Not to worry. I’m just filling in for domer_mq who is basking in the sun somewhere, bobbing on an inflatable seahorse, and applying sun tan lotion a little too liberally for everyone’s comfort. In the meantime, forgive my faults and get it so hype. Notre Dame plays football tomorrow.
The Roundup
It has begun. And One Foot Down does a nice job of breaking down last night’s games with a view from the couch. Insights of note include the way that Hawaii outgained USC last night and a brief exploration of whether Pitt isn’t scary at all or Utah is really scary.
The optimists clear their throats. Would you rather lose an arm or a leg? A kidney or a lung? A tooth or an eyebrow? A Floyd or a Crist?
The Alchemist Brian Kelly’s history is a tale of making whatever he’s given into something successful. Like a zen koan, consider… When you give a man a fetid turd, and he turns it into gold, what happens when you give him gold? We’re counting on some platinum, sir. Or perhaps a diamond made of gold. Do that.
Also, it will be shown in gleaming Technicolor. NBC spouts off about the unmanned drone technology that will be hovering behind the backfield at Notre Dame Stadium this year. Let’s hope Tom Hammond can keep his head out of the shot. Zing!
I swear I’m on the list, man! The AP lists their Top 12 tailgating locations, putting LSU at #1 (fair enough) and Purdue at #12 because some guy turned a grill into a coffin. Not on the list: ND, Georgia, Julliard, Alabama, or Florida.
Like you’re actually there. Oh wait. Michigan fans hoping to watch their team lose from multiple angles while actually sitting in their stadium will finally have their dreams come true. Pro: A bit easier to ignore the man vomiting on your shoes. Con: Pretty much everything else. Get some binoculars and a memory, son.
Time to start scouting lacrosse practice. North Carolina’s going to be down, oh, a significant percentage of their players in their opener against LSU. They’re being held out until the university can figure out just what, exactly, the NCAA can prove.
Head for the Public House. The Wall Street Journal provides a listing of where you should go to watch your team while in New York City, regardless of who your team might be.
The Beer (kind of)
In keeping with tradition, I offer you the gluten-intolerant version of mq_domer’s beer happenings. As I am intolerant of barley (I don’t like the way it looks at me while I’m kissing its mother (wheat)) I will be imbibing Red Bridge beer, a tolerable beer facsimile composed primarily of rice and sorghum while politely refusing pita chips, chex mix, and a number of delicious foods wrapped in bread. I won’t care so much, though after around four bottles of this slightly-too-sweet concoction. That’s why they make it. Go Irish!
- Catholics vs. Lapsed Methodists - November 25, 2010
- The Pitts - October 8, 2010
- Boston Swallege - October 1, 2010
Well done, sir. A non-beer-beer raised in honor of your noble effort.
Nice work Father, I especially like the nested parentheses that you snuck in.
Headed to campus. Let’s do this boys!!! Here come the Irish!
Lol @ the NBC article ‘fans will be able to see never-before-seen angles. ‘ Totally nothing weve seen from cable cams in NFL gms, right?