October 12, 2008
Personal Gridiron Satisfaction Index: 2008.10.12
10. Illinois, better and better! What's wrong with this picture?
9. Three of the top five teams self-destructing. Step right back on that carousel, boys and girls--it's another season through the looking glass. Parity's a hell of a drug.
8. Willy Korn. (willy korn willy korn willy korn)
7. Gar.ci.a. Gar.ci.a. GAR.CI.A. OBC, convinced.
6. "Fuck you lady, that's what stairs are for!"
No, no danger of tiring of animated glitter-.gifs any time soon. Why?
Michigan falls to Toledo (TOLEDO) at home, and America is rescued from the specter of a ranked Notre Dame team.
5. Beloved heads above water. West Virginia sans Pat White and Texas Tech without a lick of sense, both escaping with their lives.
4. A brewhouse becomes a brewhome. I live in the shadow of Bunker Hill, which limits my sports bar options to Casey's and staying home. I've been slagging Casey's horrific service since I moved to the neighborhood, but once Cedd Moses took it over, the place started to show unmistakable signs of life. The Sunday staff, a bunch of real down-home girls, is as crackerjack as can be. Cursed by an unfriendly CBS lineup, I dragged my ass out of bed this morning for the 10:00 kickoff in Indy, and my favorite bartender saw me trudging down the stairs and had coffee with a double shot of Bailey's in front of me almost before I was snuggled down in front of the big screen.
3. Nicky-Steve. Love ya, kid.
2. Texas 45, Oklahoma 35. The absinthe-infused cherry on the best weekend of college football all year. The highlight of my Saturday was answering each and every hatemail message I received after picking Texas to upset. Regardless of your gameday affiliations, raise a glass to the Longhorns for blocking the ascendancy of Alabama and for the gift of a game for the pantheon.
1. ColtyColtColts 31, Ray Lewis and his Shiv Orchestra 3. Quoth MJD:
It's been a week full of proclamations that Peyton Manning is no longer the best quarterback in his family, and that Marvin Harrison's career is swirling the drain. The 2008 season had, to this point, had been an indication that for the Colts, the window of greatness has closed.The last 30 minutes of football played in Indy suggest that that window is wide open, and that Ray Lewis is being pushed out of it.
Attn AFC: The offense is synced. The run defense, repaired. Prepare accordingly. Indy's standin' in the booth and the skills are still here.
Posted by Nastinchka at October 12, 2008 02:03 PM
What's with the Illinois hate? Just curious...
Posted by: illininash at October 12, 2008 04:02 PMNone at all.
Posted by: Holly at October 12, 2008 04:04 PMSorry, Homecoming losses to lowly opponents (Minny is NOT that good, don't let the 6-1 record fool ya) leave me overly sensitive. But Zook coaches my team, so I really should be used to it by now.
Posted by: illininash at October 12, 2008 04:55 PMQuoth the Raven: Oops.
Posted by: j at October 12, 2008 05:09 PMMichigan State won, Michigan lost (to Toledo!), Notre Dame lost (to North Carolina! - okay, that sounds a lot worse than it actually is this year) ... the only way yesterday could have been better is if Illinois (my grad school and second rooting interest) had won. But I was spared having to watch that debacle by the train ride from Rosemont to Evanston prior to the MSU game.
Posted by: SpartanDan at October 12, 2008 05:56 PM