FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Kilted Rat]

Worry not FBF413, it was all in sarcasm. I think she occassionally has some good points, but she crosses too many lines too often. Ironic that a conservative crossing lines and insulting democrats draws great ire from the media, but liberals insulting republicans get late night talk shows...



Getting away from that way too touchy subject and on to another, does anyone else have 3 colon cleansing ads at the top of the page?

Hamm's or Busch Light are all I need to cleanse my colon!

[footballfan413]

I appreciate that,  KR.  Regarding the new subject....I find that Tequila works best for me  preferably combined with Mexican food!

[johnnyadmit]

Speaking of: Couple of us drank mineral oil once in high school just to see if it would have the indicated effect- not as cool as one would think.

[royalachilles]

An actual football question, did Dumonceaux attend the Regionals Scout camp in texas, and if he did, did he do well enough to be asked to the combines in Indy?

[Pat Coleman]

Here's the ads I had:

Townhomes in Minnesota, Basketball Fundraiser, GT Conference Center, Outing MN Real Estate

Regarding cable -- we lived in an apartment complex near the Pentagon that had a set of dishes on the roof and its own set of channels, but you had to sign up and, of course, pay.

Well, we got into our place and plugged in the TV to see what the reception was like from the roof antennas before deciding whether to order cable. Not only did we get cable, though, we got HBO, Showtime and Cinemax.

We lived there as long as we could (two years). Never got a bill. At that point in our lives, the $39 or whatever a month was a big freakin' deal.

If we'd lived there on 9/11 we would have felt the impact, for sure. I don't know how I would have gotten to work, though, since the crash site was between me and the newsroom.

[johnnyadmit]

Well, I feel left out-I don't have any good cable stories.... but I got Playboy free for 4 years during college- just for sending in the 3-free issues card    

[Kilted Rat]

What did you read the other 3 years?


I guess I can't really complain, we have the rabbit ears and get 4-5 channels depending on wind for free. They're not the clearest, but they're free.

We also get free internet, someone in our building has wireless and no code on it, so that's very nice to save that $50 a month.

Plus, there are about 10 TVs in the buildings on campus which is 3 blocks away with 71 channels I can watch whenever I want since no one is around in the summer. That doesn't even count the TV's on each piece of cardio equipment with personalized controls and headphone jacks (a lot better than at SJU where there were 3 TV's and stupid females had 2 permanently turned to Oprah or Dr. Phil and the volume blaring!

Works out to be about 8 treadmills, 3 bikes, 2 stairsteppers, and about 10 elliptical machines each with their own TV.

Funniest thing I've ever seen at the gym was the gym attendant last year who wanted to watch football without working out, so he brought in a recliner and put that on one of the treadmills and kicked his feet up enjoying the game while drinking a coke and eating microwave popcorn.

[tmerton]

And here I thought the 19th hole was the clubhouse bar. 

I've always wanted to know the story behind this picture.  Oh, those Brits.

[Kilted Rat]

Miraculously since the Twins are playing the Cubs, the game IS on WGN in Des Moines, so I actually get to see them play!


After seeing Gardy trot out to the mound, it brought to mind a question I have had for some time that hopefully Pat or someone else can answer for me:


Why on earth do MLB managers wear Uniforms?


Very few sights have made me laugh as hard as Tommy Lasorda trotting his 250+lb butt out to pull a pitcher in tight pants.

I'm assuming it has something to do with the old era of player-coaches, but Mike Tice and Denny Green never wore pads and a helmet while "coaching" (though I would have paid good money to see it happen), Pat Riley and Rick Majerus never wore basketball shorts while coaching, but I would have loved to see that too.


Anybody?

[Pat Coleman]

You're definitely right about the origin of the tradition -- if I recall, Connie Mack, who managed 50 years, wore street clothes (a suit and tie) but was an exception because there were many player/managers.

Why hasn't it changed? Not sure. Could be because managers wore uniforms as players and are comfortable in them. Can you picture Earl Weaver in a suit kicking dirt on an umpire? (Course, that's an argument against the uniform.)

I suppose an argument in favor of the uniform is that managers (and other coaches, the base coaches for sure) spend more time on the field, which includes dirt, than the coaches in other sports. They could certinaly wear what an NFL coach (or an MLB team's trainer) wears, however, and accomplish the same thing.

[Kilted Rat]

Thanks Pat, somehow I knew you'd have an answer for that one.

[Kilted Rat]

So the Mrs and I went to see the new Jack Black flick "Nacho Libre" over the weekend. Pretty damn funny flick if I do say so myself. Unfortunately Mrs KR isn't as in to stupid humor (i.e. Napoleon Dynamite) as I am, so she has claimed rights to selecting the next movie we go see.

How can you not love a movie where Jack Black looks like this?






While waiting for Nacho to start, we were bombarded with the usual previews of sh*tty movies you would only sit through if they paid you $50 and bought all your popcorn and let you bring in a 6-pack.
One such movie preview was for the movie Barnyard, which is about this farm where the animals all have human abilities (walking upright, talking, driving cars, golfing, etc) but they try to keep it hidden from humans. Otis the cow is the main character and he doesn't care if people know... at least thats what I got out of it.

Here's my problem with the movie from the preview; Otis the male cow star has an udder. If you're gonna do a cartoon movie with cows and you're not gonna give the male cow's penises, at least give 'em the asexual mound like Ken has. This is the cartoon animal equivalent to giving breasts to George Jetson... and no one wants to see that.

[Pat Coleman]

Thanks Pat, somehow I knew you'd have an answer for that one.

Yeah, the Baseball Weekly years come in handy sometimes. 

[finsleft]

As I wait for the dryer to finish the last load before I head north, I thought I should lat all know that that Collegeville legend, Brother Willie, will turn 90 on Tuesday. Happy Birthday Brother Willie!

[tmerton]

So the Mrs and I went to see the new Jack Black flick "Nacho Libre" over the weekend. Pretty damn funny flick if I do say so myself. Unfortunately Mrs KR isn't as in to stupid humor (i.e. Napoleon Dynamite) as I am, so she has claimed rights to selecting the next movie we go see.

How can you not love a movie where Jack Black looks like this?

Hey, KR - I take it she's not a fan of Dumb and Dumber?     It's hard, isn't it, when the humors are not in alignment.