SLOW DAY--NOMINATE YOUR BLOGPOLL AWARDS AND REGROUP

Did my civic duty and voted for you guys in 3 categories!

The broadcast seems like a good idea.

God, I love that show. Snark On, Orson and friends.

…sounds like a fantastic idea, Orson. Of course, I’m generally in favor of running commentary to any sporting event, provided by funny people who are knowledgeable about the sport.

emotions are for ethnic people

As a bloggee, I leave the self-congratulatory awards to the bloggers. The only award that matters is the Fulmer Cup. I assume the competition commences January 9? Or does each team have its own start date the day after its last football game?

Fuck no. I have to live with that shit EVERY DAY.

But you could share the wealth.

I think it’s a despicable idea that I can’t wait to listen to.

That idea sounds no more despicable than Northern Illinois facing TCU in the 2nd annual San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl – which is to say, it sounds awful, but I’ll probably tune in anyway to see how awful it can be.

Yep!
(will Subcom. Wayne make a guest appearance?)

See #s 3 & 7 and count me in!

I’d listen in. Any reason to mute the ESPN broadcast works for me. How are you planning on broadcasting it?

Speaking of which…the ‘ESPN Sucks’ post is too old to be in the running for Best Post, but with over 1200 comments, it could probably win the Communal Blog award by itself.

Nothing gets me in the Christmas spirit quite like watching Joe Novak coach in an underfunded bowl game. And I’m sure that Orson, Peter, Yost, et al. would be far more entertaining than whatever D-list ESPN head get assigned to a December 19th bowl game.

i hereby declare my intense interest in your despicable idea.

Ha! You must have me mistaken for somebody who gives a shit!

I just might tune in for something like that. I mean, do I really want to watch the Poinsettia Bowl? As Patches O’Houlihan might say, “No, but I do it anyways, because it’s sterile, and I like the taste.”

Hear, hear! I like the despicable idea. Worried that with my time-delayed hi-def, that you might give away big plays and outcomes before I get to see them.

What’s that? Who? Illinois Christian and North Texas who?

Oh, never mind. Great idea.

I do declare!

/blanche

Your dastardly idea is in fact ingeniuos!! And I, of course, am most qualified to make that call. PS – I strongly suggest you update the score during this session at least every 30 minutes, so as to avoid unnecessary anxiety attacks amongst the 32 listeners……..

THE Irish Robot Genius

Only if I get to punch any of you commentators in the throat should you say something that pisses me off, such as “Vince can’t pass.”

If anyone’s interested, Arkansas’ 07 schedule is making them an honorary member of the Sunbelt Conference. Great idea on the broadcast; the odds of me saying I’ll listen: 90%. The odds of me actually listening: 10%. Until now, the Poinsetta Bowl has been dead to me.

Yeah, I’d listen. Is there any way it could be played at a later time than during the actual game? I’d definitely check it out then.

TCU! Northern Illinois! 28.8kpbs Mono Audio stream! It’s the (shitty local sponsonr’s name) Pointsettia Bowl ®

By the way, the best part will be the fact that someone, somewhere will be masturbating. It is the internet, after all.

I dont know how you guys are going to do the webcast but i recommend using shoutcast. Its very very easy, and you can probably pony up some money to buy server slots if you have to just for the event. Shoutcast is in my opinion the way to roll unless you’ve got the hookup on something else. Since its just audio, a 32k stream will be plenty.

The very mention of MST3K is enough to pique my interest. I’d tune in.

I dunno. I’m sort of afraid that the raw sexuality in Orson’s voice could impregnate my wife.

Interest: declared.

Harris,
She’ll probably be OK…just pray that Orson doesn’t affect the Lee Corso Slow Jam persona and start singing.

I’m waiting for you guys to do the big spread on our boys in the national championship game.

I’d broadcast this instead of ESPN—I read EDSBS.

please do the MST3K Poinsettia Bowl bowl thing. that seems like a good idea, just make sure you find a host for it and the copyright nazi’s dont shut it down before i can watch and listen. who’s playing in the poinsettia bowl anyways?

Add my vote for interest in the blogcast, but can you save us from a different game instead (or in addition to)? N.Ill – TCU might actually be entertaining, but there’s no reason to watch W.Mich – Cincy or C.Michigan – MTSU.

I’d rather it be the OMG BCS WWL CHAMPEENSHIP EXTRAVAGANZA, but I’m afraid all that ’cast would consist of are woos and an assortment of shit, fuck and goddammit to hell.

Gentlemen—

First of all, I love your blog. Second, I am currently pleasantly inebriated thanks to FREE booze furnished by a well-known firm in the technology industry. But, I digress.

As a proud graduate of Texas Christian University and one of the few true die-hard fans of the Horned Frogs, I am genuinely touched by your interest in the Poinsettia Bowl, no matter what your intentions. I would love to listen to your pseudocast, but the combination of an office Christmas party that afternoon and a bowl-watching party that night means that the odds of my being completely comatose by the third quarter are approximately one to one. (And my birthday is the next day. God help me.)

Gentlemen, I sat through many, many bad years of TCU football. (The first game of my freshman year was a 17-17 tie with Western Michigan—at home. We finished 2-8-1 that year.) I remember wondering whether our little private school of approximately 8000 students would ever produce a football team capable of winning a bowl game. Then we beat USC in the Sun Bowl. Then we made two BCS runs, one tragically cut short by an inexplicable loss. Then we beat OU in Norman, won the MWC with an undefeated conference record and finished No. 9 in the country—all in the same year. This year, we have at least 10 wins for the fifth time since 2000. And Football Jesus just set the record for rushing touchdowns in a season in the NFL.

Gentlemen, we hoped to have the chance to prove ourselves against an opponent from a BCS conference. We have a winning record vs. the BCS since its inception in 1998 and are 4-0 vs. the Big 12 in 2005 and 2006. But, we’ll settle for a contest with a scrappy Northern Illinois team, and a bowl in the most beautiful city in North America, and a chance to finish in the top 25 for the fifth time in seven years.

Enjoy the Poinsettia Bowl, gentlemen, and as a firm believer in the old axiom that there’s no such thing as bad publicity, I do thank you for your support.

Boston Frog

Do it for Barbaro

Oh, and that MST3K clip was really funny.

Barbaro can officially eat me.
hat Hill’s Science Diet (the real plant is downwind from where I work) fodder can munch away for all I care today. Whoo. Sorry. Too much Deadspin today, I suppose.

I vote Yea. Orson (and MST3000 fans in general), you might want to check out www.rifftrax.com for their concept. They simply put up MP3s of newish movies that they rip on. So no tie ins are necessary, they just “happen” to link up like Dark Side of Oz or something. Just a thought…ok back to grading undergrad exams. Ahh, the life of a TA!

I cannot commit until February, but until that time I will give you a silent, non-binding agreement that I would participate in such an event.

Boston Frog? Wow. Now are you a Bostonian who went to TCU or a TCU alum in Boston?

Boston Frog:

So, would you say your program is the best it’s been since the glory days of Shake Tiller and Billy Clyde Puckett?

“… a dinner date that will give it’s members something to look back upon w/ happiness for all their days…”

I look back upon family dinners as a child and wonder why my parents didn’t get divorced sooner. What, just me?

I’d listen to the webcast. Poinsetta Bowl…. is that one that matters?

“Well, there it is. Spankings all around then.”

Harris (#25), if it’s not the voice that’ll get her, maybe it’ll be Orson’s legs that’ll do the trick…
http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/?p=2516

I’m in. You should rotate in some of the commenters here as B team broadcast crews for other games as well. At least to work our way through the chaff that is late December football.

Did you know that this bowl game has a dot net site? poinsettiabowl.com redirects to dyingwithcancer.com

If you don’t invite me to participate I at least hope to hear you mention that in the webcast.

By the way Orson — I was two minutes away from uploading our Rodriguez podcast when the news broke Friday. Oops.

Your despicable idea got me thinkin….. with everything that’s been going on wouldn’t the awesome matchup between my beloved Tide and the Cowboys be a better choice? The thought of Saturday mornings watching MST3K makes me tear up….. awe the memories!

Yeah BamaHamr, all those late December games!

Go for it. I’ll be listening. Also, any ideas on how to make the broadcast a drinking game?

Mr. Wrong, yes. Exactly. I’m sure Big Ed Bookman must be behind the scenes somewhere.

BC Eagle, I’m a Texan living in Boston. There are, apparently, enough Frog alums there to merit a bowl-watching party on the 19th. And I thought I was the only one…