THE ORANGE BOWL: THERE’S MAGIC THERE
Comfortable with his body, and good for him for that.Not that we’re particularly affectionate towards any bowl game more than others, but something about the Orange Bowl leaves us a bit limp in the trousers. Kansas and Virginia Tech don’t have any real animosity towards each other, no great historical rivalry to spice the matchup up a bit, and each side features zero players of not to make the casual observers’ eyeballs pop a bit when you scan the roster.
(BUT BUT BUT!!! Yes, Todd Reesing is good (short) and talented (short), and Virginia Tech’s defense features a guy named Macho. We know. Compare it with last night’s Oklahoma/WVU game, and the wattage doesn’t even come close, though. The day we get excited about Sean Glennon is the day we get really excited about Steve-O, since we have a sneaking suspicion they’re actually th the same person. If you see Glennon snorting Wasabi pregame, just nod in our direction like we’re a pimp of precognition.)
The one thing you can count on in the Orange Bowl (besides learning that neither of these teams will be able to run the ball on the other) is the halftime show. Lately they’ve been leaning on the Kelly Clarksons and Ashlee Simpsons of the world, a shame even if the Orange Bowl crowd booed her so loudly you could hear it on the live mikes. They put a tremendous amount of effort into it, which every average consumer of halftime entertainment shows their appreciation for by getting up and urinating before purchasing a beverage and sitting back down just in time to watch the cleanup.
This year’s entertainment? ZZ Top.
Miami, Fla. (www.orangebowl.org) – Revered worldwide as “That Little Ol’ Band from Texas,” ZZ Top will be the major attraction during the renowned halftime of the 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl on January 3 at Dolphin Stadium. The “Tres Hombres” – Billy F Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard (ironically the beardless member of the group) – collectively known as ZZ Top, have been signed to star in the famed Orange Bowl Halftime Show, one of the most entertaining and prestigious halftimes in all college football.
Personally, we’d rather watch the iguanas rain from the palm trees than watch ZZ Top two-step their way through “La Grange” in front of a half-empty stadium. In fact, we wish they’d just to back to the days where you had to bollocks up some sort of Vegasy fantasia complete with a theme, rhinestones, and magic tricks that went horribly wrong, leaving only silence and the lonely wail of a hot dog vendor to break the tension.
That Harry Blackstone! We bet he rolled in trim. Women were easier and more easily confused back then. If you don’t believe us, consider that women believed George Michael was straight and went to the trouble of sleeping with him to prove it. Card tricks would have had women wearing nothing but Jean Nate in seconds, man, especially with a ’stache like that.
Leave your observations below, and enjoy the magic!
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51
Annapolis Doug says:
I nailed last night’s game..of course with the wrong winner…
I saw Va Tech in person one time this year. In Baton Rouge.
KU 27 VaT 23
January 3rd, 2008 at 8:37 pm
52
notthequarterback says:
Doug,
Im here – just poured a Jack and Coke that I was getting ready to pour out in your honor..I figured you’d be floating in Chesapeake Bay by now….Are you able to type without functioning thumbs?
And yes, I’m still thrilled that we will be without Miles this fall…it will make laughing at his batshit craziness that much more fulfilling Monday night.
January 3rd, 2008 at 8:38 pm
53
PW says:
Batman is not a superhero, he’s a scientist.
And I’m rooting for KU to win just so I can see them attempt to carry Mangino off the field.
January 3rd, 2008 at 8:39 pm
54
Lawrence Ross says:
I so wish Todd’s name was Jake.
January 3rd, 2008 at 8:44 pm
55
Lawrence Ross says:
You can’t high step?
January 3rd, 2008 at 8:46 pm
56
Annapolis Doug says:
Does anyone know what’s it’s like to pass out in the kitchen…with 1/2 your monthly salary on OKlahoma…only to wake up to a RENO 911 repeat at 4:07 AM….wondering wtf happened in the game….
then going upstairs to bed and turning on the TV- waiting for the ESPN score crawl but they are showing the KY-FSU replay with no crawler and switching to ESPN2 and waiting for 9 minutes while NFL matchups are just starting on the crawl..then seeing WVA 90 OK 15 and trying to go back to sleep but can’t fall asleep again so you wait up until 5:00 AM so you can catch the Girls Gone Wild Commercial but it’s not on?
Let me tell you it sucks.
January 3rd, 2008 at 8:46 pm
57
Lawrence Ross says:
55
You were in a Stooper.
January 3rd, 2008 at 8:47 pm
58
baconboy says:
Not as bad as it’s going to suck for that kid who just high stepped it into the endzone. Mangino, as I recall, doesn’t like this and I think he was just threatening to serve the kid up for breakfast if he did that again.
January 3rd, 2008 at 8:48 pm
59
marcillac says:
Hey, I don’t find the announcing offensive. WTF?!
January 3rd, 2008 at 8:48 pm
60
Annapolis Doug says:
NOTQB…Jack and Coke….must be living down South somewhere…Next time I score a TD in the Orange Bowl, I’m high stepping like the Florida A&M band leader at halftime.
If I went to either school, I’d sell my ticket (probably for face) and go the the Clevelander and stare at the girls with fake tits.
January 3rd, 2008 at 8:51 pm
61
Annapolis Doug says:
I wish I could fall asleep to this game.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:06 pm
62
PW says:
Can’t believe I forgot Sean Glennon was VT’s QB. Ask Georgia fans how generous he is with bowl game turnovers.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
63
baconboy says:
AD,
Iowa Caucus results so far don’t speak so well to your Ron Paul bet:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2008/primaries/states/iowa_results_1-3.html
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
64
Annapolis Doug says:
When you’re down as much as I am, I couldn’t go with the chalk.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:11 pm
65
El Hombre says:
Sadly, Va Tech is not clear on which team to throw to.
Oh well, we’ll always have Arrowhead on Nov. 24, where Todd Reesing was given a lawn-job.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:11 pm
66
notthequarterback says:
Doug,
I’m just glad I’m still in DC, not in Michigan (where I’m from – hometown is under 2 feet of snow today)
Be glad you didn’t have to watch the game last night then..if I had money on OU I would have been tying the noose by 10 PM.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:15 pm
67
gurn says:
Muschamp’s going to Texas, apparently.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:16 pm
68
bevo says:
This game is DULL. Can we force each team to play 9 defenders in the second half?
How did Fox manage to scare up a competent announcing crew?
Here’s a thought: Kansas drop kicks Tech in the second half to finish 12-1. Meanwhile, LSU squeaks by tOSU to finish 12-2. Who gets the MNC?
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:17 pm
69
Tebow_for_Heisman says:
I just lost my shit at that southwest commercial. Finally some entertainment.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:18 pm
70
PW says:
67
I wouldn’t be opposed to a KU AP National Championship.
(ducks tomatoes thrown by UGA and USC fans)
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:19 pm
71
bevo says:
Paul has 10% of the “vote.” That’s incredible. He is in the same neighborhood as Thompson, McCain, and the 9/11 Candidate.
Just doing my part to get to a hundred posts.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:20 pm
72
fotodog says:
Hokies may just enough plays to make you think they have a chance… freaking teases.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:22 pm
73
Annapolis Doug says:
Ron Paul 2008. …It’s the ‘FU Mr. Bookie’ Vote.
If OSU and LSU flop (like these 2 teams)…I would have to say that the BCS voters should just not vote…
it would be like in Spinal Tap…When the drummer died in a gardening accident so bizzare, the police decided that his death should go uninvestigated.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:25 pm
74
bevo says:
Some one get Moose’s field-boundary analysis to Charlie Davis. That’s how you analyze, you simpleton.
Nice pass from Reisling for the score.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:27 pm
75
Will (The Other One) says:
I only care about cans of anchovies and stuffy songs about the buttocks.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:27 pm
76
corn blight says:
Wow… this game is turning into a one-sided ass-kicking by Mangino’s crew.
good defense, moving the ball well.
great excuse to avoid politics.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:28 pm
77
OhioDawg says:
The rain made Mangino’s hide soft and wet – he’s happy!
The KU cheerleaders are much hotter than than VaTech’s.
The announcers’ have been told that if they EVER stop talking their children – kidnapped earlier in the day – will forfeit their lives.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:29 pm
78
meatybob says:
I pray that KU wins, just to see the players “attempt” to hoist Mangino on their shoulders. Sweet.
Kansas doesn’t look athletic, but they look well-coached. God forbid Mangino ever recruiting talent.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:29 pm
79
Stacy Keibler Luvs Me says:
Mouse That Roared Dept:
#36 & #38: bnb614: You are complaining about my material?! Fed-Ex?!
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:29 pm
80
baconboy says:
I’m more stunned by the number of votes on the Democratic side. Are those precincts or individuals? I’d hate to think that they’ve spent all of that effort for 400 votes. Hell, we get more people voting than that for school board elections in Dallas.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2008/primaries/states/iowa_results_1-3.html
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:30 pm
81
OhioDawg says:
The USC receiver did a FLIP into the endzone w/o a penalty. The ku kid gets called for highstepping. the announcers say “they’ve really been watching that.” Nice.
Martinis here in the buckeye state.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:31 pm
82
corn blight says:
@79 – you have any idea how long it takes people in Iowa to count anything but hogs?
does it matter? After Iowa, Hillary’s people are going to tell her to replace her head with Bobby Petrino’s, which she’ll freely do to win the electiion. One slut for another, what’s the difference.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:33 pm
83
montani semper liberi says:
Grass is green, sky is blue, ACC football sucks
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:33 pm
84
Annapolis Doug says:
Kansas coach looks like my prom date.
Put a corsage on him and I might put on my brown tux for old times sake.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:34 pm
85
Boy Howdy says:
#80: Um, the USC kid received not only a penalty, but also a browbeating from Doug Flutie.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:35 pm
86
Stacy Keibler Luvs Me says:
#70 – bevo: If you want to get to 100 posts, just bring up something like the following:
1) Notre Dame will be back next year (a bunch of us would be on that like ugly on gorilla)
2) SEC speed is a myth
3) Auburn is way better than ‘Bama
4) Where are the pictures of the babes with big, shiny butts
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:35 pm
87
baconboy says:
Answered my own question…it’s delegates on the Dem side and individuals on the Rep. side.
This game is boring, but we are going to get close to 100 posts before halftime, so we’ll have done our job.
And, of course, the halftime show should provide lots of good posts.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:35 pm
88
Doctor Strange says:
What’s the Over/Under on “Hernias” if they try and carry Mangino off the field?
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:37 pm
89
PW says:
85
I think the Mangino fat joke thing might be just what the doctor ordered.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:37 pm
90
Boy Howdy says:
#85 – SKLM
We’re gonna wake up to a smoking crater where this thread used to be.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:37 pm
91
corn blight says:
What sick bastards watch the Orange Bowl halftime show? Is that what you’re implying?
yeegad.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:37 pm
92
Annapolis Doug says:
If one person brings up SEC speed or Big 10 vs SEC, I’m switching to vodka.
Oh what the hell..you just did…..Making myself a 64 oz whire russian! (something you can’t drink in public).
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:38 pm
93
baconboy says:
Doug,
We’ve got a show just for you…
http://www.aetv.com/intervention/
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:40 pm
94
fotodog says:
83,
Okay, it’s time to stop drinking.
85,
Or summon Mr. Pelican Pants.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:40 pm
95
Annapolis Doug says:
Since it’s FOX, you know we are getting Carrie Underwood at halftime with 47 American Idol commercials.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:41 pm
96
PW says:
Re: 37
What the hell was I thinking?
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:44 pm
97
Annapolis Doug says:
Stop drinking???? You’re watching this sober?
Who has problems?
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:44 pm
98
marcillac says:
Notre Dame has the # 1 recruiting class in the nation and the schematic advantage provided by slender Charlie Weis will enable them to win at least 9 games and secure a well deserved spot in the BCS, perhaps even in the Rose Bowl as a tribute to the 4 Horsemen.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:46 pm
99
PW says:
Was Gurn serious about the Muschamp to Texas thing?
Someone call Gurn. Nevermind, I’ll do it….(clears throat)
AUBURN SUCKS A FAT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!111
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:46 pm
100
fotodog says:
I had a pint of Sam Smith’s Ale, but I’m not drunk enough to confuse Mangino for my prom date.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:46 pm