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It would seem I’m in a silly place today, so here’s another. Apparently, one can get the image above on a
T-Shirt. My daughter and I watched
The Princess Bride recently and she liked it I think. We were at the
San Francisco Zoo last week and she asked if a
Capybara was a Rodent of Unusual Size!
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It certainly is a Rodent of Unusual Size…
Attribution: Mondo Birra
I saw this yesterday and nearly died laughing. I don’t know why exactly, but it tickled me somehow and maybe it will you too.
LSU and the SEC departed the national championship picture this week. Notre Dame won for the second week in a row. Hawaii is the last unbeaten. Missouri is in a one game playoff against Oklahoma to enter the MNC likely against at least this week, West Virginia if the human voters don’t reorder their ballots – which could happen, witness the Michigan vote last year.
OSU Opponent Watch
- Youngstown State (7-4) – Season complete.
- Akron (4-8) – Played Central Michigan at home, lost 32-35. Conclusion: Expected Loss
- Washington (4-7) – Played Washington State at home, lost 35-42. Conclusion: Unexpected Loss
- Northwestern (6-6) – Season complete.
- Minnesota (1-11) – Season complete.
- Purdue (7-5) – Season complete. Bowl TBD.
- Kent State (3-9) – Played Buffalo at home, lost 23-30 in OT. Conclusion: Unexpected Loss
- Michigan State (7-5) – Season complete. Bowl TBD.
- Penn State (8-4) – Season complete. Bowl TBD.
- Wisconsin (9-3) – Season complete. Bowl TBD.
- Illinois (9-3) – Season complete. Bowl TBD.
- Michigan (8-4) – Season complete. Bowl TBD.
Buckeye opponent’s records after the 13th week, 73-70. Ohio State is going to the Rose Bowl, at worst. Depending on how voters view West Virginia, the Buckeyes will either be 2nd or 3rd in the BCS rankings this week. Michigan, Illinois, Penn State, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Indiana, and Purdue are awaiting their bowl destinations. Iowa and Northwestern, though eligible, are not likely participate in the post-season.
Quick Hits from Around College Football
And then there was one, Hawaii knocked out Boise State at home to remain perfect, win the WAC, and secure a berth in a BCS bowl – provided they can beat Washington next week. Florida International maintained its perfect zero win season with one game remaining against North Texas next week.
Projected BCS Top 5: West Virginia, Missouri, Ohio State, Georgia, and Virginia Tech.
Game of the week? Arkansas ran over LSU 50-48 in multiple OTs.
Mismatch of the week? West Virginia ran by Connecticut 66-21.
My Special Top 12 rankings: (Why Top 12? That’s where you need to be to get into BCS contention.)
- Missouri – Outlasted Kansas.
- Ohio State – Season complete.
- West Virginia – Hammered Connecticut.
- Kansas – Lost to Missouri.
- USC – Beat Arizona State.
- Georgia – Beat Georgia Tech.
- Illinois – Season complete.
- Oklahoma – Beat Oklahoma State.
- Virginia Tech – Beat Virginia.
- Wisconsin – Season complete.
- Arizona State – Lost to USC.
- Hawaii – Beat Boise State.
My Special Bottom 5 rankings: (Why bottom 5? If you finish there you should be relegated to I-AA) Wonder of wonders, Notre Dame played itself out of the Bottom Five – I wouldn’t have predicted that.
- Florida International – 0-11 Lost to Florida Atlantic.
- Idaho – 1-11 this season. Lost to Utah State.
- Southern Methodist – 1-11 Lost to Memphis.
- Mississippi – 3-9. Lost to Mississippi State
- Minnesota – 1-11 Season complete.
In the coming week I’ll post a Conference Strength Report and Weekend Update Sports edition.
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Forwarded to me by a family member today…original attribution for license plate: Bob Nelson.
A recent graduate of The Ohio State University moved to Dearborn, Michigan when she landed a great job with a company located there. After becoming a citizen of Michigan, she felt almost as if she had betrayed her Ohio background and ancestry. She had an apartment with a Michigan address, and she winced whenever she looked at her Michigan driver’s license. When it came time to register her vehicle she had an idea. She’d get personalized plates and make things right.
The personalized license plate for her car arrived, and she beamed as she installed them. She was so proud she sent an instant message to her father right away. He too was a proud Ohio State alumnus.
‘Daddy,’ she typed. ‘I’m so excited! I got new, personalized plates for my Mini today. They’re Universityof Michigan plates!’
‘WHAT?’ he replied. ‘You have to be joking!’
‘Nope, I’m totally serious. Let me send you the image.’ Her father couldn’t stop laughing after he viewed the picture of her car.
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Update 12/27/2007: Well, we now have an update on the REAL story around this plate due to an email I received from
Bob Nelson last night.
FICTION – The photo of the steel blue Mini Cooper with the (M)ORONS plate in front is done very well, but is a fake. I know, because I created that particular piece of artwork. I had to convert pieces of real letters and numbers (from a sample once shown on the Department of State website) to form letters that I didn’t have. The result was a nice, though fabricated, plate. Look closely at the R and the N… they look good, but they’re merely bits and pieces of other letters/numbers. Even the S is slightly distorted. Compare them to the REAL plates shown below. Someone took my fabricated artwork and skillfully plugged it into the Mini Cooper picture. I was proud of my handiwork, but never expected it to make the internet circuit.
FACT #1 – The (M)ORONS plate really does exist, and is owned by SPAR10 PL8S member Patrick Maguire. There is also a (M)ORONZ plate. I own that one. Here is what the REAL plates look like…
FACT #2 – Someone in California will make you a plastic plate for the front of your vehicle that looks just like the fake one above. I’ve seen it… and from a distance, it looks terrific! But on closer inspection, you realize it is heavy plastic, not embossed aluminum. I will try to get the name of this person who makes it, and post the contact information here.
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In 25 years as a spectator of college football, I can’t recall a season like this one. Prohibitive favorite after favorite knocked off. It’s really pretty entertaining.
The college football action hasn’t really even started this week and we’ve seen Arkansas knock off former #1 LSU (for the record, I thought they were the shakiest of the 1 loss teams – check out my update from last week) and USC returned to early season form blowing out Arizona State on Thanksgiving. Hawaii beat a very good Boise State team to win the WAC – but will lose to Washington next week, mark it down. Their offense is predicated on strong offensive line play and I believe the U-Dub defensive line will have their way with the Warriors…
The winner of today’s Kansas/Missouri game will likely ascend to the #1 spot (assuredly if Kansas, and maybe if Missouri.) West Virginia takes on something of an enigma in UConn, most people think WVU wins in a cake walk – I don’t know, they play defense and that’s usually a bad sign for WVU but it would surprise me if the ‘Neers pull out a closer than expected game. Virginia and Virginia Tech get it on today for a spot in the ACC championship game, look for Tech to win a close game. While in the ACC, look for Florida State to pull the upset against Florida – Florida doesn’t do well this year when playing actual teams with defenses and while FSU’s offense is its achilles heel, I can’t help but think that UF’s defense will be accommodating after giving up 20 to Florida Atlantic (!) last week.
Speaking of the SEC, I’m going to give it some props before ripping it. First off, generally, the SEC beats the teams it should beat. Of the 44 out of conference games, 34 have been played against non-BCS conference competition to date. The conference is 33-1 against those foes. Second, the best player in college football this year plays in the SEC, no not Tebow, it’s Darren McFadden. Third, the conference plays exciting, overtime games. Now, with the props out of the way, this conference has become the Pac 10 of old, gimick offenses and people forgetting to play sound defense. It is, in effect, a conference of Penn State level teams toward the top (LSU, Florida, Georgia) – not a one would win against Penn State presently – and Purdue level teams in the middle. Vanderbilt is something of a Northwestern and Ole Miss is the conference’s Minnesota.
As of today, I strongly suggest that the SEC is the 3rd strongest conference, the Pac 10 and Big 10 are stronger and deeper top to bottom and we’ll see that play out in bowl season. The Big 12 is a surprise to me, Kansas and Missouri are up while Colorado and Nebraska are down. Texas and Oklahoma have faded over the stretch. It’s strong at the top for sure, but I don’t know what to say about the middle. I have an uneasy feeling that Oklahoma State pulls the upset today…
The ACC is a mess. It’s a bunch of middle of the road teams with one really good defense in Virginia Tech. The Big East started strong and has stumbled badly down the stretch, does anyone really believe that West Virginia’s defense can hang with a proficient offense? And what happens when they face a defense with a pulse (USF anyone?) Nevertheless, I see West Virginia in the MNC game because they win out. If the winner of the Kansas/Missouri team draws anyone but Oklahoma from the South in the Big 12 championship game, that will be the other half of the MNC. Otherwise, your Ohio State Buckeyes will complete the dance card.
If the Ohio State defensive line plays with the intensity it did against Michigan, there’s not a team in the land that will beat them. On the other hand, if they play the way they did against Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, and West Virginia could beat them. We’ll see, lots of football to be played yet. Enjoy the games today, I know I will. Let’s see the season of the upset carry on in full force!
