the rix mix

Pat Robertson, God's own Human Magic 8 Ball, has delivered his major prediction for 2007. I suggest this procedure for examining Pat's head.

Terry Bradshaw concluded at end of the Sugar Bowl that New Orleans is now "back to normal." I know what he was trying to say, but he's still a knucklehead. If the game had been played in a Death Valley sandpit surrounded with bleachers, LSU & Notre Dame fans would've made it a sell-out. Does LSU win the Sluttiest Looking Cheerleaders Award? I loved them. Most college cheerleaders are assembly line model wannabes who look like they're auditioning as extras for a CSI: Miami disco club murder scene.

I watch very little college football. But I know the Boise State vs. Oklahoma game was one of the greatest ever. & so enjoyable watching the Sooners (or any godzillian jockorama midwest or southern state university) taken to the edge of the abyss, made to believe they were at last securely on safe ground, & then pushed off. When the Okies intercepted a pass to go ahead with about minute left in regulation, I didn't believe Boise State had another touchdown in 'em & was about to say,"nice try, guys." & reach for the TV remote. Good thing I didn't.

By contrast, the Louisville - Wake Forest Orange Bowl was a tedious game. Wake Forest wasn't the team that could have given some indication of how good Rutgers really was, since Rutgers beat Louisville in a titanic regular season game. But on-field nastiness provided the interest. Pile up pummeling, post-whistle shoving, insulting gestures, players jawing at each other, lots of "unsportsmanlike conduct" the refs consistantly overlooked - if they had called this stuff the game would have ground to a complete halt. It reminded me of the best/worst Big East basketball. The announcers were awful, recyling every John Madden cliche; there were graphics crowding in from both sides of the screen, it was worse than Fox baseball.