Check out the Xavier preview I wrote on deadspin.com. Deadspin is a sports website owned by Gawker Media that claims to deliver sports without "access, favor, or discretion." Deadspin is one of the highest trafficked blogs on the internet, and a favorite of mine.
Today TJ Houshmandzadeh signed a 5 year $40 million contract with $15 million in guarantee money. That's a lot to give a 31 year old. Needless to say I'm happy for TJ, and think he made the best decision. While TJ is busy building his money bin in the pacific northwest, bengal fans will be preparing to support a team that lost its most consistent player over the past four years and likely won't do anything about it. Some will miss his ponytail and incessant complaining to the refs, I'll miss hearing every TV announcer pronounce his name differently.
So far the Bengals have signed a couple of retreads (Crocker, Blackstock, DeDe) while watching 2 of their free agents sign for a combined $100 million. Even with an easy schedule (Lions! Raiders! Texans!), I can't see this team winning more than four games in 2009
So for Valentines Day I got Mandy a Snuggie. After a weeks worth of research, your findings below:
Comfort: A- Pretty comfortable, wouldn't call it 'high quality fleece,' like they mention in the commercials, but sill pretty soft
Accessability: C+ Can't really do anything around the house with it on, as it kind of falls off. Also, the sleeves are pretty long, I would not recommend cooking or doing dishes in it. (trust me)
Warmth: B+ It's been pretty cold lately, and the Snuggie has done a great job of keeping me warm.
Strengths: Big fan of the color (blue), the reading light is pretty money, and does a great job of keeping one warm. Also gives me something to blog about while my girlfriend watches Grey's Anatomy and their lame plotlines. (lesbians! McDouchebag! the chick from Knocked Up!)
Opportunities: I wish there was a clip on the back so I could do stuff around the house while wearing my Snuggie. I'm surprised they haven't licensed them out to college and pro teams yet. If I still were a bengals fan an orange & black Snuggie would be awesome.
Overall I'm satisfied with my purchase, well worth the $12.50 if you get it at Bed Bath & Beyond with one of the thousand 20% off coupons they send each week.
Especially when you are the Finance Minister of a real country! (sorry Liechtenstein)
Shoichi Nakagawa claimed to be suffering from jetlag and a 'cough' at last weekends G-7 Summit in Rome, where he was seen bumping into doorframes and slurring his speech. What kind of cough medicine was he taking, Sapporo?
With the Super Bowl coming up Sunday.......it got me thinking to my favorite Super Bowl commercials of all time, the original Bud Bowl! It ran during Super Bowl XXIII between the San Francisco 49ers and the Cincinnati Bengals. Below you'll find the entire Bud Bowl, along with my random thoughts.
Pregame
Bud Bowl I took place in.......you guessed it, Busch Stadium in St. Louis! Excellent analysis by Bob Costas in the pregame, Bud Light got to the Bud Bowl through its passing attack while Budweiser has a two pronged rushing attack. Why are the players bottles while the fans are cans??? What if the bottles have a big collision? Wouldn't they break??
1st Quarter
After a Budweiser field goal, Bud Light breaks out a little trickeration utilizing a fleaflicker to get on the board. Great shot of Spuds MacKenzie in the Bud Light owners box. At the end of one, its Bud Light 7 Budweiser 3
2nd Quarter
The refs and the chain gang are bud bottles, how did Bud Light allow that? On a 4th and inches, Budweiser brings out 'THE FREEZER,' a 40 ouncer who steamrolls the BL defense for a touchdown. WTF!?!?!? Why not just give the ball to "THE FREEZER" everytime? He's bigger than the goal post, why doesn't he play special teams? Whatever, Budweiser 10, Bud Light 7.
3rd Quarter
The cans are FIRED UP......now doing the wave. Must have been a kick ass halftime performance by Phil Collins or something. Budweiser is at midfield on a 3rd & 19 when the Bud QB underthrows a slant route that bouces around before falling in the arms of the star rookie DB for Bud Light. Looks like the QB was confused by the zone blitz. A bunch of points were scored.....but we have no clue how that happened. Bud Light 21, Budweiser 17.
4th Quarter
2 Seconds left in the game.....tied at 24. Budweiser brings out an 8 oz bottle with the Morton Anderson facemask for a 42 yrd field goal attempt, and he bangs it through! Apparently security at Bud Bowl I is light, considering there are Bud cans all over the field. Budweiser 27 Bud Light 24.
All in all it was a fantastic Bud Bowl and a great idea by Budweiser. It didn't make me want to drink a beer (I was 8 at the time), but it sure stuck in my head. Hopefully we'll get some good commerials this year.
