Why is there a bowl game on tonight featuring Ball State and Tulsa? Seriously….couldn’t we get a marquee match-up here? If we couldn’t get a marquee match up…why are we watching any bowl game at all? Not only does this piss me off, but we as taxpayers are footing the bill for this shitty game because GMAC is sponsoring it and we are bailing their asses out. So we get fucked with a bad bowl game that shouldn’t be on – sponsored by a company that shouldn’t be sponsoring anything…and we get absolutely no say in any of it.
Well…at least Mark Cuban hasnt been nixed from buying the Cubs yet…so I have that going for me.
So now that Pool Challenge is over, Tuesday Happy Hour is now the home of the Gridiron Challenge update. JP Manahan is the “man-a-han” (yeah that was pretty bad) who rode Kurt Warner to Larry Fitzgerald as well as the Baltimore Ravens D to the top of the leader board after Wild Card Weekend…CMFost, CycleDan and Jen round out the top spots. Here are the current standings:
| Ateneo LA Clippers, |
128 | 97.1 | |
| 2 | CM Foster | 119 | 91.8 |
| 3 | CycleDan | 117 | 90 |
| - | Jen, J. |
117 | 90 |
| 5 | Phat Williams Buffet, |
112 | 83.9 |
| 6 | Bate, bate, chocolate!, |
110 | 80.8 |
| 7 | Tiff, |
109 | 79 |
| 8 | mikeychx, | 107 | 75.4 |
| 9 | B2BWCNYFG, |
103 | 67.8 |
| 10 | JB, |
99 | 59.9 |
| - | patphish, |
99 | 59.9 |
| - | No Mannings Allowed | 99 | 59.9 |
| 13 | knightwhosaysni | 98 | 57.8 |
| 14 | Spicy Clown Salsa | 94 | 49.7 |
| 15 | guyinthecorner | 93 | 47.7 |
| 16 | Chicago Bear-ly |
92 | 45.7 |
| 17 | rekcalsa, |
89 | 40 |
| 18 | John, |
87 | 36.5 |
| 19 | marco, |
83 | 30.4 |
| - | HawkEye19 |
83 | 30.4 |
| 21 | sae | 79 | 25.5 |
| 22 | Swamp Donkey | 0 | 11.2 |
| - | GoGiants | 0 | 0 |
It will get more interesting as the next two weeks unfold. I will give you a better idea of the rules upcoming on Friday at the Two Minute Warning that will help you make sense of the rules.
So what happened at Sparty and Friends stays at Sparty and Friends? Not so much. Sparty hosted The Morning After today and started the buildup to what is sure to be an epic Sunday for various reasons.
Andy Pettitte looked at the 40 something pitchers around the league who made more coin than he would be making with the Yankees and decided to hold out for some sucker team to come calling.
Miz reminded us that it is Januray…which means March is only two months away…
Big D gave us his baseball card betting picks for the weekend a nice piece about baseball cards…I remember having that Oscar Gamble card as a kid…i also remember selling about 3000 cards for $500 when I was a teenager….I am an idiot
Bossman Sparty snuck in a last minute uppercut to Oriole fans GITC when he updated the site with the officially- official announcement of Mark Teixeiera as the NYY new first baseman.
TEE-VEE – TOO – NITE:
Ball State and Tulsa…but I already covered that
NBA: WAS @ ORL, HOU @ PHI, BOS @ CHA, NYK @ OKC (i shoulda left this one out), MIN @ MEM, SAC @ CHI, LAC @ DAL…and the feature NO @ LAL…that is only the feature because Detroit isnt playing
CBB: No games of interestexcept for one….here’s the link to prove it….the game of interest? Ohio State @ Michigan State
LAST MINUTE HEADLINES:
- Marvin Harrison gets away with it…
- Trevor Hoffman to Brewers?
- Drew Brees OPY
- Russ Grimm to interview w/ Jets
Popularity: 2% [?]
I liked this one…
(Janitor sticks out mop handle and trips J.D.)
Janitor: Stop confusing me by being nice and giving me phones.
J.D.: Fine! But why’d you have to trip me?
Janitor: Let me answer that question with another question: ’cause I wanted to.
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Holy crap Penn State might have a decent basketball team this year
I don’t know how to feel about this
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I liked the new blonde chick’s little rant on having sex with the chubbo
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Also JD looks weird with a beard…
// Micky Zoned
// is that how it’s done?
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elliot just keeps getting better and better too
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Oh shit they’re going to blow this game
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Wow PSU beats a ranked team in hoops. Such a weird sensation
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Arkansas just knocked off Texas. Good win for them.
Tomorrow, Cuse goes against DePaul who is kind of reeling this year.
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wow, texas got a little anxious at the end there. should’ve been able to get a better shot than heaving 30 footers with 20 seconds on the clock
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Is it just me or do you feel sorry for all the people who are still at the GMAC bowl? Just sad watching them sitting there in the rain. Of course 90% of the seats were empty when I turned it on in the 3rd qtr.
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I thought I was 11th in the bowl challenge. I guess it wasn’t updated yet when I checked on Sunday. Cool.
I thought my picks were pretty good when I saw Warner and McNabb had good games.
I need to go check the rules for selecting players for the next week. Is there a big advantage to keeping players who moved on or does it pay to choose a whole new team?
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OK, all set with my roster for the gridiron challenge.
Night all.
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Hell yeah it looks like I clinched last in the bowl challenge yay me
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Turk: Who behaves that way at a mini mart?
J.D.: I’m sorry Turk, but when I put that single beer down on the counter and that 18-year-old checkout kid is like, “oh, big night?” it just pissed me off, you know. I mean, who is he to judge us? He needs to know we’re not two lame-o’s with nothing going on.
Turk: So that’s why you bought the box of condoms and the flare gun.
J.D.: Exactly. Now every time he thinks of us he’ll picture us splitting a beer, sexing up the ladies, and shooting off flares. You know, like men do!
Turk: That does sound pretty awesome.
J.D.: I knew you’d come around.
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