Thursday, January 01, 2009
Getting ready for the Outback Bowl
I've been getting ready for the Outback Bowl, in which I hope and indeed expect the Iowa Hawkeyes to roll over the South Carolina Gamecocks. If that happens, it will portend a rollicking bull market on Wall Street, the collapse of the Islamic Republic of Iran, oil prices of $30 a barrel, peace in our time, the revelation that Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are engaged in a tawdry affair, tax cuts for everybody, a cure for cancer, and the capture of Osama bin Laden by some country that will not be criticized for torturing him. So all of you should cheer for the Hawkeyes, too.
UPDATE: Iowa rolled over South Carolina, so I'm fairly sure all that other stuff is going to happen, too!
9 Comments:
By 
, at
Thu Jan 01, 12:16:00 PM:
Although things do not look good just now, and I would wish for all of the objectives in your post, as a Gamecock I remind you of the state's motto: Dum spiro, spero.
By 
TigerHawk, at
Thu Jan 01, 12:23:00 PM:
And a great motto it is, I might add.
By Christopher Chambers, at
Thu Jan 01, 12:55:00 PM:
Maybe (or maybe not) this is an issue where the left and right can find common ground, but has this BCS crap gotten out of control, much like unregulated hedge fund behavior? A bubble of bullcrap and greed? When I was a kid, there were what, four bowls, all on New years day? Something exciting, a tradition. Now there's not just the Outback Bowl, but the papajohnspizza.com Bowl and so forth. Come on. What else is for sale? You're patriot--doesn't this stick on craw? BCS is allegory for a lot of sins (not to mention the ultimate joke that these players are "students" out there for the glory of their august alma maters).
Just trying to ruffle some bird feathers...
By mason88, at
Thu Jan 01, 01:52:00 PM:
Greatest scoreboard quote in history occured during a past Gator Bowl (1987)in Jacksonville, Fl. South Carolina was on defense and Oklahoma was driving down the field. The scoreboard then flashed the immortal words that have gone down in the locals history of great Gator Bowls; "Hold em' Cocks". Classic.
By , at
Thu Jan 01, 01:53:00 PM:
Coming from a family of many Hawkeyes as I do - including a mother (Class of '41) who actually had a class with ultimate Hawkeye icon Nile Kinnick - I also am glad to see Iowa administering a nasty beating to the Ol' Ball Coach. But you may overstate what will follow this victory.
The BCS is a perfect example of people who try to fix something that isn't particularly broken with money as a driving factor. It was silly on its face to simply replace the subjectivity of the polls with the subjectivity of the arcane BCS formulation and think all would be well. In addtion to ruining college football's great tradition of New Year's Day, the stretching of BCS games into the second week of January demonstrates clearly how many people are simply incapable of embarrassment.
By , at
Thu Jan 01, 02:23:00 PM:
Dingy Harry must have something much better than viagra. Maybe an affair on their common "intellect."
By , at
Thu Jan 01, 03:21:00 PM:
By LGD, at
Thu Jan 01, 03:38:00 PM:
When in doubt, I always cheer for the Big Ten team.
Here's hoping your other predictions come true-- Happy New Year!
By Cas, at
Fri Jan 02, 02:42:00 AM:
But what does all that have to do with Princeton's record of 4-6 this year?
