There's still hope

Well the Cats dropped a tough one in Cheney last week. Poor tackling to end the second quarter and again on a limp wristed screen play in the third cost them two touchdowns and the game. Don't listen to what the football morons at Bobcat Nation are saying that we lost this because our kicker was out with the flu. That's a bunch of bullshit. Poor tackling and soft underneath pass coverage lost this game. Again.

This week the hapless and winless Bengals of Idaho State come to the chilly slopes of the Bridger Mountains. I can see this as a trap game. ISU is hungry for a win and are hoping to catch the Cats in an emotional state of mind similar to Glen Close in Fatal Attraction where she is sitting on the floor just turning the lights on and off but I don't think they will get that lucky.

Even though the defense isn't up to MSU's usual standards, it is still decent and the offense is really coming together. 592 total yards last week. That is two weeks in a row where we led the conference in total yards. Beware of the Bengals? I'm not throwing anyone under the bus, but I like our chances this weekend. 51 degrees and a light drizzle is the forecast for Saturday. Looks like I'll be drinking beer with my gloves on. Que the jokes about my beer drinking gloves now....

As a part of my continuing effort to bring some culture to you and as a friendly gesture to the fans of ISU, here is a William Blake's The Tyger. I'm here to help.

Meanwhile, in Missoula.....................................

The griz play the Wildcats of Weber State. Weber is coming into Missoula angry at having lost to the Cats in Ogden and not having forgotten giving the griz a playoff victory in Missoula last December. In that game WSU wet themselves, er, turned the ball over to the griz twice inside the WSU 40. Merry Christmas. The griz are playing great in the second half. They are 142-20 at home since they built the Homerdome that is Washington/grizzly Stadium since 1986. That's impressive. Of course when you have home town officials who haven't reffed a game above the peewee level and are on the take, that makes it even harder for opponents to win. Don't believe me? How's this for proof? Nuff said. It finally made news but has been going on for years. Weber is good and has been playing well but beating the griz at home is a tall task. Look for a big second half for the liberal arts/Pizza Hut delivery majors. They take Weber 31-21.

Malta hosts Columbus in the first round of Class B playoff action. The 3-M Company is coming off a 47-0 victory over Wolf Point. Look for Malta to survive the first round but struggle after that. Everyone is playing for second place anyway. Huntley Project is 8-0 and have outscored their opponents 371-31 this season having only been scored on in three games. Their average margin of victory is 43 points. Um, I think they are pretty solid.

Notre Dame backed into yet another victory last weekend. That makes them 5-2 for the season. They could easily be 2-5 but have been able to pull games out of their asses. This isn't the sign of a good football team but with the rest of their pitiful schedule they should go 10-2. They will make a BCS game and be totally dominated. I guess that's something to look forward to. They aren't even worth talking about until the bowl games but that won't stop me. The Bobcats could go 3-2 against whats left for the Irish. Their schedule is that easy. Honestly, if you root for Notre Dame, how do you look yourself in the mirror every day and think that this program is somehow still relevant? If they played a full fledged Big 10 schedule they wouldn't go 7-4. Yeah, this is a program to be proud of.

I wonder if Brady Quinn sold his house yet.

GO CATS!!

Random thoughts #13, short version

Things that crossed my mind while wondering, well, nothing really.

We are in a recession. The economy is still very shaky. Domestic terror plots are popping up all over and we are fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. President Obama decides to go to Copenhagen to lobby for Chicago to get the Olympics? Are you kidding me? Great leadership. The next three and a half years are going to seem like an eternity.

So Montana's own stammering boob of a U.S. Senator Max Baucus has his own health care bill. "The time for reform is now." Really dipshit? The last 20 years of you asshats in DC not doing anything that hasn't been in your own self interest wasn't a good enough time for you? Thanks for the attention to detail Max. Here's hoping you get syphilis.

It's comments like the syphillis one that keep BG from sending my blog link to her parents. "You don't have to be mean." Yes, yes I do. I can be mean on this blog or go shoot a family of squirrels. Its a no brainer really.

El Paso by Marty Robbins is the greatest country song ever. About this subject there will be no debate.

IM-ing with Ralph and we both commented on how much joy we take in watching each other's teams do poorly. I don't care what you say, that's friendship.

Part of the Baucus plan was to fine you if you didn't have health insurance. Hmmmm. Let's see. If you couldn't afford health insurance, then we are going to fine you. Only in liberal economics does this make any sense. It does lend credibility to the fact that the vast majority of people not insured can afford it and are making other life choices and that this isn't at all about reforming health care but a power grab by King Obama and the rest of the liberal establishment.

I owe President Obama an apology. I was accusing him of serving Clinton's third term. It's obvious that this is Carter's second term only worse. My bad.

Quote of the week from who else but Tyler Durden regarding Roman Polanski"Many of the Hollywood elite defending Roman Polasnki say he shouldn’t go to jail just because he drugged a child then raped her while she begged him to stop, and that he’s already suffered enough by living his life in exile. It’s easier to understand that part if you pretend that he’s American. He’s French, so I’m not sure how a French guy living in France is considered “exile” but whatever. The point is he’s suffered. Or something.

But don’t think that Roman is unwilling to pay for his crimes. In fact he’s agreed to be placed under house arrest. Specifically, this house. This chalet outside Gstaad, Switzerland, where singing bluebirds presumably pull your sheets back in the morning and Mr Sun gives you a big thumbs up. Oh that poor man. He’ll never make it!"

I see that Brady Quinn is no longer the starter for your Cleveland Browns. Strange that. What with his hefty 62.9 quarterback rating and 1 touchdown pass this year. Is Eric Mangini mad? How can you bench someone from such a quarterback factory like Notre Dame? I mean it's produced Joe Montana and...well...goddammit if Joe "Big Sky" Montana isn't good enough for you than I don't know what to tell you. I mean Alabama has only produced Bart Starr, Joe Namath and Ken Stabler. Two of those guys are in the Hall of Fame and Stabler should be. You can have all the Heisman's in ND. Alabama produces NFL Hall of Famers and in the end, I really think that's what matters. Oh yeah, and real national championships. You know the ones where Alabama played another super tough team in a post season bowl and won. Not like those pseudo ND ones where they finished a season undeafted and then went and hid in a cave. Fags.

Ralph and I talk a lot on MSN instant messenger. He has it set up so that when I'm typing his display says "blah, blah, blah is typing". That's actually pretty funny. I'm more surprised that he had the skills to figure that out. Guy types like he has 5 thumbs and a hook.

Kind of a short random nothingness this week but you get what you pay for.

Cats vs UNC

Well the home opener for the Bobcats was a check in the win column. It was more of a struggle for the Cats than it should have been. The Cats turned it over four times and hung on for a 23-20 victory. The biggest negative from the game is this. Three step drop or no three step drop, the Cats seldom pressured the quarterback. When you get lit up for 400 yards by a D-II quarterback, I'm not ready to take excuses as to why to easily. The good news is that the Cats turned it over four times and the game was never really in doubt. Dixie scored with 30 seconds left to make it 23-20 so it wasn't quite as close as the score indicated. A win is a win but but there is no way they win against anyone in the Big Sky if they don't play better defense.

The other good news is that a lot of young players saw plenty of action. If they can shore up the press coverage on the corners and get some pressure on the QB they could be pretty good.

The best part of the day was sitting on the deck of athletic director Peter Fields' box and drinking his ice cold beers. Jan Stenerud was in the box as well. On of the good guys in the NFL. Whats that you say? You didn't know he was a graduate of MSU? Read is biography. Its pretty cool. By the way, he is in the FREAKIN NFL HALL OF FAME!!!!! How many griz are in the hall of fame? About as many teeth as are in a chicken's mouth.


(L to R) MSU grad former Bobcat great and NFL Hall of Famer Jan Stenerud, MRM, and Bob T.

In the land of the dark pink, the griz travel to Flagstaff to take on Northern Arizona. I'm going to DVR this game but really I don't know why. There is something about NAU and how they just make a mess in their pants when they play the griz. I don't think this year will be any different. The griz played alright against a mediocre Portland State team in missoula last week. Recent history suggests that the griz win this in a walk. Makes me almost puke in my mouth.


Roberta Hauckaloogie would have made a great Nazi. Hitler would have loved this guy.



So the goldenhomos of Notre Dame backed into a win at home last week against Michigan State. Remember, the Spartans beat the Bobcats in East Lansing. If you think for two minutes if the Irish could come to Bozeman and get away with a win, you are sadly mistaken. Poor coaching by the Spartans down the stretch cost them a victory in South Bend. This after Michigan totally dominated the Irish in Ann Arbor the week before. ND is now 2-1. Here is how they finish. 9-3 at the best and they could still easily go 6-6. They gave up 68 points the last two weeks and still have to play USC, WA and Stanford all off which have more speed and better coaching than the Irish. Boston College has given them fits the last few years as have Navy and Pitt. Combine this with the fact that Charlie Weiss sucks and well, you just don't get your hopes up if your an Irish fan. If Weiss was a non-Caucasian, he'd be fired by now. They will probably beat Purdue this week but I say they still give up 24 points. Be careful though, this could be a trap game. Purdue played Oregon tough on the road before wetting themselves against Northern Illinois. It depends on which Purdue team shows up. If we get lucky and Purdue can pull this out, it could be the start of a 4 game losing streak for the Irish. Keep your fingers crossed.

Charlie Weiss reacts to his week two loss against Michigan.

Malta crushed Colstrip at homecoming for the Mustangs this past Friday 26-0. This team is young and probably won't make a deep playoff run, but they do have the potential to ruin a season for a team or two.

Lets look at a couple of NFL players before we go. First there's Brady Quinn. Has an outstanding QB rating of 66.9. That puts him 27th out of 32 in the NFL. Pretty lofty company there Brady. Way to live up to the hype. At his current rate, he will throw 8 touchdowns and 16 interceptions this year. I'm sold on this guy. Dust off a place for him in Canton right now.

Bret Assclown in Minnesota hasn't thrown a pick yet. Hmmmmm. Childress must really have something on Favre to keep him this reined in. Of course when you're shot putting the ball five yards on screen plays, its tough to throw a pick. Minnesota hasn't played anyone of note yet but look for Farve to try to turn it loose this Sunday against a tough 49er team. His ego will not let him sit idly by and let Adrian Peterson be the hero. Not for one second. He is ready to show us all that he "can still play" and that "no one has more fun out there". I can hardly wait for him to screw over the Vikings. It will be the highlight of the season.

Say it ain't so Brady

From PFT:


Anderson, Quinn in dead heat as cheating claims surface

Posted by Mike Florio on August 11, 2009 9:42 PM ET

The Browns' initial depth chart shows two starters at the most important position on the field.

For now, Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn each have a piece of the job."I was just trying to avoid all the questions," coach Eric Mangini said in remarks distributed by the team. "If I put a name there, then he's the starter. Nothing has really changed. I can promise you, we had to submit a depth chart, that's what it is."

Meanwhile, a claim has emerged that Quinn tried to torpedo Anderson's performance in Sunday's scrimmage after the radio connection the sideline to the quarterbacks went on the fritz. Per John Clayton of ESPN.com, Brown team quarterback Derek Anderson used hand signals -- and White team quarterback Brady Quinn shared the hand signals with his team's defense.Given Mangini's ties to the Patriots, Quinn's underhanded tactics just might have won him the job.

This really shouldn't shock anyone, given where Brady played and who his coach was.

Hmmm. I did some research and found a picture of Brady practicing his hand signals.


The little dude in the yellow is afraid, very afraid. There, there little one. Someone has to be "lucky Pierre".

More funny photos

Here are some more funny photos. I took these from Holy Taco. I'm pretty sure they are all public domain as they aren't watermark but in case the aren't thanks to the guys at HT. http://www.holytaco.com/photos is the link for the entire collection. Captions are mine.

Easy ladies, its only a cover plate.

What pervert took the time to look this close to find the sex in this ad. Get a life.




Purple and White? Must be a good Mormon girl from Weber State.

Peyton giving us the classic Manning face. 7-10 in the playoffs. Nice work.

Does anyone know if these guys are gay? I though I heard that once.

I love living in the 21st century. Can you imagine trying to do this with a Polaroid Instamatic?

This should be a NAMBLA ad.

Brady just being Brady.

No words are necessary.

I'm just getting started with Brady Quinn

From Kissing Suzy Kolber:

Hi, I’m Brady Quinn, the new starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. Now I may not be a Californian, but I’m here today to encourage you gay-loving liberals to come to your senses and vote Yes on Proposition 8.
Oh my god Tim, get your hands out of my pants, I’m trying to talk to the people here!
As I was saying, gay rights aren’t important, otherwise Jesus would have written a chapter about them in the Bible.
Seriously Tim, you can play with my balls all you want after I’m done.
Now if you want to be gay that’s your own business, but you guys should really keep in behind closed doors. You know, like inside of a closet.
Tim: Or out on a lake!
I swear to God, Tim, if you don’t shut up there won’t be any reacharound for you later.
So when you’re out there voting for President McCain today, be sure to vote Yes on Prop 8 to keep the sanctity of the heterosexual marriage pure.
Now Tim would you please assist me with this dutch rudder? KSK***