NFL Network

Well I was one of the lucky few who was able to watch the Packers/Cowboys game last night due to the rift between big cable and the NFL. I feel bad for those folks, hopefully they will get it worked out soon.

Other than seeing Aaron Rogers play, it turned out not to be that interesting. The refs pretty much decided the game. Two long interference penalties and a obvious interception that was taken away from Green Bay made the difference.

I have to say as well that the play by play guy (who's name I can't recall right now) was really hard to listen to. I'm not sure exactly why but his voice just didn't seem to fit.

The next time these two teams play, which will presumably be in the NFC championship game should be different, as Green Bay will have several key injured players back. Plus they might get better refs, in that game.

Cold...

It's really cold today, so hopefully our friends at the ski slopes are pumping out the white stuff. I'd love to get a run or two in before Christmas, which around here is pretty rare. Keep your fingers crossed...

Lights!

As of last night, the outside lights are up and glowing. I finally got the last two strands up there and I think it looks pretty cool.

I love decorating for Christmas. I also love looking at the decorations. It's not one of those neighborhood award winning displays but I like it. I actually decorated some of the trees in the front yard as well.

At some point it would definitely be fun to ramp it up a bit. I'm not sure how exactly but I definitely like to do that. Maybe a giant Santa on the roof, who knows. Any ideas? I'm all ears.

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Everybody's Got One

I keep hearing things from people online and on the radio about how they don't want OSU to play in the national title game. I'm not the type of fan to flood their mailboxes with complaints about this because that just fuels the fire, and doesn't really accomplish anything helpful at all.

I'm not playing on saturday, and nothing that happens will have a lasting affect on what I do. I'm just a fan. I really hope that the chips fall the right way but if they don't, I'll get over it.

I think sometimes people allow themselves to become too emotionally involved. I've been guilty of that at times, and it seems ridiculous.

Wii Have a Shortage

Some friends of ours have been buying up Wii's lately and reselling them on ebay for $100 plus in profit. It's a good racket because the worst thing that can happen is you take it back to the store and get a refund, so at most you are out a couple bucks of ebay listing fees.

I just got off the phone with about 8 local stores and of course no one has any now. Not hard to believe with Thanksgiving tomorrow and the big shopping season about ready to explode. About the only way we could hope to get one now would be to be lucky enough to be in the store at the moment that the guy brings them up to the counter on the hand truck, but I bet there will be a line even for that. That demand is good and bad, because it drives up the ebay prices which is great, if you can find one at retail prices to sell.

As of midnight tomorrow night there will be people lining up in front of stores, building their sconce and digging in their heals to defend their place in line. And from that point forward, finding one sitting on a shelf will be about as likely as finding a winning lottery ticket on the ground in a casino.

It was a good idea at least. Maybe we can come up with some other toy that we can sell for money but it may be too late to do anything like that this year. I always seem to jump on these bandwagons a bit too late. Hopefully I will finally learn my lesson when it comes to things like this.

Horseless Carriageless Michigan

Lloyd "Horseless Carriage" Carr has left Michigan. Chances are they will get less miles out of their trade-in.

Ok so that pun was the whole point of this post, but in reality, it does concern me quite a bit as an OSU fan that Les Miles might be coming to the Big 10. Not only does he bring a fresh approach and optimism to a Michigan program, but it also means possibly more southern SEC type talent coming northward.

The only upside is a possible return of respect to the Big 10.

As long as he loses one specific game every year, I wish him the best...

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I Missed It, and It's Not My Fault

I have a problem. I'm a Browns fan and have been as long as I can remember. I lived through John Elway and Ernest Byner and the move and everything else. So naturally when it comes to Browns games I have anger management issues.

The only way that I can maintain my "nice guy" persona is to turn off the games as soon as they are "over". If I were to watch any more from that point on, I tend to have reactions that are not very nice to be around. Not swearing or anything, but definitely yelling combined with a few projectiles.

Yesterday was especially dangerous as I was listening to the game in the car, with a sleeping wife, 2 year old and our 3 year old listening to everything I might say. So as any self respecting Browns fan who is sick of their profound ability to annoy the crud out of their fans would do, I turned the game off as soon as Baltimore had a first down on the Browns 40 yard line with only a minute left in the game.

Clearly Baltimore who had been cutting through the Browns defense like butter would run the ball a few times to get the clock down to about 4 seconds and then kick a chip shot field goal from about the 10. There was no longer any reason to listen, the game was over. (I did turn it on for one brief moment, only to confirm that Stover had indeed made the kick but that was it)

I spent the rest of the afternoon annoyed at how they had blown double digit leads two weeks in a row and now could forget about a shot a the playoffs. I even considered that they might bring in Brady Quinn now that the post season was a serious long shot.

Later my Dad asked me if I saw the game and I told him that I heard enough to know that they lost, and that was about it. He then tells me what really happened. Thanks a lot Browns, this is all your fault. I missed one of the better moments in Browns history because of.......well, Browns history. There was no reason to believe that they would make a comeback like that. None whatsoever. I'm almost angry that they won.

So now guess what? I'm going to feel obliged to watch the end of next weeks game which will probably cause me to throw something and act like an idiot. All because of this craziness. I can't even count on the Browns to stink when they are supposed to. They are just totally unreliable.

In the end, I'll take the win, but I'm going to have to do some serious calming exercises from now on in order to get through the rest of the season.

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Thank Goodness

Finally the barrage of Halloween candy is over. We have a stash that should last us well into next summer and I can take no more. I'm trying to eat well and lose the extra weight I picked up which basically involves not putting bad foods around me as I have no will power to avoid them. Naturally having gobs of candy at the house is not a good thing.

Plus our kids don't eat it. They love getting it, but have no real interest in eating it for some reason. Clearly we aren't going to encourage them otherwise, it just means more for me to have to resist.

Couple that with Thanksgiving coming up and I'm really going to be tested. I will earn my bf% by jove.

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