Interesting Stat.

I saw this tonight:

Clemson is one of six programs nationally ranked in the top 25 of the AP college football and men's basketball polls:
School (FB-BB)
Kansas (2nd-4th)
Oregon (9th-12th)
Texas (13th-15th)
Virginia (16th-23rd)
Tennessee (19th-7th)
Clemson (21th-24th)

But unlike many of the other schools on this list (except maybe Texas) I would much rather say I could care less if we were EVER ranked in basketball for the rest of my life in exchange for a consistently good / BCS calibre Football program.

Where's the Devil - I would sell my Basketball Soul (since I don't really have one) for an elite football program.

What the Hell...

What a totally messed up game Saturday night. I cannot even formulate comprehensible sentences to describe my frustration. Terrible play calling will kill you every time. Only having scored 7 points in the 1st half I knew we were in for trouble.
We start the 2nd half with an interception and that didn't help.
Matt Ryan had another one of his "drives" and took the lead with 1.46 left.
Cullen tried to match it but big time receivers make big time catches and Aaron Kelly had the game winning TD pass bounce off his hands with <30 seconds left.
(That shit will happen to mediocre teams)
Taking a sack for the last play is unacceptable... What the hell...
Missing a 54 yarder isn't that kids fault, he shouldn't have been put in that place.

My big concern now is that Visor Boy has had and extra week to prepare for the tigers. It may get ugly in Columbia BUT I still don't think they have the juice to take us. We shall see...

They gave me the drugs - I might as well take 'em...

So yesterday was the big day. ACL, MCL and Meniscus repair. My surgery was scheduled for 3pm, so be there by 1pm to check in. We do as told... I didn't get taken until after 6pm. Out of surgery around 8 and home after 9...

That is bullshit.

I feel OK I guess, puked once when i got home, didn't sleep much, but today has been OK. Just tired as hell.

The hydromorphone is kicking in, gonna doze off now.

Do we all have to line up to Kiss Sonny's Ass???

Sonny Perdue prays for rain - and it rains...

I was definitely opposed to this public display to a higher power. Making a spectacle of this situation and bringing ridiculous attention to our predicament BUT it worked.
It RAINED LIKE HELL at my house last night.

Say what you want - it worked, but briefly.

Most people in N.GA have been praying for rain on their own accord for the last few months, except for that cocksucker on Thunderbird Ln that uses 1/2 million gallons of water a month.

Praying ain't enough though Sonny. Do something asshole.

Big Weekend Coming Up....

I haven't talked alot of Clemson Tiger football shit this season. I haven't because, after the GT and VT, games I don't know what team will show up.

Over the last couple weeks though - the Tigers have been playing well. Balanced attack, running and passing. Good Defense. Decent special teams.

This weekend the Tigers control their fate... Beat BC and win their side of the ACC and get a trip to their 1st ACC Championship Game - then a BCS Bowl Game...
WOW.

Issue is.... Can we do it? We haven't beaten BC since they joined the ACC. This would be the year though. BC has looked vulnerable over the last 2 weeks. Can we break thru?

I was posed an interesting question today "What would you rather do - Beat BC and go to the ACC Championship Game OR Beat South Carolina? Hmmm. My answer is both or neither.

Win Both and we could be unstoppable.

Win neigher and we finish 8-4 again and no one will be happy...

We shall see.

Beat BC!!!

Damn Derilect Tissue Donors!

About 3 1/2 weeks ago I got creamed playing soccer by 2 guys that hit me at the same time. Bammm, and I drop like a stone. Ohhhh Shit. I am on the ground, am I ok, they fucked my knee up, can I move, get up Kevin, don't be a pussy. I make my way to the sidelines and determine that nothing is broken BUT my knee hurts. I play a limited amount in the 2nd half and the next week Boingoingoing my knee blows up. It is >2x the size of my right knee and I can barely walk down the stairs on Monday and Tuesday.
I took the next week off waiting to go see the Dr. but JESUS, getting an appointment is a pain in the ass. While I wait, the swelling goes down. Hmmm, should I play or not? What the fuck - I keep playing. See the Dr. he tries to get me scheduled for an MRI and that is like an act of congress. I play in the next game also. Bad thing about playing soccer and not knowing what is wrong with my knee is the recovery period. I can barely make it thru the whole game THEN Monday, Tues and Wednesday I am miserable and my knee is all swollen. Thursday the swelling goes down and I get ready to play that weeks game.

So, I have played in 3 games this way and finally go see my Dr. today. Damn Kevin, here's your problem - the first MRI x-ray he puts on the screen shows a gnarled mass where my smoothe allograph tendon should be. OH, is it torn? I can't tell if it is torn but it definitely has a tear and the tissue has frayed - like cutting a rope. And, here is some Medial Collateral Ligament damage AND you probably have quite a bit of Miniscus damage and that is where your swelling and pain comes from. That's what concerns me Kev, I took out so much of your Miniscus last time I don't want to take out too much more.

Damn..

OK, lets get the surgery scheduled. Do you want to use my own tissue this time since the cadaver tissue tore? Um, definitely not Kev!!! I am going to find an Achilles tendon to put in you so that you never have to have this surgery again. OK Doc, want me to go hunt down Evander Holleyfield or Michael Vick and extract theirs'?

We'll see what kind of quality Achilles he can find. I just do not have much confidence since the people that earn that $75 for donating their bodies probably aren't the pictures of health and are probably NOT world class athletes (like me). I will probably get Crack Whore Conrad's achilles who got a cramp while brewing a batch of Meth. I can hardly wait.

This should be interesting... Did I mention that my Insurance changes at the end of the month? That's another story.

Steeeeerike 3...

What the hell? Hollywood/New York are on Strike? This is bullshit... I do not want to burdened with re-runs for the next four months (well, that wouldn't be much different from what I watch now - CSI re-runs and Sports)

I have a solution - the Entertainment industry needs to go the way of the Automobile industry... Move South...

Now I am not saying that the political commentary for the Daily Show or Colbert Report would be quite as whitty but hell - Jeff Foxworthy, Larry White, Bill Engvall, and Larry the Cable Guy have all made millions in Dixie.

What kills me is the story I read that Tina Fey is picketing her own show. That is bullshit. Where is the line drawn? Isn't the "Talent" moved into Management positions that aren't covered by the union? Is she showing solidarity - or being a bitch? If I was the Network I would not be happy about my "talent" taking a position.

Speaking of the "Talent" - why can't they write the fucking shows? Are they all just talking heads? Most of them started as writers and moved up to "talent" (John Stewart, Colbert, everyone on SNL, Fey, etc...)

With the number of channels out there, maybe Hollywood will be relegated like Hockey. You don't want to play ball with the American public. Go Fuck yourself. We can do without.

Reality shows don't need writers. Neither do sports - and any Monkey can write the script for SportsCenter.