ENJOY A COLD GRAB BAG LIGHT!

Thanks to their astonishing comeback win vs. Louisville, and Saturday losses by Cal, Texas, and Auburn, the mighty RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS are now #6 in the BCS, and #2 according to the "CPU", whatever that is (is that Intel Inside or AMD?). If they win out, and a lot of kooky stuff happens to the other top teams, it's maybe entirely possible that they could possibly play for the BCS National Championship on January 8. Let me read that sentence again. Yikes. It's certainly a bizarro world when "RU" is being mentioned in the same breath as "BCS championship". It makes the past 137 years seem like ancient history. Some "experts" even have them currently playing Notre Dame (*cough*OVERRATED*cough*) in the Sugar Bowl, how fun would that be? Whatever the outcome, it's shaping up to be a great CapitalOne Bowl Week.

In James Joyce a guy came up to the bar and ordered a Michelob Light, and he was told they don't carry it. He then insisted that he had gotten one earlier, and the bartender insisted he didn't, so he accepted a Michelob Ultra instead (he later admitted he was at another bar across the street, and that he was drunk). In any case, so what? Was he really going to notice? It's a mass produced American light beer, I defy you to taste the difference. There should be a single term that people can use to order such beverages, "Grab Bag Light", "Mass Light" or "Mystery Lite", and the bartender will just give you the one closest to him.

On Friday afternoon, we were trying to figure out why ESPN Classic decided to show a random midseason USC vs. Oregon game from 10/26/2002. Other than the fact that it was Carson Palmer's school record performance, and the fact the two teams were playing the next day, it didn't make a lot of sense unless Carson himself called up to request it. But now we know the reason: they were merely predicting that Palmer would have a huge (and eerily similar) day in the Bengals/San Diego game on Sunday. Take a look at the numbers:

10/26/02: 31/42, 448 yards, 5 TD (W 44-33)
11/12/06: 31/42, 440 yards, 3 TD (L 41-49)

And although it was in a loss, Ocho Cinco was muy bueno with 11-260/2 TD. Viva la Ocho Cinco!

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(Hey, they don't care if it's a crap name if they're getting $20M a year for the next 20 years.)