Blogging Boredom
The Biscuit - 12:05 am
This week I have spent a lot of time trying to drum (hilarious pun! most exciting thing to happen all week guaranteed!!!!!!!!!!!) up topics to write about here on HLS. I came up with a ton of options:
- Recitation of Geometric Proofs
- Flossing Techniques: Forehand vs. Backhand analysis
- Slug Racing
- Junior High Civics Class
- Golden Girl Re-run Marathon: Friend or Foe?
- Purdue Football
But, in the end, they’re all just way too boring to spend time on. Ah well…
Anything else out there that’s as boring as the Boilermaker program? Anyone?
Frye?
Jim E.
Given this and the previous hilarious Bennigan’s post, I think that the real question around South Bend should be if the local Old Country Buffets are handicap accessible in order for Fat Charlie to eat.
Adidas certainly doesn’t want to lose its model for those size 54 waist khaki pants.
September 24, 2008 at 7:39 amThe Truth
Here’s a few:
1. The NFL career of Ron Powlus
September 24, 2008 at 8:22 am2. Bob Davie’s Coaching 101
3. Notre Dame Bowl Games 1995-2007: A Case Study
BBM
I mean, this is just depressing:
http://purduesports.cstv.com/trads/national-championships.html
Compare to their rivals*:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Hoosiers#Championships
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame#Athletics
*Unfortunately us IU must classify Purdue as our rival (even though UK is a better comparison of a school). Purdue is Illinois, but with uglier colors.
September 24, 2008 at 8:27 amThe Biscuit
Jim, you mock our wit and say Charlie is Fat? Give me a braek. And The Truth, I’ll agree with you on Powlus’ NFL career. That could certainly be in that list. Same with Davie, but you should really expand that to include “The Life of Bob Davie as a Head Coach/ESPN Commentator”. We’re all for that. Your bowl game one is laughable though. ND has been involved in more exciting bowl games in that period than Purdue has. Ever. And that’s during one of the LEAST successful periods in ND football history. You just proved my point, again for me. Thanks.
September 24, 2008 at 10:35 amBurbank Steve
1. Notre Dame Ladies’ Soccer Team Kick-off Tryouts
September 24, 2008 at 10:52 am2. CW Knee Surgery vs. dusting off Knute’s wooden wheelchair
3. Yeatman’s Yard of Ale PB
4. How do you make a boiler, anyway?
The Truth
You’re right, losing those 9 bowl games by an average score of 35-17 really does sound “exciting.” Thanks for the non-generalized comeback.
September 24, 2008 at 11:36 amBBM
Winning a national championship sounds exciting. Not in football, but in anything.
September 24, 2008 at 1:16 pmThe Truth
And none were won between 1995-2007. Thanks for proving MY point.
[I know, Purdue has never won a national championship. I get it. Congrats; you just became as worthy as a Yankee fan.]
September 24, 2008 at 1:28 pmPurdueMatt
Javon Ringer is still running.
September 24, 2008 at 2:05 pmThe Biscuit
You said ‘exciting’, not that ND won. Purdue education at its finest. If you think ND winning = exciting, aren’t you rooting for the wrong team? Thanks for the reminder that we didn’t win those games. I’m pretty sure everyone here forgot. How’s Purdue fared in the big televen recently? Lots of division championships adorning the walls right? So many there’s no room left? No? Shocking.
September 24, 2008 at 2:46 pmThe Truth
Umm, okay. Uneven at best.
Nice job?
September 24, 2008 at 3:54 pmCraig
Burbank Steve, that’s the #1 ranked ND women’s soccer team. And given how loaded that team is, I would bet that there actually is some serious competition in their practices. There are players coming off the bench (Fowlkes, Weissenhofer for two) who would start for just about any other team in the country.
September 24, 2008 at 5:15 pmBurbank Steve
Craig – I know, I’m serious. I’m sure at least 10 of the 11 starters can hoof a pigskin into the endzone. You see what they do with that round thing every week?
September 24, 2008 at 6:43 pmThe Biscuit
Craig and Burbank. From experience, I know this can be done. I grew up a soccer player, and was a kicker at ND for all of a semester. But, it takes a lot of changes in technique, and a bunch of discipline to change to kicking a football. And it’s much harder if you keep playing soccer to do so. I wouldn’t doubt that CW asked some of the guys on the ND soccer squad to try it out. It’s a transition that can be made. But it’s not all that easy to do so.
September 24, 2008 at 7:03 pmTrey
No “Necessary Roughness” resets at ND??
September 25, 2008 at 12:13 pmMark
What’s more boring than Purdue football? Purdue women. Too ugly for IU, too dumb for ND.
September 25, 2008 at 2:15 pmThe Biscuit
Rakes of Mallow relives our fun at the expense of “Boiled Sports” last year in his recent post. Enjoy:
September 26, 2008 at 11:52 amhttp://www.rakesofmallow.com/2008/9/26/621708/essentials-on-the-even-of
J Money
How’s Purdue fared in the big televen recently? Lots of division championships adorning the walls right? So many there’s no room left? No? Shocking.
Seriously? Coming from a school not in any conference? Solid.
September 26, 2008 at 4:31 pmThe Biscuit
J Money. 10000% yes. Why? Because we have the most national championships in the country. It is solid – it means that not only can your program NOT win an NC, you can’t even beat 10 other teams. Just TEN. C’mon now – at least a few times, that should be possible. Especially when a few of them don’t even count as real football programs…wait, oops, Purdue might actually be in that bucket.
September 26, 2008 at 5:59 pmtrey
Do you really want to get into the “you have to be in a conference to be a serious team” debate again? You’ll regret it if you do, I promise you.
September 27, 2008 at 7:53 pmThe Biscuit
that’s right…that like ‘never get in a land war in Tunisia’…or something like that….
September 28, 2008 at 1:13 am