Blast of cherry, Ponto…
Read it, don’t read it, I don’t care…just needed to get some things off my chest.
In no particular order of chronology or importance…
Sort of on the clock. I am over this laptop today. Friday night, quiet night (the fight and Bama game are tomorrow, duh?). But would like to be done with a rant, watch a movie, and crash. Going to rip out a “normal” rant and then tackle the monster one tomorrow. Let’s turn and burn.
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1) BOOM goes the dynamite #1. The Fillerbuster hit for the cycle. The Fillerbuster called his shot. The Fillerbuster is VERY happy. Oklahoma State. Day 1. Players paid, and I start waiting for the hookers wire. Day 2. Academics. Uh oh. We are straying farther from hookers. Day 3. Drugs. NOW we are talking. Getting CLOSER. Day 4???? Hostesses and sex. Yes. I appreciate the media for slowing feeding details until the summit. Wait. Aaron Hernandez didn’t go there, right? Because I think they have done enough. We don’t need murders mixed into this, although if tomorrow if a couple gun charges are mixed in, I won’t be UNHAPPY. I always need Rant Squad personnel.
2) BOOM goes the dynamite #2, Logan. FIFA released their new rankings. USA. #13. We are up with the big boys. I am expecting a Living Social or Expedia special to Brazil next year ANY day now.
3) I would like to admit fault to my bettor readers. I have slacked on predicting my points picks for college football. Sorry, tough week at work. I will start calling my shots during the week to make sure you have a second opinion on games you were thinking about laying some dough on.
4) Hey, guess what? We are about 24 hours from the fight of the year. I am still rooting for Alvarez and think it COULD happen with a lucky hard shot, but the reach, the defense, and the fact that I have seen enough Mayweather fights makes me think Mayweather in a clean decision. I don’t think Mayweather can knock him out, but unless he pulls a sudden Roy Jones and literally gets old while in the ring (thanks for that tidbit, Ravi (well said)), we KNOW no one can outbox him.
4a) Here it is, people. IF, and I say IF, Canelo can land a big one EARLY (before round 7), then we have a fight. IF, the shot doesn’t come until late, there is NO better fighter at defending his lead…like ever.
5) Did Barry Sanders run out of money? I am noticing him on the tube more lately. Seems odd for a guy who laid low and handed the ball to the ref after every touchdown.
6) Lindsey is playing Sugar Mash right now, as I like to call it. I believe the real name is Candy Crush. Whatever it is, it definitely helps when I am blogging. I am not very attentive to anything when ranting.
7) The She-Hawks tweet that was deleted by a no name RB was funny. The deleted tweet of “40-Whiners” I thought was pretty funny though. I think the reply won in tweets of professional athletes who shouldn’t have Twitter accounts.
8) The ugliest, nicest guy with the weirdest swing in golf shot a 59 today. Jim Furyk, I am not cracking on you. I think you know these things and I DID say you were nice too. Congrats on being the 6th person to ever do it. I looked at your card. You did that and shot a BOGEY too. That is magnificent. NO sarcasm on that statement.
9) I am in central Denver, the place of 300 days of sunshine. Glad I am in central Denver, and thoughts and prayers to everyone north of us, where floods are all over the place. I have been out here for 16 years and haven’t seen anything close to this. People who have been here longer haven’t either apparently.
10) I just read on Fox that Joe Girardi could be baseball’s biggest free agent next year. That is about as funny as that site gets. GOOD one.
11) In stories about people we sincerely don’t care about anymore in who they are or what they accomplished, Lance Armstrong gave back his 2000 Bronze medal and Barry Bonds had his conviction upheld. Sigh.
12) If I had to ask Lamar Odom ONE question, it would be whether being drunk (DUI announced today) ruined his crack buzz that night. I can get deep, I know.
13) The Pats didn’t look good, I am glad Tom Brady didn’t drop in my lap in either fantasy league, but the Jets still lost and the Pats still won. See? There is normalcy in oddness sometimes. And me and my backer advance in our losers pool.
14) Geno Smith hit that receiver who was on the ground in the third quarter RIGHT on the numbers.
15) I was flipping between that game and the TCU-Texas Tech game. There were so many gray area calls in that one it was crazy. A referee’s nightmare. Put me in the camp that the TCU guy returning the punt was just catching his balance. Seriously. Or change the fair catch sign to Floyd Mayweather’s shoulder roll or a 1986 dance move. Either would work fine.
16) Even the announcer in the TCU game said “it’s gotten weird.”
17) Clay Matthews must be rubbing off on me. “The Fillerbuster is not sarcastic. The Fillerbuster is nice.”
18) I think I just combined Clay Matthews comments this week with Rickey Henderson. Bringing Rickey into any conversation is never a bad thing.
19) It is funny because Rickey talks in the first person.
20) The beverage machine at work was reloaded again today. I feel like a junkie in withdrawal. They JUST got me officially hooked on Coke Zero-Cherry, and now they don’t stock it. I am back to regular Coke Zero. It just isn’t the same without that “blast of cherry.” (there is your shout out, Ponto) Ponto had his first sip of this magical beverage, and said “WOW, that is a blast of cherry!”
21) If you catch the undercard events tomorrow, please root for Danny Garcia (pretty safe bet anyway by the way). Otherwise…how do I say this…his father will cut off his head if his son loses. http://deadspin.com/boxers-dad-vows-to-cut-his-own-head-off-if-his-son-los-1303505664
22) Well, I am going to turn OFF this laptop for the night. Look for a monster blog tomorrow before I head out for the Bama game and fight. What a night tomorrow will be as far as sports. It won’t be just backup stuff in the blog tomorrow. I was busy this week. LOTS of good stuff got allocated to the monster rant. So. Hope you enjoyed this one. Will I blog tomorrow? That is a CLOWN question, bro. Peace.
22a) Cheesy joke ending. In the words of the movie I will be checking out tonight…now you see me, now you don’t.