The Bad from the Weekend

Walker lost. Southern Miss lost. The Seahawks lost. Chelsea and I made the mistake of watching the VMAs… a mistake I seem to make every year. It was like a mini-Obama rally… which only solidified my support of John McCain — if this guy supports Obama, I’ll be a McCain supporter until Palin puts on a Klan outfit.

The Good from the Weekend

The weather was perfect: 72 and sunny… not a cloud in the sky; the whole reason we live in the PacNorthwest. We watched the Mariners beat the Yankees.We took three trips to our new espresso favorite, Portland-based Seattle extension Stumptown Coffee. Enjoyed Transsiberian. And McCain/Palin took a 3 point lead, a 4 point lead, and a 10 point lead in 3 polls.

The Week Ahead

We’re attending our first true Pac 10 game this weekend: Washington vs #3 Oklahoma. After this weeks’ snafu… rest assured this will be a blast to attend.

(That’s Sarah Palin killing wildlife to feed Obama’s poor brother who lives in a Kenyan shack.)

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After winning the last two Backyard Brawls, Mississippi College lost (bad) to Milsaps 42-6.

Fake Greek columns and discarded American flags.

McCain supporters, claiming they rescued 12,000 miniature American flags from the site of Barack Obama’s nomination acceptance speech last Thursday, redistributed the orphan flags to audience members ahead of a McCain rally in Colorado Springs on Saturday.

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McCain supporters said the flags were discovered by a vendor at Denver’s Invesco Field after the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention. The vendor supposedly found trash bags full of flags in and near garbage bins, and turned them over to the McCain campaign.

Boy Scouts were sorting through 84 bags of flags in Colorado on Saturday, before a McCain supporter had veterans distribute them to the audience.

The Obama camp’s response?

…Democratic convention organizers claimed the flags were not going to be discarded — but instead were snatched from the site of Obama’s historic address to carry out a “cheap political stunt.”

Yes… I’m sure Hitler had the same response when the U.S. and it’s allies “found” all those “concentration camps” full of “Jews.”

At least my President tries to love the flag… unlike Obama.

(This post written very tounge-in-cheek… but seriously, why is Obama throwing away flags?)

I love the new NFL logo.

27-13

The Auburn-Southern Miss game was pretty much everything we thought it’d be.

Auburn won.
Southern Miss threatened to win

Up until the end of the third quarter, I was filling the air of Chelsea’s apartment with some of the more foul language I’ve exuded in my football-watching days. I already had the shotgun loaded and was placing the barrel into my mouth just about the time Southern had their first big drive.

As much as I want USM to be a Top 25 team year in and year out, there’s something satisfying about my team being a ‘giant killer.’ Southern Miss may not always be viewed as a great team, but they’re never viewed as a terrible team — except when we got our hides handed to us by Boise State on national TV… though Chelsea and I got on TV, so it’s all good.

Every Auburn fan will admit that as much as they were certain in an Auburn win… the fact that Southern was on the field did nothing to put their mind at ease over the last week. USM’s plays in the 4th quarter show what type of a team they can be when they fire on all cylinders.

It’s so tough to cheer during this game. I love both teams… both universities… so much. Seriously.

We were at the last game AU-USM faced off… 15 years ago. Dad had on Southern Miss gear. I had on Auburn gear. Aaron was covered in cotton candy. Mom’s hands were covered in cotton candy, attempting to wipe it from Aaron’s face. To the amazement of the surounding Auburn fans, we cheered for both teams. At one point an Auburn fan sitting behind Dad tapped him on the shoulder and asked, “Just WHO do you want to win?!”

In the end, Auburn won… which is a good thing if they’re going to shut-up the ‘Bama crowd this year.

In the end, Southern Miss lost… which is a good thing because their Freshman QB and Freshman WR got experience that will win the conference this year, and will win bigger games next year.

By the way: Is anyone else as sick of that Dr. J, Dr. Pepper commercial as I am?

The GOP Convention was the most watched convention in history. McCain had more viewers than Obama.

And we didn’t even use any crappy staging.

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Another reason to dislike Oprah.

…because we’ve gotta beat Auburn.

Barack is in trouble…