ORIGIN OF MUSICAL SMASH EXPLAINED
ATHENS, Georgia (TMZ)...It’s a little-known fact that Six-Million Dollar Man Lee Majors (friends with former-Ole' Miss Rebels-QB-turned song-writer Jim Weatherly), and then-squeeze Farrah Fawcett of Charlie’s Angels fame, influenced the classic hit “Midnight Train to Georgia”. Weatherly phoned Majors, who said Farrah “was takin’ a midnight plane to Houston”, giving Weatherly the idea for the song. The artist subsequently played the tune, then known as “Midnight Plane to Houston”, for the power-couple in L.A. and eventually touted the musical onus to Gladys Knight and the Pips. Knight pooh-poohed the title and lyrics, letting it be known “we don’t really go to Houston and we really don’t like to fly!”. And so became, “Midnight Train to ‘Between the Hedges’ in Georgia”. The Vegas Vindicator, who has nuthin’ personal against Joja’ or Houston, and has no real issues with air travel, eventually dropped his own version of the single, called “3 AM Greyhound Bus to Boise”!
Way back in January, after the 49ers squeaked out a major comeback vs. Detroit to make the Big Game, Brandon Aiyuk, whose “immaculate deflection” catch on a deep throw from Brock Purdy, attributed his reception to the fact that “a ladybug landed on my shoe” (reportedly a sign of good luck [while others suggest it only meant the player was to be gifted more pairs of shoes!]) before the contest. Apparently, an Asian Murder Hornet set down on Vindy’s footwear fer da’ season, including ahead of...
THE WEBER KID’S 2024-25 BOWL “BETWEEN DA’ HASHMARKS” PART II
(Rarer than a Willy Wonka chocolate bar golden ticket! )
TUES. DEC. 31
VRBO Fiesta Bowl (@ Glendale, AZ)
#4 Penn State vs. #9 Boise State: Broncos got an unearned (in our humble opinion) bye as the Group-of-Five champion. So be it. Might work against them. SMU HC Rhett Lashlee lodged a complaint with the NCAA, following his club’s defeat in Happy Valley, alleging his players couldn’t perform at their peak levels because State College-faithful yelled too much. The governing body over college football quickly issued a brief seven-word response....”It’s called a ‘road game’, you wuss!” Lions’ D shuttered the ‘Stangs passing-attack and will need to switch gears to stop Heisman coulda-been (shoulda’ been?!) bridesmaid. (No diss to Buffaloes’ Travis Hunter....he earned it!)-holder RB Ashton Jeanty, leading the country in ground-yards (damn-near 2500, with nearest competitor more than 1800 yards behind) and will drain time off the game-clock. These two squads are a collective 10-0 straight-up in the Fiesta Bowl, so sumthin’ has to give. Again, we’ll rely on the PSU D to advance the Alma Mater further in the bracket... Nits 27 Hash-Browns 19
ReliaQuest Bowl (@ Tampa, FL)
#11 Alabama vs. Michigan: Not a playoff game, but we figure there’s enuff interest among our readership to warrant some commentary on our part. If we were still pickin’ against the spread/total, we’d label this our “upset pick of da’ week” as Michigan’s gettin’ better than two scores. Defendin’ Natty Champs (7-5 outright) come in with some confidence after dropping Northwestern then knockin’ off rival Ohio State fer the third time in a row to end the regular season. ‘Bama took four of its last five to the locker room, yielding less than a dozen ppg, but still gotta’ figure Elephants are annoyed (and that’s as family-friendly as we can put it) being left outta’ da’ CFP. Rematch of ‘23 Rose Bowl, taken 27-20 by the Pachyderms in overtime. Big Blue recorded just 2-4 SU/3-3 ATS tally against the Top 25 this year. Former Wolverines’ star Charles Woodson now hawks his Team 144 Woodson Bourbon Whiskey at games in Ann Arbor... Blue and Maize-Runner 20 “Roll, Yuletide, Roll” 19
WED. JAN. 1
Prudential Rose Bowl (@ Pasadena, CA)
#6 Ohio State vs. #1 Oregon: Admittedly, we missed badly on our call of the Vols in the upset over State. It was motivated by more than just da’ Buckeyes win against the Alma Mater. We caught an off-season opinion article on yardbarker.com calling for da’ Rose Bowl to be the annual site of the College Football Natty Championship tilt, bein’ “Da’ Grandpappy of ‘Em All”, yada, yada. We offer a semi-serious/semi-tongue-in-cheek counterproposal allowing other school venues to bid for the opportunity to host the NCAA’s biggest pigskin contest to boost their own exposure and economy, a la the Super Bowl or the Olympics. What’s to say Bowling Green, UConn, Akron or even FCS schools such as North Dakota State, Eastern Washington, Tennessee-Chattanooga and Incarnate Word or HBCU institutions, like Grambling State, couldn’t pull it together to provide a sufficient experience with enough heads-up????!!!! Rumor has it the Buckeyes will get a free-untimed play on offense at their discretion in the wake of the 12-men-on-da'-field fiasco in the earlier meeting! As we used to say in the military...”Payback’s a *Medevac*!” ...OSU 34 Mallards 20
Allstate Sugar Bowl (@ New Orleans. LA)
#2 Georgia vs. #5 Notre Dame: Tough choice here. Starting QB Carson Beck will miss this one due to injury (and subsequently declared for April’s NFL Draft), so back-up Gunner Stockton (25/32, 206 passing yards [71 against Texas], zero touchdowns, 1 INT) gets the opportunity to excel after doing just enuff to get the Bulldogs to their conference title triumph in overtime vs. the Longhorns (with significant assistance from the ‘Dawgs defense and special teams). Georgia’s ground-game will be degraded, missing a few running backs. Irish will be hobbled on defense due to an influx of medical issues on the stop-squad. Best bet might be “under” the total (43 as we go to press, despite a rash of track-meets recently in da’ bowls). The final decision could come down to turnover margin...advantage #3 Notre Dame at plus 1.2 turnovers, UGA even at #61 0.0. In addition, the coin likes...Our Lady 20 Canines 17
Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (@ Atlanta, GA)
#3 Texas vs #12 Arizona State: Why ASU, making its first cameo in our picks, got the extra week of rest is above our pay-grade and security-clearance. Pitchforks’ QB Sam Leavitt (Michigan State transfer) was recently remembered by his father and older brother in his youth as ”an avid film student”. Sam was often seen binge-watching Star Wars, Jaws, Casablanca, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Breakfast Club, Poseidon Adventure and Enter the Dragon et al on Beta! (Oh wait....not that kinda’ of film!). Steers could become the first club in history, with a victory here, to win each of the New Year’s Six bowls. Sun Devils will play the first 30 minutes minus key-defender Shamari Simmons, who will ride the pine in the wake of a targeting flag in the B12 conference championship win. Big 12 champ Sun Devils, making the post-season for the first time in three years, are ‘dogs of almost two touchdowns. Horse hockey! State’s two SU losses came away from Tempe, by 8 and 10 respectively (to 8-5 “Guns-Up” and 5-7 Bearkats). Defyin’ logic, we say it’s a possible upset...Rib-Eyes 27 Solar Satans 24
BETWEEN THE HASHMARKS
If Lashlee wants quiet fans in the stands, he should coach tennis and take his charges to Wimbledon!
Louisiana Tech, with a sub-.500 straight-up record (5-7), replacing Marshall (seriously-short of personnel following a significant tally of players to the transfer-portal got to play Army in the Independence Bowl based on APR. We’ve never said made a pastry using an Apple Pie Recipe from Ruston, Weeziana, but gotta’ figure it was mighty tasty to da’ bowl-committee!
Texas Bowl... Z-Z-Z-Z-Z! How ‘bout the “Walker, Texas Ranger” Bowl Presented by Chuck Norris???!!! (Even when he misses a FG, officials still signal the kick is good and award him three points!)
Having posted a third victory on the year, squeaking by the now 3-12 Jags, LV Raiders join a bunch of other clubs “vying” fer a top 2 pick in April’s draft, looking to acquire a “franchise quarterback”. Still, we hear the Sin City black-and-silver faithful chanting...”Sham fer Cam” and “Meanders fer Sanders”! Stay tuned!
We recently caught a headline suggesting New Orleans was considered the least attractive head-coaching job available. Originally, we misread that as suggesting the most-unattractive head coach belonged to da’ Saints! Our sincere apologies to Dennis Allen!
Jets QB Aaron Rodgers missed a mandatory two-day mini-camp in early June due to a pre-planned journey to Egypt. No truth to the rumor that Rodgers attended his first session back at summer training camp dressed as a pharaoh, wielding a scepter and having the ability to turn yard-sticks into snakes. Meanwhile, a tourist group in Giza subsequently discovered a hieroglyph of someone getting ready to throw a pass on the inside wall of a pyramid and hieroglyphics that translated to “Super Bowl 58”.
Back in June, the last pair of uni bottoms worn by Tom Brady in an NFL game (Tampa’s defeat by the Cowboys in the 2023 wild-card game) fetched more than $89K at auction last June. Vindy’s spies say a bidder conspired with an equipment manager holding the pants for safe-keeping to intentionally-deflate the crotch area to artificially drive the price down!
If gridiron meets The Who/Elton John cover, do we hear...”Can’t see no blitz a comin’, he plays by sense of smell. Always gets a touchdown, never seen him fall. That deaf, dumb and blind kid...sure...plays...a mean...foot-ballll!”
The Alma Mater’s hockey team was scheduled to face Army on December 12th in D.C. ahead of the Army-Navy football game. Up to that point, Penn State’s ROTC program helped the Lions learn to navigate a bunch of landmines and an obstacle course to get within shooting distance of the Keydets’ goalie. Their helmets were made of Kevlar and practices were conducted using grenades instead of pucks. Players whistled fer infractions spend two-minutes in the penalty foxhole and skaters wearing jerseys not showing crisply-ironed creases were dropped for push-ups between da’ periods!
In May, a question popped on our Facebook feed, askin’ “What Should Boston’s Pro Women’s Hockey Team Be Called?” We considered a number of options, but settled on...the Boston ”Cheers” (in an obvious nod to the famous sitcom bar), “Clam Chowder”, “Green Monsters” (acknowledging Fenway Park) and “Oyster Crackers”! Or in a nod to Beantown’s strong association with its Greek community, how ‘bout “Gyros”, “Heras” (Queen of the Gods, who tormented all of Zeus’ mistresses) or “Athenas” (after the goddess of wisdom and defense...we heard she would help the team hone its penalty-kill!)!
Last week, #1 ranked Magnus Carlsen voluntarily threw-in the towel on the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in the Big Apple because the governing body levied a $200 fine and asked him to change attire fer wearin’ jeans...a dress-code violation. The chess-great refused. Have to admit the bell-bottoms with embroidered-designs on the back pockets were outdated and kinda’ obnoxious with his “rooks” hangin’ out!
We’ll close this edition by giving kudos to the #1 Lady Lions of Penn State fer grabbing a national championship in women's volleyball in four-sets vs. #1 Louisville! WE ARE!
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