Speaking of me being stupid, I tuned into the ol’ Alamo Bowl last night to see how ESPN would handle the battle of the OSU’s. This was their solution:
Kind of disappointing; they took the obvious approach and changed the abbreviation for both teams. OK ST vs OH ST. I was really hoping they would choose sides. Imagine the losing coach telling the media it was ESPN’s fault for changing their name from OSU to something else. That would have been a classic moment.
“we would have won if it wasn’t for those bastard graphics people down in the truck. We were 8-0 with OSU as our abbreviation this year. I don’t know how they sleep at night.”
You’re telling me this wouldn’t be great television? I would immediately grant it “Save Until I Delete” status on my TiVo.
Archive for » December 30th, 2004«
Labor Day weekend, my brother and I started a rather ridiculous contest. The first one to get a haircut had to buy beer for the winner for a night. I was fairly confident I would win; he’s married and I figured his wife would tire of his long hair and force him to cut it. But they were equally confident; his wife didn’t think I had the will to go an extended period of time without a haircut.
By Thanksgiving, almost three months had passed, and we were both sporting almost three inches of growth. His gets curly, almost like a wig. Mine is straight as a prude. My friends were dubious of the length — I was using quite a bit of product to make it seem shorter than it actually was. The back is oblivious to product, though, and by early December it was starting to go down the road to mullet town.
When we returned home for Christmas last week, the longest hairs on my head were measured at 4 1/8″. Just a big bushy mop. I was on the way to looking like the fifth Beatle. Or since two of them have kicked the bucket, the replacement third Beatle.
But Matt? Oho, his wife forced him to get a haircut so that he would look nice for the holiday!