Saturday, August 30, 2008

LandTheives Viewing Guide

What I'd be watching, if I weren't travelling to Norman or weren't at the six man football festival in Hico:

10 am - start off with Appy State at LSU - the game time was moved to accommodate fleeing from the coasts. This is a huge advantage to Appy State; the Bayou Bengals fans will be a mixture of still drunk and hungover and won't know what hit 'em. At least that's what I wished happened. Pick: LSU.
130 pm - a late lunch, maybe a nap.
230 pm - A challenging time slot. You can watch FSNSW and root for the Cougars against the favored Pokes; check out the 2008 version of the USC Trojans, or examine DickRod's debut as Michigan coach. I would probably channel surf amongst all three, rooting for the Cougars, Cavaliers and Utes, and expecting to be disappointed in all three games. Picks: Cowboys, Trojans and Wolverines
500 pm - add TCU vs New Mexico on Versus to the rotation. Since the DMN will spend more ink on the WR meltdown for the Dallas Cowboys, watching this is the only way to keep up with the Frogs in Dallas county. Pick: Frogs.
700 pm - At this point, you're probably at halftime of the TCU game, and can add the Bama - Clemson game to the rotation. Pick: Clemson
730 pm - The Missouri - Illinois game starts on ESPN. It's diabolical of the world wide leader to take the only two games featuring ranked foes on both sidelines and put them on at the same time. Drop the Frogs game - sorry Poe - and flip b/w Bama-Clemson and Mizzou-Illinois.Pick: Mizzou.
900 pm - As the 700ish games roll into halftime, Washington vs Oregon starts on FSNSW. The late Pac10 games are often a well played treat. Usually U-dub is not involved. At the conclution of this game, you would have watched football for 14 hours, with perhaps a one hour respite. Pick: Oregon

Ah, what a great day.

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