Comic for Monday, November 20th, 2006

Posted: 7:30 am, Monday, November 20th

World peace through Irish!

Short week this week, crowd - I'm taking Thursday and Friday off to gorge myself on turkey and football. Yawyawyawyawyawwwwwyaw, yawyaw, football.

My new least-favorite commerical - the one that bastardizes the Christmas Story. I forget what it was for. Oh, 2.0 remembered, a cell phone plan. Fuck you, you fucking fucks, and die. Leave the Christmas Story out of this. (Note: I don't hate the Kay Jewelers ad that features It's a Wonderful Life - if you want to use a Christmas memory, that's the way to do it.)

Other gripes: I would love to know how Arkansas beating a 3-7 team by 14 justifies them jumping us, after the Irish beat a 3-7 team by 32. I know I'm not very smart, but it's just not readily evident to me what made their victory over Mississippi State so impressive. The only other observation I really had from the Army game is that I thought it was awesome to send the seniors out in the green jerseys. The outgoing class had to suffer through two absolutely terrible years of Willingham, including getting absolutely trounced by Syracuse in the last game of their freshman year (their fourth loss that season by more than 25 points, fuck you very much, Ty), and now they have a slim, outside shot at the title game. They deserve to wear the green. I'd kind of like to see the green numbers against USC next week, but that may be pushing it.

Short post today, because I had ten people over yesterday for Thanksgiving-ish. My belly is still swollen from the turkey and wine, and I am exhausted. Stayin' home to do dishes today. More tomorrow.

Beat SC!

bullfrog

I just about had a heart attack when I saw those green jerseys. and then I realized that the robot genius was simply purifying them of the losing curse by putting them on the field against a team so awful that even our second-and-third stringers could beat them.

I wouldn't bet against green digits in LA on Saturday night.

Go Irish! Beat Trojans!

I don't think thosee of you who weren't at the game saw it, but at the conclusion of the senior's victory lap after the game--in the NE corner of the stands--Brady takes three steps towards the fans and begins a fast-paced "Beat SC! Beat SC! Beat SC!" chant that the crowd picks up. Awesome moment. I've always liked the kid, but that might have been the coolest thing I've ever seen him do.

I saw that highlight on sports center and couldn't tell if he was saying "Beat SC" or "BCS"!

Mmm...the calibur of the Southeastern Conference in general?

Not having a television, I can't help but wonder if the commercial implied that God would have let Joseph and Mary have either a Cingular Friends and Family plan or a T-Mobile "Top Five" plan.

Wrong Christmas story - this ad has Ralphie begging for a cell phone and everyone telling him he'll run his bill up. They even have Santa kick him down the slide. I am outraged.

Beat SC!

Reggie hates USC. Reggie hates poll voters. Reggie does, however, like Christmas and a Christmas story, and agress it is best left alone. Michigan, USC, Florida and Arkansas...go die.

That Christmas-Story cellphone ad can go eat a dick. I hope Cingular bites it all the way to bankruptcy, but I don't know a single person that uses their bitch-made service plan anyway.

Ok, I've been surfing the boards, and I've noticed I'm about the 800th person to mention the "Beat SC!" chant. Mea Culpa. I had relatives in town and didn't get a chance to check the boards over the weekend.

No problem - you cannot mention "too often" the awesomeness of a guy who owns ever significant passing record in school history and who is likely to sign a thirty million dollar contract in a few months being so psyched about his final game that he actually goes up into the student section to start a chant. Shit like that is why I love collitch football so much - shit like the polls, on the other hand...

Oh, man, Oldie's highlight video of Army is out already - this is his best ever work, I think. Awesome, awesome, awesome.

http://www.dietler.net/nd/videos/quickplay/?video=2006_army

I dont have the energy to scan everyones posts to see what they think about Michigan staying as number two. Any opinion on what will happen, or what should happen, if they end the season one and two as well. Should the national championship be a rematch?

I live in the assurance that the hokies will win thier final game 4821 to 3 giving them the place of number one moving into championship.

Wood, there's no way they can score that many with the new clock rules. 4,300, max.