a young guy, but can’t stand him as a Gheytor. He’s such a great person off the field (well, on the field too) but let’s just say the bitterness started when he embarrassed my Bucks AND he’s threatening to tie Archie Griffin as the only 2-time Heisman winners.
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hey, tax writeoffs are my jokes! Whenever someone brings a newborn into the office I always say it looks like you have a new exemption.
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Jen is all about competitive hate. I love and respect that. I FUCKING HATE THE RED SOX.
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ummm jen…isn’t that list of players who have embarrassed your Bucks pretty long?
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I understand, jen. I guess I’m such a cynic when it comes to athletes, and people in general, and their two-facedness that when it seems like a “real” one comes along, I have a hard time pulling against him…except when he’s playing the Vols. then it’s all bets off
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The BoSox and their new Adams’ Family unis? Terry looked like Uncle Fester in that news photo.
OH yeah, Sparty, I am allll about the competitive hatred. My son likes to tell me that he loves Michigan. He’s lucky I still feed him. He should be locked in his room. I just have to tell him that I am telling Laurinaitis that he said that and he takes it back.
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yo…sparty
check the email box
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Good call jen, show him pictures of Laurinaitis’ old man. That’ll scare him straight!
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The Red Sox are Sparty’s second favorite baseball team, he’s just too embarrassed to admit it here.
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Nope Hawkeye, just the past three huge games they’ve had! LOL I’ve never really liked the Trojans since all of that ghey Matt Leinart-is-a-Hollywood-superstart crap started, so that one really doesn’t count for me. The Buckeyes looked so ridiculous in that game too, and no one except fans thought they had a chance.
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Dumb joke I just heard:
Did you hear that Braylon Edwards got traded to the Giants?
NY needed someone to drop the ball on New Years’ Eve.
I’ll be here all week…
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Michigan State WRs may go to jail, but they come up huge in the Super Bowl.
MAAAAAAAAAAAARK INGRAM!
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fucking saints. get it together.
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Jen,
Was the trade for Plaxico? Because the Browns need a shot in the arm.
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Hey, good one, sae!! I need to tell the spouse that.
What has happened in this house of mine!!!? It’s almost 9:30 and my husband and child are playing freaking football in the family room!
I think I will just stay in here. {sigh}
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jen…my son riley was born on dec 27
he will be four this year
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i am proof that you can be forever youn
i chat at a blog all day and i am actually having two bags of ramen for dinner
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i am not drinking at all right now.
/sincere
hey mikey your son’s bday is only 2 days before mine. And a few years after, obviously.
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Hey birth bros! Maybe they’ll play college ball together somewhere.
I just got orders from the child: “Mom, I can’t talk right now. We’re playing ball!”
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i chat at a blog all day and i am actually having two bags of ramen for dinner
I think I just peed my pants!
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I guess I need to go take control of the sit-chee-ation in my family room. Now the small one is trying to get father to turn “30 Rock” off to watch Blues Clues.
He’s flexing his muscles for his dad…the kid is a riot. I am scared at what he’ll be in 10 years.
Layta nitzes.
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fetch youre the 29th?
happy bday if i dont remember to check facebook to tell you happy birthday that way
sparty..u still around?
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i would rather watch blues clues than 30 rock
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gnite jen
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are the saints and chargers really this bad?
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what up, mikey?
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you read my email?
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yes. i replied
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do u think the people that matter agree?
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most definitely.
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wait, you mean the people here?
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haha….voters
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yay, I love on bog production meetings
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i vote you have to disclose what you’re talking about.
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Deion Sanders should not be allowed to talk about the Cowboys. he always says there is never an issue in Dallas.
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The Sparty Heisman Award.
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hey hawkeye….can you get me a coffee…i need to finish up with sparty really quick
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we are speaking timmy tebowner
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touché, mikey, touché
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jk hawk
deion sanders may have been all flash but he was a stud and the reason they invented the term “shutdown corner”
now i wish he owuld shut the fuck up and go to his corner
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know it mikey
and at least Deion is no longer wearing his Tom Landry hat
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fetch–You’re also 2 days and a few years after me.
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man there’s a lot of december b-days here. That’s awesome, I always feel so out of place. I’ll have to be on facebook on the 27th so I can drop you a happy bday.
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Not me, just the opposite. My wife gets an extra 4 wks paid maternity leave (12 total) in 2009. Only 8 wks in 2008, even if she’s born at 11:50pm on 12/31…
4wks pay >> 2008 tax deduction
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damn marco, I’d agree with you on that one. mine gets 2 weeks paid. rest is sick, vacation or FMLA.
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yea, but she probably won’t have a job after the leave. (bank of america) what would be extra sweet is if they tossed some severence pay after the maternity
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that would be a bonus!
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Syracuse got a new coach!!!
Syracuse Football
Not official yet but as all programs that have been run into the ground, there is always hope with a new coach and a new season.
Doug Marrone, coordinator for the Saints offense and former Syracuse player will likely be the new coach. I am excited to see what he can do.
Can’t be worse than Greg Robinson.
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Well my big “baby” is off to college next year and my little guy is going to start high schoo next year.
Funny that some of my friends are just having kids now who are the same age but I started young.
By the way
Congrats on all those new little bloggers you guys are popping out!
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Wow, that actually seems like a decent hire by Syracuse.
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Tiiiiim Teeeeeebow.
Sorry Ya’ll busy night. Maxwell Award winner
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fetch–I don’t think I’ll be on the interwebs around your b-day…I’ll be sure to wish you a happy b-day sometime beforehandl…or maybe I can work it from my phone again.
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wow…dude got raped and no pass interference?
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Damn… everytime I read about all y’all having kids, I feel a little younger…
Heh, and I’m an old man. At least in body & mind.
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